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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 1, 1910.
MR. CHARLES L De RYDER
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sale, to be held
FEBRUARY 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
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car shipping from Pleasanton, and will accept, for
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TO ALL ITS PATRONS AND FRIENDS the
"Breeder and Sportsman" extends its best wishes
and greetings on this, the opening day of a new
year. May 1910 be one of health and prosperity for
each and everyone of you, and may the California
bred trotters and pacecs that race during the year
be attended with good luck and be among the big-
gest money winners. A Happy New Year to all.
THE HOLIDAY NUMBERS of the Eastern journals
devoted to horse breeding, etc., are especially good
this season. Of those at hand up to this writing
there is not one that is not a credit to its publish-
ers. The Horse Review, probably the most elabo-
rate of them all, has a very handsome cover by
Dickey, in gold, red and green, with the face of a
handsome brown trotter looking directly at one from
the centre of a wreath. There are the usual num-
ber of statistical tables in which this journal excels,
several good stories and a number of articles of
great interest to the breeder of the trotting horse.
The article on "Speed Development and Speed Trans-
mission" by Volunteer is a very strong argument in
that gentleman's inimitable style in favor of the
development theory- Among the other contributors
are John Trotwood Moore, J. L. Markey, C. T. Har-
ris, W. R. Gilbert, Grover H. Perrigo, Dr. J. C. Mc-
Coy, Murray Howe and others. There are over 150
pages in the number and each and every one most
interesting. The American Horse Breeder has also
issued a very handsome number of about 70 pages
replete with interesting and instructive matter. The
cover by Duntley is in colors representing a gray
with an expectant look standing with his head over
a gate. The drawing is good and the coloring very
effective. An article from the pen of H. J. Kline
entitled "No Eagles from Hen Eggs" is an able ex-
pose of the opposite side of the development theory
than the one taken by Volunteer in the Review.
Editor Parlin, Hamilton Bushey, Algernon, Milton
Hatch, R. Boylston Hall, Geo. P. Floyd and others
contribute articles and there is much instructive sta-
tistical matter. The most pleasing cover illustration
to our mind is the one that adorns the New York
Trotter and Pacer. It is a pasture scene with
broodmares and foals in the foreground with the
landscape ornamented by Lombardi poplars, and
-huge clouds arising from the distant horizon across
a deep blue sky. It is by Leigh S. Toman. Stories
and articles on all phases of horse breeding fill the
75 or more pages. They are by Mary M. Mears,
Chas. G. Moser, C. A. McCully, Henry Ten Eyck
White, Dawson E. Van Sickle, Don F. Fraser, C. J.
Fitzgerald, E. L. Percy Smith, W. J. Carter, M. T.
Grattan, Frank J. Kilpatrick and others. The illus-
trations are numerous and the printing excellent.
The Chicago Horseman also issued a very handsome
number. The contributors are C. B. Whitford, E.
Davenport, Henry T. White, J. B. Jackson, N. K.
Feodossieff, Hugh E. Keough, S. Douglas Cameron,
John Dicks Howe, Charles W. Barrell, E. L. Smith,
Hamilton Busbey and others. One of the most in-
structive articles is one on "Tracks and Track Build-
ing," with diagrams giving full directions that will
enable anyone to lay out and build mile or half mile
tracks. The Breeders' Gazette of Chicago is the
most beautifully printed of all the holiday papers. It
has over 100 pages with a cover page by Frank Whit-
ney. The half-tone reproductions of photographs of
animals by Chas. Reid are works of art. All the
holiday numbers have large business patronage, the
advertising columns being artistically compiled and
printed. Each one these holiday papers sells at 25
cents and is worth four times that amount.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY for the success
of a harness race meeting that the fields of starters
in a majority of the races be of fair size. Two or
three horses competing in the principal events on
the program is not conducive to large gate receipts,
while the loss of revenue from entrance money in
such cases is also large. The nearer horses are
classified therefore, the better the chances for large
fields of starters and consequently the nearer a
financial success will the meeting be. Here in Cali-
fornia it has been the custom in recent years to
close the entries for all the purses on the entire
circuit on a date prior to the opening of the first
meeting. This, of course, generally results in large
entry lists, but after two or three meetings are held
the fields get smaller as a few horses in each class
show extreme speed, and by the end of the season
a very large proportion of owners are under suspen-
sion, some for very large amounts. It very often
occurs that an owner, poor in purse, but feeling con-
fident that his horse will he a big money winner, will
enter the animal in every class to which he is eligi-
ble all through the circuit, only to have him go lame
or get sick before making a start. Several hundred
dollars in entrance fees will thus be against him at
the end of the season, and he will be suspended
with little hope of ever being able to pay it. This
plan of early closing is all wrong, and is about the
worst feature the trotting horse owner sees in the
business. It can be easily remedied, and we hope
that associations giving meetings this year will try
to avoid this out of date plan of closing entries. It
is the proper thing for each organization on a circuit
to give a few early closing events, that a good horse
will have an earning capacity sufficient to make him
valuable, but there is no sense in forcing every horse
to be named in all his races before he starts in his
first one. For the majority of the class purses which
make up a program, entries should not close earlier
than two weeks before the meeting begins. This will
enable an owner to enter where he will have a
chance, make the field of starters larger, reduce th
number of suspensions, and be beneficial all around.
We hope the associations that give meetings this
year will consider this subject of early closing of
entries carefully before they make their announce-
ments.
A NEW YEAR began this morning, and the first
question the owners of harness horses will ask is
"What about a California Circuit for 1910?" It
will not be an easy question to answer just at pres-
ent. We have everything in California but the or-
ganization that is necessary to form a circuit. We
have the horses, the tracks, the people and the
best summer racing climate on earth, but we have
no organization. If the people who control the
tracks would only get together early in the year,
agree upon dates and purses and make the announce-
ment, the horse owners will do their part so far as
nominating their horses and racing them is con-
cerned. There are several hundred horses that
would be sent to trainers next month if a good
circuit of eight or ten weeks were announced in
January.
THE RURAL SPIRIT of Portland, Oregon, has is-
sued a very handsome Christmas number of 75 pages.
From cover to cover it is filled with matters of great
interest to stockmen, being not only profusely and
beautifully illustrated, but neatly printed. Many
original articles on subjects of importance to breed-
ers are printed and it is a most delightful number
and a credit to its editors and publishers.
THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, one of the leading
farm papers of the Pacific Coast; printed at Salem,
Oregon, has an 85-page holiday number that is one
of the best we have seen of the Christmas papers.
It is beautifully illustrated and there are articles by
special writers on all topics of interest to farmers
and live stock breeders.
A TRAINER'S SUGGESTIONS.
W. O. Foote, the well known Dallas, Texas, trainer,
in an article in last week's Horse Review, makes a
number of suggestions looking toward the improve-
ment of harness racing, and here are a few of them:
A most important question is the much used hob-
ble. Is it possible that the National and American
associations are going to let another year go by
without taking some action against the disgraceful
practice of tying horses' legs together so they can-
not break (except theirs or their driver's necks),
and go at them with whip and spur, pound them to a
standstill — and expect the public to turn out en masse
and pay their money to see a lot of these so-called
high-bred race horses and Indian drivers that are
worth about $200 each in the fall after the races
are over and high-priced oats become fashionable?
I have referrence to the horses bringing $200, not
the drivers; for I have tried it, and I doubt if the
drivers would bring as much as the horses. If there
is one good thing in this world that the trotting asso-
ciations can do and ought to do, it is to abolish the
use of hobbles in public races. How can we perfect
a first class family of pacing horses if we allow
every crazy and mixed-gaited "bat" that shows a
little speed to be blind-folded, legs tied, and started
in races where he is liable to fall down and wreck
what good horses there may be in the race, as well
as others of his kind. There are enough wrecks
when all precaution possible is used without going
premeditatedly into the game. Let's bar the straps,
and raise some pacers that will be a credit instead of
a disgrace to our country.
Much has been said regarding entrance, and yet I
think there still is chance for improvement. Any-
one can afford to pay 10 per cent entrance if he
can win first money. Now, make the starting fee
less, and the additional exaction more, and you will
have more starters and the horsemen more money.
Charge 2 per cent entrance, cash, to start with, and
1 per cent night before the race. Deduct 10 per
cent from the first horse, 5 per cent from the second
horse, 3 per cent from the third horse, and 2 per cent
from the fourth horse; then by giving 10 per cent
to the fourth horse, as is the custom, he will make
a little money, otherwise he only saves his entrance.
I am in favor of the three-heat plan of racing, as
the association can then figure (almost to a cer-
tainty), the time that will be required for their
program.
I believe in handicaps, and think they can he car-
ried on successfully, both by horsemen and associa-
tions. The trouble is, they have been given for too
much money. From $1000 to $5000 is enough for a
dash; and I believe that five separate handicaps for
different classes would suit horsemen much better,
and make the associations more money, than would
one large purse equal to five smaller ones.
I also believe that one mile (as a rule) is far
enough to trot or pace horses. It is as far as any
of them can carry the clip, and when a two-minute
trotter stops to a 2:40 clip at the end of a mile and
one-half there is little enthusiasm for the spectators.
A very fast trotter or pacer has little show in a
handicap race of a mile and one-half if handicapped
according to record.
I believe a variety of racing is what the public
would appreciate. For instance, stallion races, dou-
ble team races, and races under saddle. I would
go farther to see some of our best trotters and
pacers to a race to the pole than any other race I
can think of. Stallion races should also be encour-
aged, as it is not only a big advertisement for the
stallion in the breeding business, but it would be a
big help by way of selling your horse, which is an
important item in the business.
I do not favor extremely large stakes, for the en-
trance is so large and the risk so great, that small
and comparatively poor men cannot afford to take
the chances on losing; therefore, very often a num-
ber of really high class horses are left out that other-
wise would enter.
Another thing that, in my opinion, is wrong and
detrimental, is the placing of a bar against green
Worses the first time they win a heat, regardless of
the amount of money won by them. For instance,
if a green horse starts in a race and wins a heat,
thus getting a record, say of 2:15 or better, then
through some accident gets a bad start, makes a bad
break, and is distanced, if disabled he is likely hung
up for anywhere from $200 to $2,000 entrance; and
the next season, or possibly the latter part of the
same one, if able to race again, is compelled to start
in the 2:15 class where he has little chance to win.
After a man has gone to the expense of from $500 to
$2000 to train and get a horse ready to race, and
through some little accident (under our present
rules), renders his. horse useless for one season, by
winning a heat or two, and getting a fast record be-
fore he has even won his oats bill back, it seems
to be a very bad state of affairs for us horsemen.
A horse should not be put out of his maiden class
until he has won a reasonable amount of money to
reimburse his owner for at least part of the expense
he has been at in order to get him to the races. A
rule allowing all green horses a reasonable sum be-
fore being handicapped by the first record he got,
would encourage more men to train horses, more
men to race horses, and more men to buy horses,
and would in a great measure stop people from ring-
ing horses out of their class. The runners are so
classed and why should not the harness horse be?
There would certainly be more horses raced, the
associations would get more entries in their stakes
and purses, you could sell all such horses for more
money, because their earning capacity would be
greater. Let the associations adopt this rule and then
bar the hobbles, and they will do the horsemen and
public the greatest act of kindness that has been
done for many years.
Palite, 45062, the son of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%
and Palita 2:16 (2) 2:16, by Palo Alto 2:0834 will
be in the stud during the season of 1910 at the farm
of his owner, E. D. Dudley, of Dixon, Solano county,
California. Palite is a young horse but is one of the
coming great sires for which California is becoming
famous. The advertisement, giving particulars :
Palite's breeding, etc., will appear next weel:
service fee will he $40 with usual return priv"
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 1, 1910.
UHLAN'S ANCESTORS AND THEIR CON-
TEMPORARIES.
In the Christmas number of the Trotter and Paeer
of New York (a magnificent number, by the way) is
a most interesting article by Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick
of" this city entitled "Sir Walter 2:24% and His
Times." which we here reproduce as a chapter of
history that is particularly interesting owing to the
great achievements of Uhlan, the champion trotting
gelding of 1909:
Aberdeen has always been regarded as one of
the greatest sons of Hambletonian, and he was
brought forcibly to the minds of breeders by the per-
formances of Uhlan 2:02% the past season, as
Uhlan's dam was by Sir Walter Jr. 2:18%, son of
Sir Walter 2:24%, a son of Aberdeen. Sir Walter
2:24% was a chestnut stallion, foaled 1873, got by
Aberdeen, dam Lady Winfield by Edward Everett,
second dam by Long Island Black Hawk, third dam
by Exton's Eclipse.
Sir Walter was foaled in the private stable of his
owner, Thomas Kilpatrick, then situated in Sixty-
second street, between Second and Third avenues,
New York City, and was his dam's first foal. At
this time sons of Hambletonian had reached great
prominence as sires of "early speed" and much waa
expected of this inbred son of Aberdeen, one of the
greatest sons of Hambletonian 10, out of the fastest
and gamest daughter of American Star, Widow
Machree, 2:29.
Aberdeen was owned by Captain Isaiah Rynders
of Passaic, N. J., one of the most picturesque figures
among politicians and horsemen of his days. In his
early years he had been a famous political gang
leader and rough-and-tumble fighter, and many
stories have been told of his physical prowess and
courage and his reckless manner of life. Be that as
it may, my acquaintance with the doughty captain
was during the latter days of his life, when time
had mellowed the fighter into the blustering, kind-
hearted old gentleman, who dined often at my
father's board and regaled me (then a lad of 15 or
16) with stories and traditions of his early life. His
love for Aberdeen and every thing that pertained to
him was almost idolatry, and he followed the growth
and development of Sir Walter from his birth until
his three-year-old form with a jealous eye. Sir
Walter was a beautiful colt, a rich golden chestnut,
with fine mane and tail, and from his colthood he
carried himself like a king. My father broke him as
a yearling himself, and his interest in and affection
for this magnificent horse of his own breeding, and
from the beautiful mare Lady Winfield, which had
been his joy and pride as his favorite roadster for
years, was one of the most touching incidents in the
life of this deeply devout Christian man, who loved
his God, his country, his church and his family, and
was as devotedly loyal to all as man can be. He
was never ashamed or afraid to stand by his colors,
and never, even when hectored and annoyed by the
snarling criticism of narrow-minded and bigoted
fellow-members of the Methodist church, denied his
love for and loyalty to what he considered one of
Nature's noblest developments, the American trotter,
and greatly to the credit of the trotting horse, may
it be said, there are thousands of his class now
endorsers and lovers of this peculiarly American
product.
I love to think of those Harlem Lane, Eighth
avenue and Jerome avenue days. When a class of
men reigned then as kings of the speedway! Com-
modore Vanderbilt, whom I shall always consider the
most aristocratic looking man I have ever seen, driv-
ing Post Boy or Mountain Boy, whose ability to trot
in 2:20 was considered wonderful, and over whom
the partisans of the house of Vanderbilt and the
house of Bonner often came as nearly "to blows ' as
gentlemen will; for a match between Mountain Boy
and Dexter (the peerless) was often mooted.
Robert Bonner, with his massive head drawn into
his shoulders like a monster turtle, with his hands
held high driving Dexter (than whom, I can never
bring myself to believe, there was a greater trotter
ever born), or the beautiful Pocahontas, daughter of
Rysdyk's Hambletonian and the whirlwind old pacer
of the same name, or one of the many other world's
champions be owned. What a man he was, and what
a string of great horses he owned. Besides those
already mentioned, he owned Keene Jim, the great
four-year-old record holder; Centennial, a roan which
promised wonders, but was, I think, a disappoint-
ment; Molsey, Music, Peerless, Flatbush Maid and
Lady Palmer, the team which he drove two miles
to a top road wagon in 5:01% (I think) away back
in the 60's. How many of our present-day gentlemen
drivers could go out and duplicate this performance?
Joe Elliot, the phenomenal son of Edward Everett;
Grafton, a big chestnut, very fast; Mamie B., a
beautiful little bay daughter of Edward Everett that
could trot in 2:18 or 2:19 and was his son Allie's
special favorite; Rarus, the king of kings; Lady
Stout, which first reduced the three-year-old record
below 2:30; Eric, the champion four-year-old, and
many, many I do not recall to mind. What a treat
it was to be invited up to his Tarrytown track and
watch those great horses trot, driven by that mag-
nificent reinsman, John Murphy! Yes, Robert Bon-
ner was a great horseman in every sense of the word,
ever ready to purchase a champion and pay a cham-
pion price. His offer to pay $100,000 for a horse
which could duplicate Dexter's performance when he
trotted a n -le to road wagon in 2:21%, wagon and
'eis ling 319 pounds, brought forth a number
as to. what age the horse must be,
whether sound, and how bred, etc. Bonner replied:
"Sound or lame, young or old, with breeding or with-
out— all I require is that the horse trot a mile in
2:21%, drawing a road wagon which, with driver,
shall weigh 319 pounds." And no man undertook
to "take down" the $100,000. Robert Bonner has
been dead many years, but his influence for good in
the history of the light harness horse should live
forever. David Bonner, his brother, whom as a boy
I set up as my ideal of a gentleman horseman, and
have never yet, after an intimate acquaintance of
over 40 years, found cause or reason to displace, and
who is one of the few of the "old guard" who can
be found at all of the important breeders' meetings
of today. Frank Work, the handsomest man in New
York, a game driver and always owner of the bests.
The intense rivalry between him and William H.
Vanderbilt after his team Dick Swiveller and Ed-
ward had trotted in 2:16% and had taken the honors
of double team trotting from Mr. Vanderbilt's pair,
Aldine and Early Rose, kept lovers of trotters keyed
up until that memorable afternoon during which Mr.
Vanderbilt rode into old Fleetwood Park driving
Maud S. hooked with Aldine, and surprised the
world, and himself more than any one else in it, by
driving them to a top road wagon a mile in 2:15%.
There was much talk of a match, and the game owner
of Swiveller and Edward was always ready and
willing, but the match never came to a head. I have
listened to many warm discussions of the merits of
these two teams, held on the veranda of the club-
house at old Fleetwood, Shep. Knapp the leader of
the hosts of Work, while Tim Eastman championed
the cause of Vanderbilt, and although the discussions
waxed warm at times, they always ended in a drink
of Gabe Case's "best" and a number of impromptu
races on the way "home." The most thrilling mo-
ment of my life was experienced on old Eighth ave-
nue, when a boy of 14 I was riding Lady Winfield,
the dam of Sir Walter, and had the temerity to
tackle Mr. Work with his big chestnut mare, and
we finished at the Eighth avenue railroad tracks at
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street neck and neck.
Alley Bonner, as popular a horseman as ever lived;
Probably Mr. Work enjoyed more pleasure from
driving this famous mare Kate, which was
practically the queen of Harlem Lane for
years, than any other horse he ever owned.
Jay Gould, with his pair of bob-tailed trotters, and
almost always accompanied by his black-eyed boy
George, now one of the giants of finance. Joe Harker,
driving the beautiful and appropriately named pair.
Bruno and Brunette, which held the world's trotting
team record; William Rutter, driving his great stal-
lion Garibaldi; Edward Kilpatrick, with his black
mare Fanny, by Hiram Drew, afterwards the grandam
of Excel 2:10 and Lillian R. 2:04% and in later years
his very fast "calico chestnut" gelding Crosby, bj
Chosroes; the Harbecks, father and son; Newbold
Morris, the Chesterfield of the drive; Timothy East-
man, the great cattle man; William H. Vanderbilt
and his brother Fred. Occasionally Charles Back-
man, down from Stony Ford, would ride with Mr.
Bonner, but more often Hamilton Busbey would be
with his friend Robert, David or Alley. Colonel Kipp,
whose team, wagon and accoutrements always estab-
lished the "style"; Major Dickerson, whose rigs
rivalled even those of Colonel Kipp, and whose
genial personality won him more friends than almost
any other man "on the road"; Dunn Walton, whose
tall, athletic figure made him prominent anywhere;
handsome, reckless Harry Hamilton, long since
passed from the scenes of his merry life; rosy-
cheeked Frank Ferguson; Nathan Straus, whose
great son of Startle, Majolica, was looked upon as a
coming champion, and whose great race with Phallas,
when Dan Mace handed over the great stallion to
young Ed Bither (then nothing more than a smooth-
faced boy), after losing two heats, and the lad teamed
the brown stallion after Majolica in such vigorous
fashion as to scare us friends of the little bay al-
most "into fits." (Mr. Straus is one of the few of the
old guard who remain loyal to their "early love.")
Clarence Collins, always driving a cracker jack;
"Willy" Stokes, now owner of the great Patchen
Wilkes stock farm, the magnificent Peter the Great
and his daughter, the holder of the world's record,
Miss Stokes; Ed Kearney, now head of the great
auction house, one of his favorites being a beautiful
daughter of Sir Walter; Sam McMillan, afterwards
park commissioner and member of Congress, and
now owner of Bowcatcher, Wilteen and many others;
Fred Dietz, with his beautiful little stallion Direc-
tor's Jug, by Director, out of the dam of the then
pacing champion, Little Brown Jug. (How's that for
breeding?) Walter Janvier, then a bang-up driver
of trotters on the road instead of a student of pedi-
grees; Davy Johnson, the great bookmaker, who
made his money with the runners and had his fun
with the trotters; Billy Parsons, always looking tot
a match for St. Louis, and having it out with Lady
Barefoot, owned by Mr. Thomas; Johnny Barry, with
his little brown mare (daughter of Winfield Scott)
Nellie King, and "old" Gabe Case, reefing a big rat-
tailed bay that could draw two men in a buggy and
beat many a good one. I could name scores more,
but lack of space prevents, be it sufficient to say
that a list of the New York road drivers of that day
was practically a social "blue book." We will never
see those days again in New York; the drives from
the lower part of the city up to and through Central
Park, Harlem Lane, Eighth and Jerome avenues
are only a memory now.
Sir Walter grew and waxed strong, and as a two-
year-old could step a :50 gait to a road wagon. In
the spring of his three-year-old form he was sent to
Captain Rynders' farm at Passaic, N. J., to be trained,
and he was put in the charge of Jesse Yearance, then
a rosy-cheeked boy of about 20 (afterwards one of
our best trainers and drivers), and his "develop-
ment" began. Captain Rynders entered him in his
three-year-old form at Suffolk Park, Philadelphia, to
be trotted during the World's Fair there in 1876.
The colt developed consistently and Yearance
showed rare judgment in his method of training. By
July he could trot the Clifton half-mile track in 2:40
or better, and on or about August 1 trotted three
heats in 2:39, 2:37 and 2:35, the last half of the last
mile in 1:16. This was considered phenomenal at
that time, and it was generally thought he stood a
royal chance to win, although rumors had come
from Lexington, Ky., that a filly named Woomoosa
and a stallion named Oddfellow, and another named
Honor had all trotted close to 2:35. Remember that
at that date the three-year-old world's record was
Lady's Stout's of 2:29. Captain Rynders at this time
decided that Jesse Yearance was too young and inex-
perienced to have the charge of so sensational a
colt, and sent Sir Walter to Hiram Howe (a nephew
of Hiram Woodruff), who at this time had some repu-
tation as a handler of colts. This was unfortunate
for the colt, as the first day Howe took him out, h»
worked him a quarter in 35 seconds, and lost his
head, for such speed was phenomenal. He gave the
colt too much, and the day of the race found Sir
Walter stale, thin and weak, and be only took fourth
money. Aldine by Almont (which afterward trotted
to pole with Maud S., driven by W. H. Vanderbilt, in
2:15%) was returned winner, Woomoosa second and
Oddfellow third. Time, 2:40 and 2:39. We always
felt that if Sir Walter had been left in Yearance's
charge at Passaic until the date of his Philadelphia
race, he would have beaten 2:30 as a three-year-old.
That was a memorable meeting at Suffolk Park
in 1876. Gov. Sprague, then a five-year-old, was to
meet Blackwood Jr., the much-touted son of Black-
wood, from Tennessee, and I shall always remember
that race. Budd Doble drove Gov. Sprague and won,
but Blackwood Jr., driven by his owner, a Mr. Mc-
Kimmon from Tennessee, carried the sympathy and
good wishes of the crowd. The time was not sensa-
tional, I think around 2:25, but remember that at
that date just 26 horses in the world had beaten
2:20. The four-year-old race was looked upon with
much interest, for a "phenom" named Sadie Belle,
of whose speed rumors were flying thick and fast,
and which was said to be sired by a wild pony down
on the shores of Virginia, was to start against
Echora, from California (afterwards the dam of
Direct), Girl E., Queen, the much-touted daughter of
Mambrino Patchen and Woodford Chief. Sadie Belle
proved to be a slender, deer-like little chestnut with
flaxen mane and tail, and a world of speed. She won
the race in, I think, from 2:32 to 2:34, but Woodford
Chief gave the little thing a great race, and she
finished very, very tired. I believe it was found out
later that she was not sired by a wild pony, but by a
trotting bred horse of no reputation.
There was a contest for a championship cup, for
stallions, and Sam Purdy, which Budd Doble brought
over from California, Thorndale, Nil Desperandum.
B'ackwood Jr. and Gov. Sprague all contended for it,
the stallion which trotted the fastest mile during the
meeting to be declared winner. To the great satis-
faction of the majority of those attending the meet,
Blackwood Jr. won this cup, trotting a mile in about
2:23; Sam Purdy, from whom wonders were ex*
pected, being beaten by only a fraction of a second
Horses which raced as youngsters at that meeting
have since made trotting history.
As a four-year-old Sir Walter started at Fleetwood
Park in a four-year-old race against a good field and
won the first two heats of a five-heat race in 2:34
and 2:35, the race being won by Alice West, driven
by Ed Geers, and this was this great driver's first
introduction into swell Eastern trotting horse society.
Later that fall he won a four-year-old race at Fleet-
wood Park and took a record of 2:33. His training
after this was of the most desultory kind, and after
making a season or two in Orange county, he was
given to Billy Weeks, who gave him a record as a
seven-year-old of 2:25%. He was sent to Dr. Herr
in Lexington, Ky., where he did not do much busi-
ness, but was started at Lexington in 1884 and won
in 2:25%, 2:25 and 2:24%, beating McLeod, West-
mont and Mystery. He was then brought up to
Holmdel, N. J., where he sired a number of good
colts, among which was Sir Walter Jr. 2:18%, now
famous as the sire of Blonde, dam of the great Uhlan.
Sir Walter Jr. was a very handsome, very blood-
like chestnut stallion, with a "world of speed," and
he should have obtained a very low record. He was
foaled in 1880 (I think) and in 1885 started at
Fleetwood Park, driven by W. H. Lockwood, then a
very popular New Jersey driver and horseman, and
who may be seen, one of the gallery, any fine day on
the New York Speedway. Sir Walter Jr. inherited
from his dam, Kate Clark by American Clay, the
fire of the close up thoroughbred cross, and in the
early part of the race was hard to control. He fell
away behind to the half-mile pole, but the way he
stepped from there home, "up the hill" around the
point of rocks, and down the home stretch of the
old triangular track, made folks sit up and take
notice. A brown mare named Perplexed won the
first heat, and a chestnut whose name I have for-
gotten won the next, and it was not until the fourth
heat that Sir Walter Jr. got to the front. He won
the fifth also, his heats being in about 2:23, the
fastest of the race. The race was postponed until
Saturday, January 1, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
the next day. In the interim Major Dickinson, a good
horseman and as kindly and genial a gentleman as
ever lived, bought the colt from Mr. John Holmes
o£ Holmdel, N. J., who bred and owned him, tor
$5,000, and put him in charge of W. E. Weeks, who
handled him from that time on, giving him his
record of 2:18% some two years later. Sir Walter
Jr. was a very fast horse. It is only logical that
the descendants of so well bred, game and fast a
stallion should become world beaters, and we do not
think that any good horseman will contradict us
when we say that the great Uhlan promises to be-
come all of this.
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WOMEN AS HORSE DEALERS.
GOSSIP REGARDING GRAND CIRCUIT.
Can women be successful as horse dealers? In
Surrey, England, there lives a woman who has at-
tracted a great deal of attention as a horse dealer,
and who, according to common report, has found the
profession rather lucrative, says an English paper.
She is said to have gained her experience in a
training stable, where she established quite a repu-
tation for her graceful and daring riding.
For some time past she has been a prominent
figure at various fairs and at the London sales. She
has entirely discarded the side saddle and skirt for
masculine attire, as being more convenient for her
purpose in showing off the animals she intends to
buy or sell.
It has been suggested that by such an invasion of
man's sphere this woman is perhaps opening up a
new field for feminine endeavor, and the result has
been a great deal of surmising as to whether a
woman can really succeed in the business.
In the opinion of men who have grown gray in
the bartering of horses, it is just as impossible for
a woman to become a horse dealer, in the full sense
of the term, as it is for the proverbial camel to go
through the eye of a needle.
First of all, the David Harum of real life must
know a horse as he knows the alphabet. He must
be able to appraise a horse at a glance, and a horse
is a very deceptive animal, as the story of many
horse trades will bear evidence. The whole secret of
successful dealing is the ability to tell exactly what
the animal is worth, so as to buy him at a price that
will insure a reasonable margin of profit. Otherwise
the dealer might pay too much and possibly have to
sell at a loss.
When buying a new horse one must examine him
thoroughly to tell whether he is sound and strong.
The age of the animal is learned by a look at the
teeth. The eyes must be examined in the proper
light to detect blindness. The feet and legs must
be felt and looked over, as the animal may be lame.
Then, too, the horse, like the ordinary human
being, is subject to various ills and diseases, some
of which are not at first apparent, but may be de-
tected only after long training. Certain ailments,
such as glanders, are contagious. This disorder is
accompanied by a watery discharge from the nostrils,
and may be detected by a hard, immovable growth in
the glands of the throat. A good dealer never buys
a horse without first feeling his neck for indications
of glanders. However, there are many defects which
are not so easy to discover, so the dealer is gen-
erally his own veterinary surgeon.
So a thorough knowledge of horses requires the
work of many years spent in handling and care of
them. The successful dealer is usually the man who,
raised on the farm or around the stable, has lived
among horses ever since he was able to climb upon
the back of one. Such an experience has always
been considered outside of woman's province.
The dealer must also be able to work a horse
properly and must know how to show him off for
his own satisfaction, when buying, or for the satis-
faction of a prospective customer. To handle a green
horse requires the exercise of a certain amount of
physical strength and skill not usually credited to a
woman.
Again, the horse dealer comes into daily contact
with a class of men who, although kind and gentle
of heart, are often rough of manner and coarse of
speech. They are not the class of men who care to
deal with a woman or with whom a woman would
care to be continually associated.
Horsemen admit that there are many women who
can drive or ride a horse as well as a man, and they
concede that it is possible for a woman to do well
in the raising of polo ponies, or some such line.
But when it comes to bona fide horse dealing, they
see no chance whatever for the gentler sex.
Of course, it is perfectly possible for a woman to
invest her money in the business and have someone
else do the real work, but then she would not really
be a horse dealer. Moreover, those who are simply
investors almost invariably lose their money, for the
reason that the man who fully understands his busi-
ness does not need a financial backer to help him.
He wants to shift for himself and can build up a
business of his own.
One dealer cited the case of a woman who for-
merly lived back of his place. A few years ago her
husband died, leaving her a comfortable sum.
Rather than have the money remain idle, she wanted
to invest it in some business, and decided on horse
dealing, as her husband had done a little in that line.
She put up her money and hired a man to run
the business. He was familiar with horses, but knew
nothing about buying and selling. The consequence
was that in a short time the woman was penniless.
Her loss then preyed so heavily on her mind that
she lost her reason and ended by killing herself.
In about two weeks from date stewards of the
Grand Circuit will hold their annual meeting to
organize the big line meetings, elect officers, assign
dates and make general arrangements for the com-
ing year.
This gathering is an annual event which attracts
more real attention from racing men of the country
than any other incident connected with the harness
turf, consequently the matter is being discussed
everywhere by groups of horsemen who will have
racing strings out, or will in any way participate in
the season's sport all along the line.
This annual meeting had been held at the Hoff-
man House for many years past, but President W. W.
Collier of Detroit announced officially as early as
during the Lexington meeting last October that he
will ask the stewards to meet in Detroit next month,
says a writer in the Telegraph.
No reasonable fault could be found with the
change, as prospects are that a great majority ot
the members will come from the West, while num-
bers attending the meeting from the East will be
much smaller this time than during the past fifteen
years.
Judged by any incidents which have happened so
far this year, from official reports, expressions o%
opinion public or private from sources which carry
weight, the strength of the Grand Circuit will be cen-
tered in the Western States for 1910. As far as the
East is concerned, the membership will not amount
to anything, and if there is any addition to the big
line it will come from west of Cleveland.
Mr. Collier and members of the Detroit Driving
Club have already given early and timely notice that
any effort to deprive Detroit of the long enjoyed
privilege of opening the Grand Circuit, will amount
to nothing, and this announcement might just as well
be considered final.
Kalamazoo will either follow Detroit as it has for
the past two years, or if some other track be granted
that date, the Celery City will be in line with a
week.
The most probable new member of the circuit is
now conceded to be Grand Rapids, where the Furni-
ture City Driving Association has been a live one
on the harness turf, owns one of the best mile
tracks of the country and demonstrated last year
in a most impressive manner its ability to give a trot-
ting meeting equal to the very best on the big line.
Grand Rapids will, no doubt, be more than wel-
comed by horsemen, as it deserves membership bet-
ter than many which have been granted that privi-
lege, and are not really entitled to it. It offers just
as many advantages as Detroit or Kalamazoo, and
certainly is a much better place for a big race meet-
ing than the latter, and in many respects offers
better facilities to visiting horsemen than even
Detroit.
Some of the leading and most prominent citizens
of Grand Rapids are backers of the driving associa-
tion, and there is not the least question of doubt
but they can offer as rich purses and stakes as any
member of the circuit and will do so if admitted to
membership.
There has been some talk of taking in Terre
Haute in the circuit and allowing the Indiana city
the same chance that was given to Kalamazoo and
Columbus last year; namely, as a member of the
Grand and Great Western, a step which not only
will be wise, but will fill up the big gap expected in
the East. If this program be carried out there will
be at least five weeks' Grand Circuit racing, includ-
ing North Randall, before any attention is paid to
Eastern tracks.
If Buffalo will follow Cleveland, which is not con-
sidered extremely doubtful, that association must do
better than it did last year at Fort Erie, otherwise
Buffalo must be dropped in order to save the other
Eastern tracks from the danger of having cam-
paigners drift West again from Cleveland, as was
partly the case last year.
The same must also apply to Hartford, where
the only event last year was the Charter Oak Stake
race. The newly organized Connecticut Fair Asso-
ciation should be left out to take care of itself unless
a regular meeting of five days' duration, with an
appropriately large amount of stakes and purses, is
guaranteed to horsemen to insure at least shipping
expenses.
To set aside a whole week to a track with no
more than three days' racing and three races each
day will be an injustice to campaigning stables.
In fact, as long as prospects in the West are
more encouraging and promise better racing than
in the East, no track, no matter what its past
record and present management, should be given
Grand Circuit dates unless a full week's sport of
five days is guaranteed, with stakes and purses to
amount to not less than $6,000 per day.
A. J. Welch has already announced his inten-
tion of staying in line with the Readville track.
He has made a number of plans and talked of sev-
eral so-called "innovations," yet as a full-fledged
member of the circuit he must be made to admit that
a full week's meeting is what horsemen expect from
him, with a sufficient amount for purses aside from
any handicap he may decide upon or the Futurity
Stake which is raced at Readville.
Mr. Welch surely has some ideas of harness racing
which deserve much attention and are highly valued,
except one — namely, that horsemen want not more
than four days' racing each week. If racing stables
must be shipped to Boston, owners and trainers will
want unanimously the full five days, and always take
their dose if the weather proves unfavorable.
With Racing Commissioner De Forest Settle, of
the New York State Fair, as vice president of the
stewards, Syracuse will surely be in the circuit, yet
here, too, the association must be expected to give
a full week's meeting instead of four days, besides
its share of the amount for purses and stakes, which
owners and racing men will expect. Unless this
course is pursued, entries and starters on Eastern
tracks will be much less than last year, and owners
will shift to Western tracks more extensively than
last season and gather at Columbus on their way
to Lexington.
In spite of the doubtful situation in the East there
will still be a Grand Circuit for next season, and
perhaps as strong as we have had in former years,
with Detroit to open and Columbus to wind up.
The death of Clarence W. Marks in Chicago on
Saturday, December 18th, will be deeply regretted
by a host of horsemen throughout the country. Mr.
Marks achieved his greatest fame in the light harness
world when he purchased the celebrated pacer Joe
Patchen 2:01%. A series of races between the "Iron
horse" and Star Pointer attracted universal atten-
tion, and in many fast miles Marks was up behind
the black fellow. Mr. Marks owned a considerable
number of horses at different times, but the others
never won any great events on the turf. Mr. Marks
was New England born and went to Chicago when
quite a young man and made a fortune in the whole-
sale shoe business. Mr. Marks had an unfailing sup-
ply of good nature and was always a welcome visitor
at all racetracks, and for many years he was active
in amateur driving circles, being a member of the
Boston and the Chicago Gentlemen's Driving Clubs,
the West Chicago Driving Club and the Boulevard
Snow Club. During the last four years he had, how-
ever, paid little attention to the horse. — Western
Horseman.
Fifty-six trotters won $1,000 or more down the
Grand Circuit in 1909, while seven of them each se-
cured amounts to excel $10,000. The pacers, how-
ever, were not so fortunate, only 36 reaching the
$1,000 stage, George Gano 2:03% alone exceeding
$10,000. The large additional opportunities for secur-
ing money derived by the trotters should be an extra
inducement to owners and trainers to exercise a little
more care with their prospects in an effort to en-
courage them, in the diagonal gait.
M. W. Savage has issued a set of moving pictures
on small cards that can be so manipulated as to
show the champion pacing at top speed. The original
of these pictures was taken from an automobile and
shows the champion true to life. Mr. Savage has
three complete sets of moving pictures of Dan Patch,
one of Dan Patch and Cresceus and one of Dan Patch
and Minor Heir. All of these pictures show every
step of the entire mile, and when thrown on canvas
nearly equal seeing the actual performances.
A carload of geldings raised in Western Iowa
recently sold in the auction ring at Sioux City, ac-
cording to reports, for $422 per head. These were
taken by a firm in Duluth. Another load brought
about $385. These were mostly horses out of high-
grade Percheron mares and by American-bred Per-
cheron stallions. — Chicago Breeders' Gazette.
We are reliably informed, says the American
Sportsman, that A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., during the
past week, booked the two great young trotting
mares, Czarevna (3) 2:07% and Muda Guy (3)
2:12%, to Moko. It is to be hoped that both will be
successful in producing high-class foals that will
develop into future champions.
Al Cummlngs, the Reading, Pa., trainer, has just
purchased at a fancy figure the five-year-old green
trotter Five Points by Monbells 2:23% and con-
fidently expects him to prove a rare good one. A
mile close to 2:10 is predicted for this fellow by
those in position to know his ability.
Detroit may not follow its usual custom of opening
the Grand Circuit, and one of the main reasons as-
signed is that The Horseman's $15,000 Futurity is to
be pulled off at that point and as a benefit to the
contestants the month of August may be decided
on as the earliest time for holding the same.
On the steamship Star of Australia, which left
New York last week, the trotting stallion W. W.
Estill 2:21%, recently purchased there for R. C.
Hannah of Donald, Victoria, was shipped to his new
home. The horse is a full brother to Sonata 2:12%.
He is to be used for stock purposes in Australia.
The three-year-old five-gaited American saddle
mare Golden Butterfly, by Bourbon Chief, is re-
ported sold by D. T. Matlock of Kentucky to R. A.
Simpson of the same State for $3,200.
Gambetta Wilkes 2:19% now has 210 standard per-
formers to his credit, six of his get joining the list
in 1909.
The dead Directum 2:05% gets a new speed siring
son in Chambertin 2:14%, who is now credited with
Major C. 2:19%.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 1, 1910.
I NOTES AND NEWS 1
A Happy New Tear to all.
This is a good time to organize a circuit.
Just remember that your colts and fillies take on
another year today.
The heading "Dates Claimed" is already appearing
in the Eastern horse papers.
Don't refer to that foal of 190S as a yearling any
longer. It is a two-year-old now.
Register all the foals you can during the year
of their birth. It's cheaper.
.H. D. Heacock of Phoenix, Ariz., recently pur-
chased the pacer Major Gantz 2:08% for $3,500.
The Occident Stake for foals of 1909 closes today
with J. A. Filcher, Secretary, Sacramento, California.
See adyertisement.
Mr. Armstrong, proprietor of the Pleasanton
Training Park, expects that about 200 horses will be
in training there by the middle of February.
The Woodland track has been in good shape all
winter. It is only during the rain storms that the
trainers fail to use it. One day. of sunshine puts
it in fair order to work on. .
There are about twenty mile tracks in California
that are kept in shape to train horses on during the
spring and summer months.-- -
Half mile tracks are getting to be quite numerous
in California. Why would it not be a good thing for
their managers to organize a half mile circuit.
Seneca Maid, the dam of that great little trotting
mare Penisa Maid 2:04%, has been bred to Charley
Todd, a three-year-old son of Todd 2:14%.
Bon Voyage 2:12% will have a great bunch of
three-year-olds out this year judging from present
prospects.
Gil Curry will ship the McKinney stallion Kinney
Al 2:13% to Missouri in the same car with Mr. F.
J. Kilpatrick's horses about January 10th.
The stallion season will soon begin and the time
to get out advertising and printing matter should
not be delayed.
The Government has decided to no longer purchase
gray colored horses for army purposes, because the
tendency of military life is to render all operations
obscure.
Tommy Murphy has driven 26 horses to records
that average faster than 2:06. A remarkable per-
formance and one that reflects great credit on
Murphy's skill.
Uniontown, Kan., a village of but 200 souls (men.
women and children) boasts of a good half-mile
track at which annual race meetings are given and
purses of $400 paid for class events.
The time is not far distant when we may expect to
see all hoppled performers represented in all refer-
ence publications by some particular mark of dis-
tinction, similar to that employed to designate all
horses that have acquired "tin cup" records.
Mr. E. T. Cole, a prominent breeder of trotting and
show horses, whose farm is near Wheaton, Illinois,
is visiting the coast and was in San Francisco this
week. He says the trotting horse market is good
in his country and the outlook good for 1910.
Dan Hoffman, of the Columbia stables, this city,
is very sweet on his colt by Hal Hennessey out of
the mare Mary K. 2:0S% by Zombro. The young-
ster is growing nicely and can show speed at the
pace. This is Mary K.'s only foal.
Ed Corrigan, the former running-horse magnate,
recently a petitioner for bankruptcy before the
United States Court, was the first man to drive
Robert McGregor 2:17V4 in a race.
It is reported Billings is to have a new track, and
with that town in, a strong circuit can be made up
of Glendive, Miles City, Billings, Livingston, Boze-
man. Great Falls, Missoula, Anaconda and Butte,
in this order. Then close with the State Fair at
Helenn.
Chestnut Tom 2:15 is offered for sale. His owner,
George Algeo, has gone into the retail meat busi-
ness in Oakland and has no time to devote to this
son of Nutwood Wilkes. Chestnut Tom has already
proven hi'jself a sire of early speed, as well as
being a g?me race trotter, and in good hands should
if earn considerable money in the stud. See
- : lent.
A Shire stallion weighing 1800 pounds was sold to
a company in Washington last month for $3,S00.
Every horseman that has seen the track at Agri-
cultural Park, Sacramento, says it is as perfect a
winter track as there is on the Coast.
Nine two and three-year-olds, sired by a Belgian
stallion out of grade draft mares, were sold in Yolo
county last month by a breeder to a dealer for
$225 each. It pays to breed and raise that kind.
James Thompson is training quite a string of
horses at Sacramento. Thompson is one of the best
conditioners in the business, and that he can handle
2:10 speed has been proven by such horses as
Little Thorne 2:07%, Goshen Jim 2:08%, John Cald-
well 2:08%, Charley D. 2:06yi'and others.
There is a two-year-old colt trotter at the Sacra-
mento track, sired by Frank Wright's stallion
Lijero, that is a sensational trotter. Lijero is by
James Madison, and from the looks of his colts will
be a high-class sire.
Frank Kenney of the Chicago Horse Sales Com-
pany arrived in California last week and is looking
for consignments to the big sale to be held at Chi-
cago in February. He has already secured a big
consignment from Charles De Ryder and expects to
secure many more before he returns home.
- Over the grave of Hamburg Belle 2:01%, buried
in the center of H. M. Hanna's great estate at
Thomasville, Ga., there is to be placed a headstone
telling of the remarkable deeds of the mare, who,
after creating a sensation on the turf during the past
season, died so unexpectedly.
There is nothing like speed in a colt to bring at-
tention to its sire. Every turf journal in the United
States that we have seen has printed the news that
the three-year-old son of Hal B. 2:04% stepped a
mile at Santa Ana this fall in 2:04%.
Don't forget that Fred H. Chase & Co. will hold
the Third Annual Pleasanton Sale in March this
year. It is to he the greatest sale ever held on the
coast and those having horses to consign should cor-
respond with Chase & Co. immediately.
The Driving Association at Oakdale, California, is
building a half-mile track 60 feet wide on a fine
piece of ground near that town. A grandstand and
stalls will also be erected, and it is also proposed
to beautify the place by planting trees and
shrubbery.
It appears that Lizzie Sprague, the pacing daughter
of Governor Sprague 2:20%, and the third dam of the
remarkable two-year-old trotting filly Native Belle
2:07%, was dam of but three foals, one of whom, and
the last at that, was sired by a saddle stallion and
passed to parties in Missouri who used him for years
in the production of high-class saddle horses.
The Out West Club of Los Angeles, which is a rid-
ing club, has joined forces with the Los Angeles
Driving Club, and assists the lather in arranging pro-
grams for the matinees. This is an excellent idea,
and will he of mutual benefit. There is no reason
why the road riders and road drivers should not act
together in giving afternoon entertainments.
Leigb Crawford 2:24%, son of Charles Derby 2:20,
who gained hie initial standard performer the past
season in Lee Crawford 2:11%, was owned for several
years by Ed Gaylord, of Denver, Colo., and during
that ownership sired the foal which later developed
into such a successful stake winner for Joe McGuire.
Leigh Crawford was castrated shortly after siring Lee
Crawford, and appears in the Tear Book as a gelding.
He is out of Abanteeo 2:17% by Anteeo 2:16%.
Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick will ship East, about January
10th, 20 head of horses, mostly Washington McKin-
neys, that will go to the Midwinter Auction at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York. The horses will go
from San Jose direct to St. Joseph, Mo., where they
will remain at the farm of John Donovan, owner
of Washington McKinney, until a few days before
the New York sale, and go through from there direct
to the Garden. These horse's are now at work at
the San Jose track arid are all in fine shape.
No stallion in America has been more consistent
than Zombro 2:11 as a sire of horses with race rec-
ords. Like his sire, McKinney, it is in actual races
that his get shine. Until McKinney was sold to go
East we do not believe he had a tin cup performer
to his credit, and Zombro has so few that the propor-
tion of them in his standard list is very small. In
1909 Zombro leads all stallions as a sire of new
standard performers with race records. The four
leading sires of new performers are Prodigal 2:16,
with 20; Todd 2:14%, with 19; McKinney 2:11%
and Zombro 2:11, tied for third place with 15 each.
Of Prodigal's 20 but six took their records in races;
of Todd's 19 there are but nine with race records;
of McKinney's 15 a little more than half, or eight
of them, made their records in races, while of
Zombro's 15, all but two have race records. This is
a wonderful showing and stamps Zombro as the
chief of all sires in 1909. We believe there were
fewer of his get trained during the year than any
of the four sires named above.
W. J. Andrews will have charge of the Madden
stable again in 1910, and he is of the opinion that it
will be one of the strongest stables out next season,
especially in two and three-year-olds.
The sad news reached here a week ago that Mr.
John Donovan, proprietor of the King Hill Farm,
Missouri, and owner of Washington McKinney, had
suffered the great affliction of losing by death, his
estimable wife to whom he was devotedly attached.
If it could be announced officially this month that
Salinas, San Jose, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, Vallejo,
Woodland, Marysville, Chico, Sacramento, Fresno,
Tulare, Bakersfield, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and
San Diego had organized a circuit for 1910, with two
stakes, a trot and pace for $1000 — closing early, and
ten other events at $500 each closing two weeks prior
to each meeting, there wouldn't be stall room by
March 1st on any of the leading training tracks in
California.
Maywood Stock Farm, Indianapolis, Ind., has made
the following sales: To Hune Bros., Maxwell, Ind.,
the two-year-old stallion Howard Dillon 2:29%, by
Sidney Dillon, dam Josie Detmer (dam of Henry H.
U. 2:16%, etc.), by Paymaster. To Schawler Bros.,
Roachdale, Ind., the yearling colt by Sidney Dillon,
dam Pique (dam of Chain Shot 2:06%, etc.), by Ken-
tucky Wilkes 2:21%. To M. T. Hunsacker, Novelty,
Mo., the yearling colt by Sidney Dillon, dam Car-
more, by Strathmore 40S. — Horse Review.
tl was intended to have a race meeting at San
Jose today, but at this writing (Thursday) the
weather does not look propitious for the event. Two
regular purse races were to be given and Mr. Kil-
patrick intended to give records to several Wash-
ington McKinneys that he will ship to the Midwinter
Sale at New York, but if the weather is bad the
meeting will be postponed until next Saturday.
Richard Abies is handling these horses, which are
all green and have had less than 60 days' work.
There are several very fast trotters among them.
Lockinge Forest King, one of the most noted Shire
stallions of recent years, died last month at the estate
of his owner, B. N. Everard, Bordon, Eng. Though
only ten years old his own winnings in the showring
were backed up by a remarkably long list of prize-
winning colts, which has made the name of Lockinge
Forest King in a pedigree a guarantee of quality.
At the last London show his get included twenty-two
winners and reserves and he was the sire of the
champion stallion and champion mare. For the last
four years his colts have been prominent and numer-
ous winners.
Charles James, the well known trainer, has leased
the McKinney stables on Thirty-sixth avenue, this
city, and will board road horses and train them.
These stables are up-to-date in every particular, with
roomy box stalls and every convenience. They are
splendidly located for road drivers, being just oppo-
site the entrance to the Golden Gate Park stadium,
and just north of the Hotel Cairns. Mr. James is a
thoroughly competent man, a stickler for good feed-
ing and cleanliness in his stables, and those who
entrust their horses to him can rest assured that the
very best of care and attention will be given them.
Notice the big advertisement on page 2 of this
issue, wherein the Chicago Horse Sale Company noti-
fies the horse owners of the Pacific Coast that
Charles De Ryder of Pleasanton will send nine
horses to their sale to be held February 21st to 26th,
and will superintend other California consignments
that may be made. Chicago is a good market for
horses, as the prices obtained last year b5- this com-
pany show. It is to be a great sale this year. Cali-
fornia breeders should get the produce of their farms
scattered through the country if they want them to
get records and thus help the reputations of their
stallions. The Chicago Sale offers a good oppor-
tunity for those who desire to sell in a good market.
Read the advertisement and correspond with Mr.
De Ryder.
On our front page today is a picture that will in-
terest a large number of our readers. The photo-
graph from which the half-tone engraving was made
was recently sent us by Mr. Andrew Robertson of
Allendale Stock Farm, Mentone, Australia, who is
well known to many of our California horse breeders,
having been a heavy buyer of California bred trot-
ting stock. He writes us that this picture was taken
just a few days after the "cullud" champion had de-
feated Tommy Burns in the match at Melbourne on
Christmas day, 1908. The stallion Marvin Wilkes
2:12% is a California bred horse and is the fastest
trotting stallion ever sent to Australia. He was
bred and owned while here by Walter Masten of
Sacramento who raced and marked him. Marvin
Wilkes is being well patronized in Australia and is
bound to be a good sire.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A Horseman: — We shall be very pleased to accept
the files of the "Breeder and Sportsman" which you
so kindly offer us. They will be a valuable acquisi-
tion to our library, and their receipt will be grate-
fully acknowledged.
L. T. D., Sacramento. — There is no fixed type of
trotting broodmare so far as we know. Every
breeder has his ideal. The pictures of two famous
dams of speed are printed in this issue.
Saturday, January 1, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, Dec. 28, 1909.
Notwithstanding the cold and rainy weather the
Los Angeles Driving Club gave a matinee on Christ-
mas day, though the program read more like a
matinee of the Out West Riding Club, as there were
but three harness races, instead of the general
seven or eight harness exhibitions, the rest of the
card being made up of exhibitions of gaited saddle
horses, relay races, running races and an attempt
by a lady to beat 2:45 trotting to saddle. The 2:15
pacing class was won in straight heats by J. W.
McLane's black mare Lady Mae. in straight heats,
but Artesia made her step the first in 2:15 and
I. C. Mosher with his chestnut gelding compelled
her to tramp the second in 2:12 flat. Lady Mac.
is slow getting away and both the others had
her beaten a half block at the three-eighths, but
the way she put the speed she had in the last half
of each heat was enough to put her in the lead
at the wire.
Mr. McLane's bay colt Hal Mac won his race in
a jog after losing the first heat to O. C. Jonas' Red
Jacket by a tangled break in the first quarter.
In the saddle class Mrs. W. A. Glascock's Chest-
nut King outclassed all the others in every way,
conformation, style, action and the ability to do
and do right everything the judges called upon
him for and the first prize was his from the minute
he showed in the ring.
Miss Charlotte Gleason would have beaten 2:45
to saddle with Lady G. by ten or twelve seconds if
she had been a better judge of pace and had not
ridden her horse to a couple of breaks after leav-
ing the half, for she negotiated that distance in
1:14%, but it took her 1:31% to get home, thus los-
ing by % of a second. Summaries:
Pacing, green horse class, 2 in 3 heats:
Hal Mc| (McClain) 3 1 1
Red Packet (Ponas) 1 3 2
Colonel M. (McLellan) 2 2 3
Time— 2:28, 2:26, 2:30.
Trotting, 2:25 class, 2 in 3 heats:
Rancho Del Paso (Hewitt) 1 1
Leonora M. (Moorhead) 2 3
Drummer Boy ( Watkins-Stewart) 4 2
Mazeppa (Chick) 3 4
Time— 2:27 y2, 2:25.
Liberty Song and Orena scratched.
Pacing, 2:15 class, 2 in 3 heats:
Lady Mc, (J. A. Stewart) 1 1
Artesia (Jones) .2 3
Steve Bailey (Mosher) 3 2
Diabletta (McLellan) 4 4
Time— 2:15, 2:12.
Mile, trotting, under saddle to beat 2:45:
Lady G (Miss Gleason) Lost
Time— 2:45%.
Fourth race, running, four furlongs:
Golden Ledge, ch. g., Walter Coleman 1
Cow Boy, b. g., Dr. F. Hogan 2
Lonia, b. m., J. L. Markwell 3
Time— :53%.
W. W. Pager won the relay race from Mr. Chap-
man after both their mounts had bolted through
the carriage gate and raced half over the infield.
Even with the varied program only about 700 or
800 people were present and only nine harness horses
appeared. It is high time something was done in
this neck of the woods to revive the interest in
matinee racing pure and simple, and not be depend-
ent on high school horses and runners to attract a
holiday crowd of a few hundred people.
President C. A. Canfield has received a written re-
quest according to the by-laws of the Los Angeles
Driving Club to call a meeting of the whole club to
lay before them the plan of merging the driving
club, the California Breeders' Association and the
Los Angeles Harness Horse Association into one
club, with a county fair added at which the profes-
sional races and colt stakes can be raced and the
matinee meetings given from November till June.
Five of the eleven members of the board of direc-
tors of the driving club, including the president, vice-
president and treasurer, are heartily in favor of the
scheme and a large number of outsiders attracted
by the fair part of the proposition have signified
their willingness to join the new club. Once get
the general public interested, such as cattle and sheep
Messrs. Canfield and Clark will be decided on and if
possible I will get the advertisement in in time for
this issue of the "Breeder and Sportsman."
J. H. Vance worked E. A. Montgomery's yearling
Victor Mc by Red McK. a quarter in 41 seconds; he
is growing like a weed and is one of the best lookers
of his age at Agricultural Park. Miss Murphy, by
the same sire, but a year older, will be sent to
the track the first of the month to begin her educa-
tion. Her manners are perfect now and as she
is good gaited, she will not give much trouble. Red
McK. himself is now in Walter Maben's charge. I
saw him today step a slow mile in 2:25 with a quar-
ter in 33% seconds, a couple of more workouts and
he will easily beat 2:20.
The bay filly Ethel G. that John Nickerson bought
Lou Milton, dam of World's Fastest Trotter.
raisers, fruit growers, breeders of heavy draft horses,
carriage and harness dealers, hotel men and those
interested in various products and manufactures that
would like to have exhibits at a county fair each
year, and it will not be long before there will be
enough matinee and racing material to give a card
of five or six races with from eight to ten starters
in each and not be compelled to give an exhibition
of lawn tennis or ping-pong to fill up a program.
There will be a meeting of horsemen at C. A.
Canfield's office tomorrow afternoon to talk over the
new track, its width on the back stretch and home
stretch, the advisability of having an inside track
to jog horses on in wet weather and to work colts
so they will not interfere with the work of the
horses, to decide what vehicles shall be barred and
a number of other details as to the way the new
layout shall be conducted. At the same meeting the
conditions of the ?1000 stakes that are offered by
at auction at Phoenix last month, is filling out won-
derfully. Soon after her purchase she got going
bad gaited, but a little weight has squared her away
and now she is acting like a trotter, and with a
little work should be a very good prospect for either
the races or matinees, for notwithstanding she is
a very nervous, high strung mare she is as good
headed as the best and knows nothing but trot.
JAMES.
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PROPOSED GATHERING OF HORSEMEN.
The annual banquet of the West Chicago Driving
Club, which last year was given in honor of the
Great Western Circuit stewards, at that time assem-
bled in Chicago, proved such a popular event that
the coming function of the same character, it is pro-
posed, will be widened in scope so as to include, if
possible, a combination meeting or jollification of as
many of the minor Western Circuit officials as well,
as it is possible to get together. Secretary Smollin-
ger, of the Great Western Circuit suggests Monday
evening, February 21st as a good date as that would
be the first day of the big auction sale of speed
horses and the sales' management state that if such
a date is set that they will postpone their sale for
that evening.
It has also been suggested that as all the meetings
of the National Association of Trotting Horse Breed-
ers have heretofore been either held in New York
or Lexington, that a special meeting of the Associa-
tion at Chicago at the same time, would be a happy
idea. President L. J. Pentecost and Secretary Charles
P. Dryden of the West Chicago Driving Club, under
whose auspices the banquet is held, express them-
selves as desiring to extend the scope of the func-
tion as much as possible and make the affair of
national importance to harness horse interests.
Much attention is being attracted to Prince Ansel
(2) 2:20 these days. His get are showing wonderful
speed and while they are nearly all too yonug to
race, the majority being yearlings and weanlings, he
will have a few two and three-yeer-olds out this
year.
Nugget, dam of two pacers with records below 2:08.
"NEVER SAW ANYTHING EQUAL TO IT."
This is what N. C. Shakel of Loveland, Ohio, says
about ABSORBING. ^
He writes as follows: "Have been using ABSORBINE
on a horse with a sprained ankle and never saw any-
thing equal to it. Tried everything I could think of
or ever heard of for a lame ankle for four weeks, in-
cluding good liniments, and in 10 days after using
the ABSORBINE put the horse at light work on the
farm, and in three weeks to the binder, after using
ABSORBINE." , „ .
If you have a blemished horse, write me for detailed
information. The remedy can be procured through
your local druggist or sent direct, express prepaid.
upon receipt of $2.00.
W. F. YOUNG. P. D. F., 54 Temple St.. Spn
Mass.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 1, 1910.
COMING ETE.VTS.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
or man, and there they dwell till shadows veil the
mountain walls and hunger presses a return to the
grassy slopes ahove.
Underfoot no danger lurks save from the angry
sea; a heavy rolling swell, set up by the trades over
the vast Pacific, affords the marksman but little
chance of accurate shooting, and landing under cliff
is a dangerous proceeding, as we found to our cost
The lively boat beneath affords no steady gun plat-
form from which to bombard the skipping goats
above. Without good glasses these brown and tawny
targets are difficult to detect against the deep red
background of the great cliffs which run to a peak
marked 1,805 feet on the Admiralty chart.
Aided by the Chilian hunter and goatherd Maxi-
milian, who was glad of our help, we pulled in a
whaler round to West Bay, leaving him above to
drive the goats to the cliffs with his two dogs. He
was to show himself periodically and signal with
his hat to show which way the herd was making.
Searching the vertical cliffs with glasses from a roll-
ing boat was no easy matter, but we discovered our
first lot of three picking their way along a ledge
about 600 feet up. The splash of the bullet was
easy to see on the face of the cliff, and this proved
a useful factor in measuring the range. A black
billy goat, conspicuous by a white patch, offered the
best target, and after one or two sighting shots the
rock on which he stood was struck by a Martini
bullet. The ricochet passed between his legs, or
perhaps singed him, for he sprang into space, leap-
ing grandly straight out from the cliff, struck once
on a ledge and made a desperate effort to recover
his footing, then, bouncing off, he turned twice over
in the air and struck the water with a slap like a
whale's tail. Pulling in smartly, we gaffed the
carcass, which was just sinking, hoisted in it and
found the bones of the face all smashed to splinters
by the fall. No shot mark visible, the concussion
and splash of the ounce bullet had caused that terri-
fied spring, luckily for us seawards, while he watched
and listened in sublime contempt of the shooting
below.
Highly elated with our first Juan Fernandez goat
aboard, we paddled northward, past Selkirk Cave,
boarded in for protection, and round the northwest
point of the island, seven miles distant from our
anchorage in Cumberland Bay. Heavy squalls swept
down the steep quebradas and a nasty lop was set
up by the breaking swell, making the boat very lively
in the backwash and extremely difficult to shoot
from; no landing on the rocks was possible.
We made out Maxmilian, silhouetted against the
skyline, on the charted peak 1,S05 feet immediately
above us, his sombrero held to the southward, mark-
ing goats below. The glasses soon disclosed a large
herd feeling their way slowly down the cliff, so high
up they looked like a dark string of hopping fleas.
The dogs could just be made out, peering over the
edge, down which they dared not venture. One after
the other came the long line of leaping and skipping
goats, led by several of the oldest patriarchs, strung
out, but always dropping from ledge to ledge, landing
on tiny jutting footholds, just sufficient for safety,
with marvelous poise and precision. Cloven hoofs
of horn and rubber alone could guarantee such grip,
such feats of acrobatic daring. There was no jostling
on the face of eternity, each waited for the other
with punctilious ceremony. As one leapt down the
next followed, springing and pitching each in their
turn upon points of rock no larger than the crown
of a hat, no wider than the palm of your hand. Down-
wards they came, steadily, deliberately, as if well
aware the penalty of one false step was instant
death.
We opened fire heartlessly at the grizzly old leader,
about 1,000 feet up, but the shooting was most
erratic, the targets almost invisible. Firing only
sufficed to keep the herd perpetually on the move;
they worked back persistently towards West Bay.
These goats were all black, deep chestnut brown or
tawny yellow; most of those with white spots had
been shot, while the survival of the fittest coloration
held good, their protective shadows harmonizing
exactly with the prevailing background. One of the
leaders selected a projecting shoulder to deliberate
on, and a ball from the .450 Express took him fair
in the chest and dropped him back dead into a cave,
where, no doubt as a kid, he had often sheltered
from the tempest. The cave was, unfortunately, out
of all human reach, both from above or below.
With the glasses only could we make out our
Chilian goatherd, pointing and gesticulating wildly
600 yards up; no megaphone would have sufficed to
transmit his shouts, and he was all but invisible to
the naked eye, so we proceeded a la chasse alone.
Two hours of hard work failed to drive our quarry
to a lower refuge; we find them quietly resting
about 1,500 feet to 1,600 feet almost vertically above
us. Here the Express tried three rounds at the
largest leader; the first ball kicked a puff of dust
out of the cliff just below him. the second struck as
much too high, for the tell-tale dust was visible; the
third gave no sign, but hit the beast fair in the
stomach. We watched him stagger forward, recover
himself, then turn to the little track and crawl
Bench Shows.
Dec 16-17 — North Jersey Kennel Club. Newark, N. J.
Jas. "Watson, Sec'y.
Dec. 27-30 — Omaha Kennel Club. Omaha. Neb. C. J.
Benson, Sec'y.
Dec. 30-3] — Schuylkill Valley Kennel Club. Reading.
Pa N. E. Richards, Sec'y.
Jan 1S-20 1910 — North Dakota Kennel Association.
(License.) Fargo, No. Dak. W. R. Jenney, Sec'y.
Jan-. 20-21 — Lynn Kennel Club. Lynn, Mass. M. J.
Donlon, Sec'y.
Jan 26-29 — Cleveland Fanciers' Club Company. (Li-
censed.) Cleveland, O. J. T. Conkey, Sec'y.
Feb. 8-11 — Fanciers' Association of Indiana. In-
dianapolis, Ind. C. R. Millhouse, Secy. Entries
close Feb. 1.
Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York
City. "Win. Rauch, Chairman.
Feb 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas.
'"W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y.
March 1-3 — Pine Tree Kennel Club. Portland, Me.
Elinor S. Moody, Sec'y.
March 1-4 — Buffalo Kennel Club. Buffalo, N. T.
Seymour P. "White, Sec'y.
March" 2-4 — Central New York Kennel Association.
Utica, N. Y. Thos. S. Jackson, Sec'y.
March S-ll — Erie Kennel Club. Erie, Pa. Lyman
T. Whitehead, Sec'y.
March 16-19 — Duquesne Kennel Club of "Western
Pennsylvania. Pittsburg, Pa. B. Cummings,
Sec'y.
March 23-26 — Kodak <5ity Kennel Club. Rochester
N. Y. Jos. H. Church, Sec'y.
March 21-24 — Chicago Kennel Club. Chicago, 111. F.
A. Fisher, Sec'y.
June 1-2 — Ladies' Kennel Association of America.
Minneola, L. I., N. Y. Mrs. R. C. W. Wadsworth,
Sec'y. .
June 2-3 — Long Island Kennel Club. .
E. H. Berendsohn, Sec'y.
June S — Ladies' Kennel Association of Massachusetts.
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Mrs. H. M. Talbot, Sec'y.
June 18 — Westchester Kennel Club. ; .
Louis Contoit, Sec'y.
Field Trials.
Dec. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective
Association. Jackson, Miss. J. B. Smith, Sec'y.
Jan. 3, 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant,
Miss. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y.
Jan. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa-
tion. ■ . Arthur W. Van Pelt, Sec'y.
Jan. 11 — United States Field Trial Club. Rogers
Springs, Tenn. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junc-
tion. Tenn.
Jan. — National Championship Field Trial Associa-
tion. To follow II. S. trials. Rogers Springs, Tenn.
W. B. Stafford. Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn.
Jan. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfield,
Cal. E. Courtney Ford, Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal.
Jan. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort
Worth, Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y.
Feb. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex.
E. M. Ford, Sec'y.
THE WILD GOATS OF JUAN FFERNANDEZ.
Introduced originally by the old-time buccaneers
or English pirates of the Pacific, the goats on Juan
Fernandez were intended to supply fresh meat
whenever their importers touched at the island to
divide their spoil. Anson mentions that the first goat
they captured in 1741 had its ears slit by Alexander
Selkirk 32 years previously, adding that the goats
there possessed beards of venerable aspect and
showed other signs of extreme old age. In such a
.remote island it is probable that these grand old
patriarchs will long continue to browse oyer its pale
green valleys and lead their flocks to safety on its
stupendous cliffs, states a writer in the London Field.
Juan Fernandez, or Masa-tierra, with the adjacent
islet of Masa-fuera owe their dual existence to vol-
-canic agency. Three hundred and sixty miles from
the coast of Chile, just out of sight of the snow-
capped peaks of Aconcagua and the Bell of Quillota,
they stand aloof, and are seldom visited save by a
passing man-of-war. Surrounded by forbidding
precipices, down the gorges of which trickle a thou-
sand rills, their high summits wreathed in trade wind
clouds, saturated with moistures and knowing little
frost, their vegetable growth and green wealth of
.pasture is unsurpassed. Habitation for herds of
wild goats undisturbed prisoners at large, growing to
great age and size, with nothing to disturb their
-peaceful sequestered life save the bellowing of sea-
lions and the occasional crack of a ship's rifle.
In 1680 the Trinity sloop, Captain Sharp, put in
here on Christmas Day; her crew caulked ship,
felled timber, hunted goats, dried fish and washed
clothes. They reported goats and whiskered seals
as numerous.
Anson made Masa-tierra his rendezvous, and found
there a pack of large, fierce dogs, landed by the
Spaniards to kill the goats. His sailors shot and
ate the dogs in lieu of goat's flesh, probably then
difficult to obtain. The flesh of seals they called
"lamb," of sea-lions, "beef."
The descendants of these same goats, animals
possessed of great longevity, are still being harried
by a few dogs, which now run mute and are kept
in subjection for the use of man. They drive the
goats to their only refuge, the well-worn tracks
along the rugged cliffs, and keep them there until
the native shepherd can get a shot, from point to
point, as occasion requires. The immensitj' of these
unapproachable precipices, so difficult of access by
sea or land, will always prevent the goats from
being exterminated on Juan Fernandez. Using the
tiniest Ic'.ges for their foothold, they play follow-
my-leade" down and along these precarious goat
f< llowing their patriarchs, drop after drop,
reach a point equally inaccessible to dog
away from the herd he had led so long and well
Climbing slowly upwards with increasing efforts, he
just managed to gain a grass covered slope at the
extreme top and disappeared into a gully. Doubtful
of ever securing either of these goats, we headed
back and landed under Crusoe's cave in Grassy B§B6
The native joined us and explained in Chilian that
the cave was out of reach, also that all wounded
goats not knocked off the . cliffs made for these -in-
accessible eaves and died there. The second goat
had reached a gulch and was hiding . there, ■•■badly
wounded; a rifle might be useful in ease he jumped'.
We shouldered the double Express and started.. off,
Maximilian led us landwards up the steepest of
slopes and ravines until we had surmounted . 2,000
feet, faced by the cliffs. We crawled over ■ a . dan.
gerous ridge, and, taking our boots off, crept and
slip cautiously about 400 feet down to the bare edge
of the mighty drop. Here in a deep little ouebrada
lay our grand old quarry, stretched out by death",
"mm antiguo, mui viejo," as the hunter said. He
had just strength to reach the edge of this awful
declivity in time to die in this friendly dip and "save
himself that last long tumble he had been spared
so long. £ -
With the rifle an incumbrance we left it and
cartridges behind, taking our hunting knives in our
teeth we helped each other gingerly down,. The
strong smelling patriarch was too heavy to. lift or
pack when paunched (they weigh up to 150 pounds),
so we started to skin him as he lay. The knife
brought away the little one-half-ounce bullet, now
in mushroom shape, from under the skin of the
back; it had perforated the vitals upwards, but al-
though driven by 120 grains of Curtis & Harvey's
"best diamond black," its energy at such an altitude
was all hut expended, and it had failed to penetrate
the tough skin a second time; no bones Had been
met, either, to check its career.
Maximilian tied the head round his neck, and with
the bullet in one's mouth, and the clinging skin on
one's back, we regained the ridge, but not before we
had kicked and rolled the carcass over the cliff. It
turned one quite giddy to watch its fall, striking
once, twice, bouncing outwards, till it reached the
blue water beneath, and, without the hide that had
kept it together, burst like a shell on impact. Sharks,
dogfish, barracouta and crayfish deserved it more
than the rats which abounded, and no doubt the
finny tribe much appreciated the finale.
The head, well mounted by Rowland Ward, hangs
outside over our front door, for the offensive aroma
still given off by the long-bearded trophy, in spite
of petrol and spirits of turpentine, prevents its ac-
ceptance indoors.
The next day we spent in . collecting humming
birds and fern roots for South Kensington and Kew;
we also ascended to Selkirk's lookout, 2,400 feet,
where he daily watched for sail or sign, and we
gave his memorial tablet a coat of red lead. Erected
by the officers of H. M. S. Topaze in 1868, we had
the good fortune to repaint it in 1876 and again in
18S5. On each occasion our companion was one of
the original Topaze officers who had placed it there.
Both since have joined Selkirk in happier hunting
grounds, it is to be hoped, than those of which, a
description has been here attempted.
Duck Hunting in Utah. — A recent report from Salt
Lake City states: The unusually cold weather has
spoiled the shooting in most localities, owing to the
streams and lakes being frozen over. Sportsmen find
i: almost impossible to get within shooting distance
of the ducks, except where there is still some open
water. The mouth of the Jordan river affords prob-
ably the best shooting ground in the immediate
vicinity of this city, however, and large parties of
duck hunters are to be seen in this neighborhood.
The most common wild duck in Utah seems to
be teal, with mallard running a close second. Some
eanvasbaek have been bagged, but thijs species is
rare, and it is only once in a great while that any
are secured. Teal and mallard, however, are much
in demand.
According to Salt Lake sportsmen, this has been
one of the most successful years ever known in their
annals of duck shooting. The game laws of the
State are rigidly enforced, and few cases of gunners
taking more than they are allowed by the law have
been reported. The season closed December 31st.
Will Rival Tunas. — A school of eight .or ten black-
fish passed the Newport wharf Thursday , morning of
last week. The fish appeared to be about 30 feet
long and came to the surface to spout like whales.
Blackfish feed upon porpoises, and it is a stirring
sight to see them in pursuit of these sea pigs.
The Southern California press agents will now
have material for new fish stories.
The Quakers Won. — Word received by members of
the Los Angeles Revolver Club in regard to the
United States Revolver Association League contest
of December 9th between the Los Angeles club and
the Philadelphia Rifle Association shows . that the
Los Angeles club was defeated by 70 points. The
Philadelphia score was 1056 and the Los Angeles
score 986.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda,
Saturday, January 1, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
9
REGARDING THE STATE FISH AND GAME
COMMISSION.
In an issue of the Ukiah Times somewhat re-
cently there appeared an article concerning the
State Fish and Game Commission. Among other
statements, the assertion was made that the Com-
mission had collected $1S4,467.70 in 1907, of which
$100,000 had not been accounted for. For 1908, it
was claimed, the amount collected was $352,475.24,
and of which at least $250,000 had been devoted to
the use and support of the "Machine" — "as there
was nothing else to show for it." Meaning that the
only presumption as to the channels through which
this sum had passed were improper, as there had
been no showing of a legally authorized dispensa-
tion of the amount.
These statements, and others in the article,
elicited many objections. Mr. George H. Rhodes,
"editor of The Times, requested in due course of Mr.
Vogelsang, the Secretary of the Commission, "to
make a report for publication in order to set the
matter right before the people."
In response the letter given below, dated Novem-
ber 24th, was forthcoming. Much of the matter is
self-explanatory, all of it is of interest to the sports-
men of this State.
A copy of this letter was forwarded to Hon. A. B.
Nye, State Controller, at Sacramento. This state-
ment met with approval and endorsement, for,
among other things in his reply, Mr. Nye says:
. "Yours of November 27th is at hand, and I read
with a great deal of interest your letter to Mr.
Rhodes of Ukiah. I hope he prints your letter in
full, and if he does so you ought to secure copies
of his paper and mail them to other newspapers
throughout the State, for you have made a first-
class presentation of the subject from the stand-
point of the Commission. * * * "
"Public officers should go out of the way to see
that correct information is spread before the peo-
ple. * * * It is the right of the people to know
about their own affairs.*'
The letter of Mr. Vogelsang above referred to
follows :
"I regret that I could not reply earlier to your
recent communication in which you desired to have
some information concerning our work, the distribu-
tion of our funds, and to what extent reports have
been made, and enclosing also a clipping from your
paper, the Ukiah Times, relative to the disposition
of fines paid for violations of the fish and game
laws, and the payment of expenses incurred in the
prosecution of violators of these laws. I appreciate
very much the inquiry and the opportunity it gives
me to present the facts in the matter; in other words,
to show the people of the county that all such ex-
penses are, and have been, borne by the State. Owing
to a bereavement in my own family, and the death
of our own chief clerk, Mr. E. G. Heacock, one of the
most conscientious and capable of men, my com-
pliance with your request is somewhat tardy.
I will take up first the matter of the amount that
has been paid into your county during the last two
years, for which we have receipts in this office. For
justices' and constables' fees, Superior Court trials
and all the expenses attendant thereon, the sum of
$839.50 has been paid. We have also paid for the
board of prisoners who were convicted and went to
jail. The amount received in fines from all over the
State leaves very little, if anything, on the credit
side of the ledger. These expenses are paid, win or
■lose. Superior Court trials cost anywhere from $100
to $400 — depending upon the mileage of jurors and
length of trial, court reporters' fees, etc. Sometimes
_the amount is larger; for example, in May last we
paid Plumas county the sum of $1,555.37, which ex-
pense was incurred in the prosecution of 14 men
arrested for dynamiting fish. Twelve of these men
were convicted; two only paid fines; the others each
served five months in jail. The keep of the prisoners,
the expenses incident to three Superior Court trials,
the bringing of witnesses from long distances, and
jurors' fees, aggregated that sum. Receipted and
itemized bills showing these expenditures are on file
in this office and also in the office of the State Con-
troller.
It has been stated that it costs the State about
■ five times as much to run the Commission as it did
ten years ago. Briefly stated, the Commission has
now a salary list in all departments ranging from
90 to 97 people, against 18 in July of 1898. At that
time the appropriation from the general fund of the
State for' the biennial period was $47,000. Today,
with five times the force, the drain on the general
fund of the State is $40,000; in other words, $20,000
a year for the support and maintenance of commer-
cial hatcheries, and is therefore costing the State
with a working force of upwards of 90 men, $7,000
less than it did with a force of IS ten years ago. It
. is true the Commission expends a great deal more
money and has more at its command, but it is derived
from those who either make a living out of our
work or derive a pleasure from it. in other words,
the fellow who dances is paying the fiddler. There
are only about 10 per cent of the people in any
country, State or community who are interested in
hunting or fishing, and that 10 per cent pays for the
-support of the institution from which it derives so
much benefit; the other 90 per cent are relieved.
- : In 1898 the State had four hatchery buildings — one
at Sisson and got an appropriation of $5,000 to build
one on Eel river, and had two insignificant hatcheries
on Lake Tahoe. Out of our own funds, without ask-
ing the State for a cent of appropriation, we have
more than quadrupled the hatchery capacity at
Sisson. We have four large hatchery buildings there
and three on Lake Tahoe; the later one built a year
ago has four times the capacity of those we had in
1S9S. A striped bass hatchery and a steelhead
hatchery have also been established, making nine
that the State actually owns, and two others, the
output of which it furnishes and disposes of.
The output of our hatcheries is today ten times
greater than it was ten years ago. Of the general
excellence of our fish cultural work and artifical pro-
pagation of fishes, the department at Washington
pronounces it the best example in the United States,
and that our salmon work leads the world. All au-
thorities agree that were it not for the manner in
which this work is carried on in this State, the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin rivers would have long since
been depleted of salmon, our most valuable and im-
portant food fish. On the other hand, since the Com-
mission took up the artifical propagation of these
food fishes, a steady increase has been shown. The
season just closed shows the largest run of salmon
in ten years. Sisson hatchery turns out more young
salmon than any other single establishment in the
United States. In 1892 and 1893 the canneries on
the Sacramento river remained closed because there
were no salmon. Today California is shipping tons of
fresh salmon to Oregon and Washington and in car-
load lots to Chicago, New York and even to Europe.
For thirty years the State had a very crude man-
ner of distributing its fish. Today it has one of the
best equipped fish distributing cars in the United
States, which was built and equipped at a total
cost of $7,500. The Federal Fish Commission has
six cars, the cost of which ranged from $9,000 to
$11,000 each.
In 1898 the Commission had one launch to patrol
a vast area. Today it has three and is building a
new one at a cost of $5,000 to replace the first one,
built 12 years ago — all of this being done without
asking the State for a cent of appropriation.
It has established and is maintaining a game farm,
where since February of this year there has been
raised upwards of a thousand young pheasants. In
1898 the commission secured an appropriation of
$1,590 and brought in about 300 pheasants from
Oregon and China. Next summer we expect to turn
out at least 5,000 pheasants from the game farm and
will require no appropriation of the Legislature
to do it.
We have also brought into this State from Europe
upwards of 2,500 Hungarian partridges, which have
been liberated in 30 counties of the State, and in
many of them a substantial increase is shown.
It has imported wild pheasants airect from Europe
to mingle with the Oregon and Chinese pheasants. It
has also brought in shipments of wild turkeys from
the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, and liberated 25 in the
San Bernardino mountains and placed 22 in the game
farm and turned out something over 100 of their in-
crease in the national parks in Tulare and Mariposa
counties — expending in this work of introduction,
their care, transportation charges into the State and
throughout the State, together with the cost of estab-
lishing the game farm, about $10,000.
In the past two years the Commission has volun-
tarily paid out of the hunting license fund a bounty
of $20 each on 840 mountain lion scalps, killed in
this State, representing a drain on our resources of
$17,000 in round numbers. The full value of this is
better appreciated when it is remembered that the
experienced mountaineers claim that each lion kills
from one to three deer each a week; most of them
claim that two a week is a low estimate. We have
scores of letters showing where single lions have
killed as many as five in one week. To be exact, in
Glenn county in July of this year, one lion was
known to kill five deer in one week. Taken on the
lowest estimate given, that a lion kills a deer a week,
the 840 lion scalps therefore represent 840 deer saved
in one week to the people of the State; in four
weeks or a month, about 3,400; in 12 months or a
year, upwards of 40,000 deer saved, to say nothing
of the saving of colts, calves, sheep and pigs to stock
raisers. At the low valuation of $10 on a deer,
40,000 deer represent a saving to the State of more
than $400,000.
In your own county we have paid for the scalps
of 60 lions; in other words, $1,200 in the past two
years. We have also paid in salaries and traveling
expenses to deputies in your county more than $6,000
in the same time. Yours is one of the best hunting
and fishing counties in the State, and fish and
game, when properly understood, are valuable assets.
To guarantee a continuance of the supply adequate
protection is required.
In answer to the criticism that the Commissioners
made no financial report, I beg to say that the
meager printing appropriation of $500 per year was.
speedily exhausted when the hunting license law
went into effect, which required ten times the amount
of printing we had ever used before, and an illus-
trated report in narrative style was not gotten out
lor the reason that funds were not available for that
purpose until July, 1909, and the further fact that
such publication is not required under the law,
merely "a biennial statement to the Governor of all
transactions and disbursements,'' therefore only a
financial statement embodying the recommendations
of this Commission as to changes in the fish and
game laws was printed. This was presented to the
Governor and was placed on the desk of every mem-
ber of the Senate and Assembly at the recent session
of the Legislature; it was used by the Ways and
Means Committee of the House and Finance Com-
mittee of the Senate when the subject of appropria-
tions was under discussion. This financial state-
ment was of the same form and went to the same
extent as had been the practice lor 20 years.
The larger report setting forth in narrative form,
with instructive illustrations, is in progress of com-
piliation and will be forthcoming. It will carry the
same financial statement as was submitted to the
Governor. This will be in the nature of a voluntary
contribution to the public and will probably number
5,000 copies, 3,000 being the largest number ever
printed before.
A very important fact that is not generally under-
stood is the necessity that exists for a strong work-
ing balance at all times. Under the law no State
property can be insured. There is not a cent of
insurance carried on our game farm or its build-
ings, or on any of our nine hatchery buildings or on
any of our nine hatchery buildings or our boats or
our fish distributing car — they are all liable to fire.
Without available funds we would have no means to
restore or replace any one of them without an ap-
propriation were it not for the balance that is carried
ready to meet such emergencies.
Budding financial geniuses and immature journal-
ists fall into the grievous error in writing of the
amount of money that is handled by this Commission,
as representing one year's expenditure, evidently not
being aware that it represents a biennial period of
two years; therefore, however extravagant the state-
ments, they must always be divided in two.
As the business of the Commission expanded, re-
sponsibilities and duties were increased and the
salaries of many of the employes were advanced to
approximate the prevailing scale in all well-regulated
business enterprises, representing similar responsi-
bilities and duties. It is not generally understood
that the Commissioners themselves, receive no com-
pensation, but are allowed traveling expenses. To
my personal knowledge, covering a period of nearly
ten years as executive officer, the grand total of
such charges against the State for all three Commis-
sioners has not been $300 in a single year. At the
recent session of the Legislature an effort was made
by interested politicians to place the Commissioners
on a salary basis at a compensation of $3,000 per year
each, or an additional annual drain of $9,000 on our
funds. The members of this Board opposed the meas-
ure from the start and it did not become a law.
With regard to the personnel of the force, it com-
pares favorably with that of any other institution, or-
ganized or business concern of the State. As to the
statement that politics enter into ths work, or in the
selection of the force, the answer is simple. No
man was ever employed or lost his position because
of political affiliations. Employes are selected and
retain their positions solely because of their in-
tegrity, qualifications and adaptability to the work.
Out of a working force of approximately 90 men, I
cannot name the politics of 10, and I doubt if the
members of the Board could name the politics of
more than half that number.
Another matter not generally understood is the
fact that not a cent of money can be paid out by the
Fish Commissioners on any claim until after that
claim had been approved by the State Board of Ex-
aminers at Sacramento, which is composed of the
Governor, the Attorney General and the Secretary
of State, and then is passed for final auditing by
the State Controller's department, who, after being
satisfied that the claims are just charges against the
State, draws his warrants on the State Treasurer for
the amount, and the money is thereupon disbursed
to the respective claimants. Itemized original bills
showing every cent of expenditures are on file with
the State Controller's department at Sacramento,
and duplicates thereof are in the office of the Fish
Commission and accessible at all times.
There is much more that could be written and
more details furnished, as the foregoing indicates,
but I believe that facts are more interesting than
figures, which are apt to become tedious; therefore
this general outline and summing up of the facts in
concrete form should prove of more general interest.
Trusting I have not trespassed too far and that
you will be able to make use of the material, I beg
to remain, yours respectfully,
CHARLES A. VOGELSANG, Chief Deputy."
Eastern Brook Trout. — Deputy Game Warden Man-
deville of Floriston, New. recently took to Truckee
a consignment of Eastern brook trout, measuring
from four to seven inches in length. In exchange for
these fish he received Rainbow trout fry from the
the State Fish and Game Commission. The Eastern
brook trout were placed in streams emptying into
Donner Lake.
Good Bear Hunting. — Bear hunting is reported
good around Truckee, the snow makes it quite easy
for the hunters to track bruin. Recently two black
bears were killed, one at the Winnie Smith wood
camp, weighing 300 pounds, and the other at the old
Schaeffer camp, fourteen miles southwest of
Truckee. Other fur-bearing animals are being
trapped quite plentifully, and the pelts are com-
manding fair prices in the St. Louis market.
Reno, Nev., sportsmen held a jackraboit hunt just
prior to Christmas. The bag, 200 fat jackrabbits,
was turned over to the Salvation Army.
19
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 1, 1910.
COUNTY GAME LAW UPHELD.
As the Third District Court of Appeals interprets
it, the constitutional amendment voted in 1902 giving
the Legislature the right to create game laws of its
own, did not at the same time deal death to the
county ordinances then in operation.
Justice Burnett is the author of an opinion handed
down last Friday adjudicating the controversy that
grew out of the supposed conflict. His opinion is
based on two grounds. First, that the Legislature has
never taken advantage of the amendment; second,
that the language of the amendment itself makes it
clear that exception was made in favor of the county
ordinances then existing by declaring that they
should not be repealed.
The test came on a county ordinance passed by
Sonoma county in 1899, prohibiting the use of nets
in any stream, within the county. Ray Cole and
Joe Ruise resisted punishment for violating the ordi-
nance on the ground that it had been abrogated
by the constitutional amendment of 1902. Defeat in
the upper court means that they must now go to jail
or pay a heavy fine.
The decision is of the utmost importance in
every county and on Monday was the topic of
conversation among the local hunters and anglers.
Following this decision the District Attorney of
Marin county has announced that he will prosecute
every case brought up for violation of the Marin
county ordinance that closed the county season on
quail December 15th.
This ordinance had been more honored in the
breach than in the observance, the validity of the
county powers being temporarily clouded by ad-
verse opinion.
There seems to be some misapprehension in re-
gard to a supposed precedent established by a
decision rendered in a case which came before the
Appellate Court in Southern California. The de-
cision upset a county ordinance. The joker, how-
ever, is this, the case did not go on record. The
law requires a unanimous decision from the bench
of an Appellate Court. In the ease here referred to,
there was a dissenting and minority decision, hence
the supposed precendent was clouded in its effect
as an authority by an incomplete record.
RECORD STRIPED BASS CAUGHT.
Striped bass records, both for size and numbers, are
gradually going up a notch or two as season after
season passes. For several years the late Fred Bush-
nell's 29% pounder was the record fish for local
waters, then one of the anglers came along with
a 30 or 32 pound bass and for the time being patted
their individual chests as the record striped bass
angler. Following these James Thomson's 35 pounder
caught near Wingo carried the banner. Then rap-
idly followed about a dozen fish, until Bob Sang-
ster's or Al Wilson's 44 pound fish were undisputed
monarchs of the saltwater anglers encomiums. But
striped bass fishing has proven full of surprises and
although a dozen or more larger fish were reported
from time to time as having been caught by the net
fishermen, still, most of the anglers felt that the
44 pound mark was pretty near the limit for a local
rod and line.
How farfetched this surmise was in shown by
Chas. R. Bond's capture of a 55 pound striped bass.
Now the boys are still in the continuous quandary
class — who is the next lucky rodster for. a larger
one. If the writer is not mistaken, a striped bass
weighing a bit over 78 pounds caught near New-
port, R. I., in the '80s has the hallmark stamp for
largest taken by an Eastern rod and line.
This striped bass weighed, by Al Wilson and W.
R. McFarland, when landed 55 pounds. It was 49%
inches long — over 4 feet, and measured 38% inches
in girth, the record striped bass taken with a rod
and line in any striped bass waters on the Coast to
date. Possibly a feat that has not been equaled
for many years past at any Eastern striped bass
fishing grounds.
The big fish was taken on December ISth in San
Antone slough near Burdell's Station, Marin county.
Bond's favorite fishing ground in the creek lies be-
tween "Mudhen" slough and "Blind" slough. And here
it was that the heavy fish was hooked and played up
and down the creek for forty minutes before being
gaffed. The clam-baited hook was gorged completely,
this fact enabling the angler to handle the fish easier
than if it had been simply hooked in the jaw. The
big bass practically drowned itself. Bond is a pop-
ular frequenter of the San Antone fishing resort and
a member of the Quo Vadis Club, the headquarters
of which is located on a comfortably fitted up sloop
anchored in the slough.
Striped bass anglers are a jolly, enthusiastic lot
of sportsmen. Albeit there is a keen rivalry among
the rank and file of the gumbooted piscators jeal-
ousy however, is a comparatively unknown quality.
So when the "high hook" laurels for a striped bass
capture were annexed by Charles R. Bond of Ala-
meda the fraternity to a man were unstinted in
praise and congratulations. Now and then the par-
donable comment was heard from an enthusiast:
"I'd give $100 if I could have landed that big fellow.
My, but Bond was lucky." And indeed he was.
A number of large striped bass have been captured
by local anglers from time to time that scaled
over forty pounds. Louis Boutellier has the credit of
a 42% pou: d striped be.ss caught in Russian river,
below Duncan's Mills. It is safe to say that the
striped ba::s anglers will follow the sport now with
increased ipplication and persistence, every man of
a <'ag> .' to lower the 55-pound record.
San Antone slough so far, has kept in the lead
for record single fish and total catches. The follow-
ing accurate statistics compiled by Professor Mc-
Farland, an expert angler and keen sportsman, since
the 1st of August, is of much local importance and
of a nature calculated to make striped bass fishermen
in other parts of the country open their eyes.
During the month of August, 23 striped bass were
taken, the total weight, 140 pounds. The two largest
weighed 19 and 17 pounds each and were caught on
a spoon hook.
In September 50 fish of a total weight of 240 pounds
was the catch. The four largest scaled 19, 17, 17 and
15 pounds.
The October record was nine fish weighing 172%
pounds all told. The three biggest weighed 44,
23 and 19% pounds each.
For November, special scales were in order. Fifty-
one striped bass weighed 1176 pounds, an average
of 23 pounds each.
The December list, up to the 19th inst, chronicles
12 bass, weight 237% pounds, an average of nearly
20 pounds each.
Several individual catches are here given that are
a creditable showing of angling skill: Al Wilson's 24
striped bass weighed 446 pounds, an average of
IS 7-8 pounds each. Bob Sangster's eight fish, 221
pounds, averaging 27% pounds each. Will Hammer's
mer, six fish, 125 pounds, 25 1-3 pounds average. Man-
uel Cross, five fish, 116 pounds, 23% pounds average.
W. R. McFarland, three fish, 99 pounds, 33 pounds av-
erage. McManus, one fish, forty pounds. Will S. Kittle,
one fish, 35 pounds. Old man Goodwin, one fish, 32
pounds.
The largest fish to date are Bond's 55 pounder,
Al Wilson's 44%, and Bob Sangster's 44 pound bass.
The foregoing data gives practically all of the
reported large fish for the months mentioned. Many
small bass have been taken by different anglers
of which no record is obtainable. A 29 pounder
caught by George Masters is claimed to be the largest
bass caught last season. Taken all in all, it looks
as if large striped bass were to be by no means
rare in the future.
As striped bass fishing goes, anywhere this gamey
fish swims, the figures here listed are something
unusual and will be of interest to salt water anglers
the world over.
These fish were all killed by expert anglers, some
of the hooked bass after towing the boats up and
down the creek, forced the angler to go ashore and
handle his finny quarry from the more stable vantage
of the bank. A battle of an hour and a half's con-
tinuance has not been an unusual incident in land-
ing one of the heavy-weights. McFarland's 35
pounder took out 200 yards of line and dragged his
boat up the slough for three separate stretches. The
100 and 150 yard reels in vogue are rapidly being
changed for 200 yard reels.
Sunday, December 19th, about ten anglers braved
the chilly weather and southeast wind at San Antone,
but not a fish was hooked. The lone big fellow of the
previous day seemed to exhaust the visible supply
of striped bass for the time being. Among the eager
bunch were: Charles Hollywood, Chris Johnson,
Jack Bliss, Professor McFarland, Dave Wallace,
Jerry Riley, Al Wilson, Bob Sangster and others.
Last Sunday and during the mid-week days,
despite assiduous attention to the sport by quite a
few anglers, results were practically nil.
On the levees of the Wingo creeks in Sonoma
county, a delegation of at least 75 clam tossers wooed
fickle striped bass fortunes unsuccessfully two weeks
ago. Probably to sustain the reputation of this fa-
vorite resort, a "peep" went the rounds that Al Lar-
son had captured a 9 pound fish — "the old guard, may
die but never surrenders." However that may be,
weather and the fish were not en rapport with those
"on the job." A partial list of the unterrified fish
tamers is: Charles P. Landresse, Jas. Turner, Will
Turner, Turret Evans, Al Martin, Jack Stevens, Par-
son Jackson, H. B. Harte, Timothy Lynch, Otto
Thiel, Harvey Harmon, Jack Duckell, J. Duckell Jr.,
Jos. Harding and Jos. Gaborino.
Last Sunday rather a small muster of rods was
counted at Wingo, almost every angler drew blank,
the few colors panned out of the sloughs were too
light for mention.
Reports from San Pablo, Rodeo, Crockett, Val-
lejo Junction and other fishing resorts have not been
encouraging recently.
STEELHEAD ANGLING.
Reports from Russian river for over a week past
are indicative of much sport near Duncan's Mills.
Ten days ago the fishing began with baited hooks
but soon gave way to spoon and spinner casting.
Advices last Thursday were that the rain had not
affected the fishing to any great extent. The water
was clear and from ten to fifteen fish was the daily
catch to the boat. There are boats enough at Dun-
can's to accommodate a large number of angles.
The largest fish reported to have been caught was
a 20 pounder taken by Louis Gotthelf of this city.
For two weeks past there has been a strong repre-
sentation of local anglers at Duncan's Mills.
The river had run down and cleared far sooner
than was anticipated and was in fine condition for
angling. The cold weather has prevented the snows
in the interior ranges from melting fast enough to
keep the river high and roily. Trout have been in
evidence daily in numbers.
Among the anglers who have taken early advan-
tage of the favorable conditions are: Louis Bou-
tellier, Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn, Charles F. Breiden-
stein, Sam Wells, Joseph Pincus, W. J. Street, Dr.
Abrams, George A. Wentworth, M. J. Geary, George
W. Ellery and others. The list for today and follow-
ing days, as long as the fishing lasts, will afford
material for a comfortable sized angling bluebook.
Breidenstein and Wells have seined a number
of choice specimens of steelhead trout. These fish
are part of the collection of fresh and salt-water
varieties of fish which will be gathered for stocking
an aquarium soon to be on public exhibition at the
Chutes. This taking of game fishes with nets has
the sanction of and permission of the State Fish and
Game Commission, there being a provision in the
statute providing for the taking of trout and other
fishes for scientific or educational purposes. Chief
Deputy Commissioner Charles A. Vogelsang has
been of material aid in making the exhibit a complete
showing of the many varieties of fish life the State
officers have fostered and propagated.
The tidewaters of Paper Mill creek near Point
Reyes have recently shown a strong revival in steel-
head possibilities. Two weeks ago a number of nice-
sized fish were taken, among them a ripe twelve-
pound steelhead, on Saturday, by Dr. Cavanaugh.
The Sunday deployment of split bamboo rods was
a noticeable one. Every point of vantage on the
banks from the "white house pool" up to the "big
rock" was pre-empted by a fisherman. Fifty men at
least were ready to make the fish at home in their
creels. The trout had a say in this, for rather few
were caught, weather conditions putting a ban on
the sport for the day. Among those present (practic-
ing for Russian river) were S. A. Wells, George Rob-
erts, Bert Harwood, Dr. H. Abrams, Harry Gosliner,
Bert Deuare, Joseph Springer, James Lynch, Frank
Smith, Harry Baker, W. A. L. Miller, James Watt,
Joseph Meyer, C. F. Breidenstein, William Eaton,
Drewry Tallant, Frank Dolliver, George Walker, Wil-
liam Kennedy, Harry Thompson, H. B. Baker, Bill
Chambers, Joseph Uri, George Uri, Milton Franken-
burg, Cottager Christ and others.
Further north, in the Salmon Creek lagoon, some
nine miles from Bodega, George Uhl, Jack Lemmer
and Ned Bosqui caught a number of fine, large-sized
steelhead: an eight pounder was the heaviest. The
angling fun wasc supplemented by quail limits.
Last Sunday, a number of nice sized steelhead were
caught in Rodeo lagoon, near Point Bonita. The
high tides evidently aided the fish in getting over the
shallow bar.
At odd times salt water fishermen catch steelhead
trout. A 12 pound fish was taken recently by an
angler fishing off the rocks at the Presidio seawall
for rockcod.
Steelhead come in through the "Heads" and follow
the bay waters in search of fresh water streams.
Time was when the late John Gallagher used to catch
steelhead from the Webster-street bridge across the
bay. Salmon grilse have frequently been caught at
Powell and Mission street wharves, and also from
the Oakland moles.
DUCK HUNTING NOTES.
For a week past duck hunting success has been
patchy, so to speak. In some sections thin bags
were the rule, in others again limits were
generously plenty. Spoonbills were the va-
riety of webfoots most plentiful in many of the
inside marsh districts. Along the bay shore re-
sorts the unsettled weather conditions provided good
canvasback and bluebill shooting, particularly at the
east bay shore resorts of San Pablo bay.
Near Alviso and the drawbridge shooting territory,
"cans" and "blueys" were plentiful.
A report from Marin county shooting centers given
in the San Rafael Independent states:
The quail shooting in and through the county in
the past month has been exceedingly good, especially
on the Country Club grounds and in and around
Novato and Nicasio. The ducks have been flying
well and they hug the marshes during the cold morn-
ings, which makes good sport for the boys on this
side of the bay.
In Bolinas bay, a number of good bags have been
brought in lately. Supervisor Pistolesi returned
with the limit from his pond near Willow Camp.
At Tomales- Bay a number of the local shooters
spent last Sunday trying to knock down some of
the high flying sea brant, but at this game none of
them were very successful. The bluebills and can-
vasback ducks however are more plentiful than the
larger members of the webfooted family and nice
bags of these two northern species of birds were
killed.
Dr. T. P. Bodkin went out at Ignacio for a quail
shoot and did fairly well. The best luck he had all
day was on geese. The doctor saw six gray geese
land in a field a short distance from him, and he care-
fully made a sneak on them and as he uses
a sixteen gauge pump gun for shooting, he managed
to get five out of the six. The birds were slow
in getting off the ground and the doctor uses a
pump gun to perfection, consequently he got a goose
at every shot.
The quail shooting up through the county has been
good. George Newman, the president of the Point
Reyes Sportsmen's Club, says that quail are plentiful
on the club grounds, although they are a bit wild.
He managed to get the limit for two days however.
John Orr, the veteran quail shooter, shot for four
days at Point Reyes last week and although the
weather was against the sport and the birds were
wild he managed to get the limit each day.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, January 1, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
THE MEAT SITUATION.
Secretary Wilson has just finished a
unique investigation, made for the pur-
pose of this report, relating to the in-
crease of wholesale prices of beef when
sold at retail. The report is interest-
ing, but not clearly illuminating in
some particulars. Through employes
of the Bureau of Animal Industry in-
quiries were made in fifty cities — large,
medium and small — in all parts of the
country. A schedule was prepared to
record the actual experiences of retail-
ers in buying and selling a carcass or
half carcass of beef, and among the
facts ascertained were the weight and
wholesale cost of a certain piece of
beef, usually a half carcass. Then fol-
lowed the weight and retail price of
every cut for which a uniform price
was charged by the retail dealer. Thus
it became possible not only to com-
pare high-priced and low-priced cuts,
but also to compute accurately the re-
tail price per pound and consumers'
cost of the beef price for which the
wholesale price per pound and cost of
the entire beef had been reported.
For the fifty cities the total retail
cost charged to customers above the
wholesale cost paid by the retailers is
38 per cent. In five cities the rate of
increase is 20 per cent or under; in 10
cities, 21 to 30 per cent; in 12 cities, 31
to 40 per cent; in 12 cities 41 to 50 per
cent and in 11 cities, over 50 per cent.
A gross profit of 40 per cent was
found in New York City and in Phila-
delphia; 28 per cent in Buffalo, N. Y.;
36 per cent in Boston; 17 per cent in
Baltimore, Md.; 42 per cent in Wash-
ington, D. C; 46 per cent in Chicago;
25 per cent in Cincinnati, Ohio; 23 per
cent in Omaha, Neb.; 28 per cent in
Kansas City, Mo.; 27 and 35 per cent
in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.; 40
per cent in Milwaukee, Wis., and De-
troit, Mich.; 39 per cent in St. Louis;
64 per cent in Mobile, Ala.; 39 per cent
in San Francisco; 24 per cent in Seat-
tle, and 37 per cent in Denver, Colo.
The lower the grade of beef the
greater the percentag of gross profit.
In Boston, for illustration, the rate of
gross profit is nearly twice as great
for beef costing 8 cents at wholesale
as for beef costing 11 and ll1^ cents.
Low-priced beef is marked up nearly
twice as much relatively as high-pried
beef. In other words, perhaps it is a
safe inference that the poor people pay
nearly twice as much profit as the
well-to-do people pay.
The ascending prices of meat sug-
gest inquiry as to whether the prices
of the farmer's beef cattle and hogs
have increased at the farm in the
same degree that meat has to the con-
sumer. For the purpose of making
comparisons, the meat price level of
1896-1900, a period of comparatively
low prices, is adopted as a base line,
represented by 100, and for each ani-
mal and commodity this price level is
computed.
The farmer has failed to receive a
share of higher beef prices with re-
gard to the raw animal. The price
levelof two-year-old steers at the farm
being regarded as 100 for 1S96, the
price of such seers rose to 135.9 in
1900, declined to 85.5 in 1905, and rose
to 100.8 in 1909, all for the date of
January 1 and for prices at the farm,
substantially before corn feeding had
begun.
The price of corn in 1909 at the
farm is represented by 218.6, com-
pared with 100 for the price level of
1896-1900, and the price of the best
native steers in the same year is 139.9,
which is much above the "Index num-
ber" for the price of the animal at the
farm and much below the price of
corn at the farm. The inference is
that the farmer gets some return for
the high-priced corn that he feeds to
his steers, but not a return equal to
60 cents a bushel for his corn, which
is the price for the last two years. As
for the unfed steer, it does not partici-
pate in the upward movement of
prices in its farm value.
The wholesale prices of fresh beef
carcasses have increased in about the
same degree that the prices of steers
have at the stock yards, and the retail
prices of fresh beef have kept pace
with the wholesale prices.
The increasing prices of fresh beef,
therefore, are due to increasing prices
of animals at the stock yards, and this
is explained by the abnormal circum-
stances to which the raising of beef
animals have been subject in recent
years.
There has been a breaking up of
range herds consequent upon the en-
forcement of the "no-fence" law by the
National Government and by encroach-
ments of the settlers upon the ranges,
made possible by the practice of "dry
farming." Not all of the cattle have
gone directly from the ranges to the
slaughter houses; a great portion of
them has gone to the farms for matur-
ing and finishing, largely upon corn.
This extra demand on the corn crop is
reflected in corn prices, which are now
higher than they have been since the
records of the Department of Agricul-
ture began, in 1866, except for 1881.
Half a dozen years of this abnormal
movement of beef cattle from ranges
to the great markets began to tell
upon the supply in 1908, when the de-
liveries fell off in a marked degree,
and the decrease continued in 1909.
The situation now may be concisely
summarized in a few lines: (1) The
production stock of cattle has been
diminished by range abandonment;
(2) new demands for corn on farms
for beef production; (3) high price
of corn; (4) high prices of all meat,
partly because of high corn prices;
(5) the production stock of hogs was
reduced in 1907; (6) high farm land
values; (7) both supply and cost of
meat production unite to raise meat
prices; (8) for seventy years the pro-
duction of meat has declined relative
to population; (9) meat exports in-
creased until 1906, after which they
sharply declined; (10) there has been
a decreasing meat consumption per
capita; (11) increased per capita con-
sumption of cereals, vegetables, fruit
and saccharine foods. — Rural World.
VALUE OF OIL MEAL IN FEEDING
CATTLE.
Linseed meal, as everybody knows,
is the by-product of the linseed oil
factory. The flaxseed used in the
making of linseed oil is crushed and
subjected to high pressure, which re-
moves the oil. What remains is lin-
seed meal. It is an especially valua-
ble concentrated feed, in that it con-
tains a high percentage of protein or
flesh-forming material. At this time,
when all kinds of stock feeds are ex-
pensive, linseed meal is of particular
value. By using it in connection with
cornmeal, corn fodder or straw, a
comparatively cheap and useful feed
is produced.
The dairymen who supply milk to
the great cities and also the creamery-
men are up against it, so to speak,
this year. They have not been able
to secure a very considerable advance
in the price of dairy products, yet all
kinds of grain and forage are high.
There isn't any doubt but linseed meal
can be used effectively. How can this
be utilized? An effective ration for
a milch cow in a general way can be
stated as follows : Suppose a cow
gives 30 pounds of 5 per cent milk a
day. A ration consisting of four parts
oil meal will furnish approximately
1414 per cent of digestible protein and
49 per cent digestible carbohydrates.
If the cow weighs more than 800
pounds, 15 pounds of mixed hay and
ten pounds of this concentration
should maintain a flow of milk and
keep the cow in first-class condition.
If the cow weighs 1,000 pounds it will
require either two pounds more of
hay or one pound more of the mixture.
Individually, cows vary so much in
capacity to make use of feed that
the dairyman must observe carefully
and see what effect this ration has
upon the animal.
Cows to freshen in the spring can-
not be expected to give a great amount
of milk during the winter, consequent-
ly a camparatively cheap ration can
be used. A little oil meal should al-
ways be added every day, so as to
keep the animal in good condition.
Bran and cornmeal, equal parts by
weight, with a pound or so of oil meal,
will answer very nicely. If the cow
should show a tendency to give a
large flow of milk, increase the oil
meal and the animal will be much
more profitable.
A number of rations have been tried
by dairymen. These vary consider-
ably and each individual may have to
make up the feed to suit his own
conditions. A few of them, however,
may be suggested, and well worth
consideration. Cornmeal, two pounds;
wheat bran, two pounds; malt sprouts,
three pounds, linseed meal, one
pound. Wheat bran, four pounds;
linseed meal, two pounds. Malt
sprouts, six pounds; wheat middlings,
four pounds, and linseed meal, two
pounds. Beef cattle are not the only
animals to which linseed meal can be
[ed with profit. A small amount added
to the horse ration is invaluable. Oats,
of course is the great horse ration. In
the corn belt, however, corn is one
of the main grain feeds. This, with
timothy, does not provide a balanced
ration, consequently if one pound of
oil meal per day is added, the ani-
mals will maintain an excellent condi-
tion, will be abundantly supplied with
"ginger," and will have a smooth, at-
tractive coat. Work horses, in addi-
tion to a liberal amount of hay, may
be fed ration as follows: Corn, six
pounds; wheat bran, five pounds, and
linseed meal 1% pounds. If wheat
bran is expensive, the following ration
may be used in connection with ten
pounds of hay: Cornmeal, five
pounds; wheat bran, one pound, and
linseed meal, two pounds. — Drovers'
Journal.
WESTERN BEEF FINDS GOOD
EASTERN MARKET.
Western beef is coming into its
own. Not over a decade ago Eastern
buyers purchased range-bred steers
only when they were unable to fill
their feed pens from other sources,
and usually offered a much lower price
for this class of stock than they were
willing to pay for that secured from
other places.
Experience has taught these buyers,
however, that Western range-bred
steers are usually in the very best of
health. They have a splendid frame
upon which to build, are well muscled
and boned, and being accustomed to
the rigors of the Western climate, con-
tinue to put on flesh in the Eastern
feed pens when cattle from other sec-
tions, being fed under identical con-
ditions, are losing flesh on account of
the inclement weather conditions.
This Western steer only demands that
he be given plenty of good fresh water
and sufficient feed so that he may
never be hungry and he will always
give a good account of himself and
return many dollars in profits to the
feeder when he is sold for the block
in the spring.
These steers shed early under favor-
able conditions, and when they have
reached the stockyards they show an
exterior finish that other cattle, lack
ing the same health and ruggedness,
fail to show. This makes the Western
steers ready sellers on the market,
and after they have been butchered
the percentage of the weight of the
dead carcass over that of other steers
under the same conditions is so per-
ceptible as to immediately attract the
attention of those keen, far-sighted
men who handle the yard end of the
business.
The settlement of the West is rap-
idly reducing the amount of available
range and is forcing the cattle to go
higher and higher into the hills in
search of forage. This is greatly in-
creasing the importance of freely util-
izing the ranges within the national
forests, and every endeavor is being
made by the Forest Service to open
hitherto inaccessible ranges by the
construction of trails and bridges, and
unused arid ranges by the develop-
ment of water. In these higher eleva-
tions the grass is usually much finer
in quality and more nutritious, while
the climate is much more rigorous;
both of which conditions result in the
auimals being in better health and
having more solid flesh when placed
on the feeder markets in the fall. Thin
fall has seen large numbers of the
range-bred steers, most of which come
from ranges within national forests,
topping the feeder markets at all
points where feeder steers are sold.
So great has become the demand
for cattle of the quality mentioned
that hundreds of stockmen through-
out the West are culling their bunches
of stock cattle and are beginning to
handle steers exclusively. On the old
ranges where a few years ago one
was accustomed to see large herds of
cows and calves, you will find today
equally large bunches made up entire-
ly of steers, some of which may per-
haps have come from Old Mexico,
some from Texas, while Arizona and
New Mexico usually furnish their
quota. These steers are brought into
these Western ranges at from eigh-
teen months to two years old. They
become acclimated the first year, while
in the second and third years they
become sufficiently mature so that
they may be taken to market.
The demand for cattle of this kind
is greater than the supply, and as in
all other cases where the demnad is
greater than the supply the price re-
ceived on sale must constantly in-
crease. That this is true of the steer
business, one can easily ascertain
through conversation with any one of
the Western stockmen who make this
a business. They will tell you that
they have made more money in the
last two or three years in handling
steers than they made in ten years in
handling strictly stock cattle.
SUBDIVISIONS OF CUTS OF BEEF.
A communication from the Ameri-
can Beef Producers' Association gives
the following description of the cuts
of beef: ■
Loin — The loin of beef is subdi-
vided into porterhouse or short cuts,
T-bone and sirloin. The porterhouse
consists of the first five or six steaks
from the small end next to the ribs
Next to this comes the T-bone steaks,
regarded by many as the very choic-
est part of the loin. The last six or
eight steaks next to the loin are
known as the sirloin. The tenderloin
is the inside portion of lean meat
near the rib end of the loin. As a
rule, the tenderloin is only cut from
the cheaper carcasses and the balance
of the loin is used for canning in
such cases. Where the tenderloin is
cut from the choice carcass, a fancy
price is charged for it, as it seriously
injures the value of the rest of the
loin.
Round and Rump — The rump is the
fleshy portion over the thigh. After
it is cut off, the round extends on
down to the shank, having only one
bone near the center.
Flank — A section of lean meat over-
lies the flank which is stripped off
and is known as the flank steak, and
is much sought after. The balance
of the flank is mostly used for sau-
sauge and hamburger, but can be
boiled.
Ribs — This section consists of the
first seven ribs and is mostly used
for roasts. The cuts nearest the loin
are considered the choicest and sell
for the most money. Next to the
chuck the meat is deeper and rather
coarser.
C h uck — The lower eight or ten
inches of that portion marked chuck
is known to the trade as the "clod."
This lies just above the brisket and
extends iip to the lower portion of
the neck. This is cut mostly for pot
roasts and contains much lean meat.
Most of the chuck is cut into steaks,
the best portions being on the end
nearest the ribs. The portion next
to the neck usually sells for pot roast
or boiling.
Plate — The plate is the lower por-
tion of the carcass below the ribs,
taking in the covering of the belly.
It is mostly used for boiling, but con-
tains some good meat.
Brisket — This takes in the portion
between the shank and the clod, or
lower part of the chuck. It is a very
fleshy piece with some heavy bone,
but makes fine pot roast or boiling
meat.
Shank — That portion of the shank
from the knee or heel, to the cut
above, is fleshy, though coarse, and is
mostly used for boiling. The lower
part is mostly bone and sinew and
is for soup and boiling. In the fore-
legs this is called the shin.
Neck — This part usually sells with
a part of the chuck and is fit mostly
for boiling. It is fleshy, but coarse.
Sirloin Ends — In some markets the
ends of the sirloin and T-bone steaks,
which run down into the flank, are
cut off at the point where the flesh
widens and are sold separately. These
ends are cheaper than the loin meat,
but properly cooked are as good as
any part of the animal.
The transportation of meat from the
Argentine to England is expected to
increase in volume with the building
of nine new steamers by a syndicate
lately formed for that purpose. The
amount of chilled beef sent from the
Argentine to England has been more
than doubled in the last five years and
the trade in mutton is also increasing.
The new line of steamers of the latest
type and highest speed will stimulate
the traffic.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 1, 1910.
PELLAGRA IN THE HORSE.
The story of pellagra, by Marion Ham-
ilton Carter, in McClure's Magazine, last
month, has caused the American people
to sit up and take notice. The following
quotation, like Lincoln's rat hole in the
corner, will bear looking into:
" The hope of the American situation
lies in the Pure Food law and the horse.
At the first pellagra conference, Doctor
Powers pointed out that pellagra and
'blind staggers' in horses are probably
one and the same, and Doctor Wood sug-
gested that we may actually have at
hand all the ready-made serum that we
need."
Space will not permit of a general dis-
cussion of the subject, but here are a few
pertinent facts in connection with this
comparatively new and unexplored field
of scientific research. For many years,
at least, corn has been considered a dan-
gerous food for the horse. It has killed
many times more horses from colic than
all other foods combined. Again, there
is a disease in cattle known as "corn
stock disease," which, like pellagra, has
defied every effort to determine its cause.
This is a disease of cattle and attacks
them only during the winter months
when they have fed on corn stalks in the
fields.
Now, on the other side of the proposi-
tion, we must note this: The blind
staggers of the horse from eating corn is
in no way different from that produced
from any other food, save in its fre-
quency and severity of attack. The
symptoms are not those characteristic of
toxemia and certainly have no resemb-
lance to the symptoms described as being
peculiar to the nervous type of pellagra.
It is difficult to see how this condition
of the horse can be considered in any
other light than a flatulent colic with
more or less reflex brain disturbance.
Pellagra is essentially a chronic condi-
tion; while blind staggers is always
acute, and if death does not take place
within two or three days, the animal
goes on to complete recovery. This con- ]
dition of the horse is not always asso-
ciated with the feeding of corn that has
been heated or handled in such a way as
to make the presence of toxic substances
probable. It certainly requires an ex-
treme and unwarranted stretch of the
imagination to see any relation of blind
staggers to pellagra.
There is a condition of poisoning from
eating mouldy corn stalks that in the
horse is just a little more worthy of con-
sideration in this connection. But even
here there is never a chronic condition
following with special skin, intestinal, or
nervous symptoms.
We are unable to discover at this time
upon what grounds the author of the ar-
ticle in "McClure's Magazine," or Doc-
tor Wood assumed that the horse is sub-
ject to pellagra.
GEO. H. GLOVER,
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Col-
lins.
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AN EASTERN FARMER'S IDEAS.
A farmer from Maine that has been
visiting California thus writes to
Hoard's Dairyman his views of the sit-
uation here in 1909:
We are having a very fine season
here on the Coast. There have been a
few frosty mornings, but for the most
part the weather has been warm with
gentle rains intervening. The hills
and valleys are looking green with
fresh grass, and they will continue to
get greener until next April, when the
rains will f ,ack off and the dry season
approach Gradually. Yet, with a good
id all this freshly springing
lice of. butter keeps up and
we are now paying from 40 to 45
cents per pound for creamery butter.
Evidently there is room for many
more dairy herds here in California,
by the way dairy products keep up,
and the term is used in more than one
sense — there is room for the herds on
the ranges and for the products in the
markets. Still there are enough
farmers in the State to produce all
the milk and butter we need, if they
would only do it. The trouble is that
just as quick as a farmer comes here,
he wants to become a fancy farmer.
Only last week I went up to Santa
Rosa through the Sonoma Valley and
could see how things were done. Two
leading industries were grape growing
and hop raising, the product in one in-
stance going largely into wine making
and the other into brewing.
Grapes are so cheap here in Cali-
fornia that they would not pay for the
picking, and I saw more than one vine-
yard while on my recent journey where
the grapes were still on the vines,
hanging in great black clusters. In
other instances grapes have been fed
to hogs by the ton.
Hops are a fair price this year, but
this follows two lean years I am told.
So you see there is plenty of stuff
raised with which to manufacture
booze, but not enough for butter.
Well, perhaps the California farmers
■will get wise after a while and do
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lubricates the mechanism, prevents rust
on the melal parts and cleans and
polishes the stock. For cleaning out the
residue of burnt powder, especially
smokeless powder, it is unequaled.
3-ln-One Oil Co.,
102 New St., New York, N. T.
FOR SALE
Nearest 2:22
Sire of
Highfly 2:04^, Alone 2:09 -,,
Trueheart 2:19V, Joe Gans 2:19>2,
Just It (3-year-old) 2:193^,
and brother to John A. McKerron 2 :04>a, second
fastest stallion in the world.
Nearest is 15% hand3 high, weight 1200 pounds.
This horse is a sure foal getter and is in splendid
condition.
Address. MRS. S. V. BARSTOW.
1042 Alameda Ave., San Jose. Cal.
STALLION FOR SALE.
DEL GARTHRO by Diablo, dam by Election-
eer, he by Electioneer, etc.
For further particulars address.
JAMES R. BLACK.
Arbuckle. Colusa Co.. Cal.
FOR SALE OR TRADE.
A very handsome bay mare, 16 hands,
seven years old, sired by Moses S.; first
dam mare by Hawthorne. She has won-
derful stamina and has trotted quarters
in 33 seconds, although never trained or
given a record. She Is a fine road mare,
with perfect action.
Price $300, or will trade for a sorrel
16.2, not over seven years old, that will
make a. four-horse leader.
Apply for two weeks at Perry's Sta-
bles, Napa, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Black gelding, foaled 1904, by Aptos
M'ilkes (trial 2:16) dam Chloe 2:24 by
Dexter Prince. Well broke to drive
single and double and to saddle. Is
handsome and has some speed. Is a
very desirable road horse and the price
asked for him is very low, considering
his qualifications. Address Mr. Cali-
fornia, \evada Stables, San Rafael,
where horse can be seen.
FOR SALE.
Andy Carnegie 2:16% by Jersey
■Wilkes, by George Wilkes, first dam
Daisy F. by Commander, the dam of 2
in the 2:20 list. He is a handsome and
stylish bay gelding, sixteen hands high;
weighs 1150 pounds; perfectly sound;
drives single or double; good under
saddle, and can step in 2:12. He is a
fine prospect. This horse had been do-
ing heavy work on a ranch until last
year; since that time, with compara-
tively little training, he won the only-
race in which he was entered in three
straight heats. For further informa-
tion, write G. W. BONNELL, Redlands.
Cal.
FOR SALE.
ZWILKA by Zombro 2:11; first dam Marjory
Daw by Flaco; second dam Jessie Leonard by
Billy Wilks 2:29?*: third dam Maria Ensign by
Ensign 2:28*4; fourth dam Maria Burns by Robt.
Bonner, by Hamb. 10. She is 7 years old. sound
in every way. city broke and a lady can drive
her. She is the dam of two colts, one a yearling
and the other a 2-year-old that took a record of
2:25. the third heat of a colt stake at the State
Fair at Sacramento in 1909. At Stockton on Ad-
mission day. racing against aged horses, he was
beaten the third heat in 2:20%. This will show
that she would make anyone a driving horse and
one could raise from her a good colt every year.
I was offered more for her when she was a 2-year-
old than I am asking for her at the present time.
For further particulars write
Box 173. HOWARD D. KERR. Sacramento.Cal.
FOR LEASE.
KINNEY ROSE 2:1394, by McKlnney
2: II '(. dam Golden Rose by Falrose;
second dam Lady Harper by Alaska;
third dam by Algona; fourth dam by
Oddfellow, etc. Handsome dark bay
stallion, stands 15.3 hands and weighs
over 1200 pounds. A splendid horse in
every respect, handsome, intelligent,
good disposition and gives promise of
being one of the fastest trotting sons
of the great McKinney. His get, the
oldest of which are two years old,
all show great speed and are fine indi-
viduals. Kinney Rose will be leased
for the breeding and racing season of
1910 to a responsible party.
For particulars call on or address
CHRIS HASH AGE N,
2801 21st St., San Francisco.
CHESTNUT TOM 434SS FOR SALE.
I want to sell my stallion Chestnut
Tom 2:15, as I am now engaged in busi-
ness and cannot give him my attention.
He is bv Nutwood Wilkes 2:16^, sire of
John A'. McKerron 2:04^i, the fastest
trotting stallion in America, and of
Copa de Oro 2:011/i, the fastest pacing
heat winner of 1909. His dam, Zeta
Carter, is by Director 2:17, and his
grandam Lida W. 2 :1S % is by Nut-
wood 2:18%, and is the dam of four in
the list. Chestnut Tom is the sire of
Louise Carter, three-year-old record
2:24, the only one of his get ever
trained. Chestnut Tom was foaled in
1S9S, is a very strong and vigorous
horse, and will be a sure sire of speed
if given an opportunity.
For price and further particulars, ad-
dress GEO. T. ALGEO,
3S04 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Roan gelding, trotter, four years old,
15.3, sired by Antrim, first dam Myrtle,
second dam India, third dam Kate Ben-
jamin, fourth dam Rose by Rattler.
Trained 10 weeks last spring, trotted a
mile in 2:17M>. last half in 1:04%, last
quarter in 32 seconds. A sure 2:10
trotter for next year.
Bay filly, black points, five years old,
15.2. Natural pacer. Sired by Antrim,
sire of Anzella 2:06%, first dam Daisie
Ronan, second dam Black Midget, third
dam Morg. Was worked 10 weeks last
spring; she paced a mile in 2:15%, last
half in 1:03%, last quarter in 30% sec-
onds.
Both these horses are good gaited,
level headed and game, wear nothing
but the harness, and absolutely sound.
If you want green racing material, these
can show you speed at any time.
J. JOHNSTON,
1420 Deerlng Avenue, Melrose, Cal.
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the beBt of profes-
sional services to all cases or veterinary
dentistry. Complicated casea treated sue-
cessfully. Calls from out of town Dromptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonable prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL,
620 Ootavia St., between Fulton and Grove,
Phone Special 2074. San Franeisoo, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE
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Glide Grade — 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino
— Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams-
Rams for sale at all times.
P. 0. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon. Cal. Address, Dixon, Cal.
H. E. BECKWORTH.
Fesserton, Ontario, (anada,
Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotcn collies, Sil-
ver Penciled Wyandottes. Pouter & Homing pig-
eons of the very best blood; a fine lot of dog
puppies on hand, beautifully inarnea. Will
make prize winners, no better oreeaing in
America. Can send pedigree 60 years Daek.
PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS.
All guaranteed, broke dogs and duds. 400 red
fox cubs. Price list.
J. D. STODGHILL. Sheloyvlile Ky.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat Mouse,
Capt. F. Wm. Eebke. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1 400-1 4S0 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake. Moffit & Towne. Los Anseies.
Blake. MeFall & Co.. Portland. Ore.
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Saturday, January 1, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
things in a more safe and sane way.
All through the Sonoma Valley I saw
thousands of acres of fine land lying
fallow, land that looked mighty good
to the eyes of an old Maine farmer.
Even from the car window I could see
that the soil was fine, there being
abundant bottom land with rolling
sandy and clay loam on the uplands.
Now I know this land would produce
the finest kind of corn, potatoes,
wheat; in fact, all the regular lines
of farm crops if it were only to be
cultivated and cultivated properly.
And this means that it would make a
fine dairy country were the proper ef-
forts to be put forth to produce feed.
It would need no irrigation for one
or two crops per year because the rain-
fall is heavy during the wet season,
which is a long one.
The bottom lands I know would pro-
duce good alfalfa, and in the Santa
Rosa Chamber of Commerce room I
saw some fine specimens of corn,' the
stalks being more than eight feet
high; in fact, the samples looked as
if they might have been plucked from
a Kansas or Nebraska cornfield.
Think of the amount of good rich
corn fodder that could be produced
from that land, provided there was a
lot of dairy cows on the place to con-
sume the stuff and in turn furnish
the fertilizing material with which to
keep the land up to the standard.
Here again, pork and potatoes are
high here in California, and it is sel-
dom that they are not, and what a
business could be done in those lines
on that very land.
But we have cheap fruit, cheap
wine, etc., here, but always high food-
stuffs such as wheat, potatoes, pork,
milk, butter and the time is ripe for
the small, all-around, general farmer.
Discussing the wool market last
week's American Wool and Cotton
Reporter said: If there has been a dif-
ference of opinion in the very recent
past regarding the probable outcome
of the contest between dealers and
consumers, there is little room for any
further doubt that the markets of the
world are pretty firmly established
upon the basis of ruling quotations,
assuming, of course, that the wool
upon which the price basis is fixed
is the standard of whatever grade it
may be. Dealers cannot buy in this
country or abroad the best qualities
of wool much, if any, below quoted
prices, and the cases are rare where
they are selling these same standard
grades at a price varying much from
our range of quotations. To be sure
odd lots of several different grades
have sold under quotations quite re-
cently, and the buyers have not been
overcareful to hide the fact that such
purchases have been made, but the ef-
fect is not what is desired, as investi-
gation shows that there was some-
thing about the quality or quantity
that made it just about the value of
the reduced price. It may have been
the last lot in a warehouse, or it may
have been an extra heavy wool that
was slow moving, and not as valuab'.e
as the money it would bring, at about
this time, and, so far as we can learn,
it is the exception rather than the
rule, where any real choice lot of wool
has sold under the market, without
some specific cause that could not be
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN
Society (The German Bank), (Member
of the Associated Savings Banks of
San Francisco), 526 California street;
Mission Branch, 2572 Mission street,
near Twenty-second; Richmond Dis-
trict Branch. 432 Clement street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth avenues.
For the half year ending December
31. 1909, a dividend has been declared
at the rate of four (4) per cent per an-
num on all deposits, free of taxes, pay-
able on and after Monday, January 3,
1910. Dividends not called for *are
added to the deposit account and earn
dividends from January l, 1910.
GEORGE TOURNY, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
THE SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY
("Member of the Associated Savings
Banks of San Francisco), 101 Montgom-
ery street, corner Sutter street.
For the half year ending December
31, 1909, a dividend has been declared
at the rate of four (4) per cent per
annum on all deposits, free of taxes,
payable on and after Monday, January
3, 1910. Dividends not drawn become
a part of the deposit accounts and earn
dividends at the same rate from Janu-
ary 1st. Money deposited on or before
January 10th will earn interest from
January 1st.
WM. A. BOSTON, Cashier.
applied to the market in general. On
the other hand there is considerable of
an optimistic feeling in the trade and
hopes are high that very soon after
the opening of the new year there will
be a period of activity, and the admis-
sion of a number of large consumers
and a great many smaller ones that
they must have wool after the new
year opens encourages the belief that
an active trade is not far away. Texas
wools have been particularly active
during the week with sales of about
650,000 fall wool at 21c and 23c, to
cost 60c and 62c cleaned. One lot of
200,000 pounds fall sold at p. t. and
22y2c and 23c was paid for one good-
sized lot
As they
sometimes are
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Race Course: Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.
Office: 571 Fifth Ave., N. Y.
The Coney Island Jockey Club
Events to Close Monday, January 3, 1 910.
FOR THE JUNE MEETING, 1910.
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS.
THE SUBURBAN— Value $6,000 One Mile and a Quarter
THE COMMONWEALTH— Value $3,000 One Mile and a Quarter
THE ADVANCE — Value $3,000 One Mile and Five-Sixteenths
THE CONEY ISLAND HANDICAP— Value $2,000 Six Furlongs
THE SHEEPSHEAD BAY HANDICAP— Value $2,000 One Mile
THE LONG ISLAND HANDICAP— Value $2,000 One Mile and a Furlong
THE GRASS SELLING— Value $1,500 One Mile and a Sixteenth
FOR THREE YEARS OLD (FOALS OF 1907).
THE TIDAL — Value $2,000 One Mile and a Quarter
THE CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB STAKES— Value $3,000
One Mile and a Half
THE SWIFT— Value $2,000 Seven Furlongs
THE MERMAID (For Fillies)— Value $2,000 One Mile
FOR TWO YEARS OLD (FOALS OF 1908).
THE GREAT TRIAL — Value $10,000 Six Furlongs
THE DOUBLE EVENT— Value $8,000
First Event Five and a Half Furlongs. Second Event Six Furlongs
THE FOAM— Value $2,000 Five Furlongs
THE SURF — Value $2,000 Five and a Half Furlongs
THE VERNAL— Value $2,000 Five Furlongs
THE DAISY— Value $1,500 Five Furlongs
THE PANSY— Value $1,500 Six Furlongs
FOR THE AUTUMN MEETING, 1912.
THE FUTURITY— $5,000 Added (Estimated value $30,000). For the
produce of mares covered in 1909 Six Furlongs
The Coney Island Jockey Club reserves the right to cancel any or all of the
above events without notice at any lime prior to the actual running thereof,
without liability, except for the return of the entrance money.
For entry blanks, address
THE CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB,
571 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Take the Breeder and Sportsman.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 1, 1910.
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When a breeder and dealer who is
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can afford to give ten thousand dollars
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the Chicago Fat Stock Show last
week, says the Kentucky Stock Farm,
with the expectation of having not
only a safe but profitable investment,
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ness the same promise of prosperity
that has been so significantly indi-
cated in the speed horse market and
which received such a splendid con-
firmation through the medium of the
recent public sale in New York.
Among the saddle horses, too, are in-
dications of very strong demand and
upward tendency of prices, a three-
year-old filly having been reported sold
within the last few days at a price
of thirty-two hundred dollars, and a
stallion, which last summer com
manded six thousand dollars, is re-
ported to have been re-sold within the
past few days at an advance of one
thousand dollars. Look in what direc-
tion we will, we see everywhere and
upon every hand the same conditions
indicated, and the growth of this ten-
dency has been so steady and grad-
ual that it indicates a healthy condi-
tion and has nothing whatever of
those conditions which often prove a
veritable boomerang which always at-
tend the sudden inflation of values
and of fictitious and unwarranted
prices. The horse business is better
today and more potent in its promise
than it has been for many years, and
not even the most unreasoning and
unreasonable pessimist can find in the
present outlook anything whereof he
can make excuse to hand his lamenta-
tions.
The Time and the Place to Sell
STANDARD-BRED
Trotters and Pacers
IS DURINC
THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH, 1910,
AT THE
Third Annual Pleasanton Sale
FRED H. CHASE & CO., Auctioneers.
478 Valencia St., San Francisco.
The best opportunity horse owners will have to dispose of their horses at the
very highest prices. Every facility afforded owners to properly present the merits of
their respective horses to the public. It will be the best advertised of all sales and
buyers from all parts of the Pacific Coast will be there to make their selections.
Consignors to the sale last year at this famous track were more than pleased with
the results obtained, and in March we will have as fine a lob to select from as were
ever led before an auctioneer. Send for entry blanks at once. Remember, all en-
tries will close February 10th. No later!
If you have a good one and want to sell for the highest price remember this is
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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
OCCIDENT STAKE OF 1912
Trotting Stake for Foals of 1909.
Entries close January 1, 1910.
To be trotted at the California State Fair of 1912. Entries to close January
1, 1910, -with J. A. Filcher, Secretary, at the office in Sacramento. One hundred
dollars entrance, of which ?10 must accompany nomination; $15 to be paid Janu-
ary 1, 1911, ?25 to be paid January 1. 1912. and $50 thirty days before the race.
The Occident Cup, of the value of §400, to be added by the Society. Mile heats,
three in five, to harness. First colt to receive cup and six-tenths; second colt,
three- tenths; and third colt, one-tenth of the stakes. Five to enter, three to
start. A horse not winning a heat in the first three shall not start for the
fourth heat unless said horse shall have made a dead heat; but horses so ruled
out shall have a right to share in the prize according to their rank in the sum-
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The stake of 1912 should receive a large entrv, and be very valuable. Every
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Remember the Date of Closing is January 1, 1910.
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[Saturday, January 8, 1910.
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FRANK H. JERMYN died in this city on Monday
last, January 3d, from the effects of injuries received
by being struck by an electric ear on Market street,
near the Palace Hotel, on the morning of New Year's
day. Mr. Jermyn. was alone at the time of the acci-
dent and had evidently started to cross the street,
but seeing a car coming west, turned back and walked
in front of one rapidly moving east. He was very
badly injured, several of his ribs being broken so
that they punctured his vital organs and his spine
was also fractured. In spite of these injuries he
survived until Monday when death came to his
relief. Mr. Jermyn was one of the best known horse-
men in America and had been interested in harness
horses ever since he attained manhood, although
none of his horses were raced in his name. For
twenty years he had spent the greater part of each
winter in California, often following the Grand Cir-
cuit races during the summer. He was a son of the
late John Jermyn, one of the wealthiest coal oper-
ators of Scranton, Pa., who left an estate valued at
many millions of dollars, Frank Jermyn being one
of five brothers who inherited this vast fortune. He
was a widower and leaves one daughter, aged 20
years, who is pursuing the study of music in Paris.
He was 52 years of age. Frank Jermyn was a man
who made hosts of friends. He had a genial per-
sonally, was fond of entertaining, and if all the
charitable deeds he has done quietly and without
ostentation, could be recounted, they would fill a
large space. As soon as possible after he was in-
jured he was taken to a sanitarium, physicians sum-
moned and everything that was possible to alleviate
his sufferings was done. His relatives in the east
were notified and a brother immediately started for
San Francisco, but of course could not arrive in time
to see him before his death. Funeral services were
held at Gray's chapel on Geary street on Wednesday
evening which were very largely attended, many
friends coming from distant points in the State to
pay their last sad respects to deceased. The serv-
ices of the Episcopal church were read and Hon.
Samuel Shortridge delivered a most touching and elo-
quent eulogy, while the Knickerbocker quartette ren-
dered beautiful and appropriate music. The remains
were shipped east on Thursday by his brother Ed-
ward who accompanied them. Deceased had scores
of warm friends in California, many of whom were
very close to him and will mourn his death as
brothers.
ON ANOTHER PAGE of this issue will be found
an article under the heading "Remount Station
Needed Here," which we commend to the careful
perusal of our readers. The United States Army
now has several of these stations in different parts
of the country where young horses of the proper
conformation are taken and trained for the different
army uses to which their size adapts them. The
army has found that the cavalry and artillery regi-
ments can be better supplied with good animals by
this plan, than by purchasing the already broken
and matured- horse, and re-training him for its uses.
It is strange that a remount station has not been
established in California before this, but it has not
been done, and a movement is now on foot to induce
the War Department to locate one here. This is a
measure that could be taken up with propriety by
all Boards of Trade and kindred organizations in the
State, and should be. A remount station here would
within a few years be a large source of revenue to
the State. It would handle not less than 1000 horses
annually, and these would be purchased from breed-
ers and other owners, while the forage for their
keep would also be purchased here. As the army
needs these stations all that is now required to
have one located in California is prompt, concerted ac-
tion on the part of our leading commercial bodies in
conjunction with our Congressmen and Senators to-
ward inducing the War Department to locate such a
station in this section. During the next few weeks
the commercial bodies above referred to will prob-
ably take action in this matter, and we hope that
every reader of the "Breeder and Sportsman" will
lend his aid to the movement, as it will be of actual
benefit to every horse breeder on the coast as well
as to many others, and be of detriment to no on.
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JIM McCUE, as the rugged old pioneer was known
from San Diego to Nome, died at his home in Corte
Madera, Marin county, California, on January 3d
at the age of 80 years, his death being the result of
injuries sustained by being thrown from his buggy
three weeks previous. James S. McCue was one
of the picturesque characters of California. He was
born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1S30, but came to
California "around the horn" in 1849. He was a
born horseman and began life as a stage driver,
finally becoming the owner of numerous stage routes
in the early days, and as there were many opposi-
tion lines, wrangles were numerous, but it was sel-
dom that Jim McCue came out second best in any
of them. He loved to put his ideas in print and pub-
lish them broadcast and started two or three news-
paper ventures and printed numerous pamphlets.
At one time he was in the circus business, the fea-
ture of the show being a platoon of twenty horses
that he put through a drill like well trained soldiers.
When gold was discovered in Klondike, McCue or-
ganized a pack train from Dawson to Sitka and made
money. In 1901 while crossing the bay on the ferry
steamer San Rafael a collision occurred and this
steamer sank. McCue escaped with several serious
injuries, one of them being the loss of an ear. He
sued the corporation owning the steamer and was
awarded $5000 damages. McCue was the primary
cause of the conviction and sending to prison of
W. B. Bradbury," the millionaire of this city, who
was the owner of Little Albert 2:10. They had a
law suit and McCue had Bradbury arrested for per-
jury on the witness stand, and the latter was con-
victed and sentenced to one year in prison. Jim
McCue was a graphic and entertaining writer, and
some of his writings were decidedly humorous. For
instance, when the president of the transportation
company against which he had obtained a $5000
judgment for the loss of an ear claimed that the
amount was excessive McCue printed an open letter
to him in which he made the following proposition:
"Make out your check for the full amount you think
an ear is worth and tender it to me. I will either
accept the check or take your ear." There will be
no history of California complete without the story
of the life of James S. McCue, one of the best horse-
men that ever lived and one of those rugged, fearless
characters who accomplished things by rolling up his
sleeves and going at them. Hundreds of old friends
will regret his death and talk over early California
scenes in which he played a prominent part.
FIRST IN THE FIELD to claim a. date for the
California Circuit of 1910, is the Woodland Driving
Club, of which Mr. H. P. Aronson has recently been
elected secretary. Every horse owner in California
should rise to a vote of thanks .to this enterprising
organization that has thus taken the initiative and
let the public know that Woodland, for one, will be
on the route of fair and race meetings for 1910. The
date claimed by the Woodland association is the
same relatively as last year — the second week before
the California State Fair, which will place it some
time in August. We extend our congratulations
to the Woodland Driving Club for its energy and
enterprise, and hope its example will quickly be fol-
lowed by other organizations in the State. We
would like to have 'a good long list of 'Dates
Claimed" for publication in the "Breeder and Sports-
man" by February 1st. Who's next?
TWO STAKES FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS, guaran-
teed to be worth $1000 each by Messrs. C. A. Can-
field and W. A. Clark Jr. of Los Angeles, are an-
nounced by the California Breeders' Association of
Los Angeles. Stake No. 1 is to be raced in 1910,
and stake No. 2 in 1911. Stake No. 1 will close
for entry on February 1st with a payment of $10,
there is to be another payment of $15 on June 1st,
and a final payment of $25 ten days before the
meeting, making a total entrance fee of 5 per cent
of the stake. Stake No. 2 will also close on Febru-
ary 1st, for now yearlings, the first payment being
$5, the second payment $10 on November 1st, the
third payment $10 on April 1st, 1911, and the final
payment $25 ten days before the meeting. No addi-
tional money will be taken from money winners in
either of these stakes. Messrs. Canfield and Clark
have certainly shown great liberality in guarantee-
ing these two stakes to be worth $1000 each, and we
hope the stakes will receive large entry lists and
result in high class racing. The stakes will be trotted
at Los Angeles under the auspices of the California
Breeders' Association. By referring to our adver-
tising columns the conditions governing these stakes
will be found.
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THE HORSE WORLD published at Buffalo, New
York, has issued a very beautiful Christmas number
of 100 pages, printed on heavy paper and handsomely
illustrated. Notable articles in this number are
"Harness Racing in 1909" by Driftwood, "The Three
in Five System" by H. K. Devereux, "Canadian
Horsemen and Racing" by Frank G. Smith, "Inbreed-
ing the Wilkes Blood" by Raymond and "The Wilkes-
Electioneer Cross" by the same writer.
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DAN PATCH AND MINOR HEIR AT HOME AGAIN.
The two great pacers Dan Patch and Minor Heir
returned from California last month in good con-
dition and although they came direct from the land
of sunshine and flowers, they seemingly entered at
once upon the enjoyment of the rigorous Minnesota
winter weather, says the American Sportsman.
These two fast pacers won new friends on their
Western trip and while Dan Patch has traveled ex-
tensively this was his first trip to the Pacific Coast.
On the afternoon of Thanksgiving both gave exhi-
bition miles over the Agricultural Park track, Los
Angeles, Cal. The St. Paul Pioneer Press of St.
Paul, Minn., had the following interesting comment
on the trip:
Horsemen who knew the conditions and saw Dan
Patch work at Phoenix are unanimous in their ex-
pression of the opinion that there never was and
never will be another Dan Patch. "With that
amount of work and that leg, there isn't another race
horse in the world that could be pulled down the
stretch with an automobile," declared one horseman
who watched Dan Patch warming up for his exhibi-
tion at Phoenix last Saturday. In spite of this the
champion went to the half-mile post in 59% seconds,
then his lack of work told some, but he finished
gamely in the face of a heavy wind in 2:02% and
was given an ovation second to none that he ever
received after having broken a world's record.
The supreme nerve and courage and gameness of
the champion of champions compels the love and
admiration of all who know him.
Minor Heir, who in the fall of 1908 became the
stable mate of the more illustrious pacer, has ac-
quitted himself with unusual honors. All season he
has been handicapped with either bad weather or bad
tracks. During the first of the year his terrific work
of 1908 had its effect upon his condition. He has
been steadily improving, however, and his exhibitions
all through the Middle West and South have aroused
much interest and won him thousands of friends.
, During the season he has gone five miles faster than
any other harness horse and at Phoenix, Ariz., last
Saturday, lowered his own record and tied the world's
record for an unpaced mile.
The majority of the experienced horsemen who
were present say that Minor Heir went the route
in 1:59 flat and now should hold the world's record
instead of having to share it with Star Pointer and
Audubon Boy. His performances made a tremen-
dous impression and the people who watched it are
prodigal of predictions for his future greatness.
The fact that Minor Heir paced a mile in the re-
markable fast time of 1:59% is not as pleasing to the
followers of the horse as is the fact he demon-
strated his gameness and staying qualities. His fin-
ish was magnificent. The last 100 yards of the mile
were paced at a terrific clip and proved that the
son of Heir-at-Law when in condition will not stop.
His finish is the talk of Phoenix and the surrounding
country."
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SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB ELECTION.
The regular annual election of the San Francisco
Driving Club was held Thursday evening of this
week. The members held a smoker, had refresh-
ments served and a general good time followed the
election. This club distributed nearly $3000 during
1909, and the racing season of 1910 will be still
greater. The officers elected are the following:
President, ~W. J. Kenney; vice-president, Bert Ed-
wards; secretary, James McGrath; treasurer, F. P.
Lauterwasser Jr.; sergeant-at-arms, H. Schottler.
Board of Stewards — George E. Erlin, John Now-
lan, F. L. Matthes, AI Hoffman, J. E. Finch.
Classification Committee — W. Higgenbottom, C.
Buckley, Tim Sexton, Dan Hoffman and C. L. Becker.
Now is a good time to register your colts. Several
good sales have been lost in California during the
last few months because the animals were not reg-
istered.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 8, 1910.
BEST BRED SON OF NUTWOOD WILKES.
DEATH OF CHIMES 2:30%.
Just as sure as he lives and gets an average num-
ber of good mares to be mated with, Mr. E. D. Dud-
ley's young stallian Pallte 45062 will be one of the
great sires of speed on this coast. Palite is a young
horse, being a foal of 1903, consequently has made
but few and mostly very limited seasons in the stud
up to last year when the breeders of Solano and Yolo
counties saw that his get were wonderfully fast young
trotters and they bred quite a number of mares to
him. This year he will doubtless make a good sea-
son as his merits are being recognized by all Cali-
fornia breeders.
There were just two of his get raced last year
for the first time — a two-year-old colt and a three-
yead-old filly. The colt now known as Pal 2:17%
started in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity at Salinas
when out of condition and the shewing he made there
did not attract much attention to him as he was out-
side the money, hut when he reached Woodland he
won the two-year-old stake in straight heats in
2:1S% and 2:17%, beating, such good colt trotters
as Babe Verne, Tu Tu and Alto Express, and showed
himself to be as game a colt as ever stepped a mile
in a race. At Sacramento he won the two-year-old
stake two weeks later in 2:21 and 2: IS over a
slower track. At the same meeting the Occident
Stake was won by the Zombro colt El Volante in the
fastest time in which the stake was ever trotted
and in the second and fastest heat trotted in 2:13%,
Complete, a filly by Palite was second and separately
timed in 2:14%. The performances of these two
caused the breeders to talk considerable about Palite
as a coming sire, and when they looked into his won-
derful pedigree they began arranging to book mares
in 1910 to this successful young horse. Two months
ago Palite's owner Mr. E. D. Dudley, of Dixon, sent
to Sutherland & Chadbourne at Pleasanton, a year-
ling by Palite out of the famous old broodmare Bee
Sterling, that could show better than a 2:30 gait and
worked eighths in IS seconds in November last. This
yearling is a good gaited and good looking colt and
is faster than Pal was at the same age. As he is
Bee Sterling's twelfth foal and all the rest are pac-
ers, it shows that Palite is a remarkable controller
of gait in his get. If he can get a trotter from old
Bee, he will surely produce trotters from good trot-
ting bred mares.
But when Palite's blood lines are considered it is
not surprising that he should sire fast trotters that
come to their speed early. His sire Nutwood Wilkes
2:16% was a fast trotter, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, also
a fast trotter and sire of fast ones, he by the great
race horse Geo. Wilkes 2:20 founder of a great race
winning family. The dam of Palite was Palita, that
took a two-year-old record of 2:16 trotting, and
has produced two standard trotters; his second dam,
Elsie by Gen. Benton, has produced five standard
trotters, two sons that have sired two, and three
daughters that have produced five; his third dam is
Elaine 2:20, dam of the champion yearling Norlaine
2:31% and if four more standard trotters; his fourth
dam is that famous broodmare Green Mountain Maid,
dam of nine standard trotters, and of the great
Electioneer and of three more producing sires and
of five producing dams. There is not a stallion on
this coast whose first four dams have produced as
many standard trotters as the four dams of Palite.
When therefore we scan his breeding and see what
his colts are doing we cannot help predicting that
he will be one of the great sires of the coast with
ordinary opportunity.
The fee for Palite's services for 1910 will be $40
for the season, which is most reasonable. Palite will
be at the ranch of his owner during the season where
there is most excellent pasturage at the low rate
of $2.50 per month.
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At the recent International Live Stock Show the
student judging team from the Animal Husbandry
Department of the Iowa State College not only dis-
tanced all other college teams but established a new
team record of 4,970 points. This is some 300 points
Jiigher than the previous team record made by the
Iowa team in 1903. The contest this year was the
best ever held in every respect. Six American col-
leges and the Ontario College of Canada contested for
the coveted honors. All five of the Iowa boys stood
in the first thirteen places,, four of them in the first
seven places and three of them breaking all pre-
vious individual records. The Iowa boys in the order
of their standing were as follows: II. G. Thornburg,
Linden, Iowa: J. I. Thompson, Jamaica, Iowa: O. D.
Baker, Edmund, Wis.; R. W. Cassady, Whiting,
Iowa, and Howard Vaughn. Marion. Iowa. In addi-
tion to winning the coveted trophy for their college,
these young men won three of the J. O. Armour
scholarships of $250 each. These scholarships will
be awarded to worthy and needy young men who pur-
sue the agricultural course at Iowa State College.
Since 1901 nine International student judging contests
have been held at Chicago. During that time the
Iowa College boys have come back eight times with
a trophy, having failed but once, that being the 1905
contest.
Geers has thirty-three horses in his stable at Item-
phis. Tenn., and several additions will be made dur-
ing the month of January. The Harvester is in splen-
did condition and Geers expects that there will be a
new stallion king at the end of the season of 1910.
The telegraph announces the death in Salem
county, New Jersey, on January 2d, of the famous
stallion Chimes, son of Electioneer and Beautiful
Bells. He had lived to a good old age, having been
foaled in 1SS4, consequently would have been 26
years old had he lived until Apriil 4th next. Chimes
was bred at Palo Alto Farm by the late Senator
Stanford, and sold when a colt to Cicero J. Hamlin
of East Aurora, N. Y., who placed him at the head
of his famous Village farm, where he remained until
the farm horses were dispersed a few years ago at
Mr. Hamlin's death.
While Chimes never obtained a standard record,
he was a fast colt trotter, taking a record of 2:33%
as a two-year-old and of 2:30% as a three-year-old.
During his three-year-old form he was a big money
winner in colt stakes, in which he walked over for
the money. At Cleveland in September, 18S7, the
year he was three years old. Chimes first walked
over for the Nursery Stake, value $1,250; then for
the National Association sweepstake of $5,550, and
then for the Matron Stake of $1,460. At Lexington
the same year he started in the Kentucky Stakes
worth $4S0 against Jeannie C, by Nutwood, and beat
her in straight heats in 2:33%, 2:36% and 2:30%, the
last heat giving him a record that he never lowered.
At Hamlin's farm Chimes was a success as a sire
from the beginning, his first standard performer
being the two-year-old filly Chimes Girl that took a
record of 2:26, when Chimes was seven years old.
She was the only standard performer for him that
year, but the following year he put six new ones
in the list, among them the pacer Merry Chimes
2:14% and Midnight Chimes that took a three-year-
old trotting record of 2:16%. From that time on
Chimes' list of standard performers grew rapidly, in
1S93 the three-year-old filly Fantasy by him taking
a record of 2:08%, which was a world's record. The
next year she made another world's record by trot-
ting a mile in 2:06 as a four-year-old, the fastest
mile ever made by a four-year-old of her sex, Direc-
tum's 2:05%, made the year before, being the only
faster mile by a four-year-old of either sex. At the
close of 190S Chimes had 76 trotters and 40 pacers
with standard records to his credit, and as five new
performers by him entered the list in 1909, he is
now the sire of 121 in the list, while nearly 40 of
his sons and 50 of his daughters are also producers
of standard speed.
Chimes is the sire of nine 2:10 performers, the
fastest being The Abbott 2:03%, that wast the
world's champion trotter in 1900, taking that honor
away from Alix 2:03%. The following year the
stallion Cresceus dethroned The Abbott, however,
and in the table of fastest trotters the Chimes geld-
ing is seventh in the list, those with faster records
being Lou Dillon 1:58%, Major Delmar 1:59%, Ham-
burg Belle 2:01%, Sweet Marie 2:02, Cresceus 2:02%
and Uhlan 2:02%. The daughters of Chimes have
produced well, but of the six 2:10 performers out of
them, all but one. Dare Devil 2:09, are pacers, Lady
of the Manor 2:04% being the fastest.
Six days before his death Chimes was sold by
Benjamin Tuft of Salem, New Jersey, who purchased
him at the dispersal of Village Farm, to G. McAllister,
a blacksmith of Sharpstown. Tufts' home is six
miles from Salem, and he hitched the old horse to a
buggy and headed for home, starting off on a lively
trot. As Chimes had not had a harness on for years
and only been exercised on a walk, the drive he got
from his new owner nearly exhausted him, and he
was unable to get him home that day, but left him
at a farm house over night. He took him home
the next day but he only lived a few days there-
after.
THE FIVE LARGEST WINNING TROTTERS OF
1909.
SPOKANE TRACK ITEMS.
J. H. Nickerson, of Alberta, has moved to Mcllinn-
ville, Oregon, with his mare Miss Jerusha by Zom-
bro, that he intends entering in the 2:20 classes this
year. He states that she has shown him miles in
2:15% and back in 2:11 on a half mile track and
he thinks it will take a 2:05 pacer to head her on a
good mile track.
Frank Childs has the Zolock pacer Sherlock
Holmes 2:06 at Spokane in fine shape, and the trot-
ter Mayo 2:16% by Zombro, that is looked upon as
one of the best prospects in his class there is in the
Northwest. Other horses in his string are Helleus
Jr., Lady Sunrise 2:15%, Judge Dillard 2:12%, Zan-
thus 2:11 and a yearling by Sherlock Holmes.
Marvin Childs has accepted a position as trainer
for Mr. S. S. Bailey of Albany, Oregon.
Al Phillips is working three head at Spokane, a
pacer by King Altamont, another pacer called Light
o' Day, and a two-year-old trotter by Hellenes.
Walter Maloney is jogging two bead for his father,
Hal Online and Zella Norte. — Rural Spirit.
The late Bishop T. A. Hendrick, in one of his ar-
ticles that appeared in the August, 1889, issue of
Wallaces' Monthly, under his pen name of "Aurelius,"
stated "That horse is greatest whose blood is most
frequently found in the pedigrees of great trotters,
other horses are great in proportion to the amount
they contribute to the blood of great trotters, no mat-
ter whether their contribution comes through the
male or female lines."
The Horse Review has increased the value of its
colt stake to $15,000.
o
Jackson's Napa Soda.
It is rumored that a number of New York geutle-
tlemen have guaranteed a sufficient sum to hold a
Grand Circuit meeting at one of the New York
tracks, presumably Brighton Beach.
Margin 2:05% $20,250
Penisa Maid 2 : 04% 19.38S
Baron Alcyone 2:15% 15,000
Baroness Virginia 2:08% 13,500
Bob Douglass 2:06% 11,002
The figures above, representing the five leading
money-winning trotters of 1909, include, it should be
stated, only the sums which each horse respectively
won at the meetings in the Grand Circuit and at Lex-
ington. All of them, except Bob Douglass, com-
peted at meetings prior to the opening of the Grand
Circuit, and Margin started at meetings after Lex-
ington, so that the gross amount of their winnings
during the entire season will represent considerably
more than is expressed by the figures above.
It will be seen that Penisa Maid gives Margin a
close run for first honors. She was practically in-
vincible when the season closed at Lexington, and
with a little better break at the outset the daughter
of Pennant 2:15, would undoubtedly have headed the
list of big winners of the season. Margin made her
bow to the race-going public this season at Terre
Haute, Ind., July 14, where she met Penisa Maid,
Marie N., Alice Roosevelt and three or four more
with less class. The clip was furious, for that time
of the year, and when the dust had settled it was
found that the Iowa mare had first money, while
Margin and Marie N. were tie for second and third.
As "coming events cast their shadow before," Mar-
gin indicated something of the form she was to
display later by finishing second the second heat in
2:10%.
This form was clearly revealed two weeks later at
the opening meeting of the Grand Circuit, in the
classic Merchants and Manufacturers' Stake, for 2:24
trotters, where Margin headed the summary, leading
a classy field into camp in every one of the three
heats, which were trotted in the astonishing time
of 2:06%, 2:07% and 2:07%. The first heat was only
a quarter of a second behind the best time ever made
in this stake, and the three heats constitute a new
record for it.
Another $10,000 plum fell to Margin at Kalamazoo,
though she by no means got away with it so easily
as she did at Detroit. This was the Hotel Burdiek
Purse, and that Margin won the major share of it is
due to the fact that the race ended with the fifth
heat, and she had then won the first two. Judge Lee
beat her the third and fifth heats, and El Victress
won the fourth. Margin, however, had been second
once and third once, and her position in the sum-
mary was the best. The time was much slower than
that at Detroit.
The daughter of Time Onward won a $2500 stake
at Grand Rapids the following week, and it was
comparatively easy for her to do so, though Miss
Florida forced her to step in 2:08% the first heat.
Three weeks elapsed before Margin faced the starter
again, and then it was the rich Massachusetts Stake,
the chief event of the Readville meeting outside of
the American Derby. She had a big task to defeat
the fast field that opposed here here, but she did it,
though it took the last fraction of her speed and
the last ounce of her resolution. Se won both heats
in 2:0S% and 2:08%, respectively, and thus annexed
first money in her third $10,000 race of the season.
From the Readville meeting Margin was headed
back to the West, landing at Indianapolis, at the
Indiana State Fair, where, on September S, she turned
the tables on Penisa Maid, who had beaten her at
Terre Haute in the opening race for both mares of
the season. The race was practically a duel, for the
clip was so fast that the only other starter, Esther
Bells, was distanced in the first heat, which Margin
negotiated in the feverish time of 2:05%, and slowed
up at the wire at that. The first quarter in this heat
was trotted in 31 seconds, and the half in 1:01%.
A loafing heat followed, the time being only, 2:10,
but there was another lively scrap in the third heat,
when Penisa Maid came like a storm in the stretch
and forced McDonald to send Margin to her limit in
win in 2:06%. The purse was $5,000.
After another week's interrugnum Margin returned
to the Grand Circuit at Columbus, where, on Sept.
21, she entered the lists as a contestant for the $10.-
000 Hoster-Columbus stake. She was a top-heavy
favorite, although she had to face both the little
Iowa mare and the bulldog Jack McKerron. The
result was another reversal, for Penisa Maid carried
off the big end of the purse, and Jack McKerron came
second. In spite of a game struggle in which she
finished three times second to the winner, Margin
had to be content with third money. The time of
the three heats, of which Jack McKerron won the
first, was 2:07%, 2:06% and 2:07%.
The $5,000 Buckeye stake, the principal event of
the second week at Columbus, was practically a repe-
tition of the Hoster-Columbus, except that Margin
won the second division of the purse and Jack Mc-
Kerron the third. The Hawkeye damsel won it in
straight heats and showed a form tEat she had not
before uncovered by stepping the three heats in
2:05%. 2:08% and 2:06%. Margin was second in
the first and third heats.
At Lexington she started twice, the first time on
Oct. 12, in the contest for the Walnut Hall Cup event,
where again she had to meet and succumb to her
bete noir, Penisa Maid. The time was slow because
the weather and track were wretched and the best
that the daughter of Time Onward could do was to
finish twice second and once third when the Maid
won in 2:14%, 2:13% and 2:15%. Two days later,
in the West stake, she beat Oro Bellini, Martha Dil-
lon, Frazee and Ed. Monahan in straight heats, the
Saturday, January 8, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
fastest of which was 2:10%. Margin was sold soon
after this and headed for California, where she will
henceforth be handled by W. G. Durfee. On her way
to the coast she stopped at Phoenix and annexed
first money in another $5,000 event.
Margin is a roan mare, foaled in 1903, got by Time
Onward, son of Onward 2:25%, dam Alfemeda by
Alfred G. 2:19%, son of Anteeo 2:16%-, second dam
Spanish Maiden 2:29% (dam of six) by Happy Me-
dium, third dam Maggie Keene (dam of two) by Mam-
brino Hatcher, son of Mambrino Patchen. She was
bred by W. A. Dickinson, of Trenton, Ky., and was
trained and driven in all her races by Lon McDonald.
* * *
Penisa Maid, the second largest money-winning
trotter of the season, inaugurated her campaign at
Terre Haute, Ind., July 14, in the race in which she
defeated Margin and Marie N., as related above.
Her first heat in 2:08% was an augury of the brilliant
career that was before her down the "big line" to
Lexington. Her next start was in the 2:11 class on
the opening day of the Detroit Grand Circuit meeting,
where the high hopes that had been entertained for
her were temporarily dashed by her defeat by the
erstwhile crippled and outclassed chestnut gelding
Country Jay, who startled the whole Western Hemis-
phere by trotting three heats in 2:07%, 2:09% and
2:09%, judge Lee winning the second in 2:08%. The
best that the Iowa mare could show was to finish
second in the first heat, and she had to be content
with fourth money. Her showing at Kalamazoo the
next week, in the Hotel Burdick purse, which was
won by Margin, as already related, was even worse
than that at Detroit, as the best that she could do
was to finish second in the first heat in 2:09%, and
for the first and only time in the season she finished
behind the money.
The tide began to turn when the new North Randall
track was reached, however, where Penisa Maid
showed a flash of her true form by forcing Bob Doug-
lass out in 2:07%, 2:06%, and 2:06%, finishing sec-
ond in the first two heats and third in the last.
Penisa Maid was separately timed the second heat
in 2:06%.
The Hawkeye mare was almost cherry ripe by tbe
time the Grand Circuit caravan reached the Fort
Erie track, and it was easy for her to win the 2:20
class against the rather commonplace field composed
of Marie N., Dr. Jack and Almaden. The best that
any of them could do was to force her to step one
heat in 2:10, and after that the clip came back to
2:12%, and she could go sidewise and beat her field.
There was a vacancy in the Grand Circuit the fol-
lowing week and she got no race. Her next essay
was at Readville, where she cast her lot amid the
horde of thirty-eight trotters who sought the bubble
reputation in the second American Trotting Derby.
The handicappers assigned her a position on the
2:10 line in that memorable event, and from the mad
scramble that followed she emerged in fifth position,
winning a tidy sum.
With Margin, she returned to the West after Read-
ville, and her defeat by that mare in the $5,000 stake
for the 2:20 class at Indianapolis on Sept. 8, has
already been described. This was her last defeat dur-
ing the year, however, for by the time her star had
risen to the zenith and she was monarch of all that
she surveyed, winning five straight races, and losing
but one heat in the series. At Syracuse she defeated
Jack Layburn, Alice Roosevelt, Jenny Constautine
and three others in 2:06%, 2:07% and 2:07. At Col-
umbus she won the Hoster-Columbus $10,000 stake,
beating Margin and Jack McKerron, as before re-
lated, the latter winning the first heat in 2:07%, and
the Iowa mare the next two in 2:06% and 2:0S%.
During the second week at the same meeting she
again beat the same two and took a new record of
2:05% in the first heat.
Bob Douglass fell before her_ mighty stride in the
Transylvania stake at Lexington on Oct. 7, as well
as four others of the best campaigners of the year,
and though they forced her to go the first heat in
2:04%, her present record, she was equal to the
emergency, coming back in the third heat with an-
other dazling mile in 2:05%. She trotted the last
half of the first heat in this race in 1:01%. Her last
race of the season was the 2:09 class during the sec-
ond week at Lexington, where she had only two com-
petitors, one of which was distanced in the first heat
and the other nearly so in the second. The time
was 2:06%, 2:05% and 2:08%, and considering the
weather and track her second heat was pronounced
better than her mile in 2:04% a week before.
Penisa Maid is a bay mare by Pennant 2:15, son
of Abe Downing 2:20%. he by. Joe Downing 710, by
Edwin Forrest 49. Her dam is Seneca Maid 2:20
(dam of Mayflower 2:22%) by John Adams, and her
second dam is untraced. She is owned and was
driven the past season by M. D. Shutt of Rock Rapids,
Iowa.
* * *
A very little space will suffice to recount the
achievements of Baron Alcyone, the third largest
money-winning trotter of tbe year, during the past
season, as the large sum of $15,000 which stands
to his credit was won in a single engagement, "the
second American Trotting Derby, which was con-
tested at Readville August 31. In the big field of
thirty-eight horses that took the word in this race
for a $35,000 purse, Baron Alcyone was placed at
the 2:19 mark, or 540 feet ahead of the scratch, wilh
no other horse ahead of him. He had recently worked
a mile in 2:10%, and was the most favorably consid-
ered of any in the big field. When the wire was
reached the first time Baron Alcyone was in sixth
position, with Hylie Bird, Axtator, Jim Ferry, Kaldar
and Oxford Boy, Jr., in front of him, in the order
named. One by one they dropped out until, as they
swung into the back stretch, Baron Alcyone was
fourth. He passed Kaldar and Oxford Boy Jr., at this
point, and later overtook Hylie Bird, leaving only
Axtator in front of him as they turned into the home
stretch. The Axtell horse had a lead of two lengths
and Harvey Ernest began to team the son of Baron
H. as he never did a horse before. At the seven-
eighths pole Axtator began to tire, and he surrendered
at the long-distance, leaving Baron Alcyone to come
home alone, two lengths in the lead. He made no
other start in the Grand Circuit last season.
Baron Alcyone is a bay gelding by Baron H. 2:19
son of Baron Wilkes 2: IS, dam Little Brownie, dam
of two, by Alcone 6780, son of Alcyone 2:27; second
dam Brownie, dam of one, by Jefferson Prince 6212.
He is owned by E. I. White, of Syracuse, N. Y., and
was driven by Harvey Earnse.
* * *
The honor of being the fourth largest money win-
ner of the year goes to a three-year-old, the roan filly
Baroness Virginia 2:0S%, by Baron Review, who was
helped materially to that distinction by her victory
in the rich Kentucky Futurity. The roan filly, who
took a record of 2:29% against time as a two-year-
old in 1908, opened her campaign the past season
at the half-mile track at Logansport, Ind., August 3,
where she was second to Al Stanley 2:11%, in 2:24%
and 2:27%. The same pair again met at the half-
mile track at Lebanon, Ind., on August 11, where the
son of Todd 2:14%, was again successful, though Bar-
oness Virginia won the first heat in 2:14%, the fast-
est record, at that time, ever made by a three-year-
old trotter over a half-mile track. The effort took
a lot out of her, however, and Al. Stanley won the
next two heats in time seven seconds slower. The
third contest between the pair came at Frankfort,
Ind., August 17, and resulted as did the others, the
Todd colt bearing away the big end of the purse,
with Baroness Virginia chasing him out in both heats
in 2:16% and 2:16%. Still a fourth time these fast
three-year-olds were pitted against each other, joining
issues at Lafayette, Ind., September 1 in a contest
with no other starters, and with the same result, Al.
Stanley winning two heats in 2:23% and 2:18.
The roan filly's first victory came at the Indiana
State Fair at Indianapolis. September 10, where she
defeated Bertha C, O'Neil, James A., Ripy and the
much touted Billy Burk in the contest for the West-
ern Horseman purse for three-year-olds. Baroness
Virginia lost the first heat to Bertha C. in 2:13%,
but won the next two in 2:15 and 2:17. From this
period on the Indiana filly was handled by the tal-
ented Murphy, and she did not sustain another de-
feat. At Columbus, September 22, she beat Vito,
the redoubtable Czarevna and five other fast buds,
in straight heats, trotting the first in 2:09% and the
second in 2:11%, and at Lexington her victory in
the memorable Kentucky Futurity is still fresh in the
mind of every horseman. That she would have won
this race if it had been best two in three, or if she
had been driven out in every heat, is open to doubt
— but that is another story. By annexing the $10,-
000 first money in this event her winnings foot up to
$13,500 for the season.
Baroness Virginia is a roan filly by Baron Review
2:21%, a son of Baron Wilkes 2:1S, out of Spanish
Maiden, dam of six, by Happy Medium 400. The
dam of the Baroness is Virginia Reynolds, dam of one,
by Jay Bird, her second dam is Harrie Wilkes by
Eagle Bird 2:21, a son of Jay Bird, and her third
dam is May Bloom, dam of one, by William L., an-
other son of George Wilkes. It will be seen that this
filly has four crosses to George Wilkes, two through
Jay Bird, one through Baron Wilkes and one through
William L. She was bred by S. J. Fleming & Son,
of Terre Haute, Ind., and was driven the past sea-
son by the elder Fleming and by Thomas W. Murphy.
* * *
Bob Douglass, the fifth largest winner of the sea-
son, with a little over $11,000 to his credit, made his
entrance into the racing arena this year at the De-
troit Grand Circuit meeting, his first start since his
three-year-old form in 1907, when, as just Douglass,
without the '"Bob," he won the Hartford Futurity and
one other race, taking a record of 2:12%. His name
was changed to enable him to be registered. His
race at Detroit was a straight-heat victory over Alice
Roosevelt, Montell and two other trotters, in 2:14%
and 2:10%. He skipped Kalamazoo, but bobbed up
at North Randall, where he won a brilliant victory
over the afterward invincible Penisa Maid, Judge Lee
and others, trotting the three heats in 2:07%, 2:06%
and 2:06%, the second heat being his present record.
His triumphal career was uninterrupted at Buffalo,
where he won the fastest four consecutive heats
ever placed to the credit of any horse, narnelv, 2:06%,
2:07%, 2:08% and 2:06%. The first half of the fourth
heat was trotted in 1:01%, which was one of the most
creditable performances ever made by any horse.
Bob Douglass lost the first race, as well as the first
heat of his entire career at Hartford, September 6,
where the great four-year-old, The Harvester, forced
him to defeat in the contest for the Charter Oak
stake. He wrested the first heat away from the stal-
wart son of Walnut Hall, just touching the record of
2:06% that he had made at North Randall. He
fought hard for the victory in the second heat until
the three-quarter pole was reached, where he cried
enough and dropped out. leaving The Harvester clear-
ly master of the field. The gray stallion did not
start again until Lexington was reached. Here he
met Penisa Maid, that he had defeated at North
Randall in the Trannsylvania stake, but the game
little mare from Iowa had by this time attained to a
form that no trotter out this year could surpass, and
she beat the son of Todd in straight heats, covering
the first mile in 2:04% and the third in 2:05%. Bob
Douglass was second in the first heat and was only
beaten a length. This was his last race of the season.
Bob Douglass is a gray stallion, "foaled in 1904, got
by Todd 2:14%, by Bingen 2:06%, dam Clycezone,
by Cyclone, grandame Bettie P. by Col. Hambrick,
son of Dictator. He was bred by Geo. W. Leavitt,
of Boston, and driven by Lon McDonald. — Trotter
and Pacer.
STALLION OWNERS' DUTY.
Stallion owners sometimes forget that they owe
something to the men who breed their mares to his
stallion. If the latter have become patrons through
the fact that the stallion has been well advertised,
they have a right to expect that the owner will con-
tinue to keep his horse prominently before the public.
It is only by that method that the breeder can expect
to find a good market for the foal when it becomes
one, two or three years old. If the stallion owner
relegates his horse to obscurity through lack of ad-
vertising, then the market for the colt becomes re-
stricted and the value of the colt decreases. If,
on the other hand, the stallion has a national repu-
tation, then the colt owner is assured of a good
market, either at private or auction sale. It is with
the expectation of being able to sell the resultant
foal at a remunerative price that he has bred his
mare to an advertised stallion in preference to
patronizing the horse with only a local reputation.
If before the foal becomes of marketable age the
stallion owner neglects to keep his horse before thb
public, then the expectations of the breeder are not
realized, for a stallion withdrawn from public notice
is soon forgotten.
On the other hand, the stallion owner who, be-
cause of a "full book," ceases to advertise, is fool-
ing himself. If after several seasons of publicity
the owner decides that advertising is a waste of
money and that as patronage comes exclusively from
his immediate vicinity he can afford to stop adver-
tising, he is making a mistake that may take years
of endeavor to correct, if, indeed, that is possible.
It has been one of the most impressive lessons of
the advertising business — not only in stallion adver-
tising, but in all lines of business — that it is fatal to
cease to advertise. If the advertising campaign is
resumed after the lapse of a year or two, it takes
double the original expenditure to get back to the
high water mark, and more often the ground lost is
never fully regained. To explain why this is so
would take too much space right here, but all adver-
tisers of experience and all advertising experts
acknowledge this and accept it as a fact.
If, after several years of advertising, an owner
withdraws all publicity, the public — regardless of the
facts — comes to the conclusion that the owner feels
that his horse is a failure in the stud. The public
always loves a winner, and if the stallion owner
proclaims — by reason of lack of publicity — that his
horse is a failure, then in a short time the public
stops patronizing his stallion. For one season he
may retain his patrons, but after that they fall off
rapidly.
If the stallion's book was full last season, it is
all the more reason why he should continue to ad-
vertise, so as to provide a market for the colts, and
thus make a profit for his patrons. Then the latter
will return without urging.
The owner of a colt by a well-advertised and well-
known stallion will take a pride in developing it. He
will feel that he is "in the fashion." He knows
that if the colt develops speed he will be able to
share financially in the reputation of the sire. If
the stallion owner ceases to advertise, the colt owner
will take little interest in developing the youngster's
speed. "No reason," he argues, "why I should spend
my time making a reputation for that sire. If the
owner doesn't think he is good enough to boost, I
don't." — The Western Horseman.
To meet the competition of motor cabs in London
a reduction in the fare charged by hansom cabs has
been made so that two persons can travel a mile
for 12 cents. The motor ear charges 16 cents. The
reduction in fare promises, to a certain extent, to
revive the use of the hansom cab, although the
greater speed of the motor car is decidedly in its
favor. The Interesting fact is that hansom cabs and
four-wheelers can be operated profitably for the
very low fare of 12 cents a mile. An increase in
the number of hansom cabs and four-wheelers to
take care of the traffic now returning to them is
being planned by the cab companies. — Breeders'
Gazette.
John W. Pace, former publisher of the North-
western Stockman and Farmer, secretary of the
Montana Livestock Association and secretary and
manager of the Montana State Fair for some years,
has accepted the secretaryship of the Washington
State Fair. An effort will be made to make the
Washington State Fair of 1910 one of the best given
in the Northwest.
Before going back to Europe, Isadore Schlesinger
of Vienna, Austria, bought at private sale from Sen-
ator J. W. Bailey the brown stallion Luther Sexton
2:10%, by Prodigal 2:16. dam Emily 2:11, by Prince
Regent 2:16%, and he is now on his way across the
Atlantic.
A. S. Donaldson of Denver, Colo., owns a yearling
by Expedition 2:15%, out of Humboldt Maid 2
that has shown three-minute speed.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 8, 1910.
1 NOTES AND NEWS |
Send your horses to the Pleasanton Sale in March.
Write to Fred H. Chase & Co. about it now.
Binjola 2:17% by Bingen 2:06%, owned at the
Park Farm, Springfield, O., will be trained and raced
this year.
Among the 2:06 trotters of 1910 we think the name
of the chestnut gelding Kid Wilkes will be found
should he meet with no accident.
If you have horses to sell they will bring full
value at the big Pleasanton Sale in March. Better
correspond with Fred H. Chase & Co. about con-
signing them.
The Harvester, four-year-old record 2:06% will be
out again this year and with ordinary luck will
reduce his record several seconds.
The "Breeder and Sportsman's" stallion number
will be out in February. It will be the best medium
in which to advertise stallions making the season of
1910 on this Coast. Apply for space soon.
Wanda 2:17%, dam of The Roman 2:09%, etc., is
safely in foal to Bon Voyage 2:12%. There should
be two-minute speed in the foal.
It is rumored that the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association will give its annual meeting
this year at the new mile track at San Jose.
There are many farmers in California who wish
they had the draft mares they sold a few years ago.
The demand for heavy horses is so great now that
two and three-year-olds are being put to farm work.
Charley Marley of Woodland worked his yearling
colt Sir Poleon by Nushagak a half in 1:16% in De-
cember. Sir Poleon is a very promising pacer.
The Sidney Dillon mare Sophie Dillon 2:11% fin-
nished her 1909 campaign sound and all right and
will be in the 2:10 list early in the racing season
of 1910 in all probability.
Dr. J. C. McCoy believes that the trotting record
will finally be faster than the pacing record, which
is rather hard to believe although the Doctor pre-
sents several very good reasons for his belief in an
article in the Christmas Horse Review.
Of the eighteen 2:10 performers to the credit of
Gambetta Wilkes, all but three are pacers. No pac-
ing bred stallion has sired as many 2:10 pacers as
this son of George Wilkes.
The pacer Albert Direda 2:14% by Robert Direct
is now owned in Nebraska and is being advertised
for sale. He is now a five-year- old.
Baron Wilkes 2:18 is the leading broodmare sire
of the year with 29 new performers produced by
his daughters and of these only five are pacers.
Constenaro 2:16%, sire of that good race trotter
Paderewski 2:05%, is a very handsome horse and
won the gold medal in the show ring of the Illinois
State Fair of 1904.
Monbells 2:23%, the last son of Beautiful Bells,
got his first 2:10 performer last year in Esther
Bells 2:08%.
The fastest full brother and sister at the pacing
gait are Hedgewood Boy 2:02% and Lady Maud C.
2:02%. They also hold the world's record for a pole
team — 2:02%.
J. E. Montgomery is gradually getting together
quite a string of horses to train at Pleasanton. He
now has five in his stable, headed by the invincible
Jim Logan.
Charles De Ryder will have as nice a bunch of
horses for the Chicago sale as were ever led into
an auction ring'. They are all in fine shape and will
show well.
Henry Helman thinks he has a good money
winner for 1910 in Mr. H. E. Armstrong's recent pur-
chase, the Stanford Stake winner of 1909, Easter
2:15% by Monicrat.
El Volante 2:13%, the Occident Stake winner of
1909, is filling out and growing into a magnificent
stallion. Mr. C. A. Canfield, his owner, has in him
probably as well bred a young stallion as there is in
America.
Capt. C. H. Williams has consigned his hand-
some stallion Knott McKinney to the Chicago sale
and the horse will be shipped in care of Chas. De
Ryder who has consigned nine head to this sale.
Knott MjKinney is by McKinney 2:11%, dam Net,
dam of three in the list, by Magic, a son of Elmo
2:27. 1'e is a very handsome and stylish horse
much natural speed. He should bring a
i: -e in the Chicago market.
Robert I. Orr and L. M. Ladd of Hollister were
up to Napa last week and purchased three young
Shire stallions recently imported from England, that
Mr. Ladd says are the finest Shires he has ever seen.
Every stallion owner should secure as good a pho-
tograph of his horse as it is possible to get. A stal-
lion picture is worth spending some time and money
on, as there is nothing that appeals to a breeder like
a handsome horse.
Mr. Gerhard Wempe, accompanied by his wife, left
San Francisco a few weeks ago for a tour of Eu-
rope. He will be back in time to take part in the
fall matinees of the Park Amateur Driving Club of
which organization he is one of the most enthusi-
astic members.
Every time Budd Doble takes his chestnut colt
Kinney de Lopez by Kinney Lou 2:07% on the track
at San Jose the colt makes new friends. Doble will
not give him any strong work until spring, but the
colt can show better than 2:10 speed any time he
is asked to.
If Walter W. 2:06, the only undefeated pacer that
raced on the Grand Circuit the past season in the
stable of Ed. Geers, is sound and all right in 1910,
he should step right close to 2:02. Shortly after
winning at Indianapolis he developed lameness in
his hips, which prevented bis taking part in any of
his later engagements.
The well known young trainer Tommy Murphy,
who landed such a large bunch of money down the
Line in 1909, is now quartered at Macon, Ga., with
a select string of both record and green prospects,
and will give them the advantage of an early spring's
work to better fit them for the arduous task of the
coming summer.
Nancy Gladys by Nutbreaker 2:24% is now the dam
of two 2:10 trotters in Dulce Cor 2:08%, a big win-
ner down the Grand Circuit a half-dozen years ago,
and Dulce Jay 2:09%, one of the best through the
Western circuits in 1909.
A pacing horse named Louis Gentry, sired by John
R. Gentry 2:00%, and owned by Harry Benedict, of
East Aurora, is counted among the sensations of
1910. He could beat 2:15 on a half-mile track the
past season.
Lon McDonald will have a very fast stable next
year. He will have three fast stallions. Bob Doug-
lass 2:06%; Aquin 2:08% and Justo 2:10%, several
fast green ones and some very promising youngsters.
McDonald is dead against three in five races and
thinks the use of hopples should be prohibited.
Atlantic 2:21, sold in 1SSS by Andy Welch to Ital-
ian parties for $15,000, is yet among the living, al-
though he is now 31 years of age. He has to his
credit in "sunny Italy" 12 trotters with records from
2:19 to 2:29%, and shares with Herchel 2:13 the
honor of siring the most standard performers bred
in that country.
One of the first improvements at Readville track
as soon as spring opens will be the widening of the
stretch by six feet. Mr. Welch also intends to build
a new judges' stand, which will be much lower than
the present one with its steep steps.
Wheels with a solid rubber cushion tire are very
popular with horsemen who use carts during the win-
ter months. W. J. Kenney at 531 Valencia street is
making these wheels and has them in three grades
at $25, $27.50 and $30 per pair. They are very easy
riding, almost as fast as a pneumatic tired wheel and
there is no fear of punctures. See Kenney or write
to him and ask about them.
The proposed National Champion Stake for three-
year-old trotters continues to be the subject of dis-
cussion among horsemen and we have yet to find any-
one to say it will be other than a big success if
started. Horse breeders want colts to have as big
an earning capacity as possible and this stake will
give more three-year-olds a chance to earn big money
than any stake yet devised.
One good resolution for trainers to make at the
opening of the new year is to resolve to refrain from
putting hopples on the colts until it is absolutely
necessary. The day is coming when hopples will be
barred, and when it arrives a string of hoppled
horses won't be worth much.
The Breeders' meeting, the California State Fair,
the Oregon State Fair, and the Portland Fair
are certain to be held as usual this year, and as all
give liberal purses for trotters and pacers, owners
and trainers are certain of some racing. It is un-
fortunate that none of the smaller associations can
be made to see the necessity of making early an-
nouncements.
Joe McGregor 2:21% is one of the best prospects
for the slow class pacing events of this year. Fred
Ward made a profitable campaign with him last
summer and was close up in 2:07 and thereabouts
in races, won by Adam G. 2:06%, Moortrix 2:07%
and other fast ones. As Joe McGregor wears no
hopples and is one of the most level headed of
pacers we should not be surprised to see him take a
record of 2:05 or better during the present year.
E. W. Westgate of Rio Vista, sold a pair of two-
year-old fillies lately for $500. These fillies were the
right kind, the pair weighing about 3300 pounds.
They were sired by McCormack Bros.' Belgian stal-
lion Gasgar. This horse sires the low down drafty
kind, with plenty of action and best of feet and bone.
A 2:10 trotter can now be truthfully said to be "a
member of the 400," as there are now 400 horses
that have trotted in 2:10 or better. An eastern
journal says there are 402 2:10 trotters, counting
Stamboul 2:07% and Guy 2:09% whose records are
allowed by the National Association, but not by the
American Trotting Register Association.
The two-year-old record of 2:07% made by Native
Belle has dispelled the delusion that no two-year-old
would ever trot as fast as Arion 2:10%. It should
also remove all doubts as to Lou Dillon's record of
1:58%, being unbeatable. Trotting records are not
down to the lowest notch by a good deal.
In future efforts at record breaking the fastest
third heat in a race by a three-year-old pacer, which
now stands to the credit of J. E. Montgomery's colt
Jim Logan 2:05%, will be one of the hardest ones
to beat. We believe he is the only three-year-old
pacer to beat 2:10 three times in one race.
The Woodland Driving Association has claimed the
second week preceding the State Fair for its meeting
of 1910. This is the same place it held in last year's
circuit and proved convenient for horsemen and exhib-
itors. The Woodland Driving Club held a very
successful meeting last year, financially and other-
wise and proposes to hold a still better one this
year. It's speed program will be arranged early.
Ray Mead is working ten hours a day to keep
everything in shape at his new track at San Jose.
The track itself is becoming as smooth as a billiard
table and looks like a future world's record mile.
The stalls have been appreciated by the horses dur-
ing the recent cold snap, as they are all draftless.
The fair society of Akron, O., has purchased a new
lot of ground, aggregating SO acres and it is said will
not only build a new plant, but will build both a
mile and a half-mile track.. The race meeting given
at Akron this year in the Ohio Racing Circuit, was a
big success.
Charles De Ryder will take Star Pointer 1:59%
back to his new, or rather his old home, when he
ships his consignment to the Chicago sale. When
he leaves Copa de Oro 2:01% will be the fastest
pacer in the State and he is a home production and
one of the best that ever looked through a bridle.
Lady Search, the handsome daughter of Searchlight
2:03%, dam Winnie Wilkes 2:17%, owned by C. H.
Chandler of Sacramento, is now at Pleasanton in
the hands of J. E. Montgomery. Lady Search has the
honor of being the first animal ever shipped over
the Western Pacific railroad. Mr. Chandler says she
reached Pleasanton twelve hours after leaving Sac-
ramento on the freight and arrived at the horse
centre "as safe and sound as a new Easter bonnet."
James H. Allen, founder of Springdale Stock Farm,
near Derby, Ohio, died December 9, 1909, at the age
of 72 years and eight months. Mr. Allen began
breeding the trotting horse about 1870, and during
the years from that time until the present had fol-
lowed the business with an earnestness and en-
thusiasm that never faltered, and that gave to him
a measure of success that made him one of the best
known of Ohio breeders.
Lucyneer 2:27 by Electioneer is now the dam of
five trotters: Lucrative 2:13%, Lucretia 2:14%, Min-
nie B. 2:15%, Scientia (4) 2:22% and Lucie 2:25%.
Lucyneer was out of that famous gray pacing mare
Lucy 2:14, that in 1880 made such a memorable cam-
paign with Sleepy Tom, Mattie Hunter, Rowdy Boy
and Sorrel Dan. Lucy was brought to California by
Orrin Hickok and was sold to Wm. Corbitt of the San
Mateo Stock Farm who bred her to Guy Wilkes
2:15% and produced the white-faced, white legged
chestnut pacer Chris Smith 2:15%. She was then
sold to Leland Stanford who bred her to Electioneer
and the bay Ally Lucyneer 2:27 was the result. All
of Lucyneer's foals were bay. Lucy's pedigree was
never traced.
The reputation of Baron Wilkes 2:18 as a speed
progenitor was greatly increased last season, both
through his sons and daughters. His son Baron May
trotted to a record of 2:07%. His son Moko sired
Native Belle, that lowered the world's record for
two-year-old trotters to 2:07%. Another son, Baron
Review 2:21%, is the sire of Barones"s Virginia (3)
2:08%, winner of that memorable six-heat race, the
Kentucky Futurity for three-year-old trotters.
Daughters of Baron Wilkes 2:18 made a more won-
derful showing as producers of new standard per-
formers than had ever before been made in one
season by the daughters of any stallion that ever
lived. Not less than 23 of the daughters pro-
duced 29 of the new performers of 1909.
This is ten more new performers than were
produced in 1909 by daughters of the noted
brood-mare sire Nutwood 2:18%. It is also 12
more than were produced by daughters of Onward
2:25% and 16 more than were produced by daughters
of Red Wilkes.
Saturday, January S, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, Jan. 4, 1909.
The heavy rains followed by the extremely cold
weather has practically stopped training at Agri-
cultural Park.
On clear days or between showers the majority of
the horses have been jogged a few miles on the inside
track or on the roads but any fast work has been
out of the question, and a mile or so in the "thirties"
has been enough for the fastest of them. In fact
most of the time has been devoted to the colts that
have just begun their education and there are a
number of them at the track that surely will be
heard of later. Nearly every trainer has from one or
two to six or eight in his charge and a very large
percentage are very high class and bar accidents
will turn out good race horses and some of them are
good enough to stake almost anywhere.
Alaca, a black colt that is now three years old,
sired by Symboleer 2:09%, dam La Patchen, second
dam La Belle by Joe Young 2:18, is one of the best
looking and best gaited pacers in the city. He is
owned by Mrs. Sam Murphy of Santa Ana, the
widow of the well known trainer and driver Sam
Murphy, who died a little more than a year ago.
Mrs. Murphy decided to follow out her husband's in-
tentions and have the colt developed and turned him
over to Chas. Saddler, a friend of the family, to get
in shape. Mr. Saddler has been jogging him on the
road and through the streets, till he is now an
ideal road horse safe for anyone to drive as he is
fearless of all objects. He has had very little work
and has never been called on for a mile nor even
to extend himself for a quarter, yet he has stepped
the latter distance in 35 seconds with no more effort
than stepping a "40" gait. He goes very light all
round and wears absolutely nothing except the har-
ness, not even quarter boots. On the road or reverse
way of the track he trots a three-minute gait and
does that like a trotter, but the minute you take him
by the head and chirp to him he squares away on a
pace and does not know what it is to make a break.
He will soon be taken out to Agricultural Park and
put in training.
C. A. Canfield's great colt El Volante is turned out
in a corral every pleasant day and is filling out in
every way. He is a better looker now than his
sire and when he gets his growth, even Mambrino
King at his best was not handsomer than he will be.
Red Gerrety is handling a nice-looking big open
gaited colt that looks as if it would be good, as well
as breaking a weanling for Secretary Knight of the
American Trotting Association.
Will Durfee has so far recovered from his severe
attack of rheumatism that he was out jogging one
of his string the other day. His assistant Frank
Wood has been confined to the house lately by a
heavy cold.
There will be a meeting of the board of directors
of the Los Angeles Driving Club tomorrow after-
noon to fix a date for the next matinee, and on the
evening of Monday, January 10th, a meeting of the
club to amend the by-laws.
Messrs. Canfield and Clark have decided that the
stakes they offer of $1000 each shall be for two-year-
old trotters, one to be decided this year and one in
1911 with 5 per cent entrance and nothing deducted
from money-winners; the dates for payments and
conditions are advertised in this issue of the "Breeder
and Sportsman." They will be raced under the aus-
piecs of the California Breeders' Association, of
which William L. James, 317 West Seventeenth,
street, Los Angeles, is secretary and will probably
take place here next fall over the new track and
during the trotting meeting at the Agricultural Fail-
that unquestionably will be held then. The entry
blanks for these stakes will be mailed to all the
horsemen and stock farms on the Coast as soon as
they come from the printers, probably the last of
this week.
Among the best looking young things at Agricul-
tural Park now is a black gelding belonging to J. H.
Vance, a black filly by Red McK. owned by Jos. H.
Walker, J. S. Stewart's bay pacing colt by Zolock,
Perry Cleveland's brown colt by Cochato, W. A. Glas-
cock's bay two-year-old in J. S. Stewart's string and
a big brown colt by Walter Barker that Walter
Maben is training for C. A. Canfield.
JAMES.
CHRISTMAS RACING AT BISBEE.
The Warren District Driving Club of Bisbee, Ariz.,
held its first meeting on its new half-mile track De-
cember 26th. There was an attendance of five or
six hundred people, and the racing was greatly
enjoyed.
The trotting race was won by Black Bird, driven
by Abrams, in straight heats; Prince Sutter, driven
by Hanks, and Brodie, driven by Mosher, being
second and third. The time was 1:24 and 1:22.
Maud C. and Dolly Fletcher were the heat winners
in a pacing race in which there were several starters.
Maud C. took the first heat in 1:21, Dolly winning
the next two in 1:15% and 1:16%, the others far
behind.
A match pacing race between Mosher's Klondyke
and Cananea's Si Perkins, driven by Barnett, was
won by the former in straight heats in 1:21% and
1:21%.
A half mile dash for runners was won by Prince
Blaze, owned by Percy Neal, in :54%.
Considering this was the first meeting ever held by
the club, everything passed off well and the officials
in charge were warmly congratulated. C.
REMOUNT STATION NEEDED HERE.
The difficulty of obtaining army mounts for the
cavalry and field artillery, and animals for the quar-
termaster department has forced the war department
to establish remount stations. Several of these have
already been established, the most important one
being located at Fort Reno, Okla., from which point,
as far as possible, the army will in the future be sup-
plied.
An army remount station is a rendezvous where
a large number of animals are matured, handled and
trained for the military service.
For this purpose young horses three and four years
old are purchased whenever found suitable and
shipped in to the station.
On the other hand when horses are required for
the service, matured, well broken and trained horses
are sent out from the station to supply the demand.
The advantages of this system to the army are ob-
vious and need not be enumerated here. The advan-
tages to the breeders and the community in which a
remount station is located are many more than may
appear at first thought.
A few of the most important are as follows:
The breeder will have a market for his horses two
years earlier than in former times; will not have
the expense and risk of breaking his stock, all that
is required will be soundness and conformation.
It will provide a ready market for every class of
horse bred that are not fast enough for the track.
The breeder of standard bred horses will have
a market for the horse that cannot go in 2:40.
The breeder of draft horses will have a market
for his horse that fails to go over 1250 pounds in
weight.
The breeder of general purpose horses will have
a ready market for many horses which have been
considered rather a loss to their breeders, namely,
the thoroughbred and standard bred and the light
draft horses.
All classes of horses will bring early returns and
can be marketed when in condition without further
expense of breaking and training.
The advantage to the community would of course
be in providing these horses and the necessary for-
age.
The peculiar advantages California would derive
from having a remount station located in the cen-
tral part of the State would be that this station
would in four years become the source of supply for
the army in- the Philippines as well as the mounted
troops stationed in its own boundary and the sev-
eral adjacent States.
It is also a fact that horses can be raised more
economically in the west than anywhere else in the
United States, therefore being able to buy young
horses cheaper in California the California remount
station would soon supply the central States instead
of the Oklahoma remount station shipping to Cali-
fornia.
It is a recognized fact in army circles that the
western horse is superior to the eastern horse in
endurance and substance.
DENVER'S HORSE SHOW.
The National Western Stock Show, which will open
in Denver on January 8th, continuing until Janu-
ary 15th, has become one of the big stock shows of
the country. Last year the association in charge of
this show completed a new amphitheater seating
about 10,000 people and costing $200,000. A number
of additional barns have been built this year to
accommodate the increased attendance expected in
the way of exhibits. Entries have been made already
from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois.
Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, Ne-
braska, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. Some of the
very best herds of pure bred cattle in the country
will be represented at the show, and such well-
known importers of fine horses as I. Crouch & Son
from Indiana, McLaughlin Brothers of Ohio, North &
Robinson of Nebraska, Graham Brothers of Ontario,
Canada, and many others are arranging to exhibit at
this show.
At the coming show there will be launched for the
first time the first exhibition of the National Western
Horse Show, and some of the best stables in the
country are arranging to be shown. Kansas City,
St. Joseph, Chicago, Omaha and other Eastern points
are sending horses to this exhibition which will pre-
sent a fine program during the show week.
During (he week while the stock show is open
there will be held the annual convention of the
American National Livestock Association and the
First Congress of the American Beef Producers'
Association. The peculiar condition at present exist-
ing in regard to livestock production will result in a
large crowd of stockmen gathering at Denver for the
purpose of comparing notes and finding out where
they are at. It is expected that a special train of
stockmen from Chicago and vicinity will leave for
the show about January 8th.
The National Wool Growers' Association is holding
its convention in Ogden, Utah, the week prior to the
Denver show, and a large number of sheep on
exhibition there will be sent by special train to
enter in the Denver show the following week. About
$25,000 in premiums will be distributed and the show
a I Denver will present a number of novel features.
The exhibit of feeder cattle will be the largest
ever seen in the world, comprising several hundred
carloads, and these will be sold at public sale after
they have been judged.
The big beef associations will hold public sales of
selected individuals during the week of the show for
the purpose of getting representative breeding stock
of the different breeds into the hands of the new
Western farmers.
It is now generally recognized that any increase in
beef production must come from the intermountain
section of the West, and livestock interests generally
are taking advantage of the Denver show to push
matters in this regard. — Rider and Driver.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Henry Rohner — Palite is standard and registered.
His number is 45062. He was foaled in 1903, is by
Nutwood Wilkes 2:16V», dam Palita (2) 2:16, dam of
two, by Palo Alto 2:08%, second dam Elsie dam of
.five by Geo. Benton, third dam Elaine 2:20, dam of
four by Messenger Duroc, fourth dam Green Moun-
tain Maid, dam of nine, and also dam of Electioneer,
by Harry Clay 45.
HORSES NOT BEING ELIMINATED.
That the automobile is making any material degree
of progress in the process of eliminating the horse
is emphatically denied by the records of vehicle
construction during the past year, which are found
in the address of W. H. Mclntyre, of Auburn, Ind.,
at the annual meeting of the Carriage Builders' Na-
tional Association, recently held at Washington, D. C.
After admitting the fact that some branches, grades
and styles of horse-drawn vehicles have suffered
by the advent of the automobile, Mr. Mclntyre went
on to state the significant fact that 1,500,000 horse-
drawn spring vehicles were manufactured in the
United States during the present year, and added:
"The number of automobiles built in 1909 is esti-
mated at 90,000, and the whole number of those in
running condition in the United States is probably
not more than 175,000. In 1897 there were 13,500,000
horses in the country, and their average value was
$37 each. Ten years later the number of horses
had increased to 20,600,000, with an average value of
$95 each, and today there are 23,648,000 horses, to-
gether with 4,240,000 mules, in this country, and the
number of horse-drawn vehicles built this year is 20
per cent greater than in 1908."
The class of vehicles alluded to as having been
affected by the auto are undoubtedly those designed
for the road driver. It is everywhere conceded that
road driving on public thoroughfares has almost be-
come obsolete in many sections on account of the
increase of the automobiles. The prophets of the
horseless age may take what satisfaction they can
derive out of this phase of the situation, but as a
matter of fact it is in no degree an indication of the
decline of the popular interest in the road horse.
There is unquestionably just as much sentiment be-
hind the horse and as much fascination in driving
one on a fine road as ever, but the automobiles, with
their devastation of the highways, their noise, smell
and dirt, not to speak of their menace to the safety
of the man behind the horse, have robbed that
diversion of the pleasure it once afforded. There is
no longer room for the horse on the road, but for the
speedway, the matinee and the race track his popu-
larity was never greater, and it is steadily increasing.
— Trotter and Pacer.
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
A horse not receiving any work or regular exer-
cise, should be watered at least three times a day.
The more work the more frequent he should be al-
lowd to drink.
Avoid the feeding of sour bran of any kind, as it
causes a disorder of the stomach and intestines and
may result seriously.
Ground grain feed goes farther and gives better
results than fed whole, as there is less waste and
the food is more easily digested.
Quite a few horses are subject to bolting their
food or eating ravenously and this grave fault can
be greatly remedied by mixing their grain rations
with cut hay or fodder.
Never change the food of a horse suddenly as it
has a tendency to sicken him, although in many in-
stances his condition is not noticed by the casual
observer. The change should be made gradually.
In purchasing a horse be particular in selecting
one possessed of a deep, broad chest, as it invariably
is a signification of the fact that the most vital organs
of the body, the lungs and heart are well developed,
and consquently is a sign that he has a strong con-
stitution.
Carrots fed in limited quantities are quite benefi-
cial as they improve the appetite, regulate the action
of both the kidneys and bowels, in addition to making
the skin healthy and the hair smooth and glossy.
Interference, is in the majority of cases, due to
faulty conformation, horses with narrow chests or
hips, or those with fetlock joints close together,
causing them to toe out, are as a general thing, sub-
ject to it. It is also often caused by defective shoe-
ing, allowing the feet to grow too long, or as a result
of weakness, due to exhaustion or sickness.
The normal pulse of a healthy horse, varies accord-
ing to sex. In that of a stallion, it averages from
28 to 32 beats to a minute, in a gelding, 33 to 38,
and in a mare, 34 to 40; the younger they are, the
more rapid the beats, foals about a month old will
run about 80 to 90 in a minute.
Hal B. Jr. that won the first race of the winter
season over the ice at Toronto, Canada, is by Hal
B. 2:04% and considered to be a 2:10 pacer when
he strikes the dirt tracks in the summer. Hi '
now is 2:25.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 8, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
NEW BADGES FOR DEPUTY FISH AND GAME
COMMISSIONERS.
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
coming events. the young man intends to remain in there this
winter. He has taken up a homestead and has
taken in provisions. From the tracks seen in the
snow there must have been some one hunting in
that vicinity and stopping at the Solinsky cabin.
This was likely done during the young man's ab-
sence. I understand that Mr. Solinsky will return
to his place after the holidays. We next went to
the Hickenbotham place, where there is a good house
and barn, but no provisions or bedding. There were
footprints in the snow as i£ there had been some
hunting in this vicinity. We next came to the Crud-
son shake camp, where we saw wagon tracks. Some
one had evidently been in there, for we found a few
pieces of deer meat in front of the cabin. It is an
old shack and no one has lived there for years.
About 3 p. m. we came upon a buckboard standing
beside the road, a horse being tied to it. We got
in a thicket of pines, and while we were tying our
horses, a young man came towards us carrying a
Winchester rifle. As he approached us, I stepped
out from behind a tree, and as I did, he remarked,
"Well, Getchell, are you after us?" Excuse me, but
who are you, I replied. "I am Alex Smith's brother,"
(Deputy County Clerk). "Well, Mr. Smith, have a
smile with us and we will then go to the wagon and
wait for Alex to bring in a buck." We did not have
to wait, for as we turned to go to the wagon, the
young deputy and Bert Wilson, an ex-member of the
board of education, came in sight. The boys were
almost fagged out. Wilson thought he was going to
be arrested because he was caught hunting. The
young man turned pale and said, "This is the first
time I was ever hunting deer in my life and I have
to run against a game warden. This is the last for
me, boys." After a friendly "jolt" all round, we
spread our lunch, but poor Wilson could not eat.
for he thought his time had come. And not until
the boys started for home, and we bade them "good
day," did they breathe easy. The two Smith boys
were pretty badly broken up also. Alex Smith claims
he has killed only four deer and his brother six in
their time. We camped at the Porter Bros, place
for the night.
Thursday, Dec. 30. — We rode east for about ten
miles, where we found an old cabin with some provis-
ions stowed away, possibly for some hunter's use this
winter. Through rain and snow, brush, over logs,
mountains, and across deep gullies and swollen
streams, we finally found our way back to the Crud-
son camp, where we had been the day before. We
arrived at the Nuner camp late in the afternoon, wet
and hungry, after a hard day's travel.
Friday, Dec. 31. — It rained hard Thursday night
and commenced to snow at 9 a. m., Friday. We
started for home about 9:30 a. m. The Mokelumne
river was so high that we had to cross on a log and
lead our horses across with a long rope. One horse
came near going down stream. We arrived at our
wagon at 2:30 in the afternoon, and after partially
drying our clothes, we came to El Dorado, put our
horses up and had supper. Left here at 9:30 and
arrived home at 12 o'clock, midnight. It rained
or snowed all day Friday. Our snow shoes arrived
from the East today."
Bench Shows.
Jan. 3 8-20, 1910 — North Dakota Kennel Association.
(License.) Fargo, No. Dak. W. R. Jenney, Sec'y.
Jan. 20-21 — Lynn Kennel Club. Lynn. Mass. M. J.
Donlon. Sec'y.
Jan. 26-29 — Cleveland Fanciers' Club Company. (Li-
censed.) Cleveland, O. J. T. Conkey. Sec'y.
Feb. S-ll — Fanciers' Association of Indiana. In-
dianapolis, Ind. C. R. Millhouse, Sec'y. Entries
close Feb. 1.
Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York
City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman.
Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas.
W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y.
March 1-3 — Pine Tree Kennel Club. Portland, Me.
Elinor S. Moody, Sec'y.
March 1-4 — Buffalo Kennel Club. Buffalo, N. Y.
Seymour P. White. Sec'y.
March 2-4 — Central New York Kennel Association.
Utica, N. Y. Thos. S. Jackson, Sec'y.
March S-ll — Erie Kennel Club. Erie, Pa. Lyman
T. Whitehead, Sec'y.
March 16-19 — Duquesne Kennel Club of "Western
Pennsylvania. Pittsburg, Pa. B. Cummings,
Sec'y.
March 23-26 — Kodak City Kennel Club. Rochester
N. Y. Jos. H. Church, Sec'y.
March 21-24 — Chicago Kennel Club. Chicago, 111. F.
A. Fisher, Sec'y.
June 1-2 — Ladies' Kennel Association of America.
Minneola, L. I., N. Y. Mrs. R. C. W. Wadsworth,
Sec'y. .
June 2-3 — Long Island Kennel Club. .
E. H. Berendsohn, Sec'y.
June S — Ladies' Kennel Association of Massachusetts.
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Mrs. H. M. Talbot, Sec'y.
June IS — Westchester Kennel Club. - .
Louis Contoit, Sec'y.
Field Trials.
Jan. 3, 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant,
Miss. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y.
Jan. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa-
tion. . Arthur W. Van Pelt, Sec'y.
Jan. 11 — United States Field Trial Club. Rogers
Springs, Tenn. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junc-
tion, Tenn.
Jan. — National Championship Field Trial Associa-
tion. To follow IT. S. trials. Rogers Springs, Tenn.
W. B. Stafford. Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn.
Jan. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club. Bakersneld,
Cal. E. Courtney Fora, Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal,
Ian. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort
Worth, Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y.
Feb. 1— Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex.
E. M. Ford, Sec'y.
A DEPUTY GAME WARDEN'S REPORT.
In a recent report of the State Fish and Game Com-
mission, reference is made to the fact that nearly
100 employees, mostly deputies, are on the pay roll.
What the majority of the deputies, particularly the
field deputies, are doing is not generally known by
the public at large. The Board itself, is of course,
in close touch with the various assistants. This in-
formation is derived from weekly reports filed.
The report given below is a fair sample of what
is going on in certain lines of work and should be of
some little interest to sportsmen. This report was
sent from San Andreas, Calaveras county and cov-
ers a trip during the last week of December, and
speaks for itself.
In many parts of the State there is now an ob-
servance of and upholding of the fish and game laws
where heretofore the statutes were regarded as of
little importance. The report follows:
"In obedience to your orders, I herewith transmit
my daily report for the week ending Friday, De-
cember 31st, 1909.
With headquarters at San Andreas, I made several
trips to different places in the county, Angels, Mokel-
umne Hill, Valley Spring, and scouted in the vicinity
of El Dorado. I was also at Jackson, Amador County.
I called to see the game warden at Jackson, but he
was out of town. I wanted to see him about parties
running deer with dogs in that county. For this
work I have not made any charge for expenses.
A few days before Christmas I was informed that
several students from Berkeley were expected to
visit this county during the holidays, and that they
were going on a deer hunt. Following is a report of
my trip:
Monday. Dec. 27. — Left San Andreas at 8:30 p. m.
with Al. Smith as assistant, in a light spring wagon.
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. we stopped at a cabin, five
miles northwest of Sheep Ranch, on the head of
Jesus Maria creek. This location put us beyond the
possibility of being seen by any one on the road.
It was fortunate for us that there was a stove in the
cabin, for it was bitter cold — snow on the ground and
freezing weather.
Tuesday, Dec. 28. — With saddle horses we started
for Assessor Nuner's place, east of Blue mountain,
in Sec. 28, T. 6 N. R., 15 E. We encountered a foot
of snow before we reached camp at 2:30 p. m. After
resting our horses and having dinner, we rode to the
Buck ranch, four miles east of camp. With the
aid of an acetylene lamp we returned to camp at
S p. in. There had been no one in there during the
last storm. On the Little Mokelumne, before reach-
ing the Nuner camp that day, we saw where a horse
had been ridden down to the river and back. It is
very likely that the rider had been through there
after deer. I do not think he got any.
Wednesday, Dec. 28th. — We started early and in
going ovi?r the northeast end of Blue mountain we
found th snow over a foot deep. At the forks of the
ing to the Albert Solinsky place, we found
acks in the snow, and I am informed that
Pier Fishing Down South. — It would be difficult to
exaggerate the excitement occasioned at the Long
Beach pier on Friday of last week by the sudden
and unexpected visit to those waters of immense
schools of herring, croaker and pompano. Early vis-
itors to the pier were surprised to find that their hooks
remained idle only a second after being thrown into
the water. The good news spread and by 10 o'clock
the west side of the lower deck of the pier and also
the guard-rail around the outer wharf were crowded
with anglers.
From then on until nightfall the fish continued to
bite, and around the feet of each fisherman or fisher-
woman a pile grew at a remarkable rate. Visitors
to the outer wharf had to step high and carefully,
if they went along the west promenade of the lower
deck to avoid stepping upon the catches. Croaker
and herring were the fish caught with rod and line.
Big catches of pompano were made with nets.
Truckee River Preserve. — It is reported that Wil-
son & Lindsay, an Oakland firm, have secured ex-
clusive control of the Truckee river and banks on
both sides from Truckee to Lake Tahoe, a distance
of fourteen miles and intend to subdivide the land
into tracts to be sold to anglers. If such action is
taken it will probably result in preserving the
stream as a trout-fishing haunt, and with proper
precautions will undoubtedly help in saving the fish
from early depletion.
Big Eagle Trapped. — James Bartlett of Round
Mountain, Shasta county, set a trap for coyotes and
caught a monster gray eagle of rare beauty. The
bird was caught by one foot, and was caged alive.
The eagle weighs IS pounds and measures seven feet
from tip to tip. Bartlett has shipped the captive to
an aviary in San Francisco.
New badges for its assistants, recently adopted by
the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, are
being distributed as rapidly as the old badges can be
called in.
The new badge for regular deputies is a six-pointed
nickel-plated star, with small rounded points, and
bears the legend, "Deputy Fish and Game Commis-
sioner." The star badge will be worn by all regu-
larly appointed assistants who draw a salary, and
takes the place of the small shield with the same
inscription.
The special badge, a nickel-plated shield with a
small five-pointed star in a circle cut out of the metal,
has been provided for special assistants. It also
bears the inscription, "Deputy Fish and Game Com-
missioner." On the small star in the center of the
shield the number "1910" is stamped, indicating the
term for which the badge is issued. Special assist-
ants serve for one year and must qualify for re-ap-
pointment each year. This badge will be worn by all
assistants who do not serve under regular salary,
such, for instance, as citizens in remote districts who
give only part of their time to the work and receive
compensation for merely the time employed in the
State's service.
The style of the shields formerly worn by regular
assistants had not been changed for several years,
and the Commission had experienced considerable dif-
ficulty from persons professing to be game wardens
who wore badges similar to the old shields. The
new badges were made to render counterfeiting more
difficult.
In addition to the issuance of new stars and
badges, the commission has issued an order that
each special assistant should file a report of his
official duties at the end of each month on blanks
furnished for that purpose. Failure to file regularly
this report will result in a revocation of the assist-
ant's authority. It became necessary to establish this
rule because of the fact that a great many officers
had failed to keep in communication with the Board,
with a resultant ignorance of the officers' where-
abouts and activity and a lack of close information
as to the fish and game interests of their particular
section.
DUCKS "DOPED" AND SLAIN WHOLESALE.
What is believed to be a plan for the wholesale
slaughter of ducks by market hunters about the lake
is being gradually uncovered, states the Visalia
Times.
It has been a matter of much remark that hun-
dreds of birds shipped into San Francisco bear no
evidence of shooting and in fact there is nothing to
■ indicate the method by which they were killed. This
fact has led to suspicion that the birds were poisoned,
but the fact that so far as known none of the con-
sumers of these wild fowl, have been affected by eat-
ing the meat, still leaves the matter in doubt.
Now, it is believed, the birds were "doped" and,
while in a state of stupor, are caught and killed.
It is thought that market hunters are putting out
wheat or other substance soaked in alcohol. The
birds feeding at night become drunken and early in
the morning when the hunters sally forth, are lying
about in a state of intoxication. They are promptly
knocked on the head and sacked.
Another story is that wood alcohol or other sub-
stance more poisonous than ordinary alcohol, is used
and that the drawing of the crops prevents the meat
from becoming inoculated with the poison. This,
however, is not generally believed.
The fact that ducks are being shipped to San Fran-
cisco and other places in large numbers is attract-
ing attention of game wardens and evidence of the
methods employed may soon be obtained.
Of the 100 ducks confiscated in Visalia recently and
distributed to the hospital, sanitarium and Salvation
Army, all, so far as examined, bore the marks of
shot
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Petaluma Gun Club Organized. — An innovation in
the regular order of things is the recent organization
of a combined "gun and social" club.
A number of the young men of Wilson district
have formed a new gun and social club. The mem-
bers met and organized what will be known as the
Electric Gun Club. The club starts with a mem-
bership of fourteen. The officers are: President,
T. P. Joseph; vice-president, C. Witt; secretary, F.
Harvey, treasurer, Joseph Paula; directors, J. F.
Paula, W. Wedel, Tony Silva.
The club has leased preserves on the ranch of M.
A. Paula and also on the Mecham property from
Mrs. E. Cantel in Liberty district.
The Midnight Social Club is the social division
of the gun club. The new organization will give
social dances throughout the winter season.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Cougars Like Dog Meat. — A recent report from Ban-
ning states that Jim Webster, a rancher of the San
Bernardino mountains northwest of Banning, se-
cured a fine specimen of big game by perseverence
and good marksmanship. He had been pestered by a
mountain lion for several months and bad sacrificed
several calves and a goat to the appetite of the
beast. Time and again he loaded his rifle and lay
in wait for the lion. Finally it came, aroused the
family dog, seized the canine by the nape of the
neck and started off into the woods. Then the
rancher fired and the lion dropped the dog. A few
hours later the dead body of the beast was found
lying in a gully 100 yards from the house. This lion
measured nine feet from tip to tip.
Saturday, January 8, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
SOUTHERN WATERS MECCA OF SEA ANGLERS.
The event of the 1909 salt water fishing in South-
ern California was the return of the leaping tuna
after an absence of several years. They made their
appearance in Catalina waters in June, re-appear-
ing shortly after the middle of August, remaining
about forty days. During this period 65 tuna were
taken, of which 62 weighed over 100 pounds; the
largest weighed 153 pounds, and the smallest 68;
average, 118.2 pounds. Some of the fish were
fought for more than six hours before victory perched
on the rod of the wearied but indomitable angler. A
few of the fish were taken in fifteen minutes or less,
by going after them in a rowboat; the difficulty in
catching a tuna is vastly lessened by this method,
and the majority of expert anglers have preferred to
make the chances more equal by fishing from
launches.
Twenty-eight blue buttons were issued by the
Tuna Club to anglers who caught tuna weighing
over 100 pounds, many of those who caught tuna
}iad already earned their buttons, but the active
membership of the club received material additions,
writes C. V. Barton in the Los Angeles Examiner.
The leaping tuna, or blue tuna, does not leap
after being hooked. Here his method is the re-
verse of that of the tarpon. The tuna leaps in play
and while pursuing flying fish, his favorite food.
It is the hardest fighting fish in the piscatorial cal-
endar. The tarpon is more spectacular in its move-
ment, but it can be caught on nine-ounce tackle, of
which, so far, the tuna has made kindling wood and
shoe laces. Some day, by freak or accident a tuna
will be caught on light tackle, but never as a regular
thing. Why? Catalina is the only place in the world
where the tuna, or horse mackerel, has been caught
at all with rod and reel. Numerous attempts have
been made, on the Atlantic coast, particularly in
Nova Scotia waters, to take tuna with rod and
reel, but so far without success. The Atlantic tuna,
however, run larger than the average of those taken
in Catalina waters.
The reappearance of the leaping tuna has reaf-
firmed the supremacy of Catalina waters as the best
fishing resort in the wide world. The theory is that
the tuna come back to spawn, and that they are
likely to return for several successive seasons. It
is supposed that they have gone south for the sea-
son, and late in November they were seen in large
numbers just below the Mexican line.
The mere announcement that the tuna were at
Catalina was enough to make anglers for large game
fish prick up their ears all over the United States,
and also in Great Britain, where the Tuna Club has a
dozen or so active members.
There was "Colonel" A. W. Hooper of Boston, an
old tarpon fisherman and Catalina angler, who vis-
ited Avalon just before the tuna reappeared in Au-
gust. Hooper started for his home, and his last
word to L. G. Murphy, another veteran angler, was
"If the tuna re-appear, let me know by wire, and I'll
come back."
The message caught him two-thirds across the
continent, and back he came to find new and stren-
uous experience and to win the coveted blue button.
Following are the tuna catchers and weight of fish
for 1909, constituting the Tuna Club's roll of honor
for the season:
Weight
Date Angler. Pounds.
Aug. 19— A. C. Brode 126
Aug. 20— L. G. Murphy 118
Aug. 22— E. G. Judah Ill
Aug. 23— C. G. Conn 128, 120, 109
Aug. 23— A. J. Eddy 111%
Aug. 23— A. L. Tyler 117
Aug. 23 — C. C. Bowerman 110
Aug. 24— J. L. Kirkpatrick, Dr 138%
Aug. 24— Edward O. Palmer, Dr 112%
Aug. 24— Wm. N. Hunt, Jr 117
Aug. 25— E. J. Polkinghorn 113
Aug. 25 — Ross Kirkpatrick, Jr 126
Aug. 25— C. G. Conn 120
Aug. 25— Philip S. O'Mara 153
Aug. 26— C. G. Conn 114
Aug. 26— Ben Williams 125
Aug. 28— Roy F. B. Shaver 113%
Aug. 28— Ben Williams 123%
Aug. 29— J. A. Coxe 122%
Aug. 30— C. G. Conn 125
Aug. 30— C. A. Thomas 118%
Aug. 30— C. E. Pilsbury, Jr 104%
Aug. 30— T. McD. Potter 96%
Aug. 30— W. H .Ogburn 102%
Aug. 30— L. G. Murphy 114
Aug. 30— W. E. Jones 116
Aug. 30— B. O. Kendall 120%
Aug. 30— Ben Williams 109%
Aug. 31— W. E. Jones 106
Aug. 31 — Smith Warren x98
Sept. 1— C. G. Conn 112
Sept. 1— W, E. Jones 123
Sept. 1— G. E. Pillsbury, Jr 126
Sept. 2— Smith Warren 100
Sept. 2— W. Greer Campbell 120
Sept. 4— L. P. Streeter 136
Sept. 4— G. F. Pillsbury, Jr 109
Sept. 5 — Eugene Elliott 104
Sept. 8— Dr. B. O. Coates 123%
Sept. 11— A. W. Hooper 68
Sept. 13— C. Irving Wright 108%
Sept. 13— H. C. Rice 130
Sept. 14— A. W. Hooper xll7%, 145%
Sept. 14— L. G. Murphy 108%
Sept. 14— Howard Wright 137
Sept. 14— A. B. Hill or Hitt 121%
Sept. 14— Henry Wetherby 129
Sept. 15— A. T. Munn 112
Sept. 15 — Mrs. Philip O'Mara xl35
Sept. 15— A. W. Hooper 113
Sept. 15— L. T. Bradford 126%
Sept. 17— C. G. Conn 113%, 108, 137%
Sept. 18— A. W. Hooper 122%
Sept. 18— C. G. Conn 101%, 120%, 125%, 115
Sept. 22— F. R. Murray 112
Sept. 23— L. G. Murphy xl60
x Disqualified; mutilated by shark. Total number
taken during season, 65. Number over 100 pounds,
62. Average weight, 113% pounds. Largest, 153
pounds. Smallest, 69 pounds. Number of blue but-
tons issued, 28.
Seven buttons awarded to associate members.
Three buttons awarded to active members holding
red buttons. One button awarded to active (elective)
member. Seventeen buttons awarded to anglers not
members at time of catch, but later elected.
The cups, medals and other annual and perpetual
trophies of the Tuna Club and the Light Tackle Club
aggregate over $5000 in value, and make a notable
display indeed. The club has just inaugurated the
first annual winter tournament, with suitable prizes,
so that angling competition in Catalina waters ex-
tends through eleven months of the year.
Under the auspices of the Tuna Club are the Light
Tackle Club and the Three Six Club. The Light
Tackle Club maintained an independent organization
for several years, but in 1909 was taken over by the
Tuna Club. The aims, purposes and competitions
of the Light Tackle Club will be maintained by the
Tuna Club. These two organizations have done more
than any other "For a Higher Development of the
Art of Sea Angling."
With the growth of light tackle fishing it was not
strange that anglers should seek higher degrees of
expertness, that should not only give the fish a
greater chance, but add greatly to the satisfaction
derived from the sport. The first step in this direc-
tion was the organization by Thomas McD. Potter
of the Three Six Club, for yellowtail.
This called for a six-ounce rod, six feet long and
a six-strand line. Many declared that yellowtail
could not be caught on such "flimsy tackle, and a
great deal of missionary work had to be done by
Mr. Potter two years ago. Now, the supremacy of
the three-six tackle is firmly established, as is shown
by the fact that during the season of 1909 no less
than sixty-six anglers qualified for membership in the
Three Six Club, by taking yellowtail weighing eigh-
teen or more pounds. The largest yellowtail taken
on this tackle is forty-five pounds, by Smith Warren,
in 1908. Those who have thoroughly tried out the
three six tackle declare it is really more efficient
than the heavier nine-ounce tackle.
But the end was not yet. During the season of
1909, Roy Shaver, the rod-maker; Edgar Lefebre,
Smith Warren, Charles Garr, Eugene Elliott and one
or two other expert enthusiasts began to experiment
on .albacore with "three-four-five" tackle — a three-
strand line, a four-foot rod weighing five ounces.
Nearly a dozen anglers have so far qualified by tak-
ing albacore weighing from eighteen pounds upward
on this tackle. Where will it stop?
The Coast anglers are well represented by the
Southern California Rod and Reel Club, which has
a membership of over 200, and which takes a very
active interest in all matters pertaining to the wel-
fare of angling, especially in the matter of the con-
servation of game fish.
Two years ago the club became convinced that
several varieties of Coast game fish were fast being
exterminated by indiscriminate seining. For greater
protection a bill was introduced in the legislature
three years ago, forbidding the taking of corbina
(surf fish), spotfin, croaker and yellowfin, except
with hook and line. This bill was allowed to die
in committee; but nothing daunted, the club intro-
duced a similar bill at the last session of the legis-
lature, and had the satisfaction of seeing it enacted
into law.
Several arrests have been made for violations of
this law, and conviction secured. One of the cases
has been appealed to the Superior Court, and the
question of its constitutionality will be thoroughly
threshed out. The Rod and Reel Club proposes to
stand back of the law, and to see that it is main-
tained, unless it should be overthrown by the
courts, which does not now seem probable.
The Southern California Rod and Reel Club gives,
several times a year, barbecues and casting tourna-
ments, which are largely attended. A strong effort
is just now being made to create interest in casting
on the part of anglers generally, and if sufficient
encouragement is received a tournament of national
scope will be held during the coming winter.
The blue tuna is, of course the king of game fish.
There is no other taken on rod and reel to compare
with him — none that calls for such prowess or des-
perate endurance, such good red sporting blood on
the part of the angler. No man with a yellow streak
in him, no "quitter" will fight a game fish for, five,
six or more hours, calling on the last ounce of
strength and endurance. The tuna is taken with
flying fish for bait, trolling from a launch, with about
150 or 200 feet of the line out. The tuna are usually
taken on the protected side of Catalina Island any-
where from Long Point to Seal Rocks, some distance
out. They are frequently brought to gaff several
miles distant from the point where the strike was
made.
SWORDFISH — The swordfish or marlin now ranks
high in the list of game fish of Southern California
waters. Up to the season of 1909 but a few had
been taken with rod and reel, but a new record was
established last season, when no less than nine were
landed on heavy tackle, as follows:
Sept. 2, L. P. Streeter, 113 pounds; Sept. 3, L. G.
Murphy, 141 pounds; Sept. 5. L. G. Murphy, 146;
Sept. 13, C. G. Conn, 339; Sept. 13, G. W. Haight,
183; Sept. 13, George E. Pillsbury, Jr., 200; Sept. 18,
Gifford Pinchot, ISO; Sept. IS, Gifford Pinchot, 186.
Average weight of fish, 183% pounds.
The monster swordfish taken by C. G. Conn now
adorns a wall of the Tuna Club reading room. It
measures 10 feet in length.
YELLOWFIN TUNA— The Yellowfin tuna, or Jap-
anese tuna, as it is variously called, though not so
large as its cousin, the blue tuna, is pound for pound
a better fighter. Those who have taken both say it
is a greater feat, or equally meritorious, at least, to
have taken a yellowfin tuna on light tackle, than a
blue tuna on heavy tackle. The yellowfin tuna were
very plentiful in Catalina waters in 1906 and 1907,
but none was caught in 1908-9, though they were
seen. They run from 35 to 75 or 80 pounds, and are
fighters, every inch.
BLACK SEA BASS— If one wants mere weight for
his fishing, he can have all the sport he wants, often
including a lively fight, of from one to three hours,
figting a black sea bass, or "jewfish." These mon-
sters run up as high as 500 pounds; the largest
caught was 436 pounds, by L. G. Murphy. The larg-
est fish for the season of 1909 was 394 pounds, taken
by R. G. Baird, of San Francisco.
YELLOWTAIL — And now we come to the most
popular game fish of them all, the prince of fighting
fish, the yellowtail, the privateer of the southern seas.
More numerous than the tuna, he stays with us longer,
and is always ready for a scrap. The yellowtail
runs from 15 to 60 pounds in weight; larger ones
have been seen, but the biggest ever caught on light
tackle weighed 60% pounds. It was caught in San
Clemente waters, which, by the way, earned a repu-
tation for harboring big yellowtail, and lots of them,
in 1908, that was not maintained in 1909. This year
the best fishing was in Catalina waters. Besides
the voyage to Clemente is more difficult and costly,
and is often dangerous. Still anglers will go where
the fish are, and another year may see a San Cle-
mente revival.
Yellowtail are taken mostly from May to October,
though they are caught every month in the year.
The yellowtail is "foxy"; he fights with his head as
well as with his tail, and is a worthy foeman of any
man's rod.
ALBACORE — The albacore is also cousin to the
tuna; David Starr Jordan, no less, has said so.
Not much of a fighter in the point of strength or
endurance as the blue tuna, or yellowfin tuna, and
possessing less of the dashing qualities of the yel-
lowtail, the albacore, with its hypnotic eyes and long,
saber-like side fins, is distinctly a game fish, afford-
ing plenty of sport for the light tackle angler. More-
over, he is in evidence the year around, frequenting
the channel between the mainland and Catalina
Island. By going three or four miles out one is rea-
sonably certain to get a strike from an albacore.
The albacore is apt to sound; the new hand thinks
it has started for China; it is brought in by the
slow process of "pumping," and the angler feels that
he has "got a fish" at least, when it is finally gaffed
and deposited in the fish box.
The brilliant bonita, smaller but a fighter, and the
still smaller, erratic "skip-jack," carrying more
"scrap" for his six or eight or ten pounds than many
game fish several times his size, must not be omit-
ted from the list.
The pike like barracuda, appears in vast schools
in the summer, but can scarcely be classed as a
game fish. The barracuda, however, has a reputation
for breaking up tackle in the hands of inexperienced
anglers. So has the the skipjack.
WHITE SEA BASS— The lordly white sea bass,
running from ten to eighty or a hundred pounds,
and in far south latitudes much heavier, is great
sport for the angler. It does not put up as vicious
a fight as the yellowtail and albacore; it fights more
on the surface, and is a brilliant prince of the sea.
The sea bass, one of the most beautiful of large
game fish, makes its appearance in Catalina waters
in February or March, and stays until about the
first of July, though the dates of its going and com-
ing are movable. There are many anglers who
would rather catch a white sea bass than a yellow-
tail; and the white sea bass is, moreover, better eat-
ing. The record white sea bass for Catalina waters
weighed 60 pounds. It is more difficult for the inex-
pert angler to catch a white sea bass than a yellow-
tail, for the reason that the former bites very dain-
tily. Even the expert is fortunate if he gets one
fish in three or four strikes.
Heretofore we have been considering the big game
fish of the open seas, the sport of the man with
money and leisure. But the fisherman who goes out
of a Sunday, or a Saturday afternoon, also has sport
and a variety of fish.
There are, within an hour's ride by trolley from
Los Angeles, fully twenty different beach and bay
resorts affording good fishing, each in its class and
season. With a "round trip fare of 50 cents, and so
little time lost in going and coming. Southern Califor-
nia is in fact the anglers' paradise. This is not to
say that tremendous catches are the rule without
exception, for no man can tell what a day's salt
water fishing may bring forth; but the angler may
go afishing, with the expectation of coming home
with at least a mess.
Moreover, there is not a month in the year in
which there is no salt water fishing to be had, though
summer, of course, is the best season. The points
most accessible for Los Angeles anglers, begi
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 8, 1910.
with Balboa, south of Newport, about thirty-eight
miles distant from Los Angeles, are as follows:
Balboa, Newport Bay, Newport, Huntington Beach,
Sunset Beach, Bay City, Anaheim Bay, Alamitos Bay,
Alamitos, Long Beach, San Pedro Bay, San Pedro
Breakwater, Redondo, Hermosa, Manhattan, Playa
del Rey, Venice, Ocean Park, Santa Monica, Port
Los Angeles (Long Wharf). Besides- these, there
is good fishing all summer from the beach nearly
everywhere between Port Los Angeles to Newport,
for those who can stand up under the hard work
of casting in the surf. Then, too, there is excellent
surf fishing along the beach south of Newport, along
the line of the Santa Fe Railway; San Onofre and
Mateo being the points most frequented.
The corbina, or surf fish, is at once the gamest and
the best eating of any game fish caught with rod and
reel in coast waters. It runs from a quarter of a
pound up to eight or ten pounds, and is a game
fighter in every sense of the term. It is a cleanly
fish, feeding in the surf for sand-crabs and other ma-
rine insects.
The yellow fin belongs to the same family (ron-
cador). While not so good eating, nor so highly
esteemed for its gameness, the yellowfin is well
worth the expenditure of any angler's time and
skill. It runs up to five or six pounds. It strikes
harder than the corbina, but has not as much endur-
ance.
The spotfin croaker is another roncador. It is
more of a bulldog than the corbina and weighs up to
ten or twelve pounds; but averages from two or three
up to five or six pounds. It is not as good eating as
the corbina and yellowfin, but is a good game fighter.
Strange to say a smaller fish than any of these
mentioned also belong to the roncadors, but is not a
game fish. It is variously called torn cod, kingfish,
and by the Mexicans, roncador. It comes in schools
of thousands, feeding on the bottom, and is a nui-
sance when the angler is after better fish.
Then there is the China croaker, own cousin
to the spotfin, livelier, and with a strange paint-
brush dab of color across the left shoulder. It ranks
as a game fish.
The croaker, corbina and yellowfin under the new
law, can be taken only with hook and line.
There are several varieties of bass that are good
eating, that are caught both trolling outside and in
the bays and along shore, which scarcely rank as
game fish, but which nevertheless make a great deal
of sport and grease many a frying pan.
Then there is the halibut. Many will smile, doubt-
less, at the idea of calling a halibut a game fish, but
when it is played on light tackle, the man who lands
a halibut weighing from ten to thirty pounds has had
a fight and plenty of sport.
I have said nothing of the mackerel, the smelt, the
whitefish, the pompano and other varieties, which, to
make a successful angler's holiday, they make sport,
though they do not rank as game fish.
The trout season runs from May 1 to November
15, and there are a dozen streams in Southern Califor-
nia that afford good sport. Last season some were
caught weighing over five pounds each. The best
streams are the San Gabriel (West fork, main
stream, Fish creek and Iron Fork), Sespe river,
Kern river, Lytle creek, Santa Ana river, Matilija
river, Ventura river. The San Gabriel is the most
frequented because of its nearness to Los Angeles.
All the streams are regularly stocked with trout, and
there is no danger that they will be fished out,
though of course the sport varies at times.
HUNTING AND FISHING NOTES.
The local duck hunting sportsmen have, for the
past week, had rather indifferent results at many
shooting resorts. In most of the bay counties
marshes, the preserves have been flooded for two
or more weeks. This coupled with the recent rains
have scattered the birds far and wide.
The continued spell of very cold weather has also
interfered with the sport. Midweek shooters on the
Suisun marsh this week had the unusual experience
of finding ponds frozen over with an inch thick
layer of ice.
Most of the large ducks have taken wing for
southern and more congenial feeding ground. Dur-
ing the past week canvasback and bluebill ducks
have been seen, in various parts of the bays, in flocks
of thousands upon thousands. Last Thursday pas-
sengers on a bay shore train saw off San Bruno and
close to shore a flock of these birds over a mile in
length. It is doubtful now if there will be much,
or any, improvement in local duck hunting before
the season closes next month.
Black sea brant, canvasback, bluebills and widgeon
have been rather plentiful in and about Tomales bay,
Drake's bay and Limantour bay, Marin county.
Steelhead angling in Russian river near Duncan's
Mills has been excellent nearly all the past week.
There has been a large delegation of local anglers
on the river and safe to say the invasion for the
week end and tomorrow's fishing will be a record
one. The fish taken are in prime condition, ranging
from a few pounds up to 15 pounds in weight.
Several net fishermen were recently arrested for
illegal seining of steelhead in Russian river. The
men were taken before a justice of the peace and
the net: seized. Habeas corpus proceedings gave the
culprit;-, temporary liberty and, it is reported the nets
were returned to the delinquents. The taking of
sti "Iv ad trout with nets is prohibited by State laws,
with nets in the streams of Sonoma county
ibited by a county ordinance. Where the
justice of the peace found precedent for his ruling
is a problem.
Following the arrests, seemingly in wanton retailia-
tion, the nets of Breidenstein and Wells were
despoiled and the fish captured legally were stolen,
by at present unknown vandals.
A few small steelhead were caught in the Point
Reyes tidewaters last Sunday. At Salmon creek, in
Sonoma county, nine miles from Bodega, the steel-
head fishing has been first class.
The few veterans who braved the cold weather
for a day's striped bass fishing at Wingo or San
Antone for a week past, had non-visible returns for
their efforts. The slough waters are rather more
fresh than salt at present and alive with catfish.
Sometimes duck, hunters vary their outing day's
sport by fishing. "Shorty" Hartline, a member of the
Thousand Acre Gun Club of Suisun, recently cap-
tured a seven and a half foot sturgeon that weighed
136 pounds. Years ago this fish would not have
been considered of a phenomenal size, but nowa-
days it would not be hard to get a bet down that so
large a sturgeon was not to be found in our waters.
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SMALL BORE GUNS.
The ever-increasing demand for small-bore guns,
particularly of 20 gauge, having reached such un-
looked-for proportions, we are setting forth this cir-
cular letter, thinking it may prove of sufficient in-
terest to warrant its perusal by those contemplat-
ing the purchase of the now deservedly popular and
efficient little guns; and while it is not intended to
detract from the inherent power and acknowiedged
superiority of the larger gauges, yet, under certain
conditions, and in some kinds of shooting, these
smaller calibers can in all fairness be said to easily
hold their own, possessing as they undoubtedly do,
some attractive features that must recommend them
to the favorable notice of progressive sportsmen.
It is generally believed that a 20 gauge is a very
close shooter, and that none but the best shots can
ever hope to shoot well with them. This is an er-
ror, as a 20 gauge, when properly bored, can be made
to cover a 30-inch circle at 25 yards when so desired,
and when we consider that the normal charge o£ %
of an ounce of No. 8 or No. 9 shot can be made to
do this, we certainly cannot find much room for
complaint. On the other hand, a 20 can be so
choked that at 40 yards it will account for 65 per
cent of its charge in the same circle, even when
loaded with full charges of 2% drams bulk nitro
powder and % of an ounce of shot.
It is quite apparent therefore that the gauge of the
gun does not operate against the shooter by handi-
capping him in his shooting, because by having his
20 built and bored according to his special require-
ments, he can be supplied with a most useful and
highly serviceable weapon, whether he use it at
quail when shooting from 15 to 25 yards, or at snipe
up to 40 yards, although of course no gun, whatever
its caliber, can be expected to do its best work at
minimum and maximum ranges; so to be prepared
for any emergency, either two pairs of barrels have
to be used, or else an all-around gun with one barrel
cylinder and the other full choke, will be found to
answer almost any purpose.
A very light gun of its gauge can never be recom-
mended because if loaded to the full capacity of its
calibre, it is sure to give a great deal of recoil, al-
ways disastrous to good and consistent shooting, and
generally accountable for more bad shooting than all
other causes combined. These remarks apply to
guns of all calibres, so allowing this to be a fact, we
will place the 20 gauge required for actual service at
between 5% to 5% pounds as its minimum weight,
and if it is to be used with 2y2 drams bulk nitro
powder and % ounces shot, then 6 to 6% pounds
will always make a more pleasant one to shoot, and
still be light enough to be carried day in, day out,
without discomfort or undue fatigue.
Coming to the all important part, as a game
killer, a most thorough test made over the chrono-
graph shows that the 20 holds its own very well as
compared with the standard 12, as these figures will
prove: 12 gauge Parker gun, 37 grains Dupont, 1%
oz. No. 7 — 921 feet; 20 gauge Parker gun, 32 grains
Dupont, % oz. No. 7—941 feet.
These records were taken over a 100 foot range,
and as both are standard game loads the comparison
can be regarded as a fair one, with the advantage
slightly on the 20 bore side of the ledger.
Regarding the length of barrels a 20 should have,
that is merely a matter of individual choice, just
as it is with guns of other gauges, but the great pre-
ponderance of opinion leans towards 28 inches when
most of the shooting is to be done in thickets and
cover, and applies particularly to quail, woodcock
and ruffed grouse shooting. If on the other hand
the gun is to be used principally on open prairies or
marshes, at duck or grouse, or in fact any kind of
game that is shot at in an open country, then 30 or
even 32-inch barrels, full choke, regulated to shoot
close as possible and chambered for long shells,
should be used, for while a long barreled gun may
not outshoot a shorter one to any marked degree,
yet there is positively no doubt but what the former
can be aligned much more accurately, more especially
at long range where most of the above kind of shoot-
ing is generally done.
It may be said that when first the small bore
Parkers were introduced, many looked upon them
with distrust and suspicion. These handy little 20
bores are fast becoming more universally used as
their intrinsic value is better understood, and it is
With the utmost confidence that we recommend them
for all kinds of upland game shooting, basing our
recommendation on a wide range of many years' ex-
perience in gun-making backed by volumes of vol-
untary and unsolicited testimonials coming from our
patrons whose words of unstinted praise have
strengthened our own convictions that the term
"Old Reliable" is just as applicable to our 20 bores
as it is, and always has been, to our guns of larger
gauge.
A BUSINESS CHANGE.
Mr. Hip Justins, Pacific Coast sales manager for
the Remington Arms Company and the Union Metal-
lic Cartridge Company for several years past ten-
dered his resignation, which took effect on Janu-
ary 1st.
Mr. F. B. Clarke, long identified with the corpora-
tions mentioned, will be in temporary charge of the
local office until January 15th, when Mr. J. G. Heath
will take charge.
Mr. Heath for the past five or six years has covered
a number of States in the middle and southwest
and is thoroughly posted in every detail of the busi-
ness. He is known directly and indirectly to Coast
trade and to many of our sportsmen, from whom
we doubt not he will receive a genuine California
welcome.
Mr. Clarke, during his temporary sojourn in this
city, has made many friends, he is a gentleman of
pleasing personality and evidently en rapport with
Coast business conditions.
Of Mr. Justins, who had decided some time ago to
to embark in business for himself, we feel impelled
to state, that he was a host of friends in the trade
and among the sportsmen of the Coast. At what-
ever point he presented himself for years past he in-
variably became popular. A sportsman of warm im-
pulses we wish him every success in his new venture,
which sentiment we doubt not but will be endorsed
by his many sportsman friends.
The local office of M. Hartley Co. and the Rem-
ington Arms Company is now at 604-5 Schmidt
Building, 12 Geary street, San Francisco.
Peters Points.
At Penargyle, Pa., December 1st, Messrs. L. R.
Lewis and Neaf Apgar won second and third pro-
fessional averages respectively scoring 152 and 150
ouf of 40, both using Peters factory loaded shells,
At Milwaukee, December 5th, J. M. Hughes using
Peters shells tied for high general average, 136 out
of 150.
At Trenton, N. J., December 4th, Sim Glover was
high professional, 153 out of 175 and Mr. Neaf Apgar
second, with 152, both using Peters factory loaded
shells.
At the live bird shoot of the Cincinnati Gun Club,
December Sth, Mr. E. Hammerschmitt tied for high
average shooting from the 30-yard line. He used
Peters factory loaded Ideal shells and killed 38 out
of 40 with two dead out of bounds.
On the following day, December 9th, at the North-
ern Kentucky Gun Club, Mr. O. J. Holaday made
quite a remarkable record. A novelty was provided
in an event of five pairs of live birds. Mr. Holaday
was high gun with 8 -out of 10, shooting Peters
factory loaded Ideal shells, and an ordinary trap load
at that.
Winchester Wins.
All averages, both professional and amateur, were
won by shooters shooting Winchester shells at the
tournament of the Rising Sun Gun Club, December
1-2; also the Cecil County Championship. The win-
ning professionals were as follows: L. S. German,
303. H. L. Worthington, 294; H. S. Welles, 288 out
of 315. Amateurs: L. Towner, 279; J. W. Ewing, 276;
J. S. Gifford, 263. Mr. Ewing also won the Cecil
County Championship with 44 out of 50 and 25
straight on the shoot-off, using a Winchester gun.
H. J. Borden was high man at St. James, Mo., De-
cember 4th, scoring the very high total of 248 out
of 250 targets with Winchester shells and gun. Mr.
Hartwell, who was high amateur, also shot Win-
chester shells.
High amateur at Milwaukee, December 5th, was
J. F. Wulf, who scored 129 out of 150 with Winches-
ter shells.
Frank Gray was high amateur at Eldorado, Kan.,
with 157 out of 175, shooting repeater shells. Ed
O'Brien, who was high professional, and J. W. Gil-
lespie, who was second, both shot Winchester shells
and guns.
Rod and Reel Club. — The casting committee of the
Southern California Rod and Reel Club is actively
engaged at the present time in arranging the prelim-
inaries for the next casting tournament to be held
in Los Angeles some time during next February. It
is proposed to make tnis meet exceed anything ever
before attempted both in the number of events and
entries. A handsome diamond medal will be one
of the many prizes to be distributed at the meet.
Other experts can also give a good accounting of
many large bass from San Antone, Professor Mc-
Farland, W. S. Kittle, Al M. Cummings, Parson Jack-
son, "Emperor" Hillegrass, Howard Vernon and a
few more could help to pile up the avoirdupois in
the bass line.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, January 8, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
As long as oats and corn are the
leading grain rations for horses there
will always be a difference of opinion
to the relative merits of each grain. It
has been contended that oats, on ac-
count of their nitrogenous elements
essential to build up bone and muscle,
are the better adapted to all classes of
horses than corn, which is rich in car-
bohydrates or fat building attributes.
A test was made for forty-eight weeks
by feeding one horse oats and the
other member of the pair corn, the
oats being charged to the expense ac-
count at thirty cents a bushel and
corn at forty cents a bushel. When
mixed timothy and alfalfa hay were
fed it was found that corn was as
efficient as oats by weight in maintain-
ing the horses in prime condition and
that corn was a more economical ra-
tion than oats and fed in the ear was
preferable to feeding shelled.
Not only should hogs have salt reg-
ularly but if they do not care for it
induce them to eat it. This requires
particular care to see that they do
not gorge themselves. Having the
pigs consume considerable salt will
prevent constipation, induce them to
drink more water and tone their
bodies. Sulphur is a blood purifier
and more of it may be fed to hogs than
is done. Some feeders mix flour of
sulphur at the rate of a tablespoonful
to a quart of salt and combine it with
the slop or mash and this is about the
handiest way to put it out. Char-
coal or burnt corncobs should always
be available.
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THE LAWRENCE- WILLIAMS COMPART, Cleveland, Obi'
FOR SALE.
Josephine, one of the greatest race
mares in the West. Record 2:07^6 and
5 years old. Started in 40 races, win-
ning first money IS times, out of money
only 4 times. She is sound and without
a blemish.
Her dam. Lady May, is also for sale;
is in foal by Zolock, due Feb. 12, 1910.
Lady May is one of the greatest brood
mares in California and for family ani-
mal cannot be excelled.
Will sell one or both very cheap.
Address
W. T. RUSSELL, Highland, Oil.
The Third Annual Pleasanton Sale
OF
STANDARD-BRED
Trotters and Pacers
WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING
THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH, 1910,
includes many from such well-known horse breeders as C. L. Crellin, Pleasanton,
Henry Struve, Watsonville, J. E. Montgomery, Davis, F. A. Hell wig, Alvarado, J.
C. Armstrong, A. Goulart, Santa Rita, A. Edstrom, Oakland, H. Busing, Pleasan-
ton, S. B. Van Dervort, Irvington, and many more are making entries.
It promises to be a big sale. Send for entry blanks at once.
Remember, all entries will close February 10th. No later!
If you have a good one and want to sell for the highest price re-
member this is your best opportunity !
GOOD HORSES BRING BIG PRICES AT PLEASANTON.
FRED H. CHASE & CO., Auctioneers,
478 Valencia St., San Francisco.
The Emporium Annual White Sales
commence Jan. 3rd, and continue through-
out the month. Some of the greatest values in
the Emporium's history in
LINENS, DOMESTICS, WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES,
LACES, WAISTS, WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S DRESSES,
UNDERMUSLINS, SCARFS, CENTERS and FANCY LINENS.
The assortments are the largest the Emporium has yet
offered. The best money's worth always, and every pur-
chase protected by that fair and liberal Money-Back Policy
which guarantees satisfaction or money refunded.
Market St., between 4th and 5th, San Francisco
Here is an Opportunity to Buy the Standard Trotting Stallion
FA I R H -S MISTERED NO. 42617
and a splendid collection of choice trotting stock at a very low price.
FAIRHILLS 42617 was foaled in 1903 at the Palo Alto Stock Farm. He is a
bright bay in color, stands 15.3 hands and weighs 11S0 pounds. He is as hand-
some as a picture and has the individuality and muscularity that made his sire
so famous. He is very gentle and thoroughly broke. When a three-year-old
he was given to John Phippen, who, in seven weeks, drove him some fast quarters.
Distemper broke out among the horses at the old San Jose track, so Fairhills
suffering from a slight attack, was sent to Hopland. The calamity of April ISth
following, it was not deemed advisable to place him again in training. Mr. Phip-
pen claims he is one of the purest-gaited, most level-headed trotters he ever
drove The breeding of this horse should commend him to horsemen. As a foal-
eetter he is absolutely sure, and all the colts and fillies by him are bays in
color and natural trotters; they know no other gait.
FAIL.HIL.L.S was sired by Mendocino 2:19y2 (sire of Monte Carlo 2:07%, Men-
riolita 2-07% Idolita 2:09%, Claro 2:11%, Leonora 2:12%, Polka Dot 2:14%, and
£ others' in_i>'30) son of Electioneer 125 and Mano (dam of 2 and 2 sires of 16)
bv Piedmont'2-17; second dam Mamie (dam of 2) by Hambletonian, Jr.; third
dam Gilda by Mango, and on to the 14th dam, Old Montague Mare.
FAIRHILLS was out of Mary Osborne (2) 2:28ya (dam of Dorothea A. 2:29^4
and the dam of May Worthy 2:29%), by Azmoor 2:20% (sire of Moortrix 2:07%.
Betonica 2"09%, Bob 2:15 and the dams of Rowellan 2:09%, Arzilla 2:12%, etc.)
by Electioneer, out of Mamie C. (dam of 3 in 2:30 and the dam of Aldeana 2:25)
by imported Hercules; second dam by Langford, son of Williamson's Belmont, etc.
The second dam of Fairhills was Elsie, the greatest speed-producing daughter
of Gen. Benton. She was the dam of Rio Alto 2:16% (a sire). Novelist 2:27 (a
sire) Palita (2) 2:16 (dam of 2 and of Palite, sire of Pal, the unbeaten two-year-
old of 1909, with a record of 2:17%), Mary Osborn (2) 2:28%, and Salvina 2:30.
The third dam was Elaine 2:20 (dam of Iran Alto 2:12%, a sire, Palatine
218 Altoaine 2:29% and Anselma 2:29%) by Messenger Duroc (sire of 23 in the
2:30 list).
The fourth dam was Green Mountain Maid (dam of Electioneer and 9 in the
2:30 list) by Harry Clay 45, etc.
Every dam in Fairhills' pedigree to the fourth generation is either a 2:30 per-
former or a great broodmare. As an outcross for Wilkes, Nutwood and Director
mares this strongly bred Electioneer stallion should produce horses perfect in
gait, color and disposition, that will have early and extreme speed. He has every-
thing in his favor and should be given a record well below 2:20 this year. The
only reason for selling is retiring from the business of breeding trotters, and will
sell at extremely low prices, considering their breeding, soundness and individual-
ity, every head, including some choicely bred mares by McKinney, Mendocino
2:19%, Searchlight 2:03% and Monterey 2:09%, and all the colts and fillies by
Kinney Lou 2:07%, Mendocino 2:19% and Fairhills. Most of them are eligible for
registration; all the mares but two being registered.
This is a grand chance for some one to get a bargain. For further particulars
and catalogue, address HOPLAND STOCK FARM,
Hopland, Mendocino Connty, Oil.,
or 1210 Flood Ballding-, San Francisco. Cal.
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
The Annual Short -Horn Sales
MRS. J. H. GLIDE will be held
■ January 24, 1910
The Greenwood offering comprises
25 head yearling and two-year-old bulls, 15 head choice
cows and heifers,
including first prize winners at Alaska- Yukon-Exposition.
HOWARD CATTLE CO., wiiibeheid
m January 25, 1910
The Howard Cattle Company offering comprises
35 head yearling and two-year-old bulls, 20 head choice
heifers.
Offering includes sons of the twice grand Champion of America
Lavender Viscount 124755; also bulls strong in the blood of
the champion Choice Goods 1S6S02.
These Offerings Exceed in Number and Equal in Quality the Banner Sale of 1909.
In Sales Pavilion of FRED. H. CHASE & CO., 478 Valencia St., San Francisco.
For catalogue and further particulars apply to
MRS. J. H. GLIDE, 910 H. St., Sacramento, Cal. HOWARD CATTLE CO., G41 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 8, 1910.
METHODS OF DETECTING TUBER-
CULOSIS.
Tuberculosis among cattle and
swine has increased rapidly during the
last few years. It is becoming a gen-
erally recognized fact that something
must be done to check the spread of
this malady. Before anything defi-
nite can be done in the way of pre-
ventive measures, some sure method
of detecting the disease must be avail-
able. The tuberculin test is the only
means that has been discovered so
far by which the disease can be de-
tected with certainty in a live ani-
mal. This test has been much abused
and misrepresented. In Bulletin Xo.
107 of the Iowa Experiment Station
Dr. Stange shows the fallacy of the
stand taken by those who oppose the
test and proves that it is reliable when
properly administered by citing a long
list of experiments which the veter-
inary section has conducted along this
line.
The latter part of the bulletin gives
the results that have been obtained
in quarantining affected animals and
using them for breeding purpc ses.
Condensed reports of experiments
that have been conducted by the ani-
mal husbandry section to determine
whether or not tuberculosis can be
transmitted from cattle to hogs are
also given. This bulletin is a mine
of information to stockman and others
interested in the tuberculosis problem.
Copies can be obtained free as long as
the supply lasts. Address Chas. F.
Curtiss, Director Iowa Experiment
Station, Ames, Iowa.
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^
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one more bottle of "Save-the-Horse"
Spavin Cure.
Every horseman around here thought
the horse was incurable, but they don't
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Here is what I've done with "Save-
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were cured two and three years ago,
as you know, and are cured to-day. In
fact, am not afraid to undertake any
case for which "Save-the-Horse" is in-
dicated without the guarantee.
The first case was a gray mare with
bone spavin over three years' standing.
She was so lame everyone thought she
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"Save-the-Horse") she did not take a
lame step. Let her out to the Freeport
Golf Club and worked every weekday.
The next case was a fine blooded
horse with ringbone, belonging to a
friend of mine. This took about one
and a half bottles of "Save-the-Horse."
In two months' time he did not take a
lame step.
Also cured a polo pony who was
hardly able to get out of the stable;
both hind legs affected with the worst
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have to saw off his legs and have new
ones made. The whole hock was af-
fected. He had been fired and blistered
three times. I used "Save-the-Horse,"
and in ten weeks' time you would not
know that he had ever been spavined
except for the marks of the firing iron.
Have also cured a fine saddle horse
of thoroughpin with "Save-the-Horse,"
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Horse works as usual.
Send for copy of this contract, book-
let on all lameness and letters from
prominent business men, bankers,
farmers and horse owners the world
over 0-. every kind of case.
At ?.l druggists and dealers, or ex-
press paid.
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: v*> ViHta Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
irket Street, San Francisco, Cal.
An attractive placard, headed with a
picture of four horses and the words,
"Please he bind to us — We work hard
for you," is being circulated in Cin-
cinnati by the Ohio Humane Society.
It reads as follows:
Please give us water often.
Please give us a moment's rest on
the way up the hill.
Please do not overload us. We are
doing our best.
Please don't use the whip. It is sel-
dom necessary.
Please remember that we will re-
spond to a word as quickly as to a
blow.
Please look out for our health and
don't work us when we are sick.
Please see that we are properly
shod.
Please be sure that we have enough
to eat and that we are fed regularly.
Please keep us in such good condi-
tion that you'll be proud to drive us.
Please see that the harness fits and
does not chafe sore or tender spots.
Please remember that two weeks'
vacation each year will make us more
serviceable and valuable.
Remember we work hard for you
and get no pay.
Sows of some breeds farrow three to
four pigs each and raise one of none.
Bergshire sows usually farrow from
seven to ten and raise them. A sow
cannot be considered prolific even if
she farrows a large number of pigs and
raises only a few of them. We know
of a number of Berkshire herds with
an average litter of more than seven
pigs. If a sow from her first farrow-
ing up to the end of her usefulness
DIVIDEXD XOTICE.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN
Society (The German Bank), (Member
of the Associated Savings Banks of
San Francisco), 526 California street;
Mission Branch, 2572 Mission street,
near Twenty-second ; Richmond Dis-
trict Branch. 432 Clement street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth avenues.
For the half year ending December
31, 1909, a dividend has been declared
at the rate of four (4) per cent per an-
num on all deposits, free of taxes, pay-
able on and after Monday, January 3,
1910. Dividends not called for are
added to the deposit account and earn
dividends from January 1, 1910.
GEORGE TOURNT, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
THE SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY
(Member of the Associated Savings
Banks of San Francisco), 101 Montgom-
ery street, corner Sutter street.
For the half year ending December
31, 1909, a dividend has been declared
at the rate of four (4) per cent per
annum on all deposits, free of taxes,
payable on and after Monday, January
3, 1910. Dividends not drawn become
a part of the deposit accounts and earn
dividends at the same rate from Janu-
ary 1st. Money deposited on or before
January 10th will earn interest from
January 1st.
WM. A. BOSTON, Cashier.
McWURfcAY
Mffi,
You Ought to Know
all about this sulky if you are in
need of a bike. Ask for our large
catalog — it's mailed free. Also book
of photos of famous horses drawing
sulky.
The McMurray Sulky Go.
Marion, Ohio.
Full line of speed and road carts,
wagons, etc.
Write W. J. Kenney, 531 Valencia
St.. San Francisco, Cal.. for Catalog
will raise six to eight pigs in each lit-
ter, she will make a lot of money for
her owner. Berkshire sows have a
habit of doing this. Runts are not
nearly so numerous in the Berkshire
breed as in other varieties of swine.
FOR SALE] OR TRADE.
A very handsome bay mare, 16 hands,
seven years old, sired by Moses S.; first
dam mare by Hawthorne. She has won-
derful stamina and has trotted quarters
in 33 seconds, although never trained or
given a record. She is a fine road mare,
with perfect action.
Price $300, or will trade for a sorrel
16.2. not over seven years old, that will
make a four-horse leader.
Apply for two weeks at Perry's Sta-
bles, Napa, Cal.
FOR SAXE.
Black gelding, foaled 1904, by Aptos
Wilkes (trial 2:16) dam Chloe 2:24 by
Dexter Prince. Well broke to drive
single and double and to saddle. Is
handsome and has some speed. Is a
ver>' desirable road horse and the price
asked for him is very low, considering
his qualifications. Address Mr. Cali-
fornia, Nevada Stables, San Rafael,
where horse can be seen.
FOR SALE.
Andy Carnegie 2:16*4 by Jersey
Wilkes, by George Wilkes, first dam
Daisy F. by Commander, the dam of 2
in the 2:20 list. He is a handsome and
stylish bay gelding, sixteen hands high;
weighs 1150 pounds; perfectly sound;
drives single or double; good under
saddle, and can step in 2:12. He is a
fine prospect. This horse had been do-
ing heavy work on a ranch until last
year; since that time, with compara-
tively little training, he won the only
race in which he was entered in three
straight heats. For further informa-
tion, write G. W. BONNELL, Redlands,
Cal.
FOR LEASE.
KINNEY ROSE 2:13%, by McKinney
2:1114, dam Golden Rose by Falrose;
second dam Lady Harper by Alaska;
third dam by Algona; fourth dam by
Oddfellow, etc. Handsome dark bay
stallion, stands 15.3 hands and weighs
over 1200 pounds. A splendid horse in
every respect, handsome, intelligent,
good disposition and gives promise of
being one of the fastest trotting sons
of the great McKinney. His get, the
oldest of which are two years old,
all show great speed and are fine indi-
viduals. Kinney Rose 'will be leased
for the breeding and racing season of
1910 to a responsible party.
For particulars call on or address
CHRIS HASHAGEN".
2S01 21st St., San Francisco.
CHESTNUT TOM 434SS FOR SALE.
I want to sell my stallion Chestnut
Tom 2:15, as I am now engaged in busi-
ness and cannot give him my attention.
He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16^, sire of
John A. McKerron 2:04*4, the fastest
trotting stallion in America, and of
Copa de Oro 2:013,4, the fastest pacing
heat winner of 1909. His dam, Zeta
Carter, is by Director 2:17, and his
grandam Lida W. 2:18*4 is by Nut-
wood 2:lS?i, and is the dam of four in
the list. Chestnut Tom is the sire of
Louise Carter, three-year-old record
2:24, the only one of his get ever
trained. Chestnut Tom was foaled in
1S9S, is a very strong and vigorous
horse, and will be a sure sire of speed
if given an opportunity.
For price and further particulars, ad-
dress GEO. T. ALGEO,
3S04 Piedmont Avenue. Oakland, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Roan gelding, trotter, four years old,
15.3, sired by Antrim, first dam Myrtle,
second dam India, third dam Kate Ben-
jamin, fourth dam Rose by Rattler.
Trained 10 weeks last spring, trotted a
mile in 2:17^, last half in 1:04%, last
quarter in 32 seconds. A sure 2:10
trotter for next year.
Bay filly, black points, five years old,
15.2. Natural pacer. Sired by Antrim,
sire of Anzella 2:06%, first dam Daisie
Ronan, second dam Black Midget, third
dam Morg. Was worked 10 weeks last
spring; she paced a mile in 2:15%, last
half in 1:03%, last quarter in 30% sec-
onds.
Both these horses are good gaited,
level headed and game, "wear nothing
but the harness, and absolutely sound.
If you want green racing material, these
can show you speed at any time.
J. JOHNSTON,
1420 Df-erinff Avenne, Melrose, Cal.
FOR SALE
Nearest 2:22^
Sire of
Highfly 2:0 4 V, Alone 2:09k,
Trueheart 2:19^, Joe Gans 2:19^,
Just It (3-year-old) 2:19^,
and brother to John A. McKerron 2:04>2. second
fastest stallion in the world.
Nearest is 15% hands high, weight 1200 pounds.
This horse is a sure foal getter and is in splendid
condition.
Address. MRS. S. V. BARSTOW,
1042 Alameda Ave., San Jose. Cal.
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the best of profes-
sional services 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.
620 Octtvli 8t., between Fulton and Grove.
Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-CLIDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-S Spanish Merino
—Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams-
Rams for sale at all times.
P. O. Bos 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon, Cal. Address. Dixon, Cal.
PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS.
All guaranteed, broke dogs and duds. 400 red
fox cubs. Price list.
J. D. STODGHILL, ShelDwiUe Ky.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Taciue 10 let and
Bait always on hand. First-class buats at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat House,
Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke. Prop., Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco. Cal.
Blake. Mofflt t£ Towne. Los ABjreies.
Blake. McFall & Co., Portland, ore.
CALIFORNIA
PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY,
High-Class Art in
HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING
Artistic Designing
141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
Weather Proof. Acid Proof. Fire ttesasong.
BONESTELL & CO.
118 to 124 First St., San Francisco. Cal.
"EOTAL HBSIOS"
Original Egyptian"
You Can't Cut Oat
A BOG SPATLV, PUTT or
THOEOCGHPIS, but
a^SOkbjne
will clean them off permanently, and
yon work the horse same time. Does
not blister or remove the hair. Will
tell yon more if yon write. $2,00 per
bottle at d'lers or deliy'd-Book 4Dfree.
ABSORBINE, JR., for manfeini.
SI bottle. Rednces Varicose Veins, Var-
icocele, Hydrocele, Ruptured Muscles or Liga*
menta. Enlarged Glanda. Allays pain Qnickly.
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass.
for Sale bv — Langley & Michaels, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.: "Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland,
Ore.; F- W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.;
Western Wnosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles,
Cal. ; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal. ;
Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash,; Spokane
Drug Co., Spokane, Wash.
Saturday, January S, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
California Breeders Association
Canfield - Clark Stakes No. 1
To be raced under the auspices of the California Breeders Association
for foals of 1908 to be raced as 2-year-olds in 1910.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
$ 1 000 Guaranteed Purse for Trotters
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.
Feb. 1, '10, $10; June 1, MO, $15; final payment, $25, ten days before the
meeting begins at which the race is to be trotted. Nothing additional from
money winners.
CONDITIONS.
Mile heats, 2 in 3. Distance, 150 yards. Entry must be accompanied by
entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment
forfeits all previous payments.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these stakes in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
"Write for entry blanks and further information to
C. A. CAXFIELD, President.
WS. L. JAMES, Secretary,
West 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
Zolock 2:052 R'8 "*
Terms:
$50.
0^4
1^4
liH
McKinney's Fastest Entire Son
34471.
SrBE OF
Sherlock Holmes2 :06 R. Ambush
Delilah 2:06M Velox - -
Bystander 2:0~H Boton de Oro 2:1
Josephine 2:07>£ He O. D.
etc.. etc.
By McKinney 2:llJ4. dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dee. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG. San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 in 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records in 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better. 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living1 ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
>il*P Nlltwnftfl Wilkp* J'\&^ sireof Copa de Oro 2:01% John A.McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
OIIC, 11UIYYUUU ffllnCo 4.1U2, dams of San Francisco 2 -.01%, Mona Wilkes 2:03% etc.
Ham Palita (1} ?'lh dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20,
isaiu, rama yt, j a.iu, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17% and of the 3-year-old tills" Com-
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13% and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living'. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
OIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season $Si2SSSS^£l8fS£*B*" at my
Good pasturage at 82.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, tOwner), Dixon, Cal.
Pedigrees Tabulated
(Typewritten, Suitable for Framing.)
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete
tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on
back page.
Stallion Cards
Two sides, size 3J£ x 6J£, to fit esvelope.
Stallion Cards for Posting
Size, one-half sheet, 14x22; size, one-third sheet, 11 s 14.
STALLION SERVICE BOOKS, $1.
It Pays to Advertise Your Horse!
Address, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco
California Breeders Association
Canfield - Clark Stakes No. 2
To be raced under the auspices of the California Breeders Association
for foals of 1909 to be raced as 2-year-olds in 1911.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
$ 1 0OO Guaranteed Purse for Trotters
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.
Feb. 1, '10, $5; Nov. 1, MO, $10; April 1, '11, $10; final payment, $25,
ten days before the meeting begins at which the race is to be trotted. Noth-
ing additional from money winners.
CONDITIONS.
Mile heats, 2 in 3. Distance, 150 yards. Entry must be accompanied by
entrance fee.
Nominators liable -only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment
forfeits all previous payments.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen this stake in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
Write for entry blank and further information to
C. A. CANFIELD. President.
WM. L. JAMES, Secretary,
317 West 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
The Stallion Number
— OF THE-
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Will be Issued Feb. 26,'10
It will have a handsome cover in colors, contain many illustrations and be re-
plete with matter interesting to breeders and horsemen.
IF YOU OWN A STALLION
don't fail to advertise him in this number, as an advertisement in this issue will
reach every owner of a good mare on this coast, besides having an extensive circula-
tion throughout the United States, Australia and the Hawaiian Islands.
IF YOU OWN A MARE
you will find this number interesting and valuable, as it will contain the stallion an-
nouncements, giving particulars as to description, pedigree, terms, etc. , of all the
best stallions on the coast, and from these announcements you can decide on what
stallion will nick best with your mare.
EVERY ONE INTERESTED IN HARNESS HORSES
will be interested in reading this number, as it will contain statistics, news, and
articles that will make it entertaining reading and valuable to preserve as a work of
reference.
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM
not only for stallions, but for general advertisers who wish to reach the Horsemen,
Horse Breeders, Farmers and those who are interested in Field Sports, it will be
particularly valuable.
OWNERS OF STALLIONS
who wish illustrations of their horses to appear in this issue should have photo-
graphs prepared without delay and send in their orders for space. A specially low-
price has been decided on for advertising in this issue, placing it within the reach of
all. Write for price and particulars to
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.
San Francisco
Take the Breeder and Sportsman.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 8, 1910.
/ Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., who has made an unprecedented record during the year 1909, shot at Houston, Texas,
/ December 20-22, with the following results:
800 x 825. Longest Run, Unfinished, . 252 Straight. High Gun, Last Day, . 274 x 275
A Whirlwind Finish!
High Amateur Average,
At this shoot Mr. Henderson used the same load in
PETERS SHELLS
that he has shot throughout the year.
His scores are an eloquent witness to the shooting efficiency of these goods. See a little later
advertisement for full particulars.
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0.
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San Francisco: 608-612 Howard St., J. S. French, Mgr.
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THOSE WHO BUY HORSES NOW from which to
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Any sensible man who buys trees or vines to plant,
that he may make a living from the sale of the fruit,
always buys the best and most popular varieties, is
careful to see that they are free from disease, and
then carefully cultivates them year after year. Too
many men who enter upon the breeding of horses
buy inferior stock to start with and then fail to give
it even ordinary care. The signs of the times are
that good horses will never be any cheaper in this
country than they are now, and that means a profit-
able business to those who breed and raise that kind.
The best draft horses cannot be produced from grade
sires however, and the best trotters will not come
from inferior stallions of the trotting families.
Breeders who will select mares with good breeding,
good looks, soundness, natural speed and gameness,
and will then breed them to the bust stallions they
can find that have those same qualifications, and
will generously feed and care for the colts until they
are yearlings will find it easy to dispose of them at
prices that will pay a good profit. But figs cannot
be raised from thorns or grapes from thistles.
THE STATE FAIR FUTURITY NO 2, which has
a guaranteed value of $5000 is advertised to close
February 1st, 1910, with Secretary J. A. Filcher at
Sacramento. This stake should secure a large entry
list. It is for the produce of mares covered in 1909.
There will be four races, two for trotters and two
for pacers. The two-year-old trotters will start for a
stake of $600, the two-year-old pacers for a stake
of $400. The three-year-old trotters will race for
$1400, and the three-year-old pacers for $1100. There
will be a consolation purse in each of the four events
for horses that start and get no money in them.
These consolation purses are as follows: For two-
year-old trotters $350, for two-year-old pacers $250,
for three-year-old trotters $400, for three-year-old
pacers $350. The entrance fee to this $500 stake is
$2 to nominate the mare February 1st, $5 July 1st,
1910, $5 December 1st, 1910, $10 on yearlings Febru-
ary 1st, 1911, $10 on two-year-olds February 1st, 1912,
and $10 on three-year-olds February 1st, 1913. Read
all the conditions in the advertisement in this issue.
AT THE OLD GLORY SALE last November a
three-year-old filly with a trotting record of 2:08%
was sold for $7000, and a full brother to her was
knocked down after much coaxing for the munificent
sum of $275. These two horses sold on merit. The
leading buyers of the country were present at the
sale and there was spirited bidding on the filly that
had done something to make her worth several
thousand dollars, but although the auctioneer dwelt
on the relationship the colt bore to her, $275 was
all the buyer thought he was worth, as he had none
of the speed that made the filly valuable and his
other qualifications were ordinary. The day is past
when one horse can be sold on another's reputation. .
To bring the high dollar he must have high qualifi-
cations. Speed will bring the most money, good looks
come next and breeding next. When there is. an
animal that has all three of these attributes then
the bidders are not slow in running his price up.
Merit tells in the salesring now-a-days as it does
everywhere.
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GEN. GATES, the stallion whose handsome pro-
portions are shown on our front page this week, is
the Morgan horse selected by the United States
Government to head the farm in Vermont where it
is proposed to re-establish the Morgan breed of
horses. Gen. Gates is a full brother to the trotter
Lord Clinton 2:08%, and was sired by Denning
Allen, a grandson of Ethan Allen. His dam Sally
Scott was by the thoroughbred stallion Revenue, his
second dam by Copperbottom, and third dam by
Stump the Dealer. Gen. Gates is a black horse not
over 15 hands.
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MR. FRED GEORGE, advertising solicitor for the
"Breeder and Sportsman's" stallion edition, left this
week for a trip through the Sacramento valley in
the interests of this journal. He will visit Suisun,
Dixon, Davis, Woodland, Marysville, Chico, Oroville,
Sacramento, Stockton and Pleasanton while on this
trip and will try to interview all the horse breeders
in those localities.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, Jan. 11, 1910.
There was little or nothing doing at Agricultural
Park last week on account of the cold disagree-
able weather. Toward the end it moderated and
the trainers began getting ready to go to work in
earnest, but last night it rained and the track of
course this morning was only fit to jog on.
There was a special meeting of the Los Angeles
Driving Club held last evening to add to the by-
laws and rules covering the way the new track
should be run and the plant generally be conducted.
These are to be laid before the State Board and
incorporated in the lease from that body. The rent
is to be $50 per month, and the State retains the-
use of the infield for a parade ground for the na-
tional guard and other uses that do not conflict
with training or racing of horses. This agreement
is to be binding for the term of ten years.
All the money necessary to build the new track,
grand stand and stables has been subscribed and
as soon as the lease is signed work will immediately
begin, certainly not later than the middle of next
month and possibly before. The (horsemen had
hoped that the present track would be left until the
new one was completed but this is impossible as the
State is as anxious to get to work as the horsemen
and the track and infield will be immediately torn
up in order that the buildings contemplated may be
begun at once.
That being the case a temporary move of the
horses in training will have to be made for a short
time, and as yet it is not decided where they will
go. Geo. Ford's track at Santa Ana is under dis-
cussion and also the running track at Santa Anita.
If the latter can be secured from the Baldwin estate
for the time the chances are the horses will be
moved out there as the stabling is excellent and
the footing good, and it is easily reached from the
city by trolley to the gates, whereas it is a long
distance from the depot to the Ford track, neces-
sitating a conveyance of some kind.
No matter what the inconvenience is for the time
being it will be well worth putting up with to have
the new layout in the end, for it will be one of the
finest, if not the very fienst trotting track and
ground ' in the country when it is completed. A
commodious grand stand, large and comfortable
box stalls, and private barns, cart and sulky sheds
and good fencing, and painted once every two years
with two coats of standard paint, according to the
lease, will insure their being kept in order and
looking fresh and clean. The whole being part
of the magnificent park that the State contemplates
for a pleasure ground and to be one of the show
places of this city; in fact it will only be separated
from the park proper by a six-foot wire fence
which will eventually be covered with vines so it
will look like a thick ledge. The grand stand will
face the park and the view across the ground to-
ward the city and with the back ground of the
mountains will be superb.
With the three trotting associations, the Los
Angeles Driving Club, the Los Angeles Harness Horse
Association and the California Breeders' Association,
combined and an annual fair added there will be a re-
vival of the horse interest here that will enable Los
Angeles to give not only as good a race meeting as
any in the State, but as good as in any State.
By catering to and getting all classes interested in
the fair proposition, not only the breeders of horses,
but cattle and sheep men, fruit growers and auto-
mobile people, hotel men and furniture dealers, deal-
ers in mining machinery and farm implements, in fact
everybody that would be interested in exhibiting their
goods at an annual fair will soon become interested
in the matinee or racing end of it, and a number will
unquestionably buy horses to matinee themselves or
to have trained to take part in the annual race meet-
ing. Then matinees can be given by the club with-
out calling upon outsiders to furnish all kinds of side
shows to attract an audience.
The entry blanks for the two $1000 purses for two-
year-olds to be trotted this year and next given by
Messrs. Canfield and Clark have been mailed and it
is to be hoped a liberal entry will be received. The
conditions call for but 5 per cent of the purse to
start, and that in three payments and nothing de-
ducted from money winners. The entries close on
February 1st, with a payment of $10 to accompany
the nomination for this year's race and $5 to be en-
closed with the entry for the race of 1911. Should
anyone fail to receive a blank, an application to the
secretary of the California Breeders' Association at
317 West Seventeenth street, Los Angeles, will bring
one by return mail.
Mr. Geo. L. Warlow of Fresno was a visitor at the
track this morning, the guest of C. A. Canfield. He
is only waiting for an entry blank to make four nomi-
nations in the Canfield-Clark two-year-old trots.
W. G. Durfee is up and about on pleasant days and
does what jogging he feels able to, but shows the
hard siege he has been through.
Margin 2:06% is as big and fat and strong as she
can be. I saw her owner, Mr. Meyers, jogging her
the other day and she certainly is not in the beauty
class at that gait. No one on earth would pick her
out to beat a bunch of 2:30 horses, but the minute
she turns round and squares away, my! what a
change in gait, looks and everything. She then looks
a trotter all over. Still she is a great deal better look-
ing now that she is high in flesh than when she came
here last fall after her wonderful campaign.
The Los Angeles Driving Club will give a free mati-
nee on Saturday, the 15th, and one with admission
charged on the 29th of this month.
Charlie Thayer is jogging his good looking big
black colt by Six Bells every day to a white cart and
the contrast shows the colt off to good advantage.
Walter Maben worked Red McK. a mile the other
day in 2:21% and will let him step one in 2:17 or 2:18
this week, provided the track ever gets good.
Dr. Wm. Dodge has at last parted with his old
reliable stand-by, Lohengrin; T. M. Clark, the new
owner, traded quite a lot of real estate for him. That
Lohengrin still has his Speed was demonstrated on
West Adams street the other afternoon when he
brushed two or three blocks with Mr. Goldsmith's
McKinney mare Sally Lund; both pulled a double load
and Charlie Epps said it was the prettiest brush he
had seen for many a day. The police were so busy
looking at air ships that no arrests were made. Dr.
Dodge has a colt by Limonero that he is driving
now that he says is the only road horse on earth.
There is a report in circulation that Maben will go
East next summer with a string, including El Volante
2:1314, Canfield's four-year-old by Zombro, A. B.
Miller's chestnut m'are by Highland C. that paced a
mile for Maben in 2:07% and a quarter in 29% sec-
onds and the gray gelding Zomell 2:13% by Zombro,
owned by the same gentleman. Always provided they
stay good, and they certainly look and act as if
they would. JAMES.
PACIFIC DISTRICT BOARD OF APPEALS.
A meeting of the Pacific District Board of Ap-
peals of the National Trotting Association was held
Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. There ' were
present at the meeting Vice-President E. P. Heald,
Col. J. C. Kirpatrick, chairman, and Hon. B. P. Rush,
member of the Pacific District Board of APPeals.
The first case presented was the protest hrought
before the Board by J. Twohig, driver of the mare
Ollie B. Ollie B. was fifth in the 2:30 class trot at
the Breeders' metting at Salinas last August and
was beaten for fourth position by Ida Millerton. Mr.
Twohig claimed that Ida Millerton and Rapidan Dil-
lon were both not eligible to start in this race as
they had been trained in the same stable within ten
daye before the face took place. Affidavits were
presented by Walte.r Maben claiming that Rapidan
Dillon was not in his stable and in no way under
his control either directly or indirectly from the
24th' day of July,: 1909, to the 5th day of Septem-
ber, 1909, that when Tie drove Rapidan Dillon ' on
the 31st day of July, 1909, at Fresno he was en-
gaged the same as any other driver that might have
been engaged to have driven Rapidan Dillon in
that race, and that he further had nothing to do
with the shipping' of that horse from Fresno to
Salinas, as the horse had been turned over to
Thomas Hill at Los Angeles on the 24th day of
July and from that date on he had nothing to do
with the training or control of the horse. Mr.
Maberi's affidavit was backed up by affidavits from
J. H. Bohon, the owner of the horse, and from
Thomas Hill in whose charge she was put. On the
evidence presented, the case was dismissed.
The appeal from the action of the judges at the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association's
meeting at Chico, 1908, in fining Homer Rutherford
and Fred E. Ward for laying up heats in the 2:07
pace was presented. Two of the judges of the race
were present at the meeting- and on- the testimony
presented, the appeals were denied.
Ail 'appeal was made by Mr. Frank H. Burke ask-,
ing for remission or reduction of the fine imposed
on his driver, Mr. P. F. Davey by the starter in the
2:13 class trot at the Salinas meeting of the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association: Mr.
Davey was fined $25 in the first heat of that trot
for scoring ahead of the pole horse. Mr. Burke
claimed the fine was excessive and five times as
much as it had ever been given any driver during
the last twenty years for this offense by this asso-
ciation. Mr. Burke asked that the fine be reduced,
claiming that a few such fines would soon drive men
out of the harness horse business. Mr. Burke further
claimed that the fine was wrongfully imposed as
there is no rule of the National Trotting Associa-
tion allowing the starter to inflict fines, that the
judges under the rules are the only ones having the
right to fine. Mr. Burke's appeal was denied.
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Mr. Henry Ford of Porterville, Cal., is the owner
of a yearling by F. E. Perkins' horse Athamax 2:22%
out of a Silkwood mare that is one of the beauties of
Southern California in the horse line. J. H. Williams
of Los Angeles will break and train this colt, for
which Mr. Ford refused an offer of $750.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 15, 1910.
FIRST STANDARD PERFORMERS FOR 1910.
HOW PETER THE GREAT WAS TRAINED.
Five of the Get of Washington McKinney 2:1714
Make Records at San Jose, Jan. 6th.
To Washington McKinney 2:17%, that magnificent
son of the great McKinney 2:11% that F. J. Kilpat-
rick of this city sold last year to John Donovan of
King Hill Farm, St. Joseph, Missouri, for $10,000,
must be credited the first new standard performers
of 1910. Five of them entered the standard list at
the new San Jose Driving Park on Thursday of last
week and while all of them were just dropped inside
the standard mark, the performance was a wonder-
ful one as they had received but the most limited
training and since the 18th of December practically
no workouts.
It was a great disappointment to their owner, Mr.
F. J. Kilpatrick, that he was unable to be present
and see his trotters take these records, but he has
been confined to his bed in the Adler sanitarium in
this city almost the entire time since his return from
New York early in December, and will probably not
be out until next week. It was first arranged to hold
a meeting and mark these horses on Christmas day,
but the rains interfered and after postponing the
meeting from day to day a few days of sunshine
early in the first week of the new year gave prom-
ise of an early chance to hold it, and on Thursday
trainer Richard Abies made the effort. He had a
dozen horses in his string that he wanted to give
records of some kind, nearly every one by Wash-
ington McKinney and to give five of these green, un-
trained horses miles below 2:30 was a feat to be
proud of under the circumstances. The five that
took standard records were the following:
Gerhard McKinney, bay gelding, foaled 1902. . 2:29%
Dixie McKinney, brown mare, foaled 1902 2:29%
Mary McKinney, bay mare, foaled 1904 2 : 29%
Button McKinney, brown gelding, foaled 1906.. 2:29%
Billy Barlow, chestnut gelding, foaled 1905 2:29%
All of the above are trotters and by Washington
McKinney. In addition to these the eight-year-old
bay mare Elma S. by Nutwood Wilkes was given a
trotting record of 2:26 and the six-year-old mare
Katie Yandle by Stam B. was given a trotting
record of 2:29%. Both these mares, with others
were sent to the Midwinter Sale on Thursday of
this week.
In addition to the above several of the get of
Washington McKinney were sent to beat 2:50 and
took records as follows: Sam McKinney, pacer, 2:41;
Manie McKinney, trotter, 2:47; Juliet McKinney,
trotter, 2:48%, Little Jimmie, trotter, 2:40.
Two races were held for $50 purses during the
afternoon, the trotting event being won by The
Lord Dillon in 2:34, and the mixed trotting and
pacing race by Little Jimmy in 2:40.
The Lord Dillon is a standard and registered
horse, sired by Sidney Dillon, dam Roblet 2:12 by
Robin, second dam Eveline, dam of six standard
performers and grandam of Sonoma Girl 2:05%, etc.,
by Nutwood 600. The Lord Dillon was purchased
a few weeks since by Mr. Kilpatrick from Dr. J. J.
Summerfield of Santa Rosa. The horse was pur-
chased for Mr. W. E. D. Stockes, owner of the
famous Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Kentucky,
and will be sent to this farm on the same train with
the horses that are consigned to the New York sale.
The horses consigned to the Midwinter Sale will
number about twenty and they should bring fair
prices as they all have speed enough for roadsters,
while there are several that will develop speed
enough to win races. The sale will be held at Madi-
son Square Garden, January 31st and February 1st,
2d and 3d.
PATCHEN WILKES IS DEAD.
The famous sire Patchen Wilkes died at Danville,
Ind., on January 2, from the infirmities of old age.
He was owned by W. D. Stokes, proprietor of the
Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Ky., but had been
under lease for the past year by Horace C. McVey,
who had done quite a business with him, and as a
result he will leave quite a large number of foals in
Indiana.
Patchen Wilkes 2:29% was foaled in 1892, and was
bred by Timothy Anglin, of Lexington, Ky., who sold
him to H. C. Jewett when that gentleman was con-
ducting a large breeding establishment at Sedge-
wick, Kan. When the latter disbanded bis farm
Patchen Wilkes was purchased by Mr. Stokes, and
it was after the famous sire that his farm was named.
He was by George Wilkes, and was out of Kitty
Patchen, which was also the dam of Georgianna
2:26%. She was by Mambrino Patchen and her dam
was the famous Betty Brown, also by Mambrino
Patchen, while the next dam was Pickles.
It was while Patchen Wilkes was in Kansas that
he achieved his greatest fame, and it was while he
was there that he sired the "iron horse," Joe
Patchen 2:01%, which, in turn, sired the world's
champion, Dan Patch 1:55. The last volume of the
Year Book credited him with thirty-four trotters and
twenty-six pacers, while seventeen of his sons had
sired thirty-one trotters and forty-two pacers, and
while nineteen of his daughters had produced eleven
trotters and nine pacers. — Western Horseman.
There will be no sales in Madison Square Garden
after July. The property has been sold and the im-
mense structure will be torn down to be replaced
by a tventy-story office building.
George Baker, a farmer of Reid Ferry, Shasta
const- , sold a nice driving team the other day for
They were trotting bred.
Peter V. Johnston, who trained the stallion Peter
the Great and won the Kentucky Futurity with him
recently wrote an account of how he educated the
colt for Henry T. White of the Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Johnston was a reinsman of national repute
before the days of Peter the Great. He had made
a champion pacer of his namesake, Johnston, and in
Monroe Chief 2:18%, and Piedmont 2:17%, had the
two best trotting stallions of their day trained by
one man.
He took Bodine when he could not trot in 2:30,
won $20,000 in purses with him in one season, mark-
ing him in 2:19%. With Aldine, to which he gave
the same record, Johnston swept the grand circuit,
not losing a race. Every notable horse trained by
Johnston he either took after it had been condemned
by others, or made it from a colt. After "making"
Peter the Great and seeing him sold for $20,000,
Johnston trained six of the get of that stallion. To
five of them he gave standard records, and the other
Gray Petrus, he drove in 2:20 as a two-year-old with
less work than any other colt ever had to show that
sort of a mile.
In 1896, the late Mr. D. D. Streeter of Kalamazoo,
sent Johnston a lusty yearling colt by Pilot Medium
and out of Santos to be broken, and when the young-
ster was returned Johnston said: "You have a good
colt." The next spring when Mr. Streeter wanted
some horses trained Johnston declined. He was out
of the business and proposed to stay out. "Well,"
said Streeter, "you said I had a good colt, and I want
you to train him."
Johnston wanted to oblige Streeter, but did not pro-
pose to change his plans. So he said: "If you will
send the colt to my town stable, send a man to take
care of him, send the feed, and pay the expenses, I
will take him. but there will be no charge for the
training. I am not going to make a business of train-
ing horses nor am I going to stay in Kalamazoo all
summer."
"You've got a colt to train," was the reply, and the
next day the colt and another horse came, the ex-
planation being that the man could care for both and
the extra one was for Johnston's private driving.
Also there was feed galore. And that was the begin-
ning of the training of Peter the Great, remarkable
horse. He got second money in the two-year-old
division of the Kentucky Futurity, making the win-
ner go in 2:15 to beat him when he was not just
right; won the three-year-old renewal of the stake,
taking down $10,000 for his share (his only start at 2
and 3), and then was sold for $20,000, Mr. Streeter
reserving ten services for his own mares, from one
of which he secured Icon 2:10, that sold for $10,000,
and from another (exchanged for a service to Bingen)
came Malcolm Forbes 2:30 as a two-year-old and sold
for $3730.
"I began, after Peter came to my town barn, by
driving him on the streets every morning that spring
and where the footing was good I would let him step
along a little. About the 25th of May I said to Mr.
Streeter: 'This colt can step a 2:50 shot.'
"If he can trot an eighth in :20 on June 1 he
will do to keep in the Futurity,' said Mr. Streeter,
so on that day I went to the track for the first time.
I was three miles from town, so the colt had all the
jogging he needed. I went once around the track
s'owly, the next time a little faster and brushed
the eighth in :22. Then around again, and that time
he stepped the homestretch eighth in :19, so the
Futurity payment was made.
"Then I began regular training, working Peter
three times a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
as Mr. Streeter could only be there on Saturday. I
would jog the colt three miles the wrong way of the
track, then turn and go once around slowly. The
next time a little faster, the last eighth at a pretty
fast clip. Then jog around once more, with the last
eighth as fast as he could do it. Under this plan
Peter made speed so fast he soon could step an eighth
in :16, a 2:08 gait. About July 1 the plan was
changed, working Wednesday and Saturday. We
would go two heats each day with a fast brush at the
pnd of the second mile. On Saturdays I would let
him step one good quarter :33% or :34. That was
all the speed I could make on the farm track, so
as I was going fishing for two weeks the first of Au-
gust I had Peter turned out nights and not driven,
believing the play spell would be beneficial.
"On my return I trained at Grand Rapids, starting
with three heats twice a week, all slow, then changed
to three heats one workout, and four the next with
fast brushes at the end of two of the Saturday miles.
"Peter then could trot an eighth in : 15, but I never
worked him a mile so fast but that he could trot the
final eighth faster than any other. The first good
mile I asked of him he went in 2:20, the last half in
1:08, the last quarter in :33. That was in 1898, and
looked good for a two-year-old. A few days before
we shipped to Lexington to trot the Futurity, Mr.
Streeter came to see the colt work. I had Peter
shod behind that day and the blacksmith made a
change in the shoes by turning a little heel on them.
"The first mile was in 2:38, and Peter tried to
break, whereas he formerly had been steady. The
next mile was 2:32, but he hade a break and pulled
and choked. I always had driven him with a side
check, but now put on an overdraw. Then he
wouldn't trot at all. I scored him ten times and
whenever he got up to a 3:00 clip he would break
and run. I went back to the barn, put three ounces
more weight on in front, took the check bit out of
his mouth, and checked him under the chin. Then he
trotted a mile in 2:19% but did not go right.
"That was Friday. Monday I tried him again but
he was not good. Then I changed his shoes, going
back to the original pattern. The next day Mr.
Streeter came to see him work again. The miles
were 2:40, 2:30, 2:19. Then I put the three-ounce
weights back and worked him in 2:30 but he was
not balanced and after that I had to use the six-
ounce weights.
"At Lexington, working Peter three days before
his race, a quarter boot broke and chafed him so
that the next morning I could hardly get him to
move. The morning of the race I sprayed that ankle
with ether for .two hours. Peter went a good race,
but extra weight tired him. That was Peter's only
race at a two-year-old, and the following winter he
was at my barn running out in a paddock pleasant
days and being fed oats, corn, hay, bran, and carrots,
but not driven.
"As a three-year-old Peter's only engagement was
the Kentucky Futurity, $10,000 to the winner, and
all he needed was conditioning, as his two-year-old
race showed him to have speed and manners. I
worked him at Kalamazoo until June, then went
to Joliet, 111., until August 1, his work being slow
miles without any brush work. George Fuller was
there with Janie T., the filly that had beaten us the
previous fall, and was confident. He worked his filly
plenty, and she could step in about 2:18. So just
before shipping to Grand Rapids I let Peter trot an
easy mile in 2:16, the last quarter a little under :32.
At Grand Rapids I gave Peter a lot of miles between
2:18 and 2:25, and his last work before going to
Lexington was 2:40, 2:30, 2:16, 2:12%, 2:16, the last
eighth of the best mile in : 15, and the first eighth
of the last mile in :15%.
"At Joliet one day Mr. Streeter said: 'I believe
that colt can win the Futurity. So just put your
mind on that race and don't take it off until you've
got the money in your pocket.' I stepped Petej^ the
first eighth of two or three miles at Grand Rapids
in :15% to teach him to go away fast from the wire.
I knew he woould come the last end of the mile all
right.
"He won the Kentucky Futurity as he pleased, and
I think could have distanced the field. Ed. Tipton
said he could have trotted in 2:08 had the track
been good. Peter remained in my stable until he was
sold, a few months later to Mr. Forbes of Boston
for $20,000."
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HIGH CLASS CATTLE AT AUCTION.
Two great sales of Shorthorn cattle will be held
at Fred H. Chase & Co.'s pavilion, 478 Valencia
street, San Francisco, on January 24th and 25th. On
the first day 48 head from the farm of Mrs. J. H.
Glide, of Sacramento will be sold. Mrs. Glide says
in the catalogue:
This is my second annual sale and in presenting
this catalogue to the breeders, I believe I am offer-
ing the choicest lot of Short Horn cattle that have
ever gone through a California sale ring. It includes
many of my best show animals, two Junior Cham-
pions and one Grand Champion. Seven of them are
from this season's show herd. At the last State Fair
I won 12 firsts, 9 seconds, 5 thirds, 5 fourths, 2
Senior, 2 Junior and 2 Grand Champions.
I wish to call particular attention to the choice
selection of breeding matrons. Many of them have
been winners in the show ring and all of them
are of a quality entitling them to a place in any
herd. They are in good breeding condition, fresh
from the pasture with very little fitting. The bulls
are an exceptionally fine lot, some of them repre-
senting the best of Cruickshank families and any
breeder who wants a bull of individual merit and
fine breeding to head his herd, can find him here.
One of our judges at the State Fair said: "The herd
bull is half of the herd." No breeder can make pro-
gress without a good sire.
The Howard Cattle Company will offer 54 head of
their Shorthorns on the day following the Glide sale.
We quote from the catalogue:
In selecting the draft for this, our fourth annual
sale, we do so with a feeling of confidence in its
success; for never before have conditions been so
satisfactory, and the future so full of promise of
prosperous times ahead for the stockman of Cali-
fornia.
The tendency of the cattle markets the length and
breadth of the United States has been continually up-
wards, and those observers of our local markets will
have noticed that, though there have been tem-
porary fluctuations downwards, at times of over-
supply, they never quite reached the low-water
marks of the preceding fluctuations, and each suc-
cessive swing of the pendulum upwards records a
range of prices which marks a new era.
Every animal in this offering carries potentially in
-its blood the power to produce these results. It is
not necessary to point out that without such seed
stock it is impossible to produce the "Quality Steer,"
the steer that is worth $100 or more-on foot because
he acutally carries under his sleek hide meat that will
weigh out the value.
Pure bred cattle, handled from a practical stand-
point, as we understand it in California, can he relied
upon to give a good account of themselves under
every day practical conditions as they exist, and
the resultant benefit and profit from the use of such
pure breds quickly asserts itself.
Mr. Geo. P. Bellows, the well known cattle expert
and auctioneer, will officiate at these sales.
Drink Jackson's Nana Soda.
Saturday, January 15, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB.
An Organization That Has Genuine Enthusiasm for
Harness Racing.
The meetings held by the San Francisco Driving
Club are always well attended, and there is probably
not an organization in America that can cheer louder
or longer over a close finish, or get more enjoyment
out of a race meeing. All its members want to know
is that a meeting of the club is to be held, and
whether it is a race meetiDg for fun over the stadium
track in Golden Gate Park, one for small purses at
some of the near by mile tracks, or a simple business
meeting at the club's hall, the attendance is always
good and there are plenty of good contests.
During the year 1909 this club collected from its
members and distributed for trophies, charity and
expenses, the sum of $2,301.25. Of this amount the
sum of $650 was turned over to that most worthy
charity, the Youth's Directory of this city at one
meeting, besides which the club donated $50 to the
employees in Golden Gate Park who take care of
the track.
During the year the club had twelve meetings,
using the stadium track, also the tracks at Vallejo,
Concord and other places. At these meetings many
handsome silver cups were awarded to the win-
ners and at one or two meetings money prizes were
raced for and won. The San Francisco Driving Club
now has a membership of over 158, that number
being on the roll at the last meeting and several
applications for membership now being on file, to
be acted on at the next meeting.
The club has an enthusiastic, hard working official
in President W. J. Kenney, who never tires of doing
things that will elevate the tone of its racing, or
work to the benefit of the organization. The secre-
tary of the club, James McGrath, is another official
whose work is always well done. The books and ac-
counts he keeps are absolutely perfect in appear-
ance, and accounts are balanced to a cent.
The classification committee now in office is per-
haps the best posted body of horsemen there is to be
found anywhere in regard to the speed of the horses
owned and driven in San Francisco and adjacent
territory, and they can classify the horses so that
there is a contest in every race. This alone helps to
make the sport very attractive, and is a big help
toward the success of the meetings given by this
organization. A fall and complete list of the officers
and members of the San Francisco Driving Club is
here given:
President W. J. Kenney
Vice-President Bert Edwards
Secretary '. James McGrath
Treasurer F. P. Lauterwasser Sr.
Sergeant-at-Arms H. Schottler
BOARD OF STEWARDS.
Geo. E. Erlin Al. Hoffman
John Nowlan Jas. E. Finch
F. L. Matthes
CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE.
W. Higginbottom Dan Hoffman
Chas. Buckley C. L. Becker
Tim Sexton
MEMBERS PRIOR TO 1909.
Al. Benson B. Lota
S. Benson G. Tassi
Frank Burton W. A. Van Buren
James Bonney Frank Winchester
Dr. C. Brown C. A. Walker
C. A. Buck E. R. Wilson
A. Bardness Joe Cuicello
Hugh Boyle Frank Callea
J. J. Butler John Canipodonico
J. Bairenther M. M. Donnelly
T. H. Corcoran H Danz
F. O. Caldwell T. B. Deffenback
R. Consani H. Frehlson
W. Clough F. Gommet
Fred Clotere V. J. Guinasso
J. V. Cooney Jack Groom
John Deschler J- V. Galindo
Dr. Dalziel A. Helbush
J. Danz F. S. S. Hill
Chas. Fulkerson T. F. Judge
Martin Ford Geo. Kitto
Geo. Giannini E. P. Luce
R. P. Giovannoni H. M. Ladd
Geo. Geitner Nick Lawler
Wm Hammer Arthur Lang
Jack Holland J. W. McTigue
Henry Hellman G. P. Machado
A. M. Jerald Dave Newell
Phil Kohn Jas. O'Kane
F. P. Lauterwasser Jr. Dave O'Neill
Tom Lloyde Jack Pastene
Gus Lindauer Joe Ryan
Jas. Lombard W. E. Rice
Chas. Mitchell Al Scofield
Wm. Michaelsen A. M. Scott
C. E. Mickens Bert Sharp
Wm. Pease Oscar Taylor
L. W. Pfeiffer V. Verilhac
D. Roberts L. Whiteman
Al Schwartz J. D. West
J. L. Smith H. Werner
John Shea
NEW MEMBERS, 1909.
M. Senderman E. B. Dehay
J. F. Murphy D. Dillon
R. J. Lathrope E. T. Ayers
P. J. O'Reilly A. M. Wellen
A. Ottinger P. Higgins
J. B. Wilson H. Ahpel
T. W. Keogh A. W. Kiel
F. A. Periera L. N. Davis
John Williams
Wm. Todt
Henry Dunlap
Henry Smith
John Weihmann
Eugene Cerceit
Jerry Doran
Lou Palmer
Thos. Murphy
Jim Cairtis
Jas. Hughes
H. C. Ahlers
I. L. Borden
P. F. Kane
Robert Bennett
S. Sinsheimer
W. F. Bennett
A. F. Jackson
P. W. Neiherin
Gus Clotere
S. H. Cowell
F. Ruhstaller
Carl Leonhardt
H. P. Heagerty
Geo. Whiteman
E. D. Dudley
M. Reardon
Dr. J. M. Toner
Jas. Donovan
J. J. Cereghino
Louis Herbst
Rey Frehlson
C. E. Blanchard
H. D. Chase
J. M. De Soto
Ed. Kelly
Pete Donnelly
Al Joseph
F. L. Matthes
H. Munson
Frank O'Shea
Wm. Malough
J. C. Heenan
THE NEW YORK HORSE MARKET.
Inquiry among the leading firms in the local horse
and carriage trade leads to the conclusion that nearly
all branches of the business gained ground during
the year just ended.
J. D. Carroll, treasurer and general manager of
the Fiss, Doerr & Carroll Horse Company, which is
the largest concern of its kind in the world, esti-
mates the increase in business at twenty-five per
cent.
"Our records for the year are not yet made up,"
he said yesterday, "but I feel sure that I am not
wrong in saying our sales were one-fourth larger
than in 1908.
"What do I think of the outlook? Well, I believe
that business will make greater gains this year than
last. We find that nearly everybody who buys work
horses is feeling better now than a year ago and I
expect to sell a great many more horses. I will say
also that I believe prices for all good horses will be
higher than ever, especially for big rugged draught-
ers of weight and quality. There was a time when I
thought that draught horse values would have to
drop, but it looks the other way now. The develop-
ment of the country is going ahead at a rate that
the breeders of big horses cannot keep up with, and
so long as this continues prices must continue to
climb."
Contracts for three thousand horses to be deliv-
ered before April 1 are on the books of the Fiss,
Doerr 1& Carroll Horse Company. Contractors,
truckmen and brewers are the principal buyers,
though the largest order to be filled is from one of
the big express companies. James S. Connolly, the
vice president and William McKinty, one of the
directors, are in New York to consult with Mr. Car-
roll about buying these horses, and both will return
to the West in a few days to direct operations.
Mr. McKinty, who came in from Kansas last week,
reports high class horses extremely scarce and hard
to buy for the New York market, values in the pros-
perous Western corn belt ranging just about as high
as in the Eastern cities. This fact is the great stum-
bling block in the horse business at the present time,
dealers here finding it difficult to make a fair profit
after paying the prices current in the West and ship-
ping their purchases half way across the continent.
Speaking for Van Tassell & Kearney, who are prob-
ably the largest holders of carriages in the United
States, Edward W. Kearney said recently that their
trade in pleasure vehicles had been at least twenty-
five per cent better in 1909 than in 1908, while their
private sales of horses had made still greater gains
last year. Mr. Kearney says that station rockaways
and light carriages such as runabouts, surreys and
other vehicles which the owner drives were the best
sellers, though of late there has been a distinct de-
mand for broughams and victorias. He is confident
of a still better showing for the new year in the
carriage trade.
William Bradley, who is building two sections of
the Fourth avenue subway, in Brooklyn, has placed
an order with the Fiss, Dorr & Carroll Horse Com-
pany, which is probably the largest of the kind ever
known in the New York market. Mr. Bradley is par-
tial to gray horses, because he says, they stand the
heat better than dark colored ones and show at a
glance when they are neglected by their grooms. He
expects to use four hundred horses on his Brooklyn
contract and one of the stipulations in placing the
order with Fiss, Doerr & Carroll was that every
horse supplied should be a gray. They will be of the
highest grade used by contractors, every one weigh-
ing upward of fifteen hundred pounds and possessing
the extreme quality for which Mr. Bradley has always
been a stickler. — N. Y. Herald.
Eastern and central Washington stockmen are
joining forces and rounding up range horses this
winter, finding it much easier to corral them while
the feed is poor and the horses weak, than it is in
the spring after the grass grows.
Frederick Remington, the artist, who died a few
weeks ago, could portray the horse of the Western
plains as used by the Indians, cowboys and Govern-
ment troops, better than any other artist that ever
lived. He knew the horses of the western country.
Rythmic 2:06% and Hal Raven 2:03% holds the
records respectively as the fastest blind trotter and
pacer.
BAD FIRE AT PATCHEN WILKES FARM.
A disastrous fire broke out at Patchen Wilkes
stock farm on the night of December 29, about mid-
night, totally destroying the large barn nearest the
trotting track. The fire is supposed to have been
caused by an explosion of natural gas which occurred
in the room where a pumping engine was kept. There
were two explosions close together. There were
thirty-four brood mares in the barn but none of the
help. The explosion awoke the attendants who lived
two hundred yards away and also Manager Ed Wil-
lis, who lives nearby but when he looked out the
barn was already in flames. He was soon on the
scene with his men but the fire had progressed so
far that only five of the mares were rescued. In half
an hour the $10,000 barn was reduced to ashes
although heroic work was done by the workmen who
worked a bucket brigade and saved all the other
buildings. In one of these only seventy-five feet
away were thirty-four mares which were all safety
taken out as were the animals in the other barns.
Peter the Great and the other stallions were in barns,
some distance away from the fire and completely out
of danger. The loss is estimated at $50,000.
The correct list of the mares destroyed by the fire
is as follows:
Alica Mater, b. m. (9) by Cecilian — Mae S. by Nut-
wood.
Alone (p) 2:09%, b. m (11) by Nearest — Grenette
by Hambletonian Chrisman.
Anita May, b. m. (13) by Highwood — Hazel Cossack
by Don Cossack.
Belle Archer 2:12%, b. m. (22) by Rene — Mary
Drake by Enfield.
Daisy Onward, b. m. (11) by Onward — Daisy Belle
by Crittenden.
Fidelity, b. f. (3) by Todd— daughter of Ashland
Wilkes.
Great Mary, b. m. (4) by Peter the Great — Mary
Onward by Onward.
Hilda McGregor, b. m. (3) by Bingen — Miss Mc-
Gregor by Robert McGregor.
Honey H. 2:19%, ch. m. (11) by Onward— Beulah
by Harold.
Kingsmantle 2:19%, br. m. (7) by May King — Mrs.
Young by Wilkes Boy.
Lady Affable, b. m. (7) by C. F. Clay— Molly the
Gentle by Sir Walter.
L'Empress 2:20%, br. m. (21) by L'Empereur —
Belle Stevens by Bald Chief.
Louise McGregor, b. m. (8) by Oakland Baron —
Niocelle by Robert McGregor.
Lucille Wand, b. m. (15) by Wilkes Boy— Nelly H.
by Young Jim.
Lydia Thompson 2:20, b. m. (7) by Guy Wilkes—
Eva by Sultan.
Mary Audubon, ch. m. (6) by J. J. Audubon — Mary
Marshall by Billy Wilkes.
Miss Hudson, b. m. (4) by Nervolo — Flaxey by
Bourbon Wilkes.
Miss Lady Riley, ch. f. (2) by J. J. Audubon — Tosa
by Enfield.
Moy 2:07%, b. m. (7) by Prodigal— Minnine by
Clay King.
Newly 2:21%, b. m. (10) by Stately— Nydia Wilkes
by Baron Wilkes.
Nonamie 2:06%, b. m. (14) by General Boyle—
Althena by Altitude.
Mora Malone, b. m. by Happy King — Cynthiana by
Lord Russell.
Nutwich, ch. m. (18) by Nutwood — Cadence by
Harold.
Ophelia Peter 2:19, b. f. (3) by Peter the Great-
Marie Studholme by Onward.
Oriana P. 2:17, b. m. (8) by Patchen Wilkes—
Oriana by Onward.
Princess Knight, br. m. (5) by Knight— Areol by
Dexter Prince.
Purple Onward, ch. m. (9) by Onward — Purple by
Stamboul.
Queen Vada, b. f. (3) by Twelfth Night— Scourine
by Wilton.
Tanta Buona 2:20%, b. m. (9) by King Wilkes—
Debutante by Belmont.
The Murderer, br. h. by Director — Bell Flower.
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GRAND CIRCUIT DATES SELECTED.
Detroit, Mich., January 11. — The Grand Circuit rac-
ing season for 1910 will open in Kalamazoo, Mich.,
July 25th. It is the first time since the organization
of the Grand Circuit, fifteen years ago, that the pro-
gram has been started outside of Detroit. An appli-
cation from New York city for membership in the
organization was accepted at the meeting today.
The dates selected by the stewards are the follow-
ing:
Kalamazoo July 25 to 29
Detroit Aug. 1 to 5
Cleveland Aug. 8 to 12
Buffalo Aug. 15 to 19
New York Aug. 22 to 26
Readville Aug. 29 to Sept. 2
Hartford Sept. 5 to 9
Syracuse . . , Sept. 12 to 16
Columbus Sept. 19 to 30
This arrangement provides for ten weeks of rac-
ing before the Lexington meeting which will have
the same dates it had last year unless it should de-
cide to take an earlier date. Last year Lexington
opened on Monday, October 4th, but this year it will
be one day earlier as the first Monday in October
falls on the 3d.
Robert N. Newton of Billings, Montana, was chosen
presiding judge of the Grand Circuit for the coming
season.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 15, 1910.
NOTES AND NEWS
Sixty-four entries were made In the Occident
Stake for foals of 1909 which closed on January 1st.
Schermerhorn, by Blue Zero, he by Blue Bull, was
16 years old last spring, yet he reduced his record
from 2:08% to 2:07% during the season.
In Illinois and several other States where there is
a stallion law it is a misdemeanor to print a stal-
lion folder or poster without a duplicate of the
State certificate or license printed thereon.
Russia is the only nation in .he world that has
more horses than the United States. Russia has
29,000,000, while this country has very close to 20,-
000,000
Chimes, the son of Electioneer and Beautiful Bells,
that died in New Jersey on the 2d of this month,
is the only stallion that has sired three trotters with
records of 2:06 or better. The three are The Abbott
2:03%, The Monk 2:05% and Fantasy 2:06.
There is $10 due on two-year-olds entered in Pacific
Breeders' Futurity No. S, and it must be paid on or
before February 1st, 1910, to keep the entries eligible
to this stake.
Dick McMahan is coming to California again this
winter and is expected to arrive about the last of
this month. He will probably be on the outlook for
good racing prospects.
Mr. Graham of Reedley, Cal., recently sold to a
resident of that town, a full sister to Directly 2:03%
with a colt at foot by Star Pointer for $350, and the
colt was soon after sold for $180.
The Chicago Horseman announces the renewal of
its futurity, guaranteed to be worth $15,000 and as
much more as is paid in by those making entries in
excess of that amount.
Nutwood 2:18% still ranks as the leading brood-
mare sire. Returns up to date, give his daughters
the credit of having produced 343 performers.
Secretary Horace W. Wilson of the Kentucky Trot-
ting Horse Breeders' Association, reports that 839
youngsters are yet eligible to the 1911 Futurity.
Canadian breeders of trotting horses are organiz-
ing a society for the promotion of the light harness
type, and the Dominion will shortly have a stud book
for trotters, compiled under government supervision,
independent of the American Trotting Register, pub-
lished in Chicago.
Two-Minute Villa, the large residence at the Two-
Minute Stock Farm, located near Cleveland, Ohio,
was on last Friday destroyed by Are. This farm was
named in honor of Star Pointer 1:59%, whose home
was there until he came to California a few years
ago.
Agricultural Park track at Los Angeles will prob-
ably be torn up and the buildings wrecked during the
next few weeks so that the new mile track and
fair grounds may be laid out and work begun on them.
The new Agricultural Park will be one of the finest
in the United States.
Fred H. Chase & Co. have received a number of
consignments this week for the big Pleasanton sale
in March. This promises to be the greatest sale ever
held in California, and if you want your horses to
have the benefit of early advertising better consign
them as soon as possible. Write to Chase & Co.
immediately.
Among the young trotters whose races will be
watched with much interest are Doctor Jones, by
Captain McKinney, owned by J. D. Callery of Pitts-
burg; this youngster is now coming around fine, and
trotted many miles around 2:19 last fall. He is a
very attractive horse in motion, especially, and will
make a fast horse before long.
The well known horse lover, Brayton Ives, who
purchased the great trotting filly, Baroness Virginia
(3) 2:08% at the recent Old Glory Sale, stated
afterward that he admired her more than either Czar-
evna or Soprano, and stood ready if necessary to
pay more for her than the amount realized for either
of the other two.
If one glances at the fastest trotters of last year
and pays particular attention to the best perform-
ances of those ranging in age from one to five, in-
clusive, the result is striking indeed. The champions
for 1909 at their respective ages are. Miss Stokes (1)
2:19%. Native Belle (2) 2:07%; Czarevna (3) 2:07%,
The Harvester (4) 2:06%, and Uhlan (5) 2:02%.
Mr. Joseph Hall, of Marshfield, Ohio, is now the
owner of the fast pacing Bert Logan 2:16%, having
purchased him from W. H. Stublefield Jr. of Oran,
Mo. Mr. Hall will place him in the stud. Bert
Logan wl's bred by Dr. A. W. Boucher of Pleasanton,
who mati d his mare, Miss Logan 2:06%, with Colbert
.e last year he raced Miss Logan through
Mr. A. S. Kellogg of Fresno has secured from Wil-
liam Hashagen of Woodland the McKinney stallion
Kinney Rose 2:13% and has shipped him to Fresno
where he will make a season this year. Kinney Rose
got his record in a race last year. He is a well bred
stallion, his dam being by Falrose 2:19, sire of Don
2:10, etc., and his second dam by Alaska, son of Elec-
tioneer, third dam by Algona, the sire of Flying Jib
2:04, and fourth dam by Odd Fellow. His colts are
all well made handsome youngsters and have speed.
There is considerable argument going on in trot-
ting circles in and around Boston, Mass., as to the
relative ability of Sonoma Girl 2:05% owned by
Miss Lotta Crabtree and Bob Douglass 2:06%, the
property of D. N. G. Hyams, both of that city and
providing there is no stallion race included in the
Readville exercises the coming season, a match be-
tween the above two, will in all probability be ar-
ranged.
In noting the closing of Pacific Breeders' Futurity
No. 10 with 341 nominations, the Chicago Horseman
says: "It is quite possible that Kentucky could to a
futurity confined to the State beat these figures but
we know of no other State in the Union that could
secure such brilliant results. It shows that the new
generation is alive to the commercial value of futuri-
ties, and that they realize the immense value as an
advertising medium of this class of stake over and
above the money which can possibly be won."
There is a law on the statutes of the State of
California which provides for the establishment of
agricultural districts and the holding of fairs which
are to receive aid from the State treasury up to
$5,000. While this law was passed at the last
session of the Legislature, no money was appropri-
ated for the purpose, but if the people interested in
district or county fairs will organize and ask the
next Legislature to make an appropriation, there is
little doubt but the request will be granted.
Zombro 2:11 will go east again April 1st and will
make the season of 1910 at Lima, Ohio, which is the
centre of a great horse breeding section, and the
champion sire of race horses in 1909 should do well
there. The fact that Zombro had thirteen new per-
formers in 1909 that took their records in races puts
him far ahead of his nearest competitor, his sire
McKinney, in this respect. Twenty of Zombro's get
won money in races this year, a wonderful showing.
Zombro's fee will be $100 for 1910.
Hon. B. F. Rush, State Senator from Solano county,
and one of the directors of the California State Agri-
cultural Society, was in town this week attending a
meeting of the Pacific District Board of Appeals of
the National Trotting Association, of which he is a
member. Senator Rush has secured from Thos.
Smith of Vallejo. the use of the latter's McKinney
stallion Gen. J. B. Frisbie for this season, and will
breed him to a number of the Demonio fillies on the
Suisun Stock Farm, owned by Rush & Haile. Gen.
J. B. Frisbie is standard and registered and is a full
brother to that good race horse and successful sire
Tom Smith 2:13%. Gen. J. B. Frisbie will be per-
mitted to serve a few outside mares at $25 the season.
F. H. Metz, the popular harness dealer and horse
breeder of Sacramento, has started jogging his
horses Major McKinley and Dr. Cook by Stam B.
and will also give his Nushagak colt a chance to
show himself this season. Major McKinley will be
entered all through the circuit and it will take a fast
green trotter to beat him judging by his race in the
2:21 class at Woodland last summer where he was
not beaten much although the five heats were from
2:13% to 2:16.
Chas. A. Durfee sold this week to R. Grimmon of
Reno, Nevada, the black pacing mare by Dexter
Prince that he trained a little at Pleasanton last
year. This is a fine looking mare, with a high rate
of speed and though never entered in a race, looks
like a good racing prospect. She is elegantly bred
being out of the mare Countess by McKinney 2:11%,
second dam Miss Valensin, dam of Zarina 2:13%,
Dreyfuss 2:17, Crown Prince 2:22%, ei.2. She is
an elegant road mare and can he driven by anyone,
anywhere, as she is not afraid -jf anything
Alone 2:09% was destroyed by fire on December
29th at Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Kentucky,
when one of the largest barns on the farm
was burned together with twenty-seven brood mares.
Alone was bred in California by T. W. Barstow, of
San Jose, who raced her to her record. She was by
Nearest 2:22%, brother to John A. McKerron 2:04%,
and was a grand big mare that wore nothing but the
hopples and could pace better than a two-minute gait
any time. She was purchased at the Pleasanton
sale last spring by Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick who used her
on the speedway in New York for a while and then
sold her to Mr. Stokes who intended breeding her
this spring to Peter the Great. The mare Moy 2:07%
which Mr. Kilpatrick also purchased here for Mr.
Stokes, was likewise destroyed in this disastrous fire.
A. Ottinger of this city has purchased from W.
Michelson, the well known liveryman and dealer, a
four-year-old filly by Merry Mac 2:19% (son of Mc-
Kinney 2:11%) dam Tubelina by Tuberose 2:25%,
second dam Lena Holly by Mountain Boy 4891. This
filly was bought by Mr. Michelson, who is a good
judge of a horse, at the dispersal sale of the horses
belonging to Mr. A. B. Rodman of Woodland, held
by Fred H. Chase & Co., in this city on the 25th of
last October. Mr. Ottinger saw Mr. Michelson driv-
ing the mare on the road and became struck with
her resemblance in syle, gait, etc., to his old favorite
race horse Ottinger 2:09% trotting, and 2:16 pacing,
and it did not take him long to become her owner.
He says she can trot a quarter in better than 33
seconds now and he will drive her a mile in 2:20
within six weeks. Mr. Ottinger is highly pleased
with his purchase and will probably name her for
his daughter Leila Ottinger. The mare is a hand-
some brown and was foaled in 1906. She was called
Merrylina in the sale catalogue, but as she has
never been entered or started in a race Mr. Ottinger
has the right to give her any name he chooses.
The annual New Year's matinee of the Riverside
Driving Club, was impossible on account of the in-
clement weather, but the usual banquet was held
Saturday evening at Hotel Holyrod. The gentlemen
gathered around the pleasant tables which were
loaded with seasonable dainties. A complete turkey
dinner was served in the charming manner which is
a part of the Holyrood hospitality. The dining hall
was decorated in pepper boughs and choice cut
flowers, presenting a most artistic effect. At the
close of the banquet a business session was held in
the hotel parlors. President J. F. Backstrand pre-
sided. In the absence of John Garner, F. S. Pond
was made secretary pro tern. After a discussion it
was practically decided that the club will lease the
driving park another year.
E. Stewart & Co., the well known livestock auction-
eers, will hold a sale of three car loads of mares and
geldings from the Brown Ranch, Wagon Tire Moun-
tain, Oregon, at their sales pavilion, 297 Valencia
street, on Tuesday next at 1:00 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
These horses weigh from 1000 to 1400 pounds and are
from 4 to 6 years old and all broke to work. At the
same time and place the firm will sell three car loads
of heavy draft mares and geldings, from 4 to 8 years
old, weighing from 1400 to 1700 pounds, from the J.
Frank Adams ranch, Klamath county, Oregon. These
are a very choice lot, all gentle and in fine order.
These horses are now on exhibition at the pavilion.
At the same sale a very handsome outfit consisting of
carriages, harness, team and two victories will also be
offered. The sale is January ISth, at 1:00 and
7:30 p. m.
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That there was a persistent and fateful "hoodoo" at-
tending the lamented Hamburg Belle and her dam
Sally Simmons is evident from the hitherto unpub-
Ushed account of the two mares furnished by E. T.
Bedford, who owned both. The New York fancier
purchased Sally Simmons from the estate of Major
Samuel T. Dickinson and used her on the road for
several years. After she was retired from active
service her later career, as stated by Mr. Bedford,
was as follows:
"Sally Simmonds was first sent to Quartermaster
and bred in the early spring. She came in season
again later in the fall and was bred again, and the re-
sult was that she foaled two colts, both dead, one
from the first service fully formed and the other but
partly so. After the death of Quartermaster she was
sent to Axworthy and later on, with Black Ide, who
had been bred to Brown Master, was shipped to John
E. Madden's farm at Lexington.
She was then served by Arion and when within
two months of foaling slipped on the ice, broke both
her hind legs and had to be destroyed. These two
colts, one by Brown Master, Raffles, and Hamburg
Belle, were developed at Wynfromere Farm. Raffles
was sold to Mr. Buckley, of Southport, getting a re-
cord of 2:11%. A half interest in Sally Simmons
Second, as she was then called, after she got a record
of 2:12% at Mineola in 1907, was sold to John E.
Madden at $2500, I telling him that she certainly
would trot in 2:05. Later on the other half was sold
to him at the same price.
Hamburg Belle was sick during her two-year-old
form so that we not only did not think we could raise
her, but often wished that she might not live. She
was so weak that at times she had to be fed lying
down. She recovered in the late summer, and as a
two-year-old, in November, I drove her a quarter to a
road cart on a half-mile track in 37 seconds. The
next year I drove her as a three-year-old a half in
1:08%. She then got speed crazy and I turned her
over too my farm superintendent, R. L. Williams,
who, with great patience and care, develooped her
both as a four and five-year-old. As a five-year-old
she was entered in several important stakes but
went lame and had to be withdrawn. We were never
able to tell just where her lameness was. It seemed
in the nature of a nerve lameness." — Trotter and
Pacer.
A biennial meeting or congress of members of the
National Trotting Association will be held at the
Murray Hill Hotel, New York, at noon, Wednesday,
February 9, 1910, in accordance with Article VII,
Sec. 1, of the by-laws.
N. B. — In accordance with a resolution adopted by
the twenty-fourth congress, the committee on cre-
dentials, which the president was authorized and
directed to appoint, will meet at the Murray Hill
Hotel, at 9 o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, February
9, 1910, to receive credentials from delegates to the
twenty-fifth congress of members of the National
Trotting Association.
Any proposed changes in the rules should be sent
to the secretary prior to February 4, to be submitted
to the rule committee, which will be in session on
February 7 and 8, 1910.
Saturday, January 15, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A CHAMPION RACE HORSE IN THE STUD.
ORIGINAL ENTRIES OCCIDENT STAKE OF 1912.
Jim Logan, the colt that broke all world's records
for three-year-olds by pacing the third heat of a
race in a field of aged horses in 2:05% last August,
after winning the first and second heats of the race
in 2:09%, will be in the stud at Pleasanton this
spring at a service fee of $50.
This simple announcement should be sufficient
to fill his book with mares whose owners desire to
breed a stake winning pacer, as while there are
many theories advanced as to the best way to breed
a winner, the old plan of breeding to the winners
has never been improved upon. The record of Jim
Logan has never been equalled by any three-year-old
pacer in the world. He started in three races last
year and was never headed after he poked his nose
in front in any of the nine heats he paced, and as
he won every race he started in, and won them
in straight heats, he must be given the palm as the
greatest three-year-old pacer ever foaled. One of
the marvelous features of this record is that in two
of these races he was up against a field of aged
horses, beating such fast ones as Demonio Wilkes
2:09% and Tom Murphy 2:09% in one race and the
good money winner, Adam G. 2:06%, and others in
another. When a three-year-old colt can meet a field
of seasoned, aged race horses and beat them two
heats in succession in the fast time of 2:09%, as
one after another takes him the mile, and can then
come back the third heat in which he is raced every
step of the way by the largest money winning aged
pacer of the circuit, in the world's record time of
2:05%, we think he is entitled to be called the great-
est three-year-old pacer ever foaled. This is what
Jim Logan did, and there is nothing that can be said
in praise of his performances that will be as elo-
quent and convincing as the simple summaries of
his three-year-old races which are here appended:
At Salinas, Cal., Aug. 4, 1909.
Pacific Breeders' Futurity for three-year-old pacers,
$1300.
Jim Logan, b. c. by Chas. Derby 1 1 1
Teddy Bear, b. c. by Del Coronado 2 2 2
Time— 2:15%, 2:16%, 2:13%.
At Pleasanton, Aug. 12, 1909.
Pacing, special, $400.
Jim Logan, b. c. by Chas. Derby 1 1 1
Demonio Wilkes, b. s. by Demonio 3 2 2
Tom Murphy, br. g. by Gossiper 2 4 3
Geo. Woodard, b. g 4 3 4
Time— 2:17%, 2:11%, 2:11%.
At Woodland, Aug. 18, 1909.
Pacing, 2:20 class, $700.
Jim Logan, b. c. by Chas. Derby 1 1 1
Adam G., b. g. by McKinney 4 2 2
Freely Red, b. m. by Red Medium 2 4 3
Grace R., b. m. by Demonio 3 3 4
Alto Genoa Jr., blk. s. by Alto Genoa 5 5 5
Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:05%.
If there is any more eloquent testimony to the
speed and gameness of a three-year-old colt than
the above summaries we don't know where it can be
found. His first race was the leading three-year-old
stake of the year on the coast, and the other two
were class events for horses of all ages — it is a
wonderful record.
But while Jim Logan is a great race horse, he is
also one of the best bred pacers living. He was
sired by Chas. Derby 2:20, a stallion that is by
Steinway out of the great Electioneer brood mare
Katie G., that produced Klatawah 2:05%, the only
other three-year-old that ever beat 2:06. Derby has
eight 2:10 performers to his credit. The sire of
Chas. Derby is Steinway 2:25% as a three-year-old,
who has sired six 2:10 performers, and the sire of
Steinway is Strathmore with two 2:10 performers
and the dams of eighteen 2:10 performers to his
credit. The dam of Jim Logan (31 2:05% is Effie
Logan, a mare that has also produced Sir Albert S.
2:03% and Dan Logan, a young stallion that won
a matinee race last summer in 2:12%. Effie Logan
was by Durfee, a son of Kaiser 2200, he by Geo.
Wilkes out of a Dictator mare. Durfee is the sire
or Shecam 2:12% and Kaiser is sire of the dam of
Coney 2:02 etc., while Dictator sired the great race
horse and sire Director 2:17 and the dams of Nancy
Hanks 2:04 and other great trotters.
The dam of Effie Logan was Ripple, a sister to
Creole 2:15, sire of Javelin 2:08%, and she was by
Prompter, sire of the dams of Gratt 2:02% and
others. Ripple's dam was Grace, a wonderful brood
mare by Buccaneer. Grace produced Daedalion
2:08% and Creole 2:15, and her sister Lettie pro-
duced Welcome 2:10% and Wayland W. 2:12%,
the latter the sire of Bolivir 2:00%, the fastest pacer
ever bred on the Pacific Coast.
The next dam of Jim Logan was old Mary by
Flaxtail, one of the greatest broodmares that ever
lived. Besides having two daughters, each of which
produced two 2:15 performers, her descendants in
the 2:10 list are very numerous and new additions
are being made to the list almost every year. From
Mary the pedigree runs into thoroughbred blood
which is recognized by all breeders nowadays as the
best foundation for race winning and record break-
ing trotting and pacing families.
With such a record as a race horse, and with such
speed producing and race winning blood in his veins,
Jim Logan is certain to sire colts and fillies that
will be up in the front rank of the money winners
of the future.
The advertisement which his owner, Mr. J. E.
Montgomery, has placed in this issue, gives full par-
ticulars as to service fees, etc.
The following sixty-three entries of foals of 1909
were made in the Occident Stake of 1912, which
closed on January 1st, this year:
Frank E. Alley's ch. c. Michael Angelo by Sonoma
Boy — Angelina Boswell.
Frank E. Alley's br. f. Minnehaha by Sonoma Boy —
Gussie J. W.
Frank E. Alley's ch. c. King Dixon by Diawood —
Minnie H.
F. E. Emlay's b. f. Birdie McK. by Washington Mc-
Kinney— Bird W.
Wm. L. Anderson's b. s. Daniel Zolock by Zolock —
Just It.
Mrs. S. V. Barstow's br. c. Near It by Nearest —
Babe.
Mrs. S. V. Barstow's br. f. Belle Ammen by Nearest
McKinney — Aunt Joe.
L. G. Bonfilio's b. f. by Copa de Oro — Vela Mc-
Kinney.
Alex Brown's r. f. by Prince Ansel — Serpolo.
Alex Brown's b. f. by Prince Ansel — Everette.
Alex Brown's b. f. by Prince Ansel — Bonnie Derby.
Alex Brown's br. c. by Nushagak— Nosegay.
F. H. Burke's b. f. Mabel Claire by Conductor — Lady
Belle Isle.
C. A. Canfield's b. f. by El Volante— Sue.
C. A. Canfield's ch. e. by El Volante— Chloe.
C. A. Canfield's b. c. by Walter Barker — Dixie W.
A. G. Dahl's br. c. Zomjud by Zombro — Judith.
E. D. Dudley's ch. c. Enchalada by Palite — Paprika.
A. R. Fraser's b. c. by Del Coronado — Rose of Peru.
W. G. Durfee's b. c. by Carlokin — Lady H.
A. Morris Fosdick's b. f. Lulu Kinney, by Kinney
Lou — Athene.
Robert Garside's blk. c. Chanate by Alconda Jay —
Dora McKinney.
T. S. Glide's — by Greco B. — Fannie G.
T. S. Glide's — by Greco B. — Josephine.
Hemet Stock Farm's ch. c. Chestnut Lou by Kinney
Lou — Louise Carter.
Hemet Stock Farm's br. c. Hemet by Geo. W. Mc-
Kinney— Lady Zombro.
Hemet Stock Farm's br. f. by Lord Alwin — Mora
Mac.
H. S. Hogoboom's b. c. His Highness by Palo King —
Queen Alto.
H. S. Hogoboom's b. f. Busy Body by Iran Alto- —
Diawalda.
John Hogan's ch. f. Ruby Mac by Diamond Mac —
Babe.
H. Imhof's ch. c. Prince Malone by Kinney Lou —
Princess Bessum.
E. P. Iverson's s. f. Ann Lisbeth by Highland C —
Queen Karen.
J. B. Iverson's s. c. Salinas Star by Nutwood Wilkes
— Ivoneer.
M. C. Keefer's b. c. McAnsel by Prince Ansel —
Annie McKinney.
Kincaid & Rickel"s ch. f. Ruby Lace by Prince Love-
lace— Special Belle.
C. W. Main's b. c. St. Patrick by Del Coronado —
Kate Hamilton.
Mastin & Kerr's s. f. Queen Ansel by Prince Ansel
— Nuvola.
Ray Mead's b. f. Bon Bonita by Bon Voyage — Car-
rie B.
A. B. Miller's br. c. Dr. R. by On Stanley — Belle
Raymon.
A. B. Miller's b. c. Alex W. by Oh So— Lillian Wel-
born.
Mosher & London's f. Fostena Todd by Baronteer
Todd — Zolahka.
Dana Perkins' ch. c. Golden State by Stam B. — Zaya.
Dana Perkins' b. c. by Stam B — Princess Eulalie.
Oakwood Park Stock Farm's b. c. by Stillwell —
Prosperina.
Oakwood Park Stock Farm's b. c. by Stillwell —
Nazoma.
Oakwood Park Stock Farm's b. c. by Chas. Derby —
Pippa.
A. L. Scott's b. f. Louise by Nutwood Wilkes — Cora.
Henry Struve's b. f. Princess Jay by Alconda Jay —
Princess.
John Suglian's blk. c. Booster by Tom Smith — Foxey.
L. H. Todhunter's br. f. by Almaden — The Silver
Belle.
L. H. Todhunter's b. c. by Almaden — Loma B.
L. H. Todhunter's b. c. by Almaden — Zomitella.
J. H. Torrey's br. c. Joe Todd by Baronteer Todd —
Bessie T.
W. E. Tuttle's b. f. by Stam B— Lulu McAlto.
W. E. Tuttle's br. c. by Stam B. — Maud McAlto.
Valencia Farm's b. c. by Copper King — La Belle H.
Vendome Stock Farm's b. m. Miss Alto Weller by
Nearest McKinney — Much Better.
Geo. L. Warlow's br. c. by Stanford McKinney —
Cora Wickersham.
Geo. L. Warlow's b. c. by Athasham — Soisette.
G. W. Whitman's br. f. Oma Jay by Alconda Jay —
Nushoma.
C. H. Williams' blk. f. by Unimak — Miss Mascot.
C. H. Williams' b. c. by Unimak — Alleta Net.
J. W. Zibbell's b. f. by Tom Smith— Kate Lumry.
AT SACRAMENTO'S GREAT WINTER TRACK.
The track of the California State Agricultural So-
ciety is undoubtedly one of the best winter tracks
in the world. The boys may make fun of it in Au-
gust and September, when a lack of water has here-
tofore made it rather slow, but when it comes to a
winter training course there is none in the State
that has anything over it. No time this winter
have we had to stay off the track on account of
wet weather. In fact the track is now very fast
and safe. The barns are first class, there is good
water, warm stables, a car line with frequent cars
to the gate, and a booming city to live in — in short
all any first class horseman wants to make work
and life enjoyable. I know there are a lot of train-
ers "from Missouri" and if they will just drop in
any time we will "show" them.
James Thompson has nine head and as he is jog-
ging he wears a pleasant smile, for all his colts are
in fine order and are rounding too very fast, so before
many days he will be stepping them along some.
William Ivey has four head in his stalls, among
them that splendid son of James Madison 2:17%,
Lijero 45923, owned by that popular horseman, Frank
Wright. This stallion was foaled in 1902 and is out
of the great brood mare Hilda, dam of two standard
trotters and one producing sire. Hilda is by the
great Nutwood 600, the greatest broodmare sire that
ever lived, and her dam is Eudora by Volunteer 55,
so you will see that Lijero is mighty well bred. He
has always had speed and took a matinee record of
2:21% trotting. There is no question but he will be
a good sire. Mr. Ivey is training the brown filly
Expedio by him that is now a three-year-old. In
her two-year-old form last summer she stepped a
mile in 2:30 on the trot after only two months'
work. She belongs to Dr. Weldon of this city. She
is out of a mare by Knight. In Ivey's stable there
is also a bay filly by Stam B. 2:11% out of a mare
by Knight, that with six weeks work has trotted a
quarter in 43 seconds and an eighth in 20 seconds.
Walter Tryon has five good colts, one a three-year-
old bay stallion by Iran Alto 2:12%, dam by Diablo
2:09% that has trotted a quarter in 38 seconds; a
brown gelding by Almaden 2:22% out of a thorough-
bred mare that is about as "toppy" a horse as one
wants to see. a filly by Nutwood Wilkes that can step
like all good ones by that great sire ; a filly by Arthur
W. 2:11%, dam a thoroughbred mare; and a filly by
Azmoor 2:20, sire of Moortrix (4) 2:07%, that knows
nothing but trot, as Moortrix knows nothing but
pace.
John Quinn has the contented mind that is a
winner, and there is reason for it. At the head of
his string is Hymettus 2:07, the Zombro gelding.
This pacer is big and strong; he has had a free
and easy time of it since the races and seems to
enjoy this "prep" for steady training. And Sweet
Bow (2) 2:17%; how well she looks. She is as sweet
as her name sounds, and has also taken the free
and easy way since the 1909 campaign, and looks as
if she will be in the lead in 1910. Quinn has a
black two-year-old filly by Bon Voyage, dam by
Stam B., that would make any one like her, a two-
year-old by Zombro, dam also by Stam B. that has
all the good points of her sire; Alniutz by Zombro,
dam by Prince Norfolk; the three-year-old Zaza
by Zombro that will be a sure winner if it trots ac-
cording to its looks; a three-year-old by Bon Voy-
age, dam Mary Benton that belongs to Mr. W. O.
Bowers, the popular hotel man, that is as good as
any colt on the track, and a very fine two-year-old
by Zombro, dam by Diablo, second dam the famous
broodmare Trix by Nutwood Wilkes that belongs to
Mr. James Marshall of Dixon. Quinn has not stepped
any fast quarters yet, but as all the colts are staked
and show a lot of speed, some one will have to step
to beat him.
W. A. Hunter does not feel that he is out in the
cold, as his three-year-old filly Martha Dean, is doing
nice work, has a lot of speed and loves to go the
route. She was sired by Money Mack 2:19%, dam
Lady B., by Stephen A. In the Hunter string is a
fine looking colt by Turban, dam Lady B., that he
has just started jogging and will command notice.
Mr. Hunter has six head of gaited saddle horses he
is schooling, among them Artist Jr., a saddle stal-
lion imported to this coast by Judge E. A. Bridg-
ford of San Francisco, Paris B., a gelding also im-
ported from the east and now owned by Geo. Walsh
of Sacramento. Hunter is also schooling Al Lind-
ley, a thoroughbred owned by Col. H. I. Seymour
of Sacramento, another owned by Mr. Jos. Terry of
Sacramento, and two of his own. Hunter works
his trotters in the forenoon, but finds the saddlers
keep out of mischief by working them in the after-
noons.
Within the next month we expect that several
trainers will move to this track and that every
string here in training will receive several acquisi-
CAPITALION.
"PERXLOC."
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
William McDonald, Livermore. — Speculation 928,
was sired by Hambletonian 10, dam Martha Wash-
ington, the dam of Whipple's Hambletonian, by
Burr's Washington, son of Burr's Napoleon, second
dam by Abdallah 1. Alexander 490 was by Geo.
M. Patchen Jr. 31, dam Lady Cvum by Brown's Bell-
founder.
The Forestine Company of Williamsport. Pa., manu-
facturers of the Fernloc, report that they are doing
a good business tin the Pacific Coast. This remedy
is very popular throughout the East, where it has
been used for a longer time than in California, and is
highly recommended by such trainers as E. F. Geers.
F. McGuire, Chas. De Ryder, and many others. Those
who use it claim that it will increase speed, stimulates,
strengthens, induces a healthy circulation, and pre-
vents congestion, and removes soreness, rheumatism,
infiammation and stiffness from muscles and tendons.
It does not stain or blister, but, instead, produces a
smooth, healthy skin and hair. See advertisement in
another part of the paper.
o
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 15, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
A. K. C. DIRECTORS' MEETING.
The board of directors of the American Kennel
Club held at meeting in New York December 21, 1909.
Present: J. W. Appleton, John E. DeMund, Row-
land P. Keasbey, John G. Bates, James Mortimer,
H. K. Bloodgood, Chetwood Smith, Hollis H. Hun-
newell, William C. Codman, George Lauder, Jr.,
Dwight Moore, B. S. Smith. Howard Willets and
Franklin B. Lord, Jr. On motion, the minutes of the
last meeting were accepted as published in the
"Gazette." The secretary read his report as follows:
New York, Dec. 20, 1909.
To the Board of Directors.
Gentlemen: — I have the honor to report upon the
following matters which have been filed with this
office since our last meeting:
On October 6, 1909, the Asbury Park Kennel Club
requested to be dropped from the roll of membership,
for the reason that it had ceased to exist as a club.
On December 13, 1909, the Western Bull Terrier
Breeders' Association tendered its resignation. The
above clubs are in good standing and I would recom-
mend that their requests be complied with.
On December 13, 1909, the Sheepshead Bay Kennel
Club requested to be dropped from the roll of mem-
bership for the reason that it has ceased to exist as
a club.
At the Bangor show of 1908 Mr. R. J. Chase was
suspended for removing his dogs without permission.
Under date of December IS, 1909, Mr. Tom B.
Middlebrooke, secreetary and superintendent of said
show, requests the reinstatement of Mr. Chase,
believing that he has been sufficiently punished, and
at the time his offense was committed he did not
realize the graveness of it.
The American Poultry Association solicits the co-
operation of the American Kennel Club to take up
with the express companies the question of rates,
uniform dispatch in shipping, prompt delivery, feed
and water en route and protection from exposure.
The Tri-State Fair held a dog show at Memphis,
Tenn., October 4 to 9, 1909, and published in its
premium lists and catalogue the rules of the Ameri-
can Kennel Club, the classification and my certificate
of approval guaranteeing for championship recoord
one point. This club was neither a member nor was
it licensed. It did not send its classification for
approval and never received a certificate of approval
signed by me as published. Undoubtedly many ex-
hibitors believed the statement that the American
Kennel Club santioned its show. I called upon the
secretary, Mr. R. M. Williams, to show cause why the
officers of the Tri-State Fair should not be dis-
qualified for inducing entries under false pretenses
and the fraudulent use of the American Kennel Club
rules and the secretary's name. The reply to this
communication states "that the Tri-State Fair sold
outright for a consideration of $250 to J. M. Avent,
Hickory, Tenn., the exclusive right to hold and con-
duct a dog show on the fair ground, presuming that
he knew what he was doing, and feeling that with
bis standing and reputation we were fully protected
therein."
This is a very serious matter, and such action
should be taken as may be deemed proper.
The Pacific Advisory Committee called upon the
San Francisco Kennel Club to explain certain irregu-
larities found in the catalogue of its late show, and
also called upon William Ellery, an exhibitor, to
explain nine t9) interlineations in his collie entries
as found in the official catalogue of the San Francisco
show. Both the San Francisco Kennel Club and Wil-
liam Ellery ignored the action of the Pacific Advisory
Committee and applied to the Superior Court of the
State of California for a temporary injunction
restraining the Pacific Advisory Committee from tak-
ing any action in the matter. An application is
still pending before the court for a permanent
injunction. I called the attention of Mr. August
Belmont, president of the American Kennel Club, to
the action above stated, and such proceeding appear-
ing to him to be conduct prejudicial to the best in-
terests of the American Kennel Club, he suspended
the San Francisco Kennel Club and its officers, Wil-
lim Ellery and the Valverde Kennels until such time
as the charges for alleged misconduct can be
investigated by competent authority. Mr. Belmon't
action was taken under the provision of rule 21, rules
governing dog shows adopted in 1907, and will remain
in force until January 1, 1910.
I have given merely an outline of the matter and
will submit voluminous correspondence, which goes
into the details fully, for your due consideration. In
connection with the above case, I beg to say that we
have found another discrepancy in Mr. William
Ellery's entry of the collie, Valverde Virgil, which
was entered at San Francisco as having been whelped
May IS, 1908, and at Oakland as whelped on May 27,
190S, this entry was in the puppy class.
The following charges have been filed: Carrie E.
Lamouree vs. Harry R. Kendall. Bulldog Club of
America vs. Charles G. Hopton. Both cases for mis-
conduct in connection with dogs.
Chjrles J. Best vs. New Castle County Agricultural
Fair Association, G. A. Wertheim vs. Monmouth
v K. A: C, A. B. Dalby vs. York Kennel Club,
John F. Crowell vs. Farmingbam District K. C,
Anna Sands vs. Plainfield K. C, J. Cooper Mott vs.
Cedarhurst K. C. These cases are for unpaid specials.
Five other charges for unpaid specials were filed,
but were satisfied through the efforts of the Ameri-
can Kennel Club.
Pursuant to the resolution of your board at its
September meeting I suspended the Merrimack Valley
K. C. and its officers and the Buffalo K. C. and its
officers for the non-payment of special prizes. The
officers of the Merrimack Valley K. C. ignored all
communications from this office, and so far as I
know have never made any effort to pay their just
obligations. With the Buffalo K. C, however, I am
assured that it has made every effort to pay a cup
donated by Mrs. C. E. Proctor, but were unable to
locate her. In this connection I received a letter from
Mrs. Proctor on the 17th instant, in which she in-
forms me that the communications from the Buffalo
club had just reached her, they having been mis-
directed. She states that she will pay the cup to the
winner, after the holidays, so that the same may be
suitably marked.
John W. Patten and Edmund L. McKenzie pre-
sented to the club framed pictures, which were
valuable acquisitions to our collection, and official
thanks are due these gentlemen for their courtesy.
The secretary then submitted the correspondence
in the matter of Mr. R. J. Chase, who was suspended
for removing his dogs from the Bangor show at 190S.
Moved that be be reinstated and the motion seconded
and carried.
The secretary brought before the directors tht mat-
ter of the dog show held by the Tri-State Fair at
Memphis, Tenn., on October 4 to 9, 1909, stating that
said association had published in its premium list
and catalogue the rules of the American Kennel Club,
the classification and his certificate of approval
guaranteeing for championship record one point.
Also the fact that this club was neither a member of
the American Kennel Club, nor was it licensed, and
that it did not send its classification for approval, and
never received a certificate of approval signed by him
as published. That being called upon by him to
show cause why the officers of the Tri-State Fair
should not be disqualified for inducing entries under
false pretences artr] the fraudulent use of the Ameri-
can Kennel Club's rules and also the use of his name,
Mr. R. M. Williarns, the secretary of said show,
replied that the Tri-State Fair sold outright for a con-
sideration of $250 to J. M. Avent, of Hickory, Tenn.,
the exclusive right to hold and conduct a dog :.how
on the fair grounds, presuming that he knew what
he was doing and feeling that with his slanding and
reputation they were fully protected therein. On
motion of Mr. Chetwood Smith the matter was re-
ferred to the New York Trial Board.
The Secretary: Charges have been filed for un-
paid special by Charles J. Best vs. New Castle County
Agricultural Fair Association, F. A. Wertheim vs.
Monmouth County Kennel Club, A. B. Dalby vs. York
Kennel Club, John F. Crowell vs. Framingham Dis-
trict Kennel Club, Anna Sands vs. Plainfield Ken-
nel Club, and J. Cooper Mott vs. Cdearhurst Kennel
Club.
Dr. DeMund: I move that they be given thirty
days in which to pay these specials, in default of
which said clubs and their officers be disqualified.
Motion seconded and carried.
The Secretary: The Buffalo Kennel Club and its
officers were suspended for non-payment of prizes,
and I submit to you the correspondence from said
club and Mrs. Proctor, the donor of the prize. The
American Kennel Club had nothing whatever- to do
with it. Today I received a letter from the Buffalo
Kennel Club in which it is stated that they have done
everything within their power to procure this prize
cup from Mrs. Proctor, but had so far been unable to
do so. I would like to say that I am really liable
to censure because I was given thirty days to suspend
these men. Within those thirty days I received let-
ters from them in which they say that they have made
every effort to locate Mrs. Proctor, and I finally gave
them Mr. Proctor's address, at 149 Broadway, and
they wrote to him, as he now states, and instead of
suspending them after thirty days, I waited until sixty
days had elapsed and then suspended them. This is
the result. All of the officers who are dog showing
men, and the club itself, which has a claim in for next
spring, are suspended, and they cannot show or hold
a show.
Mr. Mortimer: Is it possible to prefer charges
against the donor of a special prize who does not pay
it? The club itself has done everything in its power
to get this special paid. It seems to me the donor
of the special is the one that is to blame instead of
the club.
Mr. Chetwood Smith: It seems that this is a cup
which is given to various shows, to be later returned.
I do not see how you can hold the club responsible,
because it has to deliver it to the individual that
wins it, and they hold it for a year.
The Secretary: That is an old time matter with
us. The club advertises a certain special which may
be the inducement for a man to enter his dog at that
show. He does not care who donates the cup. It
is the show giving club that offers that special, and
it is one of the conditions of the agreement made
between the exhibitor and the club, for which a
monetary consideration is paid, and therefore the
club is held responsible, which is proper in my opin-
ion.
Mr. Mortimer: If I may be allowed to explain,
these cups that are put up to be won at the different
shows are never at any time in the possession of the
club. They are retained by the donor of the cup.
The Chairman: No, I do not quite agree with
you there.
Mr. Codman: They should be sent to the club.
Mr. Mortimer: The club seldom has possession of
the cup, and it is never won. It goes on record with
the secretary of the club, and he notifies the donor
that a certain exhibitor has won this cup. I suppose
this cup has been won three times or more by this
same exhibitor.
The Chairman: It looks as if it was won outright
and never existed.
Mr. Mortimer: I move that in view of the fact
that the Buffalo Kennel Club has done everything in
its power to hand, over this cup to the winner, no
blame attaches to it, and that the suspension of the
Buffalo Kennel Club be now removed, and that Mrs.
Proctor, the donor, be suspended until the prize is
paid. Motion seconded and carried.
The Secretary: I beg to report that charges have
been filed by Carrie E. Lamouree vs. Harry R.
Kendall and by the Bulldog Club of America vs.
Charles G. Hopton for misconduct in connection
with dogs.
Dr. DeMund: I move that that matter be referred
to the Trial Board. Motion seconded and carried.
The chair appointed as the New York Trial Board
to hear and determine these charges Dr. DeMund,
B. S. Smith and George Lauder, Jr.
The Secretary: You heard my report about the
trouble we are having in San Francisco, and I now
submit to you Mr. Belmont's order of suspension.
I would like to state that I sent that communication
to the Pacific Advisory Committee, and it was re-
turned to me with the statement that it would be
conempt of court, as they were prohibited from tak-
ing any action whatever owing to the temporary
injunction restraining them. So I had to send it
back to these people direct from this office. I received
a telegram from William Ellery this morning stat-
ing that the Pacific Advisory Committee had refused
to give hour and place for contemplated hearing of
injunction suit. The situation is this: There were
nine different entries made in the catalogue of the
San Francisco show, and when the official catalogue
was sent to the Pacific Advisory Committee, and by
it sent to this office, there were nine interlineations in
handwriting giving in three or four instances differ-
ences in date of birth of some of the puppies, and
in other instances giving different names of sires.
The Pacific Advisory Committee asked me what I
thought about it. I said that the matter ought to be
investigated. So they sent to the San Francisco Ken-
nel Club asking it to send to them its entry forms.
The San Francisco Kennel Club replied that the entry
forms had been destroyed. This was in August, and
the show was held in May. The destruction of the
entry forms was quite probably brought about, as was
explained to me, from the fact that they were in the
custody of Mr. William Ellery, who was then up in
Van Ness avenue, and who removed down to Geary
street. He did not care about taking any of this stuff
with him, and he destroyed it. The Pacific Advisory
Committee then called upon the San Francisco Ken-
nel Club to show cause why action should not be
taken against them for changing the printed body of
the catalogue, and they called upon Mr. Ellery, who
is not only exhibitor, but the president and owner of
the San Franciscoo Kennel Club, to produce his
personal kennel records in their original form, giving
both the club and Mr. Ellery fourteen days to comply
with its request I believe that it is a fact that the
Pacific Advisory Committee did, through some over-
sight, neglect to state the place where the meeting
was to be held. There were two sources of redress.
They should have submitted to the Pacific Advisory
Committee, and if they lost their case there, to send
it on to appeal here to the Executive Committee of
the American Kennel Club, neither of which was
done.
It is clear that Mr. Ellery saw fit to ignore the
American Kennel Club, both on the Coast and in New
York, and applied to the courts and obtained a tem-
porary injunction restraining our committee from any
action whatever in the case, and an application is
still pending for a permanent injunction. I am in-
formed that the temporary injunction was granted on
the ground that we were a foreign corporation doing
business in another State without having filed our
articles of incorporation. The action of these persons
forced the American Kennel Club, through its Pacific
Advisory Committee, to engage counsel, at some sub-
stantial cost, and I sent a certified copy of our charter
to the Coast, certified by the Secretary of State at
Albany, and asked him if he found it necessary to
file that charter to do so, pay the "fees and send us
the bill. I have a notice here that the counsel for the
Pacific Advisory Committee says that in his opinion
it is not necessary; that the American Kennel Club
is a membership corporation, has no stock, does not
carry on its business for gain, but it dooes carry it
on for sociability and educational purposes, and for
that reason he takes issue with them, and says that
in his opinion it is not necessary to file it.
Mr. Mortimer: I would like to say a few
words in regard to this case, not because I am
taking the part of the San Francisco Kennel
Club, or Mr. Ellery, but simply because I know
Mr. Ellery, and I have quite some knowledge of
Saturday, January 15, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
the San Francisco Kennel Club, and I just wish
to say a few words here to show that everything
has not been carried on with the courtesy that it
might have been. The San Francisco Kennel
Club held its show on May 14, 1909, and its cata-
logue was sent in to the Pacific Advisory Com-
mittee, and it was passed by that body, and the
winnings were published in the American Kennel
Gazette on June 30, 1909. There was only one
entry form sent on, and that was for fox terriers
that were entered for June 19, 1909. After the win-
wings had been published in the American Kennel
Gazette — and I do not suppose there is any necessity
for keeping the entry forms after the winners have
been published — the entire list of entries was called
for on August 6. They did not call for Mr. Ellery's
forms alone, but for the entry forms of every dog
that was entered in that show, which was over a
month after the Kennel Gazette was printed and the
awards published. Notification was sent to Mr.
Ellery by the Pacific Advisory Committee that an
affidavit had been filed on September 20, 1909. You
note that the show was held on May 12 to 15, 1909,
and this affidavit was made on September 20, the
same date that the San Francisco Kennel Club was
notified that it was to be tried for misconduct, but
with no time or place mentioned for the proposed
trial in this notification, no reply made by the Pacific
Advisory Committee to a registered letter signed
by Mr. Ellery asking for information as to the time
and place when this trial was going to be held. This
was addressed to J. P. Norman, secretary of the
Pacific Advisory Committee. Mr. Ellery received the
postoffice receipt for the delivery of the registered
letter, but no reply was ever sent him or to the San
Francisco Kennel Club to that registered letter ask-
ing for the time and place where the trial was to
be held, consequently they did not know when or
where it was to be held, and then they took the ac-
tion that you have heard about. That is all I have
to say, but it seems there was a little irregularity.
It seems to me if a committee has to retain all their
original entry forms for an unstated length of time
we would be obliged to have a special storeroom for
that purpose. When once the awards have been
passed by the representativest of the American Ken-
nel Club, that is the Pacific Advisory Committee, one
would imagine that those entries had been found cor-
rect. Then all the entry forms were called for of
every individual exhibitor at the show. At that time
Ellery had to move from Van Ness avenue on account
of the fire, and the building was being erected at 48
Geary street. I was out there in May, and they
showed me the new building which they were going
to remove into the following month of June. All the
waste paper and matter they did not want to take
down to Geary street were destroyed. That is the
reason those entry forms could not be produced, but
Mr. Ellery makes the point that he could not receive
any reply to a registered letter which he sent asking
the Pacific Advisory Committee where this trial was
going to take place, and when, and that is what he
complains of. That is the reason he got out the
injunction.
The Secretary: He could have appealed to the
American Kennel Club, at No. 1 Liberty street, and
he would have gotten an answer.
Dr. DeMund: I move that on the withdrawal of
the injunction suit by Mr. Ellery and the San Fran-
cisco Kennel Club, the payment of all expenses that
the Pacific Advisory Committee has been put to in
this case, and the submission of Mr. Ellery and the
San Francisco Kennel Club to the jurisdiction of the
Pacific Advisory Committee, that suspension be re-
moved. Furthermore, that the Pacific Advisory Com-
mittee be directed to appoint a place and time for the
hearing of the charges against Mr. Ellery and the
San Francisco Kennel Club. Motion seconded and
carried.
The secretary then read the following: In the
matter of the Forth Worth Poultry and Pet Stock
Association, H. W. Clapman was notified by this
board to show cause why he should not be disquali-
fied. The evidence submitted by H. W. Clapman
being satisfactory, we find that there is no cause
for his disqualification. J. E. DeMund, B. S. Smith,
Franklin B. Lord, Jr., chairman.
On motion said report was accepted and placed on
file.
The Secreteary: The Louisville Poultry and Pet
Stock Association writes this letter and submits its
catalogue. Here is the catalogue which is supposed
to be typewritten. There are no awards in it at all.
I told them I would submit it to this meeting to see
whether you would accept that when our rules call
for a printed catalogue.
Mr. Mortimer: I move that it be returned to
them and they be asked to insert their awards. Mo-
tion seconded and carried.
The Secretary: Here is an appeal from Charles
Walters, which was brought before the executive
committee. We can constitute ourselves a trial
board and settle it right here, if you desire. At
the Bridgeport show there was a collie entered by
Mr. Walters. On the morning of the show this
collie was very sick, and this gentleman sent his
wife to the show and asked if the dog was well
enough late in the afternoon they could bring it in.
She asked the president of the club, who was also
the chairman of the bench show committee, Dr.
James E. Hair, and I have this letter to confirm his
statement, he said they would admit the dog any
time that afternoon, and he did it under this addi-
tional rule 1. He was the chairman of the committee,
and this lady supposed he had perfect authority under
that rule to grant her that permission. They fixed
the dog up so that they got it there about 6 o'clock
that night. The dogs were judged the next day. She
was awarded first. One of the competitors protested
and the bench show committee, consisting of three,
but not with the chairman of the committee present,
sustained the protest, and they appealed from that
decision.
The Chairman: If you want to continue this case
here now, you must constitute yourselves a trial
board.
Mr. Willets: I move that the matter be referred
to a trial board. Motion seconded and carried.
The Secretary: I now submit to you the matter
of the application of the American Poultry Associa-
tion asking for the co-operation of this club to take
up with the express companies the question of rates,
uniform dispatch in shipping, and so forth. We have
been through this several times.
Mr. Mortimer: The Poultry Association has suc-
ceeded in getting a great many concession from the
express companies, and I believe it would be a very
good thing for some committee of the American Ken-
nel Club to work in co-operation with them.
Mr. Willets: I move that a committee of three
be appointed to confer with the American Poultry
Association, of which Mr. James Mortimer be one.
Motion seconded and carried.
The chair appointed as the other two members two
members of the committee Messrs. R. P. Keasby and
Mr. Chetwood Smith.
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A. K. C. REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETING.
Regular quarterly meeting of the American Ken-
nel Club, held at its offices, No. 1 Liberty street, New
York City, Tuesday, December 21, 1909, Vice-Presi-
dent H. H. Hunnewell presiding.
Present — Associate delegates, Dwight Moore, B. S.
Smith and A. G. Hooley; Airedale Terrier Club of
America, William B. Barclay; American Fox Terrier
Club, H. H. Hunnewell; American Pomeranian Club,
Theodore Offerman; American Spaniel Club, H. K.
Bloodgood; Bloodhound Club of America, Dr. Louis
G. Knox; Bulldog Club of America, E. L. Boger; Bull
Terrier Breeders' Association, Cyril Crimmins; Cali-
fornia Cocker Club, George H. Taylor; Cedarhurst
Kennel Club, John G. Bates; Champion Kennel Club,
Abram D. Gillette; Crotona Collie Club, George W.
Cable; Dalmatian Club of America, Alfred B. Maclay;
Duquesne Kennel Club of Western Pennsylvania, S.
S. Leslie, Jr.. Great Dane Club of America, Dr. Edwin
F. Gissler; Greyhound Club of America, M. Mow-
bray Palmer; Long Island Kennel Club, John F. Col-
lins; Maltese Terrier Club, Dr. E. H. Berendsohn;
Mascoutah Kennel Club, C. F. R. Drake; New Eng-
land Beagle Club, Chetwood Smith; Russian Walf-
hound Club, Dr. J. E. DeMund; San Mateo Kennel
Club, Howard Willets; Scottish Terrier Club of
America, Robert Sedgwick, Jr. ; Seattle Dog Fanciers'
Association, Clarence Sackett;" Southside Kennel
Club, M. G. Kahn; the Ladies' Kennel Association
of America, James Mortimer; Welsh Terrier Club of
America, Franklin B. Lord, Jr.; West Highland
White Terrier Club, George Lauder, Jr., Westchester
Kennel Club, George Greer.
The applications of the Butterfly Bench Show
Association and the Southside Kennel Club having
been approved by the Membership Committee, said
clubs were duly elected. The following-named dele-
gates were elected to represent the following named
clubs.
Bulldog Club of America, Edwin L. Boger; Bergen
County Kennel Club, R. P. Keasby; Piping Rock
Kennel Club, A. G. Hooley. Maltese Terrier Club,
Edward H. Berendsohn; Monmouth County Kennel
Club, Andrew Albright, Jr.; Chicago Kennel Club,
W>. T. Fenton; Southside Kennel Club, M. G. Kahn,
Pasadena Kennel Club, Freeman A. Ford.
New York, Dec. 20, 1909.
To the Delegates of the American Kennel Club.
Gentlemen: — I beg to report that I have received
two applications for active membership, eight cre-
dentials, with the appointment of delegates, all of
which I have referred to the Membership Committee,
which will report at this meeting.
I also report the nominations for delegates to rep-
resent the associate subscribers made by the Mem-
bership Committee on December 2, 1909, and from
the same committee the names suggested to act as
a Nominating Committee for the expiring class of
directors.
Dr. J. E. DeMund gives the following notice to
amend the by-laws, article 6, new section 11: "Any
directors who shall absent himself from two con-
secutive regular meetings of the board, without being
excused by a majority vote of said board, shall be
deemed to have resigned, and shall cease to be a
director." Respectfullv submitted.
A. P. VREDENBURGH, Sec'y.
New York, Dec. 20, 1909.
To the American Kennel Club.
Gentlemen: — I beg to present the financial state-
ment from January 1, 1909, to date:
Balance on hand January 1, 1909 $19,151.37
Receipts from January 1 to date 23,472.09
Total $42,623.46
Disbursements from January 1 to date 25,718.64
Balance on hand $16,904.82
Respectfully submitted,
A. P. VREDENBURGH, Treas.
The Chairman: May I ask why it is that the dis-
bursements are in excess of the receipts?
The Secretary: The expense of removal and the
necessary new furniture made that increase of expen-
ditures necessary, together with the additional rent.
The expense of removal and the cost of new furniture
was about $2,000, and the additional rent was about
$1,000. That pays the rent up to the first of January.
On motion, the treasurer's report was accepted and
placed on file. The secretary then read the follow-
ing report:
December 2, 1909.
To the Delegates of the American Kennel Club.
Dear Sirs: — In accordance with section 5, article
10, of the by-laws, the Membership Committee at its
meeting held December 2, 1909, suggests the follow-
ing names to act as a Nominating Committee in con-
formity with section 3, article 18, of the by-laws,
namely: H. K. Bloodgood, Singleton Van Schaick,
George Greer, B. S. Smith and Clarence Sackett. '
HOWARD WILLETS,
Chairman Membership Committee.
Mr. Moore: I place those names in nomination as
members of the Nominating Committee for the ex-
piring class of directors, and I move that the sec-
retary cast one ballot for those names as read. Mo-
tion seconded and carried and declared duly elected.
A further report from the Membership Committee
was as follows:
December 2, 1909.
To the Secretary of the American Kennel Club.
Dear Sir: — In accordance with section 6, article
10 of the by-laws, the Membership Committee at its
meeting held December 2, 1909. nominated the fol-
lowing persons as associate delegates to represent
the associate subscribers for the year 1909. namely:
W. G. Rockefeller, Dwight Moore, Ben. S. Smith and
Winthrup Rutherford.
HOWARD WILLETS,
Chairman Membership Committee.
The Secretary: Under the new by-laws we have
had to reduce the number of our associate delegates
from seven to four. That is the reason there were
only four nominated. These nominations are to be
voted for by the associates in January. I have this
proposed amendment to the by-laws offered by Dr.
DeMund, which I will read:
"Art. VI, new Sec. XI. Any director who shall ab-
sent himself from two consecutive regular meetings
of the board without being excused by a majority
vote of said board shall be deemed to have resigned
and shall cease to be a director.
"J. E. DeMUND."
Dr. DeMund: I move that it be referred to the
Rules Committee. I merely report it here in con-
formity with the by-laws, which require it to be read
to the meeting and published in the Gazette. Mo-
tion seconded and carried.
New York, Dec. 21, 1909.
To the American Kennel Club:
Gentlemen: — I beg leave to submit the following
for your consideration: That a rule be provided for
the registry of all litters whelped, giving date, sire
and dam. That a charge sufficient to cover expense
of publishing same be made. That no puppy be en-
titled to enter any competition after January 1, 1911,
where said rule has not been observed. That the
number of puppies in litter and sex of them be made
a part of the record. That no foreign-born puppies
be admitted to competition in the puppy class.
Respectfully submitted for the further considera-
tion of the Committee on Rules.
S. S. LESLIE, Jr.,
Delegate Duquesne Kennel Club.
Dr. DeMund: I move that it be referred to the
Committee on Rules.
Mr. Gillette: May I suggest that there be included
in that proposed rule the following: "That the
American Kennel Club be notified of the deaths."
Mr. Mortimer: I think that is a matter that ought
to be discussed here. It seems to me that there are a
great many objections to it, and as we have a pretty
full meeting of delegates here this question should
be discussed by them now. To my mind it is one
of the most absurd propositions that ever was brought
before this club. It seems to me an erroneous idea
that puppies can be identified from the mere fact
that they are registered. If a man wants to be dis-
honest in this regard he can be so regardless of how
much registration might be resorted to. So far as
shutting out puppies of foreign breed is concerned,
I do not think it is right at all. I should like to hear
some discussion on this subject.
Mr. Leslie: As a delegate of the club which makes
this recommendation, and as Mr. Mortimer seems to
think it is absurd, I want to say that I think it is
anything but absurd. To my mind, and I think to the
minds of a great many people present, puppies are so
near the limit or over the limit that there is very
little question whether they are puppies at all. This
proposed rule was framed to prevent fraud on the
part of men who will do these things. The majority
of breeders will not countenance it. Mr. Mortimer
would not countenance it. It gives the Kennel Club
some cheek on the puupies that are coming in. As
to the matter of our preventing foreign-bred puppies
from being exhibited in the puppy class, it is for the
benefit of the American-bred dog, and in order to try
to bring it to a better standard than it is today. I
trust that the Rules Committee will adopt it.
Mr. Morimer: I want to say that I think it is
impossible to make a man honest by legislation. I do
not see how the registration of litters or puppies is
going to be a safeguard at all, because it is the easiest
thing in the world to substitute some other puppy.
As I said before, if a man is dishonest he will con-
tinue to be so; it does not make any difference what
rules you make, and the fact that Mr. Leslie has seen
some puppies which looked like grown dogs is no
reason why this rule should be adopted. A puppy is
a puppy until he has attained the age of twelve
months, although there are many breeds that develop
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[Saturday, January 15, 1910.
earlier. I do not think the shutting out of foreign-
bred dogs will add to the interest or to the benefit of
dogs in general. We have already shut out the
foreign-bred dogs from the novice class, and the
result is that whereas our novice class, before that
rule was passed, was the largest class in the show, it
is now the smallest class. Anybody who has had any
experience in superintending shows will know that
what I am saying is true.
The Chairman: This matter must go before the
Rules Committee, and anyone who wishes to make
any suggestions may come before that committee and
they will be heard.
Mr. Lord: I think it must be referred to the
Rules Committee by a vote.
Mr. Leslie: I move that this suggestion be re-
ferred to the Rules Committee.
The Chairman: Do you accept the amendment that
has been made in regard to the insertion of deaths?
Mr. Leslie: Yes.
The Chairman: Mr. Gillette, your amendment was
that deaths should also he recorded?
Mr. Gillette: Yes.
The Chairman: The chairman of the Rules Com-
mittee is not here today, but as one of the Rules
Committee I should be glad to hear any other sug-
gestion that anyone would care to make. I should
also be very glad to have anybody who so desires to
come before the Rules Committee or send anything
they like in the form of suggestions to the committee
in writing. A call for the ayes and nayes on the
motion resulted in the motion being lost.
Dr. DeMund: I would like to offer an amend-
ment to that last motion. I think the by-laws pre-
scribe that any amendment to the rules may be
offered, and must go to the Rules Committee, and
then that committee reports back. I do not think this
meeting has any power to take the matter out of the
hands of the Rules Committee. The delegates can
only act on the report of the Rules Committee.
The Chairman: Your idea is that it goes to the
Rules Committee from the mere fact that it has been
reported here?
The Secretary: I do not think there is any doubt
about that, but at the annual meeting you can vote
it down, if you please.
Mr. Leslie: Just in the same manner that those
other reports were referred to the Rules Committee
without the action of this body.
The Secretary: This is simply giving notice at this
meeting that such an amendment is proposed.
The Chairman: Mr. Mortimer called for an ex-
pression of opinion on that proposed amendment
to the rules, and that goes with the report to the
committee. That being the case, I should like to call
for the ayes and nays again. This matter has got
to go to the Rules Committee.
Mr. Mortimer: Isn't it sufficient, this meeting of
delegates here, a larger meeting than is usually held,
having expressed their opinion that this should not
go to the Rules Committee?
The Chairman: This matter must go to the Rules
Committee under the constitution.
Mr. Mortimer: I move that if that goes to the
Rules Committee that the vote that was taken also
goes to the Rules Committee. The chair then called
for a vote on this motion by a showing of hands,
which resulted in seven ayes and fourteen nays.
The Secretary: At one of the meetings of the
delegates in May last there was a sub-committee
appointed to report upon a bill rendered by Davies,
Stone and Auerbach for $1,000 for legal services.
Mr. Willets: I beg to make a slight correction that
the bill was originally $4,000. After various talks and
negotiations with Mr. Auerbach the bill has been
reduced to $1,000. The secretary then read the re-
port of the sub-committee referred to.
Dr. DeMund: I move that the report be accepted
and placed on file. Motion seconded and carried.
Mr. Mortimer offered the following amendment to
the rules: "Amend rule 15 of the rules governing
clubs by striking out the second paragraph of the rule
and a new rule substituted in the original form.
The Secretary: The object of this amendment is
to give them the privilege of publishing the name of
the owner first.
Mr. Leslie: I move that the amendment he re-
ferred to the Committee on Rules.
Mr. Lord: I would like to hear an expression of
opinion on that.
Dr. DeMund: I do not see the object of an expres-
sion of opinion beforehand. The Rules Committee
cannot adopt a rule. The amendment must be sent
back to the delegates, and then is the time to make
suggestions before voting upon it. The Committee
on Rues merely reports back to this body.
The Chairman: They report back at the annual
meeting.
Mr. Mortimer: The annual meeting takes place in
February. In the meantime the Westminster Kennel
Club will be getting out its catalogue, and I ask the
privilege of putting in the names of the owners
first. It has been done in that manner for a great
many years, and it has been done by every other club
in the world.
The Chairman: That cannot be done.
Mr. Mortimer: I have sent communications to
several of the representatives here, but I do not know
what was done in the case. It seems rather a hard-
ship when you are willing to conform to every rule
which the American Kennel Club makes, and con-
sidering the size of your catalogue, and the fact that
you spend $1,600 or $1,700 for your catalogue, you
cannot word it as you please. If anyone can show
me any benefit accruing from this change I should be
very gild to give way.
The Chairman: The only thing that I can remem-
ber as the object which the Rules Committee had
in mind when they made this change was to make it
clear that it was the dogs that were being exhibited
and not the owners.
Mr. Mortimer: I say with equal force now you give
the pedigree of the owner instead of the dog. Now
you first enter your dog's name and your stud book
noumber, and then you enter the owner's name, and
then the date of the birth and the sire and dam. It
does not show that the date of birth and the sire and
dam belong to the dog. It might naturally follow the
owner's name.
The Chairman: This will ge before the Rules Com-
mittee. I am informed that there is nothing else to
come before this meeting, and a motion to adjourn
is in order. Meeting adjourned.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
For the sportsman who fancies upland shooting
over a good setter or pointer weather conditions have
recently been good. There has been enough rain
to beat down the cover in open ground. The cold
spell sends the quail into heavy, close thickets for
shelter at night, and they hold up in the cover until
the sun is well up, when they come out to feed and
get warm.
Local sportsmen who have the good fortune to
secure the privilege of visiting good quail grounds
within easy reach of this city — and such territory is
about as scarce these days as hen's teeth, have re-
cently enjoyed excellent shooting, particularly so in
some sections of Sonoma county. W. H. Metson
recently indulged in a pleasing quail shoot on pri-
vate grounds.
Madera county hill sections were plentifully
stocked with quail early in the season. Never in
recent years had the birds been so numerous, both
in the Coast Range and in the Sierra Nevada moun-
tain country. In some sections of the foothills the
country was fairly alive with quail.
Down Salinas way, in territory that has hereto-
fore been good shooting ground, recent reports state
that results are disappointing. The birds are wild
and hike for the hillside heavy coverts when the
hunter gets within a hundred yards.
A party of Salinas sportsmen — Will Jacks, C. He-
bert, G. Parker, T. P. Joy, G. H. Gross and F. Feliz—
recently shot over the Jacks rancho, on the Corral
de Tierra, and found the birds few and elusive.
Farther south, near Elkhorn slough, Empire Gun
Club members are well pleased with quail-hunting
sport on their preserve. J. B. Hauer, J. Peltier and
others have garnered many limits since the season
opened.
A. M. Cummings spent several weeks near Los
Alamos, San Luis Obispo county, in an excellent
quail-hunting district. He had little trouble in get-
ting both quail and English snipe limits.
The members of the Salmon Creek Rod and Gun
Club find quail hunting on their holding near Bodega
bay an agreeable asset on the credit side of the
sports afield ledger. Southern California sportsmen,
particularly in San Bernardino county, find enough
quail to make it worth while for a day's trip in the
hills.
In some sections of the State the heavy snows
have played hob with the poor birds. At Independ-
ence, Inyo county, several humane sportsmen have
recently contributed a fund for the purchase of wheat
to be fed to the thousands of quail that would have
starved had they not been taken care of. The quail
soon accustomed themselves to the new condition,
and ffocked in daily to the feeding ground, tame
as chickens in a barnyard.
At Bishop other conditions prevailed, so it is re-
ported, and many birds were shot one day recently.
The snow covered the whole country. The birds
were completely at the mercy of the gunners.
Last Sunday quite a number of hunters returned
with small strings of quail shot in the hills near
Livermore.
With the turn of the year there seems to have
come a decided slump in possibilities for local duck
hunters securing many limit bags of fat ducks.
Weather conditions and the many overflowed feed-
ing grounds and duck ponds have scattered the web-
feet far and wide, particularly so the larger varieties.
The canvasback and bluebille ducks have not de-
serted the many nooks and corners of San Francisco
bay and connecting waters. There birds shift around
from one section to another as wind and wTeather
decrees. One day flocks of many thousands will be
observed gracefully riding the waters under the lee
of the Key Route mole, the next day or within an
hour, for that matter, a shift will he made to other
quarters.
One day last week thousands of canvasback and
other ducks were observed in one large flock, esti-
mated at a mile long, lying close inshore along the
San Bruno section. Many ducks had crossed over
into ponds and puddles west of the railroad tracks
and were feeding and taking matters easy for the
time being.
One gun shot, however, and the whole convention
adjourned for safer latitudes. The passage of the
trams was apparently no cause for alarm, for the
birds did not put off shore more than fifty yards as
the trains came thundering by. Evidently they are
capable of some discrimination. The bay frequenting
ducks will soon work up a decidedly fishy flavor.
The herring run, several weeks overdue, is now be-
ginning and herring spawn is a ration that these
birds do not pass up.
One of the best looking canvasback limits we have
seen this season was shot by W. E. Meeks at lubbs'
island, Sonoma county, three other guns last Sun-
day also accounted for limits.
Frank Maskey took a midweek trip to his preserve
near Teal station during the cold spell and had the
unusual experience of trying to shoot ducks over a
pond frozen an inch thick with ice. The ice was
broken by a keeper and decoys put out. Inside of
thirty minutes the wTooden decoys were frozen in
hard and fast.
Jake Nickels had the same experience at the
Cygnus Club ponds. At midday he was pleasantly
surprised by a social visit of numerous sprig ducks.
Imperial valley, according to L. M. Lidster, who
just returned from an extended duck-shooting trip
in that section, is an ideal for the quackers, but
hardships for the hunter are encountered at every
turn of the road. "The market shooters," said Mr.
Lidster, "who inhabit this region and shoot to sup-
ply Los Angeles cafes certainly earn their money."
Notwithstanding the difficulties encountered the re-
turned nimrod is very enthusiastic regarding the
shooting and reports ducks plentiful. He brought
back the limit in mallards, canvasback and teal.
The small ducks, such as teal and widgeon, are the
most plentiful in this section and the hunter has very
little difficulty in bagging the limit of the little ones.
Mr. Lidster expects to return to the Imperial valley
in about a week, where he will spend the remaining
days of the duck season.
For four weeks past there has been a strong bear
movement in the striped bass market, and bull salt-
water fishing devotees have been very short on fish,
but exceedingly long on expectation. For the time
being the sport has closed with a "Garrison finish,"
since Bond landed the fifty-five-pounder.
Last Sunday a corporal's guard of five Wingo
anglers mustered at roll-call on an exceedingly chilly
and cheerless morning. The tides seemed to be
everything desired for good fishing, but the striped
bass, if they were thereabout, ignored the allure-
ments of clam-baited hooks. The sloughs were full
of catfish. Possibly the bass preferred a change of
diet.
The same story may be told of the doings of the
regulars and the Quo Vadis Club enthusiasts on the
mud-banked San Antone slough.
One night several weeks ago Frank Hittel and Al
Wilson anchored their launch in San Antone slough.
Making all snug, they turned in for the night. Hittell
baited his hook and put the line overboard, letting
the rod protrude through the hatch. He held the
butt while he slept. Some time in the night a fish
fastened on to the bait and ran away with the line.
The noise of the reel awakened Hittell, who, half
asleep, jumped out of his bunk and grabbed the rod.
There was a heavy fish on and he had to play it.
Getting out on the heavily frosted deck, "wi'out the
hose, wi'out the breeks," he stayed with his quarry
until it was gaffed. It proved to be a twenty-eight
pound striped bass. It is not often on a cold winter's
night that a big fish is at one end and a shirt-tailed
angler at the other of a fishing combination like that.
Up to last Saturday and Sunday steelhead fishing
in Russian river near Duncan's Mills was fairly
good enough to tempt a large number of anglers to
visit the resort. Early during the week but few
fish were taken, the run of big trout for the time
being is believed to be over.
A week previously the fair weather prevailing, al-
though cold, made the large delegation of steelhead
anglers at Duncan's Mills "merry as grigs." Thurs-
day a few showers sprayed that section, but without
changing the river conditions. Friday was a cloudy
day with every indication of an early clearing. Cold
it was and intensely so, hut what care the brothers
of the angle, the steelhead were running and they
were of most generous size.
Every day that week different devotees of the rod
journeyed to Russian river, Saturday the main
body departed for a try at the flsh Sunday. Safe
to say, that every enthusiast, locally and elsewhere,
who could get away made the trip.
The fishing has been better than for several sea-
sons past. Some anglers use No. 3 or No. 4 Wilson
spoons, others No. 4 double hooks on which is im-
paled gobs of "trout bait," others again pin their
faith on No. 4 red ibis flies tipped with a shrimp — all
these lures have been effective.
Several times that week Al Wilson sent to
sporting goods stores in this city a catch of steelhead
trout. These fish were all in fine condition, most
of them fresh run, eight fish weighed, respectively.
13, 10, 8, 8, 7, 9, 8, 7 and 8 pounds, and all these
big trout put up a battle royal before turning silver
side up.
Two weeks ago Sunday seventeen large fish were
taken ranging from 1% to 12 pounds each, although
the river then was slightly muddy. During the week
many boats have averaged four to six fish a day.
The heavy southeast storm during the week will
probably put a quietus on the river "until the season
closes.
But few fish were caught at Point Reyes last Sun-
day. At the Salmon creek lagoon 15 trout caught
by Jack Lemmer. Ned Bosqui and J. B. Coleman
weighed 150 pounds. The fish were fresh run and in
splendid condition.
Steelhead are reported to be in the San Mateo
lagoons — the San Gregorio, Pescadero and Buteno.
The season for black bass closed on the 1st inst.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, January 15, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Denmark produces the finest bacon
on earth and the feeders over there
depend upon barley as their chief
feed such as we could do right here
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tion. The grain is well cooked and
fed with roots and an occasional ra-
tion of uncooked barley is given to
sharpen the appetite. The hogs are
given plenty of room to range and ex-
ercise and no attempt is made to fat-
ten them. On the contrary, the effort
is made to increase the weight by feed-
ing for development of those parts of
the animal which are made into bacon
and they claim from experience that
barley is the very best thing for this
purpose. In this country after a pig
reaches seventy-five or a hundred
pounds almost anything is given it in
the way of feed. Some of our pack-
ers have been advocating keeping hogs
until they are eight to ten months in
order to produce firm bacon, but if
fed right a pig may be put on the
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something bulky, they will grow and
at the same time not become very fat.
At
Auction
Sale
JANUARY 18, '10
at 1:00 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
No Outside Horses Taken.
3 Carloads of
Mares and Geldings
1000 to 1400 lbs., 4 to 6 years of age,
from the Brown Ranch, Wagon Tire
Mountain, Oregon; these are recognized
as the finest brand of horses on the
Coast and all broke to work.
Consigned ey Henry Egij.
3 Carloads of Heavy
Draft Mares and Geldings
i to S years of age, 1400 to 1700 lbs.,
from the J. Frank Adams Ranch, Ore.
This is the first lot of draft horses ever
shipped from Klamath Co. — All gentle.
40 head will be offered
at private sale. . . .
Horses will be on exhibition Friday, Jan. 14
Some handsome matched dapple grey
teams.
A very handsome outfit consisting of
Carriage, Harness, Team and 2 Vic-
torias, belonging to private parties.
WESTERN HORSE MARKET,
E. STEWART & CO., 297 !gSg? st-
Here is an Opportunity to Buy the Standard Trotting Stallion
FAIRHII.S REGISTERED NO. 42617
and a splendid collection of choice trotting stock at a very low price.
FAIKHILLS 42617 was foaled in 1903 at the Palo Alto Stock Farm. He is a
bright bay in color, stands 15.3 hands and weighs 11S0 pounds. He is as hand-
some as a picture and has the individuality and muscularity that made his sire
so famous. He is very gentle and thoroughly broke. When a three-year-old
he was given to John Phippen, who, in seven weeks, drove him some fast quarters.
Distemper broke out among the horses at the old San Jose track, so Fairhills
suffering from a slight attack, was sent to Hopland. The calamity of April 18th
following, it was not deemed advisable to place him again in training. Mr. Phip-
pen claims he is one of the purest-gaited, most level-headed trotters he ever
drove The breeding of this horse should commend him to horsemen. As a foal-
eretter he is absolutely sure, and all the colts and fillies by him are bays in
color and natural trotters; they know no other gait.
F41LHILLS was sired by Mendocino 2:19^ (sire of Monte Carlo 2:07*6, Men-
nolita 2-07% Idolita 2:09%, Claro 2:11%, Leonora 2:12%, Polka Dot 2:14%, and
« AthPrV in 2-30) son of Electioneer 125 and Mano (dam of 2 and 2 sires of 16)
hv Piedmont 2-17" second dam Mamie (dam of 2) by Hambletonian, Jr.; third
dam Oilda by Mango, and on to the 14th dam. Old Montague Mare.
F\IRHILLS wis out of Mary Osborne <2> 2:2S^ (dam of Dorothea A. 2:29^4
and the dam of May Worthy 2:29% ), by Azmoor 2:20% (sire of Moortrix 2:07%,
Betonica 209%, Bob 2:15 and the dams of Rowellan 2:09%, Arzilla 2:12%, etc.)
by Electioneer, out of Mamie C. (dam of 3 in 2:30 and the dam of Aldeana 2:25)
by imported Hercules; second dam by Langford, son of Williamson's Belmont, etc.
The second dam of Fairhills was Elsie, the greatest speed-producing daughter
of Gen. Benton. She was the dam of Rio Alto 2:16% (a sire). Novelist 2:27 (a
sire) Palita (2) 2:16 (dam of 2 and of Palite, sire of Pal, the unbeaten two-year-
old of 1909, with a record of 2:17%), Mary Osborn (2) 2:2S%, and Salvina 2:30.
The third dam was Elaine 2:20 (dam of Iran Alto 2:12%, a sire, Palatine
21S Altoaine 2:29% and Anselma 2:29%) by Messenger Duroc (sire of 23 in the
2:30'list).
The fourth dam was Green Mountain Maid (dam of Electioneer and 9 in the
2:30 list) by Harry Clay 45, etc.
Every dam in Fairhills' pedigree to the fourth generation is either a 2:30 per-
former or a great broodmare. As an outcross for Wilkes, Nutwood and Director
mares this strongly bred Electioneer stallion should produce horses perfect in
gait, color and disposition, that will have early and extreme speed. He has every-
thing in his favor, and should be given a record well below 2:20 this year. The
only reason for selling is retiring from the business of breeding trotters, and will
sell at extremely low prices, considering their breeding, soundness and individual-
ity, every head, including some choicely bred mares by McKinney, Mendocino
2:19%, Searchlight 2:03% and Monterey 2:09%. and all the colts and fillies by
Kinney Lou 2:07%, Mendocino 2:19% and Fairhills. Most of them are eligible for
registration; all the mares but two being registered.
This is a grand chance for some one to get a bargain. For further particulars
and catalogue, address
HOPLAND STOCK FARM,
Hopland, Mendocino County, Oil.,
or 1210 Flood Building, San Francisco. Cal.
The Third Annual Pleasanton Sale
OF
STANDARD-BRED
Trotters and Pacers
WHICH TAKES PLACE DURINO
THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH, 1910,
includes many from such well-known horse breeders as C. L. Crellin, Pleasanton,
Henry Struve, Watsonville, J. E. Montgomery, Davis, F. A. Hellwig, Alvarado, J.
G. Armstrong, A. Goulart, .Santa Rita, A. Edstrom, Oakland, H. Busing, Pleasan-
ton, S. B. Van Dervort, Irvington, and many more are making entries.
It promises to be a big sale. Send for entry blanks at once.
Remember, all entries will close February 10th. So later!
If you have a good one and want to sell for the highest price re-
member this is your best opportunity !
GOOD HORSES BRING BIG PRICES AT PLEASANTON.
FRED H. CHASE & CO., Auctioneers,
478 Valencia St., San Francisco.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:03- :
Gen. J- B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11*4, greatest sire of the ag-e (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10): dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13 ^4. sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22*i, Little Mac (3) 2:27. Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
Vallejo Girl 2:10V-., and Prof. Heald 2:23> by McDonald Chief 35S3, son of Clark
Chief 89: second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B. Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13V4.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMOXIO 2:11% is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03*4. Memonio 2:09^2. Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12*4, Normono (2) 2:14%. and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07*4.. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%. Owyho 2:07*4. Derbertha 2:07%, Diabh 2:09*4, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bavard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletonian 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON" $40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at ?3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
Rl'SH «£ HAILE, Sufsun. Cal.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05^ in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Alberts. 2 :03K. Sir John S. 2:04%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%, etc.. etc.);
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03K. Jim Logan (3)
2:05)4. Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2 :12j£, etc.): second dam Ripple by Prompter : third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care tafcen of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
Pedigrees Tabulated
(Typewritten, Suitable for Framing.)
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete
tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on
back page.
Stallion Cards
Two sides, size 3% x 6J£, to fit exvelope.
Stallion Cards for Posting
Size, one-half sheet, 14 x 22; size, one-third sheet, 11 x 14.
STALLION SERVICE BOOKS, $1.
It Pays to Advertise Your Horse!
Address, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
366 Pacific Bldg. , San Francisco
ADVERTISE IN THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 15, 1910.
THE AMERICAN MILCH GOAT.
For six years I have been interested
in the milch goat industry in the
United States, and have always pre-
dicted that in time, and not a very long
time either, we of the large cities ot
the United States must depend on
the goat tor a large part ot our milk
supply. The milk famine of today
is not for the reason that the sup-
ply is smaller than a few years ago,
but on account of the increased con-
sumption of dairy produce. People in
our large cities have taken up the
habit of drinking milk in the last few
years who hardly knew the taste of
it five years ago. It is a standing
joke that a goat can be kept on tomato
cans, cobblestones, and such dainty
kinds of food, but that is all paper
talk. A goat to produce a good sup-
ply of pure miik needs the same care
we give a good dairy cow, and above
all things, a good dry place to sleep,
and their hay should be kept in a
rack so they will have to climb for it,
as it is their nature to reach up for
their food. If your pasture has no big
rock for them to sleep on, a few good-
sized wooden boxes set around in the
pasture will be used by the goats for
a place to take their nap. The main
reason why the goat industry will
grow is the large number that can be
wintered on so small amount of feed.
From my experience I think it is safe
to figure that six goats can be kept
on the same food through the winter
as one dairy cow, and a herd can be
arranged so that half are fresh all the
time, as they can be fresh twice a
year, and then give them plenty of
time dry.
The average goat gives about two
and a half Quarts per day, so the six
would give 15 quarts. The wholesale
price in cities where it is sold is 20
cents and the retail 25 cents. You
can plainly see that it is a profitable
industry. Have you a cow that is re-
turning $3 per day? There are a few
full-blood Toggenburg goats in this
country, and they have been bred for
the milk standard so they give as
high as four quarts per day, and I
have heard of one that gave five
quarts per day at three milkings, but
two and a half is a safe figure to
count on. Another point well worth
considering is that a goat is rarely
ever sick, and I believe immune from
tuberculosis. If you wish to reduce
your herd you will have to kill them
off, for it will never pay to wait for
them to die; you might not live long
enough.
Goats' milk is recommended by all
the best doctors for babies and sick
people. Wherever it can be obtained
ask your family doctor what he thinks
of it. I bought a native doe for the
milk for my little girl after she had
a bad case of pneumonia, and she did
so well and got better so much faster
than on cows' milk that it awakened
my interest in the goat. I crossed my
native doe with a full-blooded buck,
and at that kidding she gave about
two and a half quarts per day. As
luck would have it, the kids were
bucks. The next time I had better
luck, and only got one kid, but that
was a doe. They almost always have
two kids at a time, and sometimes as
many as four, but that is rare.
I bred the kid when she was nine
months old to the same buck; a thing
I do not approve is inbreeding, but
in this case there seemed to be no
other way. When she dropped her
kids she gave a very little more than
the native goat, but not what I hoped
for. Don't laugh at the goat industry
until you look carefully into it and
find the joke. I am a traveling man
and have had a chance to study dif-
ferent herds and see what others are
doing, and have compared them with
m1 own little experience, and expect
some day in the near future to get in
the business to stay. — C. H. Williams,
! the Rural New Yorker.
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SPAVIN CURE
\
Results Like this and Absolute
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Every horseman around here thought
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Here is what I've done with "Save-
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In two months' time he did not take a
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Also cured a polo pony who was
hardly able to get out of the stable ;
both hind legs affected with the worst
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ones made. -The whole hock was af-
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three times. I used "Save-the-Horse,"
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Have also cured a fine saddle horse
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also several cases of windpuff,
"Will be glad to answer anyone writ-
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truly, CARL DARENBERG.
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FOR SALE OR LEASE,
KINNEY H., three-year-old stallion
by Kinney Rose 2:13%, a son of Mc-
Kinney 2:11 J4; dam Leta H. by Nut-
wood "Wilkes. Kinney H. is a splendid
young horse in every respect, hand-
some, intelligent, good disposition and
very promising. With his breeding and
individuality, he is one of the most
desirable grandsons of McKinney in
this part of the State.
For further particulars, call or ad-
dress CHRIS HASHAGEN,
2801 21st St., San Francisco.
FOR SALE OR TRADE.
A very handsome bay mare, 16 hands,
seven years old, sired by Moses S.; first
dam mare by Hawthorne. She has won-
derful stamina and has trotted quarters
in 33 seconds, although never trained or
given a record. She is a fine road mare,
with perfect action.
Price $300, or will trade for a sorrel
16.2, not over seven years old, that will
make a four-horse leader.
Apply for two weeks at Perry's Sta-
bles, Napa, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Josephine, one of the greatest race
mares in the "West. Record 2:07% and
5 years old. Started in 40 races, win-
ning first money 18 times, out of money
only 4 times. She is sound and without
a blemish.
Her dam. Lady May, is also for sale;
is in foal by Zolock, due Feb. 12, 1910.
Lady May is one of the greatest brood
mares in California and for family ani-
mal cannot be excelled.
"Will sell one or both very cheap.
Address
W. T. RUSSELL, Highland, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Andy Carnegie 2:16*4 by Jersey
Wilkes, by George Wilkes, first dam
Daisy F. by Commander, the dam of 2
in the 2:20 list. He is a handsome and
stylish bay gelding, sixteen hands high;
weighs 1150 pounds; perfectly sound;
drives single or double; good under
saddle, and can step in 2:12. He is a
fine prospect. This horse had been do-
ing heavy work on a ranch until last
year; since that time, with compara-
tively little training, he won the only
race in which he was entered in three
straight heats. For further informa-
tion, write G. W. BONNELL, Redlands,
Cal.
CHESTNUT TOM 434SS FOR SALE.
I want to sell my stallion Chestnut
Tom 2:15, as I am now engaged in busi-
ness and cannot give him ray attention.
He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, sire of
John A. McKerron 2:04%, the fastest
trotting stallion in America, and of
Copa de Oro 2:01*4, the fastest pacing
heat winner of 1909. His dam, Zeta
Carter, is by Director 2:17, and his
grandam Lida W. 2:18*4 is by Nut-
wood 2:18%, and is the dam of four in
the list. Chestnut Tom is the sire of
Louise Carter, three-year-old record
2:24, the only one of his get ever
trained. Chestnut Tom was foaled in
IS 98, is a very strong and vigorous
horse, and will be a sure sire of speed
if given an opportunity.
For price and further particulars, ad-
dress GEO. T. ALGEO,
3S04 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Chestnut gelding, foaled 1905, by
Monterey 2:091,4, dam Theresa 2:14 by
Silver Bow, second dam Laura Wilkes
2:17 by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, third dam
by Steinway 2:25. Stands 15.2% hands
high and weighs 1100 pounds. Power-
fully built, always in good flesh, a nat-
ural born pacer, perfectly gaited, wears
light shoes, no straps or boots of any
kind, and with only 7 months' training
in all, on the 24th day of last August
paced a mile in 2:08 flat, last half in
1:02, last quarter in 29 seconds. The
performances of this horse have been
kept under cover and nobody knows his
speed. If he is not a two-minute
pacer, there never was one, and my
only reason for selling is that I need
the money. This horse is guaranteed
sound, good-headed and game.
Also, a beautiful blooded bay car-
riage gelding, 5 years old, 16 hands
high, weighs 1150 pounds, standard
bred. Can trot a 2:30 gait. Handsome,
guaranteed sound and safe for a lady
to drive among cars and automobiles.
Apply to or address H. HANSEN,
1420 46th Ave., Melrose, Cal.
FOR SALE
Nearest 2:22|
Sire of
Highfly 2:04' ,, Alone 2:0934,
Trueheart 2:19>2, Joe Gans 2:19^,
Just It (3-year-old) 2:19^,
and brother to John A. McKerron 2:04j^, second
fastest stallion in the world.
Nearest is lb% hands high, weight 1200 pounds.
This horse is a sure foal getter and 1b in splendid
condition.
Address. MRS. S. V. BARSTOW,
1042 Alameda Ave., San Jose, Cal.
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•SO Ootavia St., between Fulton and Grove,
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Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles,
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Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane
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Saturday, January 15, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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California Breeders Association
Canfield - Clark Stakes No. 1
To be raced under the auspices of the California Breeders Association
for foals of 1908 to be raced as 2-year-olds in 1910.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
$ 1 0OO Guaranteed Purse for Trotters
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.
Feb. 1, '10, $10; June 1, '10, $15; final payment, $25, ten days before the
meeting begins at which the race is to be trotted. Nothing additional from
money winners.
CONDITIONS.
Distance, 150 yards.
Entry must be accompanied by
Failure to make any payment
Mile heats, 2 i
entrance fee. BHHH
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in.
forfeits all previous payments.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these stakes in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
Write for entry blanks and further information to
C. A. CANFIELD, President.
WM. L. JAMES, Secretary,
317 West 17th St., Lob Angeles, Cal.
Zolock 2:052 "" *
Terms:
$50.
McKinnoy'a Fastest Entire Son
34471.
SlBE OF
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09K
Delilah 2:06M Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander - - 2:0734 Boton de Oro 2:10%
Josephine 2:07% Mc O. D. 2:11%
etc.. etc.
By McKinney 2:ll3-i. dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2 :11>£.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, GAL.
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG, San Joae
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 in 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records in 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South FIgueroa St., Lob Angeles, Cal.
$10 Due on Two-Year-Olds
Tuesday, Feb. 1, '10.
S7,250 — Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 8
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
Foals Born 1908 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old.
ENTRIES CLOSED DECEMBER 2, 1907.
$4,250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $450 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$3000 for Three- Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
"Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot
when mare was bred.
$1000 for Three- Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Pace.
750 for Two- Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace
when mare -was bred.
$250 in Special Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners.
$10 on Two-Year-Olds February 1, 1910; $10 on Three- Year- Olds February 1. 1911.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start In the Two-Year-Old Pace; *3ff 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 at two years old are not barred from starting again In the three-
year-old divisions. *
Be Sure to Make This Payment
E. P. HEALD, Pres.
F. W. KELLEY, Secy,
366 Pacific Bldg. , San Francisco
California Breeders Association
Canfield - Clark Stakes No. 2
To be raced under the auspices of the California Breeders Association
for foals of 1909 to be raced as 2-year-olds in 1911.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
$ 1 000 Guaranteed Purse for Trotters
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.
Fob. 1, '10, $5; Nov. 1, '10, $10; April 1, '11, $10; final payment, $25,
ten days before the meeting begins at which the race is to be trotted. Noth-
ing additional from money winners.
CONDITIONS.
Mile heats, 2 in 3. Distance, 150 yards. Entry must be accompanied by
entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment
forfeits all previous payments.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen this stake in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
Write for entry blank and further information to
C. A. CANFIELD, President.
WM. I.. JAMES, Secretary,
317 West 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
The Stallion Number
OF THE
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Will be Issued Feb. 26, '10
It will have a handsome cover in colors, contain many, illustrations and be re-
plete with matter interesting to breeders and horsemen.
IF YOU OWN A STALLION
don't fail to advertise him in this number, as an advertisement in this issue will
reach every owner of a good mare on this coast, besides having an extensive circula-
tion throughout the United States, Australia and the Hawaiian Islands.
IF YOU OWN A MARE
you will find this number interesting and valuable, as it will contain the stallion an-
nouncements, giving particulars as to description, pedigree, terms, etc., of all the
best stallions on the coast, and from these announcements you can decide on what
stallion will nick best with your mare.
EVERY ONE INTERESTED IN HARNESS HORSES
will be interested in reading this number, as it will contain statistics, news, and
articles that will make it entertaining reading and valuable to preserve as a work of
reference.
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM
not only for stallions, but for general advertisers who wish to reach the Horsemen,
Horse Breeders, Farmers and those who are interested in Field Sports, it will be
particularly valuable.
OWNERS OF STALLIONS
who wish illustrations of their horses to appear in this issue should have photo-
graphs prepared without delay and send in their orders for space. A specially low
price has been decided on for advertising in this issue, placing it within the reach of
all. "Write for price and particulars to
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
San Francisco
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Ci.o NrrfirnnH Wilt/pc 1'tfiX sireof Copa de Oro 2:01%. John A.McKerron 2:04%, etc., and
Oirc, niUYVUUU mines i.lUg, dams of San Francisco 2:07%. Mona Wilkes 2 :03J<. etc.
Dam, Palita (2) 2:16,^2 oll^
second dam Elsie, dam of 5; third dam Elaine 2:20,
dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:11%, and of the 3-year-old filly Com-
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13M. and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the beat bred stallions of the Wi Ikes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season 5&?8^^»*Ti£i?ta,,dea at my
Good pasturage at S2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
Take the Breeder and Sportsman.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 15, 1910.
A Whirlwind Finish!
Mr. Wooifolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., who has made an unprecedented record during the year 1909, shot at Houston, Texas,
December 20-22, with the following results:
High Amateur Average, . 800 x 825. Longest Run, Unfinished, . 252 Straight. High Gun, Last Day, . 274 x 275
At this shoot Mr. Henderson used the same load in
PETERS SHELLS
that he has shot throughout the year. His scores are an eloquent witness to the shooting efficiency of these goods. See a little later
advertisement for full particulars.
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The Annual Short -Horn Sales
MRS. J. H. GLIDE will be held
January 24, 1910
HOWARD CATTLE CO., win be hew
m January 25, 1910
The Howard Cattle Company offering comprises
35 head yearling and two-year-old bulls, 20 head choice
heifers.
Offering includes sons of the twice grand Champion of America
Lavender Viscount 124755 ; also bulls strong in the blood of
the champion Choice Goods 186802.
The Greenwood offering comprises
25 head yearling and two-year-old bulls, 15 head choice
cows and heifers,
including first prize winners at Alaska- Yukon-Exposition. .
These Offerings Exceed in Number and Equal in Quality the Banner Sale of 1909.
In Sales Pavilion of FRED. H. CHASE & CO., 478 Valencia St., San Francisco.
For catalogue and further particulars apply to
MRS. J. H. GLIDE, 910 H. St., Sacramento, Cal. HOWARD CATTLE CO., (341 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal
$5,000
GUARANTEED.
THE.
State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 2
Foals of Mares Covered in 1 909 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old.
$2850 for Trotting Foals. — $2150 for Pacing Foals.
$5,000
GUARANTEED.
-TO BE GIVEN BY THE-
CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Sacramento, Cal.
to close February 1, '10.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$100 to Owner of Stallion, sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when
mare was bred.
FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS to take place at the California State Fair, 1912
Two-Year-Old Trotters, ■ ■ ■ $600
Two-Year-Old Pacers, . • - 400
$100 to Owner of Stallion, sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when
mare was bred.
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS to take place at the California State Fair, 1913
Three-Year-Old Trotters, ■ ■ ■ $1400
Three-Year-Old Pacers, ■ - • $1100
Consolations for Horses That Started in Above and Won No Money.
ENTRANCE FREE— Otherwise same conditions to govern as in the main events.
TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS, $350; TWO-YEAR-OLD PACERS, $250. THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS, $400; THREE- YEAR-OLD PACERS, $300.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1910. when iname, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 July 1, 1910;
$5 December 1, 1910; $10 on yearlings February 1, 1911; $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1912; $10 on three rear, olds February 1, 1913.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $15 to start in the two-year-old pace, $25 to start in the two-year-old trot; $35 to start in the three-year-old pace; $50 to start in the
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.
No addi i tonal entrance will be charged in the Consolation Stakes.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered Is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start nt two years old ore not barred from starting again In the three-year-old divisions.
CONDITIONS.
. .. The races for two-year-otds will be mile heats, two in three, and for three-year-olds, three in five. Distance for two-year-olds, 150 yards; for three-year-olds,
100 yards.
If a marc proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before February 1, 1011, her nominator may sell or transfer his.
nomination or substitute another marc or ton!, 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 which she was bred in 1000.
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 $5000, the amount of
the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors,
Races for Two-Year-Old Stake and Consolation end with the conclusion of the third heat.
Races for Three-Year-Old Stake and Consolation end with the conclusion of fifth heat.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than there are starters.
All contestants not winning a heat in three or awarded second position twice will be retired from the race, but do not forfeit their winnings as shown by the
summary.
Entries open to the world.
Write for Entry Blanks to
H. A. J ASTRO, President. J. A. FILCHER, Sec'y, Sacramento, Cal.
Other than exceptions made in this entry blank rules of National Trotting Association to govern.
Saturday, January 15, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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This remarkable shooting by Mr. Woolfolk Henderson makes a
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 15, 1910.
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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1910.
Subscription — ?3.00 Per Year.
AEROLITE (3) 2:11|
stallion, foaled 1904, by Searchlight 2:03>£, dam Trix (dam of Mona Wilkes 2:03}£, Moortrix 2:07^, etc.), by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16)£.
Sold January 8, 1910, by J. W. Marshall of Dixon Cal., to C. L. Gifford, of Lewiston, Idaho, for $8,000.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 22, 1910.
Sensational Announcement
FOR THE PLEASANTON SALE
Owing to his continued illness, Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick consigns his six great three-year-old stallions which he brought here last year, viz:
BLACK HALL by Ozono (son of Moko) out of Maggie Yeazer,
dam of Walnut Hall 2:08i, etc.
OLIVER TODD by Todd 2:I4|, out of Olive Brady by Cyclone.
MOKO HALL by Walnut Hall 2:08^ out of a mare by Moko; sec-
ond dam by Simmons 2:28, etc.
GOVERNOR CONSTAIMTINE by Constantine 2 : 1 2 \ , out of
Nevada by Onward 2:05^, etc.
GERALD JAY by the great sire Jay Bird, out of Black Annie by
Bourbon Wilkes, etc.
GRANT CONSTANTINE by Constantine 2:12,1, out of Viva-
cious 2:17 by Bernal 2:24, etc.
Everybody will attend the Third Annual Pleasanton Sale
OF STANDARD-BRED
TROTTERS and PACERS ww* ™., pi« m* The First Week in March, 1910
BESIDES THE ABOVE THERE WILL BE OFFERED
descendants of McKinney 2:11'/4, Diablo 2:09^, Boodle 2:1214, Altamont 2:26,
Whips 2:2714, Nushagak, Monicrat 2:13|/i, Zombro 2:11, Searchlight 2:0314,
Easter W., The Limit, Guy Wilkes 2:1514, Athablo 2:2414, Dexter Prince, De-
monio 2:1114, Lecco 2:09%, Monterey 2:0914, Silver Bow 2:16, Sir John (trial
2:14) by McKinney 2:1114, Strathway 2:19, Monbells 2:23, Kinney Lou 2:07%,
Zolock 2:05'/4, Alconda Jay, Prince Lovelace, Baron Bowles (3) 2:25, Peveril by
Alaric, McKenna (son of McKinney 2:1114), Clay S. 2:16, Palite (sire of Pal
2:1714).
There never was such an aggregation of royally bred ones
offered at auction in California before !
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF CONSIGNEES:
Frank J. Kilpatrick, San Francisco; C. L. Crellin, Pleasanton; Henry Struv«,
Watsonville; J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton; Estate of F. P. Hellwig, Alvarado;
J. C. Armstrong. A. Goulart, Santa Rita; A. Edstrom. Oakland; H. Busing,
Pleasanton; S. B. Van Dervoort, Irvington; Frank M. Gray, Los Gatos; Rush &
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McFadyen, of Dixon; Wm. Hendrickson, San Jose; etc.
Owners of good "prospects" who wish to get the very highest prices for
them can make no mistake in consigning them to this sale immediately, as
entries close February 1st, and a limited number can only be sold. Send for
entry blanks.
Good Horses Bring Big Prices at Pleasanton!
We Promised to have a big sale and we will keep that Promise.
FRED H. CHASE & CO., AUCTIONEERS,
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Demonic Speed 2:03V.*
Gen. J- B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
"02 to 210)- dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13%, sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief 89' second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
"'16%. Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B. Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usua>- return privilege or money refunded. -.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:ll»/4 is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Wilkes 2-09% Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%. and grandsire of Solano
Bov 2-07%. He is one of the best sons' of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%. Derbertha 2:07%, Diablo 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletonian 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON $40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Suisun, Cnl.
Saturday, January 22, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
^^.THE WEEKLY „s-^\
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
(Established 1882.)
F. W. KELLEY. Proprietor.
Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts. , San Francisco.
P. O. DRAWER 447.
Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office.
Terms — One Year, $3; Six Months, $1.75; Three Months. $1.
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
Money Bhould be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. 0. Drawer 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 EFFORT TO SUPPRESS GAMBLING on
horse races has thus far only resulted in curtailing
it. In New York Governor Hughes and those who
desire the complete suppression of betting, are call-
ing for an amendment to the law which will make
even oral betting a crime. Here in California the
Otis-Walker law passed by the last legislature has
not closed the running tracks as predicted, nor im-
proved the tone of racing, but it has certainly greatly
curtailed betting and made the racing game much
less profitable to the associations. The daily press
has recently given publicity to a report that an effort
will be made at the next session of the legislature to
amend the Otis-Walker law so that auction and
mutual pools may be sold on horse races and other
contests of speed. It is given out that the driving
clubs of California will lend their influence to have
such an amendment passed so that the sport of har-
ness racing may be more profitably conducted during
the summer months in California. There is much to
fear in such an amendment, however, as were auc-
tion and mutual pools made legal in California and
the season unlimited as to duration, the running meet-
ings would probably continue from one end of the
year to the other, and this would do more to injure
the sport of legitimate racing than anything that
could happen. What is needed in this State is a law
that will limit racing with betting to not more than
20 days during the year in any county. It might also
be wise to prohibit any association giving more than
twenty days of racing during the year, as otherwise
some running organizations might give twenty days in
each of five or six contiguous counties, thus making
the season of running racing as long as it was before
the Otis-Walker law was passed, when the season ex-
tended from October to May. Betting solely by auc-
tion and mutual pools would accomplish one thing —
it would take the betting out of the hands of the pro-
fessional gamblers who now control it. The sport of
horse racing is beyond all doubt the most popular
sport in the world. When one thinks of the number
of running, trotting and pacing horses that are in
training every year in the United States alone, and
realizes that at least $200 is spent on each one of
them, one marvels at the extent of the sport. There
are over two thousand harness race meetings held in
the United States every year, and the breeding and
training of trotters and pacers annually represents
an outlay of millions of dollars. In a majority of
the States and at nearly all these one-week meetings,
betting is permitted and the greater part of it done
by the auction and mutual systems. This has not
been looked upon as a source of any great evil even
in the puritan States, but when the bookmaker and
continuous racing came in, there soon arose a cry
against race track gambling that finally resulted in
laws that were designed to suppress all betting of
any sort, because the legislators could not discrimi-
nate between the different systems. Harness horse-
men all over the -country realize that the anti
gambling crusade has never been directed at the
suppression of legitimate racing, but feeling that some
of their privileges have been taken from them many
have been led to side with the bookmakers in their
fight against the alleged reformers who can see noth-
ing but evil in any betting. In most States it has
been this attitude of the harness horsemen that has
prevented them from getting reasonable race track
legislation. There is an irreconcilable conflict be-
tween the bookmaking fraternity that controls the
race tracks and the people who oppose them, and
the harness horsemen will never profit by an alli-
ance with the former. Had the men who are inter-
ested in the breeding, training and racing of harness
horses in California, organized and sent representa-
tives to the Legislature a year ago this winter to ad-
vocate the passage of a bill that would have pro-
hibited long-continued meetings and bookmaking, we
do not doubt but their influence would have been
strong enough to have an amendment made to the
Otis-Walker bill that would have permitted all the
driving clubs and the State and county fairs to give
limited racing with betting by auction and mutual
pools. Any and every person who ever attended
the race meetings held by the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association, the county fairs, and the
many driving clubs in California before the Otis-
Walker bill was passed, knows there was no evil
in the limited betting that prevailed, but that it added
a zest to the sport that was absent last year when
betting was prohibited. If this old and respected
style of racing could be revived in California it would
be of great benefit to the horse breeding industry,
and we believe it can be if the harness horsemen will
unite and make an appeal to the Legislature, but if
any alliance is made with the bookmakers and the
running associations, defeat is certain and will be
deserved. Lack of organization of the thousands of
taxpayers and voters who are directly and indirectly
interested in the breeding, raising, training and rac-
ing of light harness horses is the one thing that
prevents harness racing being as popular a sport in
California as it is in the East and Middle West. At
the many great State and county fairs held in those
localities and also in Oregon, all sorts of amusements
are provided to attract large crowds, but by each and
every association that is making a success of its
annual fair, harness racing is considered to be by
far the greatest attraction, and the only one that
will draw the people and hold them for five or six
days. There is not one organization that we know
of, which is now giving successful fairs whose offi-
cers do not believe that bookmaking as practiced on
this coast, would soon kill the popularity of its
annual exposition, but they all hold that were auc-
tion and mutual betting permitted, the crowds would
be still larger, and the profits of the fair still greater.
The reason is that these modes of betting are con-
trolled by the associations themselves and profes-
sional gamblers have no interest in them. Those who
enjoy "having a bet down" can wager as much or
as little as they choose, but there are no touts or
steerers making themselves obnoxious by button-
holing every visitor and inducing him to patronize
the bookmakers. Horse-racing with this sort of
betting is a grand sport and a gentleman's game, and
no organization that gives it ever thinks of holding
more than two or three weeks of racing during the
year. If legislation can he secured that will permit
racing with betting on these lines in California a
great good will be done the horse breeding industry
and the evil of professional race gambling will .he
struck a blow harder than has yet been given it here,
in New York or elsewhere.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
CHASE'S PLEASANTON SALE.
Every day brings additions to the big sale to
be held by Fred W. Chase & Co. during the first week
in March at the famous Pleasanton race track. Be-
sides the consignment of Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick's
royally-bred stallions (and there are no finer bred
ones anywhere) there are some of the best racing
"prospects," matinee horses, grandly-bred brood-
mares, handsome standard bred colts and fillies ever
offered in California. Almost every fashionable trot-
ting family in America will be represented and all
must be sold. The atention of our readers is called
to the advertisement and next week the additional
names will include many that have been praised
highly by horsemen. These are to be sold because
the owners want to see them go into the hands of
men who will train them. The very best will be
catalogued. It is almost unnecessary to repeat the
fact that there is a scarcity of high class trotters
and pacers and seekers after these are more plenti-
ful than ever. The last sale held in Pleasanton was
one of the best ever seen in California, big prices
being realized and those who attended and pur-
chased are delighted with those which they selected,
so much so that few, if any, have been sold by these
owners; they prefer to keep them knowing that they
secured bargains, even if the prices seemed high at
the time. This sale this year will undoubtedly sur-
pass that. Owners who want .to get the very high-
est prices for their horses should avail themselves
of this golden opportunity by sending for entry
blanks and consigning all they wish to sell to this
sale. Remember entries will close February 1st and
as the number offered will be limited, it behooves
horse owners to attend to this important matter at
once, for this will be one of the best advertised
and best catalogued sales of the year and every-
thing possible will be done regarding the care of
horses consigned and nothing will be left undone
to make this a memorable event for sellers and
buyers.
Los Angeles, Jan. 18, 1910.
After several pleasant days last week it began
raining Saturday morning and the matinee of the
Los Angeles Driving Club advertised for that day
had to be declared off.
That there are a few horsemen left here and who
are dead game sports as well, is shown by the
match that was made some time ago between C. A.
Canfield and E. A. Montgomery. They have each
backed a colt of their own to go to bike carts, mile
heats, two in three, this fall,, as two-year-olds dur-
ing the regular meeting, for $200 a side; owners to
drive. C. A. Canfield names his bay colt Dick Wal-
lace by Walter Barker, and Mr. Montgomery his Red
McK. colt Victor Mc.
A few such sporty matches would go far toward
reviving an interest here in the trotting and breed-
ing business and there are enough colts owned here
to make a full day's racing.
Harry Messmore has turned over his two-year-old
filly by Audubon Boy 1:59% to C. T. Hewitt to begin
work on. She is not very big but a very nicely
built, breedy looking young lady and already shows
a good way of going at a trot. She is the only
filly Audubon Boy has got out here, though he left
five or six colts, among them those of Sapovida,
Stewart and Joe Williams.
The entries to the Canfield-CIark $1000 purse for
two-year-olds have already begun to come in and a
liberal patronage seems probable.
Will Durfee is on the mend and though not in
shape to go many hard heats, he is able to be out
and jogging his horses. He has as good looking a
lot of things as any one could wish to see, especially
a black colt by Del Coronado and one by Zolock.
The Del Coronado colt is not only fast but would be
a show winner anywhere. He is a good deal on
the order of C. A. Durfee's Almaden.
Walter Maben has a four-year-old filly by Durfee's
Del Coronado that is probably the best thing of her
age at the track. She is a strapping big girl, bay
in color, as pure gaited a trotter as can be, has two-
minute speed and is out of a James Madison mare
with one by A. W. Richmond as second dam and
like all Maben's string, good headed and with the
best of manners in or out of the stable, either on
the track or road.
Charlie Thayer has sold his stud Six Bells and
is devoting his time to his three-year-old by that
horse, and to a big strong going pacer.
Charlie Nickerson at last took the "brakes off"
Geo. M. Vail's big five-year-old gelding Pedro, and
let him step a mile the other day in 2:19% with
the last quarter in 32 seconds. When he and Mr.
Vail got back to the barn there was a long consulta-
tion in the track stall, but whether it had anything
to do with a nomination in the M. and M. I could not
find out. His other "trick" Belle Pepper, paced a
last quarter of a slow mile in 30 seconds, so they
may have been talking of the Chamber of Com-
merce Stake.
As soon as J. S. Stewart who is training the black
mare Lady Mack by Zombro, for John McLean, gets
her to leave the wire at the same clip she comes to
it her owner will stake her over the half mile tracks
East next fall and will probaly send her through the
Maryland and Virginia Circuit which opens at Balti-
more, Md. There is good over-night betting all
through, besides the pooling the day of the race.
The races are generally sold "field and favorite"
though some of the pools are "sold down." Lady
Mack has won several matinee races here and can
step a last half in 1:03 or better. When the track
closes here Stewart will more than likely take his
string to the half-mile track at Pasadena and put
the straps on the mare and teach her to get away.
Nickerson, with Vail's horses will, I am told go to
the same track, and I don't doubt Frank Williams
will have William Morgan's horses, including Eva
2:10 at the same place.
A luncheon club of horsemen, including J. L. Chris-
topher, W. A. Clark Jr., W. A. Glascock, John W.
Nickerson, John W. Snowden, C. C. Colyear and
half a dozen others, has been in existence here for
a year and a half, meeting every Tuesday at Chris-
topher's. A number of deals and trades are made
round the table and today it was decided that here-
after 10 per cent should be levied on every sale,
to go to the treasury to provide prize fight tickets
or pew rent for the members. JAMES.
BILLINGS' FIRST HORSE.
C. K. G. Billings, who has paid a larger sum of
money for trotters and pacers to drive on the road
and in amateur matinee races, and owned more of
Ihem, than any ten horse lovers in the country, tells
of a very sad experience in the first horse he ever
owned in his life.
When quite a young man, Mr. Billings fancied a
fast trotting mare priced to him at $2000, but not
having more than $500 to his name, he persuaded
his mother to advance him the balance, which she
did after much begging. In due time his father
heard of the fast trotter his son had bought and
expressed a desire to try her.
The request was complied with, and after a few
spins on the road the old gentleman asked how
much he had paid for her. "Six hundred dollars,
father," was the answer.
"Well, Charley, the mare is not worth it," said
the governor, "but I rather like the way she steps,
so I will take her from you and you can have your
$600." The deal had to be closed. — Kentucky Stock
Farm.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 22, 1910.
AEROLITE SOLD FOR $8000.
James W. Marshall of Dixon Sells the Great Son of
Searchlight to C. L. Gifford of Idaho.
Another great young California horse has been
sold for a long price and will leave this State. On
Saturday of last week, Mr. C. L. Gifford of Lewiston,
Idaho, purchased from James W. Marshall of Dixon,
California, the five-year-old pacing stallion Aerolite,
three-year-old race record 2:11%, with a public trial
the same year of 2:05%, which equals the worlds
record for three-year-olds.
Mr. Gifford, who is a prosperous farmer and stock-
raiser of Idaho, recently sold one of his large ranches
for a big price, and being an enthusiastic horseman
came to California to look for a free-legged pacing
stallion with which to head a breeding farm which
he will establish at Lewiston. Mr. Gifford owns a
dozen or more well bred mares — all pacers, we be-
lieve, and concluded he would like to have a high
class pacing stallion to mate them with. He came
to California accompanied by his wife, who is also
much interested in horses, and went to Mr. Marshall's
place to look at a young stallion by Zolock. When
they saw Aerolite however the other horse did not
have as strong an attraction for them, and after a
day or two of negotiating they finally concluded that
the son of Searchlight was the horse they wanted
and paid Mr. Marshall his price — $S000 — for this
splendid young horse.
Aerolite 2:1194 is now six years old, having been
foaled in 1904. He was bred by Mr. Marshall and
was trained by Sutherland & Chadbourne of Pleas-
anton, being driven to his record as a three-year-old
by Fred Chadbourne at Petaluma, Cal., in 1907. A
few days later at "Woodland, Mr. Chadbourne intended
to give Aerolite a fast public trial at Woodland, but
on the day set was taken sick and Mr. Sutherland
drove the colt. Aerolite was hooked to a cart, and
Mr. Sutherland drove without a whip, but the won-
derful colt stepped the mile in 2:05%, equaling the
world's record for three-year-olds. The last half of
this mile was paced in 1:00%, each of the last two
quarters being in 30%. By a majority of the watches
held Aerolite paced faster than the time hung out,
several expert timers getting the mile in 2:04%,
but as it was only a trial and one of the timers
caught it in 2:05%, at the request of Mr. Marshall
that was the time announced, and it has never been
questioned but Aerolite paced the mile that fast.
As a two-year-old Aerolite made but one start
which was in the Pacific Breeders' pacing futurity,
worth $750. There were three starters Aerolite, Hy-
niettus by Zombro and Search Georgie by Search-
light. Aerolite won the race in straight heats in
2:15% and 2:18%.
In his three-year-old form he started in three races.
His first race was at Pleasanton where he met the
filly Josephine by Zolock that now has a record of
2:07% and the filly Beulah by Nutwood Wilkes. After
beating these two easily in 2:26 and 2:21, Chad-
bourne got the judges to waive distance and stepped
the last mile in 2:14% as easy as breaking sticks.
When Santa Rosa was reached the three-year-old
Breeders' Futurity for pacers had only Aerolite and
Hymettus as starters. Aerolie was not right that
day and he made a break in the first heat, some-
thing unusual for him when going at any speed, and
continued to act that way in the race Hymettus beat-
ing him in straight heats in 2:08%, 2:14 and 2:13.
The following week at Petaluma, over a rough track
Aero'ite defeated Josephine, Hymettus and Radium
in 2:12%, 2:11% and 2:15%, after a collision in the
first heat with Hymettus, Josephine taking the heat
in 2:20%. A week later there was a purse for three-
year-old pacers at Woodland in which Aerolite, Hy-
mettus, Josephine and Beulah were entered. Mr.
Marshall had been implored by several persons not
to permit Aerolite to lower his record so he scratched
him and let him step an exhibition mile the next
day in 2:05% as stated.
Aerolite is undoubtedly one of the fastest pacers
ever foaled in California, and one of the best, as he
never wore anything but a harness and was never
extended to the limit of his speed at any time. In
his mile in 2:05% the only time Mr. Sutherland
spoke to him was within fifty yards of the finish
when he gave a low "whist," and the colt increased
his speed until he was going faster than a two-
minute clip at the finish. Aerolite was in the stud
as a four-year-old, being bred to a limited number
of mares, and Mr. Marshall intended to race him
last year, but changed his mind and the colt did
nothing. He had not had a harness on since last
summer, when Mr. Gifford went to Dixon to see him,
having run in a large paddock during the day and
occupied a box stall at night, but Mr Marshall put
the harness on him and brushed him on the county
road barefooted. Aerolite showing 'that he still
possesses all his wonderful power and speed. He
received a kick on the ank'e in the spring of 1905,
but Mr. Marshall states that he has never taken a
lame step and two veterinarians have pronoun oad
him sound.
Aerolite is one of the best bred pacers living. He
is by that great race winning stallion Searchlight
2:03%, whose abilities and speed are known all over
the United States. The dam of Aerolite is that won-
derful broodmare Trix by Nutwood Wilkes, bred by
Hon. Ben Rush of Suisun. Trix is the dam of Mona
Wilkes 2:03%, Moortrix (4) 2:07%, Aerolite (3)
2:13%, Sirius Pointer (2) 2:18, Thelma 2:19% and
Leota 2:23. Nutwood Wilkes is the sire of Copa
de Oro 2:01%, John A. McKerron 2:04%, the dams
of San Francisco 2:07%, Miss Georgie 2:08% and
othei'B. The second dam of Aerolite was a mare by
Dirr tor 2:17 that was bred by the late Dr. M. W.
Hicks and sold by him to Hon. B. F. Rush. The
third dam was the mare Mischief, registered on page
453, volume 3 of the American Trotting Register.
Mischief was bred by T. T. Tinsley of Mahaska
county, Iowa, who sold her to Dr. Hicks, who brought
her to California. Mischief was by Young Tuckahoe
(son of Flaxtail and Fanny Fern) and her dam was
Lide by Flaxtail, grandam by Peoria Blue Bull,
great grandam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Blind Tucka-
hoe. It will be seen that Mischief was inbred
to Flaxtail and Fanny Fern, the latter a great pro-
genitor of speed as her blood appears in the pedi-
grees of such fast ones as Sir Albert S. 2:03%, Gratt
2:02%, Jim Logan (3) 2:05%, and many others. It
was this wonderful combination of pacing speed that
came from Flaxtail and Fanny Fern that united with
the prepotent blood of such race winning and produc-
ing sires as Director 2:17, Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%
and Searchlight 2:03% that made Aerolite the great
horse he is, for no other three-year-old ever seen in
California ever paced a mile with the free swing,
the extreme speed and the ultimate ease with which
he finished that mile in 2:05% at Woodland. Mr.
Gifford is to be congratulated on getting what is un-
doubtedly one of the greatest young stallions in the
world and Mr. Marshall on breeding such a horse
and selling him at such a figure. Aerolite should
do a big business in the stud in Idaho this summer
and it is Mr. Gifford's intention to have him trained
again next fall and put in shape to reduce his record
in 1911.
A SENSATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
FROM FAR NEW ZEALAND.
Dunedin, New Zealand, Dec. 14. 1909.
Editor "Breeder and Sportsman" — Dear Sir: — I
noticed a paragraph in the October 2d issue of your
valuable paper re trotting in Australia. I wish to
contradict the statement that Australian Dan Patch's
2:10 is the fastest mile made south of the equator.
Ribbonwood, son of the American horse Wildwood,
went a mile in 2:09 against Fritz and holds the Aus-
tralian record. Ribbonwood is credited with going
a trial in 2:05 prior to said match.
I suppose you hear or see very little about trot-
ting in New Zealand. The sport here has improved
out of all knowledge during the last ten years, thanks
to the importation of American horses — sires I mean.
Trotting is making such rapid strides that I predict
it will become more popular than galloping. The
stakes are rich; last month our New Zealand cup was
worth £700 ($3500). There were three days racing,
with eight races each day. No stake was worth
less than £150 ($750) so you see we are not so
bad for a young country. The time in the New
Zealand Cup was 4:39, won pulling up, by Wi'.dwood
Jr., sired by Wildwood. [Wildwood is a Palo Alto
bred stallion that died last year the property of J.
Kerr of Christchurch. The distance of this race
is two miles. — Ed. B. and S.]
Will you please inform me where I can get photos
of Dan Patch 1:55% and other record ho'ders. I
want them for framing to hang up in my home, as
my heart and soul are in trotting. Also could you
inform me what is the best book on shoeing the
trotter. We admit that we know little about the
fine points of trotting, and are only too glad to follow
American ideas. Trusting to see these questions
answered in your valuable paper, and thanking you
in anticipation, I remain
Your truly, WILLIAM DENNIS.
68 Manor Place, Dunedin.
[Pictures of Dan Patch, Directum 2:05%, Arion
2:07%, Crescceus 2:02% and Roy Wilkes 2:06%, can
be had by writing to Mr. M. W. Savage, International
Stock Farm, Minneapolis, Michigan, U. S. A., who
has issued much interesting advertising about them.
Schrieber, the Philadelphia, Penn., U. S. A., photog-
rapher has a collection of photographs of all the
famous record holding trotters and pacers and would
doubtless send you a catalogue on application.
There are several books on shoeing the trotter,
among which Scientific Horseshoeing by Prof. Wil-
liam Russell is one of the best. It is complete in
one volume of 288 pages and sells at $4.]
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PRODUCING FOALS AT 26.
Porterville, Jan. S, 1910.
"Breeder and Sportsman": — I saw in a recent issue
an account of the mares Marguerite and Annie
Rooney 2:17 meeting with an accident at Sobra Vista
Farm, where they are owned by Mr. Rudolph Spreck-
els. I will say I raised both these mares and sold
them in San Francisco to Mr. Steve Crane of Tur-
lock. I raced them in their two-year-old forms and
drove Annie Rooney in 2:23% and Marguerite in
2:26 as two-year-olds. Their dam is not given in
the Year Book but her name is Jewel and she was
sired by Oakland Boy 2:29, her dam by Stockton
McClellan and her second dam by Langford. This
is the breeding that was given me as near as I can
remember. She has had five foals by Strathway and
all of them could have taken standard records and
better had they been trained. They had a great turn
of speed. Besides being the dam of Annie Rooney
and Marguerite, Jewell is also the dam of a filly
by Pasha and this filly produced Lindo 2:19% by
Strathway. Jewell will be 26 years o'd this spring
and she is as spry as a colt. She has the best set of
teeth I have seen in an old horse. She will produce
another colt in the fall. She has had a filly foal each
year the last two season. Jewel is now the prop-
erty of Mr. D. B. Moshier of Porterville and is in
foal to his stallion Avalon, son of Athadon. Her
last foal is by Avalon and is very promising.
Yours very truly, FRANK HAYES.
Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick of this city and New York
has concluded to consign the six grandly bred young
stallions, foals of 1907, that he brought out here
last summer, to the Pleasanton sale in March. This
is the greatest piece of news for horse breeders that
has been published in this State for some time, as
these royally bred young horses whose blood lines
are right in the latest fashion, are needed on this
coast, and there is no doubt but breeders will snap
them up eagerly at the sale. It was Mr. Kilpat-
riek's intention to place these young horses in pub-
lie service in different parts of the State this year,
and were he not confined to his bed from illness, he
would have had them placed ere now, but his con-
tinued indisposition has led him to consign them to
this sale in the hopes that they will be purchased
by breeders who will give them the opportunities
their splendid breeding and individuality deserve. Mr.
Kilpatrick has been out of his bed but three days
since he returned from New York two months ago,
and had he known that his illness would have been
of such long duration these young stallions would
have been consigned to the Old Glory Sale which
opens in New York one week from next Monday, but
it is now too late to advertise them there and Mr.
Kilpatrick will give Coast horsemen the opportunity
to get six splendidly bred young stallions at their
own price. The names of the six three-year-olds,
with their breeding, is as follows:
Oliver Todd, brown colt by the great Todd 2:14%
(son of Bingen and Nancy Hanks) dam the produc-
ing mare Olive Brady by Cyclone.
Gerald Jay, bay colt by Jay Bird, dam by Bourbon
Wilkes.
Black Hall, black colt by Ozono (son of Moko) dam
the great Maggie Yeaser, dam of Walnut Hall 2:08%,
sire of The Harvester 2:06%.
Gov. Constantine, bay colt by Constantine 2:12%
sire of six in 2:10, and grandsire of this season's
great trotter Paderewski 2:05%) dam the produc-
ing mare Nevada by Onward.
Grant Constantine, bay colt by Constantine, dam
the producing mare Vivacious by Bernal, son of
Electioneer.
Moko Hall, brown colt by Walnut Hall 2:08%, sire
of The Harvester 2:06%, dam by the great sire
Moko, second dam by Simmons.
Full descriptions of these colts with their ex-
tended pedigrees and photographs will be published
as soon as the photographs can be taken. Each
and everyone of them is well enough bred to be
placed at the head of a breeding farm of high c'.ass
mares. o
HAVE LEASED KINNEY LOU 2:07%.
Ray Mead, manager of the new San Jose race
track, and his brother-in-law Dr. J. P. Nichols, the
well known veterinarian of Salinas, concluded nego-
tiations with the famous reinsman Budd Doble this
week, by which they have leased that great McKin-
ney trotting stallion Kinney Lou 2:07%, for two
years, and will place him in the stud at the San Jose
track during that time at a fee of $75. Several par-
ties have tried to lease this horse to take him east,
but Messrs. Mead and Nichols were the lucky ones
to get him.
Kinney Lou 2:07% is the fastest trotting son of
McKinney on this coast, in fact Sterling McKinney
2:06% is the only stallion by McKinney that has a
faster trotting record. Both Mr. Mead and Dr.
Nichols have bred mares to Kinney Lou in the past
and now own colts by him which they value very
highly. The speed shown by Kinney de Lopez, Dia-
mond Mac and other of Kinney Lou's get now in
training at San Jose is another thing that induced
these gentlemen to secure a lease on him, as they
are both confident his fame as a sire will be very
great within another year. He is already the sire
of several standard trotters and pacers, and his get
are noted for the beauty of their conformation, their
great natural speed and their good legs and feet. We
congratulate Mr. Mead and Dr. Nichols on their
getting Kinney Lou and are confident they will do
a good business with him. With him and Bon Voy-
age 2:12% in the stud at the San Jose track, the
breeders of the Santa Clara valley will have within
easy reach two representatives of the Wilkes and
Electioneer families, respectively, that are the equals
of any stallions in America.
RIVERSIDE DRIVING CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS.
A meeting of the Riverside Driving Club was held
in that city on Friday evening, January 7th, at which
officers and directors were elected for the ensuing
year as follows:
President, J. F. Backstrand; Vice-President, H. P.
Zimmerman; Treasurer, Herman G. Stanley; Secre-
tary, F. S. Pond; Directors, J. T. Garner, J. C. Stan-
ley, G. M. Carrigan, H. Eigenbrod, Axel Nelson, O. E.
Holland, G. H. Judd, and T. I. Fletcher.
J. T. Garner was tendered a vote..of thanks for his
services as secretary the past year, as well as one
to Stewart & Carrigan for the ure of their office
for a meeting place.
J. F. Backstrand presented the project of a county
fair, which has been considered by the Business
Men's Association and chamber of commerce, and
the proposition was indorsed.
It was announced that the track had been leased
for another year from the owner, Mr. L. Fotter.
The next race meeting of the club will be held at
San Bernardino track on the 22d of February. The
members are all confident of a good season of sport
during 1910.
Saturday, January 22, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
FROM THE SACRAMENTO TRACK.
GUY McKINNEY 37625.
GAMENESS.
Our track is great. Every trainer who takes time
to visit it immediately makes up his mind that it
is a winter track par excellence. Al McDonald has
located here with eight head of trotters and pacers
from Portland, Oregon, and is well pleased with the
surroundings.
John Quinn stepped one of Mr. Todhunter's two-
year-olds an eighth in 18 seconds here last Satur-
day.
Chas. Silva has started jogging Natoma, his son of
Zolock 2:05%, and it looks as though it would take
the best on the Coast to trim him. Teddy Bear is
jogging and is about the handsomest horse anyone
ever saw.
There are nine trainers here now and things are
taking on a look of old times these sunshiny days.
John Silva had the misfortune to have his Silver
Bow mare slip her foal by Natoma. He is very
much broken up over losing this colt as he con-
siders her the best mare he owns and as Natoma has
shown all the gameness and speed that it takes to
make a first class sire, he expected something extra
good.
Mr. Metz, the harnessmaker, has started jogging
his colts and they look extra good. In fact • the
horses up here now are all good looking and well
bred. Our horsemen will not waste time on others.
The horse interests are surely reviving. The Sac-
ramento Driving Club will be at it strong as soon as
spring opens and have more good matinees than
ever. CAPITALION.
January 18, 1910.
A GAITED HORSE FUTURITY.
The Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Associa-
tion, of which E. A. Bridgeford of San Francisco
is president, and W. A. Hunter of Sacramento is
secretary, has opened a futurity for gaited three-year-
olds. All mares that were bred to registered saddle
stallions in 1909 are eligible to nomination in this
stake February 1st, 1910; $2 must accompany entry,
$5 must be paid on July 1st, 1910, $5 on November
1st, 1910, $10 on May 1st, 1911, $10 on May 1st, 1912,
and $10 on May 1st, 1913. A starting payment of $10
must be paid three days before the show. Colts
must show five gaits when three years old under
American Saddle Horse Association rules. Show to
be held on grounds of the association offering most
added money to the purse. Money to be divided 50,
25, 15 and 10 per cent. We believe this is the first
futurity ever offered for saddle horses.
The association has also opened a stake for five-
gaited horses of any age to be decided this year.
Any horse showing five gaits is eligible. Entries
close June 1st, when $5 must be paid. Horses are
to be named July 1st, 1910, and a starting payment
of $10 made three days before the show. Entries
are open to the world. Breeding not considered.
All other points to be governed by American Saddle
Horse Association rules.
For any further information and entry blanks
write to W. A. Hunter, Secretary, P. O. Box 467, Sac-
ramento, California.
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DEMONIO 2:11i/4 IN THE STUD.
Rush & Haile, proprietors of the Suisun Stock
Farm, announce that Demonio's fee this year will
be $40 for a limited number of outside mares. There
is hot a stallion in California that can be bred
to with greater certainty of getting a good looking
roadster or a fast money winning race horse. De-
monio is a son of that great speed sire Chas. Derby
and a full brother to Diablo 2:09%, Don Derby 2:04%,
Derbertha 2:07% and others. He has never beeu
mated with a very large number of mares any season,
but his get are seen at the races k'. ery year and bring
home the money. His daughter Mona Wilkes 2:03%
was one of the gamest and fastest pacers ever seen
on a California track, Memonio 2:09% was another,
and Demonio Wilkes 2:09% has the distinction of
starting in four races in one week and winning the
last one in faster time than 2:10. The two-year-old
winner of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity in 1909 was
a daughter of Demonio, the handsome rjid fast
Normono 2:14%. Demonio's blood is breeding on as
his son Father McKinnon is the sire of that game
pacer Solano Boy 2:07%. Demonio was by a great
sire, and his dam is the greaest speed producing
broodmare in the world — Bertha, dam of four with
records below 2:10, and two more that have trialed
below that mark. Such breeding in a stallion can
be depended upon to produce from mares of any
merit. The fee of $40 asked for his services is
surprisingly low considering his qualifications.
ANSWERS TO CORESPONDENTS.
W. G. D., Los Angeles. — Martha Wilkes 2: OS is
registered on page 303, Vol. 6 American Trotting Reg-
ister. She is by Alcyone 2:27, dam Ella by Clark
Chief 89, second dam Molly Robinson by Pilot
Walker, third dam by Copperhead, son of Tom Hal.
Ella is also the dam of Prince Egbert 2:29%, and the
grandam of Effie G. 2:19y2, Ernest B. 2:29%, Billy
Wilkes 2:29% and the pacer Ragland 2:21%.
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Glenworth Farm is a new trotting horse breeding
farm in Delaware. Among the mares there is the
California bred five-year-old Gertrude Dillon, bred at
Santa Rosa Stock Farm. She was worked a little
last year as a four-year-old and could beat 2:15.
They think she will trot in 2:10 this year. She is by
Sidney Dillon out of Biscari, dam of six, by Director.
There is no stallion in California that carries more
of the champion race horse blood of George Wilkes
than does Guy McKinney 37625. His sire is McKin-
ney, the greatest grandson of George Wilkes; his
dam is by Guy Wilkes, one of the greatest sons of
George Wilkes. His grandam is by Onward, another
of the great sons of George Wilkes. Of his sire, Mc-
Kinney 2:11%, little need be said as he is known
to every breeder in America as one of the greatest
horses that ever lived. The dam of Guy McKinney
is Flossie Drais, a daughter of Guy Wilkes 2:15%,
the stallion that once headed the San Mateo Stock
Farm and whose get went through the grand circuit
and led the money winners for years; the second
dam, Blanche Ward, dam of China Maid 2:04% by the
mighty Onward 2:25, another great son of George
Wilkes. The blood of Onward is highly prized by
intelligent breeders. The third dam of Guy McKinn-
ney is Blanche Patchen, a daughter of Mambrino
Patchen, the great broodmare sire. The fourth dam
was Lady Blanche, another great broodmare, and his
next dam was the mare Lady Weiner by Saltran that
sired Highland Maid 2:27, holder of the world's
record in 1853. From this it will be seen that Guy
McKinney's breeding is along the lines of great speed
and race winning capabilities, and mated with well
bred mares of good individuality, it is as logical to
presume that he will be a successful sire as it is
certain that night follows day.
Guy McKinney stands 16 hands, weighs 1200
pounds and is a fine individual in every respect. He
has been unfortunate as he has lacked opportunity,
having only been bred to half a dozen registered
mares in the last four years, but notwithstanding,
is the first son of McKinney to sire a colt whose get
has won a heat in standard time. His son McAdrian,
out of a mare by Adrian, took a race record of 2:24
at Tulare last year, and at Fresno, October 20th, the
two-year-old Trix McAdrian by McAdrian paced a
public mile in 2:23%. Neither McAdrian nor Trix
were ever handled previous to the opening of the
Stockton track on June 20th. Dr. Thompson of Oak-
dale has a three-year-old that paced a mile in 2:14
on the Stockton track last fall and did it handily
with three months' training. M. A. Lewis, of Oak-
dale, the owner of Guy McKinney, will make a sea-
son with him this year at Oakdale and should re-
ceive a liberal patronage. *
THOSE WASHINGTON McKINNEYS.
We don't believe there was ever a stallion that had
five new standard performers placed to his credit
in January before this feat was accomplished at
San Jose on the 6th instant. When eight of the get
of Washington McKinney entered the standard list in
one day at Santa Rosa in 1908, and on the same day
another of his get beat 2:10 in a heat she lost, it was
a world's record, and now as early as January 6th,
after six weeks of rainy weather when workouts
were out of the question, Washington McKinney has
five of his get take standard records in one after-
noon— and not one of them ever saw a race track
until late last summer. Isn't this another world's
record and isn't Washington McKinney a wonder-
ful sire. Just stop for a moment and consider where
you can pick up a bunch of a dozen horses by one
sire that after two or three months' handling during
which not over six weeks' actual training is given
them, can trot fast enough for five of them to take
standard records while four others beat 2:50. And
all on the same day over a new track that was not
finished or considered fast by several seconds. We
say it is wonderful and the horse that can sire such
horses is certainly a great sire of speed.
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CENTURY SIRES.
The list of stallions that have one hundred or more
standard performers to their credit is given herewith,
arranged according to their standing with regard
to total number of representatives at both gaits:
Gambetta Wilkes 2:19% by George Wilkes 2:22.. 210
Allerton 2:09% by Jay Bird 5060 202
Onward 2:25% by George Wilkes 2:22 200
Red Wilkes 1749 by George Wilkes 2:22 17S
Nutwood 2:18% by Belmont 64 174
Alcantara 2:23 by George Wilkes 2:22 170
Electioneer 125 by Hambletonian 10 160
Baron Wilkes 2:18 by George Wilkes 2:22 142
Ashland Wilkes 2:17% by Red Wilkes 1749 139
Wilton 2:19% by George Wilkes 2:22 137
Simmons 2:28 by George Wilkes 2:22 137
Sphinx 2:20% by Electioneer 125 135
Jay Bird 5060 by George Wilkes 2 : 22 131
Axtell 2:12 by William L. 4244 129
Pilot Medium 1597 by Happy Medium 400 127
McKinney 2:11% by Alcyone 2:27 121
Chimes 5948 by Electioneer 125 121
Prodigal 2:16 by Pancoast 2.21% 120
Elyria 2:25% by Mambrino King 1279 117
Norval 2:14% by Santa Claus 2:17% 113
Robt. McGregor 2:17% by Major Edsall 2:29 111
Wilkes Boy 2:24% by George Wilkes 2:22 106
Bobby Burns 2:19% by Gen. Wilkes 2:21% 100
NORTH MONTPELIER, Vt.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T. :
Gentlemen: I raced this mare during treatment for
a very bad tendon. She was so lame that she could
hardly bear her weight on it. In two weeks from the
time I commenced to use "Save-the-Hofse" she was
going sound. I have worked her hard all summer and
she is sound on the tendon as any horse could be.
I have used it a great deal, and think it is the
greatest medicine ever put up for bad tendon and
strains of all kinds. Tours truly, P. S. LITTLE.
No horse is truly entitled to be called game unless
he or she has demonstrated the quality in contests
against horses whose speed capacity and racing class
equals his own, writes "Marque" in the Horse Re-
view. How often have we seen the horse that
everyone pronounced downright game "crack" when
asked to hook up with another that he quickly found
that he could not handle and just as quickly passed
the struggle up. I have seen the reputations of
many steeds shattered in a single heat, and I have
witnessed many "phenoms'' explode when asked the
real question against horses that had a little some-
thing "on" them. A great many horses, too, become
discouraged when once soundly beaten and their
worth as racing tools from that time on is sadly dis-
counted. One of the few that never seemed to recog-
nize defeat was old Joe Patchen 2.01%, who, by his
repeated demonstrations of gameness, and be-
cause of having outclassed his famous coterie
of opponents, earned the title of "iron horse." De-
feat seemed to mean nothing to old Joe; he just
smiled, "as it were," and came back to try again and
again.
The horses that die on a trot are the ones that the
critics are wont to make the objects of their keen-
est darts, but, personally, I must confess that I would
rather see a trotter or pacer stick to their stride
and die away than see them break under stress of
a hard drive in the stretch. To my mind the steady
horse that tries till his power is one and his strength
exhausted, is preferable to one that, when defeat is
apparent, resorts to the cowardiy expedient of run-
ning out. Both admit defeat, the steady horse sim-
ply saying he has had enough and the other sort
tearing out the door and running down the alley —
which would you prefer, if the struggle was between
human adversaries?
Gameness is not to be detected by mere outward
signs, although many horsemen stick to the old the-
ory that a game horse always has a stiff croup and
carries his tail tightly between his buttocks. "Look
out for one that carries his tail high," they will tell
you, "such horses are always quitters." But the
sign, as do all others, fails as often as it holds
good. We have had many sterling race horses that
carried their tails high, but I need only mention the
champion racing gelding Uhlan 2:02% as an exam-
ple. In 190S, when he appeared as a four-year-old,
I often heard the remark passed that he "wouldn't
do" because he carried his tail like a waving plume.
But they had to take it back when Uhlan proved
the greatest of all unsexed trotters.
HARRISON CHIEF 3841.'
One of the double registered horses found in both
the American Trotting Register and the Saddle
Horse Register is Harrison Chief, number in the
Saddle Register 1606, in the Standardised Register
3S41. The similarity in the main of his breeding
with that of Mambrino King 1279, for many years
iheralded far and wide as "the handsomest horse in
the world" strikes one on first glance. Harrison
Chief was sired by Clark Chief 89, a well pedigreed
son of -Mambrino Chief 11, whose dam was largely
thoroughbred out of a daughter of Joe Downing 710
by Edwin Forest 49. Next dams running bred.
Mambrino King was sired by Mambrino Patchen 5S,
a different son of Mambrino Chief II, whose dam
was almost full thoroughbred, and the dam of Mam-
brino King was directly by Edwin Forest 49; next
dam quite nearly thoroughbred. The close resem-
blance in blood lines, with the top crosses the same
on both sire and dam's side, causes one to stop and
reflect and seek for some similarity in the two
horses and their progeny and history. And some
things at least were in common, and those were the
attribute of size, general conformation, action and
style. Mambrino King was a chestnut, while Har-
rison Chief was a rich bay in color, and Mambrino
King was a prepotent speed sire and progenitor,
with near eighty in the list, with nine in 2:05% to
2:10, thirty-five speed siring sons and dams of close
to one hundred and fifty in the list, with twelve in
2:03% to 2:10, while Harrison Chief had but three
trotters in 2:26% to 2:30, and the dams of eleven,
two in 2:10— Will Kerr (p) 2:07% and J. H. L. (p)
2:0S%. Both have contributed highly prized style
and quality to their descendants and the families in
which employed. Edwin Forest 49 was a fountain
in this direction which has enriched the American
horse immensely, and through his daughters these
two horses are improving the harness speed and
the saddle tribes. Bourbon Chief 979, by Harrison
Chief 1606, from a Denmark mare, has become noted
as an author and propagator of high-class saddle-bred
performers and producers. The value in saddle lines
was doubtless more owing to the Edwin Forest 49
strain than that of Mambrino Chief 11, as the latter
appeared better adapted to use in the harness speed
class. But there is a certain commoness of origin
and blending of the two breeds that makes them dis-
tinctly an American horse. — Spirit of the West.
In a dispatch to the daily press from Albany, N. Y.,
dated January .7th, Attorney General O'Malley ren-
dered an opinion to State Comptroller Clark Williams
that moneys received from entries to trotting and
running races constitute a portion of the gross re-
ceipts of a race meeting, and therefore come within
the meaning of the statute which provides that 5 per
cent of the gross receipts of every meeting shall be
paid to the State.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 22, 1910.
§ NOTES AND NEWS |
Aerolite (3) 2:11% has been sold.
The price at which he changed hands is $8000.
Mr. C. L. Gifford, of Lewiston, Idaho, is the new
owner.
The Angelus by Zombro is now in the stable of
Frank Colby, of Romeo, Michigan.
The horses belonging to the late Frank Jeremyn
have been consigned to the Chicago sale.
Mr. H. K. Devereux, of Cleveland, has been elected
president of the Grand Circuit. Geo. Dietrick, also
of Cleveland, is secretary.
John Caldwell 2:08% goes to the big sale to be
held at Chicago February 21st to 26th by the Chi-
cago Horse Sale Company.
Mrs. Julia Snyder of Bakersfield has recently pur-
chased a fine filly by Sadie Moor 399S9, that gives
every promise of being a fast trotter.
"Silver Bill" Riley is living in Chicago this win-
ter and his health is good, which will be good
news to his many California friends.
Dick McMahon, the well known trainer and driver,
was married on January 12th to Miss Emma Hecht,
a charming young lady of Libertyville, Illinois.
Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick has consigned his six eastern
bred young three-year-old stallions to the Pleasanton
sale. This is the greatest opportunity breeders have
had offered them lately.
Byron Jennings, who owns the race track at
Visalia is planning to give a mixed meeting there
in the spring, during which there will be purse races
for trotters, pacers and runners.
Next Monday and Tuesday are the dates for the
sales of Shorthorns from the famous Glide and
Howard herds. The sales will be held at Chase's
Pavilion, 478 Valencia street, San Francisco.
Detroit will likely give a $3000 purse for 2:09
pacers. This will help take care of the holdovers
for the C. of C, also those slow-record pacers with the
hopples that cannot get into the new class.
McKinney has another speed siring grandson in
Coralene, a six-year-old son of Del Coronado 2:09%.
Coralene is the sire of Anna Coralene (3) 2:28%.
There are not many horses that have been producing
sires at six years.
W. T. McBride of Pleasanton has sold to James
Teagarden the mare Helen Kelly by Bonnie MeK.
(son of McKinney and Bonsilene 2:14% by Stam-
boul), dam Birdie by Jay Bird. The price paid was
$200. Helen Kelly was bred to Aerolite (3) 2:11%
last year and is heavy in foal.
Geo. T. Beckers has a few broodmares and young
Zombros that he wants to sell before he ships his
great stallion east again in the spring. He wants to
sell everything but Zombro as the horse will take
all his time. Those wanting a few extra well bred
youngsters by the greatest speed sire of the year
had better write Beckers about them.
Members of the San Diego Horsemen's Associa-
tion are arranging an afternoon of sport for Wash-
ington's Birthday. Several races will be held, all to
be best two heats in three. This will be the first
racing held at the Sweetwater track in several
months.
William G. Layng has recently gotten up and had
printed a catalogue of the trottiDg stock on the Hop-
land Stock Farm, Hopland, California, that are
offered for sale. There are eighteen head of which
full pedigrees are given, and there are some ele-
gantly bred horses among them. These horses will
all be priced to anyone wishing to buy.
According to the Goshen, N. Y., Democrat, Mrs. E.
H. Harriman is going to continue the support of the
trotting interests at the Goshen track, which were
formerly shared by the late Mr. Harriman. Mrs.
Harriman has been interested in the trotting horse
for some time, and with her own hands planted a
vine on the grave of Stamboul. that she brought all
the way from the former champion stallion's native
State, California.
W. B. Connelly, of Suisun, is the owner of a very
handsome black yearling colt by Gen. J. B. Frisbie.
out of a Demonio mare that is a square trotter and
very promising. The dam of this colt was raised by
Rush & Haile, and the appearance of this colt
prompted them to secure Gen. Frisbie, who is a full
brother to the good McKinney trotter Tom Smith
2:13%, to use on their farm this year. They will
breed him to a number of their choice Demonio
fillies.
The trotter Paderewski, 2:05% it is said, will get
part of his winter training pulling his owner over
the roads of Illinois after cattle and hogs.
Among the pacers to join the 2:05 list the past
season, are George Gano 2:03%, Giftline 2:03%, Hal
Raven 2:03%, Major Mallow 2:04%, Dan S. 2:04%,
Star Patchen 2:04% and Ross K. 2:04%.
Badge 2:06%, the pacing gelding that a dozen
years ago was prominent on the Western tracks,
died a few weeks ago at the Easton Farm, near
Rochester, Minn., where he had been owned since
his retirement.
The consignment which the famous Walnut Hall
Farm has made to the Midwinter Sale at New York
comprises 44 head of as grandly bred youngsters
as ever went to a sale. They are sired by Walnut
Hall, Moko and Ozono.
The black trotting mare Episode 2:18, by Ambas-
sador 2:21%, dam Santos (dam of Peter the Great
2:07%) by Grand Sentinel, is owned at the Her-
bert Stock Farm, Denver, Colo., and is a regular
breeder. Episode is dam of Mr. Pinkerton (sire
of Peter the Second 2:17%) the first speed-siring
son of Peter the Great.
Del Coronado 2:09% has been chosen to repre-
sent the type of the American trotter at the stock
breeders' show held by the veterinary department
of the Universitj7 of Pensylvania. No higher type
of the trotting horse could be found than this son
of McKinney.
A race meeting over the Ottawa, Ontario, ice track,
will open on Saturday next, and the list of entries
is very large, averaging over 20 to each race. There
are seven races each for a purse of $1000. The five
mile race for trotters and pacers has no less than
fourteen entries, a very large number for a race at
that distance.
Chas. Marley of Woodland has registered his hand-
some young stallion Sir Poleon in Vol. 19 of the
American Trotting Register under rule 1, with the
number 52,065. Mr. Marley will only breed him to
four or five mares this season, but will advertise
him for public service next year.
Superintendent Brinton of the Woodland Hackney
Stud, is preparing a carload of horses to take to
the Portland Spring Sale. The consignment from
this farm to the last Portland sale sold fairly well
and the majority of them that changed hands after-
wards brought greatly increased prices.
O. H. Whitehouse of Woodland has placed his five-
year-old black gelding Banker G. by Greco B. in
Det Bigelow's hands to train. He is a fast stepper.
Mr. Whitehouse also owns a fall sister to this horse
called Cashier G. that he intends breeding to some
good stallion in the spring. The dam of these two
is the fast pacing mare Banker's Daughter 2:13% by
Arthur Wilkes.
Charles Johnson of Woodland has registered his
young stallion by Demonio 2:11%, dam Potrero Girl
by Prince Airlie, as Airlie Demonio. This colt was
foaled in 190S and Mr. Johnson has just had him
nicely broken and has driven him a mile in 2:44
pacing. He expects he will develop into a good race
horse. Airlie Demonio will be permitted to serve
ten mares this year, the most of them already en-
gaged.
Having rounded out 25 years of service in the
fire department of Brookline, Mass., Dick, a hand-
some white horse, was retired with honors and a
pension on Christmas Day, which also marked his
30th birthday. His retirement was ordered not be-
cause of any infirmity, for he is still sound and met-
tlesome, but because he had earned a rest and also
because the fire chief has decided to ride to fires
for a time in an automobile. Dick's pension is a
guarantee for life of a soft litter, needful exercise
and three square meals a day. — Horse World.
Dr. Nash, of San Jose, has sent his good pacer
Happy Dentist 2:11% to Pleasanton to be trained
for his 1910 campaign by Henry Helman, and he will
be another 2:10 performer to add to Helman's long
and rapidly growing list. Helman also received
last week from Robert Garside of Salinas the seven-
year-old McKinney mare Dora McKinny, that is an-
other Sweet Marie in looks and conformation and
one of the choicest bred McKinneys left in the State.
Her first dam is by Nutwood Wilkes, second by Al-
toona, third by Junio, fourth by Carr's Mambrino,
and fifth a thoroughbred. Henry M. Aver of San
Jose has sent three head to Helman. They are all
highly bred. One is a three-year-old filly by Del
Coronado 2:09%, dam by Owyhee 2:11, second dam
by Wilton 2:19%, another is a black two-year-old
filly by Alconda Jay, dam by Chas. Derby, second
dam by Wilton, and the other is a bay two-year-old
colt by Baron Bowles 2:25, dam the Owyhee mare
that is dam of the three-year-old. The Pleasanton
track is in fine shape and open for business every day
in the week.
Lou Mativia, whose string of horses is at the
Dixon half-mile track, desires to contradict the rumor
that has been published to the effect that he is
going to quit the training game. "I shall still con-
tinue to break and drive a few good ones," said he
to a "Breeder and Sportsman" representative last
Monday. Mativia has seven head at present, among
them the three-year-old Alba by Altamont. dam Babe
by James Madison, second dam by Dexter Prince,
a two-year-old colt by Nutwood Wilkes, dam by
Demonio, that is a very fast pacer, T. C. Horigan's
two-year-old filly by Palite, dam by Demonio,
second dam by Bradtmoor, Dr. Hall's two-year-old
bay mare by Palite that he is just breaking, and last
but not least Mativia's own stallion Alton 2:11 that
is in fine shape. In fact all these horses look as if
they were receiving the best of care.
President George L. Warlow of the Fresno
County Fair Association has submitted an offer to the
Board of Supervisors of that county to buy the
Fresno racetrack property, now owned by the
county, for $34,000 and to enter into a bond that if
the property is deeded to trustees in the name of
an association it shall never be used for speculative
purposes by diverting the object of the association,
cutting up the tract into lots or selling them for
profit. The last County Fair held at Fresno was a
success, and it is the purpose of Mr. Warlow and
his associates to make the fair and harness races
an annual event, and to this end they propose to
spend a large sum in improving the property, but
desire to acquire title to the grounds before spend-
ing this money. The matter will come before the
board next week.
The recent death of the great stallion Chimes
renders it of timely interest to know of the where-
abouts of his fastest daughter, the famous mare
Fantasy 2:06, the first three-year-old trotter to take
a record below 2:10. Fantasy is now at the Wilton
Stock Farm of Henry A. Brehm, at Havre de Grace,
Md.. and is believed to be surely in foal to Alliewood
2:09%, premier stallion at that model farm. She
was bred on March 17, 1908, and therefore due to
foal next month. It would be unique if she should
foal on February 22, Washington's Birthday, and
Mr. Brehm writes that if she should do so, and it
should prove a filly, he would name it Martha St.
Patrick. See the idea? Mare served on St. Patrick's
Day; foal delivered on Washington's Birthday. Fan-
tasy is very heavy and it is to be hoped that there
will be no mishap, for the foal will be exceedingly
valuable, as it will combine the golden Wilkes-
Electioneer cross. — Trotter and Pacer.
There will be buyers from all over the coast at
the Pleasanton sale in March. The consignment
of the six young stalions by Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick will
bring buyers from the far north and from the south,
and as far east as Idaho. This will be the first
opportunity Pacific Coast breeders have had to get
young stallions by such sires as Todd 2:14%, Walnut
Hall 2:0S%, Jay Bird, Constantine 2:12% and that
wonderfully bred young sire Ozono 40,480. This last
named stallion is only eight years old. He is by
Moko out of Ozama, dam of Ozanam 2:07, Kinley
Mack 2:14%, and Ozalma (3) 2:20%, by Director
2:17, second dam Mary Sprague by Gov. Sprague,
sire of McKinnney's dam. Black Hall, the three-
year-old son of Ozono that is to be sold at this sale
is out of Maggie Yeager, the dam of Walnut Hall
2:08%, sire of The Harvester 2:09%. A daughter
of Maggie Yeager produced Hedgewood Boy 2:02%
and Lady Maud C. 2:02%. Black Hall is beyond all
question one of the very best bred young stallions in
America, in fact no better bred horse lives today.
Al McDonald was in this city for a day or two
this week. He recently shipped his string of eight
horses from Portland, Oregon, to the California
State Fair track at Sacramento, and will train them
there during the next few months. He says there
is a little too much moisture, frozen and otherwise
at the Portland track just now, and thinks he eaD
make more speed progress over Sacramento's ex-
cellent winter track. His string consists of the
Crescius four-year-old stallion Frank D. Nicoll,
owned by Geo. H. Fox of Cements, a filly by Zolock
owned by G. A. Westgate, of Portland that is a
very promising two-year-old, a four-year-old Prodigal
gelding that is also a fine prospect and is owned by
Samuel Elmore of Astoria. Oregon, two Zolock colts
belonging to H. Becker of Portland, a colt by Direct-
well out of a Silver Bow mare owned by Banker
Myer of Portland, the pacer Manuel by Nutwood
Wilkes, and a gelding by Zombro owned by Mr.
Phelps of Portland.
The statement first printed by the Kentucky Stock
Farm, and widely copied by the trotting turf press,
which gave Moy 2:07% as one of the mares burned
in the big fire at Patchen Wilkes Farm, near Lex-
ington, on December 29th, turns out to be an error.
Moy was not in Kentucky at the time, but was here
in California and was shipped east on Friday of
last week, along with The Lord Dillon and By Mack,
the stallions that Mr. Frank Kilpatrick purchased
for Mr. W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of Patchen
Wilkes Farm. Every horseman will be pleased to
know that Moy 2:07% was not in the fire, as this
daughter of Prodigal is to be bred to Peter the Great
2:07% and is expected to be a producer of speed
from the first. Her breeding, conformation and dis-
position are such that she should be a very great
broodmare, and Mr. Stokes has certainly obtained a
prize in her.
Saturday, January 22, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE SAN JOSE TRACK.
FARMERS AS HORSE BREEDERS.
San Jose, Cal., Jan. 19, 1910.
Breeder and Sportsman: I have heard that it has
been quite widely reported that the new track has
suffered a great deal of damage from the recent rains
and that a great many stalls were flooded, necessi-
tating the moving of the horses occupying them to
stables outside the track grounds. I have also re-
ceived a number of letters from parties in different
parts of the State asking me to inform them of the
true condition of the track and whether or not it
is really a good wet weather training track.
As the recent "flood" caused me more trouble
than anyone else located here I decided to give all
those interested in this track the true facts in the
case through the columns of the "Breeder and Sports-
man," and also my opinion of it as a winter training
track. The heavy rain of December 30-31 came be-
fore Mr. Mead had completed the drainage intended
to take care of the water that might accumulate in
the vicinity of the stalls that I occupy which are
built on lower ground than any of the others. The
result was that I had to move five horses to a barn
on the place Mr. Frank Burke recently purchased
adjoining the driving park, and keep them there a
few days until Mr. Mead made their stalls habitable
again by hauling in some dry dirt for the floors.
That was the extent of the "flood." The drainage
now completed is sufficient to take care of all the
water that may fall during the hardest storm, and
there is not a stall on the place that is in the
slightest danger of even getting damp, no matter
how hard or how long it may rain.
In regard to the damage to the track itself caused
by "washout" as reported, one wheelbarrow load
of dirt was all that was necessary to repair the
injury. Mr. Mead brought suit against the owner
of an adjoining field for obstructing the natural
water course by which the lower end of the infield
is drained through a sewer under the track at the
head of the stretch. When this party consulted his
lawyer he made up his mind that the race track
water would not hurt his ditch at all and the case
has been compromised and settled out of court, and
all the water that falls on the grounds of the San
Jose Driving Park or finds its way there in any
other manner will have clear sailing and there will
be no more "floods."
In regard to the track as a wet weather training
track, considering the newness of the track and its
unsettled and unfinished condition it is simply won-
derful and I believe there is not a trainer now
located there but will agree with me and say that he
never saw anything like it. It rained so hard last
Friday, Saturday and Sunday that during those
three days there were not more than half a dozen
horses jogged, but on Monday everybody was jog-
ging on the track and with the exception of about
fifty yards that had been covered with fresh dirt
the day before the storm commenced the footing
was solid and good, and in the afternoon some of
the horses were given fast work.
That it will make a lightning fast and absolutely
safe track for summer use is the opinion of everyone
located here. I believe it will be the best track
to develop speed on ever built in California.
Mr. Mead has nearly completed six fine paddocks,
75x100 feet with a close board fence 8 feet high
with rolling gates, and also the finest breeding
paddock I have ever seen on any race track or
stock farm. It is 40x75 feet with a large shed en-
closed on three sides, which will provide shelter
in bad weather and dry grounds at all times. The
fence to this paddock is 9 feet high.
There is much more that I could say in favor of
this plant as it now is and as it will be before an-
other year, but I have already made this letter of
greater length than I intended. Hoping our friends
will not worry about our being "drowned out" any
more, I will close.
C. C. CRIPPEN.
DEATH OF ALDINE 2:1914.
Aldine 2:19%, the famous old pole mate of Maud S.,
2:08%, died on December 19th at Hyde Park-on-the-
Hudson, N. Y„ of old age. Aldine was a brown mare
foaled in 1873 by Almont, dam Mother Hubbard, by
Johnston's Toronto, and made her record at Hart-
ford, Conn., August 31, 1882. She was therefore over
thirty-six years old. She was a fair campaigner but
her principal claim to fame was as pole mate to Maud
S., when in one memorable instance the pair trotted
a most remarkable mile at Fleetwood Park, New
York.
On June 15, 1883, William H. Vanderbilt drove Maud
S. and Aldine to an ordinary road wagon in 2:15%.
The wagon and pole weighed 211 pounds. Mr. Van-
derbilt weighed 200 pounds. There had been no elabo-
rate training. There was no star professional driving
and no skeleton wagon. Mr. Vanderbilt drove them
from his town stables up to Fleetwood Park, just as' he
would on any fine day and it was the fourth time they
had even been driven together. He gave them a pre-
liminary mile in 2:24%. A little later he came out
for a faster mile. He started near the three-quarter
pole and was going free and strong in the center of
the track when he got the word. The first turn was
passed in splendid shape and they shot by the quar-
ter in 32% seconds and they went down the hill in
splendid style, getting to the three-quarters in 1:41
and came home in 2:15%. Neither mare made a
skip in the mile and Aldine deserved as much honor
as Maud S.
A discussion has been going on recently in some
Eastern papers as to which breed of horses would
pay the New York and Eastern farmer the best to
raise. F. M. Ware, the manager of the American
Horse Exchange, New York City, is not only a thor-
ough horseman, but in his position as manager of
that great all the year round horse mart, he is able
to speak with authority of the Eastern market and
in addition he is a writer on the horse of established
reputation, has contributed a very interesting article
to the controversy.
Having stated that if a farmer decided to breed
heavy draft horses he believed that Percherons and
Belgians were the best because the average buyer
knows all about them and they have won their way
by sheer force of merit. He goes on to say:
For the same reason I advocate the trotting bred
horse for any other purpose the farmer may have in
view as a breeder. Every one knows the trotter
and the abilities of his variety in leather or pigskin,
for park, road, or track, plow, victoria, or road wagon;
in the Klondyke, or South Africa, or Cuba; on the
polo field, bridle path, hunting field or road. There
is one breed you cannot put wrong and that is the
trotter. If it does not fit one place it will another.
Give the trotter a chance to take a long breath and
look around and he'll fill every place. Now when
you can say that and prove it of any variety of horse
on this green earth, why "me for him" — but until
then the Arabs and the thoroughbreds and the
"Frenchers" and the Germans and the Hackneys,
and the Burros and the Centipedes can all run for
"the end book." When we are talking about rais-
ing horses that anybody and everybody will buy and
will like after they have purchased, what better kind
of a horse than a trotter does anybody want to have
in his fields or barn ready for market?
This country has in the native trotter and trotting
bred horse the fastest roadster, the speediest race
horse, the highest stepper, the best hunter, the best
polo pony, the most salable horse — in short, the most
versatile horse on earth. Why not confine all our
efforts to further refining the almost pure gold we
possess rather than mix with it a baser metal of
other breeds which, when their grades do earn repu-
tations, are given all the praise regardless of the fact
that from no other combination than our trotting
blood, do such results accrue. You've seen many a
good grade by a Hackney or French or other type,
and the stallion invariably got the credit; but the
little old trotting-bred mare that nurtured and nursed
and gave the grade most of his good qualities never
received a thought. That's the world over. Who-
ever considers the mothers of great men, and reflects
that from them came everything that was best in
their sons?
The Eastern farmer should breed draughters and
harness horses because he is familiar with them;
can handle them; and can work them if he does not
sell them. What use is it for him to breed hunters
or saddle horses when he does not know how to
develop them? How many men in any country with
all their years of experience ever succeeded in breed-
ing hunters or saddle horses?
Many — most — trotting stallions are "breeding"
sound. Many have not the courage to trot fast with-
out being urged, i. e., many stallions are naturally
sluggish, both at jogging and at speed. By "courage
and gameness to trot fast even if he can't beat three
minutes" is meant the ambition, freeness and eager-
ness to trot in two minutes if he could — inherited
and valuable attributes. Try to sell a harness horse
for brougham or laudau work nowadays that can't
step out at 'round about a three-minute gait! I don't
want to pay his board bill until you get rid of him.
The more speed he has the more money he will bring,
although the buyer knows perfectly well that eight
miles (nearer seven) the hour is a good city or park
pace. Still if he wants to purchase and pay big
money for an attribute, he can't use, that is not the
purveyor's business, but all the same it's up to the
dealer to buy that kind.
Better a small sire from a large family than vice
versa — and any one can find out that much about the
horse he means to use, however he may be in the
dark about the old family mare or any other farm
mare he means to produce from. This at least gives
him a chance for size, and two-thirds of the balance
is shelter, hay and oats — the three best crosses in
any animal's pedigree.
Action and pace the offerings must have to bring
the money. That's what sells. Time and again we
get well mated pairs just alike for looks. Separate
them and one horse sells for $1000 and the other for
$200. Pace and action make the difference and noth-
ing else.
I have little to say about the Hackney or his grades.
We don't get enough of him to make a market im-
pression. But we don't find buyers climbing over
each other when we do have them. How many new
show horses have come out recently that are hackney
bred and toppers even though bought at phenomenal
prices as being the best in England? They have been
imported into America for twenty years back, but
we do not find many of their descendants in the East-
ern market, nor apparently in the West, where most
of our horses come from. We are ready to receive
the hackney grade with open arms when he comes
in quantity and "delivers the goods." In other words,
that he suits the buyers.
The trade don't care two straws — nor do buyers
— nor does the writer — how any horse is bred, so long
as he is a good horse and a market horse. If these
two details don't settle the value and genuineness of
any equine for goodness sake what does?
The reasons why "trotting horse breeders do not
produce show horses and high actors in quantity"
are many and all good. In the first place no trot-
ting horse breeders are yet wild to produce such ani-
mals. Trotting horses have always been bred for
something far different, yet nothing so signally dem-
onstrated the trotting horse's marvelous versatility
and adaptability as the fact that the moment we bal-
anced him and asked him to go high, he beat the
world at his novel task. Every country sent shoals
of buyers here to carry our trotters away to locali-
ties that had never been able, after a hundred or
more years of effort, to produce anything that ap-
proached our trotter for action, pace and endurance.
This, too, he did, although for fifty years we had ex-
hausted our ingenuity to make him "go low" and
"stealing gaited." If he bent his knees or "pulled"
his hocks we would in olden days, have none of him
for our purposes. Furthermore, train him to go as
high as you like and he is a trotter again. How long
will it take to produce a pure bred hackney that will
trot a mile in two minutes? Or three or four heats
right 'round that notch? Yet it's as fair to ask that
of him as to expect the trotter to be a type for
"heavy leather."
It is quite evident that Mr. Ware has no fear of
the hackney ever supplanting the trotter and that
he is a firm believer in the good doctrine that the
trotter is the most useful and remunerative breed
for the farmer. — Horseman.
A fire broke out at the Indiana State fair grounds,
Indianapolis, on January 6, that destroyed three of
the large white barns to the east of the track.
Four valuable horses in Float Jolly's stable were de-
stroyed. The fire started from a defective flue in
the office of Float Jolly, in one of the large stables
and spread rapidly to the two stables north, occu-
pied by V. L. Shuler and Wes Stout. One of the
grooms employed by Jolly discovered the blaze and
raised a cry of fire. He commenced to liberate the
horses, but. James A. and two others ran back
into the burning structure, while one horse refused
to move from its stall. All three of the stables
contained a large amount of hay and feed, and that,
together with harness, made a loss of about $20,000,
aside from the horses, James A. 2:14%, by Prodigal,
was the champion three-year-old gelding of 1909.
Jolly had counted him good enough to stake down
the Grand Circuit this year in his four-year-old form.
A filly by Major C. 2:04%, dam Daisy S. 2:22, owned
by Chas. M. Dickey of Colfax, Ind., was an exceed-
ingly promising pacer, and wpas entered in many of
the futurities for 1911. The other two destroyed were
a yearling filly by Major C. dam Sue Dee, by Prince
Elwood, and a black stallion by Amara 2:11% —
Horse World.
It is rather noteworthy that with the vast majority
of speed sires tracing in tail-male line to Hamble-
tonian 10, the leading sire of new standard perform-
ers for 1909, should belong to the small and more
obscure clan established by Mambrino Chief 11, the
horse being Prodigal 2:16% by Pancoast 2:21% by
Woodford Mambrino 2:21% by Mambrino Chief 11.
Prodigal became a century sire last year with an
even hundred in the list. The past season he added
twenty new ones, as far as has been reported, wThich
was one or two more than any other sire has ap-
peared to be entitled to. — Spirit of the West.
AN HISTORIC BELL.
Ever since Maud S. made her best record of 2:08%,
to high-wheel sulky, hack in 1885, that feat has been
kept fresh in memory by the gilded horseshoe that
was put up over the entrance to Glenville track.
When that historic course was abandoned in 190S,
the famous souvenir was taken down and given to the
widow of Col. William Edwards who was for so long
the leading spirit and president of the Cleveland
Driving Park Company. Now another memento of in-
terest has been adopted for the splendid new course
at North Randall in the bell used for calling the
horses. This was taken from a celebrated engine
used on the Erie railroad, known popularly as "Old
64." The bell was cast in 1876, centennial year, and
the locomotive that carried it was one of the first
of the eight-wheel machines built for fast passenger
service. When number 64 was put out of commis-
sion eight years ago, the bell was transferred to an-
other engine of modern improved make. When the
North Randall track was ready for the Grand Circuit
flyers last August the now historic bell was bor-
rowed for the week. The many sensations furnished
there, including the never-to-be-forgotten contest be-
tween Hamburg Belle and Uhlan, so impressed the
officials of the Erie, that they decided their his-
toric bell which had rung out the start for new
records, should remain in its new vocation. Prior
to this the engine on which it was placed ran be-
tween Niles and Lisbon. The former was the boy-
hood home of the lamented McKinley with whom
Samuel McMillan, the well-known New York horse-
man, went to school. From Lisbon came the Hanna
brothers, the late Marcus Aurelius who managed the
presidential campaign for McKinley in 1900. and
his brother, Henry Melville, who gave $50,000 for
Hamburg Belle just after she had placed the trotting
race record at 2:01%. It is to be hoped that this
centennial bell will long continue to call the stars
of the Grand Circuit for their battles over the fast
ground near the Forest City. — American Sportsman.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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CONTESTS.
COMING EVENTS.
Bench Shows.
Jan. 18-20, 1910 — North Dakota Kennel Association.
(License.) Fargo, No. Dak. W. R. Jenney, Sec'y.
Jan. 20-21 — Lynn Kennel Club. Lynn, Mass. M. J.
Donlon, Sec'y.
Jan. 26-29 — Cleveland Fanciers' Club Company. (Li-
censed.) Cleveland, O. J. T. Conkey, Sec'y.
Feb. 8-11 — Fanciers' Association of Indiana. In-
dianapolis, Ind. C. R. Millhouse, Sec'y. Entries
close Feb. 1.
Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York
City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman.
Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas.
W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y.
March 1-3 — Fine Tree Kennel Club. Portland, Me.
Elinor S. Moody, Sec'y.
March 1-4 — Buffalo Kennel Club. Buffalo, N. Y.
Seymour P. "White. Sec'y.
March 2-4 — Central New York Kennel Association.
Utica. N. Y. Thos. S. Jackson. Sec'y.
March S-ll — Erie Kennel Club. Erie, Pa. Lyman
T. Whitehead, Sec'y.
March 16-19 — Duquesne Kennel Club of Western
Pennsylvania. Pittsburg, Pa. B. Cummings,
Sec'y.
March 23-26 — Kodak City Kennel Club. Rochester
N. Y. Jos. H. Church, Sec'y.
March 21-24 — Chicago Kennel Club. Chicago, III. F.
A. Fisher, Sec'y.
June 1-2 — Ladies' Kennel Association of America.
Minneola, L. I., N. Y. Mrs. R. C. W. Wadsworth,
Sec'y. ,
June 2-3 — Long Island Kennel Club.
E. H. Berendsohn, Sec'y.
June 8 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Mrs. H. M. Talbot, Sec'y.
June 18 — Westchester Kennel Club.
Louis Contoit, Sec'y.
Field Trials.
Jan. 11 — United States Field Trial Club. Rogers
Springs, Tenn. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junc-
tion, Tenn.
Jan. — National Championship Field Trial Associa-
tion. To follow IT. S. trials. Rogers Springs, Tenn.
W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn.
Jan. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfleld,
Cal. E. Courtney Ford, Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal.
Jan. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort
Worth, Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y.
Feb. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex.
E. M. Ford, Sec'y.
THE ROMANCE OF SEAL FISHING.
The remarkable seal-fishing industry of New Found-
land will soon be in full swing, and on both the
"front" and the "back" of the island the seal ships
will be pursuing their sanguinary work. There is
probably not in the world another enterprise like it;
between March 10th and April 30th, 350,000 seals,
valued at fully $1,000,000, are captured, so it is re-
ported is the general average, by the twenty-four
steamers and 4000 men engaged in this pursuit. The
last year was an eventful one in the history of this
avocation. Three of the older captains — the last
links of the bygone days before steam was intro-
duced— have been struck off the list, one by death
and two by serious illness, and of the skippers now
in charge all are men bred to the work since the
steam revolutionized the business. Captain Arthur
Jackman, the most renowned of the three, as a sealer,
whaler, arctic voyager, and dauntless viking who lost
four vessels under him but never lost a man, though
he cruised from Greenland to the Levant, died early
in February; Captain Samuel Bladford, the commo-
dore of the fleet, who had been for fifty years master
of a sealer, was stricken with paralysis in January;
and Captain William Windsor, who at the age of
sixty-seven started on a 200-mile journey on foot and
by dog-sled to join his vessel, collapsed by the way
and had to abandon the attempt.
Another circumstance which makes last year's seal
hunt eventful was the loss of the Leopard on March
8th while going ruond from St. Johns to Port Basque
to clear for the fishing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
She was beset by a midnight blizzard near Cape
Race, enmeshed in the in-setting floes, and forced on
the rocks, where she was broken to pieces. Her
commander was Captain Robert Bartlett, who was in
charge of Peary's steamer Roosevelt in the "Farthest
North" quest last year, and he and his 103 men
barely escaped with their lives. It illustrates the
perils of this industry that, seven years ago, the
steamer Hope, which had a famous Arctic record and
rescued the Leigh-Smith expedition at Spitzbergen,
was wrecked in the Gulf waters — the "back of the
Island" — in 1900, under command of his father, Cap-
tain William Bartlett, who, with 194 men, also nar-
rowly escaped perishing with her.
The ships usually sail on March 10th, and after
about forty-eight hours' steaming meet the ice-floes
on which the young seals are born. Mothers and
babes lie on the vast fields, which are rapidly carried
south by the Arctic current to the warmer waters of
the Grand Bank, where the young are taught to swim.
At the inset of the current towards Labrador, where
the floes are deflected by the currents along the
northern coast of New Foundland, the sealers come
upon their prey, and day and night are made hideous
with the scenes that ensue. The mother seals fight
gamely in defense of their young, but are driven off
by the sealers' clubs, and the little ones are slaugh-
tered in thousands. They are the best prizes, yield-
ing the finest oil, and the skin and its adhering mass
of fat are separated from the carcass (which has no
value) and dragged to the ship.
The seals are found in immense herds or "patches,"
often covering a body of ice reaching beyond the
range of vision, and it is not uncommon to find as
many as 250,000 seals killed in one of these herds
and brought into St. John's. The seals are to be
found also in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and four of
the ships go there to hunt them, but twenty of the
fleet operate on the Atlantic seaface of the island,
their range extending from Belle Isle straits to the
Grand Banks, which area of ocean is more or less
covered with floes and berg ice every winter, to the
great annoyance of transAtlantic shipping.
The great slaughter of the young seals takes place
between March 12th and 24th. The young ones are
then too feeble to move, and there is no escaping the
hunter's murderous club. Sometimes the mothers,
alarmed at the noise which accompanies the onrush
of the men, scramble to the blowholes in the ice by
which they reach the water, and thus escape with
their young. Their instinct is so perfect that a
mother will leave her "pups" at sunrise and fish all
day in the adjoining ocean depths, and though the ice
has wheeled about at the mercy of the winds and
currents, and though there are thousands of seals in
the herd, she will make her way back to her own
offspring in the evening. The fathers are less con-
siderate, though they fish daily for the domestic circle
and take their share of watching over the youngsters,
but they will not fight for the little chaps as the
mother will, and take to the water on the first appear-
ance of danger. There is little sport and no danger
in hunting the young seals, but there is one species of
old seal, the "dog hood ' (from a kind of cowl behind
his head), which affords abundant excitement. These
old males are very ferocious, and one will not only,
when attacked, face two or three sealers, but will
sometimes put them to flight by its savage rushes
upon them. These brutes are usually shot with
rifles, and often weigh four hundredweight. But they
are too full of muscle for their fat to yield rich oil,
and their skins are too heavy to have a prime com-
mercial value, so they are never sought unless young
ones are scarce, in which case they are better than
none.
The industry is full of risks of the most desperate
character, the men endangering their lives almost
every day they go abroad on the floes. In their
pursuit of the seals it is a common thing for them
to wander six or eight miles from their ship, and if
they get benighted or meet an accident serious con-
sequences frequently ensue. The most horrible
tragedy in the history of the floes was that of the
steamer Greenland in 189S. The ship was struck by
a blizzard, while ISO men were hunting for seals over
the icy plain. They were left helpless, while she
was driven to sea. Two nights and a day elapsed
before she reached them again, and when she did,
she found that forty-eight of them had perished from
hunger and cold. Some had gone mad from their
exhaustion and been frozen stiff, a few had been
killed by fragments of ice tossed about, while others
fell into the ocean and were drowned. Of the total
only twenty-five bodies were recovered, the others
having found a grave in the depths of the sea. About
fifty of the survivors were frost-burnt, and it was a
sad looking ship which returned to port that year.
Fogs often shut down over the floes, and hundreds
of men from the different ships may be isolated by
them, incapable of regaining their vessels, and being
kept in this pitiful plight for a whole night, scantily
clad, poorly provisioned, and having to burn their
boats and clubs to keep themselves warm. If the
weather is mild without snowstorms or frosts, they
escape with no worse mementoes of their experiences
than a scarred nose, ear or fingers, and not a year
passes but some such incident in the progress of the
fishery has to be recorded. But if it is tempestuous
some lives are certain to be sacrificed, although such
tragedies as that of the Greenland are, fortunately,
very infrequent. Still, whenever men are adrift thera
is keen anxiety on the ships, and poignant appre-
hension among the castaways until the fog lifts; for
the sounds are so deceptive in this murk that men
dare not proceed in quest of the vessels which are
blowing, fearing to walk into the open channels
between the floes, where drowning will be their fate.
The industry is one of the most arduous, and yet
the most unremunerative, known to British colonists.
The toil of the hunt, the exposures on the ice, ths
accidental submergings, the poor food, the insuf-
ficient clothing, the loss of rest, the discomforts on
shipboard, the ice-blindness, the sickness brought on
by lack of attention and of cleanliness — all these
things combine to make the seal fishery a dread to
all save those whom stern necessity forces into it.
And this is not surprising when it is found that the
most which a man can earn as his share if the ship
was filled would be $80, though he might be a month
or more engaged in the hunt, while the average
return to all men in the fleet will not exceed $50 one
year with another. These rates are increased one-
fifth as an outcome of the concessions gained by a
strike. The ships themselves sometimes fare as
badly as the men.
Announcement was made at the annual meeting of
the board of directors of the National Rifle Associa-
tion of America that the Argentine Republic had in-
vited the N. R. A. to send a team of American rifle-
men to Buenos Ayres to compete in the International
tournament to be held there in May, 1910, in con-
nection with the celebration of the Centennial of the
Republic, and have made the unprecedented offer
to pay the entire expenses of the team from the
time of leaving the United States until its return.
In addition the Argentine Republic will provide a
number of prizes for the tournament, the first being
$3000 in an individual match. Gen. James A Drain,
the retiring president of the N. R. A., also announced
the receipt of a check for $1200 from Hon. Robert
Bacon, formerly Secretary of State and now Ambas-
sador to France, to make good the deficit in the
revenues of the Association for 1910. Last year the
deficit was made good by Hon. George Von L.
Meyer, Secretary of the Navy. Gen. Drain's an-
nouncement was greeted with applause and on his
motion Mr. Bacon was elected a benefactor and Mr.
Meyer a patron, and both were elected honorary
directors for life together with Secretary of War
Dickinson and Lt. Gen. John C. Bates, retired.
The meeting, which was held at the New Willard
was attended by officers of the army, navy, marine
corps and National Guard, and civilians from all
parts of the country and was the largest ever held.
In his valedictory, Gen. Drain who in his three years
incumbency brought the Association to a high plane
of efficiency, said he believed the Association had at
last become national in character as well as name.
He thanked the members of the board for their hearty
co-operation and referred to the increased interest
in rifle practice taken by the high government offi-
cials. He recommended that the Association's matches
be conducted in 1910 as they were in 1909 by army
officers and men. The work of the Association, he
said, was to educate men and youths to the use of the
rifle of their country, which work is based upon
good, sound and wholesome grounds of public policy.
A nation must be fit to defend itself in an emergency
or it cannot continue to exist. Gen. Drain referred
to the Hull bill to advance school boy and civilian
rifle practice by the loan of arms and the furnishing
of ammunition and urged that it be supported with
all the strength of the Association. The comparative
failure of the rifle club movement to date he ascribed
to the difficulty of obtaining rifles and the cost of the
rifles and ammunition. The Hull bill is endorsed by
the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of War, Chief
of Staff and Chief of Ordnance, and its passage, he
declared would give this country within a few years
from -50,000 to 1,000,000 marksmen.
The report of Lt. Albert S. Jones, secretary of the
Association showed that there are now offlliated with
the Association 32 State rifle associations, 37 regi-
ments, 53 separate military organizations, 81 civilian
clubs and 56 school-boy clubs, total 327. The largest
growth of the year was in the school-boy clubs which
increased from 27 to 56. Lt. Jones reported the
results of the school-boy tournaments in New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles, and
of the International small-bore match with England
and Australia, which was won by England. A similar
match will be shot this year and the permission to
use telescopes will be of advantage to the American
team which is now being selected. It will be com-
posed of fifty men each firing fifty shots at 25 yards
with 32-caliber rifles.
It was announced that the Astor trophy had been
won for the first time by the Morris High School
of New York, and the results of the Indoor and Out-
door championship matches among the university and
college clubs were given. Indoor matches have been
scheduled for the winter between civilian clubs in the
Interclub League and between college and university
clubs in the Intercollegiate League. Referring to civ-
ilian clubs Lt. Jones stated that of 81 clubs with 3500
members, only 347 qualified in 1909, and with Special
Course "C" of the War Department for 1910 the num-
ber would be less without the loan of rifles and free
ammunition. "The cost of service ammunition is
almost prohibitive to civilian shooters," he said.
"Governments abroad furnish service ammunition to
rifle clubs at less than half what it costs the gov-
ernment to make, and if the United States is really
anxious to encourage rifle practice among its citizens
it should provide a way to furnish them with am-
munition at a cost of not more than one cent per
cartridge." He urged that the National Guard
authorities throughout the country throw open their
gallery ranges for the school boys and furnish them
with instructors and rifles to practice with. During
1909 701 school boys qualified as Junior Marksmen.
The board of directors of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation now consists of the Adjutants General of
each State and Territory; 36 members elected by the
association; ten honorary life directors; three army
officers appointed by the Secretary ofWar; one naval
officer and one marine corps officer appointed by
the Secretary of the Navy and one representative
from each affiliated State Association, elected by that
Association. General James A. Drain, who has for
the past three years been president of the National
Rifle Association, has announced his itnention to
retire, and his successor will be elected at this meet-
ing. Several new members of the executive com-
mottee are to be elected and important questions con-
cerning the policy of the Association in the future
will come up for settlement. Most important of these
Saturday, January 22, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
is the one affecting the future of the National Rifle
Association matches.
The National Board for Promotion of Rifle Prac-
tice is appointed by the Secretary of War under
authority of Congress and consists at present of
Assistant Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver,
president; Capt. H. C. Learnard, U. S. A., recorder,
and the following members: Gen. W. P. Hall, U. S.
A.; Capt. Dickinson P. Hall, U. S. A.; Lt. Comdr.
Leigh C. Palmer, U. S. N; Gen. C H Harries, D.
C; Gen. Bird W. Spencer, N. J.; Gen. Lawrason
Riggs, Md.; eGn. C. A. Wagner, Mich.. Lt. Col.
A B. Critchfield, Ohio; Gen. Charles A. Kelly,
Colo.; Mr. J. A. Haskell, N. Y.; Gen. P. F. Wanser,
N. J.; Gen. G. W. Wingate, N. Y.; Gen. Jas. A.
Drain, Washington; Gen. E. C. Young, 111.; Gen. E.
C. Dill, Me.; Col. Roy Hoffman, Oklahoma; Col.
John Caswell, Mass.; and Major E. Claude God-
dard. Pa.
The report of Col. R. K. Evans, U. S. A., executive
officer of the last National matches, will be consid-
ered by the National Board and possibly some
changes will be made in the rules governing the Na-
tional match. The board will also consider the time
and place of holding the annual matches for 1910. It
is unlikely that any place other than Camp Perry,
Ohio, will be considered at this time. The proposi-
tion that the government should bear the entire ex-
pense of the National matches, which is now divided
between the government and the States, will be sub-
mitted to the National Rifle Association, and if en-
dorsed by the directors of that organization, will
doubtless be approved by the national board.
The National Militia Board which meets the same
week was authorized by Congress at the time the
militia division was created in the War Department.
This will be its second annual meeting, and many
matters of joint interest to the army and national
guard will be considered.
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TO PROMOTE MILITARY RIFLE PRACTICE.
Important legislation designed to promote practice
with the military rifle may be enacted by Congress
this winter. The army and National Guard have
been equipped with the new Springfield, but the
expense of obtaining these weapons from the govern-
ment has restricted practice among civilians. Some
hundreds of thousands of Krags have been retired,
however, and if available for issue would doubtless
be an incentive to civilians to practice. Representa-
tive Hull of Iowa, chairman of the House Committee
on Military Affairs, has therefore introduced a bill on
the subject which has the approval of the War
Department as represented by the Secretary of War,
Assistant Secretary of War, Chief of Staff and Chief
of Ordnance, as well as of the National Board for the
Promotion of Rifle Practice and the National Associa-
tion of America.
The bill provides that the Secretary of War is
authorized to issue, without expense to the United
States, magazine rifles and appendages, not of the
existing service model. These are to be issued to
rifle clubs organized under the rules of the National
Board of Promotion of Rifle Practice, and to schools
having uniformed corps of cadets. The Secretary of
War is authorized to prescribe regulations to safe-
guard the United States against loss and for the
proper care of the arms. Should the bill become a
law the limit of issue would probably be fixed at
about one rifle to each ten members of a club in
good standing.
A second section of the bill provides for the promo-
tion of rifle practice in schools, colleges, universities
and civilian clubs by supplying certain ammunition,
prizes, the holding of matches, and in other direc-
tions, for which the sum of $100,000 is appropriated.
Up to the present time this country has done noth-
ing for its civilian rifle clubs, which are compara-
tively few in number, while in England it is esti-
mated there are nearly 3000 with a membership of
possibly half a million men and boys. The work
with the civilian clubs is designed to reach the "un-
organized militia" which would constitute the bulk
of our volunteer armies in case of war. On this sub-
ject General Bell, the chief of staff, recently said:
"The encouragement of rifle practice among our citi-
zens and schoolboys is of the greatest importance
in this country, where preparedness for war is largely
based on the employment of an army of volunteers;
and wisely framed laws which will give a healthy
stimulus to this branch of military preparedness
would receive the hearty support of the War Depart-
ment.
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OREGON'S INDUCEMENTS FOR SPORTSMEN.
[By A. E. Gebhardt]
It is a fact worthy of note, and one that augurs
well for our Nation, that in America the number of
sportsmen and of those who take an interest in out-
door life and for whom the "Call of the Wild ' seems
to have perennial charm, is constantly increasing.
And it seems to me that this is particularly true of
our great Western country, whose natural beauty
and attractions are so alluring to the lover of nature.
Indeed, no other section of the United States pre-
sents to the lover of outdoor sports so many and
such varied attractions as the great Pacific North-
west, and this is particularly true of Oregon. With
its snow-capped mountains, evergreen forests, ma-
jestic rivers and lovely mountain streams, this State
is a veritable paradise, for one who can enjoy the
sublime and beautiful in nature, and there are few
sportsmen who are indifferent to the glories of
natural scenery. What sportsman can forget the joy
that filled his very soul with rapture when, in the
excitement of the chase, he was brought suddenly
face to face with some awe-inspiring, soul-uplifting
scene. Here, at his feet is, perhaps, a great canyon
with a roaring stream in its depths. Yonder a mag-
nificent waterfall, a glittering sheet thundering over
a precipice hundreds of feet high, boiling in white
foam at its base, while far in the distance there are
great stretches of snow-capped mountain ranges and
vast forests of fir and pine and spruce and hemlock,
through which mighty rivers wind their courses to
the sea.
If you are a hunter and take delight in the search
for large game, come with me to the Blue Moun-
tains of Eastern Oregon or to the beautiful valleys
of the Rogue and Umpqua rivers in the southeastern
portion of the State. There, in forests as dense and
wild as any on this continent, you will find the bear,
the deer and the elk in numbers.
If you prefer smaller game, you can have sport to
your heart's content in pursuit of that most beautiful
of game birds, the Chinese pheasant, which is found
in abundance in the great valley of the Willamette,
stretching for nearly 400 miles from north to south
in the western portion of the State. All hunters
agree that there are few birds that will try one's
patience more or deceive one oftener, than this pheas-
ant. But when you have bagged him you have not
only a bird of graceful outlines and of most gor-
geous and beautiful plumage, but one whose flesh
will satisfy the most epicurean taste.
In nearly all the valleys and foothills of the State
you will also find the native pheasant or grouse, the
partridge and the quail; and in Eastern Oregon, espe-
cially in the Blue Mountain region, you will also
find the sage hen and prairie chicken.
As for ducks, geese, swan and other water fowl,
they can be found on nearly every bay, lake and
stream in the State, but if you want to see them in
such numbers as have never before gladdened your
eyes, a trip to their breeding grounds in the Klamath
Lake region in Southern Oregon will certainly be a
revelation to you. There you will find great areas of
water, thousands of acres, literally covered with
ducks, geese, swans, snipe, plovers, pelicans and
other aquatic fowl. A portion of this wonderful re-
gion has been set aside as a game preserve and is
well patrolled, and there hundreds of thousands of
these water fowl nest and rear their young every
year unmolested.
But it is to the angler that Oregon presents special
attractions, for its numerous mountain streams, wild
torrents hurrying down from their elevated sources,
and now and then resting in still pools, with waters
cold and clear, are the haunts of the lusty trout, the
grayling and other species of game fish; while the
great rivers, at certain seasons of the year, contain
an abundance of salmon, smelt, shad, bass and other
varieties of fish.
The "cut-throat," one of the hardiest and gamest
of trout, is a native of this State and may be found
in nearly all of our streams. But if you are particular
as to the species you want, nature has here lavishly
provided a good variety for you. In the upper Clack-
amas, the Deschutes, Williamson and Mackenzie
rivers you will find the Dolly Varden trout whose
size, beauty and gamey qualities are well known
to all sportsmen. In these and various other streams
of the State may also be found the Eastern brook
trout, and the rainbow trout, many thousands of
which have been planted by the Federal government.
I have spoken to many experienced anglers, some
of whom have fished in the best streams of Europe
and America, and they are almost unanimous in their
loud praises of the excellence of sport in Oregon
streams, especially those in the southern portion of
the State.
The numerous coast streams also afford most ex-
cellent trout and salmon fishing. And at Yaquina
bay, one of the most beautiful sheets of water of
the entire coast, you can in season have royal sport
in fishing for that finest of large game fishes, the
salmon. The sportsman who has all his life fished
in the quiet, limpid waters of our Eastern and Middle
Western States, cannot realize the exciting sport
that salmon fishing affords until he himself has
attempted it. Your spoonhook is whirling in the
swift current. Suddenly you feel a tremendous jerk,
and the next instant a steel-gray object leaps high
out of the water and lashes it into foam. You have
hooked a salmon, but wait. He is not yet your own.
Hooking a salmon and landing one are very different
feats, as you will fully realize after a little experience.
Many times before you land him, if indeed you are
fortunate enough to do so at all, you will be wonder-
ing who will be the captor.
But how inadequate words seem to depict all this
grandeur and natural wealth. How useless to attempt
to describe it. To see will alone satisfy and convince.
In Oregon nature seems to worship at her own
shrine, for —
"The cedar and the mountain pine,
The willow on the fountain's brim,
The tulip and the eglantine
In reverence bend to Him;
The songbirds pour their sweetest lays
From tower and tree and middle air.
The rushing rivers murmur praise —
All Nature worships there."
WITH ROD AND GUN IN ARGENTINA.
Arizona sportsmen are enjoying venison steaks,
the open season for bucks is now on in Mexico. In
the district south of Douglas, game of all kinds is
very plentiful.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
[By Captain W. W. P. Benson.]
"A goldfish swam in a big glass bowl, as dear little
goldfish do," sang "O Mimosa San" in "The Geisha,"
but what would she have said or sung if she had seen
a huge goldfish of some forty pounds in weight jump-
ing high out of the water at the end of a line? But
this she might have seen, as anyone can see today on
any of the tributaries of the Rio de la Plata, a few
miles out from Buenos Aires.
El Dorado, the goldfish, is the most sporting fresh-
water fish in South American waters. You fish for
him as you would fish for pike — that is to say, with a
natural dead bait (as shiny as possible) on a good,
strong spinning trace — of annealed wire preferably;
it is infinitely better than gimp, because it is stronger,
finer, and less conspicuous in the water — or with a
float, live bait, and "snap" tackle. The bait should
not be deeper than a yard below the surface of the
water. The Dorado fights as well as a tarpon or a
salmon, and your chances of luring him are far
greater, for the water is always cloudy. He never
can see you, and he cannot perceive the tackle, but
this cloudiness necessitates a bright bait being used.
He himself would, like a Frenchman, probably prefer
a frog, but it is too dull a bait to he more than rarely
successful.
The Zuribe, or tiger fish, as he is called by reason
of his being marked like that animal, is also to be
caught in the same waters with much the same sort
of tackle, and in similar manner, except that the bait
should be much nearer the bottom, in this case it
would be better to dispense with a float and allow
your bait to sink and float out with the stream; in
fact, this method can be adopted for both the Zuribe
and the Dorado. The Zuribe runs up to about a hun-
dred pounds in weight, and has an enormous head,
which at first sight is rather startling. He, how-
ever, does not jump out of the water, and, after the
first big rush, is practically done for, there then
being little more than his weight to contend against.
Then there is the Pacu, a flat fish, running up to
about forty pounds in weight, a sort of fresh-water
turbot, with ribs like those of a lamp. So alike are
they, indeed, that the Pacu cutlets to be obtained at
the retsaurants are hardly distinguishable from lamb
cutlets. You fish for him with a float and pendant
hook, which should not be deeper than a foot and a
half below the surface, and the bait should be a peach
or a pear. It is curious that a flat fish should feed
so close to the surface, but so it is.
But the best sporting fish after the Dorado is the
Boga, a white fish of the salmon-trout size and
species. He does jump out of the water when hooked.
Here, again, a float should be used, but with a much
smaller hook — a good-sized perch hook or stout
salmon gut, and a snail for bait, about a foot below
the surface of the water. The Boga runs up to twelve
or fifteen pounds in weight, and fights well for his
size.
All this fishing can be had within an hour's rail-
way journey from Buenos Aires, the Tigre and all
the little rivers forming the delta of the Parana being
full of fish. Perhaps the best place of all is Fray
Bentos, on the Uruguay, on the opposite side of the
Rio de la Plata to the Tigre.
Leaving Buenos Aires at 10 a. m. by the river
steamer, Fray Bentos (where, by the way, Liebig's
extract of meat is manufactured) is reached at 1 or 2
o'clock in the afternoon. There is nothing very
swagger in the way of hotel accommodation, but
there is a very fair inn at which we can put up, and
which we can put up with for a night or two. Your
ardent angler is not a stickler for luxury. A row-
boat with a man costs a dollar (about Is. 8d.) an
hour, or six dollars a day. The boatman, at short
notice, will provide all the bait you require.
If you shoot you can get very good sport with the
gun within an hour's ride of Buenos Aires — at San
Vincente, or Canuelas, on the Southern Railway, or
at Moron Merlo, on the Western Railway. Here
everything but big game is to be had — partridge, six
varieties of duck, snipe, plover, hares, etc. You will
probably be accompanied by some one owning dogs,
but, if not, they can be hired. They are not only good
pointers, but good retrievers too.
For bigger game, such as the Guanacho of the
llama-vicuna family, as big as a cow, and for the
large partridge, which is as big as a hen turkey, you
must go as far as Curra-Malal, some 350 miles south
of Buenos Aires, on the Southern Railway. Here, too.
you may get Venado, a small deer, which, by the way,
is capital eating. No gun license required, and the
shooting is practically free.
To the sportsman in general and the angler in
particular, in search of something new, no place
offers greater attractions than Argentina. The trip
out and home is perfectly delightful. Leaving South-
ampton every Friday, the Royal Mail steamers call
en route at Vigo, Lisbon, Madeira, Pernambuco,
Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and Monte Video. It is prac-
tically a cruise, full of variety. As to "kit," one's
ordinary summer clothing will serve admirably.
And apart from sport, how interesting is the history
of Argentina since "the sixteenth century. The sub-
division of the empire of the mighty Incas by the
Conquistadores, the story of the rise and fall of the
Jesuit empire, the toil and teaching of the brave
mission fathers (ruins of whose monuments still exist
in the district which bears their name — Misiones) ;
and then the fight for and the gain of independence —
all this and much more is written on the pages of
Argentine history.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 22, 1910.
PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
Great progress has been made and a remarkable
increase of public interest shown since the earliest
field trial in the United States held more than a
quarter of a century ago. There are now four annual
field trial meetings held by Pacific Coast sportsmen.
The Pacific Coast Field Trials Club will hold the
club's twenty-seventh annual trials near Bakersfield,
beginning Monday, January 24th.
Every owrner of a well-bred pointer or setter is in-
terested in our Coast field trials. The dogs represent
the best blood lines of the day, going back for many
generations. The bird dogs of the present day are
the result of breeding for the most desirable qualities
and the elimination of faults.
Secretary Courtney E. Ford has received the fol-
lowing nominations for the All-Age event:
Joseph E. Terry, Sacramento, English setter Eury-
dice (Ch. Kilgarif-Moxey Danstone).
Hon. Charles N. Post, Sacramento, English setter
Lovelass (Count Whitestone- Loveknot).
J. W. Considine, Seattle. English setter Thier's Dot
(Thier's Dan-Melrose Toodles).
J. W. Considine, Seattle, English setter Kil's Viola
(Ch. Kilgarif-Roxane).
J. W. Considine, Seattle, English setter Kil's Jessie
(Ch. Kilgarif-Melrose Norah).
E. Courtney Ford, San Francisco, English setter
Tiburon (Uncle Fontaine-Ch. Belle Fontaine).
Christenson & Smith, English setter St. Ives (Uncle
Fontaine-Ch. Belle Fontaine).
Smith and Terry, English setter Kil's Linda (Ch.
Kilgarif-Moxey Danstone) .
Among other entries are those, it is reported, of
the Tevis Stockdale Kennels, W. H. Estabrook for-
merly of Yreka, J. G. Kerckhoff and John Schu-
macher of Los Angeles, all pointer entries.
The entries for the Derby closed in November with
seventeen nominations. The entires for the Members
and Champion stakes will close the night before those
events are run. Besides the purses, there have been
donated three valuable cups for the Derby, All-Age
and Members' stakes. The winner of the Champion
stake and also the runner-up, will receive cup
trophies.
The class of the All-Age dogs is a notable one, for
with but few exceptions every entry has won at
different trials, both on the Coast and in the East.
St. Ives, Kil's Viola and Kil's Linda have each won
recently in various Eastern trials.
The attendance of sportsmen at the coming meet-
ing promises a large gathering of sportsmen from
many Coast points as well as from some Eastern
cities.
The judges selected are: Henry L. Betten of Ala-
meda and William Dormer of Oakland."
The true sportsman finds as much, if not more, real
genuine pleasure in watching his dogs hunting and
locating game with all their natural and acquired skill
than he does in bagging the game. It is the sport of
a gentleman who delights in nature manifesting
itself.
The dogs are bred primarily for the love of the
animal, truly termed "Man's best friend," and many
there are now who devote almost as much attention
to their kennels as to their racing stables, good dogs
commanding a price, for breeding of the bird dog
is a venture full of uncertainty and so many ob-
stacles that few even among the "initiated" fully
realize the ceaseless efforts required on the part
of successful breeders and fanciers to attain the
instinct and sagacity required of the animals in
hunting game birds.
This is not the work of a day or season. It is a
decidedly complex problem, for the bird dog is not
really a natural animal, but rather a creation born
of necessity. He has many peculiar traits that are
purely artificial and can be perpetuated only by
vigilance and forethought. Bench show requisites
do not dictate the procedure, for the bird dog must
be bred for brains and must combine in a small
agile body, speed, endurance, courage, sense of
smell and tractability. He must have qualities that
are peculiarly his own and which are points upon
which his especial merit hangs, namely, form, style,
character, bird sense and pointing instinct or ability
to handle game. The last three characteristics
are, of course, the most important, but at the same
time the most difficult to perpetuate in breeding.
The bird instinct which manifests itself even in
the puppy just begining to frolic around and chase
anything with wings, from a grasshopper or butterfly
up to the barnyard fowls, is no doubt the result of
centuries of training of certain breeds of dogs to
hunt feathered game. This may now be regarded as
a natural instinct. It is the one characteristic which
separates the bird dog from all others of his species.
It is peculiarly an attribute of the pointer and set-
ter, because they have been specially selected by
breeders and fanciers for this purpose. They are
generations ahead of all others of the canine tribe
in development in this respect. Which breed excels
is an open question.
Reports from the trial grounds are indicative
of plenty birds to work the dogs on and other con-
ditions are favorable. W. R. Coutts and his two boys
are located near Bakersfield with a large string of
pointers and setters. Fred Coutts has a training
camp near Ensenada. "Doc" Wilson is working his
charges near Bakersfield. "Mace" Dodge, assisted
by Charles North, is still with the Stockdale kennels.
Onr or two trainers from Los Angeles will handle
dogs during the trials.
In past years, closely following the end of the
open season on wild feathered game, local sportsmen
were not slow in paying enthusiastic attention to
the sport of trap shooting — just to keep their shot-
guns from rusting.
For the first season in almost a quarter of a cen-
tury the powder-burners are without a local shoot-
ing ground. With the closing of the Ingleside trap
grounds last September, the best grounds the shoot-
ers here ever had, there came the necessity of looking
around for a new location. The San Francisco Trap
Shooting Association wjiich heretofore was the con-
trolling influence in all important tournaments, had
disposed of its property and left matters in the hands
of the local clubs and individual shooters.
The only local blue rock shootng club still in the
game is the Golden Gate Gun Club. Efforts made
to secure suitable grounds, easy of access from this
city, were unsuccessful. It is just possible that an
arrangement may be made to shoot with the Oak-
land Gun Club. At all events it looks as if the
trap shooters will have to go over to the Alameda
grounds for a crack at inanimate targets.
On the other side of the bay, the blue rock shoot-
ers are preparing for a lively year. It is reported
that the Oakland Gun Club propose to hold a big
tournament during the coming season in which there
will be $2000 in purses distributed.
The California Wing Club, which has been in
existence over thirty years, it is intimated will fit
up grounds on the east bay shore near the Vigorit
powder works.
The customary Washington's birthday blue rock
shoot will not, this year, take place in San Francisco
county. The Wing Club's initial shoot on the first
Sunday in March, will, if the contemplated pro-
gram is carried out, take place in Contra Costa
county.
A movement has been started by San Joaquin val-
ley sportsmen with the purpose in view of organiz-
ing a valley association of gun clubs. If a suffi-
cient number of clubs entertain the proposition, a
schedule of tournaments, one in each city, will be
arranged.
The Madera Rod and Gun Club has taken the ini-
tiative and announces a three-day's blue rock shoot
during April next.
A week ago the quail shooters evidently found
weather and other conditions favorable. In the vicin-
ity of Livermore a number of shooters returned with
strings of quail, limits of twenty were not in the
majority; from half a dozen to fifteen birds was
the general showing. O. M. Goldaracena had an
outing in good ground, if his string of birds was
any evidence. From some sections in Sonoma county,
notably so near Bodega, quail returns were pleasing.
English snipe are decidedly erratic in their ways.
Here today and gone tomorrow. Often, to the great
bother of the hunter, on favorite ground when the
longbills are expected to "work" well, they are
wild as March hares. Such was the experience of
the veteran sportsman, John K. Orr, a week ago,
shooting over excellent snipe country near Olema.
Fifteen birds with forty shells for a crack shot and
good snipe hunter bears out his assertion that sev-
enty and eighty yard rises were in the majority.
Fred Butler had an easier time with the snipe near
Marshall's where he shot a limit.
"Doc" Stewart, the famous goose hunter of Rio
Vista, one of the best "callers" of that section, noted
for good wild fowl hunters, has retired practically
from the game. For years past he has taken sports-
men out on goose shoots, but has now put away
his gun. The bunch of live decoy geese he had
trained to lead their congeners into trouble has been
turned over to the Park Commission, and the traitor-
ous birds are now domiciled in Stow lake.
On February 15th the duck season will come to an
end, just a little over three weeks shooting is still on
the duck hunters' calendar. Stormy weather will
probably mark the waning days of the season with
patchy results.
Birds are very plentiful in some districts, local
shooters, however, have not had the luck generally
to find these good shooting gorunds. Best results
recently have been obtained on preserves located
some distance from this city.
That there are plenty birds somewhere is shown by
the number of wild duck hawkers on our streets. The
birds are mainly spoonbills and mallards. The
market hunters know the country and when the birds
scatter out after a storm they get them.
From now on there will he more or less the ele-
ment of chance for the local trigger trippers when
bent on bagging ducks at the different resorts.
The sportsmen in the lower reaches of San Joaquin
valley and south of Tehachapi will have an inning
with the main body of ducks from this section of the
State, for down south they will go and stay until
the migratory instinct prompts flight for northern
breeding grounds.
The high water in the Yolo and San Joaquin basins
has had a corresponding influence on the up river
and Suisun marsh country. The ducks seek the open
overflowed ground and places where it is difficult
to get within shot, and where it is alo unfavorable
territory to "work" them with decoys or otherwise.
Reports from the Knights Landing districts are that
mallard and widgeon ducks are there by the thous-
ands.
San Pablo hay a week ago was well covered with
oil, many ducks and sea-gulls were picked up, the poor
birds being so coated with refuse oil as to be unable
to fly or swim. The oil nuisance has been disagree-
ably spread over many other sections of the bay
waters. The present diffusion of the stuff seems
to he on the wholesale order. It has been found in
the overflows as far up as Collinsville. Petaluma
creek has kept up its reputation for drawing large
bonuses of oil when the distribution is going on.
San Francisco Striped Bass Club members and
guests met Saturday at a popular downtown restau-
rant last Saturday evening, the occasion being the
club's annual banquet and installation of officers for
the ensuing year.
Charles P. Landresse, the retiring president, acted
as toastmaster. The menu was good, the songs ex-
cellent, the music pleasing and the stories enter-
taining.
The newly elected board of officers is composed
of Emil Acceret, president; Chris L. Johnson, vice-
president; James S. Turner, secretary, and Charles
H. Kewell, treasurer.
The list of prize winners for the season of 1909,
the lucky anglers who caught big fish and large
catches and did other stunts appreciated by those
who go down to the sea in gum boots is in the order
named. J. G. Bliss, James S. Turner, A. L. Bowley,
Charles E. Urfer, Monte Button, Fred Franzen, Tim
Lynch, Charles P. Landresse, A. V. Thornton, James
Lynch, Emil Acceret and Howard Vernon.
The jolly anglers and guests present were: Chris.
L. Johnson, Charles H. Kewell. Charles P. Landresse,
James Lynch, Frank O'Donnell, M. J. Hynes, E. Alt-
vater, A. L. Bowley, George C. Browne, Ed J. Con-
lin, Jack Duckel, Fred Franzen, M. J. Geary, Joseph
J. Garbarino, Emil Acceret, Tim Lynch Harold J.
Ladd, Frank Marcus, Frank Messner, James S. Tur-
ner, Will S. Turner, Otto F. Thiele Jr., Alvin W.
Thornton, Howard Vernon, J. C. Wallace, P. H. L.
Wilson, Speck Smith, George Hopkins, Howard Mc-
Avoy, Mr. Robinson, J. X. De Witt, J. G. Bliss, H. P.
Draper, James A. Watt, Stewart Hynes, Al Larsen.
The California Anglers' Association at the annual
meeting January 17th elected the following Board of
Directors: George A. Wentworth, Dr. Henry Abrahm,
Harry Gosliner, George F. Roberts and W. J. Street.
During the business meeting the fifth aunual report
of the Board of Directors was read (which will ap-
pear in our next issue), and was received by the
large number of members present with much satis-
faction.
After the more serious affairs were disposed of a
jolly "smoker" ensued. Songs, stories, music and
other entertainment make up a most enjoyable even-
ing's entertainment.
Steelhead angling goes into close season Febru-
ary 1st until April 1st. But few fish have been taken
for a week or more, weather conditions interfered.
Peters Points.
The record of H. E. Poston for four months' trap
shooting last year, 95.2 per cent, 3094 out of a total
of 3250 targets was made with Peters factory
loaded shells.
At Tacoma, Wash., he won general high average
427x465, June 22 and 23, Washington State tour-
nament.
High general average 120 x 125 at Vancouver,
B. C, July 1.
High general average, Seattle, Wash., July 4, with
94 out of 100.
At the Utah State shoot, Ogden, Utah, August 11,
12 and 13, second general average, breaking 407 out
of 425.
At the Western Boosters' tournament. Anaconda,
Mont., August 17, IS and 19, he made second general
average, 486 out of 500. At 21 yards he broke
92 x 100.
At Seattle, Wash, the Pacific Coast Handicap,
August 24, 25 and 26, 317 breaks, out of 330 targets
shot at gave him fourth general average place.
At Tacoma, Wash, August 29, first general average
with 117x120.
He shot a tie for third general average at Portland,
Ore., 192 out of 200, September 3.
At the Pacific Coast Indian shoot at Medford, Ore.,
September 7, S and 9, second general average,
439 x 460.
At the Arizona and New Mexico Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation shoot, September 24, 25 and 26 at Tucson,
Ariz., he won first general average, breaking 495
out of 525 targets.
Saturday, January 22, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
II
THE FARM
THE HAND SEPARATOR.
The dairy farmer who is using a
hand separator should make certain
that it is doing good work. It is not
sate to conclude that the separator is
skimming satisfactorily just because
no cream rises to the top when the
skim milk is held for several hours.
It should be remembered that milk
must contain over 25 per cent butter-
fat before cream will be visible. This
means that one pound of butterfat in
16 may be lost in separating 4 per
cent milk without the owner detect-
ing the loss unless he uses the Bab-
cock test.
It is a good plan to have samples
tested occasionally and the butter
maker at the local creamery is usually
willing to do the testing. If not, sam-
ples can be sent to the State experi-
mental station, where tests are made
free of charge.
Thre are some hand separators that
do better work than others under ad-
verse conditions, but practically all of
the centrifugal machines (the so-called
water separators are not entitled to
the term) will do satisfactory work
when run under proper conditions.
Such conditions are briefly as follows:
The separator should be set on a
firm foundation and the frame should
be perfectly level.
The tinware should be in its proper
place and should not be bent out of
shape.
The bearings should fit snugly on
spindle and should be replaced when
badly worn. The bowl should run
without vibrating.
The speed should be uniform and
always higher rather than lower
than directions prescribe.
The milk should be skimmed imme-
diately after being drawn from the
cow. If cooled it should be heated to
95 degrees before separating.
The bearings should be kept well
oiled and the bowl and tinware thor-
oughly washed and sterilized or
scalded after each separating. — J. H.
When pigs are living alone, and
standing still or making slow growth,
what they are eating is practically
wasted as there is no gain from it.
And further, it requires time for them
to overcome this unthrifty habit and
begin growing again and all of the
food that is required to re-establish
the growing habit is wasted.
It is important that we make the
most of our grain foods by mingling
them with cheap, coarse feeds, there-
by reducing the cost of feeding.
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Here is an Opportunity to Buy the Standard Trotting Stallion
F A I R H LI.S MISTERED NO. 42617
and a splendid collection of choice trotting stock at a very low price.
FAIRHILLS 43617 was foaled in 1903 at the Palo Alto Stock Farm. He is a
bright bay in color, stands 15.3 hands and weighs 1180 pounds. He is as hand-
some as a picture and has the individuality and muscularity that made his sire
so famous. He is very gentle and thoroughly broke. When a three-year-old
he was given to John Phippen, who, in seven weeks, drove him some fast quarters.
Distemper broke out among the horses at the old San Jose track, so Fairhills
suffering from a slight attack, was sent to Hopland. The calamity of April 18th
following, it was not deemed advisable to place him again in training. Mr. Phip-
pen claims he is one of the purest-gaited, most level-headed trotters he ever
drove. The breeding of this horse should commend him to horsemen. As a foal-
getter, he is absolutely sure, and all the colts and fillies by him are bays in
color and natural trotters; they know no other gait.
FAILHILLS was sired by Mendocino 2:19*4 (sire of Monte Carlo 2:07^, Men-
dolita 2:07%, Idolita 2:09%, Claro 2:11%, Leonora 2:12V2, Polka Dot 2:14%, and
8 others in 2:30), son of Electioneer 125 and Mano (dam of 2 and 2 sires of 16)
by Piedmont 2:17; second dam Mamie (dam of 2) by Hambletonian, Jr.; third
dam Gilda by Mango, and on to the 14th dam, Old Montague Mare.
FAIRHXLIiS was out of Mary Osborne (2> 2:28% (dam of Dorothea A. 2:29%
and the dam of May Worthy 2:29%), by Azmoor 2:20% (sire of Moortrix 2:07%,
Eetonica 2:09%, Bob 2:15 and the dams of Rowellan 2:09%, Arzilla 2:12%, etc.)
by Electioneer, out of Mamie C. (dam of 3 in 2:30 and the dam of Aldeana 2:25)
by imported Hercules; second dam by Langford, son of Williamson's Belmont, etc.
The second dam of Fairhills was Elsie, the greatest speed-producing daughter
of Gen. Benton. She was the dam of Rio Alto 2:16% (a sire), Novelist 2:27 (a
sire), Palita (2) 2:16 (dam of 2 and of Palite, sire of Pal, the unbeaten two-year-
olr" of 1909, with a record of 2:17%), Mary Osborn (2) 2:28%, and Salvina 2:30.
The third dam was Elaine 2:20 (dam of Iran Alto 2:12%, a sire. Palatine
2:18, Altoaine 2:29% and Anselma 2:29%) by Messenger Duroc (sire of 23 in the
2:30 list).
The fourth dam was Green Mountain Maid (dam of Electioneer and 9 in the
2:30 list) by Harry Clay 45, etc.
Every dam in Fairhills' pedigree to the fourth generation is either a 2:30 per-
former or a great broodmare. As an outcross for Wilkes, Nutwood and Director
mares this strongly bred Electioneer stallion should produce horses perfect in
gait, color and disposition, that will have early and extreme speed. He has every-
thing in his favor and should be given a record well below 2:20 this year. The
only reason for selling is retiring from the business of breeding trotters, and will
sell at extremely low prices, considering their breeding, soundness and individual-
ity, every head, including some choicely bred mares by McKinney, Mendocino
2:19%, Searchlight 2:03% and Monterey 2:09%, and all the colts and fillies by
Kinney Lou 2:07%, Mendocino 2:19% and Fairhills. Most of them are eligible for
registration; all the mares but two being registered.
This is a grand chance for some one to get a bargain. For further particulars
and catalogue, address HOPLA3VD STOCK FARM,
Hopland, Mendocino County, Cal.,
or 1210 Flood Building, San Francisco. Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 22, 1910.
It is a bad practice to keep too many
pigs together and compel them to
sleep in one nest. If possible do not
allow more than eight or ten to sleep
in one place during the winter.
Pigs that are allowed to pile up will
come out in the morning sweating, and
be sure to be troubled more or less
with colds and snuffles.
There are limits to fine breeding.
We can push the demand for fancy
points for certain elegant qualities till
we pass the point of real progress
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good disposition; 17 hands high; weight
about 1400 pounds; beautiful bright
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BEST GREEN TROTTER IN THE
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BUSTER — fills the bill in every re-
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Nelson 2:09%. For price and particu-
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Highland, Cal.
HIGH-CLASS TROTTERS
FOR SALE
Geo. T. Beckers of Los Angeles offers all his
broodmares and young Zombros for
sale as he will go East this spring to again
place Zombro in the stud, and if they are
not sold before he leaves he will sell them
over there. He has some royally bred ones.
Write him for pedigrees and prices.
Address
GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Figueroa St.. Los Angeles.
FOR SALE OR LEASE.
KINNEY H., three-year-old stallion
by Kinney Rose 2:13%, a son of Mc-
Kinney 2:11 J4; dam Leta H. by Nut-
wood Wilkes. Kinney H. is a splendid
young horse in every respect, hand-
some, intelligent, good disposition and
very promising-. With his breeding and
individuality, he is one of the most
desirable grandsons of McKinney in
this part of the State.
For further particulars, call or ad-
dress CHRIS HASHAGEN,
2801 21st St., San Francisco.
CHESTNUT TOM 434SS FOR SALE.
I want to sell my stallion Chestnut
Tom 2:15, as I am now engaged in busi-
ness and cannot give him my attention.
He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16^, sire of
John A. McKerron 2:04 M:, the fastest
trotting stallion in America, and. of
Copa de Oro 2:01%, the fastest pacing
heat winner of 1909. His dam, Zeta
Carter, is by Director 2:17, and his
grandam Llda W. 2:18^4 is by Nut-
wood 2:18%, and is the dam of four in
the list. Chestnut Tom is the sire of
Louise Carter, three-year-old record
2:24, the only one of his get ever
trained. Chestnut Tom was foaled in
1898, is a very strong and vigorous
horse, and will be a sure sire of speed
if given an opportunity.
For price and further particulars, ad-
dress GEO. T. ALGEi).
3804 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Chestnut gelding, foaled 1905, by
Monterey 2:091,4, dam Theresa 2:14 by
Silver Bow, second dam Laura Wilkes
2:17 by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, third dam
by Steinway 2:25. Stands 15.2% hands
high and weighs 1100 pounds. Power-
fully built, always in good flesh, a nat-
ural born pacer, perfectly gaited, wears
light shoes, no straps or boots of any
kind, and with only 7 months' training
in all, on the 24th day of last August
paced a mile in 2:08 flat, last half in
1:02, last quarter in 29 seconds. The
performances of this horse have been
kept under cover and nobody knows his
speed. If he is not a two-minute
pacer, there never was one, and my
only reason for selling is that I need
the money. This horse is guaranteed
sound, good-headed and game.
Also, a beautiful blooded bay car-
riage gelding, 5 years old, 16 hands
high, weighs 1150 pounds, standard
bred. Can trot a 2:30 gait. Handsome,
guaranteed sound and safe for a lady
to drive among cars and automobiles.
Apply to or address H. HANSEN,
1420 46th Ave.. Melrose, Cal.
FOR SALE
Nearest 2:22
Sire of
Highfly 2:04%, Alone 2:094,
Trueheart 2:19K, Joe Gans 2:19}£,
Just It (3-year-old) 2:19K,
and brother to John A. McKerron 2M%, second
fastest stallion in the world.
Nearest is 15% hands high, weight 1200 pounds.
This horse is a sure foal getter and is in splendid
condition.
Address. MBS. S. V. BAESTOW.
1042 Alameda Ave., San Jose, Cal.
WHEN
DOCTORS
DISAGREE
— orat any other time,
use Kendall's spavin
Cure to cure that
Spavin, Curb, Ringbone, Splint.
Bony Growth or any other lameness. It's the
safest way. Keep a bottle of
KENDALL'S
SPAVIN CURE
on hand so you can nse Itpromptly.
'-Please send me one of your books, "Treatise
on the Horse.' I have been using Kendall's
Spavin Cure for Years and find It a sure cure for
Spavin, Rlnuborie. Spllntand Lameness.
W. M. Slng;lr, Perham, Minn.*
Good for man and beast. Tour druggist will
supply you. Price $1.00 per bottle: 6 for $5. 00.
Also ask him for that valuable book, "Treatise
on the Horse,''or write direct fora copy. Address
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enogburg Falls. VI
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the best of profes-
sional services to all cases ol veterinary
dentistry. Complicated cases created suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonable prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Ootavla St., between Fulton and Oroya,
Phone Special 2074. San Franeiaoo, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino
—Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams-
Rams for sale at all times.
P.O. Bos 215. Telephone and telegraph,
Dixon. Cal. Address. Dixon, Cal.
PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS.
All guaranteed, broke dogs and duds. 400 red
fox cubs. Price list.
J. D. STODGHILL. ShelDrvUJe Ky.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tactcie to let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat House,
Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke, Prop.. Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake, Moffit & Towne. Los Ana-eijes.
Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland, ore.
CALIFORNIA
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High-Class Art in
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Artistic Designing
141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
Weather Proof. Acid Proof. Fire Resisting.
BONESTELL & CO.
118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
Shoe Boils, Capped
Hock, Bursitis
are hard to cure, yet
IRBINE
will remove them and leave no blem-1
lal.; Does not blister or remove"
the hair, ('nres any puff or swelling. Horse can
be worked, $2.(J0 per bottle, deli vered. Book 6 D free.
AJISORBIVE, JR., (mankind, $1.00 bottle.)
For Boils. Bruisea, Old Sores. Swellings, Goilro,
Varicose Veins, Varicosities. Allays Pain.
W. F. YOUNG, P, D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass.
For Sale by— Langley & Michaels, San Fran-
ciflco, Cal. : Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland,
Ore.: F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.;
Western Whosesale Drag Co., Lob Angeles,
Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.;
Pacific Drag Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane
Drag Co., Spokane, Wash.
Saturday, January 22, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
California Breeders Association
Canfield - Clark Stakes No. 1
To be raced under the auspices of the California Breeders Association
for foals of 1908 to be raced as 2-year-olds in 1910.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
$ 1 000 Guaranteed Purse for Trotters
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.
Feb. 1, '10, $10; June 1, '10, $15; final payment, $25, ten days before the
meeting begins at which the race is to be trotted. Nothing additional from
money winners.
CONDITIONS.
Mile heats, 2 in 3. Distance, 150 yards. Entry must be accompanied by
entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment
forfeits all previous payments.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these stakes in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
"Write for entry blanks and further information to
C. A. CANFIELD, President.
WM. L. JAMES, Secretary,
317 West 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 in 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records in 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address- GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Flgueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal.
As they
sometimes are
' Registered Trade Mark ^%C ^
SPAVIN CURE ^
\
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There ure no baneful and vicious fea-
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pert and all endurance tests.
You obtain results without delays,
relapse-*, blistering, fevered, swollen
and permanently thickened tissue or
mi Kneaded use of the horse.
Grattan Stock Farm
home of grattan
Prairie View, Ilw^
PRAIRIE VIEW, 111., November 1, 1909.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton. N. T.:
Gentlemen: I wish to get advice in regard to a lame horse owned by a
friend of mine who has been looking to me for information. I am superintendent
of the above-named farm and have in the last two years used a number of bottles
of your remedy. It has proven satisfactory in every instance, and I believe it has
nu enual on the market. I am quite a little interested in helping this party and
any information you can give me regarding the possibilitv of a cure will be appre-
ciated. The horse, etc. Most truly, W. WINTERSTEIN.
JEFFERSON, Okla., Nov. 16, 1909.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.:
Dear Sirs: I have a mare with bog
spavin on both hind legs. I have used
""Save-the-Horse" on bone spavins and
growths on bone. I wish you would let
me know if it will cure a bog spavin.
I had this old trotter, Capt. Brocket
2:13; he was stove in the front ankle,
there was a leakage of the joint the
same as a bone spavin. His joints
were enlarged big enough for two
joints. I fired him and got no results.
I then used "Save-the-Horse' and he
is row souni. If your ""Save-the-Horse"
will act the same on bog spavin, let me
know. Our druggist has it on hand,
and I will try a bottle. Yours respect-
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"Save- 1 he-Horse" permanently cures
bone and bog spavin, ringbone (except
Imv ringbone), curb, thoroughpin. splint,
<?hre hoi!, windpuff, iniured tendons,
and all lameness, without scar or loss
of hair. Horse may work as usual.
Send for copy and booklet.
$5.00 per bottle, with a written guaran-
tee as binding to protect you as the
best legal talent could make it.
At Dnigsrists and Dealers or Express
Paid.
TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY,
Binghamton, A. Y.
D. E. Newell.
56 Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
1109 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
California Breeders Association
Canfield - Clark Stakes No. 2
To be raced under the auspices of the California Breeders Association
for foals of 1909 to be raced as 2-year-olds in 1911.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
$ 1 000 Guaranteed Purse for Trotters
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.
Feb. 1, '10, $5; Nov. 1, '10, $10; April 1, '11, $10; final payment, $25,
ten days before the meeting begins at which the race is to be trotted. Noth-
ing additional from money winners.
CONDITIONS.
Mile heats, 2 in 3. Distance, 150 yards. Entry must be accompanied by
entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment
forfeits all previous payments.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen this stake in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
"Write for entry blank and further information to
C. A. CANFIELD, President.
WM. L. JAMES, Secretary,
317 West 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
04%. etc., and
etc.
^»rp Nllfwnnrl WillfPC 7*lhl sireof Copa de Oro 2:0lM. John A. McKerron 2:0
OHC, milffUUU TYllaCls £.IU2j dams of San Francisco 2 :07%, Mona Wilkes 2 :03M,
n^m Pallta (1\ ?'ln dam of 2 in list; second dam Elsie.dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20,
i/aui, lama \i. ) i.iu, dam of 4 : fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old tilly Com-
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:1334, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season S^a?e^ atmr
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
$10 Due on Two-Year-Olds
Tuesday, Feb. 1, '10.
S7,250-— Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 8
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
Foals Born 1908 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old.
ENTRIES CLOSED DECEMBER 2, 1907.
$4,250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $450 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$3000 for Three-Year-Old Trottera.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three-Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Year-OId Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-OId Trot.
100 to Owner of stallion. Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot
when mare was bred.
$1000 for Three- Year-Old Facers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year- Old Pace.
750 for Two-Year-OId Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dnm of Winner of
Two-Year-OId Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace
ay hen mare waa bred.
$250 in Special Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners.
$10 on Two-Year-Olds February 1, 1910; $10 on Three- Year-Olds February 1. 1911.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-OId Pace; $35 to start in
the Two-Year-OId 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 meeting1 at which the race is to take place.
Nominators mnist designate when making payments to start whether the horse
entered Is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start at two years old nre not barred from starting again In the three-
year-old divisions.
Be Sure to Make This Payment.
E. P. HEALD, Pres.
F. W.
KELLEY, Sec'y,
366 Pacific Bide
, San Francisco
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05H in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Alberts. 2:03?4. Sir John S. 2:043-2. Mona Wilkes 2;ii:}Il etc.. etc.) ;
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05J4 Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12>£. etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
... - Plaasanton, Cal.
Take the Breeder and Sportsman.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 22, 1910.
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A Whirlwind Finish!
Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., who has made an unprecedented record during the year 1909, shot at Houston, Texas,
December 20-22, with the following results:
High Amateur Average,
800 x 825.
Longest Run, Unfinished,
252 Straight.
High Gun, Last Day,
274x275
At this shoot Mr. Henderson used the same load in
PETERS SHELLS
that he has shot throughout the year. His scores are an eloquent witness to the shooting efficiency of these goods. See a little later
advertisement for full particulars.
New York: 98 Chambers St., T. H. Keller, Mgr.
San Francisco: 60S-612 Howard St., J. S. French, Mgr.
New Orleans; 321 Mapazine St., J. W. Osborne, Mgr.
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0.
The Annual Short -Horn Sales
MRS. J. H. GLIDE will be held
^— January 24, 1910
The Greenwood offering comprises
25 head yearling and two-year-old bulls, 15 head choice
cows and heifers,
including first prize winners at Alaska-Yukon-Exposition.
HOWARD CATTLE CO., wuibeheid
~ January 25, 1910
The Howard Cattle Company offering comprises
35 head yearling and two-year-old bulls, 20 head choice
heifers.
Offering includes sons of the twice grand Champion of America
Lavender Viscount 124755; also bulls strong in the blood of
the champion Choice Goods 186802.
These Offerings Exceed in Number and Equal in Quality the Banner Sale of 1909.
In Sales Pavilion of FRED. H. CHASE & CO., 478 Valencia St., San Francisco.
For catalogue and further particulars apply to
MRS. J. H. GLIDE, 910 H. St., Sacramento, Cal. HOWARD CATTLE CO., 641 Mission St., San Francisco, Cal
$5,000
GUARANTEED.
-THE—
State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 2
Foals of Mares Covered in 1909 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old.
$2850 for Trotting Foals. $2150 for Pacing Foals.
$5,000
GUARANTEED.
-TO BE GIVEN BY THE-
CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Sacramento, Cal.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$100 to Owner of Stallion, sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when
mare was bred.
FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS to take place at the California State Fair, 1912
Two-Year-Old Trotters, ■ - • $600
Two-Year-Old Pacers, ... 400
$100 to Owner of Stallion, sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when
mare was bred.
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS to take place at the California State Fair, 1913
Three-Year-!
Three-Year-I
Trotters,
Pacers,
$1400
$1100
Consolations for Horses That Started in Above and Won No Money.
ENTRANCE FREE— Otherwise same conditions to govern as in the main events.
TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS, $350; TWO-YEAR-OLD PACERS, $250. THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS, $400; THREE- YEAR-OLD PACERS, $300.
ENTRANCE ASD PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1910. when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; 55 July 1, 1910;
$5 December 1, 1910; $10 on yearlings February 1, 1911; $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1912; $10 on three year olds February 1, 1913.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $15 to start in the two-year-old pace, $25 to start in the two-year-old trot; $35 to start in the three-year-old pace; $50 to start in the
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.
No additional entrance will be charged in the Consolation Stakes.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Paeer.
Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again in the three-year-old divisions.
CONDITIONS.
The races for two-year-olds will be mile heats, two in three, and for three-year-olds, three in five. Distance for two-year-olds, 150 yards; for three-year-olds,
100 yards.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before February 1, 1911. her nominator may sell or transfer hjs,
nomination or substitute another innre 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 which she was bred in 1909.
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 $5000, the amount of
the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
Races for Two-Year-Old Stake and Consolation end with the conclusion of the third heat.
Races for Three-Year-Old Stake and Consolation end with the conclusion of fifth heat.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than there are starters.
All contestants not winning a heat in three or awarded second position twice will be retired from the race, but do not forfeit their winnings as shown by the
summary.
Entries open to the world.
Write for Entry Rlauks to
H. A. JASTRO, President. J. A. FILCHER, Sec'v, Sacramento, Cal.
Other than exceptions made in this entry blank rules of National Trotting Association to govern.
Saturday, January 22, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
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Jan. 1, 1910, in the Tri-State Championship Match, at
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asing Qulnn's Ointment for several years and haTe ef-
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[Saturday, January 29, 1910.
Sensational Announcement
FOR THE PLEASANTON SALE
Owing to his continued illness, Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick consigns his six great three-year-old stallions which he brought here last year, viz:
BLACK HALL by Ozono (son of Moko) out of Maggie Yeazer,
dam of Walnut Hall 2:08i, etc.
OLIVER TODD by Todd 2:I4|, out of Olive Brady by Cyclone.
MOKO HALL by Walnut Hall 2:081, out of a mare by Moko; sec-
ond dam by Simmons 2:28, etc.
GOVERNOR CONSTANTINE by Constantine 2:12*, out of
Nevada by Onward 2:05i, etc.
GERALD JAY by the great sire Jay Bird, out of Black Annie by
Bourbon Wilkes, etc.
GRANT CONSTANTINE by Constantine 2:12*, out of Viva-
cious 2:17 by Bernal 2:24, etc.
Besides These Royally Bred Ones There Will Be at Least
80 Others of the Choicest Bred in California.
Good Horses Bring Big Prices at Pleasanton !
THIS IS THE LAST NOTIFICATION, FOR
Entries to this Great Sale will close Tuesday, Feb. 1.
Horses will not be sold that are not catalogued. From letters received from all parts of the Pacific Coast,
as well as Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, it seems
Everybody will attend the Third Annual Pleasanton Sale
OF STANDARD-BRED
TROTTERS and PACERS «■ «■ "« ■*■ The First Week in March, 1910
BESIDES THE ABOVE THERE WILL BE OFFERED
descendants of McKinney 2:11'/4, Diablo 2:09'.,, Boodle 2:12'/2, Altamont 2:26,
Whips 2:27i/i, Nushagak, Monicrat 2:1314, Zombro 2:11, Searchlight 2:03'/i,
Easter W., The Limit, Guy Wilkes 2:1514, Athablo 2:24'/4, Dexter Prince, De-
monio 2:11|4, Lecco 2:09%, Monterey 2:09'4, Silver Bow 2:16, Sir John (trial
2:14) by McKinney Z'.IV/,. Strathway 2:19, Monbells 2:23, Kinney Lou 2:07%,
Zolock 2:05'4, Alconda Jay, Prince Lovelace. Baron Bowles (3) 2:25, Peveril by
Alaric, McKenna (son of McKinney 2 : 1 1 '/^ ) , Clay S. 2:16, Palite (sire of Pal
2:M'/2). Demonio 2:111-4, Chas. Derby 2:20, Bayswater Wilkes, Dawnlight.
Nutwood Wilkes 2:16>4, Dictatus 2:17, Strathway 2:19, Mendocino 2:19'/z-
There never was such an aggregation of royally bred stallions,
ing prospects and matinee horses,
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF CONSIGNEES:
Frank J. Kilpatrick. San Francisco; C. L. Crellin. Pleasanton; Henry Struv«,
Watsonville: J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton; Estate of F. P. Hellwig, Alvarado;
J. C. Armstrong. A. Goulart. Santa Rita: A. Edstrom, Oakland; H. Busing,
Pleasanton; S. B. Van Dervoort, Irrington: Frank SI. Gray. Los Gatos; Rush &
Haile, Suisun; M. C. Keefer, Woodland; James J. Morrisey, Oakland, Cal.; A. R.
Shreve, Portland, Ore.; C. E. Brunbauger, T. C. Wallic, of Los Banos; Harry
JIcFadyen, of Dixon; Wm. Hendrickson. San Jose; Est. of Dr. C. F. Millar,
Dixon; T. D. Sexton. Oakland: H. Scott, San Jose; etc.
Owners of good "prospects" who wish to get the very highest prices for
them can make no m'stake in consigning them to this sale immediately, as
entries close February 1st. and a limited number can only he sold. Send for
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
DBMONIO 2:11>/1 Rush & Haile, Suisun
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 iRush & Haile, Suisun
Jim Logan (3) 2:05%.. J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles
LIMITING THE SEASON during which associa-
tions, clubs or individuals may hold race meetings
during the year is quite as legitimate as limiting
the season during which game may he killed, and
those legislatures which have passed laws placing
limitations on racing have been sustained by the
higher courts of their States. Kentucky for instance
has a law which provides for a racing commission
which assigns the dates on which associations may
hold meetings and also provides that the betting
must be done by the auction and mutual systems.
The bookmakers at Latonia tried to give a meeting
recently at which there was bookmaking, and sought
to enjoin the racing commission from interfering
with it, but the Supreme Court held that Kentucky's
racing law was constitutional and must be obeyed.
We believe the Kentucky law limits each association
to twelve days of racing. Some such a law is needed
in California and the horsemen and livestock breed-
ers of the State should unite to secure its passage.
Those were pleasant and profitable weeks to the
farmers and stock breeders of California when there
were some twenty or thirty district fairs given in
the State during the summer and fall months, at
which in addition to fine displays of all the products
of each district there was a week of racing to pro-
vid amusement for those who attended. There were
running, trotting and pacing races for good purses,
and there was a thoroughly enjoyable good time.
That was before the advent of bookmaking with its
atendant evil of continuous racing at one track for
seven months in the year, until horse racing, once
an honored sport, became so obnoxious to the peo-
ple that they arose and demanded the total sup-
pression of betting on races. The law passed failed
to stop it however and it still goes on under a plan
devised especially to evade the law. The thinking
and reasoning lawmakers of other countries have
long known that it is impossible to prohibit wagering
on any sort of contests so long as those contests
are permitted, and therefore have wisely concluded
that the best means to prevent betting from becoming
a great evil is to limit the days on which these
contests are held. This is the sane and sensible
plan and the one that California should adopt. Every
horseman who resided in California twenty years
ago will remember the spring and fall meetings of
the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association held in
this city. Never lasting more than ten days and at-
tended every day by the best people in the city,
and from all parts of the Coast these meetings, with
the State and district fairs, did all that was necessary
to encourage the breeding of the thoroughbred, and
the breeding farms of Palo Alto, J. B. Haggin, Chas.
Boots, W. O'B. Macdonough and many others at-
tained their greatest fame under that plan of racing.
A few years after the continuous racing began here
the great Rancho del Paso farm of Mr. Haggin was
dispersed, and many others were reduced in size.
The farmers throughout California lost interest in
the breeding of the thoroughbred because they saw
that this noble animal had been made into a gam-
bling tool and they did not care to join in the game.
California has permitted the sport of racing to get
into the hands of the gamblers and it is now the
duty of her citizens to rescue it from them. It can
be done by limiting the days of racing of any asso-
ciation and in any county to not over 20 days in one
year and confining the betting to auction and mutual
pools. The next Legislature should be asked by the
farmers, the stock growers, the horse breeders and
the business men of the State to pass such a law,
and if these people will make a unanimous request to
that effect it will doubtless be granted.
HORSE BREEDING IN EUROPE receives a great
deal of attention from the governments which are
growing more impressed every year with the neces-
sity and importance of keeping up the supply of those
types suitable for army work, as they know that in
case of war the country short of horses is placed at
a great disadvantage. A recent dispatch says:
"Germany and France are the most advanced in this
enterprise, although Austria has awakened to the
necessity of a good supply of remounts and draught
horses in the last year or two. Horse-breeding has
been developed in Germany in two directions. The
breeding of blooded horses for saddle and carriage
has occupied a piece of importance in the Fatherland
for many years. The principal center of this phase
of horse-breeding is in the plains of North Germany.
Not only does the government run its own farms, but
private breeders are encouraged in every way to
bring the German horses into the front rank of ex-
cellence. There are twenty-three horse-breeding
farms under the Prussian administration, controlled
by the Minister of Agriculture, but directly managed
by an official called the Oberlandstallmeister. From
time to time these two government officers meet a
Commission for the Promotion of National Horse-
breeding and all questions affecting the improvement
of the stock in Germany are discussed by experts.
The regulations of this commission direct that as a
requisite number of army horses is essential to the
political independence of a large state care should be
taken to place the breeding of army horses, on a
secure footing, both in times of peace and war; also
that the agricultural industry should be promoted by
encouraging the breeding of draught horses. The
steady aim of French horse-breeding schemes, al-
though they have as their main object a supply for
military purposes, has been to improve the horses
employed in working the land or in commerce and
industry. No less than $5,730,000 is spent every year
in the improvement of French horses. A direct vote
of $570,000 comes from the state, and the Pari
Mutuel — or government system of betting at race
courses— contributes a further $605,000. The re-
mainder comes in the way of contributions from de-
partment councils."
A CONVENTION OF HORSEMEN who are inter-
ested in the breeding, training and racing of trot-
ters and pacers has been called to meet in San Fran-
cisco on Wednesday, March 2d. The call is issued
by The San Francisco Driving Club of which Mr. W.
J. Kenney of 531 Valencia street, this city, is presi-
dent. The date set is the evening before the big
March sale of harness horses at Pleasanton, and as
that will be attended by harness horsemen from
all over the Coast many of whom will have to pass
through San Francisco on their way to Pleasanton,
President Kenney believes the date will be oppor-
tune for a large attendance. One of the principal
objects of the convention will be the agitation of
legislation favorable to harness racing at county and
district fairs, and also to aid in the re-establishment
of these fairs in California. Letters have been sent
by President Kenney to horsemen all over the State
and it is expected that there will be a large attend-
ance and much good accomplished. The San Fran
Cisco Driving Club is one of the most energetic or-
ganizations in California and its members have the
faculty of pushing to a successful conclusion every
proposition which receives the endorsement of a
majority of its members. A round trip rate of one
fare and a third has been secured for delegates to
this convention.
THE HARVESTER, that took a three-year-old
record of 2:08% in 190S, and a four-j'ear-old record
of 2:06% last year, after which he trotted a mile
in 2:03% in public is the subject of our front page
picture this week, the original of which appeared in
the Christmas Horse Review. The Harvester is by
Walnut Hall 2:0S%, dam by Moko, second dam by
Simmons, and the three-year-old colt Moko Hall,
which Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick has consigned to
Chase's Pleasanton sale is bred exactly that way.
They say he bears quite a remarkable resemblance
to The Harvester.
THE NECESSITY of announcing racing programs
early cannot be too strongly impressed on the driv-
ing clubs and fair associations that intend giving
race meetings this year on the main California cir-
cuit. It is no more work to get out a program in
February than it is in May or June, and the earlier
these programs are announced the larger will be
the entry lists. We have tried to impress this idea
on the minds of the directors and other officials of
the associations in California every year about this
time, but they do not seem to act until they are
prodded pretty hard. Get to work, gentlemen. The
horsemen race mostly for their own money, but
they do not kick if they are given a chance to race.
BIG MEETING AT GRAND RAPIDS.
The Trotter and Pacer has it on the very highest
authority that the selection of dates made by the
Grand Circuit stewards was exactly to the liking of
the Grand Rapids people, despite the fact that they
were left out of the circuit. Arrangements have
already been made for a meeting of Grand Circuit
proportions to be held at Grand Rapids the week
of July IS, preceding the opening of the Grand Circuit
of Kalamazoo. At least two early closing events
worth $5,000 each will be offered, and it may be
possible that there will be one of $10,000 and one
of $5,000. The proposed meeting, which is as certain
to be held as is anything within the control of human
beings, will add at least one big opportunity to those
afforded campaigning horsemen through the racing
season. As now understood, Terre Haute will not
give an early meeting. There is some doubt about
Peoria, and that will leave Grand Rapids to give
the first big meeting of the year. The shipment from
Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo is less than fifty miles,
and trainers coming from the South with their strings
can get to Grand Rapids just as easily as they can
to any other prominent point in Michigan. Further
particulars concerning the program of classes will
be furnished within a very short time, and it is prob-
able that entries to the big early closing events will
close March 15.
Grand Rapids has one of the fastest mile tracks
in the country, and its meeting last season was one
of the best of the year. The management of this
year's meeting will be in the hands of Mr. H. J.
Kline, a man thoroughly experienced in every detail
of the business, and everything points to a brilliant
success. — Trotter and Pacer.
TODAY AT LOS ANGELES.
Every thrill that the combination of a man and a
horse can offer from a harness race to the taming of
the beligerent bronco will be included in the joint
offering of the Los Angeles Driving Club and the Out
West Riding Club at Agricultural Park Saturday
afternoon, January 29.
Ordinarily this repertoire of events would be con-
sidered sufficient for one afternoon, but the clubs
have decided to throw in a few other attractions for
good measure.
There will be four harness races for horses owned
in the Los Angeles Driving Club which alone would
make a good afternoon's sport.
Mrs. Del Blanchard, said to be the only woman
in the world who will ride any horse, broken or un-
broken, will demonstrate the power of a firm femi-
nine hand in conquering the cranky cayuse. while
Capt. George Bartlett who can chirograph the cog-
nomens of his friends on a distant target with bullets,
will jingle his favorite "shooting irons" in an exhi-
bition of marksmanship.
Between the harness events, of which there will
be at least four, will be broncho "busting," steer
roping and other feats of horsemanship with a repro-
duction of the Greeley stage hold-up as a grand finale.
This one event will bring 150 picked horsemen into
action.
A. P. Richardson, president of the Out West Riding
Club, who in conjunction with E. J. Delorey, secre-
tary of the Los Angeles Driving Club, is preparing
the details of the program, states that from 350 to
400 riders will participate in the events of the after-
noon.
TWO BIG STAKES.
Harry K. Devereux, secretary of the American
Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, announces
that the track over which the first two futurities
of that association will be contested this year will
be selected on or before August 1. These futurities
are the Stallion Stake, which will be worth $15,000
or more, and the Matron Stake, which will be worth
nearly as much. The list of nominations to the Stal-
lion and Matron Stakes No. 3 for foals of 1909, are
eminently satisfactory, 85 stallions having been
named in the forper and 1S7 breeders having made
nominations in the latter. In the futurities to be
decided this year, payments are due as follows: May
1, $15 on trotters, $10 on pacers. July 1, $25 on trot-
ters, $10 on pacers. Night before the race, $100 on
trotters. $25 on pacers. All moneys in these stakes
go to the same, and are divided 75 per cent to the
trotters, 25 per cent to the pacers. Each race is best
three in five, with four divisions of the money.
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[Saturday, January 29, 1910.
DEATH OF HORRY W. MEEK.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
L. B. DANIELS PRAISES CHICO'S TRACK.
Although not unexpected to his relatives and imme-
diate associates, the death last Friday in Oakland,
California, of Horn' W. Meek, the well-known farmer,
horse breeder and capitalist of San Lorenzo, Cal..
came as a surprise and shock to the majority of his
acquaintances, as few knew of the severity of his
illness. He was only a little over fifty years of age,
and therefore in the prime of manhood. Diabetes
was the cause of his early demise. Horry W. Meek
was born in Oregon. April 12, 1S59, and when a small
child came to California with his father, William
Meek, who settled with his family in Alameda county,
purchasing a tract of several thousand acres between
Oakland and Hayward, which he devoted principally
to fruit growing. This farm developed into one of the
most valuable properties in Alameda county, the Meek
orchards being famous all over the country for theit
products.
After the death of his father, Horry W. continued
Ms residence on the home place, assuming the man-
agement of the estate until his younger brother,
William E., was old enough to share its responsi-
bilities with him.
The deceased received his early education in the
public schools at Hayward, after which he entered
the University of California, whence he graduated
in 1S77. Soon afterward, his father dying, he as-
sumed the management of the estate.
The elder Meek was a great lover of highly bred
horses and was one of the first of this State's citizens
to take up the breeding of the light harness horse.
He became the owner of the thoroughbred mare
Bonnie Belle by Williamson's Belmont out of Liz
Givens by imported Langford, also of a mare called
Witch that was by Dolphin fson of the Eaton Horse
122 1 . out of Dolly, a mare known as the J. M. Parker
mare and said to be a thoroughbred. These two
mares were the foundation of a family of record
holders that have achieved fame on the race tracks
of the country. In 18S3 the mare Witch was sent by
Horry W. Meek to the court of Steinway, the Strath-
more stallion that had been brought to California by
Seth Cook, who founded the Oakwood Park Stock
Farm, and the produce was a bay filly that became
famous as Cricket, the first mare that ever paced a
mile in 2:10, and from Cricket Mr. Meek bred and
raised no less than six standard performers, among
them William Harold 2:13%, sire of Janice 2:08%
and others. Witch also produced a full sister to
Cricket, a mare called Carmelita that is the dam of
Cavalier 2: 11%.
From the thoroughbred mare Bonnie Belle by Wil-
liamson's Belmont descended a big family of horses
with standard speed. Bonnie Belle was bred to the
thoroughbred stallion Woodburn and produced Cen-
tennial Belle, a mare that won many running races
at the district fairs in this State and afterwards
foaled a daughter by Ulster Chief that to the
cover of Diablo produced the fast pacer Clipper
2:06. Centennial Belle was bred to Nutwood 600 and
produced Patti. the dam of Lustre 2:22 and Sidnut
2:25%. Patti is also the dam of Fenella, dam of
Janice 2:08%, and consequently Mr. Meek bred both
the sire and dam of this last named mare. Eric 2:17,
Fallacy 2:17%, Edwina 2:21%, Fancy 2:27, Dan
Burns 2:15, Iloilo 2:15 and several other standard
performers all came from the Bonnie Belle family.
When the Meek estate was divided among the heirs
a few years ago Horry Meek curtailed the horse
breeding to some extent, but retained a few choice
mares and took a pride in raising his own driving
stock. He was an excellent reinsman and an expert
horseman in every way, being often seen in the
saddle accompanied by his son and daughters, all
riding trotting bred horses that were trained to go
all the saddle gaits.
Horry W. Meek was a man of affairs, being actively
engaged in banking and other enterprises as well as
farming. He was a prominent Mason and Knight
Templar, and as a citizen who devoted much of his
time to the building up of the best interests of the
community in which he lived, was held in the highest
esteem. His home life was particularly charming
and no man more thoroughly enjoyed the company of
his wife and children. He is survived by a wife, one
son and two daughters, and his death will be pro-
foundly regretted by everyone that had the good
fortune to be acquainted with him in his lifetime.
LIVE STOCK BREEDERS BANQUET.
The annual banquet of the California Live Stock
Breeders' Association was held in the ball room of
the Palace Hotel last Monday evening. About eighty
persons were present. President S. B. Wright of
Santa Rosa acted as toastmaster.
Mayor McCarthy welcomed the members of the
association to the city, saying that the key to the
city had been lost, but they were welcome to come
and go at liberty. He advocated a livestock meet-
ing here every year, and said that he hoped the asso-
ciation would become so strongly organized that its
power would be felt throughout the State.
Those who made addresses were: President, S. B.
Wright; Judge Peter J. Shields, "Back to the Farm":
George P. Bellows. "Some Experiences of a Live
Stock Auctioneer": Carroll Cook. "Recreation as Rec-
reation"; Leo. S. Robinson, "Relation of a Bureau
of Information to the Live Stock Breeders"; Charles
Keane, D. V. S., "Control of Diseases of Live Stock
in California": Professor C. W. Rubel, "WTry a
Farmer Should Practice Rigorous Selection": Pro-
fessor H. Phillips, "The Horse"; Captain J. G. Lang-
don, "Remounts."
Los Angeles, Jan. 25, 1910.
We had summer weather here three or four days
last week and work-outs was the order of the day.
Not only the drivers but the horses seemed to enjoy
it, hut now it has changed again and there are such
heavy frosts in the early hours of the morning that
the track does not get dried out enough to work on
till ten or eleven o'clock and in the shade of the
trees up the back stretch not even by that time very
often. Jogging at eight or nine o'clock at Agricul-
tural Park gives the sensation of stepping into an
ice house as soon as the back stretch is reached;
there must be at least 10 degrees difference in the
temperature between it and the straight side.
Just at present the colts are in the public eye
and their doings are watched more carefully than
the performances of the older horses and a number
of them will bear watching, a better looking, better
headed and better gaited lot of young things would
be hard to find on any track in the country. It seems
as if all you had to do was to throw a set of har-
ness on them, show them the track and they will
do the rest as naturally as a duck takes to water.
Red Garrety has a ten-months" old black filly that's
hardly bridle-wise yet. but the first time he gave her
her head she frisked off a quarter in 47 seconds
and the last eighth in 23 seconds and did it like a
five-year-old road horse. She has a license to go, as
she is by Zombro, dam by Bingen, second dam by
Axtell.
C. A. Canfield's colts are all going well for Walter
Maben who has them in charge and the Walter
Barker-Sue two-year-old colt Dick W., named after
Mr. Canfield's courteous and popular secretary, Dick
C. Wallace, can step a good deal better than a 2:20
gait any time he is called upon. This is the colt
that last year was as bad as a "broncho" to break,
and in fact that is his stable name yet, but his man-
ners are now as good as his namesake, for I saw
Maben this morning driving him round the park
among automobiles, hay wagons and led horses with-
out his batting an eye at anything, and he will stand
without fretting.
It would be hard to find a better looking and better
prospect than the three-year-old filly by Walter Bar-
ker, dam Mamie Elizabeth, the dam of El Volante.
She would command attention anywhere on account
of her color and markings. She is a light chestnut
and has clipped out a cream color, with a blaze face
and white legs all round, above her knees in front
and to her hocks behind with the inside of her thighs
white. She is a striking looking animal; she is
beautifully built and gaited. That she has speed she
demonstrated last year, when she trotted in 2:21%
in a race up north and that with not more than a
month's training. Every one of Walter Barker's
get have looks, speed and disposition, but this filly
Eileen fills my eye. Mr. Canfield has certainly two
blue ribbon winners in El Volante and Eileen at any
horse show in the country in their classes.
John W. Nickerson's mare Ethel G. by Zombro is
coming fast and surprised pretty much everyone, in-
cluding her driver, by stepping a mile nice and handy
in 2:26% with a quarter in 35 seconds. She is as
pretty as a picture and exceptionally well-gaited.
She is always on a trot and good headed in company.
It now looks as if she would learn to go fast.
The entries for the $1000 purses for two-year-olds
offered by Messrs. Canfield and Clark are beginning
to come in from all directions and the prospects for
a large entry list are good.
There will be an entertainment given by the Out
West Riding Club and the Los Angeles Driving Club
at Agricultural Park on Saturday, the 29th.
The matter of consolidating the different harness
horse interests and adding an annual fair will be
taken up next week and hurried to a conclusion. It
takes a long time to get up a first class fair with
all the different classes and large prize list to say-
nothing of securing the outside attractions necessary
to make it a success. Every association gets to work,
as soon as the fair is over on the next one and we
have no more time than is absolutely needed if we
start at once.
The wreckers have been out at Agricultural Park
looking over the grand stand, stables and other build-
ing that are to be torn down, so it looks as if work
on the new plant was about to start.
JAMES.
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GOOD DRIVER ESSENTIAL.
John Splan says: A good driver is as essential as
a good horse. I don't know that a good man could
do much with a stick of a horse, but I've seen many
a good horse defeated that would have won if his
driver had known his business. Just what makes a
good driver you can't tell. You see, a good driver
has got to more than sit behind a horse. He must
look out for the shoeing, must get the horse's head
just right, and know how he must be fed and har-
nessed, and all that. There are a hundred things
besides the mere driving that he must have his eye
on, and be studying.
Horses are just as different as are people. Some
are nervous, fretting and stewing all the time, and
others are so cool that a cyclone wouldn't make
'em jump. There's one thing a driver must have,
and that's a cool head. He mustn't he all down
when he don't win, or all up when he does, but
just take it as it comes and go at it again. I've seen
men on the track with money up on their horses,
who were as worked up about it as an old lady that
has got to have her tooth pulled out. That won't do.
The horse business is rather quiet in Chico at
present, although there are about eighteen head of
trotters and pacers of various abilities at the track.
Among them are Scotch John 2:11%, Katalina
2:11%, a two-year-old called Odd Mark by Prince
Ansel that is a pacer and has been a quarter in 35
seconds, also another by Prince Ansel called Joseph
D. whose dam is by Nutwood Wilkes, that can pace
some and do it right. I like him better than any
colt I ever sat behind. All Style by Stam B. 2:11%
is also in my stable and looks good. I will make a
season with him here and then take him to the races,
the green trotter that beats him will have to step
some. I have also a good three-year-old filly by
Moormont. dam by Clay, that has been in my stable
two months, can trot a 2:40 clip, and I think will
make a good trotter. These are all in my stable at
present.
Barney Simpson is here with his good stallion
Arner 2:17%, that is big and fat and will make a
big season here as his get are popular. Barney has
one of Arner's colts out of a Kentucky Baron mare
that shows a lot of trot, and a pacer by him, dam by
Whips, that is a fast pacer. There is another also a
pacer by Arner, dam by Dr. Hicks, that belongs to
C. L. Nelson and is quite a trotter.
John Sangster has his good six-year-old green trot-
ter Directrome by Monochrome, dam by Directum,
looking fine, and yesterday I saw him step through
the stretch hitched to a Miller cart in 32% seconds.
Sangster also has a two-year-old out of the dam of
Directrome that is just being broken and he acts like
a trotter right now.
Ed Jackson is here with two head, one is called
The Ice Man. He is by William Harold 2:13% and
is a pacer. The other is a trotter and, while I have
forgotten how he is bred, he can step some just the
same.
I have seen in the papers lately a great deal about
winter tracks. There is only one track and that is at
Chico. It is as good in winter as any track in Cali-
fornia, not excepting Pleasanton or any other place,
and when it comes to summer it is good all the time.
A horse can step fast over it and be safe any month
in the year. Sincerelv,
L. B. DANIELS.
Chico, Jan. 21, 1910.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
L. E. Williamson. Riverside. — As we do not find the
mare Venus Smith registered, a filly out of her can-
not be registered until she is. Ed MeKinney is stand-
ard and registered, his number being 47870.
E. H. Sherman, El Centro, Cal. — We have no speci-
fications for laying out a %-rnile track. The best
way is to get a surveyor who can lay out an oval
best suited to your land.
J. B. Collett, Bishop, Cal. — We can find no horse
called Billy B. with a record of 2:14, nor one called
Bill Nye with a record of 2:09. There are a half
dozen or more horses called Billy B. with records
from 2:12% to 2:30, and one called Bill Nye with a
record of 2:14%. The last named was a black
pacing gelding by Oscar Steinway, dam not traced.
Oscar Steinway, register number 7295. is by Stein
way 1808, dam Frankie Eaton by Hambletonian 725,
second dam Mary Fish by Gen. Taylor, third dam by
Williamson's Belmont.
John T. Renas, Oakley, Cal. — Elmo 2:27 is regis-
tered in Vol. 4 of the American Trotting Register as
by Mohawk 604 (son of Long Island Black Hawk),
dam untraced. Elmo was brought to this State by
Orrin Hickok, and was owned afterwards by H. W.
Seale, who claimed that he had information that
Elmo's dam was by the son of the thoroughbred Sir
Richard, but this breeding on the dam's side was
never accepted by the Register.
C. H. McF., Chico. — It is unlawful to dock a horse
in California and in several other States, hut there
are a number of States in the Union where it is not
unlawful.
Fred Kane. Pleasanton. — Sweet Marie 2:02 is by
MeKinney 2:11%, dam Lady Rivers by Carr's Mam-
brino 1789. second dam Susie by Vermont 322. Ver-
mont was by Independence, a son of Black Hawk 5.
LTp to the close of 190S there were no other 2:30
trotters by MeKinney that were out of mares by
Carr's Mambrino, and do not think that any of the
McKinneys that entered the list this year were out.
of daughters of that horse.
F. E. Marsh, proprietor of the Grattan Stock Farm,
Prairie View, 111., has decided to make his home in
Seattle. Wash., in the future and will dispose of the
most of his breeding stock. The stallion Grattan
he will keep for sentimental reasons and will always
see that the old fellow has a good time. Mr. Marsh
will also retain his farm for the- present, but the
breeding industry will be discontinued.
It was only a short time ago that Mr. Marsh paid
?50,000 for the Libertyville, 111., mile track at a
receiver's sale. This magnificent race course, with
its steel grandstand and commodious stables cost
over 5150,000, and what its future will he is now in
doubt. No meeting has been held over the course
lor several years. The early meetings were success-
ful from a racing standpoint, but owing to inadequate
transportation, facilities the public never turned out
in sufficiently large numbers to make the meeting
a paying investment. — Western Horseman.
Saturday, January 29, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
I NOTES AND NEWS g
Entries close February 1st for the Pleasanton
Sale. Get your consignments in.
A county fair will be held at Redding, Shasta
county during the month of September this year.
Horry W. Meek, who died in Oakland last Friday,
was the breeder of Cricket, the first mare to pace
to a record of 2:10.
Mr. Anthons, a wealthy cattleman of Reno, Nevada,
paid John E. Bailey of Bakersfield $500 for a two-
year-old by Richard B. recently.
George Ramage is back at Pleasanton again with
a string of horses. He has been training at Los
Banos during the past few months.
At least 500 trotters and pacers will be in training
in California by March 1st, and the greatest number
at any one track will be at Pleasanton as usual.
The Rocklin Driving Club has postponed its mati-
nee until some time in February owing to the heavy
rains that have made racing out of the question for
a few weeks.
An added and interesting feature of the Detroit
Grand Circuit meeting this year will be the Chicago
Horseman Futurity for three-year-olds which has a
guaranteed value of $15,000.
A telephone has been put in at the Pleasanton
track, which is a great convenience for absentee
owners who desire to call up the trainers and ask
how fast their horses are going.
From the Richmond, Virginia, Evening Journal of
January 8th we learn that Ted Bunch has been en-
gaged to train the Acca Stock Farm horses this year.
This farm owns Akar, a son of Aquilin 2:19%, that
young Bunch looks upon as one of the fastest pacers
he ever handled.
The extremely cold wreather during the early part
of this month and the heavy rains which have fol-
lowed will make the breeding season a little later
than usual this year. Very fewr mares will be sent
to the stallions before March 1st.
Mead & Nichols, lessees of Kinney Lou 2:0*%
have reduced his service fee to $75. This son of Mc-
Kinney never stood for less than $100 before and
probably never will again as his get will show this
year what a great sire he is.
Jack Phippen has a two-year-old by Bon Voyage out
of Athene by Dexter Prince that is making the rail-
birds at the new San Jose track sit up and take
notice. This little fellow has only been stepped up
a couple of times but already acts like an old cam-
paigner and can show better than a forty gait.
The California State Fair Futurity, $5000 guaran-
teed, for the produce of mares covered in 1909, will
close with Secretary J. A. Filcher, Sacramento, Feb-
ruary 1st, which is Tuesday next. It only costs $2
to nominate a mare. Read the conditions in the
advertisement.
Ten dollars is due February 1st on two-year-olds,
foals of 1908, that are entered in Pacific Breeders'
Futurity No. S. They trot this year as two-year-olds
and next year as three-year-olds. Keep your colts
in and give them a chance to win you some of the
$7250.
William McDonald, the popular schoolmaster of
the Livermore valley, and member of the Board of
Education of Alameda county, has written a very
interesting history of the draft horse industry of the
Livermore valley for the Live Stock and Dairy
Journal.
Bon Bonita is the appropriate and beautiful name
of Ray Mead's handsome yearling filly by Bon Voy-
age, dam Carrie B. 2:18 (dam of Ray o' Light (3)
2:08%). This filly like all the Bon Voyages is a
square trotter and shows no pacing inclination and
if breeding, good looks and individuality count for
anything should make a fast trotter.
Harry Brown has at the San Jose track a yearling
pacing colt that has every right to become a great
side wheeler. He is by the old champion, Star
Pointer 1:59%. first dam by Nutwood Wilkes, second
dam the great brood mare Lilly Langtry. dam of Ed
B. Young 2:11% and five or six more by Nephew.
The Riverside Driving Club has selected a speed
committee consisting of Alex Nelson, G. M. Carrigan
and F. P. Ogden, to classify the horses owned in the
club and arrange programs for the matinees during
the year. H. P. Zimmerman was chosen clerk of the
course, H. G. Stanley starter, and G. H. Judd track
manager. The club has voted to participate with the
San Bernardino club in the latter's Washington
Birthday matinee, but has selected July 4th for its
own principal matinee of the year, in which it will
invite other clubs to participate.
There are three or four youngsters by Henry Hel-
man's Jay Bird stallion Alconda Jay, that have
shown such speed at the trot while being broken
that horsemen who have seen them are predicting
great things for Alconda Jay as a sire. Didn't we
tell you so?
Carrie B. 2:18, the dam of Ray o' Light (3) 2:0S%,
will be bred to Bon Voyage this year. Carrie B. has
just weaned a very handsome filly by Bon Voyage
and Mr. Mead is anxious for another of the same
kind. Carrie B. is now heavy in foal to Kinney Lou
2:07%.
Mrs. F. H. Burke, of the La Siesta Ranch, San
Jose, one of the most enthusiastic horsewomen of
the State, has leased from Thos. Ronan the brood-
mare Birdie by Jay Bird, that is the dam of the
stallion Bodecker that trotted the Pleasanton track
in 2:0S% last spring. Birdie will be bred to Bon
Voyage this year.
Oniska, the dam of that great trotter, San Fran-
cisco 2:07%, is owned by Mr. F. E. Alley, proprietor
of the Bonaday Stock Farm, of Roseburg, Oregon, and
was bred to his young stallion Bonaday last year and
is heavy in foal. The foal should be a born trotter
and will probably be the first grandson or grand-
daughter of Bon Voyage.
Winthrop Howland, of Live Oak, near Redlands,
lost a very valuable saddle horse in a peculiar man-
ner two weeks ago. The animal was standing near
a creek which had been greatly swollen by the rains,
when the ground caved in, precipitating the horse
about forty feet into the torrent below where he
drowned.
Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% made his first season in his
new home last year and although it was a very heavy
one nearly all the mares that were bred to him either
had records, or were producers of note, and it is
known that eighty per cent of them are safe in foal,
a most remarkable showing. He is now thoroughly
acclimated and has filled out as round as an apple.
The Canfield-Clark Stakes No. 1, and the Canfield-
C'ark Stakes No. 2, will close for entry next Tues-
day, February 1st. In stake No. 1, which is for foals
cf 190S to trot as two-year-olds this year, the en-
trance fee is $10; for stake No. 2, for foals of 1909
to trot in 1911, the entrance is but $5. Read the
conditions in the advertisement. Each stake is
guaranteed to be worth $1000. They should be gen-
erously supported.
W. V. Bennett of Chico will ship his pacing filly by
Arner 2:17% to San Jose to be bred to Bon Voyage
(3) 2:12%. The results from this mating should be
something out of the ordinary as Bon Voyage's fast-
est colt, Bon Vivant (2) 2:16%, the fastest trotting
two-year-old stallion of 1909, is out of a mare by
Diablo 2:09%, a full brother to Arner. Bon Voyage
seems to cross particularly well with pacing mares
or pacing bred mares, having been bred to a number
of them and in every instance siring a trotter.
The Pleasanton Times contained the following item
recently: "It is a matter of much congratulation to
both Pleasanton and those interested in horses and
the park that the longer Mr. Armstrong is here and
the better people are becoming acquainted with him,
the more he is liked. Pleasanton certainly enter-
tained a lucky week when Mr. Armstrong first visited
it last year and decided to buy the property he has
improved so wonderfully since."
There are few localities that have three as great
stallions making a public season as there are how
at the San Jose track in Kinney Lou 2:07%, Bon
Voyage (3) 2:12%, and Zolock 2:05%. The breed-
ers of Santa Clara Valley and vicinity should im-
prove the opportunity they now have to breed to such
great sires as the demand for stallions of their class
is greater now than ever before and any or all three
of these great horses may be on the other side
of the continent or the earth next year.
Excellent results from systematic breeding of polo
ponies are reported by the Polo and Riding Pony
Society of England. It has advised polo players to
breed their good polo mares as soon as they are in-
capacitated through accident or otherwise from fur-
ther use in the game. As evidence that performance
is the proper basis for selection of breeding ponies
the society states that the ponies bred along these
lines are playing in the best games, including inter-
national matches, and that nearly all polo-bred ponies
which have come to the front in the last two seasons
are out of dams which have played in good company.
The Northern Colorado Racing and Fair Circuit
Board has arranged dates for fairs and races in
August and September as follows: Loveland, August
24, 25, 26; Longmont, September 1, 2; Fort Morgan,
September 6, 7, 8, 9; Denver. September 10-17; Fort
Collins, September 20, 21, 22, 23; Greeley, September
27, 28, 29, 30. The entries for the races close Au-
gust 10. There will be classes for 2:15 and 2:20 pace,
and 2:22 and 2:30 trot. Purses will be hung up of
$400 for each of these uniform class races. Other
purses will be offered to close later. Each town must
send in its complete program of races by April 1.
The circuit formerly included Laramie, and Douglas,
Wyoming, but these places have not been repre-
sented for some time.
A recent addition to Budd Doble's stable at the
San Jose track is the large and handsome five-year-
old trotting stallion, Menlo Kinney, by Kinney Lou
2:07%, dam Our Belle (formerly Menlo Belle 2:2S%)
by Menlo 2:21%, son of Nutwood 600. Menlo Kin-
ney is owned by John Offut of Petaluma, who also
owns his dam, a mare that is many seconds faster
than her record. This young son of Kinney Lou
was only worked three months in his three-year-old
form by J. W. Zibbell of Fresno, who drove him a
mile in 2:30. Last year Mr. Offut kept him on his
ranch at Petaluma and bred him to a dozen or more
mares.
The Petaluma papers are advocating the purchase
of Kenilworth Park from the Estate of Harry Stover
by the city. Kenilwrorth Park was formerly the
property of the Sonoma and Marin Agricultural So-
ciety and one of the largest district fairs in the State
was annually held there. Besides a regulation mile
track, there is a large grandstand, a couple of hun-
dred stalls, and a large pavilion. A beautiful grove
of trees is also one of the features of the property,
wrhich could be made into a fine public park without
destroying the track. As the property is not priced
high to the city it would be an excellent investment
for the corporation of Petaluma.
C. H. Thompson of Salt Lake City, Utah, has three
Kansas-bred horses in the stable of Fred Ward at
Los Angeles, Cal., that he expects to race through
the East the coming season. Escobado 2:13% by
Escobar 2:13%, dam Leah (dam of Kirkwood Jr.
2:10, etc.), by Ensign 2:28%, could step a mile in
2: OS very easily last fall; the pacer Joe McGregor
(3) 2:21% by Fergus McGregor, dam Daisy Young
(dam of six) by Joe Young 2:18, was second three
heats to Adam G. in 2:07% to 2:07%, quite early in
che season; Doctor Wayo (3) 2:24%, by Wilkhurst
2:17%, dam by Trevillian 2:08%, was not started
in 1909, but will be raced the coming season in his
five-year-old form.
Plans for the American Trotting Derby at Read-
ville, Mass., this year embody some radical changes
which the expected to eliminate the unsatisfactory
features of the 1909 event. It is probable that in
the trotting division only horses with public records
of 2:15 or better will be allowed to enter and simi-
lar restrictions will be imposed in the pacing divis-
ion. No horses will be entered that have not been
driven in at least three public races before time
for the handicapping. It is also probable that Mr.
Welch wall resort to elimination heats to avoid the
great crush of contestants that well-nigh ruined
last year's performance. There is a plan on foot also
to separate hoppled from natural pacers.
Anteros 6020, died at Crawfordsville, Indiana, on
the 17th instant, where he was owned by Bridges &
Flora. Anteros was bred at Palo Alto Farm and
was a full brother to those well known sires Anteeo
2:16% and Antevelo 2:19%. His sire was Elec-
tioneer 125, his dam the famous mare Columbine by
A. W. Richmond, second dam the thoroughbred mare
Columbia. Columbine was bred by the late Joseph
Cairn Simpson, who bred Anteeo and Antevolo, and
then sold her to Senator Stanford. Anteros sired
21 standard trotters and 18 standard pacers. He
sired the pacer Ed S. 2:08% and the dam of Prince
Ross 2:09%. These are the only 2:10 performers that
have descended from Anteros in the first and second
generations. Anteros was the first foal of Columbine
after she became the property of Senator Stanford.
He was foaled in 1S82, and consequently lived to be
28 years old.
The three-year-old stallion Kinney H. is for sale or
lease by Chris Hashagen, who resides at 2S01 Twenty-
first street, San Francisco. This is one of the best
bred McKinney colts in California. He represents
the Wilkes-Electioneer cross on both sides of his
pedigree. He is by Kinney Rose 2:13%. a son of the
Wilkes stallion McKinney 2:11% that is out of a mare
by the Electioneer stallion Falrose 2:19. His dam is
Leta H. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, second dam the
great brood mare Liska (3) 2:2S%, dam of Lisonjero
2:08% and four others, by Electioneer, second dam
Lizzie, dam of three standard trotters, two pro-
ducing sons and one producing daughter, by the
great thoroughbred Wildidle, third dam the noted
trotting mare and brood mare Mayflower 2:30%, a
mare that produced Wildflower (2) 2:21, Manzanita
2:16, and six daughters that have produced twelve
standard performers. Wildflower is the grandam of
Prince Ansel (2) 2:20, wrhose get are trotting so fast
as colts that they are bringing him into very promi-
nent notice as a sire of early speed. Anyone who
will study the blood lines of Kinney H. cannot help
being impressed with the fact that he is a remark-
abyl well bred young stallion.
It is said that John Mackey, for many years super-
intendent of the horse breeding farms of J. B. Hag-
gin, will sell all his horses and remove to New York.
When the horses on the famous Rancho del Paso
near Sacramento were all sold or shipped to Mr. Hag-
gin's Kentucky farm, Mackey bought a place near
Woodland, Cal., and established his own thorough-
bred breeding farm, although still remaining in the
employ of Haggin. He has now sold this farm to
W. B. Jennings, and will ship his stallions to Ken-
tucky, but will sell the mares and foals, about thirty
head in all. John Mackey is probably known to
more horse breeders in California than any man
on the Coast. He came to California some time in
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 29, 1910.
the 60's as care-taker of the trotting stallion Geo. M.
Patchen Jr., the horse finally becoming the prop-
erty of J. B. Haggin, who years ago bred as many
trotters as thoroughbreds. There is no better judge
of a horse living than John Mackey, and this has
been proven many times by the purchases he has
made in England for Mr. Haggin. An instance was
his purchase at a ridiculously low figure of the stal-
ion Watercress from an English breeder, the horse
afterwards becoming one of Rancho del Paso's great-
est sires.
BODAKER IN THE STUD.
DEATH OF FRANK M.
There will be many new attractions at the Cali-
fornia State Fair this year. The sum of $600 will
be given for the best display of its products made by
any county, with smaller sums for the second, thirds
fourth, fifth and sixth best. The best drawing fea-
ture of the fair this year however will be the flying
machines, the citizens of Sacramento having already
engaged the noted aviator, Curtiss, and several other
"bird men" to give daily exhibitions during the fair,
agreeing to pay them $5000 per day for their exhi-
bitions. The Sacramento valley, during the summer
and fall months, is an ideal place for aviation, there
seldom being any winds strong enough to hinder
the flight of an aeroplane in any direction.
F. H. Metz of Sacramento has sold his harness
business in Sacramento to M. J. Murray & Co. Mr.
Metz has recently built a nice barn with eight stalls
just opposite the entrance to Agricultural Park, Sac-
ramento and is now putting in all his time giving
his three colts their early training — Major McKinley,
Dr. Cook and Cherrycroft. The Nushagak colt has
the straps on now and gives every evidence of hav-
ing speed at the pacing gait.
Napa Prince, a fine looking well bred trotting
stallion, that sires carriage horses, is offered for
sale by his owner F. Rohcford, of Oakland who has
been confined to his bed for a long time and is
unable to attend to the horse. See advertisement.
In days gone by the California State Agricultural
Society annually offered a prize of $100 for the best
stallions in all breeds, the result being that the stal-
lion show was one of the best features of the fair.
Now the prize for best stallion is only $20, and out-
side of the exhibits made by the firms who deal in
draft stock, the stallion show does not amount to
much.
La Voyage, the handsome three-year-old by Bon
Voyage owned bj; Mr. A. L. Scott of San Francisco,
recently stepped a quarter over the new track at
San Jose in 34% seconds. This colt was not raced as
a two-year-old but the way he is starting out this
season makes it look as if he would cut some figure
in the three-year-old stakes this year. Joe Cuicello,
who is training him, likes him immensely.
The announcement that the six young stallions
owned by Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick have been con-
signed to the Pleasanton sale in March has attracted
much attention. There will be bidders on every
one of the six, as each and every one is a royally
bred three-year-old and a fine individual.
Mr. F. H. Burke, proprietor of La Siesta Farm, has
nominated in Matron Stake No. 3, for foals of 1909,
to be trotted in 1912, the following: Be Thankful,
bay filly by C. The Limit, dam Grace Kaiser, dam
of Coney 2:02 by Kaiser; Mabel Clare, bay filly by
Conductor (brother of Tom Smith 2:13%), 3am
Lady Belle Isle by Eros; Weltha, roan filly by Bo-
daker 49130, dam Wanda 2:14% by Eros. The Ma-
tron Stake is given by the American Association of
Trotting Horse Breeders.
J. Crouch & Son, of Lafayette, Indiana, have just
sent to their manager, Mr. J. F. Campbell of Sac-
ramento, California, a consignment of Belgian, Per-
cherons and French coachers from their recent im-
portations from Europe. There is a constant and
growing demand for the horses of these breeds on
this coast, and this firm aims to send here nothing
but high class animals that will improve the draft
and coach stock of any locality where they may be
located.
One of the oldest supporters of the "Breeder and
Sportsman" in Sacramento, Carl Saemann, the well
known caterer, has several volumes of the paper
handsomely bound for reference and the use of his
patrons and customers. He takes pride in showing
the fi'es of this paper, and all harness horsemen
when in difference, rely upon adjusting their disputes
by adjourning to Carl Saemann's and looking up the
files of this journal.
The catalogue for the Pleasanton March sale which
William G. Layng is getting out for Fred H. Chase
& Co. will be the most complete catalogue ever
issued for a sale in this State.
E. D. Dudley of Dixon, California, has consigned
a few very choicely bred young horses to the March
sale at Pleasanton.
Last spring there was considerable excitement at
Pleasanton when Chas. De Ryder, who was training
Thos. Ronan's roan trotting stallion Bodaker, drove
him a mile in 2:08%. This is the fastest mile ever
shown by a trotter on that famous training track
and Mr. De Ryder was figuring on taking him east,
but the horse went wrong and Mr. Ronan decided not
to race him.
Bodaker is standard and registered, his number
being 49130. He is a horse of fine proportions,
great natural speed and is destined to be a sire
of speed if he gets the opportunity of being mated
with good mares.
He was foaled in 1904, therefore being six years
old this year. His sire was Antrim, that highly
bred son of Aberdeen that sired Anzella 2:06%, and
the dams of Vision 2:09% and Gen. Heurtes 2:09%
besides many others with low records. The dam of
Bodaker is the mare Birdie by Jay Bird, second dam
Lady Lyle by Geo. Wilkes, third dam Dame Tansey
by Daniel Lambert 102. Here is a great combina-
tion of trotting blood. Aberdeen sired Kentucky
Union 2:07% and the dams of Onward Silver 2:05%,
Patchen Maid 2:08%, Good Goods 2:09%, Aldeen
2:09% and others. Jay Bird sired Hawthorne 2:06%,
Alceste 2:07%, Allerton 2:09%, Dulce Jay 2:09%,
Early Bird 2:10, Invader 2:10, Gitchie Manitou 2:09%,
and the dams of Baroness Virginia (3) 2:08%, win-
ner of last year's Kentucky Futurity, Crescent Route
2:08%, Codero 2:09%, Bessie Drake 2:08% and
others. George Wilkes 2:22, sire of Rodaker's second
dam is the greatest progenitor of race winning trot-
ting and pacing horses that ever lived. His daugh-
ters are wonderful producers and are the dams of
no less than 15 trotters and pacers with records
below 2:10. Daniel Lambert, sire of the third dam, the
mare Dame Tansey, is one of the great representa-
tives of the Morgan family and was noted for his
beauty and the beauty of his get, as well as for
being a fast trotter with a three-year-old record of
2:42 back in 1861, and as a sire of speed with 38
standard performers to his credit, 36 producing sons
and 68 producing daughters, among them the dams
of Daphne Dallas 2:05, Prima Donna 2:09%, Day
Book 2:09%, John Mac 2:09%, Dandy Jim 2:09%,
Pamlico 2:10 and others. The study of the blood
lines of Bodaker will show that he is one of the
best bred stallions on the Coast. Those who believe
in breeding to stallions whose ancestors on both
sides are producers of extreme speed can find no
fault with Bodaker. He is now at Pleasanton and
Mr. Thos. Ronan, his owner, will be pleased to
answer all inquiries about him.
DEATH OF A RETIRED SULKY AND CART MANU-
FACTURER.
Samuel Toomey, aged eighty, a retired carriage and
sulky manufacturer, died after a short illness on Jan-
uary 17th, at his home, Canal Dover, Ohio.
Mr. Toomey as been prominently identified as a
manufacturer in the light vehicle industry since 1854,
being the founder of the firm of S. Toomey & Co.,
Canal Dover, Ohio. He was the patentee of the
(russ axle which has been so successfully used in
racing sulkies and training carts.
He retired from active business about fifteen years
ago, turning the business over to his son, Oliver
Toomey, who has since and is still conducting the
business.
The deceased leaves a wife, four sons and two
daughters.
VALLEY DRIVING CLUB OFFICIALS.
Following are the names of officers of the Valley
Driving Club, an enterprising and thriving organiza-
tion of horsemen at Hemet, California:
Dr. D. S. McCarthy, president; R. G. Case, vice-
president; H. P. Herman, secretary; W. S. Rather,
treasurer.
The directors are: F. H. Holloway, Dr. F. K.
Strasser, R. G. Case, Alger Fast, H. P. Herman, G. A.
Butlin, M. I. Wheeler, Dr. D. S. McCarthy, Henry
McGee, W. S. Rather, J. C. Ticknor.
One of the subjects discussed by the stewards of
the Grand Circuit at their recent meeting at Detroit,
was the matter of distinguishing between records
made on the half-mile tracks from those made on
the mile rings. As a matter of fact a horse that
gets a record of 2:10 over a mile course, with the
same exertion could not negotiate the distance bet-
ter than 2:13 on a two-lap track. It has been a topic
that has brought forth considerable discussion dur-
ing the past three or four years, but it has never
been taken up by the stewards. After talking the
matter over the stewards recommended that the
question be taken up by the parent associations at
their meetings next month. If it is acted upon and
the rule changed in the future a horse that earns a
record of 2:12 on the mile tracks will be eligible to
the 2:13 or 2:14 class on the half-mile tracks, ac-
cording to the number of seconds the rule-makers
decide is a fair difference between racing on the mile
and half-mile tracks.
Rush & Haile, proprietors of the Suisun Stock
Farm -yill consign their yearlings by Demonio to
the Pleasanton sale.
lTsetl 12 Years "With Success for Splint, Ringbone,
Curb, Sprains, Etc.
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your Gombault's Caustic Balsam for the last 12 years,
and find nothing to equal it for spavin, ringbone, splint,
curb, sprains, bunches and other diseases..
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Modesto, Jan. 23, 1910.
Breeder and Sportsman: — I wish to announce
through the columns of your journal the death of
Frank M. Old age was the cause of death.
Yours truly, L. C. GATES.
While Mr. Gates does not so state we believe the
horse referred to is the old chestnut gelding by
Priam 179S, dam a pacing mare by Gen. Dana 1757,
that was famous on the trotting tracks of California
about twenty years ago. Frank M. was bred at
Stockton, California, and was foaled in 1884. He
took his record in San Francisco in October, 1891,
when, hitched to a cart, he defeated Wanda 2:14%,
Una Wilkes 2:15 and Cupid 2:18, all to sulky. He
won in three straight heats in 2:17%, 2:19% and 2:20.
In those days Frank M. was considered one of the
best race horses and fastest trotters on the Pacific
Coast. He was trained and driven in many of his
races by the late Tommy Keating and those inter-
ested in his ownership made a great deal of money
racing through Montana and in California. One of
the memorable races in which he contested was at
Los Angeles on the 24th of October, 1891. The
purse was $1500, free-for-all trotters. The starters
were Frank M., Silas Skinner, Wanda and McKinney.
This race drew the biggest crowd ever seen on the
Los Angeles track, and caused more excitement than
any race ever held on the track since. McKinney
was the horse the others had to beat, and as he was
on his home track he naturally had the sympathy
of the crowd, although in the pools Frank M. was
favorite, a sample pool the night before the race
being Frank M. $30, McKinney $20, Silas Skinner $16,
Wanda $12. At the track just before the race was
called Frank M. sold for $55, McKinney for $50, Silas
Skinner for $25 and Wanda for $16. The first heat
was won by Frank M. in 2:18%, with Silas Skinner
second, Wanda third and McKinney who had made a
break, last. The next heat was a duel all the way
between Frank M. and McKinney, but the latter won
by a head and the Los Angelenos, wild with joy, car-
ried Durfee on their shoulders from the sulky to the
scales amid tremendous cheering. The third heat
was won by McKinney in the same way, and in the
fourth heat, although McKinney was very lame, and
got away last, he gained on the leaders inch by inch,
passed Wanda and Silas Skinner by trotting around
them out in the big malva weeds on the back
stretch, and finally crossed the wire with his head
on Frank M.'s shoulder, the judge's giving the heat
to McKinney on the ground that he had been fouled
and carried out on the back stretch. The heat was in
2:19%. The crowd went wild and cheered the judges
to the echo. McKinney was at this time a four-year-
old, while the others were aged horses.
Frank M. won seven races and was twice second
out of nine starts in 1S90, his first year on the turf.
The next year he won six races, was second four
times, and once third out of eleven starts. In 1892
he failed to win a race, only getting two heats out of
eleven races in which he started, and that ended his
racing career.
PERCHERON BRANDS.
Percherons imported from France may have one or
all of three official brands on the neck under the
mane. Two of these are brands of the French gov-
ernment. Stallions that stand for public service in
France are officially examined every year. If they
are free from periodic ophthalmia and have good
wind they are branded with a star under the mane,
signifying that they are certified free from these
unsoundnesses and allowed to stand for public serv-
ice. If at the first or any subsequent inspection
they are found to have either of these unsound-
nesses they are branded with a letter R to show
that they are rejected from public service. Stal-
lions that do not stand for public service do not need
to be inspected, and, of course, are not branded by
the French government.
The third brand and the one of greatest impor-
tance to breeders is that of the Percheron Society
of France, which signifies that the horse has been
recorded by it. This brand resembles our dollar
sign except that it has one vertical bar instead of
two and is placed under the mane on the neck of
Percheron stallions and mares recorded in the
French stud book. The brand is designed from the
letters S and P, which stand for Societe Percheronne,
the French name of the Percheron Society of France.
M. A. Thieux, secretary of that society, stated in a
letter to this office some time ago that "all horses
recorded in the Percheron Stud Book of France carry
under the mane the letters S and P interlaced." —
Chicago Breeders' Gazette.
o
Santa Rosa is in the market for the Breders' meet-
ing this year, and will put in a bid for it.
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Saturday, January 29, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
SPEED SIRES OF 1909.
Stallion That Sired Five or More Standard Perform-
ers During the Year.
[By Henry Ten Eyck White]
When a stallion has five or more of his get take
trotting records of 2:30 or better in one season he
is a good way above the average as a sire. As show-
ing which strains of blood were most potent in beget-
ting trotting speed during 1909 I have compiled the
subjoined table, which gives the name and record of
each horse, the name and record of his sire, and the
number of his additions to the 2:30 list last year:
Name. Sire. Perf.
Prodigal 2:16 Pancoast 2:21% 20
Todd 2:14% Bingen 2:06% 19
McKinney 2:11% Alcyone 2:27 15
Zombro2:ll McKinney 2:11% 15
Bingen 2:06% May King 2:21% 12
Peter the Great 2:07% Pilot Medium 11
Allerton 2:09% Jay Bird 2:31% 10
Bellini 2:13% Artillery 2:21% 10
Silent Brook 2:16% Dark Night 10
Axworthy 2:15% Axtell 2:12 9
Moko Baron Wilkes 2:18 9
Baron Dillon 2:12 Baron Wilkes 2:18 8
Adbell 2:23 Advertiser 2:15% 7
Arion 2 : 07% Electioneer 7
Parole 2:16 Patron 2:14% 7
The Bondsman Baron Wilkes 2:18 7
Cecilian Chief 2:27% Ga'betta Wilkes 2:19%.. 6
Onward Silver. 2: 05% Onward 2:25% 6
Sidney Dillon Sidney, p, 2:19% 6
Bernadotte '2:29% Wilton 2:19% 5
Bingara Bingen 2:06% 5
Heir at Law 2:12 Mambrino King 5
Jay Bird 2:31% George Wilkes 2:22 5
Margrave 2:15% Baron Wilkes 2:18 5
Mobel 2:10% Moko 5
Pactolus 2:12% Patronage 5
Red Heart 2:19 Red Wilkes 5
Such a tabulation is a many sided affair when it
comes to an argument as to what it does or does
not prove. For example, sires with records are over-
whelmingly in the majority, as of the twenty-seven
horses scheduled only four are minus records. These
are Moko, Sidney Dillon, The Bondsman, and Bin-
gara, a quartet whose names mean much.
On the face of the returns it looks as if the anti-
development people had a fine chance for argument,
but as a matter of fact every one of the four record-
less horses in the list was a fast trotter as a colt.
Moko could step in 2:25 as a three-year-old, but
owing to a slight injury was sent back from the
Cleveland track, where Ed Benyon was training him,
to the Walnut Hall farm, and as his colts immedi-
ately began to trot so fast their sire did not need
the distinction of a record the stallion never again
was trained. The Bondsman could trot around
2:11 as a three-year-old and was prominent a couple
of heats in the Kentucky Futurity won by Boralma.
I timed him a workout mile for that race in 2:14%.
Sidney Dillon could trot a 2:25 gait when he was a
youngster. Bingara, never trained to race or driven
a full mile at speed, trotted eighths as a yearling on
the Allen farm half-mile track in :19; as a two-year-
old eights in :17 and a quarter in :36, which shows
him to be a fast natural trotter.
Apropos of Bingara, his sire, Bingen, is the only
member of the above list that also is represented
by two sons in the compilation, and it is worth noting
that two of them — Todd and Bingara — are from mares
by Arion, thus giving them a double dose of Elec-
tioneer blood, as Arion is a son of that horse, while
Bingen is a grandson. Another point that should not
be overlooked in this connection is that of the five
new trotters by Bingara four were two-year-olds and
the other a three-year-old — which means a lot in any
case, and is especially significant when the fact is
known that up to 1908 Bingara had sired but forty-
six foals — five in 1904, eleven in 1905, fourteen in
1906 and sixteen in 1907. At the close of 1908 Bin-
gara had eight trotters in the 2:30 list. [He never has
sired a pacer], and the five added last season gives
him a total of thirteen trotters in the 2:30 list out
of forty-six foals that has been born to him and that
were above the age of weanlings.
Whatever way it is looked at this showing is a re-
markable one, and, as Bingara gets colt trotters of
stake caliber, as witness Bisa, second in 2:06% at
three years, and Binvolo 2:15% in a winning race at
two and 2:09% in a winning race at three, he must
on his own showing in 1908 and 1909, be rated high
as a sire. Considered in connection with Todd
[dead], another son of Bingen, the two form, with
their sire, a trio hard to beat under like relation-
ship.
The Alcyone blood is famous for its excellence in
the first generation and the impressive manner in
which it has bred on. Although Alcyone died at the
age of ten years and did not leave a large number
of foals, his name ever has been prominent in the
pedigree of some good performer. More than that,
the family is a race horse family, "tin cup" records
not often being necessary. Until McKinney came
east his progeny had none but race records to their
account, and in considering McKinney, which stands
third in the above table with fifteen new 2:30 trot-
ters, his son Zombro. which also has fifteen, should
not be overlooked. Moreover Zombro in 1909 led
all stallions as a sire of new standard performers
with race records, and, as he and his sire are tied
for third place among the 1909 sires, the chances are
that Zombro in another season or two will rank even
higher, as he now is enjoying opportunities that,
while he remained in California all the time, were
denied him. Silent Brook, another grandson of Alcy-
one, has ten in the new list, and he gets a high rate
of speed at the trot, as witness the public trial of his
three-year-old son Billy Burke in 2:07% last fall.
Of the sons of Baron Wilkes that appear above
Moko is entitled to the palm, his get having so much
quality, especially in colthood, they always are near
the top. The first double Kentucky futurity winner,
Fereno, was by Moko, and since then there has not
been a season when one or more of the family was
not prominent in colt stakes, the most wonderful
trotter of them all — Native Belle 2:07% as a two-
year-old — being the sensation of 1909.
And now comes Mobel, son of Moko, wih five 2:30
trotters for the year just closed. When it is added
that the dam of that great trotter, The Harvester
2:06%, is by Moko, the showing makes him rank high
as a sire of early speed.
Peter the Great had eleven trotters enter the list
in 1909, and Moko had nine. As an offset to Native
Belle at a two-year-old, Peter had a champion trotter
in Miss Stokes 2:19%, and incidentally it may be
said he is the only sire that has two yearling
trotters in the 2:30 list, his other baby performer
being Miss Green Goods 2:30. As showing some-
thing of the respective merits as sires of early speed,
based on the campaign of 1909, I have taken, first,
the nine fastest of the eleven new ones credited to
Peter the Great and compared them with the nine
sired by Moko, and find the average speed of the
Mokos to be 2:25%, while the nine fastest of the
eleven sired by Peter the Great average 2:20%.
Looking at the matter from another viewpoint it is
noted that Peter the Great had three two-year-olds
enter the list in 1909, while Moko had two. But
Peter also had a yearling that beat 2:20, and as it
certainly is giving away a good deal to compare a
yearling and a two-year-old by one sire with two two-
year-olds by another sire, especially when one of the
latter is a 2:07% trotter. This has been done.
The two by Peter the Great are Eva Tanguay (2)
2:16%, and Miss Stokes (1) 2:19%. Their average is
2:17%. The two by Moko are Native Belle (2) 2:07%,
and Colonel Osborne (2) 2:28%. Their average is
2:18%. While, of course, the results of one season
are by no means to be taken as a criterion of the
relative merits of sires in this particular instance
the comparison, involving as it does a champion
yearling on one side and a champion two-year-old on
the other, is interesting.
Prodigal, which heads the 1909 list of sires based
on new 2:30 trotters, is one of a trio of remakable
brothers, the other two being Patron and Patronage.
Prodigal and Patron were good trotters, the last
named a star in colthood, and they took records re-
spectively of 2:16 and 2:14%, while Patronage, no
record, got into the limelight by siring a champion
trotter in Alix 2:03%. All three brothers have done
good work in the stud, and today their blood is the
most prominent Mambrino Chief strain, in the male
line, to be found, they having been sired by Pan-
coast 2:21%, he by Woodford Mambrino 2:21%, the
fastest son of Mambrino Chief, and likewise one of
the best bred ones, as his dam, Woodbine, produced
a great trotter in Wedgewood 2:19, although he was
too hard gaited to succeed as a sire.
That the Mambrino Chief blood still has potency
in the production of trotting speed of a certain qual-
ity is shown by Prodigal heading the above list, and
the further fact that Parole, son of Patron, is the sire
of seven new ones, while Patronage is represented
by his son, Pactolus, sire of five. But the strain
is not, in these days, one that wins many important
races, although Pactolus has given the turf some
good trotters. It is likely the daughters of these
horses will excel the sons in the speed producing
line, and already the Prodigal family has a fine start
in that department, one of its members being the
dam of the champion three-year-old trotter. Gen.
Watts 2:06%.
One of the topics of discussion among breeders
this winter is the fact that the famous trotter and
matron, Nancy Hanks 2:04 which was bred last
spring to the untried stallion Brighton, is to have
for her mate this year The Native 2:17% as a three-
year-old, his principal claim to greatness, however,
being the fact he is brother to Native Belle 2:07% as
a two-year-old.
Inasmuch as Nancy Hanks has, by various and
sundry stallions, including a thoroughbred, presented
the turf with some fast trotters, a couple of sires, and
a broodmare which has to her credit a 2:11 trotter,
it naturally would be supposed that he present owner,
John E. Madden, would return the mare to one of
them, say McKerron, as her produce by him was a
colt trotter of merit — 2:18% as a two-year-old. and
2:10% in the second heat of a winning race at three.
But Madden, whose success with thoroughbred horses
has been phenomenal, evidently has studied the
breeding problem from just as many angles as his
critics in the present case, and no doubt the declara-
tion of Admiral Rous that he would sooner use the
brother or the sister of a turf star, when looking
for breeding material, than the celebrity himself
made a deep impression on the owner of Nancy
Hanks. Madden raced the three-year-old trotter,
Siliko 2:11%, a horse that had everything but size
to commend him as a sire, and after he bought Nancy
Hanks he bred her to Brighton, brother of that horse,
and I may add that he knew Brighton to be a fast
trotter then, and later saw him able to beat 2:08. He
recently bought The Native because that horse is
brother to ative Belle, the greatest trotter ever seen.
That was carrying out logically the Rous dictum.
But Madden also looked after another angle. He
took pains to buy two stallions that not only were
brothers to notable performers on the turf, hut that
likewise are superbly bred.
That he intends heading his stud with those nags
is patent, and, that being the case, there is no good
reason why Nancy Hanks should not be mated with
one of them. It is true that, as a yearling, a foal
by any one of half a dozen other stallions, sires of
established reputation, would sell tor a good deal
more than would a foal by Brighton or The Native,
but Madden figures a good deal farther than the sale
of one yearling from a mare whose position as a pro-
ducer is assured.
In order to show what Nancy Hanks has accom-
plished as a broodmare the following list of her foals
old enough to have been trained or tried in the breed-
ing ranks, or both, is given. It tells an exceedingly
interesting story in a few lines:
By Bingen 2:06%— Admiral Dewey 2:04%, a sire.
By Arion 2:07%— Lord Roberts 2:07%, a sire;
Narion, dam of Vice Commodore 2:11, a sire.
By J. A. McKerron 2:04%— Nancy McKerron (3)
2:10%.
By Peter the Great 2:07%— Markla (p) 2:18%.
By Meddler (thoroughbred) — Princess of Monaco,
a producer.
Others of the produce of Nancy Hanks have shown
enough to warrant the belief they will do their part
on the turf or in the stud in sustaining the reputa-
tion of the family, and if Madden desires to experi-
ment along the line followed with success by other
horsemen by using as sires the brothers of great
performers themselves he assuredly could not have
selected better material in the brood mare line than
Nancy Hanks whose blood has shown itself to be
remarkably plastic as well as uniformly potent.
Madden has the courage to practice what he
preaches, which, when it comes to horse breeding,
shows he believes his ideas are correct, and is will-
ing to try them out at the cost of immediate financial
results. — Chicago Tribune.
THE AMERICAN HORSE.
The light harness horse, when intelligently bred,
is not surpassed in the matter of general utility.
The thoroughbred is only valuable for what he can
do on the turf or in the stud. The draft horse is
only fitted for drawing heavy loads. The light har-
ness horse is fitted for all the uses of man, except
the drawing of extreme heavy weight. On the road
and track he has no equal at his way of going; on
the farm he is always useful; in the show ring,
whether under the saddle or at all hitches, he cap-
tures the ribbons, while in the parks he outshows
and outstyles all other breeds. He is not only the
horse of the century, but the horse of all the cen-
turies. He is purely an American product, the con-
ception of American genius and forethought, and
American citizens are proud of him and his achieve-
ments. He is the war horse which Job so vividly
pictures in Holy Writ. Wherever he goes, whether
it be to the icy North amid the snows of Alaska and
Russia or to the burning sands of Africa, the Ameri-
can trotter is found doing his duty. He is typical of
the race which made him what he is — virile, intelli-
gent, loyal, brave, determined, peaceful, except when
aroused, and unconquerable. His evolution began in
the middle of the nineteenth century, and this is the
dawn of the twentieth. It has taken nearly 300 years
to make the thoroughbred the magnificent horse he
is today, and yet the border line of record speed
between the two types of horses has been yearly nar-
rowed to such an extent as to be amazing to those
who have followed the career of each breed. What
the light harness horse is and what he has accom-
plished is history. There is nothing to indicate that
his future will be less glorious than his past, but
rather that his past and present activities are cer-
tain hostages for greater triumphs yet to come. —
L. D. Sale in Washington Herald.
WATERING HORSES.
A leading veterinarian of London made a rule,
based on his own experience, for watering horses.
The best plan, he says, judging from experience and
physiology, is to give horses all the water they
choose to drink immediately they come in from
work, and to let them have a constant supply of
water in their stalls and boxes. If this latter provis-
ion cannot be carried out, the animals should he
given as much water as they will drink before each
feed. He never takes the chill off the water, because
the horses relish cold water more than water with
the chill off. He says that in all his experience with
horses he has never seen any ill-effect from water-
ing horses according to the foregoing principles,
which as he says, he has always found to be as sound
in practice as they are good in theory.
Prejudices die hard, and the hardest to die in the
minds of grooms is that it is injurious to give a horse
a drink of cold water when he is heated from exer-
cise. In driving or riding horses long distances the
best plan is to water frequently. No mater how
heated a horse is, a half-bucketful of cold water
will not hurt him, particularly if he continues his
exercise. To give a horse all the cold water he will
drink when he is red-hot inside and out, we think
would be deleterious to the last extent. Trainers
of race horses in India give their steeds half a
bucket of cold water imediately after a gallop, and
with the best results as regards their appetite and
health. On the other hand, we have seen numberless
cases of colic in horses caused by drinking too much
cold water when they were heated. Again, we have
seen colic occur in horses from drinking water after
being fed on occasions when they had, previous to
eating, been deprived of water for some time.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 29, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
CALIFORNIA ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION.
The fifth annual report of the Board of Directors
shows that the club is in rather a prosperous con-
dition. The club rooms are comfortable and con-
veniently located. The officers of the club are:
D. M. Sachs, president; Achille Roos, vice-president;
Hon. Chas. M. Belshaw, second vice-president; W.
R. Eaton, secretary; Western National Bank, treas-
urer; Finance Committee, J. Boedefeld, J. Uri, J. Pin-
cus; Board of Directors, George A. Wentworth, Dr.
Henry Abrahm, H. Gosliner, W. J. Street and George
F. Roberts.
The following excerpts from the annual report
are of interest to sportsmen and anglers as an ex-
ample of what can be accomplished by organiza-
ation and systematic effort along the lines of fish
and game protection and propagation.
Legislation — Soon after the convening of the last
session of the legislature, your Board selected Di-
rector Wentworth to represent the Association in
matters of legislation effecting the preservation of
our game fishes and the interests of sportsmen
anglers. Director Wentworth spent some eight
weeks in constant attendance upon the legislature
without compensation, other than his personal ex-
penses.
Matters of grave importance affecting the future of
our game fishes as well as the liberty of the sports-
man angler to follow his favorite pastime untram-
nieled by restrictive laws, "were the subject of some
83 different measures that were considered at the
session.
For the second time this Association has stood in
the breach and unassisted, successfully combatted
an attempt to pass a drastic trespass law that would
in effect, if carried, make it a misdemeanor for one
to go upon another's land for the purpose of fishing
without first obtaining the owners consent.
There is no law at present upon the books that
makes it an offense for one to follow a stream,
slough or other water while angling, but that there
will be such a law in time in this State, there
is no doubt whatever, unless the sportsmen anglers
become awakened to a sense of a realization of their
rights and be prepared to defend them. That subtile
influences are at work to encompass the present
rights of the sportsman angler and place him in the
same position that his brother hunter has been since
1895, there is no question of doubt in the minds of
the members of your Board. It is up to the anglers
themselves to preserve their present rights and this
can only be done by united action.
The owners of marsh lands bordering sloughs that
have become famous for their bass fishing: those
that own lands bordering favorite trout waters, as
well as those who own lands bordering other waters
that are justly famous for their fine fishing, are all
desirous for the enactment of a statute that will
conserve their exclusive rights of possession by a
trespass law that will restrict the people in their
present rights and give them the opportunity of auc-
tioneering off the fishing privilege to the highest
bidder — the result being, fishing preserves for those
who can afford it and "hack to the woods ' for those
who cannot afford to pay $100 a year and more for
that which they now enjoy unfettered and untram-
meled and without fear of a jail sentence.
Upon the heel of these proposed trespass laws
that have been introduced in the last two legis-
lative sessions, we caused Assembly Constitutional
Amendment No. 14 to be introduced. After a hard
fight we were able to secure the necessary two-thirds
votes in each house and it will now come before
the people this November for ratification. It should
be the duty of every member to make a strong fight
for its adoption.
Such an amendment as this should have been a
part of the organic law of the State at its very incep-
tion and before the public lands were sold, stolen
and given away.
As recent reports of the Department of the In-
terior show that there are now some 33,156,877
acres of public lands remaining in California, one
can readily understand the importance of this pro-
posed constitutional amendment; and it behooves
every sportsman angler to interest himself in its
adoption at the fall election.
Aij^ong other measures of great importance that
this Association accomplished at Sacramento were:
Thi' securing of a two-months closed season upon
striped bass to net fishermen and a non-sale of the
fish during such closed season; a closed season upon
shrimps; the defeat of a measure that sought to
ftmend Section 633 of the Penal Code by allowing net
fishermen to stretch their nets two-thirds of the
way across any river, stream or slough of the State
Instead of one-third across the width of such water.
The defeat of a trespass law aimed at anglers;
amending the season for taking steelhead-trout
above tide water so that the season commences on
April ist instead of May 1st: securing an amend-
ment to the bill prohibiting the use of salmon or
steelhead roe in the taking of trout, so that it does
not ,pply to the use thereof in tide water.
L'.jon the conclusion of the legislative session,
your Board caused a compendium of the laws to
be published and distributed the same in pamphlet
form throughout the State.
Our legislative work alone, if nothing more should
prompt every angler in this city to become members
of the Association.
Stocking Streams — During the past year your
Board has been active in looking out for the trout
streams in close proximity to this city and in this
connection we can say that we have had every
support from the State Board of Fish and Game
Commisisoners in such work.
Fish planting occurred during the month of Sep-
tember and some 360,000 trout fry distributed as
follows: 50,000 in Pescadero vreek, 50,000 in San
Gregorio creek, 60,000 in Purissmo creek, 50,000 in
Paper Mill creek and its tributaries. 50,000 in So-
noma creek and 50,000 in Austin creek and its trib-
taries.
Anglers' Field Day Event — For the past two years,
under the auspices of the Association an Anglers'
Field Day event has been held at Point Reyes in
Marin county. These events have proved quite suc-
cessful from every point of angle. At the last
event held on the 25th of last April fully 1,000 peo-
ple were in attendance. It should be the purpose
of the Association to hold such events or similar
events at least once a year or oftener.
Your Board being desirous of stimulating good
natured rivalry amongsst our members and for the
further purpose of increasing our membership, has
inaugurated a "Trophy Event," the details of which
are in print and have been sent to the members.
Amendments to the Laws — The present laws gov-
erning the Association have been but slightly changed
since they were first adopted.
Your Board at its meeting adopted a resolution
recommending to the members the adoption of the
printed amendment to Article XI relative to delin-
quent members.
There are perhaps many changes that could be
made in our laws for the betterment of the organiza-
tion and the Board recommends that a committee of
three or five be appointed upon a revision of the
laws and that such comimttee be required to report
at a special meeting of the Association to be held'
within the next three months.
Summary — The Association is now entering upon
the sixth year of its existence. It has accomplished
much for the protection of our game fishes, and
has accomplished much for the sportsmen anglers
throughout the State. That the work so far accom-
plished by the Association, stands as a high monu-
ment to its founders and to its members, no one can
truthfully gainsay.
The work accomplished and the objects and pur-
poses for which the Asociation is committed, should
accentuate every angling sportsman to become mem-
bers.
In comparison with the large body of anglers that
reside in this city and about the bay counties, this
organization from a numercial standpoint of view,
has but a small membership.
Upon the closing of the charter on the 24th of
February, 1905, the Association embraced 131 mem-
bers. At the end of the first year (December 31st,
1905) we had 141 members or a gain of 10 mem-
bers.
At the end of the second year, December 31st,
1906, we had but 89 members, a loss of 52 members — •
the earthquake and fire were perhaps accountable
for this decrease in membership.
At the end of the third year, December 31st, 1907,
we had 158 members, a gain of 69 members.
At the end of the fourth year, December 31st, 1908,
we had 178 members, a gain of 20 members; and
at the end of the fifth year, December 31st, 1909,
we had a total membership of but 189, a gain of
but 11 members during the year; in all, a gain of
but 58 members over the charter roll of February,
1905.
These figures are indcative of many things. They
tend to show that club life amongst anglers in this
city is not a popular thing. They show also, that
the angler is either indifferent as to his position in
the future with respect to angling, or else he can
ill afford to contribute with us in united action for
the betterment of our condition generally.
Your Board is of the opinion that while our efforts
before the legislature have been most successful,
and while the Association has accomplished much
for anglers generally, and while we believe that our
work has been generally recognized, yet the fact
remains that the Association has not increased in
its membership as could be expected, and that the
reason therefor is owing to what seems to be the
selfishness of the angler who will not contribute his
dollars with ours unless he can personally receive
the same hack through direct benefits. His thoughts
are never upon the legislature, nor upon laws that
are likely to be passed, restricting him in his pleas-
ures, and he has absolutely forgotten the reasons
why the hunters were put out of commission. His
mind is upon immediate pleasures without any
thought or care for tomorrow.
When our State shall have followed in line with
the States east of the Mississippi and with most
of the States this side of that river, and adopt a
stringent trespass law to be applied to fishing, then
and not until then will the average angler awaken
to a sense of realzation that in unity there is
strength, but like the sportsman hunter, he will
awaken when it is too late.
In order to increase our membership, every mem-
ber should undertake this year to bring in one new
member. If the individual members of the Associa-
tion would interest themselves more in the organ-
ization towards its upbuilding, it would not be long
before the Association would be a tower of strength
throughout the State.
FRESNO'S FISH AND GAME.
District Deputy Commissioner A. D. Ferguson re-
cently made a tour of inspection through the valley
counties in his district. He is quoted by the Fresno
Republican as making the statement, that late this
coming spring there will be distributed about 1000
Chinese pheasants, from the State game farm at
Haywards, among the farmers of his district. These
birds will be kept in captivity for the purpose of
propagation.
From Superintendent Walter Fry he learned that
the thirty-four Mexican wild turkeys liberated in
Sequoia National Park, east of Three Rivers, In Tu-
lare county, have done remarkably well, the condi-
tions for their natural propagation being ideal and
the birds evidently satisfied with their surroundings
as to elevation, food and freedom from pursuit, as
all shooting is absolutely prohibited in the park.
These wild turkeys are young birds bred at the
State farm and a hardy lot.
Deputy Ferguson states that the activities of the
State deputies throughout his district have been
largely directed this season against the market
hunters and the "bull hunters" and eleven arrests
have been made with record convictions, or cases
yet pending in three or four counties. Market hunt-
ers in season and out of season slaughter for the San
Francisco market, receiving for widgeon and small
ducks from $2.50 to $3 a dozen and for sprig, mal-
lard and the larger birds as high as $6 a dozen.
"Bull hunters' comprise the class that approach the
feathered game concealed behind a stalking bull
at pasture and partially trained for the purpsoe, using
at times also a bull's hide stretched on a frame and
moved ahead as the hunter advances upon the game.
In Kern county the deputies had four cases, two
market hunters for having ducks in excess of the
twenty-five limit and two for having ducks which
were not killed by having been shot. These last two
cases are now pending in Bakersfield. One of the
excess baggers pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $25.
the other forfeited his bail of $25 and fled, but has
since been re-arrested on bench warrant.
In this connection, in the cases of Murphy and
Grennan, Murphy acknowledged that he had 165
ducks, not one of which had any evidence of shot
mark, and he testified under oath that neither he
nor any one else had shot them. The deputies exam-
ined 100 of the ducks to find that not one had been
shot, but all had their necks wrung. These ducks
were intended for shipment to the San Francisco
market and Kern county plentifully supplies the
market with the web-footed birds, which market
hunters gather in the northern part of the county
about the artesian wells and overflow sloughs west
of Salita and Wascoe.
The fact that none of these birds showed sign of
shot mark, leads to one of two conclusions. The
birds were either poisoned by some preparation put
out by the hunters, or subject to a disease which
is epidemic at times and which it appears so ex-
hausts the bird that it cannot rise above the water
on the wing and thus becomes an easy prey to the
hunter who gathers them in without the "expendi-
ture of any ammunition. In the case in question.
Murphy stoutly denied that he had set out any
preparation to sicken and benumb the birds, as the
habits is with some market poachers, so that the con-
clusion of Warden Ferguson is that the market
hunter has no conscientious scruples to send diseased
birds to market for the epicures of the city. A
peculiarity of this disease is that the fat ducks are
the first to succumb.
Arrested at Alpaugh, in Tulare county, a hunter
was fined $100 at Visalia for having 100 ducks in his
possession, seventy-five above the legal limit. Dos
Palos in Merced county contributed two cases of
bull hunters for operating behind a live steer, also for
hunting without licenses. The complaints on which
the arrests followed were sworn to at Merced, but
the defendants had their cases transferred for trial
to La Grande. Los Banos contributed two bull
hunters, also charged with misdemeanor for not
having licenses.
Deputy Newsom, who made the arrests of these
bull hunters, was in turn arrested on complaint of
the hunters made before justices of the peace for
grand and petit larceny in taking possession as evi-
dence of the shotguns and ducks in the possession of
the accused. The charges against Newsom were
dismissed by the district atorney as soon as he
learned the facts and the justice of the peace at
Los Banos apologized, stating that he entertained
the petit larceny complaint under a misapprehension
of the facts.
Near Los Banos an arrest was also made of a
hunter for shipping snipe to the San Francisco mar-
ket, concealing the game in a basket. He was tried
in Merced and fined $50. So also while at the Al-
paugh swamp, a hunter named Beach was arrested
to he returned to Monterey county, where he was
wanted on a charge of shipping quail out of season
concealed in egg cases.
Saturday, January 29, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
In Fresno county, says Warden Ferguson, few
infractions have come to notice, because the legiti-
mate hunting fraternity is much larger and more
on the alert for violators of the law. The most
favorable hunting grounds are also under lease to
clubs and the territory for the predatory market
hunter is limited.
The infractions are principally by foreigners, espe-
cially Japanese, and presumably because of their
ignorance of the law. But even they are learning
by experience end the imposing of fines of $500 for
dynamiting fish in- two instances has had a most
salutary effect as regards this class of offenders.
Fish prospects in the county are good and Warden
Ferguson does not fear that the winter freshets
would have destructive effect on the young trout
that were planted to restock the depleted mountain
streams. The run of salmon in the San Joaquin
last season was appreciable, nature coming to the
aid of the fish and the high water making it easy
for the fish to pass the dam obstructions at Mendota
and at the other streams where the ascent of the
salmon to the spawning grounds has been blocked
in previous seasons by dams and low water.
SANTA CRUZ FISH AND GAME.
NEW MEXICO WILL BE A SPORTSMAN'S
PARADISE.
Game Warden Walter Welch's annual report, cov-
ering the year ending December 31, 1909, filed re-
cently with the county e'erk, makes interesting
reading on the subject of game protection.
Among other things Welch's report states:
The general supply of fish and game in the
county is increasing, deer, tree squirrels, rabbits
and clams being particularly noticeable.
About 150 deer were killed during the past open
season, as against 100 during 190S, and between 40
and 50 during 1907. Many hundreds of deer of both
sexes still remain.
Predatory birds and animals have made inroads
into the number of quail. Quail have also been
much disturbed by deer hunters during August.
Trout fishing has been as good as in former years.
Salmon fishing in the bay has far excelled any
of the previous four years. The black bass in Kelly
and Pinto lakes, near Watsonville, have thrived
and fishing is good, bass weighing as much as 6
pounds have been caught. Many outside anglers
have been attracted by the black bass. The limit
of size in clam digging has largely increased the
supply during the past three jrears.
Four hundred and fifty-five permits to blast wood
and burn brush were issued in 1909. Forest fires
last fall did much damage to property, the water-
shed and game cover, and killed many birds and
animals. The county, it is suggested, should buy
sufficient axes, shovels, brush-hooks and mattocks
and locate supplies at available points, giving all
possible encouragement to fire fighters.
The report concludes with the statement that in
spite of the confusion caused by the controversy over
his position and the rights of supervisors to add to
the state game restrictions the sentiment for con-
servation is steadily growing.
Mr. Welch thanks the press and those supervisors
who have aided him through many disappointments
and discouragements in protecting the wild life of
the county and says if the people will continue to
interest themselves in game protection, much
progress can be achieved.
Mr. Welch has continued to act as warden since
his alleged removal took place on June 1. without
pay other than the fund subscribed by friends of
game protection.
Four arrests were made by Mr. Welch during 1909,
resulting in a total of $125 in fines. Two arrests
have been made since January 1. Fines $25.
GUN BARRELS BURSTING.
Several cases of bursted or bulged gun barrels
have come under my observation at different times.
Some of these blow-ups were, it was claimed, due
to some obstruction in the barrel. Some of these
accidents happened whilst on an auto trip, the guns
being fired from the machine. This would pre-
clude any possibility of any substance other than the
wads, getting into the barrel.
I cannot say myself that, sometimes it may happen
that the hard cardboard wad over the powder is left
sticking on edge in the barrel after a discharge. I
have thought so, at times, by the sound of the report,
"or what was it?"
In experimenting along these lines I took an old
Remington 12 gauge having decarbonized barrels. I
used U. M. C. steel-lined shells, U. M. C. wads, 3%
drams Du Pont smokeless, 1% ounce of No. S shot.
I took the old gun down to the river bank one day,
with my cleaning rod I pushed a U. M. C. shot wad
edgeways into one barrel until it was about three
inches from the muzzle. I fired the right barrel.
The same peculiar report that I had noticed pre-
viously followed the trigger pull. I then examined
the barrel carefully, but it was evidently as sound
as ever.
The left barrel was treated in the same manner,
I could not find a bulge or any indication of damage.
I would not have been more surprised had the test
been made with the best grade of barrels and they
had stood it the same way. Those decarbonized
barrels on the old Remington proved, very plainly,
that good gun barrels were made in the United
States by the old makers. Some time I shall try
what Belgian barrels will show under this test.
"ALMO."
Roswell, N. M.
New Mexico may, with care on the part of its offi-
cials, assistance on the part of genuine sportsmen,
and rigid enforcement of its game laws, become the
sportsman's paradise of America within a very few
years. It has ideal breeding grounds for all classes
of wild game, great and small, native to the Rocky
mountain region. Its streams are the most perfect
in temperature, volume and location for the success-
ful propagation of trout, and other cold water game
fish.
It requires only protection for the period of a few
short years and the wild game of this territory, to-
gether with its perfect climate and magnificent
scenery will be attracting the attention of the hunt-
ers and fishermen of the continent.
These are the conclusions reached by Col. Thomas
P. Gable, territorial game warden, after nine months
in the office during which, for the first time, he has
made not only efficient, but more than self support-
ing; a producer of revenue for the territory.
Col. Gable has done more. He has made the new
game law, adopted by the legislature of 1909 so
effective, that it has attracted the attention of the
men and magazines of the country which are inter-
ested in the protection and propagation of game
and fish and is resulting in no little advertising of
the territory's resources.
Not satisfied with protecting existing game and
fish the game warden is determined to see that every
stream in New Mexico, where game fish can live,
is stocked and to this end he is working not only
for a national fish hatchery, but for a territorial
one as well, which he hopes to construct from funds
derived from hunting and fishing licenses.
During the year 1909 the game warden's office
issued a total of 5600 licenses, bringing into the
office a total of $7000, or far more than sufficient
to pay all expenses of salaries and operation.
New licenses for 1910 are now being prepared and
with the license machinery in full operation it is
probable that the number of licenses issued during
this year will be doubled.
The game warden's pet plant just now is a terri-
torial fish hatchery at Santa Fe, adapted especially
to the propagation of mountain trout. The attorney
general has not yet determined that the revenue
of the office may be used for this purpose, but the
warden believes it can. Anyway he is making his
plans for the hatchery and will build it sooner or
later.
In his report to the governor for 1909 the game
warden says in part:
Upon assuming the office of territorial game and
fish warden on April 1, I found a law had been
passed by the thirty-eighth legislative assembly,
known as the "License Law." This law being en-
tirely new to the people of the territory, necessi-
tated a great amount of printing, together with
considerable postage and labor, to get it before the
public. While this is a new law to the people of
New Mexico, it has been in use a great many years
in the different States, and the strongest argument
in its favor is the fact that that in no instance has
it been repealed, but on the contrary has been
strengthened, from time to time, as the people be-
came better acquainted with the benefits to be
derived therefrom. In order to acquaint the people
of the territory with the provisions of this law, I
had published ten thousand English and ten thousand
Spanish copies in pamphlet form, as well as fifteen
thousand synopsis cards in English and Spanish,
also five thousand cloth posters containing a syn-
opsis, of the law in both English and Spanish, these
were sent to all county clerks, deputy game wardens,
forest reserve supervisors and guards, teachers at
the various Indian pueblos and villages, as well as
the individuals and newspapers of the territory, for
their information and distribution, in addition to this
I have mailed over five hundred circular letters, and
written several hundred in answer to inquiries. This
with the hearty and generous support given by the
press of the territory, in publishing the laws with
favorable comments thereon, has rendered this de-
partment great assistance. Public sentiment will do
more to protect this valuable territorial asset, than
the most stringent laws. I have therefore in every
manner possible endeavored to convince the people,
that in protecting the game and fish they are pro-
tecting their own interests, and no matter how
remote his residence no one has any excuse for not
being acquainted with all its important provisions.
Some difficulty has been experienced by my prede-
cessors in having the pueblo and reservation Indians
comply with tbe law, they believing that the game
and fish were the property of any who captured
them, whether in or out of season; this sentiment
does not seem to exist among the native or Spanish
population, in fact some of the best deputies I have
in the territory are of this people. Valuable assist-
ance has been rendered this department by the super-
intendent and teachers of the Indians in advising and
informing them of the provisions of the law.
The prevailing opinion has been that the game pro-
tection laws were made solely for the benefit and in
the interest of the rich man, this is a mistake, the
rich man is not confined to any particular locality
for his sport, as the entire country is open to him,
while the poor man or the man of average means,
who is unable to undergo the expense of traveling
any great distance, must depend entirely for the
sport of hunting and fishing, within his own locality,
hence the law is of much greater benefit to the poor
man. Opposition to the game protection laws, is
usually actuated by selfish motives and those who
oppose them lose no opportunity to herald abroad
the slightest violation and usually magnify every
infraction, hoping thus to discredit the entire system
of game protection. I am pleased to report, how-
ever, that the people throughout the territory, as
they become better acquainted with the law and its
intent, are not only cheerfully observing the same
but are complimenting the wisdom of its enactment.
The system of non-resident licenses, practically
began in the United States in 1895, since which time
nearly all the States and territories have adopted
the plan; the fees for licenses vary in different
States, ranging from $1 to $5 for residents, and $15
to $100 for non-residents and aliens, the fee of $1
for bird and $1 for big game, and $25 for non-
esidents, as charged by New Mexico, is quite rea-
sonable, and in my opinion will, after this year,
create a fund which will not only maintain the office
of game warden, but leave a balance sufficient to
construct and support at least one fish hatchery in
the territory, which is becoming more and more nec-
essary each year. Hon. G. W. Bowers, Commissioner
Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. C, also Delegate
W. H. Andrews, are giving the people of New Mexico
every assistance possible, by way of furnishing fish
for stocking not only the trout streams, but also
private lakes and reserves. Owing to the fact, how-
ever, that a great many of the choicest trout streams,
are located long distances from the railway stations,
it is quite difficult to transport successfully the
young fish from the fish car, sent out annually by
the government to the waters, many of which are
at this time sadly in need of restocking.
Since the enactment of the game and fish laws in
March, 1903, there has been quite a perceptible in-
crease in game and game birds. New Mexico is
naturally a game country, and is especially favored,
by having within its borders large forest reserves,
which has an abundance of game and fish, and is
being constantly guarded by "forest rangers," and
their assistance in enforcing the game laws, is of
great benefit to this department; in a very few years
these great reserves will be the envy of the whole
country, and New Mexico can truthfully boast of
having' the largest and best stocked game and fish
preserves in the world. The department of agri-
culture through the Hon. Gifford Pinchot, has issued
special instructions to "all forest officers (regula-
tion 74) to co-operate with the State or Territorial
officials so far as they can without undue interfer-
ence with their regular forest work, to enforce local
laws -for the protection of game, etc."
Reports from deputy wardens show these reserves
already well stocked with deer, grouse and wild
turkeys, in the northern and western portion of the
territory, the southern and eastern part has several
bands of antelope and great quantities of quail, in
Roosevelt and Quay county, large numbers of
prairie chickens are reported, these being protected
until 1915. It is hoped they will becoome more gen-
erally distributed throughout the territory. Pheas-
ants have been imported into Colfax, Bernalillo and
Grant counties by private parties and are reported
doing well. There are still a few ptarmigan (white
grouse) reported in the Taos range, also wild pig-
eons exist in Taos and Rio Arriba counties. I have
reports of a band of mountain sheep in the Guada-
lupe mountains, on the line between Texas and New
Mexico. Also a few have been seen recently near
the Truchas Peaks in Rio Arriba county. Sonora
white tailed deer are reported quite numerous in
the Mogollon mountains, these have evidently drifted
in from Mexico, where they exist in great numbers.
There are many prosperous colonies of beaver re-
ported in Colfax, with a few in Taos and Rio Arriba
counties.
Coyote Petards — A recent press dispatch from Spo-
kane gives the following account of the novel method
used bv a mining prospector in destroying coyotes and
other predatory animals in the section of central
Washington where he is located. There is one thing
lacking, however, to make the system entirely clear,
the immediate cause of the dealth dealing explo-
sion is not explained. He uses nitro-gycerine, and
has already collected more than $250 in bounties on
scalps brought to the office of tbe Auditor of Kittitas
county since January 1.
While at Ellensburg with a wagon-load of pelts the
other dav, he told a number of sportsmen and
habitues at the court house the secret of his success
as a bounty-earner, saying:
"I'm out in the hills prospecting most of the time,
and mv only companions are the coyotes and other
wild things. In this instance the coyote is worth
money only when dead, and is nothing more or less
than an annoyance while alive.
I haven't the time to hunt coyotes, but to make
a little 'easy money' and at the same time rid the
district of some of the nuisances. I 'load' pieces of
meat with nitro-glycerine, such as I use in blasting
the ore-bearing rock, and scatter the tidbits near the
coyotes' haunts in the hills.
The coyotes come along, sometimes singly, but
more often in twos, three and in packs; they find
the meat, and as it looks good to 'em they gulp it
down, and then — it is all over with 'em.
The explosive kjlls instantly, but does not injure
the pelt enough to prevent the county auditor from
paying the bounty of $1 each, as provided by the
State law.
I've killed hundreds of these pests in my time, and
I expect to 'bag' many more before the end of the
year. The game is worth while, for I not only get
the bounty, but also help the farmers and stock--
growers in getting rid of their worst enemies."
It
THE BREEDER AND SPORTS II AN
[Saturday, January 29, 1910.
OUTDOOR RIFLE SHOOTING FOR SCHOLBOYS.
The success of the recent outdoor schoolboy rifle
meeting in the District of Columbia has shown how
easy it is to work up interest in this sport among the
boys when concerted effort is put forth. Most of the
credit is due to Lieutenant Albert S. Jones, sec-
retary of the National Rifle Association, who organ-
ized the tournament, but he found that the officers
of the army, marine corps and National Guard of
the District of Columbia, as well as a number of
patriotically inclined civilians had only to be asked
in order to contribute their time, efforts and money,
to encourage the schoolboy work.
A brief sketch of how this tournament was
arranged and carried to a successful conclusion, will
be of interest to other cities. The first step was to
secure the loan of the District of Columbia range
and the co-operation of the National Guard officers
as instructors and range officers. This co-operation
was most heartily given. The War Department was
then approached on the subject of arms and ammuni-
tion. Washington is peculiarly situated in that it has
a well organized and well drilled cadet corps and
under the law the War Department can furnish the
corps with arms and ammunition. A sufficient num-
ber of rifles was borrowed from the War Department
and some five thousand or ten thousand rounds of
ammunition secured. General Elliott, commander of
the marine corps, placed at the disposal of the offi-
cers of the match the services of an entire company
of marines to act as markers and scorers, the non-
commissioned officers present assisting in instructing
the boys and guarding against accidents.
In addition, several officers from the army and
marine corps volunteered their services. President
Taft, who as Secretary of War had more than once
signalized his approval of rifle practice, sent Lieut.
Jones a telegram which read: "I approve the teach-
ing under proper regulations of rifle shooting to our
boys in advanced grades."
The co-operation of the Washington press was
solicited and the local newspapers took a most active
interest in the affair. The publicity thus gained was
of great advantage in arousing the interest of the
schoolboys and of the citizens. The school board
assisted in every possible way and the athletic and
military instructors took a prominent part in the
preliminary work and in the tournament itself. A
canvas was made of a number of prominent citizens,
each being asked for a small contribution which
resulted in a sum of money to defray the expenses.
Several of the local newspapers donated cups and
other cups and medals were given by merchants,
brokers and hotels. Secretary of War Dickinson, in
addition to heartily approving the shoot, gave a
medal, as did Assistant Secretary of War Oliver and
General William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance. The
Washington Chamber of Commerce and the Du Pont
Powder Company also gave prizes and a local firm
donated the program. Ten cents per card was
charged and the balance received over the expenses
was turned over to the school board to further rifle
practice in the schools.
The liveliest interest was manifested by the hoys.
Although it was dark and cold, more than 300
youngsters turned out to participate in the matches.
Some forty or fifty officers were on hand.
The shooting was all at 200 yards with the regula-
tion military rifle and ammunition, some of it being
off-hand and some prone. The matches were: Inter-
school championship; high school cadet corps com-
pany championship; interclub match; individual
championship; high school cadet corps members
(N. R. A.) and the N. R. A. medal matches.
The distribution of the prizes, which took place
at the Western High School, was made quite an
event. Capt. James F. Oyster, president of the
school board, presided. Secretary of War Dickinson
presented the prizes and made a strong speech sup-
porting the policy of educating the school boys to the
intelligent use of the rifle. Mr. W. F. Gude, president
of the Washington Chamber of Comemrce. presented
the trophy given by that organization and other
addresses were made by Gen. James A. Drain,
president of the National Rifle Association. Chief
Clerk J. C. Sehofield, of the War Department, and
others. As the result of the indoor tournaments
which have been held here for the past two years
under the auspices of the National Rifle and Revolver
Club, and the recent outdoor shoot under the auspices
of the National Rifle Association great interest has
been taken by the Washington school boys in rifle
practice. Each of the five high schools now has a
well established rifle club and a range is being con-
structed at the Central High School.
What has been done in Washington cannot be
duplicated possibly in all large cities, hut in a num-
ber of them the same methods would doubtless he
successful. It is understood the National Militia
Board will recommend that National Guard organ-
izations place their ranges at the disposal of the
school boys from time to time for practice and that
the officers of the National Guard assist in instruct-
ing the boys. A bill has been introduced in Congress
providing for the encouragement of rifle practice
among school boys and civilian clubs which has
received the endorsement of the War Department
and which will doubtless be endorsed by the national
Rifle Association and the National Board for the
Promotion of Rifle Practice. In many States there
are detachments of marines, coast artillery and of
the regular army, where markers and scorers could
likely be obtained without much trouble or expense.
Indoi r shoots have been held in New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Denver, as well as in Washington
and increasing interest is reported from other cities.
Up to the present time the work has been conducted
by private individuals but it is more than probable
the government w7ill before long give it substantial
recognition.
COMING EVENTS.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
A Specimen Game Hcg — Joseph Barbato, who has
been hunting ducks at Tudor, Sutter county, for some
time, was arrested in Sacramento last week by Dep-
ity Game Warden M. A. Carpenter of Marysville
and Constable Russell of Broderick, states the Bee.
The warrant alleged that Barbato has been violating
the game laws and hunting without a license.
Barbato has been shipping ducks to San Francisco
and Sacramento, doing a flourishing business, and
the officers believe he was preparing to inaugurate
a plan for shipping ducks in milk cans under the
guise of carrying on a dairy business. He went to
Sacramento to engage in the milk business and was
arrested at the Wells, Fargo office while sending
a can of milk.
When arrested he declared that he was part owner
of a ranch at Tudor, and that he was privileged to
kill ducks because they were ruining his crops.
The officers found that there were no crops on the
place and that he had arranged a huge tank from
which to do his killing.
Barbato wrote to the Fish Commission some time
ago asking permission to kill unlimited numbers of
ducks up to 2500 because they were ruining his
crops. Carpenter was delegated to investigate the
matter and the arrest of Barbato followed.
He gave bonds in the sum of $100 and will appear
before Justice Tucker of Yuba City for a hearing.
Woman Kills a Bear. — Throwing snowballs into
the hollow of an oak tree to rout out a coon, as she
supposed, Mrs. Chamberlain, wife of the forest super-
visor stationed at Minersville, routed out a big black
bear. She was alone at the time, save for her dog.
She killed the bear, which weighed 300 pounds. Mrs.
Chamberlain rode horseback from Minersville to
Weaverville, making the first trip over the mountain
following a fresh fall of snow. It is a lonely ride of
twenty-eight miles, there being scarcely a human
habitation on the road. As is her habit when riding
abroad, she carried her rifle and was accompanied
by her dog. On the road to Weaverville she saw
fresh bear and panther tracks in the snow. These
caused her no alarm for she is an experienced
hunter and is handy with her rifle. But it was on
her return trip to Minersville that she had the experi-
ence of her life. As she rode along over the moun-
tain her dog showed by its actions at the base
of a hollow tree that some animal was inside. Mrs.
Chamberlain thought of nothing but coons. Dis-
mounting, she set her rifle dowTn and made snow-
balls which she threw into the hollow to rout the
coon. The snowballs did their work, but instead
of a coon out came a big black bear. Bruin was
coming in high dudgeon, too. He came right dowTn
the tree and started for Mrs. Chamberlain. But the
dog broke in and succeeded in driving the bear up
another tree. Then it was, while the dog kept him
at bay, that Mrs. Chamberlain fired one shot that
brought the beast tumbling down the tree and dead
at the huntress' feet.
Big Game Numerous. — Bear and panther, for some
reason, are hugging the settlements this winter, rather
out of the ordinary. Two bears were seen within a
half mile of Greenview, Siskiyou county, by Atterbery
brothers recently. The men had no rifle, but has-
tened to procure one and about two hours after first
sighting the bear, took up the trail. Night came on
and they lost the track near Scott river, about a
mile from the Fort,
A monster bear's track was discovered on the
Kidder, just west of Greenview, one foot evidently
having been in a trap that severed the toes. The
size of the tracks leave no doubt of its being a
grizzly, and hunters are fitting out to follow.
Grant Lewis got on the trail of a panther that,
judging by the track, was a lusty brute. He fol-
lowed it for some miles and lost the trail near the
Wilson home, three miles west on the Kidder creek.
As Lewis is a fine shot and a first-class hunter, it is
safe to say he will yet give this cat a run for its life.
New Gun Clubs — Kingsburg, Cal., now has a gun
club which was recently organized. E. W. Pinkley
is president and J. W. Mclntyre secretary. It is ex-
pected the membership roll will number about 50
shooters. An active blue rock campaign is sched-
uled.
The Yavapai Gun Club is the most recently formed
organization for hunting and fishing near Prescott,
Arizona.
A lease has been made of a large strip of country
at Point of Rocks. The land rented contains several
small lakes on which duck hunting is good and the
land is broken with hills and valleys, making it ideal
for quail and rabbits. The lakes are to be stocked
with fish. Poachers will be dealt with through the
courts.
Bench Shown.
Jan. 26-29 — Cleveland Fanciers' Club Company. (Li-
censed.) Cleveland, O. J. T. Conkey, Sec'y.
Feb. 8-11 — Fanciers' Association of Indiana. In-
dianapolis, Ind. C. R. Millhouse. Sec'y. Entries
close Feb. 1.
Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York
City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman.
Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas.
W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y.
March 1-3 — Pine Tree Kennel Club. Portland, Me.
Elinor S. Moody, Sec'y.
March 1-4 — Buffalo Kennel Club. Buffalo, N. Y.
Seymour P. White, Sec'y.
March 2-4 — Central New York Kennel Association.
"Utica, N. Y. Thos. S. Jackson, Sec'y.
March S-ll — Erie Kennel Club. Erie, Pa. Lyman
T. "Whitehead. Sec'y.
March 16-19 — Duquesne Kennel Club of "Western
Pennsylvania. Pittsburg, Pa. B. Cummings,
Sec'y.
March 23-26 — Kodak City Kennel Club. Rochester
N. Y. Jos. H. Church, Sec'y.
March 21-24 — Chicago Kennel Club. Chicago, 111. F.
A. Fisher, Sec'y.
June 1-2 — Ladies' Kennel Association of America.
Minneola, L. I., N. Y. Mrs. R. C. W. Wadsworth,
Sec'y. ,
June 2-3 — Long Island Kennel Club. .
E. H. Berendsohn. Sec'y.
June S — Ladies' Kennel Association of Massachusetts.
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Mrs. H. M. Talbot, Sec'y.
June 18 — Westchester Kennel Club. .
Louis Contoit, Sec'y.
Field Trials,
Jan. 11 — United States Field Trial Club. Rogers
Springs. Tenn. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junc-
tion, Teen.
7an. — National Championship Field Trial Associa-
tion. To follow IT. S. trials. Rogers Springs, Tenn.
W. B. Stafford Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn.
Ian. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfleld.
Cal. E. Courtney Ford, Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal.
tan. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort
Worth. Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y.
Feb. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex.
E. M. Ford, Sec'y.
Spearing Steelhead. — The illegal practice of spear-
ing steelhead is still in vogue in San Mateo county.
The Coast streams of this county have for many
years past been favorite resorts for many anglers.
It seems a bit odd that hotel keepers, liverymen
and other business interests that profit directly and
indirectly through the visits of sportsmen to the
county, do not combine in missionary work to the
purpose, that it is better for all concerned to observe
the law and not kill off spawning fish by spearing
them.
An Old Friend Coming. — Jack Fanning will pay a
flying visit to this city early in February. Jack has
a host of friends, not only in this city, but all over
the Coast.
o
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
U. M. C. Notes.
Little is said and done at this time of year in the
way of trap shooting on the Pacific Coast. Every
lover of dog and gun is giving his spare time to the
delights of marsh and field shooting, or the pursuit
of big game. Writing from the northwest, a corre-
spondent advises us that hardly a gun has been fired
at targets since the last shot was heard at the
Pacific Indian meet at Medford, when J. G. Naquin,
of Globe, Ariz., and J. E. Cullison. of Portland,
walked away with the first and second amateur hon-
ors, well ahead of the field.
It is to be regretted that, under the rulings of the
Inter-State Association as to the number of targets
required to be shot for record, few it any shooters
in the Northwest can get official standing in the
annual review of the year's work, now scon to appear.
Were it not for this fact, many good records wou'd
appear therein as reflecting the able devotion to the
manly sport in the Pacific and northwest territory.
As it is, however, we are the more impressed with
the specially good individual wins recorded at vari-
ous important meets. Among these may be cited
Sherman Johnson's winning of several trophies, in-
cluding the U. C. T. championship badge, at the
Idaho State shoot; Jack Cullison's w-onderful finish
ahead of the great field of amateurs at the annual
Northwest shoot at Walla Walla; Clarence McLean's
winning of the championship of British Columbia, at
Vancouver, and Guy Dering's fine feat at the Pacific
Coast Handicap at Seattle, when, coming fxs a
stranger from the East, he cleaned up the entire
field of amateurs with a loss of only ten birds on regu-
lar distances for the week. All these winners
achieved the acme of success with the U. M. C. steel-
lined Arrow and Nitro Club shells. Carl Adelman's
and Jno. Noel's wins of the two big handicaps at
Seattle with the same combination has previously
been advertised to the world. Nor were the new
Remington guns, pumps and autoloading, less con-
spicuous in these fine wins, in the hands of McLean
and Adelman, and of our old-time friend, R. G. Rob-
inson, at Nelson, and of Hughie McElroy, of Spokane,
when he put the whole crowd at the big Anaconda
handicap in his game sack, to the tune of 98 out of
100 from the handicap rise.
o
A New Peters Representative.
Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky.. who
has been known as one of the leading amateur trap
shooters of the country for two or three years past
joined on January 1, 1910, the professional ranks, as
a representative of The Peters Cartrridge Company,
shooting Peters shells and Du Pont powder.
Mr. Henderson's scores during 1909 indicate very
exceptional ability, and this with.his consistent loy-
alty to Peters ammunition have their logical result
in his employment by the Peters Company. He is
sure to add rapidly to the already long list of friends
he has made for himself and the goods he will rep-
resent
During the week from January 7th to 14th. Mr. L. I.
Wade, shooting at Austin and San Antonio. Texas,
broke 331 out of 350, an average of 94.57 per cent,
with a run of 120. He used Peters factory loaded
shells.
Saturday, Januarj- 29, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
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THE FARM
NOTES OF THE HOG LOT.
As the science of feeding is better
•mder stood, breeders will be compelled
to breed hogs of a type that will fat-
ten easily and acres of clover and
alfalfa, soy beans, rape and the like
will rotate with corn and help the
farmers to grow a hog possessing size
and quality at a very low cost. The
time is coming when the ideals of the
packer and breeder will be similar.
The nests where the pigs sleep
should be slightly elevated so that no
dampness will accumulate, or they are
sure to be afflicted with rheumatism,
soreness of the feet and joints, and
lack of thrift.
If the nests are made in this man-
ner the pigs will keep them clean for
a much longer period than when they
are once allowed to become foul and
damp. The pig gets discouraged in
trying to keep neat if his pen is al-
lowed to become foul and damp.
HOW TO KNOW WHAT A COW IS
WORTH.
It is impossible to appreciate the
money-making difference between good
and poor cows, and good and poor
herds, without a definite study of the
separate elements of cost and profit,
based upon the actual production ot
the individual cow. Prof. Wilbur J.
Fraser, chief in dairy husbandry at
the University of Illinois, after years
of investigation and the testing of
1,200 cows in Illinois, has recently
published (as circular 134) an entirely
new and valuable "Cow Index of Keep
and Profit." One thing the dairyman
must know: the cow's production of
milk and butterfat for the year. Then
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The stallion FATHER McKIXXOX,
by Demonio 2:11 14, sire of Mona "Wilkes
2:03*4, etc.. dam Elorita by Alban 2:24.
sire dam of You Bet 2:07, second dam
Emma R. 2:28^, dam of Rowena 2:29%
and Emaline 2:27%, by Electioneer,
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Demonio Speed 2:03.:
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11*4. greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13^, sire
of Katalina 2:lli4, General Vallejo 2:22 y2. Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2-2S4,
Vallejo Girl 2:10*4, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 35S3, son of Clark
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2;1G%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
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FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2;1H4 is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09}4, Demonio
Wilkes 2:0951, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, ana grandsire" of Solano
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 29, 1910.
a moment's tracing of the table will
give him nine other items of life and
death importance (financially) about
that cow, and some of these would
require many entries and much figur-
ing if the dairyman had to find them
himself.
If a cow gives 4,000 pounds of milk
and 160 pounds of butterfat she would
be worth $40 at first freshening and
$27 for beef at the end of her life.
In a year she would produce 3,400
pounds of skimmilk, worth $6.80; her
calf would be worth $3.50, and the
manure made $14.50; total value of
these three items, $24.S0. Cost ol
labor in caring for cow one year, $1S;
interest, taxes, insurance and repairs
on barn, $4; service fee, $2; interest,
depreciation on cow, $3.89. veterinary
service, medicine and spraying ma-
terials, 40 cents; depreciation on dairy
utensils, 70 cents; total expense,
$28.88. It is seen that the skimmilk,
calf and manure lack $4.19 of paying
this expense. The value of the butter-
fat is $43.20; cost of feed, $38. While
there is $5.20 profit in the butterfat,
the total income lacks $1.01 of paying
her expenses.
The cow giving 6,000 pounds of milk
and 240 pounds of butter fat at the
first freshening would be worth $50,
and at the end of her life $25 for beef,
a depreciation of $25. Skimmilk,
5.100 pounds, worth $10.20; calf, $4.50;
manure, $15.50; total, $30.20 and lack-
ing $2.34 of equaling the total of the
six items of expense. But the butter-
fat would bring $64.80, while the feed
would cost $42. Combining the loss of
$2.34 in skimmilk and the profit of
$22.S0 on butterfat, the year's profit
would be $20.46.
Traced through these items in the
same way; the cow of S,000 pounds of
milk and 320 pounds of butterfat
would have a deficit of $1.16 in the
skimmilk account and a profit of
$40.40 in the butterfat account, the
two combined making a total profit of
$39.24. And the cow giving 10.000
pounds of milk and 400 pounds of but-
terfat would have a profit of $6.53 in
the skimmilk and a profit of $58 in
the butterfat; total profit, $64.53.
This table has these items of cost,
iucomes and profit figured out for
cows of 56 productions, or for every
increase of 250 pounds of milk, from
the cow that gives only 2,000 pounds
of milk and is kept at a loss of $17. SO
to the cow that gives 14,000 pounds of
milk and returns a profit of $127.98.
Each cow's production for a year is
found by weighing and testing the
milk for a week at a time at intervals
of a few weeks, as many Illinois
dairymen are beginning to do. The
circular fully explains the use of the
table, and the methods of arriving at
all these figures, and last, but not
least, the table is applied to each cow
in five Illinois herds in a most inter-
esting manner, and it is shown how
any dairyman should apply it to his
own herd. — Illinois Farmers' Insti-
tute, Snringfield, 111.
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Experienced man with stallions; had
vears of experience will all classes of
horses. R. J. JOHXSOX,
Emeryville Race Track, Oakland.
COACH STALLIOX FOR SALE.
Registered, imported French coach
stallion; handsome, stylish, sound, of
good disposition: 17 hands high; weight
about 1400 pounds; beautiful bright
bay, color running back 10 generations
on both sides without a break; sure,
splendid sire; colts of fine form, color,
style and action. For particulars and
price, address L. S. cl'LLEN,
Gilroy, Cal.
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Delilah 2:06ji Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander 2:07% Boton de Oro 2:10%
Josephine 2:0734 MeO.D. 2:llH
etc.. etc.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNC, San Jose
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Pedigrees Tabulated
AT THIS OFFICE.
BEST GREEN TROTTER IN THE
STATE FOR SALE.
BUSTER — fills the bill in every re-
spect. Sired by Neernut 2:12%; dam by
Nelson 2:09%. For price and particu-
lars, address G. W. PARSONS,
Highland. Cal.
HIGH-CLASS TROTTERS
FOR SALE
Geo. T. Beckers of Los Angeles offers all his
broodmares and young Zombros for
sale as he will go East this spring to again
place Zombro in the stud, and if they are
not sold before he leaves he will sell them
over there. He has some royally bred ones.
Write him for pedigrees and prices.
Address
GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Figueroa St.. Los Angeles.
NAPA PRINCE FOR SALE.
On account of continued illness which
confines me to my bed, I offer my stal-
lion, Napa Prince, for sale. He is a
very handsome horse, with as much
style and finish as any stallion, and is
a sire of fine carriage and road horses.
He is trotting bred, being by the regis-
tered stallion Grandissimo 2:23^, and
out of a mare by WTiippleton 1SS3, one
of the best sires of carriage horses
ever in California. Will be sold at a
bargain. Horse can be seen at my
place, corner of Fourteenth and Ade-
line streets, Oakland.
F. ROCHFORD.
FOR SALE OR LEASE.
KINNEY H., three-year-old stallion
by Kinney Rose 2:13%, a son of Mc-
Kinney 2:11 Ji; dam Leta H. by Nut-
wood "Wilkes; 2nd dam Liska
2.2SH (dam of Lisonjero 2:0S%
and 4 more in the list, by Elec-
tioneer). Kinney H. is a splendid
young horse in every respect, hand-
some, intelligent, good disposition and
very promising. With his breeding and
individuality, he is one of the most
desirable grandsons of McKinney in
this part of the State.
For further particulars, call or ad-
dress CHRIS HASHAGEN",
2801 21st St., San Francisco.
CHESTNUT TOM 4348S FOR SALE.
I want to sell my stallion Chestnut
Tom 2:15, as I am now engaged in busi-
ness and cannot give him my attention.
He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, sire of
John A. McKerron 2:04^2, the fastest
trotting stallion in America, and of
Copa de Oro 2:01*4, the fastest pacing
heat winner of 1909. His dam, Zeta
Carter, is by Director 2 :17, and his
grandam Lida W. 2:18*4 is by Nut-
wood 2:18%, and is the dam of four in
the list. Chestnut Tom is the sire of
Louise Carter, three-year-old record
2:24. the only one of his get ever
trained. Chestnut Tom was foaled in
1S9S, is a very strong and vigorous
horse, and will be a sure sire of speed
if given an opportunity.
For price and further particulars, ad-
dress GEO. T. ALGEO,
3S04 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Chestnut gelding, foaled 1905, by
Monterey 2:09H. dam Theresa 2:14 by
Silver Bow, second dam Laura Wilkes
2:17 by Guy Wilkes 2:15^. third dam
by Steinway 2:25. Stands 15.2*^ hands
high and weighs 1100 pounds. Power-
fully built, always in good flesh, a nat-
ural born pacer, perfectly gaited, wears
light shoes, no straps or boots of any
kind, and with only 7 months' training
in all, on the 24th day of last August
paced a mile in 2:0$ flat, last half in
1:02, last quarter in 29 seconds. The
performances of this horse have been
kept under cover and nobody knows his
speed. If he is not a two-minute
pacer, there never "was one, and my
only reason for selling is that I need
the money. This horse is guaranteed
sound, good-headed and game.
Also, a beautiful blooded bay car-
riage gelding, 5 years old, 16 hands
high, weighs 1150 pounds, standard
bred. Can trot a 2:30 gait. Handsome,
guaranteed sound and safe for a lady
to drive among cars and automobiles.
Apply to or address H. HANSEN,
1420 46th Ave., Melrose, Cal.
FOR SALE
Nearest 2:22|
Sire of
Highfly 2:04J4, Alone 2:08%
Trueheart 2:19>2, Joe Gans 2:19^,
Just It (3-year-old) 2rt9^,
and brother to John A. McKerron 2:04M, second
fastest stallion in the world.
Nearest is 15% hands high, weight 1200 pounds.
This horse is a sure foal getter and is in splendid
condition.
Address. MRS. S. V. BAESTOW.
1042 Alameda Ave.. San Jose. Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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California Breeders Association
Canfield - Clark Stakes No. 1
To be raced under the auspices of the California Breeders Association
for foals of 1908 to be raced as 2-year-olds in 1910.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
$ 1 000 Guaranteed Purse for Trotters
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.
Feb. 1, '10, $10; June 1, '10, $15; final payment, $25, ten days before the
meeting begins at which the race is to be trotted. Xothing additional from
money winners.
CONDITIONS.
Distance, 150 yards. Entry must be accompanied by
Failure to make any payment
Mile heats, 2 i
entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in.
forfeits all previous payments.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these stakes in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
"Write for entry blanks and further information to
C. A. CAXFIELD, President.
WM. L,. JAMES, Secretary,
West 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 in 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records in 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
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PRAIRIE VIETV, 111., November 1, 1909.
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I had this old trotter, Capt. Brocket
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California Breeders Association
Canfield - Clark Stakes No. 2
To be raced under the auspices of the California Breeders Association
for foals of 1909 to be raced as 2-year-olds in 1911.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
$ 1 000 Guaranteed Purse tor Trotters
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.
Feb. 1, '10, $5; Nov. 1, '10, $10; April 1, '11, $10; final payment, $25,
ten days before the meeting begins at which the race is to be trotted. Noth-
ing additional from money winners.
CONDITIONS.
Mile heats, 2 in 3. Distance, 150 yards. Entry must be accompanied by
entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment
forfeits all previous payments.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen this stake in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
Write for entry blank and further information to
C. A. CANFIELD, President.
WM. L. JAMES, Secretary,
317 West 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
NtTP N'lltwnnH WllkPC 1'ift^- sireof Copa de Oro 2:01^, John A.McKerron 2:04%. etc., and
OilC, milYTUUU YTHIVCH £.1U2, dams of Sao Francisco 2:07%. Hona Wilkes 2 :03K. etc.
Ham Palita C)\ 7'ln dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20,
I/O 111, rania yi, ) i.iu, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17&. and of the 3-year-old filly Com-
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Yolame in 2:131^. and timed separately in 2:\A%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
, CAL.
Terms: $40 for the Season w
option if mare proves not in foal.
Good pasturage at $2.50 pe" month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
$10 Due on Two-Year-Olds
Tuesday, Feb. 1, '10.
S7,250— Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 8
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
Foals Born 1908 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old.
ENTRIES CLOSED DECEMBER 2, 1907.
$4,250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $450 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
93000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
- named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot
when mare was bred.
$1000 for Three- Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three-Year-Old Face.
750 for Two- Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Vear-OId Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace
when mare was bred.
$250 in Special Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners.
$10 on Two-Year-Olds February 1. 1910; $10 on Three- Year- Olds February 1.1911.
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 mn.st desigrnate when making payments to start whether the horse
entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again in the three-
year-old divisions.
Be Sure to Make This Payment.
E. P. HEALD, P..-.
F. W. KELLEY, Secy,
366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05H in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Albert S. 2:03K. Sir John S. 2:04?^. Mona Wilkes 2:031;. etc.. etc.);
dam Eme Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan 13)
2:0534 Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%. etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter: third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
( Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
S10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
. Pleasanton, Cal.
Take the Breeder and Sportsman.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 29, 1910.
\ A %A#ki it'll A#imH feSnichf
Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., who has made an unprecedented record during the year 1909, shot at Houston, Texas
December 20-22, with the following results:
A Whirlwind Finish!
High Amateur Average,
800 x 825. Longest Run, Unfinished, . 252 Straight.
At this shoot Mr. Henderson used the same load in
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Foals of Mares Covered in 1909 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old.
$2850 for Trotting Foals.
$5,000
GUARANTEED.
-$2150 for Pacing Foals.
—TO BE GIVEN BY THE-
CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, Sacramento, Cal.
Entries to close February 1, '10.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$100 to Owner of Stallion, sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when
mare was bred.
FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS to take place at the California State Fair, 1912
Two-Year-Old Trotters, • • - $600
Two-Year-Old Pacers, ■ 400
Pace when
SIOO to Owner of Stallion, sire of Winner of Three-YeaM
mare was bred.
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS to take place at the California State Fair, 1913
Three-Year-Old Trotters,
Three-Year-Old Pacers,
$1400
$1100
Consolations for Horses That Started in Above and Won No Money.
ENTRANCE FREE— Otherwise same conditions to govern as in the main events.
TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS, S350; TWO-YEAR-OLD PACERS, $250. THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS, 5400; THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS, «300.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1910. when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 July 1, 1910;
$5 December 1, 1910; $10 on yearlings February 1, 1911; $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1912; $10 on three year olds February 1, 1913.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $15 to start in the two-year-old pace, $25 to start in the two-year-old trot; $3o to start in the three-year-old pace; $50 to start in the
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.
No additional entrance -nil! be charged in the Consolation Stakes.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether tlie horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again in the three-? ear-old divisions.
CONDITIONS.
The races for two-year-olds will be mile heats, two in three, and for three-year-olds, three in five. Distance for two-vear-olds, 150 yards; for three-vear-olds,
100 yards.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or If either the mare or foal dies before February 1, 1911. 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 which she was bred in 1009.
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 $5000, the amount of
the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
Races for Two-Tear-Old Stake and Consolation end with the conclusion of the third heat.
Races for Three-Tear-Old Stake and Consolation end with the conclusion of fifth heat.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than the**e are starters.
All contestants not winning a heat in three or awarded second position twice will be retired from the race, but do not forfeit their winnings as shown bv the
summary.
Entries open to the world.
Write for Entry Blanks to
H. A. JASTRO, President
Other than exceptions made in this entry blank rules of National Trotting Association to govern.
J. A. FILCHER. Sec'y, Sacramento, Cal.
Saturday, January 29, 1910.]
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Commencing at 9:45 a. m., sharp.
Work Horses
~^— FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1910.
The Greatest and Choicest Collection of Trotting Horses Ever Offered at Auction in California.
100 — Representatives of the Leading Stake-Winning and Fashionable Trotting Families in America— 100
Consignment from C. L. Crellin, Pleasanton.
Bay mare, pedigree iiuc MLaoiished.
Bay gelding by Searchlight 2:03%.
Rosie Woodburn 2:16 by Easter TV. -Lady Beth by
Gcldnut.
Bav fillv by Sir John 2:14-Rosie Woodburn 2:16.
Wilkes 2:15%.
Bav fillv by C. The Limit-La Moscovita by Guy Wilkes
2:15%.
ro!is.iiinnu'!ii froni J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton.
Nukina. br. f. by Nushagak-Kinocha by McKinney
2:11%.
Ben Rush. b. s. Demon in 2:11% -Minerva by Guy
"Wilkes 2:15%.
Consignment from H. Busing, Pleasanton.
Georgie Lecco, b. f. by Lecco 2:09% -Martha Frazier
by Rustic.
Consignment from S. B. Von Dervoort. Irvingtou.
Valpy. eh. s. by Monterey-Silver Queen by Silver
Bow 2:16.
Consignment from A. Edstrom. Oakland.
Roan Hal (tr.) 2:15% by Athablo 2:24%-Carmen by
News Boy.
Consignment from Henry Strove, Watsonville.
Strathdon, b. g. bv Strath way 2:19-Elsie Downs by
Boodle 2:12%.
Election Bell, b. g. by Monbells 2:23-Manzanita by
Electioneer.
Bay filly by Kinney Lou.
Airlie D., b. f., by Demon io 2:11% -Mamie Airlie by
Prince Airlie
Senator H., b. g. by Diablo 2:09%-Ferina by Mon-
tana Wilkes.
Consignment from Estate of F. P. Hellwig,
Alvnrado.
Zoe Dell. b. f. by Zolock 2:05%-Lovely Dell by Prince
Lovelace.
Eloise Dell, b. f. by Alconda Jay-Lovely Del] by
Prince Lovelace.
Bay colt by Alconda Jay-Lovely Dell by Prince
Lovelace.
Lovelv Dell, b. m. bv Prince Lovelace-Alto Dell by
Holmdell 5290.
Consignment from Win. Hondriekson, San Jose.
Ohio, gr. m. by Peveril-dam by White Line Jr.
Mary Sweet, by McKena-White Swan bv Grover
Clay.
Alfred H.. b. g. by Clay S.-Pussie by Major Ban.
Peggie, gr. m. by McKena- White Swan by Grover
Clay.
Prince Hendrick, grey colt by McKena-White Swan
by Grover Clay.
Josephine, b. m. by McKena-Tehachapi.
Gabriel, b. g. by McKena -Tehechapi.
Consignment from Frank M. Gray, IjOs Gatos.
Torpedo, bl. g. by Malheur-Mamie Harney by The
Moor.
Consignment from C. E. Brumbaugh. Tesla.
Dick Bowles, b. c. by Baron Bowles 2: 25 -Belle by
Elector 2170.
Consignment from \\ . Ford Thomas, San Francisco.
Dorothy, ch. f. by Strath way 2:19-Simona by Secre-
tary.
Consignment from M. C. Keefer. Woodland, Cal.
Annie McKinney, b. m. by McKinney 2:11 % -Henri-
etta by Boodle 2:12^-
Nada, bl. m. by Nushagak-Addie W. by Whips 2:27%.
Monca. ch. c. by Monk-rat 2:13% -The Bloom by
Nushagak.
Monicrat 2:13%, bl. s. by Woodmon 2:28J-:i -Altacrat
by Altamnnt, Jr.
Zorankin, b. <\ by Zombro 2: 1 1 -Dimmit es bv Diablo
2:0!) ' [.
Consignment from Frank J. Kilpatrick, San Francisco.
Oliver Todd, br. c. by Todd 2:14% -Olive Brady by
Cyclone.
Black Hall, bl. c. by Ozono (son of Moko), dam Mag-
gie Teazer (dam of Walnut Hall 2:0s% by Re 1
Wilkes.
Gerald Jay by Jay Bird, dam Black Annie by Bour-
bon Wilkes.
Moko Hall by Walnut Hall 2:0S%, dam by Moko, sec-
ond dam by Simmons 2:28.
Governor Constantine by Constantine 2:12%, dam
Nevada by Onward.
Grant Constantine by Constantine 2:12%, dam Viva-
cious 2:27 by Berna).
Consignment from C. II. Williams, Palo Alto, Cal.
Leo Rex, b. g. by Searchlight Rex-Leonet K. by Leo
Corbett.
Miss Knott, b. f. by Knott McKinney-Miss Mascot by
Iran Alto 2:12%.
Alta Rex, b. g. by Searchlight Rex-Alta Nola 2:20
by Altamont 2:26%.
Consignment from Ku-.li .V. Haile, Suisun, Cal.
Brown colt by Demonio 2:11 %-Elorita by Alban
2:24.
Chestnut colt by Demonio 2:11%-Nellie T. by Dawn
2:18%.
Bay colt by Demonio 2:11 % -Hannah by Le Grande.
Bay filly by Demonio 2:11% -Rosebud by Falliy 2:23.
Brown colt by Demonio 2:11 % -Potrero Girl by
Prince Airlie.
Chestnut colt by Demonio 2:11% -Mamie Airlie by
Prince Airlie.
Chestnut filly by Demonio 2:ll%-OUta by Bradtmoor
2:26%.
Bay mare by Demonio 2:11%-Minerva by Guy Wilkes
2:15%.
Consignment from E. D. Dudley, Dixon, Cal.
Miss Valentine, b. m. by Bayswater Wilkes-Bee Sterl-
ing by Sterling.
Babe D., ch. m. by Dawnligbt-Bee Sterling by Sterling.
Capalita, bay f. Palite-Ima Jones by Captain McKinney.
Starrina, br. c. by Star Pointer 1:59% -Friskarina 2:13%
by Bayswater Wilkes.
Balite, ch. c. bv Palite-Babe D. by Dawnlight 214S4.
Der Teufel, bl. g. bv Diablo 2:09% -Babe D. by Dawn-
light 214S4.
Leta, ch. f. bv Palite-Babe D. by Dawnlight 214S4.
Zorah. b. f. by Der Teufel-Zillah by Bradtmoor.
Consignment from Harry MeFadyen, Dixon.
Rachael, ch. f. by Der Teufel-Lady Cuba by Falrose
2 :23.
Consignment from Estate of Dr. C. F. Millar, Dixon.
Josephine, ch. f. by Strathway 2:19-Maud by Diablo
2:09%.
Carmencita, bl. f. by Zolock 2:05%-Maud by Diablo
2:09%.
Brown gelding bv Palite-Maud by Diablo 2:09%.
Brown colt by Palite-Maud by Diablo 2:09%.
Maud, brown mare by Diablo 2:09%, by Richards
Elector 2170.
Consignment from S. S. Stiles, Oakland.
Bon Cheval, b. s. bv Bon Voyage 2:12%-Silver Haw
by Silver Bow 2:16.
Consignment from F. H. Chase A Co.
Starlock. b. s. by Zolock-Fanny Gossip by Gossiper.
Delecco. b. f. by Lecco 2:09% -Laura Dell by Boydell.
Laura Dell, b. m. by Boydell-Maud D. by Challenger.
Consignment from A. I,. Nichols, Cliieo.
Bay mare by Nutwood Wilkes, in foal to Bon Voyage
2:12%.
Consignment from Jas. J. Morrisey, Oakland.
Bessie, b. m. by McKinney 2:11 % -Mountain Hare by
Young Venture.
Bay filly by Sir John-Bessie Woodburn 2:16 by
Easter W.
Consignment from T. D. Sexton, Oakland.
Patrick S.. br. s. by Demonio 2:11% -Eva by Le Grande.
Lady Wilkes, by Nutwooi Wilkes 2:16%-Lady Direct
by Direct 2:05%.
Sister Vesta, ch. f. by Dictatus 2:17-by Sidmore 2:19.
Consignment from .1. Twohig, Warm Springs.
Bay mare by Lord Alwin-Melba by Nutwood Wilkes
2:16%.
Melba, b. m. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%-Myra by Cal.
Nutwood.
Consignment from D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Chancellor. Jr., b. g. by Chancellor-Gazelle by Gov.
Sprague 2:20%.
Marv W., ch f. by Dictatus 2:17-Ethel C. by Sidney
2:19 V
Consignment from H. S. Hogohoom, Woodland.
Arthur W. 2:11% by Wayland W. 2:12%-by Grand
Moor.
Judge Gaddis, ch. c. bv Palo King-Diawaldo by Diablo
2:09%.
Consignment from Thos. B. Diffebaeh, Mill Valley.
Cock Robin, b. g. by Seymour Wilkes 2:0S%-by Gen.
Benton.
Chestnut gelding by Bonnie Direct 2:05%-Lurline by
Steinway 2:25%.
Consignment from H. G. Smith.
Daken D. 2:16%, b. g. bv Athadon-Sadie McGregor by
Robert McGregor.
Bonnie Searchlight, b. s. by Searchlight 2:03%-Rita B.
by Boodle, Jr.
Consignment from W. T. Mi-Bride, Pleasanton.
Ch. c. bv Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%-Palo Belle by Palo
Alto 2:0S%.
Guvlight. b. g. bv Searchlight 2:03% -La Moscovite by
* Guy Wilkes 2:15%.
Consignment from Geo. A. Kamagc, Pleasanton.
Bert Arandale 2:19% bv Sidney Dillon-Oakley Russell
bv Happy Russell 2:21%.
Clara Oakley, b. f. by Sidney Dillon-Oakley Russell by
Happy Russell.
Clara Mills, b. f. by Leuco 2:09% -Clara Oakley by Sid-
ney Dillon.
Consignment from W. B. Connolly, Snisun.
Bill b. s. bv Demonio 2:11 %-Sabledew by Sable Wilkes
2:18.
Consignment from I.. M. l,ndd, Hollister.
Monbella, b. s. by Monbells 2:23-Laura C. 2:29% by
Electioneer.
Consignment from Abbott «£ Meese, Danville, Cal.
Chas. Derby 2:20, b. s. by Steinway 2:25%-Katy G. by
Electioneer.
Alsilke, ch m. bv Chas. Derby 2:2Q-Empress 2:30 by
Flaxtail.
Oakwood. ch. g. by Chas. Derby 2:20-Essie Farley by
Mountain Boy 4S41.
Consignment from "Win. Ayres. San Francisco.
Bay stallion by Best Policy, dam by Robert Direct.
Consignment from Fred Hahn. "San Francisco.
Emma S.. a famous saddle mare.
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DISTRICT FAIRS must be revived in California.
They should never have been permitted to lapse
even though the State appropriations were cut off,
but should have maintained their organizations and
held fairs at least once in two years. Had this been
done there would now be an organized force ready to
ask the Legislature to renew the appropriations
formerly made for the maintenance of the district
fairs. At the last Legislature a bill was passed
however, which provides for the organization of fair
districts, the holding of annual expositions, and per-
mitting them to draw money from the State treas-
ury for the payment of premiums. All that is needed
to make the law effective is an appropriation of
money to meet these demands, the last Legislature
not having provided any such fund. There are sev-
eral plans being proposed at the present time for
the restoration of fairs, one being for the estab-
lishment of three State and five district fairs. It is
suggested that the three State fairs he held at Sac-
ramento, Oakland and Los Angeles, while the dis-
trict fairs would be movable. The idea is not a
bad one and the appropriations needed to make
them successful would be less than the aggregate
amount formerly appropriated for the forty-odd
district fairs that once had State aid. The proper
thing for the people who want the fairs re-estab-
lished is to agree on a plan before the Legislature
meets and then to make an united effort to have it
made into a law. The great States of New York,
Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and many
others have found that the State and district fairs
to which aid is given are most popular with the
people, and now that experts are employed to man-
age them they are almost self supporting. Cali-
fornia could not do better than to establish a cir-
cuit of fairs. The people would patronize them and
they would be of great benefit to farmers, fruit-
growers, stock breeders and all others who grow
or manufacture anything for sale.
THE THIRD ANNUAL SALE of trotting bred
horses which Fred H. Chase & Co. have announced
to be held at Pleasanton Training Park on Thurs-
day, March 3d, promises to eclipse any sale ever
had by this well known firm. The class of horses
consigned is higher than usual, and in fact there
are many horses catalogued that would he consid-
ered hig drawing cards at an Old Glory or a Blue
Ribbon sales in the east. The six young stallions
sent by Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick are a hig feature
in themselves as they represent the best producing
blood now so highly prized by eastern breeders —
that of Moko, Walnut Hall, Jay Bird and Constan-
tine. Then there are the yearlings by Demonio
2:11% from the Suisun Stock Farm, several young-
sters by the young speed sire Palite sent by E. D.
Dudley of Dixon, several very choice young trotters
sent by W. T. McBride, Tim Sexton, H. S. Hogo-
boom, C. H. Williams, M. C. Keefer, William Hen-
drickson, Henry Struve, C. L. Crellin, J. E. Mont-
gomery and other well known breeders. Some good
stallions have been consigned. That great speed
sire Chas. Derby 2:20 is among them, also Arthur W.
2:1114, Monbello, Election Bell, Monicrat 2:13%,
Judge Gaddis, Bonnie Searchlight, and several other
highly bred stallions. Geo. Ramage has consigned
his fast trotter Bert Arondale 2:19% by Sidney Dil-
lon, and there are any number of high class pros-
pects to be offered during this big sale. Pleasanton
will be full of horsemen during that week, the hotels
there having already received many reservations for
rooms by mail. In the advertising columns this
week will be found a list of the horses to be sold,
and those who want catalogues should send for
them immediately to Fred H. Chase & Co., 478 Val-
encia street, San Francisco. The sale will open at
Pleasanton at 9:45 o'clock sharp. Thursday morning,
March 3d.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING for the harness
horse owners and trainers to do right now is to agi-
tate the holding of harness race meetings in their
respective localities. If all those interested in har-
ness horses who reside in Butte county will get to
work in earnest there will be a good meeting at
Chico this year, and the same is true in regard
to every other county where there is a track fit to
hold a meeting on. We would suggest that some
horseman in every county in California where a
meeting is possible, organize himself into a com-
mittee of one and start out immediately to see what
can be accomplished. If three or four energetic men
get together and resolve that a harness meeting be
held at their town, they will find it easy to finance
the proposition and get the support of the business
men of the community. A thousand dollars sub-
scribed by the business men of a town will assure
a good meeting which will be the means of bring-
ing a crowd to the town that will leave there ton
times that amount. Salinas, Pleasanton, Santa
Rosa, Woodland, Chico and other places have raised
from $1500 to $2500 in the past for a meeting and
found it paid. They can do so again this year,
and they should be at it now. The longer the delay
the harder it is to fill the purses. The California
circuit should be announced not later than March 1st.
The North Pacific circuit is already announced and
nearly all the racing to be held on the other side
of the Rocky Mountains has had its dates out for
several weeks. There is no earthly reason why Cali-
fornia should be so far behind the rest of the
country.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
J. L. Whitlock, San Bernardino. — We cannot sug-
gest any plan by which you can trace the pedigree
of your mare. There is nothing to start on, and it
is much better to let her go as "untraeed" than to
get a lot of "said-to-be" information from people
who know nothing about the facts.
G. L. W., City.— Charivari, 2:20%, was bred by
T. C. Snider, of Sacramento, and sold by him to
the late Chas. A. Hug of this city. She was sired
by Sterling 6223, dam Alice by Prompter, second dam
Madam Buckner, said to be by Gibson's Tom Hal.
Madam Buckner was the dam of Argent 2:24% and
Acrobat 2:18%.
H. O. Ramsey, V. S., Phoenix, Arizona. — There was
a stallion called Rafael. He was by Fallis 2:23, dam
Stockton Maid by Chieftain 721. He was not bred
at Pala Alto. We can find no record of Lady Bashaw
by Bashaw 50 ever being in California. She was at
one time owned by Richard Richards of Racine, Wis-
consin. She is registered in Vol. 7.
J. H. Orcutt. Garden Grove — In 1891 Sidney's serv-
ice fee was $250. Guy Wilkes once stood at $1000.
Sable Wilkes at $250. Stamboul was a private stal-
lion most of the time when he was in California,
and we are unable to find an advertisement in which
his fee was stated.
Dr. W. C. Scott, Healdsburg — Ned Lock 2:24% was
a chestnut horse and took his record at Petaluma in
1891 in a trotting race. He was by Antelope, dam
Dolly, pedigree not given. So far as we can ascer-
tain there was only one mare named Dolly bred at
Palo Alto, and she was by Electioneer out of Lady
Dooley by McCracken's Black Hawk. She was not
the dam of Ned Lock.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
The weather was delightful here all last week,
bright and clear though a little too cold for very fast
work. Still that made no difference as the horses
are not far enough forward in their training to be
asked to step anywhere near their limit.
Last Saturday the Out West Riding Club and the
Los Angeles Driving Club joined hands in an enter-
tainment at Agricultural Park with an elaborate pro-
gram that drew a crowd of 1500 who seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the sport. There were relay races,
roping and "ringing" exhibitions, riding bucking
horses by Mike Brahm and Mrs. Dell Blanchette from
Oklohoma, a mounted quadrille of three acts, that
was excellently executed, and a very realistic stage
hold-up and rescue with an immense amount of pow-
der burned and excitement generally not only In the
audience but among the horses as well.
The harness races were above the average, for the
time made was good and the majority of the events
showing close finishes. The best time of the after-
noon was made in the 2:25 class for pacers and in
the 2:20 class for trotters, miles being marked in
2:18 and 2:19, which is extra good for the winter
season. The closest finish of the day was in the 2:20
trot, but all of the heats were interesting.
Summary of harness races:
Trotting, 2:25 class, two in three heats.
Paul W. (Backer) 1 1
Armes (Williams) 2 2
Drummer Boy (Willis) 3 3
Mazcappa (McLellan) 4 4
Time— 2:24%, 2:22%.
Leonora M. scratched. Jules Jacques did not fin-
ish.
Pacing, 2:25 class, two in three heats:
Lenora McKinney (Durfee) 1 1
Col. Mc. (McLellan) 2 .3
Hal Mc. (McClain) 4 2
Dotty (Linbarger) 3 4
Time— 2:18, 2:19.
Jay Direct (Hewitt ) 1 1
Raneho Del Paso ( Burton 1 2 2
Time — 2:18, 2:19.
Trotting, 2:30 class, two in three heats.
Sea Girl (Linbarger) 5 1 1
Carrucers (Durfee) 1 2 2
Jack Conner ( Mosher) 2 3 3
Bonnie Ted (Thomas) 3 4 4
Julia Clay (Nesmith) 4 5 5
Time— 2:26 2:22, 2:22.
Areno scratched.
This I understand will be the last matinee given
at the old track, for within a few days I'm told the
improvements will be begun and the first thing will
be the tearing up of the present track to make room
for the State buildings and simultaneously with the
destruction of the old track the construction of
the new one and the stabling and grand stand will
be begun, and rushed to completion so as to enable
the horses to get back to work in time for their
summer engagement.
Mr. J. C. Rouse, secretary of the El Paso, Texas,
Fair Association, has accepted an invitation from a
number of gentlemen here to come and look over
the ground and and give them the benefit of his
judgment and experience in regard to the fair that
will be given here next fall in connection with the
harness races. Mr. Rouse is expected tomorrow or
Thursday and will not only be taken to Agricultural
Park but around the neighboring country, to the
beaches and outlying towns and introduced to promi-
nent business men in the city, with a view to inter-
esting them in the project. That Mr. Rouse is a suc-
cessful fair manager is shown by the El Paso fair.
Though the entries for the Canfield-Clark stakes
do not close till tonight, nominations in both stakes
have been coming in very freely for the last week
or ten days.
W. A. Glascock has a likely two-year-old pacer by
Murray M. in J. S. Stewart's stable. He worked a
mile last week in 2:36% and stepped the last quar-
ter in 34 seconds. He is a very well developed,
strong built colt and rejoices in the unusual name
of Atlantic Fleet, having been born the day the war-
ships arrived.
Ethel G., the four-year-old by Zombro in J. S.
Stewart's barn, is certainly coming to her speed
quickly. With less than a month's work she stepped
a quarter last Friday in 34 seconds and the last
eighth in 16% seconds and did it smothly and within
herself.
Charles Chick has sold his good looking young
black mare Mazeppa for $300, but he has a number
of others to matinee.
Mr. Sapovida is breaking his Audubon Boy colt out
of a Zombro mare, but has not begun to drive him
yet. He is a beautiful two-year-old and knows noth-
ing but pace. Sapovida is not a believer in early
development and intends to let the colt get age and
strength before doing anything with him.
Notwithstanding the very changeable weather we
have had here, one day hot, the next cold, and the
third rainy, the horses out at the track all seem to
be in good health, very few having colds.
W. G. Durfee is. improving in health and is now
regularly at the track working his string. Frank
Wood, his second, has recovered from his attack
of la grippe and is back in a cart again.
JAMES.
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Catalogues for the Pleasanton sale will be out next
week. About 100 head of trotters and pacers will
have their pedigrees tabulated in this book.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 5, 1910.
BON VOYAGE AT SAN JOSE.
In casting about tor a stallion with which to mate
his trotting-bred mares, an owner usually asks for
more qualifications than any one horse possesses.
It is one of the peculiarities of breeders that they
look to the sire to produce all the good qualities ex-
pected in the foals, and are ready to condemn him if
the foals are not up to the standard they have set.
One of the reasons therefore for the popularity of
Bon Voyage as a sire is the fact that he comes as
near filling the requirements of an ideal stallion as
any horse standing for public service on this coast.
The first question asked by the breeder looking
for a stallion to mate his mares with is "How is he
bred?"
The second is: "How did he race?"
The third: "Does he transmit his speed?"
Taking these questions up in their order, we will
endeavor to give our readers a few facts from the
records, and after giving them allow breeders to
draw their own conclusions.
In the first place, Bon Voyage is by Expedition
2:15%, which the majority of breeders now consider
the best bred of the best producing sons of the great
Electioneer, as he was out of Lady Russell, a great
brood-mare that was a full sister to the peerless
Maud S. 2:08%. The dam of Bon Voyage is Bon
Mot, that great brood-mare by Erin 4372, a grandly
bred son of Belmont 64, sire of Nutwood 600. Bon
Mot's dam was Farce 2:29% by Princeps 536, son of
Woodford Mambrino and a mare by Abdallan 15, her
grandam was Roma, producer of three standard trot-
ters by Golddust 150, a great brood-mare sire, and
her great grandam was by Pilot Jr. 12, one of the
greatest sires of brood-mares that the country has
ever produced. Among the sensational trotters
closely related to Bon Voyage through his sire or
dam are Exalted 2:07%, Jack Leyburn 2:04%, Arion
2:07%, Sadie Mac 2:06%, Lord Roberts 2:07%,
Major Delmar 1:59%, Maud S. 2:08%, Goldsmith
Maid 2:14, Kremlin 2:07% and many others. Bon
Voyage has no Wilkes blood in his veins, the fami-
lies from which he comes being the Electioneer, Har-
old, Belmont, and Princeps, with such brood-mares
for antecedents as Green Mountain Maid, Miss Rus-
sell, Eventide, Bon Mot, Roma and others whose
fame as progenitors of speed are firmly established.
The qualifications of Bon Voyage as a racehorse
are recent history, as he is now but eight years old.
In 1904, he was a two-year-old and made his first
start at Cincinnati in a $3,000 purse, winning the
race in straight heats in 2:17% and 2:15%. Just
stop a minute and see how many two-year-olds you
can recall to mind that have ever trotted that fast at
any time during their two-year-old form, let alone
their first race. This was during the last week in
September, and on October 5th that year he won
the Kentucky Futurity for two-year-olds in the same
fashion, the two heats being in 2:15 and 2:15%,
wonderful time for a two-year-old in a field of nine
colts. A week later that wonderful two-year-old,
Jack Axworthy, managed to defeat Bon Voyage, but
the Expedition colt was at his collar both heats,
which were in 2:15% and 2:16%. Bon Voyage's
winnings that year were $9,500.
The next year, in his three-year-old form, he won
$11,500. September 6th, at Hartford, Conn., he met
a field of six high-class three-year-olds, among them
Jack Leyburn, whose record is now 2:04%. Bon
Vovage defeated the bunch in straight heats in 2:12%
and 2:14%, the stake being worth $8,500. At Cin-
cinnati he got second money in a $10,000 stake, at
Columbus second money in another stake of the
same value, at Lexington fourth money in the
Futurity, and third money in the Lexington stake.
The only times he was beaten was when Susie N.
won the race in time better than Bon Voyage's rec-
ord, and she usually beat 2:10 in her races. Every
race he trotted showed his gameness and he was
beaten only because he was up against a faster
trotter, and he alwavs got some of the money. His
racing was confined to his two and three-year-old
forms and he won $20,000 and was sold for $10,000
to his present owner, W. S. Clark, Jr.
Having considered Bon Voyage's breeding and his
abilities as a racehorse, we will now look at him as
a sire. His oldest foals are now three years old,
consequently any of his get that have made any
showing must have made it last year as two-year-
o'ds. The first one of the Bon Voyages to start
was Sweet Bow, a filly owned by L. H. Todhunter of
Sacramento. It was in the Pacific Breeder's Futur-
ity at Salinas in August that Sweet Bow made her
first appearance. There were eight good two-year-
olds in this race, but she won first money and had
a record of 2:17% when the race was over. The
Oregon State Fair Futurity of 1909 was won by
Bonaday, another two-year-old by Bon Voyage, his
fastest heat being 2:27y2. Over at Columbus Bon
Vivant, another son of Bon Voyage, took a record of
2:16% and was the fastest colt trotter of 1909, while
at Fresno Voyageur took a two-year-old record of
2:24%, and at Chicago Viaticum took a two-year-old
record of 2:29 to wagon. This made five of Bon
Voyage's first crop of colts to enter the list last year
as two-year-olds. In addition to these several of his
two-year-olds were worked and given trials as fol-
lows: Bonalette 2:20%, Jean Val Jean 2:21%, Bon
Guy 2:24, Phyllis Wynn 2:26%, La Voyage 2:29%.
Bon .lcKinney, a yearling, was worked a quarter
in 35 seconds and a half-mile in 1:15.
Th'j above history of Bon Voyage is proof positive
tits' he is fashionably bred, a fast and game race-
horse, and a great sire of early and extreme speed.
Nothing more need be said. He is now at the new
San Jose racetrack, in care of Ted Hayes, who will
be pleased to show him at any time or answer any
questions by mail. Attention is called to the adver-
tisement in this issue.
OREGON STATE FAIR REPORT.
The annual report of Secretary Frank Welch, of
the Oregon State Board of Agriculture, submitted
last week to the board at its annual meeting held
in the Senate Chamber at the State House, showed
that the total receipts of the 1909 State Fair were
$61,892.16, a gain of nearly $7000 over the fair of
1908, when the receipts were $55,172.57. After pay-
ing all bills the secretary reported a balance in
the bank of $5837.85.
Among the betterments for the future, recom-
mended by Secretary Welch, are a livestock amphi-
theater with a seating capacity of 5000 people and
with an arena 100 by 250 feet and the adoption of
a "horse show classification," which would require
the use of the amphitheater during the evening.
A new and modern agricultural and horticultural
pavilion and the conversion of the present main
pavilion into a machinery hall are greatly needed.
An extended water system with enlarged mains
and with a cistern and hydrant system for fire pro-
tection, the erection of a water tower, more wells
and sanitary drinking fountains are almost neces-
sary.
Four additional comfort stations similar to the
one built last year should be erected.
A half-mile racetrack inside of the present mile
track, affording an opportunity for automobile and
other races, is sought.
The purchase of 20 acres of land south of the
present camping grounds to provide more camping
space and room for stabling horses of campers, and
the purchase of terminal facilities west of the South-
ern Pacific depot, would, it is said, be a great aid.
Electric lighting system, to be owned by the State,
and a parking system for the grounds, with native
trees, shrubs and flowers, would add attractively to
the fair.
Owing to the death of M. D. Wisdom, vice-presi-
dent, and the serious illness and resignation of W.
F. Matlock, president, there will be no president's
report this year.
On account of the absence of Henry Booth, one
of the members, who was unable to attend on ac-
count of his brother's death, the election of officers
was postponed until February 5. All of the other
members were present.
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PLANS DISTRICT FAIR.
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
After the Pleasanton race meet of last fall the
holding of a district fair at Pleasanton each year was
advocated on the ground that it would not only
tend to make a high grade race meet but would in-
clude a display of stock and farm products which
would arouse general interest and make the entire
enterprise more profitable. The Pleasanton people
endorsed the idea and have been moving along that
line ever since.
According to the Times the proposition is taking
shape and it is probable that the initial fair will be
held in August of this year.
The preliminary plans for the affair were made at
a meeting of business men held at the Rose hotel
recently.
The fair, if carried out as planned, will be the
largest and most ambitious ever attempted by the
eastern portion of Alameda county. It will extend
over a period of a week at least and several attract-
hibits and industrial displays. In conjunction with
the fair proper a race meet will be held at which all
the fastest trotting stock on the Coast will be asked
to enter.
The men at the head of the fair plan are C. L.
Crellin and H. E. Armstrong of Pleasanton and A. J.
Abbrott and W. E. Meese of Danville.
Mr. C. L. Gifford. of Lewiston, Idaho, who recently
paid $8000 for Aerolite (3) 2:11%, public trial 2:05%
as a three-year-old, called at the "Breeder and Sports-
man" office on Wednesday of this week, and by
the time this paper is printed will doubtless be on
his way to Lewiston with this fast and royally
bred young stallion. Aerolite will make the sea-
son of 1910 at the Clarkston track, which is just
across the river from Lewiston, and in the fall Mr.
Gifford will have him trained to reduce his record.
He will probably send Aerolite to Sutherland &
Chadbourne of Pleasanton, who gave him all the
training he ever had, and both these gentlemen are
certain that a mile well below 2:05% will be easy
for him when in condition. Mr. Gifford is highly
pleased with his purchase and he has every reason
to be as he now owns one of the fastest pacers ever
foaled, and one of the best bred stallions living. Mr.
Gifford carried home with him a tabulated pedigree
of Aerolite that extends back six removes and
shows how closely related the horse is to the lead-
ing sires of extreme speed.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 28. — Formation of a Western
Fair Association, which is planned for the country
west of the Rocky Mountains, what the American
Trotting Association and the National Trotting
Association are for the East, was projected yester-
day by the North Pacific Fair Association, which
appointed a committee of five to work on the mat-
ter and report back at the next annual meeting.
Increased interest in racing in the Western coun-
try was the reason given for the action of the North
Pacific Association in planning the new organiza-
tion. It was contended that in the extreme West
there are no organizations which work for the com-
mon advancement of racing interests for the entire
section, and that the time has now arrived when
such an association should be formed.
The committee having the matter in hand is com-
posed of the new officers of the North Pacific Fair
Association and G. A. Westgate, of Portland, and
R. H. Cosgrove of Spokane. The next annual meet-
ing, at which the committee will submit its report,
will be held in Spokane on the first Thursday in Feb-
ruary, 1911.
New officers for the North Pacific Fair Associa-
tion were elected yesterday as follows: President,
F. A. Welch, of Salem; Vice-President, W. H. Gib-
son, of Boise, Idaho; Secretary and Treasurer, John
W. Pace, of North Yakima, Wash. The board of
appeals consists of the foregoing officers and G. A.
Westgate, of Portland and Dan Currie of Everett.
Seattle is no longer on the map of the association,
for Guy McL. Richards, representative of the Seattle
Fair Association, became disgruntled yesterday be-
cause his city could not get the dates desired by him
for their next meet, and withdrew from the organ-
ization.
Mr. Richards insisted that the dates for the Seat-
tle meet should be September 1 to 8, inclusive, but
this, it was explained to him, was contrary to the
rules of the association, which provide that all meets
must begin with the first week in which they start.
Dates set for the various associations to meet,
were as follows:
Everett, August 30-September 3; Portland, Sep-
tember 5-10; Salem, September 12-17; Walla Walla,
September 19-24; North Yakima, September 26-
October 1; Spokane, October 3-8; Lewiston and
Boise, October 10-15.
Centralia and Chehalis were unable to agree on
dates, and will act independently. The delegates
present were:
G. McL. Richards, of Seattle; G. A. Westgate and
E. L. Thompson, of Portland; W. H. Gibson, of Boise;
F. A. Welch and George Chandler, of Salem; Dr. E.
C. Truesdale, of Centralia; G. R. Walker, of Che-
halis; J. W. Pace, of North Yakima; W. A. Ritz,
Walla Walla; Dan Currie and T. J. Olliver. of Ev-
erett; L. L. Wisdom, of Portland; Vice-President
R. H. Cosgrove and J. A. Schiller, of Spokane. Mr.
Cosgrove presided in the absence of President W.
F. Matlock, of Pendleton, who is dangerously ill at
St. Vincent's Hospital, in this city.
The association adopted a new constitution and
by-laws, the special change in them being the elimi-
nation of the provision formerly included in them
to have the meeting held in Portland. This will
allow the association to meet at any place selected
at a previous meeting.
It was decided that the entries for the early
events should close July 1, and those for the late
events should close in Portland and Everett, August
10, and for the other places September 1.
All the delegates pledged their respective asso-
ciations to collect 2 per cent of the purse repre-
sented for harness horses at the time each entry is
made. In the past it has been the experience that
much money was lost by not enforcing this rule.
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KENTUCKY TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS.
The annual meeting of the stockholders in the
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association was
held at Lexington, January 18th, and the following
officers were re-elected:
Richard C. Stoll, president; R. C. Estill, first vice-
president; Col. James E. Clay, second vice-president;
Horace W. Wilson, secretary; Lexington City Na-
tional Bank, treasurer; John R. Allen, L. V. Hark-
ness, John R. Hagyard, J. W. Stoll and Louis des Cog-
nets, directors.
The financial report was heard and passed and it
showed a profit in last year's business in spite of the
two handicaps and bad weather in the second week.
The usual resolution to renew the Kentucky Futurity
and other stakes were passed upon and the futurity
will still be on the three in fine plan.
The San Joaquin Driving Club met at Stockton on
Friday evening of last week, with President Sher-
wood in the chair. The meeting was an enthusiastic
one and it was proposed that the secretary communi-
cate with the clubs in nearby cities with a view of
holding a series of matinees during the coming sea-
son. It is very probable that San Joaquin County
will hold an old-fashioned county fair this year.
The new stallion law in Pennsylvania which re-
quires that all stallions standing for public service
in that State must have their breeding certified to
before the owner is issued a license, has resulted in
showing that less than one-third of the stallions
standing for service in Pennsylvania are pure bred.
Out of the sixty-seven counties all but ten have
as many or more grade than pure bred stallions,
and a large proportion of the grades have no par-
ticular resemblance to any breed. Many counties
have several times as many grades as pure-breeds.
Seven counties have no pure-bred stallions, al-
though one of these has nineteen grades. On the
other hand Mercer County is credited with forty-nine
pure-breds and only twenty-two grades. Altogether
there are 1,967 stallions listed in the State, 659 of
which are pure-breds and 1,308 grades.
Saturday, February 5, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
1 NOTES AND NEWS
Dates for ttie North Pacific Circuit have been
announced and will be found elsewhere in this issue.
There is talk of organizing a new governing body
lo control harness racing in the Northwest.
The Oregon State Fair had a cash balance of over
$5000 last year.
The famous trainer and driver Ed. Geers cele-
brated his 59th birthday on January 25th.
Mr. B. L. Elliott, of Los Angeles, has sold his stal-
lion, Sherwood, to parties in Imperial Valley.
Ardmaer Farm has sent George G., 2:05%, Silk
Cord, by Prodigal, and Rio McKinney, a brother to
Sweet Marie, to Alta McDonald.
The old trotting gelding, Ole, 2:10, by Silas Skin-
ner, is now owned at El Centra, California, and is a
frequent winner at the matinees.
The Onward Silver trotter Peter Pan, who was one
of the speed sensations at The Lexington, Ky., track
when a two-year-old in 1907, is to be raced this sea-
son.
With H. J, Kline as secretary, the meeting at Grand
Rapids, Mich, which will be during the week preced-
ing the opening of the Grand Circuit at Kalamazoo,
should be a success of the most brilliant sort.
John Splan has been instructed by W. E. D. Stokes
to begin the purchase of mares to take the place of
the 29 head destroyed in the recent fire at Patchen
Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Ky.
Some horses are born pacers, others achieve the
pacing gait and others have it thrust on them with
the aid of hopples.
Charles L. Kline, of Reading, Pa., has purchased
of A. H. Kretz, also of Reading, the promising young
filly, Wedding Bells, by Monbells, 2:23%, dam a full
sister to Ralph Wilkes, 2:06%. The purchase price
mentioned was $500.
General C. C. Watts has decided that his great
stallion, General Watts 2:06%, will make the com-
ing season in Kentucky. His book will be limited to
fifty mares, approved, though in ail piobability he
will be trained in 1911 and raced.
A Missouri horseman who has been very success-
ful in breeding horses for cavalry use, says he often
mates thoroughbred mares with trotting-bred stal-
lions, but has never met with much success by
reversing this cross.
Dick Wilson, the well-known Rushville, Ind.,
trainer expects to try the extreme West in 1910 and
will shortly move to Portland, Oregon. He will take
the stallion, The Patchen Boy, to Portland for the
season of 1910.
The well-known Western trainer Arlie Frost is
spending the winter months at Phoenix, Ariz., and
reports his string of 1910 prospects as being in per-
fect form. The fast sidewheeler High Fly 2:04y2 by
Nearest is being worked at the trot and is said to be
taking kindly to the gait.
Seven two-year-olds by Prodigal entered the 2:30
list in 1909— Louise Wilson 2:13%, Senator Stone
2-25%, Sybil Knight 2:22y2. Tobe Woods 2:29%,
Bobby Gibbs 2:27%, Maggie Prodigal 2:29, Carrie
Kerr 2:30.
An eastern turf paper says: More interest is
being manifested in the harness game at this period
than at any previous time and any person so for-
tunate as to own something above the ordinary and
does not place an exhorbitant value on him can find
a ready market.
The three-year-old colt, The Poet Laureate by Kla-
tawah 2:05y2, out of Belle Vara 2:08% (dam of Belle
Vara Boy 2:14% and Luther Burbank 2:21%) by
Vatican, is considered a rare good youngster. He is
owned by the Danforth Farm, Washington, 111., and
is in charge of the well known trainer Horace Childs.
Henry T. Coates, author of several books pertain-
ing to the trotting horse, died at his home near
Philadelphia January 22d at the age of 66 years. Mr.
Coates owned the pacing stallion Saladin 2:05% by
Sultan that was bred by the late L. J. Rose of Los
Angeles. The horse is still living at Mr. Coates'
farm at Berwyn, Pa.
Baronella 2:21%, a new pacing performer to the
credit of Baron Wilkes 2:18 and owned by A. H.
Drury, of Athol, Mass., must have indeed had "easy
pickin' " the past season through the section in
which she campaigned as she was seven times first,
once second and once third, out of nine starts. It
takes considerably more than 2:21% speed to land
that number of victories in this locality.
W. V. Bennett's pacing filly Clara Collins by Arner
2:17%, dam Martha Blaine by Arthur Wilkes, is now
in Ted Hayes' stable at San Jose. She will be bred
to Bon Voyage and also trained lo take a fast
record this year.
Helen Keyes, the very fast Sidney Dillon mare
owned by Harry D. Brown of San Jose is heavy in
foal to Bon Voyage and will be bred back to the
same horse this year.
Bon Volante, W. A. Clark Jr.'s two-year-old by
Bon Voyage, dam Missie Medium, acts like a very
promising trotter. The third time worked this year
he trotted a full mile for Ted Hayes over the new
track at San Jose in 2:38, and acted as though he
could have gone much faster.
A. L. Nichols, of Chico, writes that his mare Silver
Benton by Senator Boggs, is safely in foal to Bon
Voyage and unless Mr. Nichols disposes of her he
will breed her to Bon Voyage again this year .
Early in the field for the harness racing season of
1910, the Rockland County Fair Association, of which
S. M. Klotz is secretary, has announced four handi-
caps of $1,000 each to be trotted and paced at the
meeting to be held in connection with the annual fair
at Orangeburg, N. Y., September 5th to 10th. Each
purse is to be divided into seven parts, or seven
moneys.
Dr. David F. Herspring, the popular veterinary
dentist of Woodland is doing a good work by induc-
ing all his friends among the trotting horse breed-
ers of Yolo county, to have their stock registered.
The time to register is while the evidence is obtain-
able. Very often it is impossible to register an
animal because the certificates from the breeders
cannot be had.
Robert Ogden of Yolo county owns the mare Irish
Girl by Lynwood W. 2:20, sire of Sonoma Girl 2:05%,
dam Brush Rose by Montana Wilkes, second dam
the registered mare Brilliant by Mambrino Diamond.
Mr. Ogden will have Brush Rose registered so that
he may register Irish Girl who will then be eligible
under rule 1.
The pacing filly, Baroness Evelyn (2), 2:24%, a
full sister to the futurity winner, Baroness Review
(3), 2:08%, has been sold by Sam Fleming & Son
of Terre Haute, Ind., to Lon McDonald, who will take
the filly to Macon, Ga., and prepare her for her
futurity engagements. Baroness Evelyn is very fast
and was given her record last season merely as a
precaution.
There is considerable argument on the ice tracks
in Canada as to the relative abilities of the two
promising young pacers, Joe Patchen 2d by Joe
Patchen 2:01% and Hal B. Jr. by Hal B. 2:04% and
when they meet there will surely be an abundance
of coin placed on the result. Both are fast and have
a great following, so that a race for blood is ex-
pected when the sons of the two former stars clash.
Just It Sure has been sold to Miss C. Eva Buller,
of Vancouver, B. C, who now drives her on the road.
This mare is by Nearest, 2:22, dam Babe, by Danton
Moultrie, and James W. Rea, of San Jose, says she
can pace a mile in 2:10. Danton Moultrie 17046
was by Guy Wilkes, out of Carrie Malone, dam of
Cassiar 2:26 and Carrie B. 2:18, the dam of Ray
o' Light (3) 2:08%. Carrie Malone is a full sister to
Klatawah (3) 2:05y2, Chas. Derby 2:20, etc.
Mr. C. J. Uhl, of Vacaville, owner of that fast
pacer and good winner of last year Solano Boy 2:07%,
called at the "Breeder and Sportsman" office this
week. He reports Solano Boy in fine shape, getting
roadwork every day and running in grass fetlock
deep during part of the day. Solano Boy will be in
the races again this year if there are enough purses
for classes to which he is eligible. Mr. Uhl owns a
three-year-old by Bon Voyage out of a full sister to
Father McKinnon, sire of Solano Boy, that Sam Hoy,
the popular Winters trainer will handle this year.
Geo. A. Kelly, owner of that fast trotting and
highly bred stallion Bonnie McK. 2:29y2 by Mc-
Kinney, and who has resided at Wal'a Walla for the
past four years, was in town this week. He is lo-
cated at Pleasanton with his horses, having two
of Bonnie McK.'s colts there in training. The dam
of Bonnie McK. is that famous mare Bonsilene 2:14%
by Stamboul 2:07%, and his grandam is Bon Bon
2:26, dam of Bonnie Direct 2:05%, Bonnie Steinway
2:06%, etc., by Simmons. We don't know where
there is a better bred trotter than Bonnie McK. and
he can always show his speed. Mr. Kelly has been
giving him jogging work since he reached Pleas-
anton, but let him step a quarter in 34 seconds one
day last week and it seemed play for him.
Dr. J. C. McCoy says: "I wish to go on record
as saying that I have believed for years, and still
believe, that the trotting gait is as fast, or faster,
than the pacing gait, and I believe faster; than when
the final speed of the trotter and that of the pacer
have been reached there will come a trotting stal-
lion who will go a faster mile in harness than a
pacer has ever gone. If I live as long as the rest
of my family have lived I expect to see a two-year-
old trot in 2:05 and a three-year-old trot in 2:02 or
better."
Fantasy (4), 2:06, whose record still stands as the
best for trotting fillies of that age, is reported safe
with foal to Alliewood, 2:09%, the premier stallion
at Wilton Stock Farm, Havre de Grace, Md„ the
breeding establishment of Henry A. Brehni of Balti-
more. After being sold from Village Farm, where
she was bred, she was owned for a few years by
Wynfromere Farm, Greens Farms, Conn., and since
1901, when she had a filly foal by The Beau Ideal,
2:15%, has not been productive.
Mr. B. L. Elliott, the well known real estate dealer
of Los Angeles, has sold his mare Icehee by Chas.
Derby 2:30, dam Abanteeo 2:17y2, by Anteeo 2:16%,
second dam by Abbotsford 2:19%, etc., to Mr. Bow-
man, of El Centro, California, who immediately
booked her to Zonibro 2:11. Icehee was never
trained, but is a perfect driver with great natural
speed. Elliott recently sold his stallion Gen. Sher-
wood (three-year-old record 2:2S%) to a company
at Imperial for $2000.
A protest comes from William Morgan of Pasa-
dena because the name of his beautiful and famous
Zombro mare, Ere 2:10, has been printed in the
Breeder and Sportsman as Eva. Mr. Morgan will
please accept the apologies of our proofreader. The
name Era may have borne some resemblance to Eva
in the manuscript of our Los Angeles correspondent,
but the proofreader who permitted the fame of the
only Era 2:10 to be overshadowed by a name that in
all trotting annals has never been carried around a
mile track faster then 2:19% deserves a reprimand
much stronger than the one here given.
In the Middle West and Southern States many
small harness racing circuuits are organized annually,
comprising seven or eight towns with population
ranging from 2,000 to 5,000, where there are half-
mile tracks. The programs are made up of two $500
stakes, which close early, and and enough $300
purses closing a week or two before each meeting,
to make up three days racing. These small circuits
do much to keep up the interest in breeding and rac-
ing harness horses, and many trotters and pacers
graduate from these small circuits into the Grand
Circuit.
Since the death of Patchen Wilkes, which took
place at the farm of H. C. McVey, in Danville, 111.,
several weeks ago, only four sons of George Wilkes
are still living. They are Gambetta Wilkes, at the
farm of J. P. Cecil, Danville, Ky.; Baron Wilkes,
on a breeding farm at Emporia, Kan.; William L.,
on a farm at Wheeling, W. Va., and Woodford Wilkes,
at the Sherwood Farm, Sheldon, Iowa. Gambetta
Wilkes is now 29 years old; Baron Wilkes, William L.
and Woodford Wilkes, each 28. They are all still in
active service, and had represetnatives in the 2:10
and 2:30 lists of trotters in 1908 and 1909.
Samuel L. Caton, one of the best known of the old-
time trainers and drivers in America, died in this
city on the 21st of January. Mr. Caton is a brother
of Frank Caton, who is now one of the most promi-
nent trainers in Russia. Samuel Caton was at one
time in the employ of S. A. Brown, of the Kalamazoo
Stock Farm, and also of C. F. Emery, of the Forest
City Farm. Caton is the man who brought out the
famous Bell Boy 2:19%, son of Electioneer and
Beautiful Bells, and sold him for a big price. A few
years ago Sam Caton went to Russia, but returned
to America after a short time, and for the past year
or two has been in San Francisco. He was a very
quiet and unassuming man, and few California horse-
men were aware that he resided in this State.
H. S. Hogoboom, of Woodland, has consigned the
stallion Arthur W. 2:11% and the three-year-old
registered stallion Judge Gaddis 46439 to Chase's
Pleasanton sale. Arthur W. 2:11% is a big horse,
standing over 16 hands, and got his record in a race.
He is by Way land W. 2:12%, the sire of Bolivar
2:00%, and his dam is Lady Moor, dam of John A.
2:12%, by Grand Moor 2374, grandam of the Dins-
more mare by Glencoe. Judge Gaddis, the three-year-
old colt, is by Palo King 44910 (son of Marengo
King, sire of Marie N 2:08%) and his dam is Dia-
walda by Diablo 2:09%, second dam Walda by Wald-
stein, third dam Rosa by Guy Wilkes, fourth dam
Rosebud by Del Sur, fifth dam Blanche by Athurton
sixth dam Nancy by Gen. Taylor. This is a royally
bred colt. Blanche his fifth dam is the dam of six
standard performers. As a two-year-old, Judge Gad-
dis worked a mile in 2:32% and his is entered and
paid up to date in the Breeders' Futurity for this
year.
Belmont Driving Club has been awarded dates in
the "Big Fair" Circuit, conditional on building a
half-mile track, and the stockholders at a special
meeting last week voted to go ahead with the
project. Estimates will be solicited for constructing
a half-mile track wholly inside the present mile track
and also for utilizing the present home stretch for
both the mile and the half-mile tracks. The fact that
it is deemed necessary to build half-mile tracks in-
side the mile rings at Belmont and Point Breeze, in
order to conduct harness races with profit in Phila-
delphia, may strike the castial observer as some-
what strange, particularly when it is known that
the demand for the shorter track does not come
from the people who patronize racing, but from the
horsemen themselves. The half-mile track perform-
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 5, 1910.
ers, which include the class of horses racing at the
fairs, fear last mile tracks such as Belmont and
Point Breeze because of the fast marks that are
likely to be taken — marks that would take the horse
out of the class in which he could perform all sea-
son with safety over the half-mile rings. Mile
tracks are supposed to be four or five seconds faster
than half-mile tracks and this difference in record
might put a horse in a class where he could never
win. — Trotter and Pacer.
Mr. F. H. Holloway of the Hemet Stock Farm, ac-
companied by Dr. D. S. McCarthy of Hemet, has
been in town this week. Mr. Halloway claims they
have one of the best half-mile tracts in California
at Hemet, and from the time they make in their mat-
inees down there we think he is not far wrong. Dr.
McCarthy is president of the Valley Driving Club of
Hemet and says the outlook for a good season of
matinee racing is excellent. At the Hemet Stock
Farm Mr. Holloway has the stallions Geo. W. Mc-
Kinney 2:14%, full brother to Washington McKinney
2:17%. Geo. W .McKinney has already sired a 2:10
performer with little or no opportunity in the stud
and all his get show speed. Another stallion at
Hemet Farm is Armond Lou 2:27%, a handsome
son of Kinney Lou 2:07%. Armond Lou got his
record last year as a four-year-old. He is out of
Catinka 2:20% by Abbotsford and his record is
no measure of his speed.
The mare Weatew-ater, whose picture is shown on
our title page this week, is a daughter of Sidney Dil-
lon, her dam the producing mare Lady well 2:16%
by Electioneer. Weatewrater is owned by Mr. A. L.
Scott of San Francisco. She raced last year, but did
not take a record. At Los Angeles in June, she
worked a mile below 2:10 and was looked upon as one
of the fastest trotters in training, but trained off
and did not show so well in her races. She is now
at the new San Jose track in Jos. Cuicello's string
and 'is in fine shape. She should be one of the fast-
est of the new standard trotters of 1910.
Mr. W. A. Clark Jr., owner of Bon Voyage, came
up from Los Angeles this week on his way to Butte,
Montana. Mr. Clark is greatly pleased with the
showing the get of Bon Voyage are making, and is
confident the son of Expedition will be one of the
leading sires of extreme speed in America. He states
that he recently declined an offer of $20,000 for Bon
Voyage, made by eastern parties.
William Sinnock of Santa Ana owns the hand-
some young stallion Don Direct that is 16 hands high
and weighs about 1100 pounds. Don Direct was
never on a track but once when he stepped a quar-
ter in 40 seconds. He was foaled in 1906, is a seal
brown with a tail that touches the ground.
The convention of horsemen to meet in this city
March 2 will be well attended. All the driving clubs
in the State will send delegates.
Zolock 2:05% is at the new San Jose Driving
Park and is making the season at the service fee
of $50. No horse in America can be bred to with a
better chance of getting a 2:10 performer.
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FROM THE STATE FAIR TRACK.
The Sacramento track is in the best of shape. Lou
Mativia, of Dixon, was out looking at it Saturday and
remarked that he bad been on many good winter
tracks but this leads them all.
The barns are filling up fast. All this place needs
is a nice large room with table and chairs and a fire
place or stove for cool nights, so that the boys can
have a comfortable place to congregate, read and
talk over the good ones, the game ones and the
' mutts." It would not cost much and would be a
great advantage.
Jay Wheeler, the popular horseshoer, was very
much exercised this week because his filly by Marvin
Wilkes, dam by Berlin had a very bad case of dis-
temper, but she has so improved that he is now think-
ing of hanging out his shingle as a vet.
John Quinn stepped James Marshall's black colt
by Zombro a quarter in 38 seconds on the trot the
other day, and drove W. O. Bowers' three-year-old
by Bon Voyage a quarter in 35 seconds, and a half
in 1:20.
W. A. Hunter worked Martha Dean a mile in 2:58,
a quarter in 40 seconds and an eighth in 17 seconds
and feels pretty good over it. His black colt Alpha
Dean has on his first set of shoes and acts like a
real trotter.
Al McDonald, who recently came here from Port-
land, has a two-year-old by Lynwood W. that he is
just breaking, a nice looking colt by Zolock belonging
to G. A. Westgate of Portland, a colt by a son of Prod-
igal owned by Sam Elmore, the salmon king of As-
toria, a colt by Directwell out of a Silver Bow mare,
a four-year-old that worked a mile in 2:20 last fall, a
Zolock colt three years old and a two-year-old owned
by Mrs. Becker, and the pacer Manuel by Nutwood
Wilkes owned by Mr. Fouts of Portland.
The Sacramento Driving Club will be on deck when
the season opens. It is at present revising its by-
laws. The first matinee will probably be in April. All
the club's members favors an organization of all the
driving clubs in California, and will have delegates to
the convention in San Francisco, March 2d.
The secretary of the Pacific Coast Saddle Horse
Associa.ion, W. A. Hunter, states that he has a very
good entry to the saddle horse futurity No. 1. This
is the ",rst stake of the kind and is open to the world.
As there are but a half dozen registered saddle stal-
lions in the State, the entry is not what it will be
a few years hence as the gaited horse is growing in
favor and becoming very popular. Like all other
horses the saddle horse must have class to be satis-
factory.
CAPITALION.
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MUST SHOW A 2:08 GAIT.
Pleasanton Training Track, Jan. 31, 1910.
Editor "Breeder and Sportsman": — To prove to
the public that we are not all dead at the Pleas-
anton Training Park and that all the sports have
not gone to San Jose, I am enclosing a copy of
a wager made here the other day between Elmer
Tomer, known to the boys as "Hun," and Geo.
Kneier of Grand Circuit fame, more commonly
known as "Rio Vista George":
This agreement made and entered into by and
between Elmer Tomer of Pleasanton, California,
and Geo. Kneier of Pleasanton. California; that
said Elmer Tomer has deposited $150 in the hands
of H. E. Armstrong against $200 deposited by Geo.
Kneier in the hands of said H. E. Armstrong.
The mare Proherita is to pace % mile in 32 sec-
onds or better, on or before May 1st, 1910, on the
Pleasanton Training Park course. Said mare to
have three trials and to have 25 minutes between
heats, and furthermore if said course is not in con-
dition on above date, trial to take place on the first
day course is in condition; this to be decided by
acting judges.
If said mare Proberita fails to make this time as
stated above, amount of $350 to revert to said Elmer
Tomer, and if said mare makes this time or better,
said amount $350 to revert to said Geo. Kneier.
Each party to pick a judge and the two judges so
selected, to select a third judge and said judges to
decide time of trial.
Signed at Pleasanton, this 29th dav of January
1910.
ELMER TOMER,
GEO. KNEIER,
Above mare is three years old and owned by Fred
Heffner of Pleasanton. She shows considerable
speed on the pace, and is a "pipe" according to
confidential rumors from her trainer, Mr. Kneier.
She is sired by Mr. Henry Busing's McKinnev stal-
lion Bonnie McKinney and her dam is bv "a son
of Boodle.
Tours truly, J. HARRIS COX.
PROPOSED NEW RULE.
At the next congresses of the National and Ameri-
can Trotting Association the following petition will
be presented by a committee of the Stewards of the
Grand Circuit, composed of W. W. Collier Wm P
Engelman and H. K. Devereux:
To the Rule Comittees of The National and American
Trotting Asociation.
Gentlemen:— The Stewards of the Grand Circuit
respectfully petition for some legislation that will fix a
satisfactory difference between a record obtained
over a mile track as against a record obtained over
a half-mile track. We believe such legislation to
be not only fair, but every year growing more neces-
sary as the meetings over half-mile tracks grow in
numbers and importance. We believe also that it
would result in much benefit to all associations and
horsemen. It is a self-evident fact that a horse
having acquired a record over a mile track is bur-
dened with a handicap of some seconds when re-
turned to the half-mile track.
THE GRAND CIRCUIT STEWARDS.
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ADDING WEALTH TO THE COUNTRY.
Washington, January 25.— In spite of the greatlv
increased use of the automobile, it has been unable
to decrease, either in numbers or value, its rival, the
American horse. With automobiles coming into
common use, the price of horses, according to a
statement today by the crop reporting board of the
Department of Agriculture, rose from an average of
$95.64 a head in 1908 to $108.19 a head in 1909. In
numbers the horses of the United State sincreased
from 20,640,000 to 21,040,000, and in value from
$1,974,052,000 to $2,276,363,000.
Incidentally the report, which gives the number
and value of farm animals in the United States on
January 1, 1910, discloses that the high price of beef
is in the smallest degree due to a decrease in the
number of range cattle. Only a slight railing off in
range cattle is shown from the figures of the previous
year, while there has been an increase in the number
of horses, mules, milch cows and sheep. Hogs, how-
ever, have lost in numerical strength.
The number of mules was 4,128,000, the average
price $119. S4 a head, and the total value $494,095,000,
as compared with the previous year, when the num-
ber was 4.053,000, the average price $107.84 and the
total value $437,082,000.
Milch cows numbered 21,801,000: the average price
was $35.70 and the total value $780,308,000, compared
with the previous year, when the number wos 21,720,-
000, the average price $32.36 and the total value
$702,445,000.
The number of other cattle was 47,279,000; the
average price was $19.41 a head and the total value
$917,453,000, as compared with the previous year,
when the number was 49,379,000, the average price
$17.49 a head and the total value $863,754,000.
The number of sheep was 57,216,000; the value
of them all being $233,664,000, as compared with
the previous, when the number was 56.0S4.000,
the average price $3.43 a head and the total value
$192,632,000.
The number of swine was 47,792,000; the average
price was $9.14 a head and the total value was $436,-
603,000, as compared with the previous year, when
the number was 54,147,000, the average price $6.55 a
head and the total value $354,794,000.
In total value horses increased $302,311,000; mules
increased $57,013,000; milch cows increased $77,363,-
000; other cattle increased $53,699,000; sheep in-
creased $41,032,000; swine increased $S1.809,000.
The total value of all animals enumerated on Jan-
uary 1, 1910, was $5,138,486,000, as compared with
$4,525,259,000 on January 1, 1909 — an increase of
$613,227,000, or 13.6 per cent.
ANOTHER STALLION LAW.
The "Breeder and Sportsmen" has from time to
time during the past two years printed synopses of
stallion laws that have been enacted by different
States. This has been done that our readers may
become acquainted with such laws as it is more
than probable that a stallion law will be introduced
at the next session of the California legislature. The
following is a synopsis of the Iowa law as it stands
at present:
The Iowa stallion law provides that any owner or
keeper of any stallion, kept for public service, or for
sale, exchange or transfer, who represents such ani-
mal to be pure-bred shall cause the same to be regis
tered in some stud book recognized by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture at Washington, D. C, and ob-
tain a certificate of the State Board of Agriculture of
the State of Iowa. If such registration is found to
be correct and genuine he shall receive a certificate
setting forth the name, sex, age and color of the
animal and the volume and page of the stud book
book in which such animal is registered.
Anyone who represents his animal to be pure-bred
shall place a copy of the certificate of the State
Board on the door or stall of the stable where the
animal is usually kept- Any owner or keeper of a
stallion kept for public service, for which a State
certificate has not been issued, must advertise such
horse by having printed handbills or posters not less
than five by seven inches in size, and such bills or
posters must have printed thereon immediately
above or preceding the name of the stallion, the
words "grade stallion," in type not less than one
inch in height, said bills or posters to be posted
in a conspicuous manner at all places where the
stallion is kept for public service. The certificate
may be transferred to a purchaser through the sec-
retary of the State Board of Agriculture.
Any person who shall fraudulently represent any
animal, horse, cattle, sheep or swine to be pure-
bred, or any person who shall post or publish, oi
cause to be published, any false pedigree or certifi-
cate, or shall use any stallion for public service, or
sell, exchange or transfer, any stallion, representing
such animal to be pure-bred without first having
such animal registered, and obtaining the certifi-
cate of the State Board of Agriculture, as above
provided, or who shall violate any of the provisions
of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or im-
prisonment in the county jail not exceeding 30 days,
or both.
The above provisions are included in Sections 23,
41-a-b-c and d of the supplement to the code, 1907,
and the legislature of 1908-9 passed the following law
giving a lien for the service fee of a stallion:
"The owner or keeper of a stallion kept for public
service who has complied with sections 234-a, 1341-b,
2341-c and 2341-d of the supplement to the code, 1907,
shall have a prior lien upon the progeny of such
stallion to secure the amount due such owner or
keeper for the service of such stallion, resulting in
said progeny, provided, that where such owner or
keeper misrepresents such stallion by false pedigree
no lien shall be obtained.
The lien herein provided for shall remain in force
for a period of six months from the birth of said
progeny and shall not be enforced thereafter.
The owner or keeper of such stallion may enforce
the lien herein provided by placing in the hands of
any constable an affidavit containing a descripton of
the stallion and a description of the dam and the time
and terms of service, and said constable shall there-
upon take possession of said progeny and sell the
same for non-payment of service fee by giving the
owner of said progeny ten days' written notice,
which notice shall contain a copy of the affidavit and
a full description of the progeny to be sold, the time
and hour when, and the place at which the sale will
take place and posting for the same length of time
in three public places in the township of such own-
er's residence a copy of such notice. If payment
of the service fee and the costs are not made before
the date thus fixed, the constable may sell at public
auction to the highest bidder such progeny and the
owner or keeper of the stallion may_ be a bidder at
such sale. The constable shall apply the proceeds,
first, in the payment of the costs, second, in the
payment of the service fee. Any surplus arising
from sale shall be returned to the owner of the
progeny.
The right of tie owner or keeper to foreclose, as
well as the amount claimed to be due, niaj' be con-
tested by anyone interested in so doing, and the
proceedings may be transferred to the district court,
for which purpose an injunction may issue, if neces-
sary."
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, February 5, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
SCIENCE IN HORSE BREEDING.
The following is from the lien of Eugene Daven-
port, of the University of Illinois, author of "Prin-
ciples of Breeding," and was written for the Ameri-
can Horse Breeder of Boston, from the columns of
which it is taken:
Mr. William Russell Allen in the Horse Breeder
of December 14. discussing the speed-trotting prob-
lem, has raised some interesting questions concern-
ing the law of transmission. The gist of the article
is really this: If there is science in breeding and
if transmission rests upon a scientific basis, then
why are we not able to breed with some certainty of
results and why cannot we always secure perform-
ers?
It is this phase of the question that I should like
to discuss briefly in order to show that the business
of breeding rests upon a scientific basis, even though
but a comparatively small portion of our animals
are prize winners or record makers, and even though
we cannot tell in advance which ones these will be.
Some sciences are eminently exact. The principles
involved are few and simple. They may all be known
in all of their possible operations, in which case we
can invariably predict results. For instance, two and
three always make five. Hydrogen and oxygen will
always combine in definite proportions, either in
equal parts or with two parts of hydrogen to one of
oxygen. No other combinations are possible so far
as known. These are very simple illustrations.
Other substances combine in very different and
much more complicated combinations with the pro-
portions running up into the hundreds, and when we
get oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur and per-
haps other elements associated in the presence of
heat, light, electricity and other forces known and
unknown, there is no predicting in advance what
may result. We may have two or three or half a
dozen separate compounds with various residues, and
we may have an explosion or two. This again is
but another illustration showing how in the same
field a problem may change from the simple to the
complex, from one in which we may easily predict
the results to one in which such prediction is im-
possible.
Let me take another illustration. When but a sin-
gle cause is in operation wre can soon identity the
result, but as the causes increase in number and in
the complexity of their actions and reactions, one
upon another, it becomes increasingly difficult to
predict results and impossible to do with reference
to any single case. In other words, as we pass from
the simple to the complex in this matter of the multi-
plication of causes, we pass from certainty over
to probability. Whenever the causes operating to
produce results are many, then prediction as to any
single instance becomes impossible, and such, un-
fortunately, is the ease with all breeding opera-
tions.
When two individuals are mated, an almost infinite
number of causes conspire to the production of the
resultant offspring. Every ancestor of each parent
exercises his proper share of production. Not only
that, but every day of the young thing's life from
birth during development has some influence upon
developing or suppressing the various characters born
into it. As we know now, the hereditary matter be-
fore fertilization is subject to repeated doublings and
halvings with the extrusion and loss of large portions
of this matter before fertilization so that successive
individuals even from identical parents do not de-
velop from identical germ plasm. This fact com-
bined with the infinite number of influences oper-
ating upon development after birth is reason enough
why we need not expect successive individuals, even
from the same parents, to be alike, and it is reason
enough why we need never hope that all the off-
spring even of the most highly-selected parents will
be record-breakers, or even equal to their sire and
dam.
All this would be true if we were satisfied with a
constant standard, but no sooner do we succeed in
breeding a 2:10 trotter than we aspire to produce
one that can go in two minutes. Not only that, but
our desire is that they shall all be record-breakers.
In other words, we are breeding to a constantly ad-
vancing standard. We are all the time trying to
produce the very utmost possible. Not only that, we
instinctively feel that if breeding rests upon a sci-
entific basis they would all be maximum performers.
This is expecting altogether too much. We are
really operating and must always operate in breed-
ing operations under the law of probabilities, which
is as scientific as any law we have in nature. It is
a law of such character, however, as applies only to
relatively large numbers and by which nothing can
be predicted as to an individual excepting that his
chances may be known.
Let me endeavor to illustrate this point together
with that of the simplicity of certain kinds of breed-
ing. For example, suppose we are interested in color
rather than in speed of horses. Here is a character
arising from a single cause, pigment formation. It
is not a complicated matter. There are but few
colors in the trotting horses and their proportions
are accurately known. A study of 13,879 trotters
shows the following distribution as to color:
7376 or 53.0 per cent bay.
1362 or 10.0 per cent black.
1885 or 13.0 per cent brown.
2220 or 16.0 per cent chestnut.
60 or 0.4 per cent dun.
752 or 6.0 per cent gray.
224 or 1.5 per cent roan.
Knowing these facts we can predict definitely the
chances as to color. That is to say, as matters are
going now, 53 per cent, or 530 out of 1000 will be bay,
and so on for the other colors. We shall never be
able from this to tell what will be the color of the
next foal, but we can tell what proportion of the foals
in general will be hays.
If now we begin to select for color, mating only
bays, we shall increase the chances for bays and
decrease the chances for all other colors, until ulti-
mately if mating is restricted to bays, there will be
only those occasional appearances of the other colors
which we call reversions — too few to be considered.
Some breeds have reached this point. Aberdeen-
Angus cattle are practically always black, the Devons
are red and sheep of all breeds are practically
albinos. Here are cases where probability has been
reduced to practical certainty and very largely
through selection.
This, however, is a very simple problem in breed-
ing. The character involved arises from a single
cause, pigmentation. It is absolute and not relative.
Its development does not depend upon feed or the
accident of disease nor any other circumstances oper-
ating during development.
Now, however, when we pass from this to the prob-
lem of breeding for speed, it is infinitely more com-
plex. As has been explained, but a small proportion
of the animals will be born for highest speed. That
proportion can now be ascertained by statistical
methods, and it will hold good for all future opera-
tions. The proportion can be increased as selection
is intensified, holding with increasing strictness to
higher standards. The disposition of the breeder,
however, to increase his standard and demand higher
performance tends to decrease the probability of
success, but the problem remains the same and the
case is one of probabilities.
The writer realizes that all this is much like Mr.
Allen's remark about his own article, and yet he
hopes, he has succeeded in showing that the prob-
lem of the breeder lies not in the realm of a simple
science so operating as to make every individual
operation clear, but that it lies rather in the domain
of probability and that the business of the breeder
is to increase the probability by the most careful
selection of which he is capable, never hoping in his
fondest dreams that all his individuals will come up
to his standard even of selection, but, living in con-
fidence that with each new generation of breeding
to the definite standard the probability of reaching
that standard increases.
University of Illinois, Urbana, 111, Jan. 12, 1910.
THE SUCCESSFUL BROOD-MARE.
As one-half of the elements which form the em-
bryo of the foal come from the egg cell, it is evi-
dent that the success of every breeder of horse
stock depends largely upon the kind of mares se-
lected for brood purposes. This applies to breeders
of all kinds of horse stock, whether bred for the
track, road, family or farm use, or for heavy draft
purposes, but more especially to those of track, road
and carriage horses. An article written by A. E.
Trowbridge of the University of Missouri on this
subject was published in Colman's Rural World. It
is as follows:
Market quotations continually impress us with the
fact, that the "better grade of horses' and not the
"common lots" are in demand. The selling price for
good horses of all grades is such as to allow a good
margin of profit for the producer. The particular
emphasis laid upon "better grades" of horses "and
the prices that they actually command" is only an-
other proof of wisdom in the selection and mating of
mares and stallions of the better grade. The oppor-
mares for improvement is immeasureable. A glance
at the class of mares which are sent to the stallion
in almost any community furnishes ample proof of
this fact.
Too many mares which have passed the prime of
life and which are fit only for partial service on the
farm are bred with the expectation that their off-
spring will help to pay for their keep. Other cases
are very numerous in which the female, expected to
produce offspring which will ultimately result in
profit to the owner, is unable to perform very ordi-
nary labor because of some hereditary unsoundness
which renders her physically unequal to the task.
On the other hand, we see many fine young mares
being mated wilh the stallion or jack and, as would
be expected, the class of men who practice such
systems of horse husbandry are the men who realize
both profit and pleasure from the business.
The question often arises as to just what sort of
horses or mules it is best for the farmer to produce
and what sort of mares should be used to produce
this or that given type of horse or mule. This is a
question which each man must settle in accordance
with his environment. In settling this question he
must realize fully that the market shows preference
for certain classes of horses. In the State of Mis-
souri we have a variety of types in our horses. This
presents a problem in horse breeding which if prop-
erly managed will maintain our State in the fore-
most rank as a producer of high-class horses and
mules, but if improperly managed will lead to dis-
astrous results.
We have mares carrying a preponderance of Amer-
ican trotting horse blood, some of them conforming
to the race-horse type and many which fill the quali-
fications of the American carriage horse. We have
many mares of saddle horse, Morgan and thorough-
bred lineage. Through some sections of the State is
found a class of native mares which show the results
of the draft sires and in almost every section we
have mares of somewhat mixed breeding which are
known by a variety of names on the market. The
good mares of any of these classes may at present
be utilized in the production of horses and mules,
but as soon as the poorer ones of all classes have
been discarded our capacity for horse and mule
production will be on a higher level. Those men
who contemplate breeding mares should consider the
following qualifications, keeping in mind the old
truth that 'like produces like."
The earlest age at which mares should first pro-
duce foals is a question, but it is certain that to
yield the greatest profit on the ordinary farm l~-y
should be bred as early as their development will
warrant, which will vary usually from two to five
years of age. Once started, these mares should be
kept breeding regularly. Young mules and young
geldings can be made to pertorm that particular
farm work which would endanger the welfare of a
mare in foal. Brood-mares should be worked stead-
ily, thereby obtaining sufficient exercise, an all-im-
portant factor in the production of healthy foals. It
is too often the case that mares are not bred until
they are too old for work. By starting early, the
length of their period of usefulness as brood-mares
is increased, and some argue that they increase their
ability to produce regularly.
Size is a powerful factor in the determination of
the values of horse flesh in our present markets.
Past experience, however, has proven that the mare
of good size for the breed, with style and action, has
been the most successful as a producer. It is not
the ungainly, overgrown mare that produces the .
most serviceable horses, neither is it the dwarfed,
anaemic specimen that perpetuates the good charac-
teristics of her kind. Increase in size is one of the
greatest needs ot our lighter class of mares. This
size can be secured only by the most careful scrutiuj
of anima's mated. In obtaining this qualification
great care should be exercised that quality be not
sacrificed. It is the mare of medium refinement, to
the point of decreasing size, and constitutional vigor
that are essential considerations in selecting brood-
mares.
In breeding mares having an hereditary unsound-
ness, we are inviting disaster, for the law that like
produces like holds good in the majority of cases.
Blemishes, the results of accidents, are not trans-
mitted to the offspring. We should always be cer-
tain, however, that the blemishes are the result of
accident, otherwise mares thus affected should be
discarded as brood-mares. There are certain essen-
tials of conformation for all classes of horses and
mules, whether for saddle, for harness, or for hard
labor. A head of sufficient width and features
plainly outlined are evidence of intelligence and
good disposition. A neck of good length showing a
clean-cut windpipe with a clean throat-lath points
toward good wind.
Sloping shoulders and sloping pasterns, -associated
with straight, well-set, strongly muscled legs and
dense, tough feet are extremely essenthial to lon-
gevity or hard service. The back should be compara-
tively straight, strong, short, closely coupled, well
muscled and support a deep chest of medium width,
good deep ribs and flank. The rump should carry
width to the tail, which should set fairly high. The
hind legs of the horse should be set well under the
body. Strong hocks, well-set and sloping pasterns
are of great value. True, level action with good style
is essential in all good horses.
Close observation will call our attention to the
fact that our best brood-mares possess real feminine
character, which gives them power to reproduce suc-
cessfully. Consequently, along with the character-
istics of tvpe, age, size, quality, constitution, sound-
ness, action and conformation we find our greatest
brood-mares are those possessed of that latent and
unexplainable quality of real feminine character and
adaptability to motherhood.
A report from Lexington is to the effect that the
breeders in the Blue Grass country contemplate the
forming of a "mutual sales" company by which the
output of their stock farms could be disposed of
at a smaller expense than they now have to pay.
This scheme includes the purchase of Orchard Park,
near Lexington, where a big barn might be built, as
the quarters to be used in stabling, showing and
selling the horses. Among the prominent breeders
mentioned in this connection are W. E. D. Stokes, L.
V Harkness, John E. Madden, U. S. Senator J. W.
Bailey, J. K. Newman, W. L. Spears and R. C. Estill,
all of whom have large nurseries in or near Lexing-
ton. The ground available for this sale is owned
by John D. Creighton, of Omaha, who is also a
breeder of considerable note. But the projectors of
this plan to revive the auction business in Kentucky
seem to have overlooked the fact that the locus of
their vendue is many miles from New York and
Chicago, the two cities where the big sales have been
held in recent years. The majority of the harness
racing stock may be near Lexington, but the buyers
are scattered over a wide range of country, which
as Kipling would" say, is another story. Moreover,
in times long gone by, an ambitions agitator named
Mahomet desired to bring a mountain within easy
hail, but found it so firmly fixed that it was easier
for him to move than to set the elevated land in
motion. Whatever merit this project of the com-
bined breeders has, they should carefully consider
the necessity of securing the presence of the men
who will make the bids and buy what they have for
sale. — Trotter and Paecr.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 5, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
PACIFIC COAST TRIALS.
The Pacific Coast Field Trials Club ran the club's
twenty-seventh annual trials last week near Bakers-
field. This meeting was the nineteenth time, ac-
cording to Judge Post, that the club has met on the
same grounds. This meet was finished in three
days, the shortest trials in the history of the club.
Weather conditions throughout, saving a cold, blus-
tering rain storm for about two hours in the after-
noon of the first day, could not have been better.
Cold, frosty nights followed by clear bracing mornings
left the ground in almost ideal condition. Birds
were plentiful, although a bit wild at times, run-
ning or taking refuge in trees, but generally speak-
ing the valley quail laid close and gave the dogs
desirable opportunity for work. In this respect, the
trials were somewhat disappointing, particularly so
in the Derby. Time and again dogs had chances
to find and locate, but failed to establish any other
effect than that their knowledge of birds was yet
to be developed. This peculiar conduct of Derbies
is not a new feature on the Bakersfield grounds.
Whether it is the alkali soil, the prevalence of many
jack rabbits and cottontails, the holding of scent by
the birds or the lack of sufficient work on quail, the
fact remains that young dogs, and apparently good
ones on every line, have failed, at times, signally'
to locate and work. There may be some excuse for
all of the Derbies save one, they had no previous
experience, or little, in training on quail. Their work
had been on Chinese pheasants. Several of the
All-Age dogs that were in the same predicament had
worked on our quail at previous trials, but here
also seemed to he at sea for awhile.
Blue Bonnet, the winner of the Derby, is a hand-
some white, black eared and ticked bitch by Boy
Blue out of Tiburon, owned by Jack Chase of San
Francisco. She is fast and a stylish worker with a
merry tail. Bonnet shows quality that, when the
finishing touches of experience and maturity have
been added, will put her in the front rank. Both
puppy, dam and sire trace back to Gath. Belle Fon-
taine her grand dam seems to have happily estab-
lished herself as the founder of a winning family.
Jo, a Stockdale Kennels' pointer entry, owned by
Lloyd Tevis, was awarded second place. He is by
Houghton's Doc out of Queen, a well put up and
stylish young dog.
Norah Blue by Boy Blue out of Lackawana, owned
by J. G. Roberts of Madera, won third. She has
good pace, plenty of stamina and pleasing high
headed style and action.
Two of Stockdale Kennels' pointers, Sister (Com-
bination Boy-Pearl s Jingo) owned by Lansing Tevis
and Trap ( Sandal wood-Bessie) entered by Gordon
Tevis were first and second in the Members' stake.
Sister is a lively goer and a handsome bitch and an
excellent worker on birds. Trap did not show up
in the All-Age with the same snap he displayed in
his first heat in the Members' stake. Lemonade
(Ch. Kilgarif-Belle Fontaine) owned by Jos. E. Terry
of Sacramento, was awarded third. Lemmie is as
pleasing a bitch as one could desire to see work, she
was outpaced how7ever by the pointers.
E. Courtney Ford's Tiburon (Uncle Jimmie White-
stone-Belle Fontaine) first All-Age is a well known
Coast setter and has proved her mettle at previous
trials. She was placed equal third in the Coast
Derby and third in the Pacific Northwest All-Age,
1908. Last year she ran third in the Pacific Coast
All-Age. Stockdale Kennels' pointer Sister was
second. Third place was divided. Jack W. Flynn's
pointer Senator's Don, a stylish son of Ch. Senator
P., looking very much like his sire, out of Flynn's
Dolly Jingo and Jos. E. Terry's English setter Eury-
dice (Ch. Kilgarif-Moxey Danstone) were given equal
third by the judges. Don ran third in the Nebraska
Derby, 1905, and fourth in the Northwestern All-Age,
1905. Eurydice won the Pacific Coast Derby last
vear and was also placed second in the Oregon All-
Age. 1909.
Wm. Dormer of Oakland and P. H. Bryson, now
of Los Angeles, officiated in the saddle. Both are
veteran field trial sportsmen. Henry L. Betten of
Alameda found it impossible, at the last moment,
to be present and Mr. Bryson was invited to serve
instead.
The attendance was not up to past years, but at
that there was no less a pleasing meeting and en-
joyable time. Among those present were Hon. Chas.
N. Post of Sacramento, who has missed but one
trials in the club's history; Jos. E. Terry, Frank J.
Ruhstaller, Chas. J. Matthews, of Sacramento; John
W. Considine of Seattle, Wash.; A. A. Moore. S.
Christenson, E. Courtney Ford, Jack W. Flynn. J.
M. Kilgarif of San Francisco, John H. Schumacher
of Los Angeles, Harry Babcock, Lloyd Tevis, Lan-
sing Tevis, Will Tevis, Prof. Currie, Major Taylor,
Ned Eyre. Master Eyre, R. E. Ashe and others,
Ben M. Boggs of Stockdale acted as marshal very
efficiency.
Besides the purses offered in the Derby and All-
Age .takes, there was also a cup awarded for each
winning dog. These cups were purchased with a
gene- ;al fund donated by the club members.
The officers elected at the club's annual meeting
Monday evening, January 24th, were the following:
Hon. Chas. M. Post, Sacramento, president; Jos. E.
Terry, Sacramento, first vice-president; Lloyd Tevis,
Stockdale, second vice-president; E. Courtney Ford,
San Francisco, secretary-treasurer, re-elected. Execu-
tive Committee — Frank J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento;
John H. Schumacher, Los Angeles; J. W. Flynn, S.
Christenson, San Francisco; Henry L. Betten. Ala-
meda.
A. A. Moore, J. B. Chase, Orrin Tucker, George W.
Peltier and H. M. La Rue wer elected to membership.
It was decided to offer guaranteed purses for the
1911 Derby and All-Age, $300 for the puppy stake
and $200 for the other. If the forfeits and entrance
moneys exceed the stipulated purse totals these
sums will go with the purses. This action of the
club will no doubt be an incentive for an increase
in starters. The purses will be divided 50, 30 and
20 per cent.
Resolutions were adopted during the meeting in
memory of the late W. W. Van Arsdale and Frank
H. Jermyn.
The draw* Sunday evening for the Derby was the
following: Jo with The Judge; Shasta Queen with
Caesar's Keepsake; Linda H. with Miss Ives; Blue
Bonnet with Belvedere; Norah Blue, a bye.
Monday, January 24, 1910. — The familiar meeting
place, Section 17, near Gosford station, about 7 miles
southwest of Bakersfield, was selected for the open-
ing heat of the Derby. The morning was crisp and
fair, ground conditions were excellent.
Jo-The Judge — The cast-off of the brace was made
at 9:30 on open grassy ground leading up to scat-
tered Cottonwood trees and high dry weeds. Both
young dogs showed fair pace and range, the pointer
was not under the best control. Judge, when he has
a proper schooling on birds will be a desirable dog.
Both chased fur repeatedly. The pointer was a bit
uncertain in his work on birds and missed several
chances. He was credited with two points. M. R.
Dodge handled Jo. W. B. Coutts had Judge. Up at
10 a. m.
Shasta Queen-Caesar's Keepsake — Cast off at 10:05
over the same ground. Coutts handled both dogs.
Queen showed the best action and is a merry goer.
Queen proved a wide ranger and quartered well
but did not have an opportunity to establish herself
on birds. Caesar fl; shed twice where he should
have pointed. The brace covered ground where
birds were but did not prove up. Ordered up at
10:40.
Linda H-Miss Ives — put down on new ground
Section 20, 2 miles southeast at 11:15. Started on
open grassy ground leading up to trees and dry
weeds. Miss Ives has speed and good ranging abili-
ties and finished the heat strong. Linda H. was
short in condition and soon came in close. After
being taken on ground where birds were neither
dog seemed to find. Birds were flushed severad
times by those following, having lain close whilst the
brace were working the cover. Up at 12.
blue Bonnet-Belvidere — Cast off in nearby ground
at 12:10. Starting away in the open grass for pre-
liminary action, both set off at a merry clip. Bel-
vedere is a high headed stylish ranger, and worked
his ground in a pleasing way. He was not overly
certain in finding and holding on to his birds. Bon-
net showed animation and system in her work and
was steadier on birds, in range and speed she held
her owTn. Several staunch points developed, both
were steady to shot and wing. Bonnet having the
best of the argument. Both dogs were in charge
of W. B. Coutts. a hard task for a handler. At
times the dogs were a considerable distance apart,
the judges separating and each taking a dog under
supervision. Up at 12:40.
This heat was the best run in the forenoon. The
party adjourned to the Gosford' ranch house for
lunch and shelter from the cold wind and rain.
Norah Blue, a bye — Cast off at 3 o'clock in Sec-
tion 21. — Norah has lots of speed, is a pretty ranger,
has plenty of style and a slight penchant for fur.
Birds were found in good working cover, but she
neglected to show her abilities in bird work, under
good control, however. TJp at 3:40.
The judges announced Blue Bonnet with Jo, The
Judge with Belvidere and Norah Blue reserve, as
the dogs carried into the second series.
Blue Bonnet- Jo — Down at 3:55 in the eastern half
of Section 21. Bonnet's showing was better than
Jo. Neither dog had opportunity on birds. Up at
4:30.
Belvidere-The Judge — Sent away over same ground
at 4:35. The heat developed into a race for a show-
ing of pace and range. Birds were scattered in weed
cover and among the trees, but were not located by
either dog. Up at 5:00.
The judges then announced the awards — Blue Bon-
net first. Jo second and Norah Blue third.
The draw for the Members' stake Monday night
was the following: Sister with Lemonade. Senator's
Don with Trap. Hickorywood, a bye.
Tuesday, January 25. 1910. — Section 15. southwest
of Gosford station, was the ground selected for this
morning. The first brace was put down at 9:20.
Both dogs cut away at the word and sped off over
the open grassy ground. This enabled the judges to
get a line on the style, speed and bird-hunting quali-
ties of the dogs. Going on through scattered trees
and heavy brush coverts the course led to a grass-
grown plateau. The morning was ideal for the game,
after the cold, frosty night.
The sun had warmed the open field and ground
just enough to tempt the birds out of the shelter of
the heavy brush to begin operations in the pecking
line.
Birds were soon located and the premier heat of
the meeting was on. The pointer had something to
spare over the setter in speed and far ranging. The
setter had the class and -finish so desirable for the
upland sportsman. For ten minutes it was nip and
tuck between these two thoroughbreds. Point after
point was called by the owner-handlers. Lansing
Tevis in charge of Sister and Joe Terry handling
Lemmie.
At the order of the judges, pointed birds were
flushed and shot by both owners. Each dog was
steady to the report of the shotgun and remained
stanch wrhen the birds flushed. Joe Terry in this
heat won encomiums from the assemblage of sports-
men, intently following every detail of the race.
Terry's shotgun work was clever to a degree.
A pleasing feature of the heat developed when
Lemonade retrieved a bird and returning to master
dropped into a neat point with the retrieved quail
in her mouth. These two seasoned dogs put up the
best race of the meeting. Eoth are endowed with
plenty of "bird-sense," and each honored the others
point with the proper backing. Eoth were merry and
had the style, but the pointer covered the most
ground.
Senator's Don-Trap — Cast off at 9:45 working back
over the same and adjacent territory. Don handled
by Jack Flynn. Trap handled by GDrdon Tevis. Don
is a son of the famous pointer Ch. Senator P. He
is a most desirable looking dog, speedy, and a good
worker over ground, but he was handicapped in one
respect. He arrived at Bakersfield in the morning
by express, and within an hour was put down in the
field — rather a long call on a dog's abilities. His
work on birds during the day in this and another
heat was not up to requirements. He slobbered
sadly when he should have made a bevy point. Trap
made the most pleasing points, and showed style
and class all the way. In this, however, he did not
keep up his efforts in succeeding heats, rather in-
different at the end. TJp at 10:15.
Hickorywood. a bye — Down in Section 16 adjoin-
ing, at 10:30. Hickory was handled by Lansing
Tevis. He proved to be an excellent shooting dog,
a bit slow by age and did not show the class to
carry him any further in the stake.
The judges called for Sister and Trap to run the
first heat of the second series.
Sister-Trap — Sent away in Section 20 at 11:10.
This heat was a pleasing one, Sister circled rings
around her kennel mate. Trap came close to potter-
ing on birds several times. Sister's work on birds
was very good. She is a seasoned and well trained
bitch now, her Derby evolutions on rabbits when she
was a green one were remembered by more than
one of the sportsmen present. Up at 11:45.
The judges announced the winners: Sister first.
Trap second, Lemonade third.
Adjournment for lunch at the Gosford ranch house.
The draw for the All-Age after refreshments wras as
follows: Tiburon with Trap. Eurydice with Sister.
Blue Boy with Hickorywood. Senator's Don, a bye.
Tiburon-Trap — Cast off at 2:05 in Section 17, away
over the open grassy field, Tiburon had the range
and pace on the pointer. She is very intense and
merry in her work, quartering her ground accepta-
bly and going high headed with a merry tail. Both
dogs passed through cover that yielded birds, flushed
by the cavalcade following. Both dogs finally got
on birds and showed class, each backing the other
on point. Tiburon was credited with 3 steady points.
Trap made 2 and also put up a flush, this being his
third heat for the day, he was a bit unsteady at
the close. Up at 2:45.
Eurydice-Sister — Driving over to Section 21, this
pair took the word at 3:10. The pointer cut into
her work in snappy style throughout most of this
heat, making several sylish points. Eurydice is very
speedy and stylish and a fine ranger and quarterer.
but neglected to establish herself on birds several
times. She was credited with 2 points, she evidently
needs a bit more finishing work on birds. Up at
3:40.
Blue Boy-Hickory wood — Cast off at 3:45 through
the same ground. Blue Boy outfooted the pointer
all through the heat. Hickory could not resist a
brush after rabbits. Blue worked nicely when birds
were located. Up at 4:15.
Senator's Don, a bye — Put down at 4:25 in the
north end of same section. Don showed to good ad-
vantage so far as his ranging and pace qualities
went, but on birds he was deficient.
Wednesday, January 26, 1910.^-The first heat of
the second series was between Tiburon and Sister.
The brace was cast off at 9:45 in a field known as
Section 22, seven miles southwest of Bakersfield.
The ground was open with plenty of low, grassy
cover. An unobstructed view of the dogs as they
made wide casts and quartered the ground in search
of birds showed that the setter outpaced and out-
ranged the pointer. Birds were finally located by
Tiburon, who pointed nicely and was steady. After
the birds scattered they were followed and relocated.
The pointer seemed to rely on her handler for
direction, stayed in rather close and made several
Saturday, February 5, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
points. Each dog showed good class in handling
the birds, far better than their efforts of the preced-
ing day. Up at 10:35.
Eurydice-Senator's Don — Put down at 10:40 on
ground wrhere birds had previously been located. In
this heat Don redeemed himself for slovenly work
on Tuesday. His speed, style and range being very
acceptable. Don pointed several birds and was
stanch throughout. The setter missed several op-
portunities to locate birds and establish herself. Her
outside performance, however, made up the balance
for a look in with Don on the award for equal third.
Don ran in this series under the rule that
allows the bye dog in the first series to go against
another dog in the second series.
Summary.
Bakersfield, January 24, 1910. — Pacific Coast Field
Trial Club's twenty-seventh Annual Derby, for
pointers and setters whelped on or after January
1, 190S. Cups to placed dogs, purse divided 50, 30 and
20 per cent, 17 nominations, 9 starters — S English
setters, 1 pointer. Judges. Wm. Dormer, P. H.
Brvson.
I.
Jo, liver and white pointer dog, Houghton's Doc-
Queen, whelped March 8, 1908. Lloyd Tevis. Stock-
dale, owner. M. R. Dodge, handler,
with
The Judge, white, black and tan English setter
dog, Ch. Count Whitestone-Glimmer, whelped May
6. 1908. F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento, owner. W.
B. Coutts, handler.
Shasta Queen, white and lemon English setter
bitch, Ch. Count Whitestone-Glimmer, whelped May
6, 1908. Jos. E. Terry, Sacramento, Cal.. owner. W.
B. Coutts, handler.
with
Caesar's Keepsake, black, white and tan English
setter bitch, Caesar-Keepsake, whelped June 1, 1908.
W. H. Estabrook, Idaho City, owner. W. B. Coutts.
handler.
Linda H., black, white and tan English setter bitch,
Cavalier-Belinda, whelped April — , 1908. A. R.
Hardin, San Francisco, owner. W. B. Coutts,
handler.
with
Miss Ives, black, white and ticked English setter
bitch, St. Ives-Kil's Moxie, whelped June 1, 1908,
S. Christenson, San Francisco, owner. W. B. Coutts,
handler.
Blue Bonnet, white, black and ticked English set-
ter bitch, Boy BIue-Tiburon, whelped , 1908.
J. B. Chase, San Francisco, owner. W. B. Coutts,
handler.
with
Belvidere, black, white and tan English setter dog,
Caesar-Keepsake, whelped June 1, 1909. S. Chris-
tenson, San Francisco, owner. W. B. Coutts, handler
Norah Blue, white, black and ticked English setter
bitch, Boy Blue-Lackawana, whelped 190S.
J. G. Roberts, Madera, owner. W. B. Coutts, handler.
A ble.
II.
Blue Bonnet with Jo.
The Judge with Belvidere.
Xorah Blue, reserve.
First, Blue Bonnet. Second, Jo. Third, Norah
Blue.
Bakersfield, January 25, 1910. — Pacific Coast Field
Trials Club's twenty-seventh annual Members' Stake,
5 nominations, 5 starters — 4 pointers, I Eng-
lish setter. Judges, Win. Dormer, P. H. Bryson.
Cups to winners, purse, 50, 30 and 20 per cent.
I.
Sister, liver and white pointer bitch. Combination
Boy-Pearl's Jingo. Lansing Tevis, Stockdale, owner
and handler.
with
Lemonade, white and lemon English setter bitch,
Ch. Kilgarif-Belle Fontaine. Jos. E. Terry, Sacra-
mento, owner and handler.
Senator's Don, white and lemon pointer dog, by
Ch. Senator P.-Flynn's Dolly Jingo. J. W. Flynn, San
Francisco, owner and handler,
with
Trap, white and liver pointer dog, Sandalwood-
Bessie. Gordon Tevis, Stockdale, owner and handler.
Hickorywood, white and liver pointer dog, Ch.
Cuba of Kenwood-Petronella. Lansing Tevis, Stock-
dale, owner and handler, a bye.
II.
Trap with Sister.
First, Sister. Second, Trap. Third, Lemonade.
Bakersfield, January 25, 1910. — Pacific Coast Field
Trials Club's twenty-seventh annual All-Age Stake,
7 nominations, 7 starters — 4 pointers, 3 English
setters. Cups to winner, purse 50, 30 and 20 per
cent. Judges, Wm. Dormer, P. H. Bryson.
I.
Tiburon, white, black and ticked English setter
bitch. Uncle Jimmie Whitestone-Belle Fontaine. E.
Courtney Ford, San Francisco, owner. W. B. Coutts,
handler.
with
Trap, liver and white pointer dog, Sandalwood-Bessie.
Gordon Tevis, Stockdale, owner. M. R. Dodge,
handler.
Eurydice, white, black and ticked English setter
bitch, Ch. Kilgarif-Moxey Danstone. Jos. E. Terry,
Sacramento, owner. W. B. Coutts, handler,
with
Sister, liver and white pointer bitch. Combination
Boy-Pearl's Jingo. Lansing Tevis, Stockdale, owner.
M. R. Dodge, handler.
Blue Boy. white, black, tan and ticked English
setter dog, Boy Blue-Lackawana. A. A. Moore, San
Francisco, owner. W. B. Coutts, handler,
with
Hickorywood, white and liver pointer dog, Ch.
Cuba of Kenwood-Petronella. Lansing Tevis, Stock-
dale, owner. M. R. Dodge, handler.
Senator's Don, white and lemon pointer dog, Ch.
Senator P.-Flynn's Dolly Jingo. . J. W. Flynn, San
Francisco, owner. W. B. Coutts, handler.
II.
Tiburon with Sister.
Eurydice with Senator's Don.
First, Tiburon. Second, Sister. Equal third, Eury-
dice, Senator's Don.
GOOSE SHOOTING IN THE NORTHWEST.
The sport of wild goose shooting in California has
been given frequent mention in these columns. The
methods employed by the professional hunters, who
take charge of shooting parties, their remarkable
skill in calling the aerial caravans into the blinds,
the live goose decoys and numerous accessories to
the sport have been explained to our readers. In
contrast we give here a story by a writer in Rod and
Gun in Canada, descriptive of a goose shooting trip,
presumably in Alberta or possibly Calgary Province:
I had been told that the days of stirring adventure
were past in the AVest, or, at least, in that part of
the West where I then was located, and so was
content with the prospect of a goose-hunt in company
with three other young fellows of my acquaintance.
I changed my mind about the reported docility of the
West before another day was done.
We started out in a buckboard the night before,
with the necessary equipment for a successful shoot,
consisting of four 10-gauge guns, which wre managed
to procure in the village, enough ammunition to stock
a first-class battleship for a week, and provisions cal-
culated to last the day. We had also about a dozen
good decoys, and sufficient white cotton cloth to
make more if we required them. I was informed that
a piece of stick with some white cloth wrapped
around it and stuck in the ground was quite sufficient
in the early grey of the morning to fool the wariest
goose into approaching within gun-range, and I
found that it really was. Thus equipped, we then
set out in the evening for a disused stable on one
of the old Hudson Bay sections, about a mile from
the place where we intended to commence operations
in the morning. It was a glorious moonlight night,
with just the suspicion of frost in the air," and not
a breath of wind was blowing. Houses were scarce
in the district in which we were driving owing to the
fact that the country was largely hay-flat, stretching
away to the lake, and of little use for farming of
any kind. The stable,, when we reached it, proved to
be little better than a shelter from the sun, being
built of rough lumber which had shrunk and left
large chinks betwTeen the boards; the roof was of
straw spread on poles about a foot apart, and the
windows and doors were gone. Altogether good ven-
tilation was its only merit as a dwelling for the night.
Our horse we blanketed and tied outside, feeding it
with some hay which we found at the edge of a
slough near by. Then We spread some of the hay
on the floor of the building for beds and composed
ourselves for a few hours' sleep.
I had been unfortunate enough to choose a place
directly beneath the window, and the chilly breeze
kept playing over my uncovered body. I burrowed
into the hay and found myself on the hard ground,
feeling cramped and cold. The others must have
been affected in the same manner, for one of the
party rose in the early hours of the morning, and,
clearing away a bare spot in the center of the floor,
lit a fire from the scattered hay and twigs around
the building. It smoked a good deal at first, but
soon flared up into a cheerful blaze, and we were
enjoying the heat which was thrown out when it
was discovered that the sparks were flying upwards
and lodging in the straw roof, which commenced to
crackle and burn where the straw was dry. There
was a wild rush for the door, and everybody fran-
tically searched around for some means to quench
the fire. An old battered pail was at length found
among a pile of rubbish at the end of the shed, and,
while one of our party mounted the now burning
roof, the others kept running to and from the near-
by slough, carrying water until the incipient con-
flagration was put out. The exercise warmed us
somewhat but our nerves were not in a condition to
allow of sleep for some time. When we did finally
drop off, it was only to be awakened in a somewhat
rude manner.
I can hardly explain the effect which was produced
by the sound which shattered our slumbers, for it
resembled nothing in the world which I had ever
heard. It was as if all the demons of the infernal
regions had broken loose in one horrible, inharmoni-
ous, fiendish chorus. It ran into all the keys of
about five octaves, and was composed of all the dis-
cords possible between the first and the fifth. It
froze the blood, it set the teeth on edge, it sent a
cold shiver down the spine, and it made you wish
for home. And while I was shivering and holding
my breath in fear lest my very breathing might dis-
cover my whereabouts to the singers of the infernal
chorus, a figure reared itself between me and the
moon in the narrow window aperture — a figure which
framed itself, huge, and shaggy, and grim, against
the white light of the full moon, and looked within
at us lying there. I was too much paralyzed to so
much as call out; but when I did sufficiently gain
control of my faculties 1 uttered such a yell as made
the chorus without cease for very shame that they
could not equal it. The intruder, more frigtened
than I, leaped down from its point of observation,
and we could hear its soft pad, pad, as it scurried
away a short distance and then sat down to con-
sider matters. We all made for the door, and could
perceive numerous figures flitting about in the moon-
light among the scattered scrub, looking preternatur-
ally large and weird in the moonlight, for when
we had fully wakened up and recovered from the
first shock of fear we realized that these noisy break-
ers of our peace were merely the cowardly, harmless
prairie prowlers known as coyotes. They had been
accustomed to use the place as a general rendezvous
for their evening concerts, and were probably more
surprised and frightened at our appearance than we
were at theirs — though I doubt that very much. We
had a couple of shots at them as they slunk away,
but our aim was uncertain in the moonlight, and our
shooting only served to accelerate their departure.
Their fitful howls could be heard all night, but they
never approached near enough to be really disagree-
able again.
After all the hairbreadth escapes and hair-raising
adventures of the night, our tempers were in no state
to endure quietly the next misfortune which met us.
Our horse, which we had tied securely outside, had
broken loose, terrified, no doubt, by the howling of
our midnight visitors, and when we came to the
place where we had left him we found nothing but
the broken halter, still securely tied to the poles
outside the shed. Our hearts were too full for
words, but the few which we did utter made the very-
moon hide her face behind a cloud for shame. There
was nothing for it but to set out on a systematic
hunt, which wTe did, going out in all directions from
the building. We were on the point of giving up the
search till daylight, when one of the searchers to
the north called out to us that he had sighted the
animal. We had no difficulty in capturing him, as he
was feeding quietly at a hay-coil on the other side
of the slough. We led him back triumphantly by
the forelock .and that ended our adventures for the
night.
By this time the moon was sinking in the west,
and everything indicated that it would not be long
till dawn. We therefore concluded that it was not
worth while going back to sleep. The prospect of
goose-shooting, after the adventures of the night,
seemed tame in comparison, and our enthusiasm and
sporting zeal were dampened by lack of sleep, and
by the chilliness of the "hour before the dawn." We
were tired and irritable and cold and hungry, and we
spoke to each other in monosyllables, for we felt
offended in an unreasoning sort of way for the loss
of our night's sleep. Nevertheless, we hitched up,
bundled into the buggy, and set out for our desti-
nation, which was a stubble field at some distance
to windward of the lake. Thither we expected the
geese to fly on their way to their feeding grounds
from their night quarters on the lake. We unshipped
our equipment, and, while one of the party proceeded
with the horse some distance, and tied him to the
buggy, the others set to work to fix the decoys and
to scoop out holes in the ground some distance apart,
where we might lie concealed as the morning flight
came over. These holes we lined with straw and
stubble, on which we lay, covering ourselves over
with like material. The ground was fairly warm,
and we were more comfortable in our lairs than we
had been in the shed, and there we lay watching, too
sleepy and tired to be optimistic.
The moon was very low in the west, and the sky
in the east had the leaden-grey color which presages
the dawn. The decoys scattered round us looked
singularly ghostlike in the uncertain light, and alto-
gether everything seemed about us as dead and dis-
couraging as it well could. I commenced to doze,
and awakened with a start as a great white owl
flapped low above our hiding-places, attracted, no
doubt, by the appearance of the white decoys, and
then passed noiselessly aw'ay on its early morning
quest.
The minutes passed on leaden wings, the sky in
the east took on a reddish tinge, and a strange whis-
tling little breeze began to pla}r in the stubble — the
first intimation of life in that dead stillness.
How long we lay there, alternately dozing and
watching dreamily those ghostly decoys, I don't
know, but it seemed hours. We were stiff and
cramped on account of the close quarters in which
we lay, and too lethargic to think of changing our
positions. And then suddenly all our senses became
alert, every vestige of sleepiness left us, and we wrere
in a moment wide awake, eager sportsmen, with guns
tight-gripped and nervous finger on the trigger-guard.
For suddenly, from over the lake to westward, there
came to our listening ears the faintest sound im-
aginable, one solitary, querulous little cry, as a child
just half-awake. It was repeated at different points,
till the whole lake seemed alive with it, and finally
it became merged "into one volume of sound, which
ever increased in loudness till it became a clanging,
cackling, discord of calls and cries and screams.
The day was awake! Then, when the screaming
was at its loudest, the air boomed with the roar of
rushing pinions, and our game was on the wing.
These roars were repeated at intervals as detached
and late-sleeping flocks awoke and took flight.
For a few moments we waited, tense with excite-
ment, with our eyes strained over the grey reaches
It
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 5, 1910.
of the lake for any sight of the oncoming flock. The
noise had somewhat subsided by this time, and was
more orderly in character. Suddenly, out of the grey
of the sky, a tremulous wave of misty forms became
visible, advancing straight towards us.
On they came, a long V-shaped line, with a great
grey goose at the apex, and his followers in regular
order behind, the ends of the line tremulous, and
seeming to sway with the breeze. The first shaft
of the rising sun shot up behind us, turning the stub-
ble to gold, and as the great wavy line came on their
snowy pinions flashed silver in its rays. Nearer
they came, cleaving the air with the apex of the V
as the prow of a ship might cleave the water. In my
admiration of the sight I almost forgot that we were
there for the express purpose of breaking up that
line and spoiling its symmetry — ambushed enemies
lying in wait for that well-marshalled host, to
deal havoc among its ranks and disorganize its for-
mation.
The great grey leader caught sight of the decoys
before the flock was within range, and swung aside
to contemplate them giving vent to friendly ques-
tioning cries. The entire flocks deviated after the
leader, and began circling in ever-converging arcs,
as if in the attitude to alight. Nearer and nearer,
lower and lower they came, still we could see their
eyes and mark the great strength of pinion and
mighty width of breast. Their line was broken, and
they were dissolved into a disorderly, screaming
flock. Then it was that we let loose and pumped all
the eight barrels of our 10-bore artillery into their
disorganized ranks, reloading quickly before the
surprised and scattered flock could get out of range,
and letting them have four more barrels. With a
mighty roar of wings they flung themselves back,
the great grey leader screaming commands, seem-
ing himself impervious to the rain of BB shot which
hailed around him, and strewed the stubble with the
white bodies of his comrades. Then they were out
of range, forming ranks again with angry, surprised
screams at the treacherw which had been perpetrated
upon them. And then we came out of our lairs and
counted the dead. There were twelve in all, and
four badly wounded, which we pursued and quickly
put out of misery — not bad for three minutes' shoot-
ing. No more flocks, however, came our way for
the rest of the morning.
We sat back, lit our pipes, and surveyed the scene.
The sun was fully up, shining gold across the stubble,
which crackled in the heat. The chilliness had
gone out of the atmosphere, and the warmth was
very grateful to our cramped and numbed limbs. We
were contented with the supreme contest of success-
ful sportsmen after a good bag; and we silently
voted that life was worth living and that we had had
a good morning's sport.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
The open season for wild ducks and shore birds,
locally, is in the sere and yellow. The season for
quail shooting closed January 31st. The close sea-
son for wild ducks and shore birds will begin on
February 15th. The open season for English or
Wilson snipe will continue, more's the pity until
April 1st. It is to be hoped that this long open
period on these dainty game birds will be curtailed
at the next session of our legislature. As it is
now the birds are shot, towards the end of the open
season, after they have mated and have commenced
the breeding season.
Shooting conditions hereabout for the past week
have been rather desultory. So far as limits or
even fair bags are concerned, the sport is practically
ended now. Here and there, however, the pres-
ence of birds induces gunners to take a day off and
out after the birds. The best shooting from now
on will prevail around the bay shores where the
canvasbacks and bluebills congregate.
The locality of their gatherings, however, is gener-
ally uncertain, depending upon the direction of the
wind. The birds usually work over to both sides of
the bay shores when the weather is stormy enough
to make the bay waters an uncomfortable resting
place. The all-round marsh grubber, the spoonbill,
generally acts in unison with the deep-water birds.
The deepwater ducks have had a pummeling this
season that has made them pretty wary. They have
a fashion now of pitching into the bay marsh lands
and sloughs during the night hours in search of food.
Before daybreak they seek the bay water expanse
for rest and safety from the gunners. On these in-
and-out Alights their course over dangerous locali-
ties is at a very high elevation.
The other ducks have generally left the marsh
feeding places for the fresh water puddles and
overflows. Here they find all kinds of floating seeds,
fresh vegetation and insects as well. The sprig
are greedy to find newly overflowed fields where
they gorge themselves on crickets they find ma-
rooned on lumps of adobe. The recent heavy rains
have created so many fresh water ponds and puddles
all over the country districts that the birds have
scattered so much it is now very difficult to find
them in large flocks and also very hard to "work"
them out in the open.
Last Sunday the bay marshes were enfolded in
a heavy tule fog and at comparatively few resorts
was there much shooting indulged in.
The previous week, Sunday morning opened up
dark and gloomy, the threatened rain fell, accom-
panied by a strong southeast wind. Coupled with
this heavy weather was an extremely high tide
in the ear'y hours and forenoon. These conditions
handicapped most of the marsh guns, but in many
<se< lions favored the bay shore shooters when the
birds took wing for lee shores and sheltering sloughs.
Along the San Pablo shores many canvasback and
bluebills were bagged. At Sobrante there was excel-
lent "can" and bluebill shooting. Tom Ellery was
one of many limit engineers. Jules Bruns and Jack
McGovern had a cut in on these birds last Tues-
day from blinds near the Vigorit shore. On this
particular day in that locality the birds came in
under the lee of the shore hills in flocks of thous-
ands.
The east side bay flats are studded, from Sixteenth
street, Oakland, clear up to the Selby smelters, with
duck blinds. Some are floating contrivances, cov-
ered with brush or tules, inside of which the gun-
ner and his boat are concealed; others are built up
on platforms. Even isolated piles have been util-
ized, fitted up with a crow's nest blind hung up
just out of reach of the tide, where the sharpshooter
remains perched in cramped quarters until the tide
goes out or he is taken off in a boat. In some coves
there is the semblance of a village of lake dwellers,
so numerous are the tule-covered duck deadfalls.
How casualties are avoided is a problem, for many
blinds are close enough to each other to make the
sport exceedingly dangerous if the birds are flying
in numbers. On one pond near Giant, good for one
blind, there are four tule-covered boxes, all within
a radius of sixty yards. Some of the floating blinds
are compact and built on the battle-ship order, ap-
parently impervious to shot; others again are flimsy
as spider webs.
Probably the most unique and original locations
yet selected for duck-shooting covers are the cement
built-up man holes projecting from the upper sur-
faces of the big sewers leading from the Oakland
shores off the Sixteenth-street station. Here these
big cement sewers run out nearly a quarter of a
mile. At high tide they are submerged, the small,
round manhole towers loom up like so many light-
houses. On top the independent gunner perches him-
self, laying low for a crack at any careless ducks
that fly by anywhere inside of 100 yards, often over
that distance!
Last Sunday along the Oakland and Berkeley
shores there was a small army of oilskin-coated and
gumbooted men and boys ready for any duck or
ducks that came their way. It must be great sport,
for when one shooter has a chance to blaze away,
there is also equal opportunity for the whole bunch
near by. Should the bird fall, there is a general
scramble for the duck, if there is anything left of
it after the fusilade.
A number of the Suisun duck clubs have practi-
cally closed the season since the 15th instant, on ac-
count of high water and the noticeable decrease in
the webfoot supply. The exceptionally high tide
two weeks ago put plenty of water all over the
marsh, going over the levees in many places.
Captain Seymour recently purchased the last piece
of the old Chamberlain estate, located on the west
side of the tract, some 250 acres in all, and with
several other sportsmen will form a club. These
new grounds are about a mile above the Cordelia
Club preserve, in the Cordelia slough, and can be
reached by launch from Cygnus. It is further ru-
mored that a wealthy gentleman and prominent
sportsman has purchased the Harriman preserve,
formerly the duck-hunting lodge of the late Herman
Oelrichs, and will soon commence improving the
place and prepairing for a campaign against the
ducks next season.
Two weeks ago the Allegre preserve had no
shooters, the Cordelia preserve also was silent. At
the Ibis Club Ed McGary shot on Saturday and got
a few nice birds, but no one shot there Sunday.
Guy Earl and his son were at the old Harvey place
and secured a nice little bag of bluebills and can-
vasbacks on Saturday, but the ponds were given
over to the birds again on Sunday.
On the preserve of the Volante Club Harry
Blatehly scored a fine limit of sprig and teal. Jim
Maynard, bagged twenty-one birds. Pete Howard,
Walter Kaufman and John Mahoney averaged about
a dozen apiece, all fine birds.
Last Sunday Maynard, Doc McKee, Pete Howard
with Tom Macauley, H. W. Welch and Louis Lolf-
quest as guests, enjoyed a fair shoot on ducks and
English snipe. Macauley who is 72 years of age and
a veteran duck shooter, was in a blind with Maynard
and. shot a half dozen teal.
At Calhoun's place eight or ten guns enlivened the
sport all day long. W. Leavitt, a guest, was high
gun, with fourteen fat ducks; the balance got from
half a dozen birds apiece up. No one shot at the
Family Club, the Oelrichs place or at Green Lodge.
On the inland Alameda marsh ponds shooting has
been of a desultory character, what birds, if any.
gunners at the different resorts have shot, have
been spoonbills, in pretty good condition for this
time of the season. Along the bay shore the sport
has been fairly good for "blueys" and "cans."
In the vicinity of Sears point, on the Sonoma
marsh, with the exception of Tubbs island, every
section frequented by the hunters has been devoid
of ducks. On the island preserve the "cans" are
so thick that one could not drive them away with
a club.
Richardson's bay has proved a pleasing shooting
ground for over a week. Charles Bouton has a
blind near Tiburon and has been getting a good
shoot daily.
Black brant shooting in Tomales bay has been
only fair. The birds have become extra wary, hav-
ing been well hunted this season.
Fishing for steelhead trout iu, or above, tidewater
is now in close seasou until April 1st. Last Sunday
was the final opportunity for indulgence in this
sport. The best catch reported was made at
Schellville on Sonoma creek, where a half dozen
local anglers landed 16 fine fish averaging about 12
pounds each.
The largest steelhead reported this season as the
prize for a local rodster kept Louis Gotthelf busy
for a while Sunday, January 25th. in Paper Mill
creek tidewater near Point Reyes station, Marin
county. The fish was a handsome specimen and
fresh run from the ocean. It was a "buck" and
weighed nineteen pounds, the heftiest steelhead
trout caught in that resort for many years past. But
few other fish were caught, weather conditions not
being congenial for the sport. The rod enthusiasts
present were George A. Wentworth, George Roberts,
Attorney Perry, Al Barker, Harry Baker, Frank
Smith, "Midnight" Miller, "Parson" Jackson, Wil-
liam Kennedy, "Cottager" Christ, John Boedefelde,
E. Bucker, George Uri, Mose Uri, Joe Uri and others.
Last Sunday a few small trout were caught.
Russian river, near Duncan's Mills, was still on
the visiting list of a few anglers. William Mackay,
among others, spent several days at the river pools
and holes and caught seven steelhead running about
five and six pounds each in weight.
The recent rains flavoring the saline waters have
induced the steelhead to "come in" everywhere. The
fish have entered at the Golden Gate and spread
out in various directions. The Oakland estuary
in days gone by used to be quite a satisfactory fish-
ing ground. That these trout still frequent the rather
savory waters over that way is shown by a curi-
ous incident, for which John Fatjo is the sponsor.
One day recently he saw a large fish jump from the
water near the Park-street bridge. The fish hap-
pened to land in a boat that was moored there.
Fatjo got busy immediately and soon secured the
fish. It proved to be a steelhead that scaled eight
pounds.
Near Schellville. Sonoma creek, recently yielded
fair returns for several anglers. Al Martin, Bob
Johnson, John Stevens and a number of Schellville
fishers. The fish caught were large ones. Both
Sonoma and Petaluma creeks once afforded excellent
steelhead sport. Possibly, under favorable condi-
tions, the fishing is still good. It has been the ex-
ception, however, of late years for much prospect-
ing by our local anglers in those waters.
Above Napa, a mile and a half, in Napa creek,
there is a dam. Below this dam there was a fine
pool. The pool is still there, about fifty feet in di-
ameter, but it needs cleaning out badly, if good fish-
ing is desired. Brush and other debris choke up the
w-ater so much that all chance for playing a fish
hooked there is out of the question. Should a steel-
head get a tew feet of line out, odds on that it will
escape. Two ' weeks ago the pool was full of big
trout, plainly to be seen swimming here and there.
The creek further down, which once was a favorite
with anglers, is also pretty well obstructed with
wLlows and other growths. About forty "natives,"
mostly foreigners, were after the luckless trout that
Sunday with a vengeance — and also rods and hand
lines. Walter J. Burlingame tried a. number of casts
in the orthodox style, and caught several trout. The
largest trout landed was a twelve-pounder.
Pescadero creek, in San Mateo county, is re-
ported as being well supplied with steelhead trout.
Charles F. Breidenstein and Fred Sarcander of Pu-
rissima have caught some fine fish there since Fri-
day. Another inducement lor the presence of these
two sportsmen at that resort is a near-by snipe-
shooting patch and anundance of fresh mushrooms,
to be found on adjacent pasture lands.
There was very recently a large run of steelhead
trout in the San Lorenzo river in Santa Cruz county,
reported to be the most prolific visit of the fish for
several years. The trout are working their way up
to the head-waters spawning grounds of that stream
and not neglecting the tributary creeks.
In Monterey bay recently big steel-head were ob-
served in large numbers in the waters along the
shore from Monterey up as far as Del Monte.
Local anglers are always on the qui vive for trout
notes from Santa Cruz county and Monterey bay.
In that territory there are over thirty available
streams and creeks. The present data is an accept-
able tip for the 1st of April coming.
Handline fishermen a're jubilant over the appear-
ance of tomcod in the bay. The fish run rather small,
however. Powell-street wharf has been daily the re-
sort of many tomcodders. This fish is not only a
sweet panfish, but is a game fighter. On light tackle
it shows a surprising lot of ginger.
COMING EVESTS.
Bencb SIiown.
Feb. 8-11 — Fanciers" Association of Indiana. In-
dianapolis, Ind. C. R. Millhouse. Sec'y. Entries
close Feb. 1.
Feb. 9-12 — "Westminster Kennel Club. New York
City. Win. Rauch, Chairman*
Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas.
W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y.
March 1-3 — Pine Tree Kennel Club. Portland, Me.
Elinor S. Moody, Sec'y.
March 1-4 — Buffalo Kennel Club. Buffalo, N. T.
Seymour P. White, Sec'y.
March 2-4 — Central New York Kennel Association.
Utica, N. Y. Thos. S. Jackson, Sec'y.
March S-ll — Erie Kennel Club. Erie, Pa. Lyman
T. Whitehead, Sec'y.
March 16-19 — Duquesne Kennel Club of Western
Pennsylvania. Pittsburg. Pa. B. Cummings,
Sec'y.
March 23-26 — Kodak Citv Kennel Club. Rochester
N. Y. Jos. H. Church. Sec'y.
March 21-24 — Chicago Kennel Club. Chicago. 111. F.
A. Fisher, Sec'y.
Saturday, February 5, 1910.]
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farm, or until they have reached about
160 pounds live weight, or 96 pounds
of veal. This weight may be attained
in a month, provided the calves are
fattened as quickly as possible, but
one cannot expect to do it unless the
calves are fed three times a day. An
effort should also be made to have
the calves fat at the time veal com-
mands a high price, otherwise the re-
turns from vealing calves, or whole
milk may not be at all satisfactory.
FRESH MANURE MOST VALUABLE.
Manure is more valuable when fresh
than at any other time. There is al-
ways a loss of plant food in the
process of fermentation of the manure
heap. There is also a large loss of or-
ganic matter. This is true not only
scientifically and theoretically, but
practically.
Numerous experiments have proved
that fresh manure has shown almost
uniform gains over rotted manure.
That old phrase, "Well-rotted stable
manure," has done untold harm, and
must answer for more soil impover-
ishment than any other phrase that
has ever been in the agricultural
press. This is not meant as a criti-
cism upon the gardener or trucker, for
there are good reasons why thej
should use decomposed manure, and
plenty of it. But for the general
farmer, raising staple crops, and for
whom the manure supply is limited, it
is a bad doctrine and a worse practice.
As we travel over the country we
still occasionally see manure hauled
out and left in small piles to be
spread at a more convenient time.
Don't do it. It is a waste of time,
labor and fertility. We are often
asked at the institutes if it is ad-
visable to spread manure on rolling
land in winter. The answer is yes,
nearly always. There may sometimes
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By Stam B. 2:11%
Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
son in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
a good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya, was out of that famous old California
race mare Mary Lou 2:17. the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07%. and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jenny, the dam of three fast and freouent race winners, viz.:. Ned "Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15»4 and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, CHICO, Gal.
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chico, Cal.
Plow Edition of John Splan's Book
Life With the Trotter
99
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
" Life With the Trotcer gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase
pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work ia replete with interest, and should be read by all
sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrineB of kindnesB to the horse from start to finish.
Address, Breeder and Sportsman I'. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Oal.
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Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
DAN PATCH hm
81 Standard Performers— 10 in 1909—
Largest number for any stallion of his
age. Dan has 6 in the 2:10 list and I know
of 10 more Dan Patch Colts that can easily
enter the 2J.0 list in 1910 barring injuries
or accidents.
Judping From Actual Breeding Results
I believe it is impossible to breed a high
grade mare to Dan Patch and not raise a
2:10 to 2.-05 pacer or trotter barring acci-
dents. Many of Dans fastest colts on my
farm are trotters.
I feel sure that Dan Patch will be the
greatest sire of 2:10 performers that the
world has ever seen. I HAVE ONE MARE
COSTING HE $150. THAT HAS RAISED HE
DAN PATCH COLTS COMMANDING $25,000
CASH. Your high class mare may raise a
$25,000 to $50,000 colt if you breed to the
Great Champion of All Champions who
has gone more Extremely Fast Miles than
the combined miles of all the trotters and
pacers that have ever lived.
Dan Patch has paced one mile in 1:55
—one mile in 1:55^— two miles in 1:56 and
37 miles averaging 1:59>2.
Dan Patch has every possible auah'-
fication to build up the greatest harness
horse family on earth. He traces twice to
Geo. Wilkes,— three times to Hamble-
tonian 10,— three times to Mambrino Chief,
— twice to American Clay and back to Im-
ported Messenger 43 times. Dan Patch
mares are proving to be high class pro-
ducing mares and his colts rank high as
sires.
Dans Fee for 1910 is $300, cash or note,
with living foal insured— standard mares
with 2:10 records or 2:10 standard pro-
ducing mares bred on shares if desired.
A Large and New Picture of Dan
Patch, out of harness, mailed free if you
—Name This Paper— and tell me how
many mares you breed. Address,
M. W. SAVAGE, Minneapolis, Minn.
Or — International Stock Food Farm.
Savage, Minn.
The Stallion Number
-OF THE-
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Will be Issued Feb. 26/10
It will have a handsome cover in colors, contain many illustrations and be re-
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IF YOU OWN A STALLION
don't fail to advertise him in this number, as an advertisement in this issue will
reach every owner of a good mare on this coast, besides having an extensive circula-
tion throughout the United States, Australia and the Hawaiian Islands.
IF YOU OWN A MARE
you will find this number interesting and valuable, as it will contain the stallion an-
nouncements, giving particulars as to description, pedigree, terms, etc., of all the
best stallions on the coast, and from these announcements you can decide on what
stallion will nick be~t with your mare.
EVERY ONE INTERESTED IN HARNESS HORSES
will be interested in reading this number, as it will contain statistics, news, and
articles that will make it entertaining reading and valuable to preserve as a work of
reference.
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM
not only for stallions, but for general advertisers who wish to reach the Horsemen,
Horse Breeders, Farmers and those who are interested in Field Sports, it will be
particularly valuable.
OWNERS OF STALLIONS
who wish illustrations of their horses to appear in this issue should have photo-
graphs prepared without delay and send in their orders for space. A specially low
price has been decided on for advertising in this issue, placing it within the reach of
all. Write for price and particulars to
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 5, 1910.
be a little loss, but, on the other hand,
unless one has good facilities tor stor-
ing, there is always a loss in keeping
it." If a rain is followed quickly by
hard freezing and the ground frozen
when full of water, and a layer of ice
over the field, it would be foolish to
apply the manure, but under ordinary
circumstances there will be little loss
even on quite rolling land.
It is our conviction that the most
economical use of stable manure is as
a top-dressing for grass land, or of
land that is filled with living roots, to
take up the elements of fertility as
fast as they are available. It seems
to us that there is a very important
point right here. Suppose manure is
applied to a bare naked soil. What
happens? The rains wash the soluble
plant food down into the soil. There
are no roots present to use it, and it
must either be washed out of the soil
by the rains or lie unused. We are
convinced that when plant food, from
manures or commercial fertilizers, lies
unused in the soil there is a large losa
jn availability. It becomes in part
fixed by the soil, and is held there
either mechanically or chemically, and
is lost so far as immediate use is con-
cerned. This is new doctrine, and you
demand a reason. Eerybody is ac-
quainted with the disinfectant and
absorptive properties of clay. We use
it to absorb odors and disinfect
stables and to fix ammonia from the
manure heap. If a handful of clay
proves so effective in fixing these
noxious qualities in the stable, what
can the result be if a small quantity
cf the noxious material (manure) be
incorporated in a large body of clay
(soil)? Surely there must be much
more perfect fixation of the fertilizing
principles.
The great filtering plants in the
cities, by which the foul river water is
purified before it is delivered to the
consumer, are a practical illustration
of the fixing properties of the soil. We
depend every day upon these prop-
erties of .the soil to keep our wells
pure. If the soil purifies the water
(hat filters through it, what is that
but saying that it absorbs and holds
these impurities?
The refining of sugar by filtration
Uirough bone black is another illus.
tration of this principle. It has been
found impossible to recover all the
piant food applied in commercial fer-
tilizers, due, it seems, to this fixing
power of the soil. Director Thorne of
the Ohio experiment station has been
unable to recover more than 4S per
cent of the phosphoric acid applied in
the fertilizer. The remaining 52 per
cent must surely have been fixed in
and held by the soil. — Rural World.
SIRE OF SOLAXO BOY 2:07V, FOR
SALB.
The stallion FATHER McKUVNOX,
by Demonio 2:11%, sire of MonaWilkes
2:03(4, etc., dam Elorita by Alban 2:24,
sire dam of You Bet 2:07, second dam
Emma R. 2:2S%, dam of Rowena 2:29%
and Emaline 2:27(4, by Electioneer,
third dam Emma Robson, thoroughbred,
dam of 4 trotters in 2:30, by 'Wood-
burn, is offered for sale. Father Mc-
Kinnon is the sire of that good race
horse Solano Boy 2:07%. "Write for
price and particulars.
J. S. LOCKIE, Fnirfleld, Cal.
COACH STALLION FOR SALE.
Registered, imported French coach
stallion; handsome, stylish, sound, of
good disposition; 17 hands high; weight
about 1400 pounds; beautiful bright
bay, color running back 10 generations
on both sides without a break; sure,
splendid sire; colts of fine form, color,
style and action. For particulars and
price, address L. S. CtlLLEN,
Gilroy, Cal.
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HIGH-CLASS TROTTERS
FOR SALE
Geo. T. Beckers of Los Angeles offers all his
broodmares and young Zombros for
sale as he will go East this spring to again
place Zombro in the stud, and if they are
not sold before he leaves he will sell them
over there. He has some royally bred ones.
Write him for pedigrees and prices.
Address
GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Figueroa St,, Los Angeles.
NAPA PRINCE FOR SALE.
On account of continued illness which
confines me to my bed, I offer my stal-
lion, Napa Prince, for sale. He is a
very handsome horse, with as much
style and finish as any stallion, and is
a sire of fine carriage and road horses.
He is trotting bred, being- by the regis-
tered stallion Grandissimo 2:23^, and
out of a mare by "Whippleton 1883, one
of the best sires of carriage horses
ever in California. Will be sold at a
bargain. Horse can be seen at my
place, corner of Fourteenth and Ade-
line streets, Oakland.
F. ROCHPORD.
FOR SALE OR LEASE.
KINNEY H., three-year-old stallion
by Kinney Rose 2:13%, a son of Mc-
Kinney 2:11&; dam Leta H. by Nut-
wood Wilkes; 2nd dam Liska
2.28% (dam of Lisonjero 2:08^4
and 4 more in the list, by Elec-
tioneer). Kinney H. is a splendid
young horse in every respect, hand-
some, intelligent, good disposition and
very promising. With his breeding and
individuality, he is one of the most
desirable grandsons of McKinney in
this part of the State.
For further particulars, call or ad-
dress CHRIS HASHAGEPJ,
2801 'J l fit St., San Francisco.
CHESTNUT TOM 4348S FOR SALE.
I want to sell my stallion Chestnut
Tom 2:15, as I am now engaged in busi-
ness and cannot give him my attention.
He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, sire of
John A. McKerron 2:04%, the fastest
trotting stallion in America, and of
Copa de Oro 2:01%, the fastest pacing
heat winner of 1909. His dam, Zeta
Carter, is by Director 2:17, and his
grandam Lida W- 2:18% is by Nut-
wood 2:18%, and is the dam of four in
the list. Chestnut Tom is the sire of
Louise Carter, three-year-old record
2:24, the only one of his get ever
trained. Chestnut Tom was foaled in
1898, is a very strong and vigorous
horse, and will be a sure sire of speed
if given an opportunity.
For price and further particulars, ad-
dress GEO. T. ALGEO,
3S04 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Chestnut gelding, foaled 1905, by
Monterey 2:09%, dam Theresa 2:14 by
Silver Bow, second dam Laura Wilkes
2:17 by Guy Wilkes 2:15y2, third dam
by Steinway 2:25. Stands 15.2% hands
high and weighs 1100 pounds. Power-
fully built, always in good flesh, a nat-
ural born pacer, perfectly gaited, wears
light shoes, no straps or boots of any
kind, and with only 7 months' training
in all, on the 24th day of last August
paced a mile in 2:08 flat, last half in
1:02, last quarter in 29 seconds. The
performances of this horse have been
kept under cover and nobody knows his
speed. If he is not a two-minute
pacer, there never was one, and my
only reason for selling is that I need
the money. This horse is guaranteed
sound, good-headed and game.
Also, a beautiful blooded bay car-
riage gelding, 5 years old, 16 hands
high, weighs 1150 pounds, standard
bred. Can trot a 2:30 gait. Handsome,
guaranteed sound and safe for a lady
to drive among cars and automobiles.
Apply to or address H. HANSEN,
1420 4Gth Ave., Melrose, Cal.
FOR SALE
Nearest 2;22|
Sire of
Highfly 2:04%, Alone 2:09%,
Trueheart 2:1932, Joe Gans 2:19%,
Just It (3-year-old) 2:19%,
and brother to John A. McKerron 2:04%, second
fastest stallion in the world.
Nearest is 16% hands high, weight 1200 pounds.
This horse is a sure foal getter and is in splendid
condition.
Address. MRS. S. V. BAKSTOW.
1042 Alameda Ave.. San Jose, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
IS
A FUTURITY WINNER THAT SIRES FUTURITY WINNERS!
BON VOYAGE BM
Reg. No. 39813
As a two-year-old won $9,500
Champion two-year-old stallion and champion two-year-old
money winner of 1904, Rec.2:15.
As a three-year-old won $11,500
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905. Rec.2:12%.
THE GREAT YOUNG SIRE OF EARLY SPEED!
At Seven Years of Age.
Sire of
BON VIVANT (2) 2:l«Vi
Fastest T.vo-Yenr-Old Stallion of 11*09.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two-Year-OIfl Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BONADAY (2) 2:27>4
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1009.
VOVACEl'R 12) 2:24%
VIATICUM 12) 2:2»
Matinee record to wnpron.
BONALETTE (2) ttrlal) 2:20'/,
JEAN TAL JEAN (2) (trial) 2:21%
BON GUY (2) (trial) 2:24
PHYLLIS WY-NN (2) (trial) 2:21P4
LA VOYAGE (2) (trial) 2:29%
BON McKINNEY (1) (trial). % in :35
V» in 1 :15
Out of 20 foals (none over two years
old). 16 were broken to harness, 11 of
which bad some training and showed
as above.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%,
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey Road,
SAN JOSE, CAL.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose. Cal.
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and while using
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McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO GOOD OWES.
Demonio Speed 2:03' ,
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13^4, sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22V-:. Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28*4,
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son pf Clark
Chief 89; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B. Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:11% is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among thr» greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diabh 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletonian 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON $40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Suisun, Cat.
Zolock 2:051 "«~
Terms:
$50.
McKinney's Fastest Entire Son
Sire of
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09%
Delilah 2:06% Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander - - 2:07% Boton de Oro 2:10%
Josephine - - 2:07% McO.D. - - 2:11%
etc.. etc,
By McKinney 2:11%, dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dee. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address, N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
"Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 in 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records in 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South FlRueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
C!ra MutwnnH WilLoc 7-lhX sire of Copa de Oro 2:01%, John A. McKerron 2:04%, etc.. and
Jirc, llUlnUUU UHIVCS £.11*2) damsofSanFranciseo2:07%,MonaWiIkes2:03%.etc.
nam DqIHq ( 7 ^ ?*lh dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie,dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20,
1/dlll, railla \i> } i.iu, aam of 4. fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old filly Com-
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner EI Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season S£S?SS$^&T^?ta,M at my
Good pasturage at S2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
^1 I
q ,„ n
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05H in third heat.
Sired by Chas! Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list: sons sirea Sir
Alberts. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc., etc.) ;
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (::)
2:05%, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Dnrfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%. etc.): second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal . Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship inares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
_ Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of 8 and the dam's of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited tro'tters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:0S%, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee $50 for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage %i per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
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[Saturday, February 5, 1910.
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By Searchlight 2:03! ,; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16>£, sire of John A. McKerron 2:01%.
Copa de Oro 2:01%. Tidal Wave 2:06%. Miss Idaho 2:09%. etc.
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second dam Trixy by Director 2:17: third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2:17%)
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The High Amateur Averages
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Shot at
First — Jesse Young, Chicago, III. 4498
Second— W. H. Clay, St. Louis, Mo. 2128
Third — Peter Baggerman, St. Louis, Mo. 1908
Fourth — "Woolfolk Henderson, Lexington, Ky. 9008
Fifth— Homer D. Clark, Upper Alton, III. 6061
Sixth— J. R. Graham, Ingleside, III. 4788
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FRED H. CHASE fc CO.S THIRD ANNUAL
Pleasanton Auction Sale I
OF TROTTING STOCK
Will Take Place
Thursday, March 3, 1910,
Commencing at 9:45 a. m., sharp.
Work Horses
~^- FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1910.
The Greatest and Choicest Collection of Trotting Horses Ever Offered at Auction in California.
100 — Representatives of the Leading Stake-Winning and Fashionable Trotting Families in America — 100
Consignment from C. L. Crcllin, Pleasanton.
Bay mare, pedigree nut ca La oil shed.
Bay gelding by Searchlight 2:03%.
Rosie Woodburn 2:16 by Easter W.-Lady Beth by
Gcldnut.
Bay filly by Sir John 2:14-Rosie Woodburn 2:16.
Wilkes 2:15%.
Bav fillv by C. The Limit-La Moscovita by Guy Wilkes
2:15%.
Consignment from J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton.
Nukina, br. f. by Nushagak-Kinocha by McKinney
2:11%.
Ben Rush, b. s. Demonio 2:11% -Minerva by Guy
Wilkes 2:15^4.
Consignmout from H. Busing, Pleasanton.
Georgie Lecco. b. f. by Lecco 2:09% -Martha Frazier
by Rustic.
Consignment from S. B. Van Dervoort. Irvington.
Valpy. ch. s. by Monterey-Silver Queen by Silver
Bow 2:16.
Consignment from A. Edstrom, Oakland.
Roan Hal (tr.) 2:15% by Athablo 2:24%-Carmen by
News Boy.
Consignment from Henry Struve, AVntsonville.
Strathdon, b. g. by Strath way 2:19-Elsie Downs by
Boodle 2:12%.
Election Bell, b. g. by Monbells 2:23-Manzanita by
Electioneer.
Bay filly by Kinney Lou.
Airlie D., b. f., by Demonio 2:11% -Mamie Airlie by
Prince Airlie
Senator H., b. g. by Diablo 2:09 Vi-Ferina by Mon-
tana Wilkes.
Consignment from Estate of F. P. Heliwig,
Alvarado.
Zoe Dell, b. f. by Zolock 2:05% -Lovely Dell by Prince
Lovelace.
Eloise Dell, b. f. by Alconda Jay-Lovely Dell by
Prince Lovelace.
Bay colt by Alconda Jay-Lovely Dell by Prince
Lovelace.
Lovely Dell, b. m. by Prince Lovelace- Alto Dell by
Holmdell 5290.
Consignment from Wm, Hendrickson, San Jose.
Ohio, gr, m. by Peveril-dam by White Line Jr.
Mary Sweet, by McKena-White Swan by Grover
Clay.
Alfred H., b. g. by Clay S.-Pussie by Major Ban.
Peggie, gr. m. by McKena-White Swan by Grover
Clay.
Prince Hendrick, grey colt by McKena-White Swan
by Grover Clay.
Josephine, b. m. by McKena-Tehachapi.
Gabriel, b; g. by McKena-Tehechapi.
Consignment from Frank M. Gray, JL,os Gatos.
Torpedo, bl. g. by Malheur-Mamie Harney by The
Moor.
Consignment from C. E. Brumbaugh, Tesla.
Dick Bowles, b. c. by Baron Bowles 2:25-Belle by
Elector 2170.
Consignment from W. Ford Thomas, San Francisco.
Dorothy, ch. f. by Strath way 2:19-Simona by Secre-
tary.
Consignment from M. C Keefer, Woodland, Cal.
Annie McKinney, b. m. by McKinney 2:11%-Henri-
etta by Boodle 2:12%.
Nada, bl. m. by Nushagak-Addie W. by Whips 2:27%.
Monca. ch. c. by Monicrat 2:13%-The Bloom by
Nushagak.
Monicrat 2:13%, bl. s. by Woodmon 2:28%-Altacrat
by Altamont, Jr.
Zorankin. b. c. by Zombro 2:ll-Dimontes by Diablo
2:09^.
Consignment from Frank J. Rilpntrick, San Frauciseo.
Oliver Todd, br. c. by Todd 2:14% -Olive Brady by
Cyclone.
Black Hall, bl. c. by Ozono (son of Moko), dam Mag-
gie Teazer (dam of Walnut Hall 2:0S% by Red
Wilkes.
Gerald Jay by Jay Bird, dam Black Annie by Bour-
bon Wilkes.
Moko Hall by Walnut Hall 2:08%, dam by Moko, sec-
ond dam by Simmons 2:28.
Governor Cons tan tine by Constantine 2:12%, dam
Nevada by Onward.
Grant Constantine by Constantine 2:12%, dam Viva-
cious 2:27 by Bernal.
Consignment from C. II. Williams, Palo Alto, Cal.
Leo Rex. b. g. by Searchlight Rex-Leonet K. by Leo
Corbett.
Miss Knott, b. f. by Knott McKinney-Miss Mascot by
Iran Alto 2:12%.
Alta Rex, b. g. by Searchlight Rex-Alta Nola 2:20
by Altamont 2:26%.
Consignment from Rush A Haile, Suisun, Cal.
Brown colt by Demonio 2:11 %-Eloi'ita by Alban
2:24.
Chestnut colt by Demonio 2:liy4 -Nellie T. by Dawn
2:18%.
Bay colt by Demonio 2:liy4 -Hannah by Le Grande.
Bay filly by Demonio 2 :liy4 -Rosebud by Fallia 2:23.
Brown colt by Demonio 2:11 y4-Potrero Girl by
Prince Airlie.
Chestnut colt by Demonio 2:11 % -Mamie Airlie by
Prince Airlie.
Chestnut filly by Demonio 2:liy4-OUta by Bradtmoor
2:26%.
Bay mare by Demonio 2:liy4 -Minerva by Guy Wilkes
2:15%.
Consignment from E. D. Dudley, Dixon, Cnl.
Miss Valentine, b. m. by Bayswater Wilkes-Bee Sterl-
ing by Sterling.
Babe D., ch. m. by Dawnlight-Bee Sterling by Sterling.
Capalita, bay f. Palite-Ima Jones by Captain McKinney.
Starrina, br. c. by Star Pointer 1:59%-Friskarina 2:13%
by Bayswater Wilkes.
Balite, ch. c. by Palite-Babe D. by Dawnlight 214S4.
Der Teufel, bl. g. by Diablo 2:09% -Babe D. by Dawn-
light 21484.
Leta, ch. f. by Palite-Babe D. by Dawnlight 21484.
Zorah, b. f. by Der Teufel-Zillah by Bradtmoor.
Consignment from Harry McFadyen, Dixon.
Rachael, ch. f. by Der Teufel-Lady Cuba by Falrose
2:23.
Consignment from Estate of Dr. C. F. Millar, Dixon.
Josephine, ch. f. by Strathway 2:19-Maud by Diablo
2:09%.
Carmencita, bl. f. by Zolock 2:05% -Maud by Diablo
2:09%.
Brown gelding bv Palite-Maud by Diablo 2:09%.
Brown colt by Palite-Maud by Diablo 2:09%.
Maud, brown mare by Diablo 2:09%, by Richards
Elector 2170.
Consignment from S. S. Stiles, Oakland.
Bon Cheval, b. s. by Bon Voyage 2:12%-Silver Haw
by Silver Bow 2:16.
Consignment from F. H. Chase & Co.
Starlock, b. s. by Zolock-Fanny Gossip by Gossiper.
Delecco, b. f. by Lecco 2:09% -Laura Dell by Boydell.
Laura Dell, b. m. by Boydell-Maud D. by Challenger.
Consignment from A. L. Nichols, Chlco.
Bay mare by Nutwood Wilkes, in foal to Bon Voyage
2:12%.
Consignment from Jas. J. Morrisey, Oakland.
Bessie, b. m. by McKinney 2:ll%-Mountain Hare by
Young Venture.
Bay filly by Sir John -Bessie Woodburn 2:16 by
Easter W.
Consignment from T. D. Sexton, Oakland.
Patrick S.. br. s. by Demonio 2:11%-Eva by Le Grande.
Lady Wilkes, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%-Lady Direct
by Direct 2:05%.
Sister Vesta, ch. f. by Dictatus 2:17-by Sidmore 2:19.
Consignment from J. Twohig, Warm Springs.
Bay mare by Lord Alwin-Melba by Nutwood Wilkes
2:16%.
Melba, b. m. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%-Myra by Cal.
Nutwood.
Consignment from D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Chancellor, Jr., b. g. by Chancellor-Gazelle by Gov.
Sprague 2:20%.
Mary W., ch. f. by Dictatus 2:17-Ethel C. by Sidney
2:19%.
Consignment from H. S. Hogohoom, Woodland.
Arthur "W. 2:11% by Wayland W. 2:12%-by Grand
Moor.
Judge Gaddis, ch. c. by Palo King-Diawaldo by Diablo
2:09%.
Consignment from Thos. B. Diffebnch, Mill Valley.
Cock Robin, b. g. by Seymour Wilkes 2:08%-by Gen.
Benton.
Chestnut gelding by Bonnie Direct 2:05%-Lurline by
Steinway 2:25%.
Consignment from H. G. Smith.
Daken D. 2:16%, b. g. by Athadon-Sadie McGregor by
Robert McGregor.
Bonnie Searchlight, b. s. by Searchlight 2:03%-Rita B.
by Boodle, Jr.
Consignment from W. T. McBride, Pleasanton.
Ch. c. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%-Palo Belle by Palo
Alto 2:08%.
Guylight, b. g. by Searchlight 2:03 %-La Moscovite by
Guy Wilkes 2:15%.
Consignment from Geo. A. Ramage, Pleasanton.
Bert Arandale 2:19% by Sidney Dillon-Oakley Russell
by Happy Russell 2:21%.
Clara Oakley, b. f. by Sidney Dillon-Oakley Russell by
Happv Russell.
Clara Mills, b. f. by Lecco 2:09% -Clara Oakley by Sid-
ney Dillon.
Consignment from W. B. Connolly, Suisun.
Bill, b. s. by Demonio 2:11%-Sabledew by Sable Wilkes
2:18.
Consignment from L. M. Ladd, Hollister.
Monbella. b. s. by Monbells 2:23-Laura C. 2:29% by
Electioneer.
Consignment from Abbott & Meese, Danville, Cal,
Chas. Derby 2:20, b. s. by Steinway 2:25% -Katy G. by
Electioneer.
Alsilke, ch m. by Chas. Derby 2:20-Empress 2:30 by
Flaxtail.
Oakwood. ch. g. by Chas. Derby 2:20-Essie Farley by
Mountain Boy 4S41.
Consignment from Wm. Ayres, San Francisco.
Bay stallion by Best Policy, dam-by Robert Direct.
Consignment from Fred Halm, San Francisco.
Fn.ma S.. a famous saddle mare.
Catalogues Now Ready!
S. P. Trains Leave Ferry Building, San Francisco, at
7:40 and 9:00 a. m.
FRED H. CHASE & CO.,
478 Valencia Street,
SAN FRANCISCO
Saturday, February 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPOH.^HN
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
(Established 1882.)
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts. , San Francisco.
P. O. DRAWER 447.
Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office.
Terms— One Year. $3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. $1.
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 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.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Gifford, Lewiston, Idaho
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles
HARNESS RACING DATES.
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3-8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus Sept. 19-30
THE HARNESS HORSEMEN'S CONVENTION
which is to meet in this city on Wednesday next in
response to a call issued by President W. J. Kenney,
of the San Francisco Driving Club, can accomplish
great good for the harness horse interests of Cali-
fornia. President Kenney has struck the right note
when he states that organization is necesessary if
the trotting horse people expect to accomplish any-
thing. They have had no regular organization in
this State as breeders, trainers and owners, and
consequently have never been able to secure recog-
nition from legislative or other bodies. It is Mr.
Kenney's idea to get enough delegates to this con-
vention to organize a body that will be strong
enongh to demand recognition, and from the way
answers to his communication are coming in the
convention when called to order will be the largest
horsemen's convention ever assembled on this coast.
Mr. Kenney desires it understood that all breeders,
owners and trainers of harness horses, all persons
interested in the giving of fairs and harness race
meetings; in short, every person who is interested in
any way in the sport of harness racing will be wel-
come to attend this convention, and he hopes that
everyone who can come will be present. He has
secured from the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe com-
panies a reduction in round trip rates from all points
in California and as far east as Reno, to this con-
vention, to a fare and a third, and desires to impress
upon all who attend the necessity of securing a cer-
tificate from the agent when buying their tickets
stating the fact that they will attend the convention.
The officers of he convention will then give dele-
gates a certificate which will entitle them to return
home for one-third the regular fair. On tickets as
far south as San Diego this will mean a big reduc-
tion. In the circular letter sent by President Kenney
to the horsemen he says:
"Our first endeavor will be to bring the organized
clubs into a State organization and, if possible, to or-
ganize driving clubs in every Assembly district.
We have found from long years of experience that
the sport has not received the treatment at the hands
of our legislators or Governors that it is entitled to,
simply because we have no organization. This is an
age of organization and combination.
While all other sports have prospered because they
were well organized, we of the harness game have
gone backward, because there are many things we can
get for the asking as an organization and never could
get otherwise. For instance, many appropriations for
district fairs and other advantages which will make
our sport more attractive to the public and more
profitable to the owner, breeder, trainer and driver of
the harness horse.
If you will only help us to get the movement going,
a year from today California will have the best or-
ganized body of harness horsemen in the United
States."
As has been truly said, "the Lord helps those who
help themselves," and the harness horsemen of
California now have the opportunity to meet in a
convention where they can express their views on
all subjects of interest to them, and formulate plans
by which harness horse breeding, training and rac-
ing can be greately stimulated. Then with organiza-
tion and energy they can accomplish much.
WILLIAM F. MATLOCK, member of the State
Board of Agriculture of Oregon, has resigned from
that body on account of illness. He was the oldest
member of the Board and had been its president
for several years. His resignation is greatly re-
gretted by all horsemen who had in Mr. Matlock
a true friend of the breeding interests of the coast,
and who devoted much of his time to the upbuilding
of the fairs of the northwest which have in the last
few years been greatly improved and run along
modern lines. We trust that Mr. Matlock will find
that cessation from a larger part of the work that
has been carried on by him in recent years will
bring about a complete restoration of his health.
Governor Benson has appointed Mr. George Chand-
ler, a prominent livestock breeder and authority of
Baker City, to the place on the Board vacated by Mr.
Matlock.
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THE LATONIA RACING ASSOCIATION has con-
cluded that it will obey the law in Kentucky and try
to run a meeting without the bookmakers. It will
be remembered that the Kentucky law prohibits book-
making on races, but permits auction and mutual
pools. The Latonia association tried to run a meet-
ing last year in defiance of this law, but was stopped
by the Kentucky Racing Association which was up-
held by the courts. The association has now applied
for dates and promises to obey the law if they are
granted them.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, Feb. 8, 1910.
The weather continues fine here and the horses
at Agricultural Park are all getting their work regu-
larly. Of course as yet most of it is slow with now
and then a good quarter, but nothing sensational.
The two-year-olds are really receiving most atten-
tion at present, both from trainers and spectators and
in a great majority of cases they deserve it, for a
better lot of prospects it would be hard to find any-
where, for among them all I have not seen a bad
gaited or poor looker. Some have not the speed of
course that others have at present, but in six months
there is no telling where they will be going. It would
be a bold prophet who would dare say now that
"such or such a one will never make a race horse."
There have been several sales at the track this
week, Gil Curry having bought the pacer Joe Mc-
Gregor and J. H. Bohan's mare Pandora by McKinney-
Mr. Curry shipped them to Pleasanton and they will
be sent to Havers James at Memphis who will train
and campaign them for their new owner, Mr. R. J.
McKenzie, of Winepeg. Pandora has been in Walter
Maben's stable for some time and at first she seemed
to be hung up round 2:20 but last fall after Maben
returned from Phoenix she took a notion to try and
it was no time before she tramped a mile in 2: 16%.
I am also told that Curry wanted to buy C. A. Can-
field's colt El Volante but the latter declined to
put a price on him. This is the four-year-old by Zom-
bro, dam Mamie Elizabeth that took a mark last
year of 2:13%.
D. G. Stewart is getting his Zombro mare Zomeno
shaped up and worked her a mile in 2:22%, last
half in 1:09% and last quarter in 33% seconds.
Stewart surely has the making of a trotter in his
two-year-old by Audubon Boy.
J. S. Stewart worked his two-year-old Zolock pacer
Buster alongside I. C. Mosher's four-year-old Halbert
by Hal B. today a mile in 2:27, last half in 1:11, last
quarter in 34% seconds: this is about the first real
mile Buster has been asked to step, though he has
worked a lot of quarters better than 34 seconds.
Jos. H. Williams hooked up with Mosher after
Stewart had gone to the barn and his ch. h. Arms by
Limonero went a very nice mile well within him-
self all the way in 2:24, last half in 1:10%, last quar-
ter in 33% seconds.
Walter Maben worked Mrs. C. S. Hastings' showy
two-year-old gelding by Judge Dillon a mile in 2:27.
This fellow puts on more style and acts higher than
Princess Louise. The same trainer also worked C.
A. Canfield's two-year-old filly Modesta by Walter
Barker, dam Sue, a mile in 2:26% with the last quar-
ter in 35 seconds.
I met Mr. Wm. Morgan, the owner of Era 2:10 (not
Eva) at the track today and he asked me to be care-
ful how I wrote his mare's name, as the name Eva
is particularly obnoxious to him, if for no other rea-
son it puts him in mind of Uncle Tom's Cabin. He
tells me he wants to sell Crisis, Era and his road
team, as he is tired of racing and driving and besides
has two or three two-year-olds that will give him all
the amusement he wants in seeing them develop.
His road team are the perfection of a gentleman's
pair, a black and a bay, that I've seen turn Agricul-
tural Park track to wagon with very little work in
2:26%. They don't pull, drive like one horse, and
are afraid of nothing on the road. One of Mr. Mor-
gan's two-year-olds is a bay filly by Redlac, dam
Sonia by McKinney. Sonia I think took a three-year-
old record of 2:17% if I'm not mistaken. This filly
is described as a perfect beauty, both in conforma-
tion, color and style and is gaited so that she can
not fail to make a trotter.
J. C. Rouse Jr., the secretary of the El Paso Fair
Association, has been here a week looking over the
grounds and taking in the vicinity with a view
toward giving a fair here next fall and he will prob-
ably be prepared to state his impressions at a lunch
given him by the horsemen tomorrow.
The half mile track at Pasadena is reported to be
in good shape and Frank Williams will do all his
training there in the future. The track is still new
and a few stones work out occasionally but these
will gradually be removed. There is one advantage
in training over a half mile ring, you know that
when your horses go fast over it they can go faster
over the mile tracks they race on, that is after the
first race or two, when the long stretch does not
discourage them.
The following are the entries in the two $1000
stakes for two-year-old trotters offered by Messrs.
C. A. Canfield and W. A. Clark Jr. No. 1 is to be
trotted this fall and No. 2 in the fall of 1911:
Canfield-Clark Stake No. 1.
S. Christenson's Thornwell. by Bon Voyage.
A. B. Miller's Division, by Zombro.
R. L. Draper's Orange Girl, by Del Coronado.
W. A. Glasscock's Del Murray, by Murray M.
Joseph Walker's Miss Murphy, by Red Mack.
E. A. Montgomery's Victor McK., by Red McK.
W. A. Clark Jr.'s Bon Volante. by Bon Voyage.
Ted Hayes' Bon McKinney, by Bon Voyage.
Ted Hayes' Bon Homme, by Bon Voyage.
C. B. Bigelow's b. f., by Prince Ansel.
Alex Brown's b. f., by Prince Ansel.
Geo. L. Warlow's b. c, by Athadon.
C. A. Canfield's Dick W.. by Walter Barker.
C. A. Canfield's Redena, b. f„ by Walter Barker.
C. A. Canfield's Hermona, b. f., by Walter Barker.
F. Hahn's Edna H., b. f., by Bon Voyage.
M. S. Severance's Scout, b. c, by Ambush.
C. B. Warburton's Stella McKinney, b. c, by Ed.
McKinney.
M. C. Keefer's b. c, by Zombro.
W. G. Durfee's ch. f., by Zolock.
W. G. Durfee's b. c, by Del Coronado.
W. G. Durfee's b. f., by Del Coronado.
Canfield-Clark Stake No. 2.
W. G. Durfee's foal, by Del Coronado.
W. G. Durfee's foal, by Del Coronado.
W. G. Durfee's b. c, by Carlokin.
Hemet Stock Farm's b. f.. by Lord Alvin.
Hemet Stock Farm's ch. c, by Kinney Lou.
Mastin & Kerr's b. f., by Prince Ansel.
M. C. Keefer's b. c, by Kinney Lou.
M. S. Severance's b. c, by Copper King.
C. A. Canfield's c. h., by El Volante.
C. A. Canfield's foal, by El Volante.
C. A. Canfield's foal, by Walter Barker.
A. L. Scott's Louise, b. f. by Nutwood Wilkes.
Geo. L. Warlow's b. c, by Stanford McKinney.
Geo. L. Warlow's b. c„ by Athadon.
Alex Brown's, rn. f., by Prince Ansel.
Alex Brown's b. f, by Prince Ansel.
Geo. W. Whitman's Anna Jay, br. f. by Al-
conda Jay.
L. E. Shore's b. f., by Carlokin.
W. S. Maben's b. c, by Del Coronado.
A. G. Dahl's Zomjud, by Zombro.
Ray Mead's foal, by Bon Voyage.
A. B. Millep's Dr. R., b. c, by On Stanley.
A. B. Miller's Alex W., b. c, by Oh So.
F. E. Wright's James H Donnelly, b. c, by Lijero.
Frank H. Burke's foal, by C The Limit.
Frank H. Burke's foal, by Constructor.
Thomas H. Brent's foal, by Zolock.
JAMES.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
J. H. Orcutt, Gordon Grove — You are correct. Sid-
ney did stand at a fee of $500 in 1891, and the fol-
lowing year was advertised as a private stallion. We
cannot find any advertisement showing that his fee
was raised to $1000, thought it may have been.
W. M. Bryant, Alton. — In a race where the final
summary would read A. 1-1, B, 2-3, C, 3-2, D, 4-4, B
and C would divide second and third money. Rule
36, section 5 of the National Trotting Association
reads: "When two or more horses appear equal in
rank in the summary of a race, they shall share
equally in the award of premiums won by them."
HORSES HIGH IN WASHINGTON.
"Despite the encroachment of automobiles and
farm machinery, intended to lessen the need of
horses, I find that the price of equines has increased
fully as rapidly as has the cost of living," said L.
Willett of Spokane to a reporter the other day.
"I returned last night from a trip to Latah, where
I bought four teams, paying $500 a team, and ex-
actly a year ago I bought a carload of similar horses
in Lewiston, Idaho, for less than $400 a team. The
horses I bought range in age from five to seven
years. The average weight is about 1400 pounds."
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 12, 1910.
REPRESENTS TWO GREAT FAMILIES.
In Alconda Jay the Blood of Jay Bird and Baron
Wilkes Commingle.
When Henry Helman, the well known California
trainer, was in Kentucky in the fall of 1906, he pur-
chased from W. A. Bacon, of Paris, a brown colt
that was foaled the previous year and he thought
on looks and breeding should make a sire of early
and extreme speed. He brought the colt to Cali-
fornia and in 1907 permitted him to serve a few
mares, and in 190S and 1909 made fair seasons with
him. The foals from the colt's first year in the stud
are now two-year-olds, and while they are very few
in number they are beginning to step about in a
manner that leads all unprejudiced observers to be-
lieve that Mr. Helman has in this Kentucky colt
one of the coming great sires.
Alconda Jay 46S31, for that is the name and num-
ber under which the colt is registered, is now a five-
year-old and is a stout made handsome stallion, as his
picture on the front page of this paper shows. His
breeding is the very richest as it represents a union
of two of the greatest families of Geo. Wilkes —
Jsv Bird and Baron Wilkes. Alconda Jay was sired
by Jay Bird, his dam is a producing mare by Baron
Wilkes, second dam Almeta by Almont, third dam
the renowned brood mare Alma Mater by Mambrino
Patchen. Let us take up the sires and dams in
this pedigree and see what they have accomplished.
Jay Bird's name is so well known as a sire of money
winners that for years in Kentucky the saying "It's
always a Jay Bird" has been used by horsemen when
speaking of the stake Winers. Jay Bird, himself a
wonderful sire of speed, has also been a great pro-
ducer in the second and third generations. He sired
that great mare Hawthorne 2:06%, winner of the
520,000 Bonner Memorial, Alceste 2:07%, the wonder-
ful sire Allerton 2:09%, this year's new 2:10 trot-
ter Dulce Jay 2:09%, the extreme speed producer
Early Bird 2:10, the good race trotter Invader 2:10,
and the pacer Gitchie Manitou 2:09%. Daughters
of Jay Bird produced Baroness Virginia 2:0S%, win-
ner of this year's Kentucky Futurity, the good trot-
ter Codero, four-year-old record 2:09%, the pacer
Bessie Drake 2:08% and one of them has given the
champion stallion Cresceus 2:02% his only 2:10 per-
former in Crescent Route 2:08%. Sons of Jay Bird
have made a wonderful showing as speed sires. One
of them sired that great pacer Locanda 2:02 that is
considered one of the handsomest stallions living
and is siring speed already. Another sired that
truly beautiful horse Allen Winter 2:06% that won
the $50,000 trotting handicap at Boston. Among the
2:10 performers to the credit of sons of Jay Bird
are Allerson 2:05%, Charley Hayt 2:06%, Susie Jay
2:06%, Jay McGregor 2:07%, Redlac 2:07%, Eagle
Flannagan 2:07y2, Gen. Forrest 2:08, Gayton 2:08%,
Birdina 2:08%, Allie Jay 2:0S%, Bervaldo 2:08%,
Maxine 2:08%, Alves 2:09y2, that wonderful lame
horse Country Jay 2:08%, Nancy Royce 2:09%, and
others. That big money winner of the North Pacific
Circuit this year, Leigh Crawford 2:11% was out
of a Jay Bird mare, and that fast trotting stallion
Bcdaker that worked a mile in 2:08%, the fastest
mile ever trotted at Pleasanton, was also from a
mare by Jay Bird. We might go on and fill this page
with names of horses that have won races or made
fast records, that trace directly to Jay Bird, but the
above will suffice to show that a horse that has Jay
Bird for a sire is well enough bred on his sire's sire.
Now let us look at the crosses of trotting race
b'ood that Alconda Jay gets throught his dam Alma
Wi'kes, who is yet a young matron, but already the
dam of Oakland Belle 2:20% trotting, that took her
record last year as a three-year-old. Alma Wilkes
is a daughter of that great sire Baron Wilkes 2:18,
founder of the greatest of all futurity winning fami-
lies. Baron Wilkes is himself the sire of Bumps
2:03%, Rubenstein 2:05, Baron May 2:07%, Rachel
2:08%, Dulce Cor 2:08%, Oakland Baron 2:09% and
seven more in the 2:10 list, making 12 in all, while
his daughters have produced Lady Gail Hamilton
2:06%, Alceste 2:07%, Rollins 2:08 and a host of
others with extremely fast records. The sons of
Baron Wilkes that have achieved fame as sires are
very numerous, among them being the great sires
Baron Dillon, Barondale, Baronmore, Baron Posey,
Margrave, Oakland Baron, Prince of India and that
wonderful horse Moko, sire of more futurity winners
than any horse living, and sire of that champion of
champions the wonderful filly Native Belle 2:07%
as a two-year-old. No less than 29 of the new
standard trotters of 1909 are out of Baron Wilkes
mares.
The second dam of Alconda Jay is Almeta by Al-
mont 33, a horse that founded a family noted for
their beauty and style as well as speed, and whose
daughters have been wonderful brood mares. The
Almont mares have produced such fast ones as
Emma E. 2:09, Darius 2:09, Winslow Wilkes 2:09%,
while mares by his sons have produced Passing Belle
2:08%, King Charles 2:08%, Moonstone 2:09, The
Emperor 2:09%, Lord Derby 2:05%, Fantine 2:06%,
Ananias 2:05, Frank Bogash 2:03% and a host of
others.
Alma Mater by Mambrino Patchen, the third dam
of Alconda Jay was one of the greatest mares of
which trotting annals have made any record. She
gave to the world eight standard performers, among
them those great sires Alcyone 2:27, Alcantara 2:23,
Allandorf 2:19%, and Alfonso 2:29%. Alcyone sired
McKimey 2:11% that now has twenty-two 2:10 per-
formers, Darknight, the sire of Searchlight 2:03%.
and H reckoned one of the greatest of George Wilkes'
ionr Alcantara also a wonderful sire is the sire of
Her ua the only broodmare living with four in the
2:10 list. To name all the 2:10 performers that have
descended from Alma Mater would require more
space than we can spare here. Suffice it to say that
Alma Mater besides producing eight standard per-
formers, left seven producing sons and two producing
daughters.
The third dam of Alconda Jay was Estella, a thor-
oughbred mare by imported Australian, and the
fourth dam was that famous mare Fanny G. by
imported Margrave that was the grandam of Dame
Winnie, dam of Palo Alto 2:08%, etc. When the ped-
igree of a trotting stallion is backed up with such
thoroughbred blood as this it is the very acme of
breeding and as it can be traced back through
twenty or more generations to the famous Layton
Barb mare of English thoroughbred history it can
be said to be the very best equine blood in existence.
But enough has been said of Alconda Jay's breed-
ing. As for his individuality there are few horses
any better built or more attractive than he. Mr.
Helman would like to have every person that is
pleased with Alconda Jay's blood lines, come to
Pleasanton and look the horse over. He is ready
to show him at all times and will also show a few
of his two-year-olds and yearlings. There are three
two-year-olds — Bessie Jay that is out of Electress
Wilkes, the dam of Lady Mowry 2:09%, Eloise Dell,
whose dam is Lovely Dell by Prince Lovelace, and
the Henry M. Ayers filly that is from a Chas. Derby
mare. There are three distinct crosses for Alconda
Jay in these fillies and breeders can have an oppor-
tunity of seeing the results. Mr. Helman bought last
year from M. C. Keefer of Woodland a filly by Al-
conda Jay that trotted a quarter in 45 seconds as a
yearling and was expected to be a real stake win-
ning trotter, but met with death in an accident.
Helman believes he would have had a 2:20 trotter
in this filly had she lived.
Alconda Jay will make the season at Pleasanton
this year at the low fee of $40 with the usual return
privilege. If you want to mate your mares with
one of the best bred stallions in America send them
to Alconda Jay.
BIG STAKE FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS.
AT SALINAS TRACK.
On Thursday, February 3d, a "Breeder and Sports-
man" representative visited Salinas and drove out
to the race track where Charles Whitehead has
eleven head of trotters and pacers stabled, among
them being his stallion Delphi 2:12% by Director.
He also has Main Guy. a two-year-old bay horse by
Oro Guy out of Mina B. by Electioneer; Clear Voy-
age, a three-year-old colt by Bon Voyage, from Car-
rie Malone, a full sister to Chas. Derby 2:20, is step-
ping a 2:20 gait in his work; the colt Morning Light
by Ray o' Light, entered in the Breeders' Futurity,
is a pacer and has shown Whitehead a quarter in 43
seconds. Whitehead is training for Oswald West
of Salem, Oregon, the five-year-old pacer Ab Bender
by Diablo; a two-year-old trotter, full brother to
North Star 2:11%, is doing well, as is a two-year-old
pacer by Star Pointer out of a Dictatus mare. The
latter colt is the property of J. B. Iverson. The
three-year-old mare Salinas Girl is in great fettle
and stepped an eighth in 18% seconds. A two-year-
old filly by Bon Voyage out of a mare by Sidney Dil-
lon promises to be some trotter and has shown a
mile in 3:20. Mina B. by Electioneer is in foal to
Kinney Lou, and due February 11th.
The track, considering the recent heavy rains
is in splendid condition.
On Friday morning Mr. James Anderson drove
our representative out of J. B. Iverson's ranch, where
James Mack is conditioning a number of Iverson's
horses on the half-mile track. North Star 2:11%
wi'l race this year as also will Prince Gift 2:12.
Old Eugeneer, the 23-year-old son of Electioneer,
is still lusty and vigorous. Several mares are in
foal to him that are now in Mr. Iverson's paddocks,
and there are a number of splendid young colts
and fillies by him in the pastures.
Mr. Anderson showed us his fine mare Delia
Derby 2:11%. He is contemplating breeding her
to a high class sire in the near future.
A'l the horsemen in Salinas are looking forward
to a prosperous season this year. G.
The Oakland Chamber of Commerce has recently
issued a booklet about the Livermore valley that
contains much misleading information about the
horses of Pleasanton. The article was evidently
written by someone who imagines that every horse
ever trained on the famous Pleasanton track was
foaled and raised in the Livermore valley. While
that locality is one of the greatest horse breeding
sections on the Pacific Coast, and has many ad-
vantages over the majority of places where livestock
is raised, advertising matter which claims that such
well known horses as Star Pointer, Lou Dillon, Fly-
ing Jib, Anaconda, . Coney, Bolivar and many-
others bred elsewhere were foaled in the
Livermore valley, is ridiculous and does more
harm than good, as it naturally leads the peo-
ple who know where these horses were bred to
deny the assertions of the Oakland Chamber of Com-
merce. While Pleasanton horse breeders believe
they live in the best horse breeding section in the
world, they don't claim everything in sight and would
much rather have seen the booklet referred to con-
tain the correct information that Star Pointer was
bred in Tennessee, Lou Dillon at Santa Rosa, Flying
Jib and Anaconda on the Haggin farm at Sacra-
mento, Coney at Los Angeles. Bolivar in Humboldt
county, etc., etc. All these horse have been at the
Pleasanton track during their life time but are not
natives of the Livermore valley by a good deal.
A $70,000 futurity for foals of 1910, to be raced in
their four-year-old form, is contemplated by M. W.
Savage, of Minneapolis, and will be presented to
the racing public early in the spring. Nothing of
this character, nor in which so large a stake is in-
volved, has ever been offered for competition to
the American turf, and the novel conditions under
which it is to be regulated will make it one of the
most popular races ever engineered in the world.
Every horseman who owns either a trotting or
pacing colt, for the race is to be divided into a
trotting and pacing event, with a purse of $35,000
for each, can nominate his foal for $10.
Under these rules there is little doubt that nearly
every horseman who has a fairly well-bred foal
during the season of 1910 will nominate the colt in
the futurity, as it will not only give him the oppor-
tunity of developing the youngster for a race that
would be worth every chance taken, but it will
treble the price of the colt immediately the steps
for the nomination are finished.
The money for the two races will be divided into
50 per cent, 25 per cent, 15 per cent and 10 per
cent purses, which, with the deduction of 5 per
cent from the money winners, will make the win-
ning for the fourth horse a stake of $1650. As
this is as great an amount as usually comes with
the winning of most futurities at present, the size
of the stake can more readily be comprehended.
If this idea for a futurity for four-year-olds ever
comes to he a reality, as every indication at the pres-
ent time seems to favor it, it will prove a great
boon for horse breeding and for the racing world
in general.
The principal reason for the inauguration of this
kind of an event was the abrupt decrease in the
value of fast-going colts after the time that they
have passed their three-year-old form. Mr. Her-
sey, the head trainer of the Savage stables, first
suggested the idea to his employer with the object
of keeping the four-year-olds in the lists of racers.
It is a well-known fact that many four-year-olds
are withdrawn from the turf after their third year
of racing, as their owners do not feel that they are
ready to race with the aged horses. Many of these
never return to the track after their withdrawal.
This new futurity would serve the purpose of keeping
these four-year-olds on the track not only for that
season, but for several years after. The knowledge,
too, that many a three-year-old colt of mediocre show-
ing may make a futurity winner the next season
would make owners keep their horses in training
until they have reached a higher age than under
the present system of racing.
If this new race is put before the racing men this
spring all foals born this year will have the op-
portunty of competing for more than $150,000
worth of stakes before they become old enough to
be entered with any degree of certainty of win-
ning with the horses with more racing experience.
This amount of money hung up before the eyes of
the American horsemen will lead to a greater care
in both breeding and training.
Taking into consideration the small chances for
four-year-olds to make good showings against more
aged horses, the small number of four-year-olds
who have raced and who ha^e made good records
at that age is not to be wondered at. Beuzetta and
last year's great trotting stallion, The Harvester,
and Directum, the present holder of the stallion
trotting record for four-year-olds, are practically all
of the four-year-o'.ds who have a fast record be-
hind them for that age. Had such a futurity as
this one been on the racing cards before it is
doubtful if any of the records held by the above
horses would be considered much above par at the
present time. — Western Horseman.
DEVEREUX HAS MANY TITLES.
Harry K. Devereux, one of the staunchest friends
the trotting horse sport ever had in this country,
is a man of many titles. Devereux's whole heart
and soul are in the light harness racing game and
his spirit, knowledge of the game and great love of
the sport places him foremost among the solons of
harness racing.
Mr. Devereux is the backbone of the trotting
and pacing sport in Cleveland. His keen persever-
ance and determination to keep the racing game
clean and prosperous are factors so pronounced that
his influence is having a great bearing on the
uplift of the sport all over the country, and it can
be said that to a certain degree the decidedly in-
creased strength in the Grand Circuit as mapped
out for this season is due to his efforts.
At present Mr. Devereux has a string of titles
that would necessitate the most careful work on
the part of an expert accountant to keep in mind.
He is president of the Forest City Live Stock and
Fair Company, which company built North Randall
track. He is president of the Grand Circuit, presi-
dent of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Cleveland,
president of the League of Amateur Driving Clubs
and secretary of the American Association of Trot-
ting Horse Breeders. Mr. Devereux is now the head
of the leading organizations that control both ama-
teur and professional racing. — Stock Farm.
o
John McCartney, the well known turf writer, has
retired from turf journalism and has accepted the
position of managing editor of a daily newspaper
at Olney, 111. He is one of the best known writers
on turf matters.
Saturday, February 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE MIDWINTER SALE.
Prices for Horses Are Still Good in New York and
353 Head Bring an Average of $380.
The Midwinter Auction held by the Fasig-Tipton
Company at Madison Square Garden last week lasted
three days and during that time 353 horses were sold.
The highest price during the sale was $5300 paid by
C. W. Laselle, of Whitenville, Mass., for the brown
five-year-old stallion Oakland Flobar 2:27%, who was
advertised in the catalogue as "the greatest stake
trotter in sight. He is an inbred Baron Wilkes,
being a son of Oakland Baron by Baron Wilkes
and out of Flossie Baron by the same sire. Oakland
Flobar trotted a trial in 2:17 as a two-year-old and
one in 2:10 as a three-year-old with the last half in
1:03% and the last quarter in 30% seconds. An-
other trotter by Oakland Baron, the gelding Oakland
Mirchime brought $3100 at this sale, being pur-
chased by Doc. Tanner for Mr. C. K. G. Billings.
The Walnut Hall Farm consignment brought an
average of $652.60 per head, which is a big price
for so many horses to average. Nearly all were
two-year-olds.
Senator J. W. Bailey's consignment of a dozen trot-
ters by his noted stallion Prodigal sold for a total of
$8745, or an average of $728.75, a higher average
than shown by any other consignment for the same
number. Of the dozen nine were two-year-olds, which
sold for $5045, or an average of 560.50 per head. The
two three-year-olds average $1400 a head, while an
eight-year-old sold for $900. The best from this con-
signment was purchased by Mr. John H. Shults, who
is a great believer in the future of Prodigal as a great
sire of producing dams.
The consignment of Washington McKinneys from
the Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa, were sold
on the first day of the sale and did not bring big
prices, averaging $316. There were fifteen head in
this consignment of which twelve were by Washing-
ton McKinney. The prices obtained for the consign-
ments of Rose Dale Farm, Walnut Hall Farm, J. W.
Bailey, are given below with some of the best prices
obtained for the horses of various owners:
Consignment of Rose Dale Farm.
Fabia McKinney 2:19%, t., ch. m. (7) by Wash
ington McKinney 2:17% — Hazel Turk, by Silas
Skinner 2:17; Dr. J. J. Moynahan, Holyoke,
Mass. . ? 250
May Randall 2:22, p., blk. m. (6) by Washington
McKinney 2 : 17 y2— Josephine, by Secretary
28378; William J. Cooke, South Amboy, N. J. 300
Billy Barlow 2:29%, t., ch. g. (5) by Washington
McKinney 2:17%— Daughter of Daly 2:15;
J. W. Smith, New York City 285
Mary McKinney 2:29%, t, b. m. (6) by Wash-
ington McKinney 2:17%— Fila D., by Daly
2:15; H. A. Knox, Springfield, Mass 300
Gerhard McKinney 2:29%, t, b. g. (8) by Wash-
ington McKinney 2:17% — Dinah, by Dexter
Prince; A. L. Thomas, Benson, Neb 500
Ivey McKinney, t., blk. g. (5) by Washington
McKinney 2:17% — Dinah Button, by Gen.
Dana 1757; J. C. Schunk, Scranton, Pa 300
Manie McKinney 2:47, t., blk. m. (7) by Wash-
ington McKinney 2:17%— Petmont, by Alban,
2:24; A. L. Thomas, Benson, Neb 300
Sam McKinney 2:41, p., blk. g. (5) by Wash-
ington McKinney 2:17% — Ayres; C. H. Rowe,
Athol, Mass 310
Little Jimmy, t, b. g. (5) by Washington Mc-
Kinney 2:17%— Eva Z., by St. Whips 29721;
Cullen Bros., Clyde, N. Y 225
Juliette McKinney 2:48%, t., blk. f. (3) by
Washington McKinney — Dinah Button, by
Gen. Dana 1757; Harry D. Lattin, Albion,
N. Y. 335
Dixie McKinney 2:29%, t., b. m. (8) by Wash-
ington McKinney 2:17% — Miss Fay, by Stein-
way 2:25%; J. A. Moynahan, Wykoff, N. J.. 260
Hester McKinney, t., b. f. (4) by Washington
McKinney 2:17% — Daughter of Lynwood W.,
2:20%; Lemuel Ketcham, Red Bank, N. J... 210
Elma S., t., b. m. (8) by Nutwood Wilkes,
2:16% — Bessie C, by California Nutwood,
15119; A. L. Thomas, Benson, Neb 400
Princess W., t, br. m. (10) by Geo. Washing-
ton 2:16% — Urania, by Kentucky Prince; H.
C. Moody, Lexington, Ky 225
Katie Yandle 2:29%, t., br. m. (6) by Suomi,
33544— Laurel 2:13%, by Nephew; John H.
Phillips, Geneva, N. Y 450
Consignment from Walnut Hall Farm.
Waldron 51741, t., b. c. (2) by Walnut Hall
2:08%— Mysoto, by Moko 244571 Brad H.
Smalley, White Plains, N. Y 550
Toural 51865, t , br. c. (2) by Walnut Hall
2:08%— Ultara, by Moko 24457; H. H. Stam-
baugh, Youngstown, 0 750
Mannister, t., br. c. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%
Mayrosa, by Moko 24457; Jesse Taylor,
Jamestown, 0 525
Lettie Lee, t., b. f. (2) by Moko 24457— Leetell
2:17%, by Axtell 2:12; Ideal Stock Farm,
East Aurora, N. Y 3650
Little Tide, t, b. f. (2) by Moko 24457— Zappa,
by Nutwood 600; H. H. Stambaugh, Youngs-
town, b 2000
Blue Feather 51725, t., br. c. (2) by Walnut
Hall 2:08%— Tulip Bell, by Moko 24457; J. S.
McElwain, Holyoke, Mass 3200
Montalvo 51724, t, b. c. (2) by Moko 24457—
Mendocito, by Mendocino 2:19%; A. B. Coxe,
Paoli, Pa 2050
Wine Dance 51727, t, br. c. (2) by Walnut Hall
2:08%— My Fancy, by Moko 24457; W. B.
Cox, Manchester, N. H 525
Frances Hall, p., br. f. (2) by Walnut Hall,
2:08% — Franletta, by Moko; Matt Dwyer,
New York 675
Fancy Silk, t, b. f. (2) by Moko 24457— Green
Silk 2:29%, by Prodigal; Matt Dwyer, N. Y. 925
Rena Hall, t., b. f. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%—
Rosame, by Moko; Abe Johnson, Brockton,
Mass 950
Warmouth 51740, t„ b. c. (2) by Ozono 40480—
Annie Tipton, by Aberdeen 27; W. H. Dicker-
son, Goshen, N. Y 375
Onnette, t., b. f. (2) by Ozono 40480 — Annette-
more, by Strathmore; Ed. Benyon, Lexing-
ton, Ky 1050
Dolly Dixon, t, b. f. (2) by Ozono 404S0— Jose-
phine Dixon 2:10%, by Game Onward 8105;
J. S. Schofield, Greenwich, Ct 350
Mary Shore, t., blk. f. (2) by Moko 24457 —
Ozalla, by Allie Wilkes 2:15; W. R. Cox,
Manchester, N. H 600
The Spokesman, t, b. c. (2) by Moko— Ollie
Director, by Director 2:17; W. W. Collier,
Detroit, Mich 275
Korena, t, br. f. (2) by Moko 24457 — Terentia,
by Expedition 2:15%; Robert Davis, Toronto,
Ont 475
Montferris 51737, t., br. c. (2) by Walnut Hall
2:08%— Molesia by Mobel 2:10%; J. B. Price,
Philadelphia, Pa 250
The Scottsman 51723, t., b. c. 121 by Ozono
40480 — Miss Topic, by Allie Wilkes 2:15;
W. E. Puddington, Lynn, Mass 335
Treadaway 51732, t., br. c. (2) by Walnut Hall
2:08%— Thirlmere, by Moko 24457; S. W.
Johnson, Haverstraw, N. Y 575
Kaperina, t, br. f. (2) by Moko 24457 — Krem
Marie, by Kremlin; John H. Shults, Port
Chester, N. Y 550
Frances Frisbee, t., br. f. (2) by Ozono 40480 —
Franlet, by Epaulet 2:19; Matt Dwyer, New-
York 425
Snowfall, t, blk. f. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%
Snow Drift 2:18%, by Baron Wilkes; C. H.
Ansted, Hornell, N. Y 425
Orosa, t„ br. f. (2) by Ozono 404S0— Menrosa,
by Mendocino 2:19%; W. R. Cox, Manchester,
N. H 550
Aronwald, t., b. c. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%
Anderra, by Mobel 2:10%; J. A. Coates, New
York . . 575
Lettie Hall, t., b. f. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%—
Driftlet 2:22, by Moko 24457; J. S. Schofield,
Greenwich, Ct 475
Brazone, t, br. c. (2) by Ozono 40480 — Katie
Bradley 2:30, by Axtell; W. R. Cox, Manches-
ter, N. H 350
Southern Ivy, t, b. f. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%
—Southern Rose, by The King Red 2:20%; T.
Cadwalader, Dovlestown, Pt 300
Fairweather, t, b. c. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%
— Fanny McGregor, by Robert McGregor
2:17%; J. W. Smith, New York City 325
Filbron, t, b. c. (3) by Walnut Hall 2:08%—
Alpha McGregor, by Robert McGregor; D.
Miles Rigor, Philadelphia, Pa 300
Nesmith 51728, t., br. c. (2) by Ozono 404S0—
Niba by Expedition; W R. Cox, Manchester,
N. H 300
Dennithorne, t„ b. c. (2) by Moko 24457 — Brown
Pearl, by Gambetta Wilkes 2:19%; Mr. Cash. 250
Elmay, t., br. f. (2) by Moke 24457— Elmarch, by
Delmarch 2:11%; Eberhard Vollmer, Trenton,
N. J 250
Beltshire 51739, t., b. c. (2) by Moke 24457—
Belle Cury 2:18, by Simmons 2:28; J. M.
Smith, New York City 285
Phena, t, b. f. (2) by Moke 24457 — Peregrine,
by Nowood 2:12% W. R. Cox, Manchester,
N. H 235
Gritz, t, b. c. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%— Giffy,
by Moke 24457; H. B. Thomas, Closter, N. J. . 245
Nozota, t., blk. f. (2) by Moke 24457 — Nazoma,
by Nazotte; H. Coates, Brooklyn, N. Y 275
Savette, t., br. f. (2) by Moke 24457— Salva, by
Socrates 287; J. W. Smith, New York City.. 260
MacMillan, t., b. c. (2) by Moke 24457 — Miss
McMillan, by Brasfield; C. B. Jones, Brook-
lyn, N. Y 250
Atherall 51733, t., b. c (2) by Walnut Hall
2:08%— Aliberta, by Allie Wilkes 2:15; Andy
McDowell, New York City 250
Kiko, t, b. c. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%— Lit-
tle Egypt, by Robert McGregor; J. A. Pilgard,
Hartford, Ct 275
Consignment of J. W. Bailey.
Esther Hardy, t, b. f. (2) by Prodigal 2:16—
Hive 2:11%, by Highwood 2:21% Ardmaer
Farm, Raritan, N. J 600
Eva Shannon, t, b. f. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%
— Mary Stone, by Prodigal 2:16; Carroll
Mann, Baltimore, Md 385
George Nelson, t„ b. g. (2) by Prodigal 2:16
—Ortolan 2:28%, by Wilton 2:19%; John H.
Shults, Portchester, N. Y 300
Irma Clifton, t, b. f. (2) by Prodigal 2:16— Red
Silk 2:10, by Baron Wilkes 2:18; John H.
Shults, Portchester, N. Y 2000
Maggie Prodigal 2:29, t, b. f. (3) by Prodigal
2:16 — Maggie Baron, by Baron Wilkes 2:18;
John H. Shults, Portchester N. Y 400
Bonnie Hill, t., b. f. (2) by Prodigal 2:18— Gar-
denia by Ashland Wilkes 2:17%; H. D. Clay-
ton, Eufalia, Ala 400
Olive O'Beirne, p., br. f (2) by Prodigal 2:16 —
Vera Capel 2:10%, by Wilkes Boy 2:24%;
Wm. Conner, Pittsburg, Pa 350
Carrie Kerr 2:30, t., br. f. (3) by Prodigal 2:16—
Zelda Wilton, by Wilton 2:19%; John H.
Shults 900
Lady Katrina, t, blk. f. 13) by Baronmore 2:14%
Karerina A., by Wiggins; J. S. Murray,
Goshen, N. Y 1900
Evelyn Prodigal, t, b. f. (2) by Prodigal 2:16—
Evelyn Mackey, by Pegasus 2:30; J. W.
Storms, New York 400
Clear Silk, 2:20%, t., b. m. (8) by Prodigal
2:16— Red Silk 2:10, by Baron Wilkes 2:18;
John H. Shults 900
Consigned by Various Owners.
King Walnut t., blk. g. (5) by Walnut Hall
2:08% — Miss Topic, by Allie Wilkes 2:15; O.
Burpeau, Yonkers, N. Y 525
Jane Todd, t, b. m. 15) by Todd 2:14% — Jeanie
Chimes, by Chimes 5348; J. Roth, Newark,
N. J 875
Pure Silver, t., b. g. (6) by Onward Silver 2:05%
—Daughter of Winks 2:20%; C. Curtis Wood-
ruff, Long Island City 365
Roger W. Axworthy, t., ch. h. (7) by Axworthy
2:15%— Carlotta W., by King Wilkes 2:22%;
J. O. Reay, Boston, Mass 935
Baron Peter 47085, t., b. c. (4) by Peter the
Great 2:07% — Brown Annie, by Baron Wilkes
2:18; W. W. Collier, Detroit, Mich 1025
Shila 2:16%, t., b. m. (9) by Peter the Great
2:07% — Norroway, by Imp. Meddler (thor-
oughbred); S. P. Everett, New York 500
Maycliffe, t., br. f. (2) by Walnut Hall 2:08%
Mayrosa, by Moko 24457; Hugh J. Morrison,
Boston, Mass 1350
Queensland 2:19%, t., b. m. (7) by Bingen
2:06%— Ollie K. 2:12%, by King Wilkes; John
H. Shults, Port Chester, N. Y 1800
Pilatka, t, b. m. (8) by Bingen 2:06%— Hat-
teras, by Wilkes Boy 2:24%; Ardmaer Farm,
Raritan, N. J 2500
George Guy, t., b. c. (2) by Guy Axworthy
2:08%— Owaissa 2:06%, by Bingen 2:06%;
John H. Shults 500
Jotah 2:12%, p., gr. m. (9) by Island Wilkes
2:13%— Daughter of Rupee 2:11; G. W. Jones,
New York 1085
Garrard, p., br. g. (8) by Boreal 2:15% — Lizzie
Barrett, by Wilkes Boy 2:24%; J. Harmes,
New York 610
Pharaoh, t, br. g. (5) by Knight 2:22%— New
Witness, by Prodigal 2:16; Wm. Collins, Jer-
sey City 535
The Laird 2:18%, t.„ br. h. (5) by Jay Mc-
Gregor 2:07%— Naronee Electra 2:26%, by
Baron Wilkes 2:18; Thos. Nolan, Poughkeep-
sie, N. Y 1200
Princess Direct 2:14%, t., br. m. (6) by Direct
Hal 2:04% — Regardless Maid, by Dare Devil
2:09; S. R. Goldsmith, New York 610
Judge Parker 2:27%, t., br. h. (8) by Jay Mc-
Gregor 2:07% — Paronella, by Parkville 6050;
R. Davis, Toronto, Ont 2700
Baron Wilkes, Jr. 34800 2:18%, t, br. h. 11, by
Baron Wilkes 2:18 — Marinette, by Director
2:17; Harry Hersey, Savage, Minn 800
Oakland Flobar 42970 2:27%, t, br. h. (5) by
Oakland Baron 2:09% — Flossie Baron, by
Baron Wilkes 2:18; C. W. Laselle, Whitinville.
Mass 5,300
Oakland Mirchime, t, b. g. (5) by Oakland
Baron 2:09% — Miriam Chimes, by Chimes;
Charles Tanner 3100
Wilkerson 2:12%, t, br. g. (6) by Todd 2:14%
— Nannine, by Ashland Wilkes 2:17%; John
McGuire, New York 1000
Prince Alexis 2:24%— Cocoa 2:21%, by Arion
18000; John McGuire, New York 1000
The veteran breeder, John H. Shults, says his
ambition is to have a colt that represents the com-
bined breeding of Axworthy. Moko, Bingen and
Peter the Great. He has a mare by Peter the Great,
dam by Bingen, which he will breed to a son of
Moko, and if the progeny is a filly will breed her
to Guy Axworthy, that he thinks is destined to be
more illustrious in the stud than even his famous
Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maud C, the world's
champion pacers to pole, will open their year's en-
gagements at Taylorville, 111., July 4, where they
are now located in the handsome modern training
stable recently built by their owner, J. C. Crabtree.
The pair will be raced some separately in the free-
for-all paces during the year, but the most of their
engagements will be to pole.
In 1909 59 stallions had five or more new standard
performers. Of this number 46 were stil living
at the close of the season, and of those Nutwood
Wilkes and Axworthy share equal honors in having
the fastest performers in Copa de Oro 2:01% and
Hamburg Belle 2:01%, respectively.
James McNab, the well known drayman, a member
of the firm of McNab & Smith, recently made a trip
to the northern part of the State where he went
to purchase heavy horses. He reports plenty of or-
dinary horses to be found but a scarcity of the 1600
pound and up variety.
W. J. Greer, of Salinas, who is secretary of the
Monterey County Mule Company, recently returned
from Missouri where he purchased three fine jacks
that will be placed on the company's stock farm.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 12, 1910.
NOTES AND NEWS
Baron Wilkes Jr., the sire of Baron Bowles,
brought $S00 at the Midwinter sale.
A. H. Longlej', of Chicago, who formerly owned
Monroe Chief, is in California for the winter.
It looks as if there would be more breeding this
year than last. Stallion owners report many in-
quiries from the owners of mares.
Our list of stallions advertised is growing every
week. If your stallion's name is not there it should
be.
Nineteen yearlings by the Boston horse, Bob
Douglass 2:06% have been kept eligible 10 the Ken-
tucky futurity.
There is a rumor prevalent that California will
have a harness racing circuit this summer, but it has
not thus far been confirmed.
There is a prospect of the Emeryville meeting
continuing all summer. The purses have been re-
duced to $200 and the majority of the races are sell-
ing affairs.
Native Belle 2:07% as a two-year-old last year, is
not eligible to the Horseman's $15,000 stake for
three-year-olds that is to be trotted at the Detroit
meeting this year.
Fifteen two-year-olds by Moko averaged $822,
eighteen by Walnut Hall averaged $620, and eleven
two and three-year-olds by Prodigal averaged $622
at the Midwinter Sale.
Alma Dexter, a mare by Dexter Prince, owned by
Dr. J. P. Nichols, of Salinas, foaled a handsome brown
colt on January ISth by Kinney Lou 2:07%. The
colt has been named Dexter Lou.
P. W. Hodges, who had San Francisco 2:07%, and
The Angelus last year, is now located in Memphis,
Tenn.. where he has some colts by San Francisco
and Nutwood Wilkes that he is training.
Harry Stinson has a green pacer by Heir-at-Law
that has worked a mile in 2:06%. He is banking on
him for the Chamber of Commerce and other closing
stake races the coming season.
From the fact that $5000 was recently refused for
Joe Patchen 2d and $3000 for Hal B. Jr., two crack
Canadian colts, it would appear that the market
is exceedingly strong at the present, for green ma-
terial of demonstrated class.
Eight two-year-olds by Prodigal, three three-year-
olds, and one aged mare, brought a total of $8745, an
average of $729 per head at the Midwinter Sale.
They were consigned by Senator J. W. Bailey.
Forty-two horses, the majority of them two-year-
olds just halter broken, consigned by Walnut Hall
Farm to the Midwinter Sale at New York last week,
brought a total of $2S,5S0, an average of $675 per
head.
Mr. J. B. Iverson, of Salinas, reports that his
registered mare Queen Karen by Nutwood Wilkes
2:16%, dam Mina B. by Electioneer, second dam
Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino, foaled a nice
filly by Kinney Lou 2:07% on January 28th.
The Southern California Horse Show will be held
this year at Pasadena early in April. The show is
expected to be especially strong in the heavy har-
ness classes and saddle classes. Some of the best
five-gaited horses ever seen on the Coast will be
shown.
John Vroman, a horse trainer who is located at
the Phoenix, Arizona, track, has written a letter
in which he claims that track as the only winter
track in America. He says he has been in Phoenix
four winters and has never used a lap robe or heavy
coat while driving on the track.
The highest priced two-year-old in Walnut Hall
Farm's consignment to the Midwinter sale was Lettie
Lee by Moko out of Leetell 2:17% by Axtell, second
dam Amy Lee 2:14 by Bay Star, third dam by Hia-
toga 49S. She brought $3650 and was purchased by
Ideal Stock Farm, East Aurora, N. Y.
The American Horse Breeder of Boston has made
a reduction in the payments in its $11,000 stakes.
As it now stands the fee is but $1 for nominating the
mare, March 15th, $3 on foals November 1st, and $5
on yearlings the following May. No more payments
are due until the year of the race.
Verona 2:18% by Nutwood Wilkes is expected to
produce a foal this month by Prince McKinney. As
both sire and dam are fast trotters and the foal
will re' resent the heretofore successful McKinney-
Nutwood Wilkes cross, Chas. James, who has Verona
in his stables, expects something extra good.
Helen Dare 2:12 by Zombro, and Bena Brack, a
full sister to Zombro, have been booked to Peter the
Great this year by their owner, Geo. T. Beckers,
the owner of Zombro.
Canfield-Clark Stake No. 1 received 22 entries and
Stake No. 2 received 27 entries. Stake No. 1 will
be trotted this year at Los Angeles and Stake No. 2
next year. Both are for two-year-olds.
Yellow Belle, the dam of Native Belle (2) 2:07%
is not in foal this year. This is unfortunate as she
was bred to Peter the Great last year. She is to be
bred to Moko, the sire of Native Belle, this year.
A few days ago Ted Hayes drove his two-year-old
trotter Bon Volante, by Bon Voyage, a mile in 2:32
over the San Jose track. This is probably the fast-
est mile trotted by any two-year-old in the United
States in 1910.
Ray Mead extends an invitation to all horse own-
ers who are thinking of breeding their mares this
year to visit San Jose Driving Park and take a look
at Kinney Lou 2:07% and his colts that are now at
that track. There are twelve or fifteen of them,
from yearlings to five years old and they are hard
to beat for looks or for speed.
The get of Ozono brought good prices at last
weeks auction in New York. Only three or four were
consigned to the sale, but they brought from $425
to $1050 each. Ozono is the sire of Mr. F. J. Kilpat-
rick's handsome colt Black Hall that is consigned
to Fred H. Chase's Pleasanton sale. Black Hall is
out of the dam of that great trotter and sire Walnut
Hall 2:08%.
Capt. C. H. Williams last week sold his bay stal-
lion Knott McKinney to Mr. C. B. Johnson of Ogden,
Utah, at a price that is private. Knott McKinney
is by McKinney 2:11% dam Net, the dam of three in
the list by Magic. He is standard and registered, is
a big powerful horse, and a fast natural pacer.
The best investment that any beginner in the trot-
ting breeding business can make is money spent in
the purchase of a well-bred, good-gaited, high-class
young mare, for brood purposes. The mistake that
too many make at the start is in buying and keeping
too many broodmares of medium quality.
Superintendent Harry Burgoyne, of the Walnut
Hall Farm, is much pleased with the present physi-
cal condition of the great stallion San Francisco, and
believes that the horse will be in condition to still
further reduce his record of 2:07% if it is decided
to place him in training again this year.
Recent rumors that Madison Square Garden is to
be torn down in the near future are vehemently de-
nied by those in control of the famous building. As
the home of the National Horse Show and great
horse sales, it has a warm place in the hearts of
horsemen the country over. It is reported that many
citizens of New York advocate the purchase of the
building by the city so as to preserve it.
Daughters of Strathmore 40S produced fifteen of
the new standard performers of 1909. This brings the
total number of standard performers produced by his
daughters up to 202 and 17 of them have made
records of 2:10 or better, making him a very close
second to Nutwood 2:18% as a sire of dams of 2:10
performers. Eleven of the 2:10 performers produced
by Nutwood 2:18% are trotters. Strathmore's
daughters have produced six trotters in the 2:10 list.
A trial shipment of army remount horses to Italy
from the Argentine was made last year and it is
now reported that this was a failure financially.
The horses were acceptable and the Italian govern-
ment purchased twenty-four of them, but Italy seems
to be really more in need of draft than saddle
horses. Accordingly two Italian dealers, favorably
impressed with the quality represented by the Ar-
gentine horses, have gone to that country in search
of drafters for their home trade.
Study of the relation between the total length of
life and the time required to reach maturity has
brought about an interesting comparison between
men and horses. A horse at five years is said to be,
comparatively, as old as a man at 20, and may be ex-
pected to behave according to equine standards, after
the manner of the average college student following
human standards. A ten-year-old horse resembles,
so far as age and experience, a man of 40, while a
horse which has attained the ripe age of 35 is com-
parable with a man of 90 years.
His many friends in California and elsewhere will
be pleased to know that Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick,
who has been confined to a sanitorium in this city
for more than a month with a severe and painful
illness, has greatly improved and was able to be
taken back to his apartments at the Fairmount last
week. He will be confined to his room for some
time yet, but expects to be out within a week or so.
He was much disappointed at not being able to at-
tend the Midwinter Sale in New York last week, at
which sixteen horses sent there by him from Cali-
fornia, were sold, but he confidently hopes to be
out in time to attend the Pleasanton Sale at which
the six grandly bred young stallions he brought here
from the east last year will be offered.
Horsemen who will go down the Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia Circuit this year will have
seventeen week's racing at Clarksburg, Fairmount,
Wheeling, Parkersburg, Buckhannon, Morgantown,
Pennsboro, in West Virginia; Johnstown, Greens-
burg and Dawson, in Pennsylvania; Cumberland,
Hagerstown and Baltimore, in Marwland.
A new drinking fountain for man and beast has
recently been erected in Milton, Mass., by Mrs. H. S.
Russell, in memory of her late husband, Col. Henry
S. Russell, noted in the horse wTorld as the owner
of Smuggler 2:15%, Fearnaught 2:23, Edgemark 2:16
and the Home Farm at Milton, Mass. Mr. Russell
was born at Savin Hill, Dorchester, Mass., in 1SSS,
and died five years ago.
Mr. A. B. Coxe, of Paoli, Pa., who purchased the
mare Excella by Monbells out of Expressive 2:12%
at the Pleasanton sale last spring bought another
member of the Esther family at the Midwinter sale in
New York last week. He paid $2050 for the two-
year-oild colt Montalvo that is by Moko, dam Men-
docito by Mendocino, second dam Esther, dam of
Expressive 2:12%, by Express, thoroughbred. The
family of the thoroughbred mare Esther is becom-
ing greater every year.
A royally bred one doesn't always bring the
most money in the salesring. For instance the
seven-year-old mare Eleata McKinney, bred at Palo
Alto Farm, sired by McKinney 2:11%, dam Elden,
three-year-old record 2:19, dam of Eleata 2:08%, by
Nephew, second dam Eleanor by Electioneer, was
put up for sale at Madison Square Garden, New
York, last week and only brought $225. There must
have been something the matter with this mare
as she should have brought more money if all right.
The regular quarterly meeting of the Pacific States
Veterinary Medical Association was held on Wednes-
day of this week at the office of Dr. N. E. Nielsen,
Thirteenth street, Sacramento. Daring the session
a resolution favoring the establishment of a remount
station on this coast by the War Department of the
United States Government, was passed. The asso-
ciation also set aside a sum of money to aid in the
entertainment of the delegates to the American Vet-
erinarian Association which will meet in San Fran-
cisco in September.
J. B. Elliott, Knoxville, Iowa, has a remarkable
band of brood mares. Six of the number are among
the producing matrons of 1909, viz.: Helen Asher
by Alfred G — Helen Hurst 2:11%; Normandie by
Brown Wilkes — Miller Boy 2:15%; Princess Sheely
by Advance — Edith Hungate 2:14%, Chimes Maid by
Chimes — The Surveyor 2:18%, Josephine Preston by
Liberty Bell— Nicklette 2:20%, Baronelli by Baron
Wilkes — Baron de Jay 2:24%. An excellent showing
for six mares owned by one breeder, who does not
breed on a large scale, Mr. Elliott owns a very prom-
ising son of Jay Bird, out of a Baron Wilkes dam.
Charles James of the McKinney Stables on Thirty-
sixth avenue has eight head he is caring for at the
present time, the property of various owners, but
expects several additions to the string as soon as
spring opens. S. Christensen has had his mare
Reina Directum sent down from Pleasanton, and is
permitting Mr. R. J. McKenzie, of Winnipeg, to use
her on the road during his sojourn in this city.
Mr. McKenzie owns a large string of trotters and
pacers now at Memphis in charge of Havers James.
Among the youngsters that Charles James is giving
early work is a two-year-old owned by F. Gommet,
and sired by his young stallion Prince McKinney,
the dam being a mare by Sidney Dillon. This two-
year-old is a trotter and Mr. James drove her a
quarter in 36 seconds on the stadium track the
other day. He saj-s she is one of the fastest young-
sters he ever handled and believes she will be able
to show a quarter in 32 seconds within a few months.
Two high-class horses were purchased in Los An-
geles last week by Gil Curry of this city for Mr. R.
• J. McKenzie of Winnipeg. The price for each horse
was a good round one, although they are not given
out, but they were not more than the horses are
worth. The animals secured by Mr. Curry were the
good pacer Joe McGregor 2:21%, raced through the
Coast circuit last year by Fred Ward, and the green
trotting mare Pandora by McKinney, dam Fiesta,
dam of two in the list, by Bob Mason. Joe McGregor
is a 2:05 pacer, and paced very close to that fast last
year in his races, although he did not win a heat
except in a matinee race. He got second money to
such pacers as Adam G. 2:06%, and as he wears no
hopples and never makes any mistakes, he looks like
a very high-class prospect. Pandora is a real Mc-
Kinney trotter with 2:10 speed, good-gaited, good-
headed and sound as a newly milled dollar. She is
good enough to train, especially for some of the big
events on the Grand Circuit. Mr._ Curry went to
Los Angeles with instructions to buy the Zombro
colt El Volante (3) 2:13% at any price within rea-
son, taking into consideration the fact that good
horses cost good big money, but could not induce Mr.
Canfield to put a price on him, that gentleman say-
ing simply that El Volante is not for sale. Joe Mc-
Gregor and Pandora were shipped up to Pleasanton
this week and will be sent to Havers James at Mem-
phis, who is training Merry Widow 2:09% and a
half dozen other horses owned by Mr. McKenzie.
They will be shipped with the horses that Chas. De
Ryder is taking to the Chicago sale.
Saturday, February 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
WHAT SACRAMENTO TRAINERS ARE DOING.
Sacramento, Feb. 7th, 1910. — We had a big rain
Sunday and Monday but today the track is fine —
in fact the track needed the rain to make it faster
as it was setting a little dry. The bright days of
last week made the matinee horse owners a little
frisky and there were several of them out trying
to show speed with their horses.
Mr. Pike had Harold B. and Buster Brown at the
track. They have wintered fine and show they have
a good owner.
Mr. J. Christie was so anxious to ride fast that
he stepped his business horse a little, but as the
horse could not show like his faithful matinee horse
Briarwood, Mr. Christie has made up his mind to
take the latter up and get him ready for the club
races.
J. F. Heenan is seen daily with The Judge and
Joe Dick. "Brick' has taken the best of care of
both horses and says he will surely ride in front part
of the season.
The committee composed of Dr. Weldon, F. E.
Wright and I. C. Christie, that was appointed to
amend the by-lays of our driving club are working
faithfully and when their report is ready to submit
to the club it will be about right as these gentlemen
have good judgment and a knowledge of what is
needed to make matinee racing popular with the
horsemen and the public.
Al McDonald says all his horses have thawed out
and are doing well, although he has not yet asked
them to step fast.
James Thompson is very busy with seventeen
head and all look well. James has not yet ordered
a supply of anti-fat for himself, but is threaten-
ing to.
Walter Tryon's pupils in the speed school are
taking to the trot or pace in a manner that is very
pleasing to their teacher.
John Quinn, with his two and three-year-olds by
Bon Voyage and Zombro and his fast side-wheeler
Hymettus looks to have enough money in sight
to justify the purchase of an adding machine.
Tom Holmes, who has been giving kindergarten
lessons to about as toppy a bunch of baby trotters
as one wants to look at, owned by the Silva Broth-
ers, will now take his place among the regular team-
sters with Teddy Bear and Natoma to show speed
with.
Wm Ivey has Lijero, that good son of James Mad-
ison and Hilda by Nutwood owned by F. E. Wright,
in the very pink of condition and is jogging him
regularly. Lijero is in fine shape for the stud sea-
son and will have a full book as he is very highly
thought of here. His first colt Expedio, owned by
Dr. Weldon, trotted a mile last fall as a two-year-
old in 2:30 with only six weeks training.
W. A. Hunter has two colts that have speed and
they give him every reason to be proud of them.
He recently started a four-year-old pacer up that
when hitched to a big cart can fly at the wiggling
gait barefooted. Mr. Hunter is training to saddle
a beautiful four-year-old mare for Mr. Joe Terry that
is very handsome. He also has a son of Knight
that will learn to go all five of the saddle gaits,
which is owned by Dr. Cox.
Chris Jorgensen has three in his stable that are
just being made acquainted with harness. Trust
him to get them going squarely on the trot in a
short time. CAPITALION.
REDUCED RATES TO THE CONVENTION.
President W. J. Kenney, of the San Francisco
Driving Club, has received notice from H. K. Gregory,
Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Santa
Fe Railway, and Chas. S. Fee, Passenger Traffic
Manager of the Southern Pacific system that round
trip rates of a fare and a third have been granted
delegates to the Harness Horsemen's Convention
which meets in this city March 2d.
Parties coming to San Francisco to attend the
meeting will purchase tickets in the regular way,
and the agent will furnish them with a receipt cer-
tificate. This certificate, when signed by the Secre-
tary of the Harness Horse Convention will enable
the holder to purchase a return ticket at one-third the
single trip rate. Delegates should therefore remem-
ber that it is necessary for them to secure a certifi-
cate and have it signed, in order to avail themselves
of the one-third rate on returning home.
Tickets can be purchased going to San Francisco
from February 21st to March 2d, and returning from
March 2d to March 5th.
SAN BERNARDINO CLUB.
At a meeting of the directors of the Riverside
Driving Club held last week, it was decided to fol-
low the precedent set last year for holding an anni-
versary meet. The date comes on St. Patrick's day,
as it happens, and lovers of good horse races will
remember the success of the matinee meet held by
the club on March 17, last year.
The date falls on Thursday. Besides all the fast
local horses, some fine stock will be entered from
Hemet, San Bernardino and other surrounding points.
. The club is planning to make 1910 one of the ban-
ner years of its history, and special efforts will be
made to make the Fourth of July meet a memorable
one.
The next event of interest in racing circles will be
the Washington's birthday meet of the San Bernar-
dino Driving Club.
STAR POINTER RETURNS TO TENNESSEE.
Few pleasauter pieces of news have been printed
recently than the announcement that Star Pointer
1:5914 will return to Tennessee and end his career
in the State and at the town where he first saw
the light of day, twenty-one years ago. It was re-
ported in the Review several weeks since that the
world's first light-harness two-minute performer had
been repurchased by Mr. James A. Murphy, who
owned him at the time he paced to his record; and
this has been followed by the intelligence that in
answer to the requests of Tennessee breeders, the
mighty son of Brown Hal 2:12% and old Sweep-
stakes will in the spring be sent back to his birth-
place, Columbia, that spot in the farm-famed "middle
basin" which has been celebrated by "Trotwood" in
so many graceful poems and brilliant sketches,
most of which appeared originally in the columns of
the Horse Review. There he will be placed in the
stud, and, in all probability, remain until the close
of his career.
Although Star Pointer is now twenty-one years of
age, he is still in the most robust health, full of
vigor and should beget several crops of lusty foals
which should add much to his fame as a sire and
that of Tennessee as a breeding State — for it may
be taken for granted that her breeders will hasten to
take full advantage of his return among them. As
is well known, Star Pointer was bred by the late
Captain Henry P. Pointer, of Columbia, who sold him
as a colt, and we think, ere he had done any stud
service whatever. He was then taken to Pennsyl-
vania, where he was owned when he first attracted
attention as a public performer. He then passed
to parties in Connecticut, but, we think, did no
service there; then to Mr. Murphy, who at the time
had a stock farm near Chicago, at Park Ridge, 111.;
then, some two seasons later, to Mr. W. J. White, of
Cleveland, O., whose Two-Minute Stock Farm was
at Rockport, adjacent to the Forest City. The most
of his stud service was done at this establishment,
but it was disbanded several years ago and he was
then leased and taken to California, where he has
since been kept at Pleasanton, in charge of Mr.
Charles De Ryder. One of his first crop of foals
there was Sirius Pointer 2:18, the fastest two-year-
old pacing stallion of the past season. The total
number of performers to the credit of Star Pointer,
to date, is 19 — all, as might be presumed, pacers. Of
these there are six in the 2:10 list — Morning Star
2:04, Joe Pointer 2:05%, Ding Pointer 2:07%, Sid-
ney Pointer- 2:07% (sire of Angus Pointer 2:01%)
and Schley Pointer 2:08%, all of which have taken
there records in actual contests and been notable
race winners upon the Grand and Great Western
Circuits.
The reputation of Tennessee as a breeding State
is largely due to the glory which the Hal pacing tribe
has won, but, in the passing of time it has come
about, as is often the case, that the demand for its
best representatives has been so great that one by
one they have been taken from her until, since the
death of Brown Hal, the greatest of them all, some
two years ago, she has had no first-class one left.
The return of Star Pointer restores to her the ban-
ner-bearer of the tribe. Nothing could be more fit-
ting and proper or cause for sincerer congratulation
to her breeders. — Horse Review.
HOPPLES TO BE BARRED.
TAKING STEPS TO STAMP OUT GLANDERS.
Fresno county was threatened last month in the
Coalinga country by a visitation of glanders among
horses, and the thing might have proven serious
but for the measures undertaken by County Veterin-
arian Longley, to whom the report of three eases at
Coalinga was made on the 24th.
Investigation, says he, showed that these horses
had been working along the freight line running
over the Coast Range to Paso Robles. The work on
this line was about completed and the teams were
being called in and discharged. As the discharged
te.ims were owned in various parts of the valley they
were submitted to careful inspection before being
allowed to depart for home. Two hundred and
twenty-nine head of horses and mules were inspected
at Huron from the 26th to the 31st, and thirty-nine of
them subjected to the mallim test. No further cases
of glanders were found. Had glanders existed in
these teams and they had been allowed to scatter
to different parts of the valley, a heavy loss would
have been sure to follow. A general inspection of
the horses in and about Coalinga was made on the
31st, but no further evidence of glanders was dis-
covered. The same course is being followed at the
other ends of the line for teams discharged there.
Geo. T. Algeo, who is now engaged in the retail
meat business on Piedmont avenue in Oakland, has
placed his stallion Chestnut Tom 2:15 in the hands
of Dennis Gannon, who will stand him for public
service this year. Chestnut Tom is a fast trotter
and made his record over the Emeryville track, the
slowest trotting track in California. He had little
or no opportunity in the stud until 1908 and 1909
when he was bred to many good mares at Stockton.
His first foal to race is the trotting mare Louise
Carter that took a three-year-old trotting record of
2:24 in 1906. Chestnut Tom is by Nutwood Wilkes,
dam Zeta Carter by Director, second dam Lida W.
2:18% by Nutwood. There is no better bred horse
in the country and he is a good individual.
At the twenty-fifth congress of the National Trot-
ting Association which has been in session in New
York this week, a new rule was adopted which will
bar the hopples entirely after 1914. The new rule
says:
"Hopples shall not be used in races or in perform-
ances against time on two-year-olds or under in 1913;
on six-year-olds or under in 1914; after which time
hopples shall be barred."
No action was taken by the association on the re-
quest from the stewards of the Grand Circuit that
horses shall be eligible to start on half-mile tracks
in classes four seconds lower than on mile track
records. It was decided that trotting associations
in Ohio might join either the National Association
or the American Association as they desired.
Section 1 of rule 4 was amended as follows:
"In all purses five entries are required and two to
start, unless otherwise specified."
It was decided that, "if only one of the horses
entered for a purse shall appear on the course, he
shall be entitled to his own entrance money and to
one-half of the entrance money received from the
other entries for said purse."
Representatives of 381 tracks interested in trot-
ting horses on the Grand Circuit attended the
meeting. President P. P. Johnston of Lexington,
Ky., presided. Johnston was re-elected president and
the association adjourned until its next biennial ses-
sion in 1912.
Prof. E. P. Heald of San Francisco, second vice-
president of the National Trotting Association, at-
tended the congress.
HONORS TO MR. BILLINGS.
The printed annual report published by the Baden
Trotting Club contains the following lines:
An especial splendor and an interest that possibly
will never be reached again, was gained by our Mata-
doren meeting by the exhibition of the trotting
queen, Lou Dillon 1:58% for the mile. Mr. Billings,
the first and best of first-class sportsmen in the world,
had the exceeding kindness to send us the best trot-
ter of the world without demanding or accepting the
least indemnification for the expenses caused him by
this dear transport. Thereby our professional circles,
as also the great multitude, had the chance of seeing
a horse, the qualities of which have hitherto not
been attained by any other trotter, and whose exhi-
bition was a spectacle which left an indescribable
impression.
Without any training and in a heavy shower, Lou
Dillon did 500 meters in :37% on our track, a per-
formance partly equalling a mile gait of better than
1:58.
We think we cannot render Mr. Billings our thanks
for his extraordinary kindness in a better way than
by giving our Matadoren race for the future the
new name, C. K- G. Billings Prize, and to propose to
the general assembly (which will be held on Jan.
17), to appoint Mr. Billings an honorary member.
At the same time we have the agreeable obligation
of expressing our best thanks to Mr. Charles Tanner,
manager of the mare, and Mr. Murray Howe, secre-
tary of the Memphis Trotting Association, and the
attendants of Mr. Billings, too.
J. L. GROHMANN.
Vienna, Austria, Jan. 14, 1910.
Mr. J. H. Nelson of Hanford, owner of that royally
bred stallion Expressive Mac 2:25% will race him
in California this year after the close of the breed-
ing season. Expressive Mac is by McKinney and
out of the famous mare Expressive by Electioneer
that took a three-year-old race record of 2:12%
and is now in the table of great brood mares.
Esther Bells 2:08% the fastest five-year-old mare of
1909, is out of Expressive.
Mr. W. L. Vance, of Marysville, is in receipt of a
letter from his old friend M. G. Heiney, informing
him that Mr. Heiney's two-year-old colt by Sir John
S. 2:04% paced a mile in 2:14% over a half-mile
ring last fall, with the last half in 1:05% and the
last quarter in 30% seconds. This is the colt trained
by John Quinn at Sacramento and Chico last sum-
mer. Mr. Heiney is now located at Wichita, Kansas,
and expects to make a very short season in the
stud with the colt and then race him on the Kansas
and Oklahoma circuit.
Robert Proctor, who came into the limelight with
The Leading Lady 2:07, in 190S, and furnished an
even greater sensation with Uhlan 2:02%, last year,
thinks he has some more promising material in his
stable at Readville. Among them is a sister to the
champion gelding that Charles Sanders, of Salem,
purchased last fall soon after C. K. G. Billings gave
him ?35,000 for her famous brother. This high-born
miss is now three and was originally called The
Wench, but this ugly name will probably be changed
to something more pleasing to ears polite. Bon
Vivant, owned by W. A. Clark, Jr., of Los Angeles,
that Proctor marked in 2:16 last season, is still in
his charge and will be tried out this year. He has
also Albia, a bay mare of seven, sister to Vice Com-
modore 2:11 that has worked in 2:10% and will go
after the big plums in the green classes, and Lady
Goodspeed, four years old, by Bingen, out of a mare
by Arion, second dam by Baron Wilkes.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 12, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
UNITED ASSOCIATION OF FIELD TRIAL CLUBS.
The projected formation of a national field trial
club association took tangible shape January 2Sth at
Rogers Springs, Tenn., in the dining hall of the
Rustic Inn, when delegates representing different
field trial clubs met and formed the nucleus for such
a long needed organization.
More interest and enthusiasm was shown at the
meeting than was anticipated by the most ardent
promoters of the movement. All of the officers
elected are active in the sport.
This association will, no doubt, prove of signal
benefit to owners, judges, handlers and all sports-
men interested in field trials.
The following officers were elected: R. J. Davant,
Savannah, Ga., president; Theodore Sturgis, Fair-
field, Conn., first vice president; Chester H. Terrill,
San Antonio, Texas, second vice president; Bernard
Waters, New York, secretary-treasurer.
Board of governors — TJ. M. Fleischman, New York;
A. H. Ball,, New York; J. H. Wallace Jr., Mont-
gomery, Ala.; S. H. Socwell, Indianapolis; J. C.
Shepard, Grand Forks, N. D.; H. B. Gateley, Fort
Worth, Texas, and Edmond H. Osthaus, Toledo, Ohio.
U. M. Fleischman presided as temporary chairman
and A. F. Hockwalt, Cincinnati, temporary secre-
tary. Messrs. J. H. Wallace Jr., R. J. Davant and
Dr. W. A. Bruette, Chicago, acted as a committee on
credentials.
The clubs represented by delegates were: Inde-
pendent Field Trial Club, Continental Field Trial
Club, Eastern Field Trial Club, North Dakota Field
Trial Club, North Texas Field Trial Club, Lone Star
Field Trial Club, Southern Field Trial Club and the
Pointer Club of America.
Delegates were present from the United States
Field Trial Club and the National Field Trial Associa-
tion, but without instructions to take formal action.
The Kentucky Field Trial Association forwarded
assurances that any action of the meeting would
receive indorsement and support of the association.
A proposed constitution was submitted, and after
reading was unanimously adopted. The president
will appoint a committee to formulate running rules.
The constitution and by-laws, as adopted, are the
following:
Constitution.
I. The name of this association shall be the
United Association of Field Trial Clubs.
II. The objects for which this association is formed
are as follows:
To promote a broader acquaintance and a better
understanding among field trial patrons and sup-
porters.
To eliminate from the sport such persons as are
proved to be guilty of fraudulent or offensive prac-
tices in connection with field trials, or who may be
undesirable associates for any other sufficient reason.
To suspend or disqualify from all competition any
owner or handler or lessee, who defaults in bis entry
fees or other indebtedness, in any dealings with this
association, or any member thereof.
To so regulate field trial dates in so far as prac-
ticable, to the end that a convenient and beneficial
circuit of competition may be established, thereby
avoiding a conflict of interests, one member with
another.
To hold bench shows, if members so desire, in con-
nection with field trials so that type and character of
field and field trial dogs and bitches may be culti-
vated and promoted coincidentally with competition
afield.
To make such other beneficial regulations, in re-
spect to competition and related matters, as this
association may deem proper for the general good
of the members thereof.
Officers — The officers shall be a president, one or
more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and a
board of governors, none of whom, the secretary
excepted, shall receive compensation.
President — The president shall be elected by a ma.
jority vote at the annual meeting. He shall preside
at all association meetings; shall sign or counter-
sign all instruments of the association as authorized
by the board of governors, of whom he is ex-officio
a member; shall make prompt reports to the board of
governors on all important matters, and shall perform
all other duties incident to his office as chief
executive.
Vice Presidents — The vice president or vice presi-
dents shall be elected by a majority vote at the
annual meeting of the association. In the absence
or disability of the president, a vice president, in the
order of numerical precedence, if there be more than
one present, shall exercise the president's functions.
Secretary — The secretary shall be appointed by the
board of governors. He shall issue notices of all
meetings; shall keep their minutes and other associa-
tion records; shall sign with the president such in-
struments as require their signatures; shall make
such reports and perform such other duties as are
incident to his office, or are properly required of him
by the board of governors. He may receive such
compensation for his services as the board of gov-
E mors may determine.
Treasurer — The treasurer shall be appointed by the
loard of governors. He shall have the custody of all
moneys and securities of the association and shall
keep regular books of accounts which he shall balance
for his report at the annual meeting, or at any other
time when called upon so to do by the board of gov-
ernors. The office of secretary and treasurer may be
united in one person.
Board of Governors — The board of governors shall
be elected at the annual meeting. There shall be
seven members, of whom the president, ex-officio, is
one. They shall manage all the business of the
association. They shall be classified with respect
to the time for which they shall severally hold office
by dividing them into three classes, each class con-
sisting of two of the elected members at the first
election. The governors of the first class shall be
elected for a term of one year; the governors of the
second class for a term of two years; the governors
of the third class for a term of three years. There-
after at such annual election, two governors shall be
elected to succeed the two governors whose term
each year is nearest expiration. In case of any
vacancy in any class from any cause, the remaining
governors may elect a successor to hold office during
the unexpired term. The annual meeting of the gov-
ernors shall be held in on any day thereof
they may fix upon and at any place they may decide
upon. Special meetings may be called at any time by
the president, or by consent of a majority of the
governors. Notices of regular and special meetings
shall be mailed to each governor, and to each member
of the association, not less than ten days prior to
any such meetings; and notices of any special meet-
ing shall fully state the purposes thereof, and time
and place where it is to be held. A quorum at any
meeting shall consist of not less than four governors.
Membership — Any duly organized field trial club,
actively engaged in holding open trials, is eligible to
membership. Only members of clubs which are
members of this association are eligible to office.
Members shall be elected at each annual or special
meeting by a majority vote of those present.
Changes — This constitution may be altered or
amended at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote
of all the members, and notice of any proposed
change shall be mailed to each member of this
association at least 30 days before such meeting.
Annual Meeting — The annual meeting shall be
held at such time and place as the board of gov-
ernors shall direct, of which at least ten days' notice
shall be given to members. Members may be rep
resented by proxy. Each member shall be entitled
to one vote.
Order of Business — The order of business shall be:
Calling of roll.
Reading and disposal of minutes of annual and
special meetings and of any unapproved
minutes.
Annual report of officers and committees.
Balloting on and election of members.
Election of officers.
Unfinished business.
New business.
Adjournment.
By-Laws.
Any wins made at field trials held by clubs which
are not members of this association shall not be
recognized.
The judges at any field trial, a member of this
association, may, at their discretion, fine, suspend
or disqualify any handler or owner wTho is insubordi-
nate or misbehaves while in competition.
Anyone who publishes or causes to be published
any scurrilous or malicious attacks on association
judges, shall be deemed guilty of conduct prejudicial
to good sportsmanship and to the best interests of
field trials.
Disqualification of a dog owner disqualifies all dogs
owned by him.
The annual dues shall be $50.00, payable by the
loth day of February of each year. Upon applica-
tion for membership, such application shall be accom-
panied by the annual dues for the fiscal year.
Members of the association shall furnish to the
secretary not later than July 1 of each year the pro-
posed dates for holding their trials, together with
date for closing of nominations and final payment.
Upon notice from the secretary that their date
claimed does not conflict with any other member of
the association, the member shall be authorized to
advertise and publish its date so claimed.
Protests of any kind must first be made to the
club having jurisdiction, and on all questions of
fact such club's decision shall be final. On ques-
tions of club rules, appeal from the club's ruling may
be made to the association. Any appeal must be
accompanied with $10, which the appellant forfeits
if the appeal is not sustained.
The name of the owner or lessee must be given
with every entry. The name of the agent will not
suffice.
No entries for any stake shall be received after
the announced date of closing.
All prizes must be paid upon completion of the
trials.
All wins, whether in field trials or bench shows,
must be made in competition. A walkover is not a
competition.
For violation of these by-laws, any offending mem-
ber may be fined or expelled.
Members shall forward official field trial and bench
show records of wins and starters to the secretary of
this association within thirty days after the trial or
bench show to which they relate, in default of which
the offending member may be fined or suspended.
When an owner or handler is disqualified by any
member of this association, such member shall im-
mediately notify the secretary of the association of
such disqualification.
Every member shall forward to the secretary of
this association, within thirty days after the close
of entries, a complete list of said entries in each
stake. Such list shall include name of owner or les-
see or each dog or bitch, date of whelping, and the
names of sires and dams if known. This list must
be approved by this associtaion before it will be
, recognized.
These by-laws may be amended at any regular or
special meeting, by a two-thirds vote of a quorum
present.
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ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
[By August Wolf.]
Coyote and rabbit drives are popular in the Inland
Empire of the Pacific Northwest this winter and
ranchers and ordehardists are adding to their funds
by ridding the various districts of predatory animals.
Probably the man who has bagged the most coyotes
this season is S. G. McMahan, a mining prospector
in the Whisky Creek valley, in central Washington
who uses nitro-glycerine to kill the pests. He has
already collected more than $300 in bounties and
expects to receive as much more before the year is
over. Another live one is H. S. Finch, a farmer at
Fairfield, Wash., who killed nine coyotes in one aft-
ernoon. He received $9 in bounties' and $3 each for
the skins, which were in fine condition.
Reports from the Clearwater country in northern
Idaho indicate that the four days' hunt recently
was a marked sucecss. The hunters had a pack of
fast working fox hounds. Ranchers at Winona, Idaho,
also had a successful hunt early in January, when
they organized the Winona Coyote Club with these
officers: President, George Seay; secretary, J. M.
Atwood: treasurer, J. S. Adair. The object is to
accomplish the destruction of the coyotes in the dis-
trict. A defooting committee has been appointed
and any member who kills a coyote will, upon de-
livery of the pelt to the defooting committee, receive
a bounty of $2.50 from the association, besides $1.50
bounty paid by the county. Thus members of the
association will reeeiv- bounties amounting to $4
for each coyote.
R. W. Butler, auditor of Spokane county, says that
trappers frequently lose the bounty on coyote be-
cause they do not comply with the requirements of
the new game law in Washington. He added:
"The law states plainly that bounty shall be paid
upon the production to the county auditor of the hide
or pelt intact, showing two ears, two eye-holes, skin
to the tip of the nose, and the right foreleg to the
knee joint. The foreleg is removed in the presence
of the clerk having charge of bounties, leaving the
pelt in perfect condition for sale.
"Some trappers, who are not posted, bring in the
head of the animal and some only the scalp, but
on all such trophies we are obliged to refuse bounty.
Satisfactory proof must also be produced that the
animal was killed in the county, and the pelt must
be produced within 30 days after the killing. The
following bounties are paid: Cougar, $20; timber
wolf, $15; lynx or wild cat, $5, and coyote, $1."
Fred Wells and N. Laughlin of Hermiston, Ore.,
killed 112 jack rabbits in the sage brush around
Hermiston and expressed them to the Portland mar-
kets, where a demand has been created for the wild
meat. Because of the crusade being waged by farm-
ers rabbits are becoming scarce. Scores of young
orchards have been ruined, the tender trees being
girdled a few inches above the ground.
Fifteen men of Walla Walla, Wash., went to At-
talia for a rabbit drive ■ and with shotguns killed
125 rabbits. The country was scoured and as many
more wrere shot at the drive last year it is thought
the animals are now nearly killed off.
Myron Lightner, 15-year-old son of Curtis Light-
ner, a pioneer of the North Fork, Idaho, who already
has a number of trophies to show his skill as a hunter
and trapper, has just added another of which he is
extremely proud. While hunting recently he came
across a monster lynx, and brought it down with a
single shot from his 30-30 rifle. The animal meas-
ured five and a half feet from tip to tip, and weighed
45 pounds. The fur is unusually fine and brought
young Lightner an offer of $30.
D. L. Oliver, superintendent of the fish hatchery
at Sandpoint, Idaho, has received advices from N. W.
Stephens, state game warden, announcing that 400,-
000 eacstern brook trout eggs have been shipped from
St. Roundsburg, Pa., on January 10. The eggs will
be placed in the local hatchery as soon as they
arrive, and when hatched will be distributed in the
streams of the northern cormties of Idaho. The
eggs are from a choice variety of fish and are said
to be scarce in all western streams. The department
has been at a considerable expense in securing the
eggs, and particular care will be taken in hatching
them.
o :
J. F. and Will Steele of Santa Cruz recently killed
a California lion, in the Big Basin country near
Waddell creek, that weighed 125 pounds.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, February 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A DAYS QUEER FISHING.
It had always been my ambition to try conclusions
with the mahseer of the sacred ghat, on the Ner-
budda river, more particularly because it was for-
bidden ground, and the fish were plentiful and large.
On many occasions when I had passed by the place
I had thrown a handful of grain and was rewarded
by seeing fish, and numbers of them, 15 and 20-
pounders, jostling each other for the food; but owing
to the pleading of a very ancient and much begrimed
fakir — the solitary occupier and guardian of the
ghat — I had refrained from throwing a line. So true
was this sentinel to his post that neither cajolery nor
cash would induce him to allow me to try my luck,
and, as if to whet my appetite further, the old rascal
actually told me that, even if he did permit my
angling, my efforts would be unrewarded, as the fish
would take no bait which contained a hook! And
so, day after day, I had passed by the coveted spot
and had sought compensation in four and five-
pounders up and down the river. It is almost super-
fluous to say that the mahseer of the sacred ghat
shared its sacredness. Native superstitition has it
that the fish are the temporary abodes of the spirit
of departed friends and relatives of the natives of the
neighborhood, and as such are regularly and well fed.
The natural result of such ground baiting is to accu-
mulate the finest fish at the ghat at the expense of
the fishing stretches above and below. The ghat,
which is photographed in my recollection, is cut from
the solid rock, and is a series of gigantic steps.
Each step is about three feet in height and has a
trend or width of about the same dimension. In
length the ghat is about 40 yards, and is many feet
in height. Surmounting the ghat is the diminutive
fakir's temple, with its usual furniture, a pile of
ashes, two brass vessels and a charpoy.
It happened that early in October, in 190 — , my
shikari imparted the news to me that the fakir of
the ghat had left the sackcloth and ashes of this
world and that the holy spot was, therefore, without
a keeper, until such time as a fresh guardian should
appoint himself, and something within me whispered
(or was it that my shikari had craftily conveyed it
to me?) that now was my opportunity. At the club
that evening I met my friend C, an ardent angler,
and imparted the news I had heard. We fixed it up,
and early next morning we were off. It was a blazing
hot day, and ponies were as pleased as we were,
when, after a six-mile ride, we arrived and unsaddled
on the river bank close to the sacred ghat. I half
smiled as I saw the now vacant little temple, for as
the late owner would himself have expressed it, had
he been in my place, "Was he not an old man, and
was he not an impediment and incumbrance to a
good day's sport?" I saw a mahseer rise with a
heavy splash in midstream — perhaps he had the fishy
similitude of a smile on his face! The river appeared
to be in perfect condition, and, as usual, in response
to a carelessly thrown handful of grain, the monsters
were falling over each other for it. The water fairly
boiled with them. Our syces arrived, and took the
ponies to the shelter of a tamarind tree, and my
shikari, who had preceded us, was as anxious to
begin the sport as we were. It was a matter of
moments only to fix up our rods, and in five minutes'
time we were both hard at work. We fished about
ten yards apart. My shikari stood some fifteen yards
up the stream and threw in a sprinkling of grain
every few seconds. The fish were feeding freely,
and every now and then one would splash in the
manner of a trout drawing a fly. There seemed to be
no doubt that they meant business. [The mahseer
is a member of the carp family. — Ed.]
C. and I were fishing very fine, and our casts were
armed with an "or' hook painted yellow to match
the grain, which, having been bored through, was
threaded on when we began. The fish were rising
almost under our feet; at our first cast they seemed
to swing out more into the stream, and at each suc-
cessive throw the particular area, which we could
reach with our lines, became more and more boy-
cotted. The sun was too high to throw much of a
shadow on the water, and, in addition, we had both
ta.ken cover behind some fragments of rock which
had fallen down the ghat steps. We were conse-
quently out of sight of the fish. We worked hard,
and the harder we worked the harder the work be-
came, for as the fish swung out, so we had to cast a
longer, and yet a longer, line. Eventually, as if tired
of the continual pursuit, they gave up feeding alto-
gether. We were more than exasperated. We stopped
"flogging" almost simultaneously, and, mopping our
faces, looked blankly at each other. C. broke the
silence first with a well-merited remark. I seconded
the motion. Then we adjourned for something cool-
ing and to decide on a plan of action.
The old fakir's words came back to me many times
that morning. "The fish will never take the sahib's
snare." We decided to give the fish a rest at the
ghat, and C. took his rod up stream, while I went
down, and we agreed to meet at the ghat at 4 o'clock
and try the "evening rise." At the appointed hour
we met, C. having secured seven nice fish averaging
two and one-half pounds apiece, his best turning the
scale at four pounds, I having taken five fish, my best
being three pounds and four ounces. After a cup of
tea, prepared by my "boy," who had come along with
our grub, we again walked to the ghat steps and again
the grain was thrown. Not a fish was in evidence
near the steps, but lower down stream and some 30
yards from the ghat there was a boil of rises. The
fish had evidently shifted their quarters until such
time as we shifted ours. It was impossible to throw
a line to them, and too deep to wade. They were
far out of reach, so we decided to cross the river
higher up by a ford, and try them from the opposite
bank. Accordingly off we tramped, and in 20 min-
utes' time we were on a level with the fish. The
river here shelved gently down, and the silver sand
on the bottom was rolling over and over itself as it
was carried, an ever-shifting sand bank, down the
stream. Wading was our only chance. A handful of
grain showed us their exact whereabouts, and it was
now evident that they had dropped a little further
down and were lying in some very deep water in mid-
stream. The sand bank, upon which we were now
standing knee-deep in water, was triangular in
shape, with the apex of the triangle pointing down
stream, and having sides which sloped at an angle of
about 45 degrees into the water, about 20 feet deep.
We were consequently compelled to cast down
stream, and we carefully advanced as far as possible
to within about six yards of the point of the sand
bank. The mahseer were again feeding freely, and
time and again we cast and allowed our baits to
drift into the thick of them as naturally as the free
grain. We must have been tempting them thus for
about half or three-quarters of an hour without touch-
ing a fish, when, at the far end of the deep water
from us, and about 30 yards away, first one alligator,
about 12 feet long, showed his eyes above the water,
and a moment later a second and considerably
larger one slowly rose. C. and I were waist-deep
in the water, and we mutually decided that we pre-
ferred the bank of the river co the bed, under these
circumstances, so we turned to leave. The sun,
which had been at our backs, was now low in the
heavens and shining in our faces, throwing a silver
sheen of dazzling whiteness on the water. C, who
was slightly in advance of me, said: "Be careful
of the deep water at the edge of the bank." But the
dazzling glint misled me.
I felt my right leg sink into deep soft sand. I
tried to save myself by driving my left further in.
That sank also. It flashed across me that I was in
a quicksand, and I threw myself flat, and attempted
to strike out. Fortunately I got my legs clear, but,
to add to my misfortunes, my gaiter fastenings,
being sodden with water, became undone, and I was
floundering down stream into the deep pool, scaring
the mahseer, and doing my best to free myself of my
gaiters and my haversack, which had caught up in
my left arm at the same time, and to make for the
shore.
C. seized the situation and held the point of his
rod to me, coming as close to the edge of the stream
as he could. I missed it by a foot. I felt my gaiters
on my feet like leaden weights. When I tried to strike
out with my legs, I drew myself under. I quickly
came to the conclusion that my chance was to swim
down stream, and land at the end of the pool. I
turned with this idea, but C, who had reached the
bank and was fastening up a rope consisting of girths
buckled together, yelled to me not to attempt this
on account of the alligators. I was too done to take
his advice, even if I had wished to. I could never
have stemmed the stream equipped with two haver-
sacks, one full if grain and one full of tackle, and
with gaiters that clung to me like leaden weights.
Down stream I went, C, my shikari, the two syces
and my "boy" yelling an accompaniment on the
shore. Throwing clods of earth, stones, and anything
that came to hand, with the object of scaring the
alligators, they accomplished their object, for one
alligator, they told me consequently, they saw go
down stream over the shallows; the second we did
not see again.
They hauled me out half drowned at the far end
of the pool. After I had diluted some of the water
I had swallowed with a bit of whisky, we prepared
to return. It had been an eventful day. I don't
suppose I shall ever get another chance at the mah-
seer of the Sacred Ghat, and even if I happen to be
in those parts again, I doubt if I shall dare to molest
them again. Trespassing as I was on native super-
stition and on the old fakir's late trust, I can imagine
the story that my shikari told in the compound that
evening. — D. B. Dawson in The Field.
Big Halibut Run — A report from Los Angeles states
that the San Pedro fishing fleet has been doing
much to rap the meat trust. Off the coast of San
Juan there was a big run of halibut, the first of the
season, and it is harvest time for the men with the
fishing gear.
There are sixty-eight boats in the fleet, carrying
all told about 350 men. Their catches will average
about 1600 pounds to the boat. The wholesale fish
companies have received an aggregate of about fifty
tons each week, for which prices ranging from ZY2
to iYz cents a pound have been paid the fishermen
for their catches.
It is estimated that checks paid to fishermen one
week have averaged considerably more than $1000
a day at these prices. Not all the fish is shipped
from San Pedro. Many of the boats do not take time
to run home with each catch, but make shipments
from Newport Beach. Good catches are also reported
from off the coast of Santa Barbara.
Until that prolific week the fishermen have been
having poor luck this winter and many of the boats
have been laid up. Others have had to go far for
their winter catches. There have been few fish
caught nearer than the banks in the Santa Barbara
channel until this week.
SEA FISHING AT NIGHT OFF CEYLON.
A member of the Ceylon Civil Service, writing to
a friend in Columbo, gives the following interesting
details of a recent fishing expedition on the west
coast of Ceylon:
"I went across the lake and over the spit of land
for a week-end's sea-fishing, Saturday-Monday last.
On the night of Sunday no fish seemed to be about
at all, and the four native fishermen, the R. C. Parde
and I returned at 3:30 a. m. woefully disappointed
men.
On Saturday night I started to go to the sea in a
light rain — then it poured. I was squatting under an
umbrella in a racing hackery! Soon after I reached
the fishing station it cleared, and shortly after 11
p. m. we started — four natives and I — in a big sea-
going canoe, by brilliant moonlight.
We caught some 20 turulliyas, or turulli, and two
parawas. About dawn I dosed, and the men hoisted
sail to go spinning, hanging out two cables (200
threads twisted) with turullis of about IS inches
long as bait, and a prehistoric-looking hook buried
in each turulli. One cable was tied on to the out-
rigger boom, and one round the waist of a very
lightly-clad fisherman; then we dozed and the canoe
fairly ripped through the water.
Presently I became aware of a commotion, and,
looking round, I saw a man hauling in the cable,
which had been round the other fellow's waist. They
told me there was a fish on, so I pulled in a yard or
two of the cable and said it must be quite a small
one; they said it was not. Presently it came along-
side and darted under the boat, but was hauled back,
gaffed, beaten on the head, and lifted into the boat —
about the finest fish I have ever seen — a glorious
seer, some four feet six inches long. I put him at
50 pounds; the men said about 40 pounds.
I would add that during the night a man hauled
up a shark, weighing some 60 pounds or so, to the
side of the boat, where he lashed the water into foam
and dealt the caneo some very violent blows. I
shouted to the men to gaff him, but he got off. They
said he would have broken the gaff by struggling and
twisting over, so they never attempted to gaff him,
though they gaffed the seer like lightning.
The seer pulled over backwards from the canoe
the dozing fisherman and hurt his waist, as you may
imagine, and he had to be immediately rescued by
the others, though from experience they anticipate
this violent tug when a heavy fish takes the bait, so
put a coat on or wrap a gunny bag round their waist,
and secure the line over that.
I made the acquaintance of two new kinds of fish —
I mean new to me — viz., turulliya and sawaliya (pro-
nounced sar-war-liya) . Both are very thin, herring-
gutted, silver-bellied, green-backed fish, with narrow
heads and pointed jagged jaws.
The teeth of the sawaliya are said to be poisonous,
and one of the men in my boat had had to have a
finger cut off, as it had festered after being bitten by
a sawaliya. They are caught at a depth of about 50
yards, and the men tell me they sometimes fish as
deep as 75 fathoms.
They all told me I should have the time of my
life if I go there and go out with them when they
are satching the parawa.
They have promised to give me some days' warn-
ing, possibly a week. I think these fish are due to
come in about January, and are caught in the day-
time."
A GOOD CAPTURE.
It is claimed that Sacramento river salmon will
not run while the river is rising, strange as this may
appear. The fish simply refuse to move during a rise
in the river and a salmon cannot be captured unless
he is moving. The minute the river begins falling,
even if only in a few hours, the fish begin running
again.
Trapped with 16S quail in his possession while rid-
ing with his illegal luggage from Castroville to Prune-
dale, Walter Lewis, a farmer of the Prunedale sec,
tion, near Salinas, at whom the officers have been
casting suspicious eyes for some time past, was ar-
rested by Deputy State Game and Fish Warden Frank
Shook shortly before 10 o'clock one night recently
and brought to Salinas to answer to the charge.
Shook had been keeping a wary eye on Lewis for
some weeks past, in an effort to catch him at his
violations of the game laws, and at last the oppor-
tunity came. Shook heard that Lewis was to board
a train at Castroville for San Francisco, and sus-
pected that his mission was the selling of quail.
He accordingly got aboard at Salinas and when the
train arrived at Castroville Lewis climbed aboard,
carrying an innocent looking telescope basket. Shook
accosted the man, opened the basket, and found
within fourteen dozen quail. The limit is twenty
quail. Though no sale of the birds had been made,
Shook arrested the man for having more than the
limit in his possession. He took Lewis off at Pajaro,
and returned with him to Salinas, quail and all.
Lewis was arrested several years ago on a charge
of shipping and selling quail, but was acquitted of
the charge. It is said that the District Attorney's
office has positive proof that the man shipped large
quantities of quail to the north during both of the
seasons just passed, and that he is known to have
attempted to hire others to shoot quail for him.
Lewis is well known in that section, having been
1 eared in the vicinity of Prunedale.
Lewis was fined $100 by Justice Wallace of Salinas.
The quail were confiscated and donated to the in-
mates of the county hospital.
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A recent contest between the San Jose Rifle Club
and the Santa Cruz Mountain Club was won by the
former team on a margin of 26 points. The San
Jose Riflemen have now tied with their rivals and
the third deciding shoot is to be held at Wrights.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 12, 1910.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
In this State but three days more remain of the
open shooting season on wild ducks and shore birds.
Last Sunday results reported from the bay marsh
districts were generally meagre. A heavy tule fog
in the morning and a rainy afternoon did not help
matters for the gunners.
All varieties of geese, however, excepting the black
sea brant, are in open season as long as they remain
here. The northern migration generally winds up
about the end of April.
During the past week the market men have been
pretty well supplied with ducks and geese, both in
the finest of condition. These birds have been shot
undoubtdely on hunting grounds many miles distant
from the city.
Withal the birds, in a way, are not scare. They
are still here by the thousands — that is the canvas-
backs, bluebille and a camp following of butterballs,
copperheads and other deep water fish eaters. These
webfeet, however, take pretty good care of them-
selves, except when the northers or sou-easters ruf-
fle up the stretches of bay waters where they loaf
and sleep or play tag with each other during the
daylight hours.
When do they feed? Why in the vigils of the
night, of course. The ducks have had a strenuous
time dodging old Gumboots and his chilled lead
spouter for several months. They have become
somewhat wised up to the situation. The birds now
have the exasperating habit of seeking the inland
marsh feeding places at night. They come in warily
after sundown and fly high, pitching into a selected
spot for their meals. At the first glint of dawn
they tower skyward and cut out a pace for a level
water vantage ground where the hunting boat can
not get within a mile of them without discovery.
Another member of the duck family is rather plen-
tiful, particularly in the larger creeks and sloughs,
that is the ruddy duck — sometimes called wiretail
or spateria. Numerous hunter returned to town last
Sunday with strings of "spattys." The wise gun-
ner generally gives them away, sometimes to even
up a grudge, sometimes to one to whom "ducks is
ducks." These little ducks are deucedly fishy in
flavor about this time of the year.
The larger ducks, sprigtail, mallard, widgeon and
the dainty teal have mostly winged their way south
or to the up river overflows. The spoonbill, too,
is rather irregular in its appearance. What birds
are left are flying about possibly for the reason that
webfooted patients are not received at Agnews or
other similar State institutions. It is not very diffi-
cult for the most of them to pass up the hunters —
the whole country is open for them to feed in.
Suisun Club members fared very indifferently re-
cently. A heavy tule fog prevailed in the morning,
followed by stormy weather in the afternoon. Vo-
lante Gun Club members and guests at upper Joyce
island probably had the best shooting on the Suisun.
Ducks and a number of English snipe were shot by
eight or nine guns. Doc McKee, Pete Howard, Jim
Maynard, John Mahoney, H. W. Welch, Tom Mac-
auley, L. Lolfquist and two local physicians. Mac-
auley is a veteran duck hunter and for his years, 72
of them, showed his old-time skill and mettle in
great style by bagging a half-dozen fat teal.
Pat Calhoun and several guests on the adjoining
preserve had a fair shoot. Achille Roos shot at the
Allegre ponds, but ducks were rather scarce.
At the Teal, Ibis, Cordelia, Cygnus and other clubs,
the shooting was not strenuous. Frank Maskey and
J. C. Sims found the birds coy at their ponds.
W. W. Richards, Dr. W. Fuller Sharp and George
W. Ellery made up the shooting party at Green
Lodge. A few odd ducks and geese were shot.
Herbert Rose and Ed Hughes were practically
ignored by the feather packers at the Marsh Club.
Other resorts were in the same duckless zone.
The Tubbs island shooters had excellent sport
with canvasbacks as usual. In surrounding terri-
tory at Sear's Point. Reclamation, etc., many gun-
ners returned empty handed. Billy Schindle of the
Lincoln Club shot a "spatty" limit in Midshipman
slough.
The Alameda marshes, for the majority, were a
sealed book. George Franzen and L. A. Sharp man-
aged to bag a number of "cans'' and bluebills on the
bay shore near Alvarado.
Phil B. Bekeart, Tom and Will McCord were at
Curlew Lodge, near Mount Eden, but few birds were
in that section. The bay shore gunners had the best
of the argument, and not very much at that, for the
day. George Boyd, Jack Wilson and a friend man-
aged to bag a few ducks near Alvarado.
At Sobrante and other San Pablo resorts many
strings of bluebills were bagged. .
On the west side marsh shores the shooting has
been irregular. Oakwood Gun Club members near
Redwood. John Connelly, George Genochio and others.
two weeks ago shot bluebill and canvasback limits.
Last Sunday, ten ducks was the bag. Ducks have
been numerous in that district, feeding at night, tells
the story, however. Leslie Gun Club shooters, near
San Mateo, Hogan and Miller, had fair shoot-
ing Sunday and Wednesday. The west side gunners
are awaiting stormy weather.
English snipe have been well in evidence at many
resorts. Alec Hamilton and F. W. Van Sicklen shot
limits at the Country Club. Fred Butler's snipe
patch near Marshall's turned out a limit. Mr. and
Mrs. George Newman enjoyed two days' snipe shoot-
ing on the Point Reyes Sportsmen's Club preserve.
The Iri-.h Fusiliers, Karney, Xagle and Rich, shot
a strint of snipe near Sear's Point. Charles Breiden-
stein and Fred Sarcander drew snipe dividends from
a Peseadero pasture field.
A combination string of eight canvasbacks, nine
teal, fourteen snipe and seventeen rail was top bag
shot at the "Bridges" on Sunday. One Smith was
responsible for the trouble to feathers.
Los Banos shooters are still in the going on fat
sprig and mallards. Johnny Coleman. George Uhl,
Alec Shields, Lee Harpham, Joe Harlan, M. McCoy,
Ned Bosqui, George Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Ramon
Jackson and other local sportsmen have been long
on limit bags for two weeks past.
Black brant shooting on Tomales bay has been
somewhat ragged. The birds have become extremely
wary and fly high. Al Wilson, Bob Sangster, Frank
Hittell and two other sportsmen gailed to secure
more than two dozen birds in a week's hunting.
The open season in this State on valley quail closed
January 31st. The birds will be immune from the
guns of the sportsmen until October 1st. The sea-
son for local shooters has been rather good, for there
was a wide range of territory, near and far, available.
Many local hunters put in the final days of the sea-
son in the Livermore hills. O. M. Goldaracena re-
turned with a limit string. Duke Forman bagged a
limit the Saturday previous. Forman is the owner
of the six-months-old pointer puppy that is for so
young a dog a remarkable worker on game birds.
This might be expected from a dog descended from
that grand pointer, Ch. Glenbeigh.
Clarence Nauman fared well in quail shootiDg near
Bakersfield. Billy Dormer, E. Courtney Ford and
John H. Schumacher enjoyed a fine quail shoot near
Bakersfield after the field trials were concluded.
That country is full of quail. The reason for this is
that the birds are protected from hunters by the own-
ers of numerous large holdings, the result being that
there is always a large stock of "seed" birds left.
Fred Willet and Louis Rink of this city were the
guests of Charles Traler of Clovis for a snappy quail
shoot in the vineyards of that section. Traler and
Rink subsequently shot quail in the foothills eigh-
teen miles east of Pulaski. That district is a fine
quail-shooting ground. Birds were very plentiful
and in most acceptable condition. The fact that the
quail were so numerous at the close of the shooting
season argues a full crop of birds this fall, provid-
ing, of course, that the breeding season is a favora-
ble one.
Jack Jones found his Walnut-creek shooting co-
verts good for a string of fat quail on the closing
day.
Three Salinas sportsmen — Will Jacks, Cheri Hebert
and Jan Tynan — shot limit strings of quail on the
last day of the open season, shooting over preserved
ground near Hilltown.
San Luis Obispo sportsmen have had only ordinary
quail shooting this season. The best results were had
on the coast side of the mountains. It is advocated
by many San Luis Obispo hunters that a close sea-
son for two or three years would give the birds a
chance to intercede and make their appearance in
the lowland country again. Persistent and relent-
less hunting has driven the quail up into the rough
country.
The wisdom of shorter quail seasons in various
counties is gradually becoming apparent to many
sportsmen. Results are visible in the large bevies
of birds now seen in different localities. When un-
molested quail will become remarkably tame. The
more birds left over at the end of the season the
greater the supply the following year. Many hunt-
ers are now in favor of two months open season in-
stead of four.
Reno sportsmen last week put out many sacks of
wheat in the near-by foothills and valleys to save
thousands of starved quail who were unable to find
food by reason of the deep snow.
Steelhead trout fishing in or above tidewater in
this State closed two weeks ago and will prevail until
April 1st. The last season has been an acceptable
one to the army of local rodsters. A pleasing out-
look for the coming season is the fact that there has
been a very big run of spawning fish in all of our
coast streams, and particularly so in the waters most
frequented by local anglers. Further, Napa and Dry
creeks have not been overlooked by the gamy big
ocean trout. The largest run of steelhead in a de-
cade past is reported for Sonoma creek. Petaluma
creek has not been overlooked either.
Point Reyes representation was an extra large one,
the last day of the open fishing, about thirty rods,
all told. Several small fish only were caught, none
two pounds in weight.
John Siebe and John Bergez made a quiet pil-
grimage over to the Throckmorton lagoon, on the
Marin ocean shore, and enjoyed a pleasant angling
day in this favorite water. A number of steelhead
were caught, none heavier than three pounds, all
lively fighters.
The Salmon Creek Rod Club members, up near
Bodega, fared better. The creek and lagoon
yielded good sport to a degree. Jack Lemmer was
high hook with a fifteen, seven and two five-pound
steelheads. Dave Harefield, Higby and another
angler also were lucky. The heaviest fish scaled six
and a half pounds.
W. J. Street tried the creek that runs from Kent-
feld down to Greenbrae. The creek was shy of
both trout and striped bass. Harvey Harmon and a
comrade prospected San Pablo creek, prompted by a
report that steelhead had run up, their efforts being
unrewarded.
Now that the gamy trout, salmon and black bass
are not on the anglers' list of permissible fish, the
live ones are getting ready for other variations of
the rod and reel game.
It will soon be in order for trolling boats to try
the bay waters around the Angel Island fog bell and
Raccoon straits for striped bass. This sport is about
due.
Bay shore and coast fishing for rock cod should
tempt many anglers. To those who have not tried
the bay fishing for rock cod and other fishes with
light rods and red flies there remains a most agree-
able and exhilarating sport to become acquainted
with.
Surf fishing for red-finned perch is about ready on
the beaches below the Cliff House. At Baker's beach
a variety of fish, including a striped bass now and
then, may be caught. Fishing along these beaches
can be done with light casting rods and tackle by
the expert caster and with pleasing result Most
of the tackle in vogue is rather heavy, but not as
strong as the lighter cuttyhunk lines and well-
wrapped bamboo or greenheart rods that handle
so much easier.
Down along the San Mateo shores the rocks and
beaches have been well denuded of kelp and other
seaweeds, and sea trout, capazoni. perch, eels, rock
cod, kelp cod and other fish are now in season and
ready for the frying pans of the Sunday or week-day
beach outing parties.
Next week the ocean tides will run exceedinglv
low. Abalones and mussels are plentiful all along
the line of the Ocean Shore road. Gathering of these
luscious shellfish should afford sport, a pleasing out-
ing and palatable reward.
PARKER BROS. COAST REPRESENTATIVE.
Captain Arthur W. du Bray will, in the near future,
become a Coast resident, which we doubt not will
be pleasing news to many of our sportsmen.
Parker Bros, of Meriden, Conn., find that the merits
of the Old Reliable" have been appreciated west of
the Rockies to the extent that it is deemed expedi-
ent to have a special representative out here per-
manntly.
Captain du Bray, who has been an annual visitor
for several years past, representing Parker Bros..
poposes to establish his headquarters in San Fran-
cisco.
A WILD BOAR HUNT.
Stanislaus county has a variety of game to offer
for the attention of sportsmen, among other attrac-
tions a wild hoar is on the program at times. A
party of Modesto nimrods had quite an exciting ad-
venture after a savage porker one day last month.
A huge boar which has been the terror of the
Stanislaus river bottom for the past five years was
killed after an exciting hunt. Several members of
the party had narrow escapes from death and had
to take to the tree tops frequently. The animal
weighed 540 pounds and measured six feet from tip
to tip and was three and one-quarter feet high. The
animal was killed in the bottoms of the Joseph Spen-
ker place.
The pig has quite a history. It was purchased
about five years ago by the O. McHenry Company,
but no pen would hold it and it jumped an eight-
board fence and took to the river bottoms, where it
has roamed wild ever since in the McHenry and
Spenker bottoms. It has been seen at intervais and
in nearly every case treed those who came near it.
During the high water three years ago it was forced
out on the upland, but soon returned to the river
jungles.
One day Frank Goodwin and Ben Rinehart ran
onto the boar and were chased up a tree, where
they were rescued by Joe Spenker, Squire Wells and
the latter's milker. Next day a party composed of
Messrs. Kline, Henry and Thomas Burke, Ora Dixon,
James and two sons, and Charles and George Islip
set out to hunt down the boar. Spenker led them
to a place where the boar was last seen, and
Kline went into the bushes to investigate. Before
he had taken two steps the boar came out with a
rush and Kline fired a double-barreled shotgun at
it, one charge taking it below the eyes and the other
in the back. The shot had little effect. The boar
knocked Kline down, ran over him and drove the
other hunters into the trees.
The boar again took to the thicket and after it
was out of sight the hunters left the tree tops and
again took up the pursuit. James next encountered
the animal, which took after him. He emptied the
contents of a 38 caliber revolver at it and in the
meantime Charles Islip, Kline and James, Jr., fired
two shots each and the huge brute was finally
downed. It took thirteen shots to kill it. None of
the hunters were seriously hurt but a number were
badly frightened and Tom Burke, Charles Islip and
Ora Dixon established records in dimbing cotton-
wood trees.
For the first time in several years the people in
the vicinity along the Stanislaus will feel safe in
venturing into the bottom. The boar had tusks
about six inches in length.
Sunset district near Hanford has been frequented
by large flocks of geese recently.
The Washington State open season on ducks, geese
and all wild waterfowl closed January 31.
Saturday, February 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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THE FARM
Soil of the farms around Greeley,
Colorado, is considered so valuable
that farmers now carry back to the
fields the dirt brought to the sugar
factories on their beets. The first
year of the sugar industry the farm-
ers were paid both for beets and dirt.
Later the actual beets only were paid
for, and the dirt went to the factory
dump. Now, after the beets are
weighed and cleaned, the dirt is re-
turned to and weighed in the farm
wagons and the growers carry it
home. Farmers say it pays them to
take the soil back to the field.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE.
A handsome Star Pointer colt, dam
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Lucy L. This colt will be two years
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dividual. Will sell cheap or trade for
two large draft colts. Address
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Athasham
Race Rec, 2:09].
Reg, No, 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09*4, Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13I£ and S
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10%,
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junto 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910. Feb. loth to June 15th. at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cat., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place.
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
$10 Due on Yearlings
Wednesday, March 2, 1910.
Nothing More to Pay Before 1911.
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 9— $7250
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1908.
Foals born 1909 to trot or pace at two and three years old.
Entries Closed December 1, 1909.
$4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $450 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$3000 for Three- Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on who.se entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Yenr-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot
when mare was bred.
91000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Pace.
750 for Two- Year- Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry is
named the Dam of Winner of
Tvro-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace
when mare was bred.
Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting; again In the three-
year-old divisions.
A Chance for Those Who Failed to Enter.
SUBSTITUTIONS — A few of the original nominators of Pacific Breeders'
Futurity Stakes for foals of 1909 have advised us that, because of barrenness of
the mare or death of the foal, they wish to dispose of their entries. If you own
one or more whose dams you failed to name when entries closed, by making
the payments due to March 2, 1910, amount $22, which covers payments to March
1. 1911, the few substitutions to be disposed of will be awarded in the order in
which remittances are received. Prompt attention will secure for you this rich
engagement. Address all communications to the Secretary.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 12, 1910.
LUMP JAW IN CATTLE.
This disease is due to a fungus
which is usually taken into the ani-
mal's system in feed consumed. Lump
jaw is liable to affect the glands of the
throat or the bones of the head. It is
not advisable to keep an animal thus
afflicted lingering in a herd.
On the other hand it is advisable
to either treat such an animal or kill
it, as such animals invite diseases
into the herd and then spread same
throughout the entire herd, owing to
the fact that they are so reduced in
vitality that they have no resisting
power.
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the afflicted animal is not only saved
but the entire herd is protected
against disease.
COACH STALLION" FOR SALE.
Registered, imported French coach
stallion: handsome, stylish, sound, of
good disposition; 17 hands high: "weight
about 1400 pounds; beautiful bright
bay, color running back 10 generations
on both sides without a break; sure,
splendid sire: colts of fine form, color,
style and action. For particulars and
priee, address L. s. CULLE\",
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W. G. OURFEE,
Bos 1, University P. 0., Los Angeles.
FOR SALE.
A four-year-old Belgian stallion;
weight 1630 pounds. Apply to
R. BtRCHEI.L, Box 363, Gilroy.
FOR SALE.
JAY' DIRECT — 7-year-old black stal-
lion; by Direcho, son of Direct 2:05^;
dam by Judge Salisbury; second dam by
The Moor; third dam. Black Warrior.
Jay Direct is a splendid young horse
in every respect; handsome, intelligent,
good disposition, and a very promising
trotter. Has a matinee record of 2:1S;
has been in five matinee races and won
every time; been a half in 1:05^., quar-
ter in 31 seconds, and a full mile in
2:14. Barring accidents, is a sure 2:10
trotter or better.
For further particulars, address
owner, JAMES R. C. BURTON,
1527 N. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal.
HIGH-CLASS TROTTERS
FOR SALE
Geo. T. Beckers of Los Angeles offers all his
broodmares and young Zombros for
sale as he will go East this spring to again
place Zombro in the stud, and if they are
not sold before he leaves he will sell them
over there. He has some royally bred ones.
Write him for pedigrees and prices.
Address
GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Figueroa St.. Los Angeles.
NAPA PRINCE FOR SALE.
On account of continued illness which
confines me to my bed, I offer my stal-
lion, Napa Prince, for sale. He is a
very handsome horse, with as much
style and finish as any stallion, and is
a sire of fine carriage and road horses.
He is trotting bred, being by the regis-
tered stallion Grandissimo 2:23^, and
out of a mare by Whipple ton 1SS3, one
of the best sires of carriage horses
ever in California. "Will be sold at a
bargain. Horse can be seen at my
place, corner of Fourteenth and Ade-
line streets, Oakland.
F. ROCHFORD.
SIRE OF SOLANO BOY 2:07*4 FOR
SALE.
The stallion FATHER McKINNON,
by Demonio 2:11 *4. sire of Mona Wilkes
2:03*4, etc.. dam Elorita by Alban 2:24.
sire dam of You Bet 2:07, second dam
Emma R. 2:2S^6, dam of Rowena 2:29%
and Emaline 2:27%. by Electioneer,
third dam Emma Robson, thoroughbred,
dam of 4 trotters in 2:30, by Wood-
burn, is offered for sale. Father Mc-
Kinnon is the sire of that good race
horse Solano Boy 2:07*4. Write for
price and particulars.
J. S. LOCKIE, Fairfield, CaL
FOR SALE.
Chestnut gelding, foaled 1905, by
Monterey 2:09*4, dam Theresa 2:14 by
Silver Bow. second dam Laura Wilkes
2:17 by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, third dam
by Steinway 2:25. Stands 15.2% hands
high and weighs 1100 pounds. Power-
fully built, always in good flesh, a nat-
ural born pacer, perfectly gaited, wears
light shoes, no straps or boots of any
kind, and with only 7 months' training
in all, on the 24th dajT of last August
paced a mile in 2:0S flat, last half in
1 :02, last quarter in 29 seconds. The
performances of this horse have been
kept under cover and nobody knows his
speed. If he is not a two-minute
pacer, there never was one, and my
only reason for selling is that I need
the money. This horse is guaranteed
sound, good-headed and game.
Also, a beautiful blooded bay car-
riage gelding, 5 years old, 16 hands
high, weighs 1150 pounds, standard
bred. Can trot a 2:30 gait. Handsome,
guaranteed sound and safe for a lady
to drive among cars and automobiles.
Apply to or address H. HANSEN,
1420 46th Ave., Melrose, Cal.
FOR SALE
Nearest 2:22^
Sire of
Highfly 2:04>4, Alone 2:09-_,
Trueheart 2:19^, Joe Gans 2:19 -.,,
Just It (3-year-old) 2:19^,
and brother to John A. McKerron 2:04J4, second
fastest stallion in the world.
Nearest is 153^ hands high, weight 1200 pounds.
This horse is a sure foal getter and is in splendid
condition.
Address. MRS. S. V. BARSTOW.
1042 Alameda Ave.. San Jose. Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
IS
A FUTURITY WINNER THAT SIRES FUTURITY WINNERS!
BON VOYAGE ®M
Reg. No. 39813
As a two-year-old won $9,500
Champion two-year-old stallion and champion two-rear-old
money winner of 1904. Rec.2:lo.
As a three-year-old won $11,500
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905. Rec. 2 :12%.
THE GREAT YOUNG SIRE OF EARLY SPEED!
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BOX YIVAXT <2> -:16J^
Fa-Mtest Two-Vear-Old Stallion of 1009.
SWEET BOW <2) 2:17:*4
Winner of Two- Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BOXADAV (2) 2:27*6
Winner of Oregon Futurity State
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26%
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon,
BOXALETTE <2) (trial) 2:20%
JEAX VAL JEAX <2> (trial) 2:21*4
BON GUY (2) (trial) 2:24
PHYLLIS WYXX (2) (trial) 2:26%
LA VOYAGE (2) (trial) 2:29*6
BOX McKIXXEY (1) (trial) ..% in :35
V* in 1:15
Out of 20 foals (none over two years
old). 16 were broken to harness, 11 of
which had some training- and showed
as above.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%,
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey Road,
SAN JOSE, CAL.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St.. San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
Sire of
Diamond Mc - - 2:26>a
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27%
Armon Lou - - -'■-'{'"
Harold B..p.Mbt. - 2:13*4
trial - 2:10
Kinney G..P - - 2:24*4
Debutante (3) trial - 2:19*2
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez 131. trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:2S
LoloR. 13). trial - w 2:28
Four Stockings (3), trial 3a 1:07
Princess Lou (2). trial *4 -. :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year. greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited.
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the PaciHc Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Park where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. .Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal. For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. XICHOLS. Salinas, Cal.
GOOD LOOKS— WELL BRED— GAME.
AfevU W I * LhE 4/ OfcA Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
son in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
a good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam. Zaya, was out of that famous old California
race mare Mary Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07 34, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jenny, the dam of three fast and freouent race winners, viz.: Ned "Winslow
2:1234, Shylock 2:15% and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, GHIGO, Gal.
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chico, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:l5i
J-y.-o. Record 2:1 1^
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight MB1-*'; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, sire of John A.McKerron 2:01*4.
CopadeOro 2:01%, Tidal Wave 2:06%. Miss Idaho 2:09*4, etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona WilKes 2:03*4 and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15:
second dam Trixy by Director 2:17; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2:17*4'
by Young Tnckahoe 2:28*^, son of Flaxtail : fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull ; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.) .
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season.
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of 8 and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BOD.Uv.ER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:0S*£, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee ?50 for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO GOOD ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:03:
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11*4. greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13*4, sire
of Katalina 2:11*4. General Vallejo 2:22*£, Little Mac (3) 2:27. Sweet Rosie 2:28*4,
Vallejo Girl 2:10*4, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief S9; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16% . Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13*4.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Vsual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:11>4 is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09^4. Demonio
Wilkes 2:09?4. Miss Winn 2:12>4, Normono (2) 2:14%. and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20.
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among th* greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:fnvi. Derbertha 2:07%, Diabl< 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandma by Hambletonian 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON S40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH A- HAITI'., mi i sun. Cal.
Zolock 2:051 "e"°
Terms:
$50.
McKinney'a Fastest Entire Son
34471.
Sire of
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09*4
Delilah 2:06*4 Velox - - 2:09}4
Bystander 2:07*4 Boton de Oro 2:1034
Josephine 2:07^ McO. D. 2:11*4
etc., etc.
By McKinney 2:11*4. dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:llJ4.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 In 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records In 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKER*.
3727 South Flgaeroa St., Los Angeles, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
SirP Nlltwnfifl WllkPS 2'\(l^ sireofCopa de Oro 2:01*4. John A. McKerron 2:005. ete.. and
3ire, PIUIWUUU WllnC!) £.I02, dams of San Francisco 2:07^, Mona Wilkes 2:03*4. etc.
Ham Palfta (1\ 7*ln dam of 2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20.
i/aui, rania \- ) a.iu, dam of 4: fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17*4, and of the 3-year-old filly Com-
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13*4. and timed separately in 2:14>2. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season SnSSnSSSr"'4 " °'1
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05*? in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list: sons sirea Sir
Alberts. 2:03*4. Sir JohnS. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2:03*4, etc.. etc.);
dam Erne Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03*4. Jim Logan (3)
•2-.06H, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12*4, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number Of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at S5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
The First National Bank
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Complete Banking
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I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business.
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absolute protection for valuables.
Inspection Invited
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 12, 1910.
1909 High Amateur Average
Of the Amateur* who whot at 3000 OR MORE TARGETS, and USING Bl'T OXE MAKE OF AMMUNITION
throughout the year, MR. WOOLFOLK HENDERSON won the HIGHEST HONORS.
9008 out of a possible 9495 — 94.87 per cent
USIXG LOAD >"o. 147% CHILLED, IX
PETERS SHELLS
From the Southern Handicap, Nashville, Tenn., May 4-6, to the Houston, Texas,
Tournament, December 20-22, inclusive, Mr. Henderson shot at a pace which
BROKE ALL AMATEUR RECORDS
During this time he participated in Twenty-Five Registered Tournaments, including the
FIVE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION HANDICAPS. He broke 8507 out of 8905
making an average never before attained by an amateur on tills number of targets 95.57%. At these 25 tournaments Mr. Henderson won
10 First Averages, 5 Second Averages. 2 Third Averages, Kentucky State Championship, The Western Handicap and The Colorado Handicap.
In shooting from Handicap distances Mr. Hen-
derson led both Amateurs and Professional*
during the year 1900.
At the 5 Interstate Association Tournaments
and the Handicap Races at Anaconda, Mont.,
Ang. 17-10, and Denver, Sept. 1-3, he scored the
following:
407 out of 440 from 19 yds.
94 " 100 " 20 "
555 " 600 " 21 "
1056 out of 1140—92.6 per cent
In all his work at the traps, Mr. Henderson
used the same load — 12 Ga. IDEAL .'{', drs.
powder, IV, ox. No. "*Yz Chilled Shot. He did not
withdraw from any event after having once en-
tered, did not have a single miss-fire or ir-
regular load, and ground the targets up in a
way which caused general comment wherever
lie appeared.
Mr. Henderson's 1009 record has never been equalled, and such a sensational demonstration of AMMUNITION QUALITY was never before given. PETERS
SHELLS won hundreds of averages and special competitive events during the year, of which space prevents the mention of only the following:
Southern Handicap, May 4-0; Preliminary, XV. Henderson tied for 1st, 02 es 10O — 19 yds. Eastern Handicap, June 20-22: Preliminnry, Harry I. Hess, winner
03 ex 100 — 20 yds. Pacific Coast Handicap, Aug. 24-26: Pacific Coast Handicap, Frank Foltz tied for 1st, 90 ex 100 — 10 yds. 300 STRAIGHT by Frank
Foltz at Seattle, Aug. 20, and Denver, Sept. 1. 252 STRAIGHT (unfinished run) by W. Henderson at Houston, Texas, Dec. 22. CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE
WORLD AT DOUBLE TARGETS won by Frank Foltz, Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 16-18 — Score, 84 ex 100.
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A Real Shooting Star
I909 Scores Made by Fred Gilbert Using
SHOTGUN SMOKELESS
Registered Tournaments, Single Targets
Double Targets
Practice events and Handicap distances
Shot at
13,030
100
6,180
Broke
12,464
95
5,866
Per cent
.9565
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.95
Graxd Total
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18,425
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AN UNPARALLELED RECORD IN SHOOTING HISTORY MADE BY THE PARKER GUN.
At Chicago, the week beginning June 21. Mr. Frank Fisher won the Preliminary Handicap from
the 18 yard mark, shooting at ten doubles and eighty singles— score, 94.
Mr. Fred Shattuck won the Grand American Handicap from the IS yard mark — score, 96. and 20
straight in the shoot-off.
Mr. Fred Gilbert again won the Professional Championship with a score of 193 out of 200, which
included 40 doubles, of which he broke 37, making his second consecutive winning of this classic
event, and the fourth consecutive winning for the PARKER GUN.
THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament, thus winning
about all there was in sight.
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[Saturday, February 12, 1910.
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Insist upon U. M. C. Steel Lined Shells, and if your dealer won't supply
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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1910.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 19, 1910.
FRED H. CHASE & CO.S THIRD ANNUAL
Pleasanton Auction Sale I
OF TROTTING STOCK
WILL TAKE PLACE
Thursday, March 3, 1910,
Commencing at 9:45 a. m., sharp.
The Greatest and Choicest Collection of Trotting Horses Ever Offered at Auction in California.
100— Representatives of the Leading Stake-Winning and Fashionable Trotting Families in America— 100
Consisting of fashionably bred Stallions, Colts, Geldings, Mares and Fillies by such sires as and out of mares by
McKinney 2:1154, Todd 2:14^4, Searchlight 2:03^, Diablo 2:09%,
Lecco 2:0934, Nutwood Wilkes 2:163^, C. The Limit (trial 2:05^), Guy
Wilkes 2 :i534. Walnut Hall 2 :o8^,Constantine 2 :i2>l,Onward,2.2534,
Iran Alto'2:l2j4, Athablo 2 :24>2.Demonio 2 :n >4,Palite,Strathway2 :I9,
Chas. Derby 2 :20 ; Steinway 2 '.253/4, Monbells 2 :2$, Kinney Lou 2 :o'/}i,
Zolock 2:0514, Zombro 2:11, Alconda Jay, McKena, Baron Bowles
2:25, Star Pointer 1:59^4, Prince Ansel 2:20)4, Bon Voyage 2:i2j4,
Steinway 2:25^4, Electioneer, Palo Alto 2:0834. Seymour Wilkes
2:o8j.4- Wayland W. 2:12^, Lord Alwin, Sir John S. 2:22, Dictatus
2:17, Sidney 2:1934, Bonnie Direct 2:05%, Bayswater Wilkes 2:25^4,
Sable, Jay Bird, Monterey 2x>9J4. Silver Bow 2:16, Fay Wilkes,
Sidney Dillon, Athadon 2:27, Palo King 2:285/2, Wayland W. 2:1234,
Chancellor 2:21, etc.
Work Horses, Friday March 4, 1910.
Catalogues Ready and Sent on Application.
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Jenkins & Bro Salt Lake City, Utah
E. H. Irish Butte, Mont.
O. P.. Xestos Spokane, Wash.
Hoska Harness Co Tacoma, Wash.
T. M. Henderson Seattle, Waah.
Keller Harness Co Portland, Ore.
M. H. Harris Saddlery Co Marysville, Cal.
R. Grant Potter Sacramento, Cal.
W. E. Detels Pleasanton, Cal.
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W. J. Kenney San Francisco, Cal.
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absolute protection for valuables.
Inspection Invited
Charley D. 2:061
Sire McKI.VJiEV 2:11V4, sire of 22 in 2:10.
Dam Flewv Flewv, bv Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam MeAulifte mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he bv John Nelson 1ST. third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6. fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
"Will make the season 1910 at
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Saturday, February 19, 1910.]
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OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY" 46S31 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Gifford. Lewiston, Idaho
BON VOYAGE <3) 2:12% Ted Hayes. San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:1114 Rush & Haile, Suisun
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY' LOU 2:07% Ray Mead. San Jose
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles
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HARNESS RACING DATES.
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland. Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem. Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grunil Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus Sept. 19-30
MORE AND MORE INTEREST is being taken
every day by the harness horsemen of California in
the convention to be held in this city, March 2d.
President Kenney of the San Francisco Driving Club
has worked like a Trojan to get this movement
started and it is now certain that a very large num-
ber of persons directly interested in the welfare
of the light harness horse will assemble at this con-
vention. There is a great deal that can be done
by such a convention for the good of the cause,
and there is every prospect of a permanent organ-
ization being formed that will have a bill presented
to the legislature at its next session having for its
object the revival of the district fairs, once so popu-
lar in this State. It is possible that a circuit of har-
ness meetings for 1910 may also be organized during
the time the convention meets here, as there will be
representatives present from nearly every county in
California where harness horses are trained. The
convention will meet at the Mission Improvement
Association's hall at the corner of Sixteenth and Val-
encia streets at 2 p. m. Wednesday, March 2d.
CALIFORNIA has more mile tracks than any State
in the Union. Among the mile ovals that are kept
in shape to train horses on are those at Chico, Marys-
ville, Woodland, Sacramento, Vallejo, Santa Rosa,
Concord, Pleasanton, San Jose, Salinas, Fresno, San
Bernardino, Los Angeles and Santa Ana, and there
may be several others that we do not now recall.
There are half-mile tracks at Oroville, Rocklin, Dixon,
Los Banos, Hemet, Ukiah, Eureka, Hanford, San Luis
Obispo, San Diego and other place. In addition to
these which are used almost exclusively for training
harness horses, are the mile running tracks at Emery-
ville, San Francisco, Tanforan, Petaluma and the
two at Los Angeles. It will thus be seen that Cali-
fornia is pretty will supplied with racetracks.
ALL HORSEMEN who desire to attend the Horse-
men's Convention to be held in this city at 2 p. m.,
March 2d, 1910, at the Mission Promotion Associa-
tion Hall, corner Sixteenth and Valencia streets, can
secure a special rate of a fare and a third for the
round trip by getting a receipt certificate from their
local railroad agent, when they buy the regular first
class ticket to San Francisco. The secretary of the
convention, or President W. J. Kenney of the San
Francisco Driving Club, will give each holder of such
certificate a return ticket for one-third of the regu-
lar fare home. So remember to get your receipt cer-
tificate of the local agent.
SHORTER RACING will be the rule this year on
all tracks which are in membership with either the
National or American Trotting Associations as a new
rule adopted at the congress in session in New York
last week provides that all horses not winning a heat
in two in 2-in-3 races, or not winning a heat in
three in 3-in-5 races shall go to the stable before the
next heat. This rule has been followed by the Cali-
fornia State Agricultural Society for many years past,
and is now in force in purses and stakes given by
that association. Last year's Occident and Stanford
stakes were trotted under that rule for the first time,
but as both were won in three straight heats there
was no call for its application. Of all the rules ever
devised for shortening races this one is the best and
fairest, and while it tends to prevent laying up heats
and certainly has made many races shorter than
they would have been without it, there can be seven
heats under it where each of three horses wins a
heat and then repeats the performance. We believe
that racing will be better under this rule, however,
and that it is a step in advance.
WE REGRET TO LEARN that Mr. Payne Shatter
of Olema, Marin county, has found it necessary
10 place himself in the care of occulists in this city
as his eyesight is so greatly impaired that he is no
longer able to see to read. Mr. Shatter is one of
the "old guard" of California amateur horsemen and
true sportsmen, and under the nom de plume of
"Rustic" has written most entertainingly for the
"Breeder and Sportsman" occasional accounts of his
experience's with rod and gun and of trips taken be-
hind a span of trotters of his own breeding. In
his younger days he was a great road driver, and
no fairer antagonist was ever met on the road. In
the days of the old district fairs he drove his colts
in the stake races and was often a winner. We hope
he may regain the full use of his eyes and live to
enjoy for many years the clean honorable life of work
and play in the open air which he so dearly loves
and can so interestingly recount.
THE Arbuckle American says that Dick Boyle, a
stock buyer of Woodland visited Arbuckle the other
day in search of good big mules. He made offers of
from $500 to $600 a span and offered one farmer
$5000 for the best eight span he had on the ranch
which was refused. This is the biggest mule story we
have heard this season. There is no doubt however,
that mules are bringing astonishing prices just now
as the farmers have only enough stock to put in their
crops and there is very little surplus draft stock in
the State. The sugar beet industry has grown tre-
mendously in the last few years, and there are many
big irrigation projects, and much railroad grading
going on in California at the present time and this
work requires immense armies of horses and mules.
There is nothing that can be sold quicker at a good
price than a good mule or draft horse.
SAN JOSE TRACK.
Wm. Cecil is training a three-year-old filly at San
Jose that is an unusually promising trotter. She is
by Dexter McKinney (son of McKinney and a mare
by Dexter Prince) dam by Almont Patchen 2:15. She
was started last Sunday to decide a bet of $100 a side
made between her owner and another party that she
could not trot a mile in 2:40. The match against
time was made about a month ago to be decided on
Sunday, February 6th. A heavy shower that after-
noon caused a postponement of the trial till last
Sunday. When the bet was made the filly had only
had road work driven by her owner and at that time
could not have trotted a mile in three minutes. She
was turned over to Cecil to train, with the result that
before the race against time came off she had stepped
a mile in 2:36. This is wonderful improvement for
a three-year-old trotter to make in three weeks' time,
more particularly so when more than half of the time
she could not be given track work on account of
stormy weather. In her trial for the money Mr.
Cecil took her away slow and drove very carefully
the entire mile, only landing just inside of 2:40, doing
the mile in 2:39. She only looked to he jogging for
exercise. Cecil says she is by far the best young trot-
ting prospect he ever handled. There were more
than five hundred people at the track to see a horse
trot a mile in 2:40. That looks good for a revival
of trotting horse interest in the Garden City.
The Sunday previous was 'the day set to decide a
match race between a pacing filly by Kinney Lou
and a trotting mare by Scott McKinney. This match
was made two months previous and both animals
were immediately put in training. The Scott Mc-
Kinney was trained by "Billy" Scott of the family
of Scott McKinney; she worked a mile in 2:40 or a
little better in 1908. The Kinney Lou filly had been
very badly handled since she was 16 months old by
her owner over the streets in and around San Jose
and raced against other horses, automobiles, street
cars, etc., until she became a bad puller and would
break every 100 yards. She was turned over to
"Jack" Villar, who learned the trotting horse busi-
ness years ago from such "master mechanics" as
Johnny Goldsmith and Billy Donathan, and never did
a horse receive a nicer education and preparation
than did this daughter of Kinney Lou during the
time Jack Villar trained her for her race. From a
puller and bad breaker she became so tractable and
nice mannered that she could step a mile close to
2:20 like a piece of machinery with the reins lying
on her back. The owner of the Scott McKinney mare
got a bad case of cold feet and at the last moment
paid forfeit and refused to start. On the day the
race was set to come off the owner and trainer of the
Kinney Lou filly tried to induce the other parties to
start their mare and race for fun rather than disap-
point their friends and others that would come to
see the race. But no; they refused. The fact that
such a number of people again turned out to see a
horse race is another strong indication that the peo-
ple of San Jose are getting interested.
The great sire and game old race horse Zolock
2:05% never looked better in his life and the pros-
pect that he will do a good business in the stud at
San Jose this year is very bright.
Bon Voyage has started in on another heavy sea-
son, the showing made by his youngsters last year
having increased his popularity among breeders who
want early and extreme speed.
The number of the get of Kinney Lou that are now
being trained that show speed, good looks and good
manners will attract many mares to that great son
of McKinney. In Diamond Mc. and Kinney de Lopez,
Mr. Doble has two of his stallion's sons that will
trot, in 2:10 this year.
But the above mentioned well known stallions
are not the only ones located at San Jose deserving
of liberal patronage. Prof. Heald, in Joe Cuicello's
stable, should not be overlooked. This handsome
son of the great Nutwood Wilkes is the best young
trotter at the track and a more perfect gaited trot-
ter will be hard to find anywhere and while Joe has
not yet tried to break the watch with him he looks
to have a high rate of speed on tap. He goes more
like his illustrious half brother, the great John A.
McKerron 2:04%, than any other trotter I have
ever seen by the same sire. While Nutwood Wilkes
is a great sire of fast and game race horses, the
majority of his get are more or less rough gaited,
but the old simile that his gait is "the poetry of
motion" will surely apply to Prof. Heald (3) 2:24%,
and no other young trotting stallion has a better
right to become a valuable sire of trotters, for with
the exception of her other sons no other trotting
stallion in California has as great a producer of
trotters for a dam as Daisy S., dam of 6 from 2:10%
to 2:28%. His second and third dam are also great
broodmares. He possesses all the qualities neces-
sary in a high class sire and no one should hesitate
to breed to this untried young horse.
Among the many visitors at the track last Sun-
day were Capt. C. H. Williams and wife and Mr. Asa
Weeks and wife of Palo Alto. This was the cap-
tain's first visit to the new track and he expressed
himself as being very agreeably surprised by what
he saw there. This is the case with nearly every
one when they see the place for the first time.
They are surprised at the many favorable conditions
that exist for a high class training track and at the
progress already made as well as at the number of
horses now in training.
Homer Rutherford, who successfully raced Jose-
phine 2:07%, Easter (3) 2:15% and a number of
other good ones through the California, Oregon and
Washington circuits the last two years is getting to-
gether a stable at San Jose. His latest acquisition is
a four-year-old son of Greco H. owned by Al Pryor
of Ben Lomond. The day Mr. Pryor brought the
colt to the track Homer hitched him up and stepped
him a half in 1:14% on a trot without a hoot on.
This is a very handsome young trotter and a good
gaited one. His dam is Lizzie S. 2:28 by Antevolo
2:19%, second dam Lady Signal, a great brood
mare by Signal 3327.
A great time is expected next May during the Rose
Carnival in San Jose. There will be two days' har-
ness racing at the track and one day's automobile
racing, and it is quite likely there will also be a
couple of days devoted to aviation, all of which will
take place at the new track. The infield will make
a fine place to score up with the flying machines and
unless they fall on top of the stables cannot injure
or interfere with the track or the horses. And so
long as the horses, their owners, drivers and friends
have got to get used to them the sooner they begin
the better. O. C. C.
Budd Doble's good young trotter Kinney de Lopez, is
continuing to attract much attention at the new San
Jose track, and every visitor to that popular train-
ing place comes away with a high opinion of the
colt's abilities. Doble has not given him any fast
work at all since last November and then only let
him brush an eighth a couple of times to show a
couple of visiting* friends something of the colt's
gait. Last Tuesday the veteran, John Hogan of
Soquel, went up to San Jose to look at a few young
horses he has there, and for his edification Doble
let Kinney de Lopez step along for two hundred yards
or so. The colt surely showed a two-minute clip
and every one who saw him was enthusiastic over
the performance. If there is a 2:05 trotter in Cali-
fornia he looks like that one.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 19, 1910.
NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCIATION.
The Congress Adopts New Rules and Elects M. M.
Potter of Santa BarUara as Member of
Board of Appeals.
Representatives of 3S1 trotting tracks met at the
Murray Hill Hotel, New York, February 10th, for
the twenty-fifth congress of the National Trotting
Association, and in revising the rules of harness
racing adopted two amendments to the turf code
which will be of far reaching importance to the
sport.
By a vote so decisive that no one demanded a roll
call, a plan to gradually banish the hoppled pacer
from all National Trotting Association tracks was
adopted amid applause from the horsemen :n attend-
ance. Ratifying the recommendation of the joint
conference held last week and of the Rules Commit-
tee, it was decided in effect that hopples shall not be
used on any horses after 1914.
Another important amendment to the rules pro-
vides that in races of heats "best two in three" a
horse not winning a heat in the first two shall not
start for a third, and in races of heats, "best three
in five" a horse "not standing for money" at the
finish of the third heat shall not start for the fourth.
When the Congress was called to order there was
an attendance of about 40 delegates.
The proxies represented were as follows: W. H.
Gocher, F. O. Beal, Bangor, Me., and De Forest Set-
tle, of Syracuse, 40 votes each; C. A. Chapman, 35;
W. J. Carter, Richmond, Va., 32; William Russell,
Allen, St. Louis, 25; H. B. Schall, Allentown, Pa.,
21; E. P. Heald, San Francisco, 24; Theo. Armstrong,
21; H. N. Bain, Poughkeepsie, 20; A. P. Sandles,
Ottawa, O., 16; John E. Madden, Lexington, 15; Hor-
ace W. Wilson, Lexington, 6; David Bonner, New
York, 5; George C. Brown, Tennessee, 4; four repre-
sented two tracks each and twenty one one associa-
tion each.
Secretary Gocher read the changes of the rules as
agreed upon by the joint committees of the National
and American Associations in its sessions held the
previous week. A vote was taken as each change
was read and in a great majority of cases the rules
committees' decisions was accepted unanimously.
The shortening of races was provided in an amend-
ment which is in accordance with the rule which was
inaugurated by the California State Agricultural So-
ciety many years ago, and has been in force ever
since. By this rule a horse not winning a heat in
three in a three-in-five race must go to the stable.
President Stoll, of the Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association, made a long speech against
the adoption of this system as not available for many
tracks in membership with the National and showed
in a very able manner why such was the case, Mr.
Bain, of Poughkeepsie, answered in a similar speech,
showing the great advantages of the shorter system.
The voting showed that 284 members were in favor
of the new rule with 63 against it. As the rule was
adopted by the joint committee the same will stand
good on American Association tracks.
The joint committee's next important change was
against the hobble nuisance, and the rule was
adopted not only unanimously, but by acclamation.
When the harness racing season of 1905 opens the
straps will be seen on the turf no more. This much
needed and sought for reform, however, will be
brought about gradually.
This season the straps will not be allowed on
two-year-olds. In 1911 the prohibition will be for
Ihree-year-olds and under. In 1912 for four-year-olds
and under. In 1913 for five-year-olds and over.
In 1914 for six-year-olds and under; and in
1915 for none. It was plainly apparent before the
congress opened at noon that several representatives
were in favor of a more drastic action against the
hobble nuisance, but the decision of the committees
apparently proved satisfactory and no further de-
mands were made.
Four years ago the congress of the National
created what was known as Rule 25, which gave
regularly organized racing circuits authority to select
a Board of Stewards to whom decisions of the judges
could be appealed immediately. This rule was de-
clared abolished Wednesday and in all subsequent
rules wherein the words "Board of Stewards" ap-
peared, were scratched off and the number of rules
following were changed.
In every rule on the statutes where "Judges and
Timers" are mentioned, the word "Starter" was also
added so that in the future that official will enjoy
practically as much authority as the others in both
stands. It will be remembered that a protest was
made at Salinas last year by Mr. F. H. Burke, against
the Starter having a right to inflict fines. The pro-
test was decided adversely to Mr. Burke, and this
new rule removes all doubt as to the authority of the
Starter.
Neither the joint conference nor the Rules Com-
mittee acted upon the request of the stewards of the
Grand Circuit for a distinction between records made
on mile tracks and half mile tracks, but the matter
was brought up after the report of the Rules Com-
mittee had been adopted. Advocates of the proposed
rule apparently caused its defeat by asking for too
much. They maintained that horses should be eli-
gible to start on half mile tracks in classes four sec-
onds slower then their records made on mile tracks.
Representatives of the half mile tracks, who were in
the majority, strongly opposed so great a differential
in favor of the mile tracks, and the measure was
bea cen by a vote of 242 to 139.
Several changes of little importance were made in
th i turf code, and a resolution was adopted permit-
ting Ohio trotting tracks in good standing in either
the N. T. A. or the A. T. A. to withdraw from one
association and join the other at pleasure. This
they have heretofore been prevented from doing.
In the election of officers the following ticket, re-
ported by the Nominating Committee, was unani-
mously elected:
P. P. Johnston, of Lexington, Ky., president; Mor-
gan G. Bulkeley, of Hartford, Conn., first vice-presi-
dent; E. P. Heald, of San Francisco, Cal., second vice-
president, and Alexander Maclaren, of Buckingham,
Canada, third vice-president.
For the Boards of Appeals:
Eastern District — F. O. Beale, Bangor, Me.; J. M.
Johnson, Calais, Me.; Patrick Henry Wall, Ottawa,
Canada.
Atlantic District— W. Perry Taylor, Buffalo, N. Y.,;
H. N. Bain, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; De Forest Settle,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Central District — William Russell Allen, St. Louis,
Mo.; H. W. Brehm, Baltimore, Md. ; George Campbell
Brown, Spring Hill, Tenn.
Western District — John C. Welty, Canton, Ohio;
J. W. Bailey, Gainesville, Tex.; A. P. Sandles, Ot-
tawa, Ohio.
Pacific District — Milo M. Potter, Santa Barbara,
Cal.; John C. Kirkpatrick, San Francisco, Cal.; Ben-
jamin F. Rush, Suisun, Cal.
HORSES MORE THAN MACHINES.
CHASE'S PLEASANTON SALE.
The eighty page catalogue issued by Fred H. Chase
& Co. for their third annual sale at Pleasanton,
March 3d has been printed. It contains the breeding
of 100 trotters and pacers (many of them tabulated),
and is replete with information regarding those con-
signed. Everyone should have a copy for in this sale
there are horses and mares which in a year or two
will be worth four times the amount they will bring
at this sale. Horsemen should know all- about the
horses they want and the only way to learn is by
studying the breeding and description and then take
a trip to Pleasanton before the day of sale and inspect
the ones they fancy. A large number are entered in
the largest stakes offered in the United States, and,
if some of these colts fall into the hands of the
proper men, undoubtedly they will win some of the
stakes. There are many excellent "prospects" listed;
youngsters that, were it not for the death of their
owners, would never he placed in the auction ring.
There are others which the owners are consigning
because they have too many to train this spring and
do not care to handle more than they can afford to
keep. These are all heavily engaged in California
stakes. Besides these, there are many stallions
which will pay for themselves this season, and some
can be raced to advantage. Then there are choice
broodmares in foal to the very best stallions in Cali-
fornia. It will be the chance of a lifetime to get
some of these grand looking matrons. There are
some yearlings here by stallions that are famous by
performances and through the speed shown by their
progeny. These yearlings are out of speed producing
mares, "the cream of our leading stock farms."
There are some excellent roadsters, sate to drive and
thoroughly broken so seekers after "family driving
horses" will have several to choose from. It is a
grand collection, and Messrs. Chase & Co. have lived
up to their promise to have nothing but the best at
this sale, having refused a number of ordinary horses
which they considered hardly good enough to be in
such company. The sale will commence in the
morning at 9:45 o'clock sharp. There will be no
intermission and prespective buyers who attend must
be prepared to bid lively, hence we admonish them
to send for a catalogue, go to Pleasanton before the
sale and make their selections. No other collection
of horses to equal this in numbers and bloodlines
will be offered at auction this year or perhaps for
years to come, therefore it will pay seekers after the
finest trotters and pacers to attend.
GRAND WESTERN CIRCUIT.
A new racing circuit was organized at Kansas
City, Mo., January 17th, and will be known as the
Grand Western Circuit. This series of meetings will
open at Fayette, Mo., August 2-5, and that meeting
will be followed in turn by Monroe City, Mo., August
9-12; Brookfield, Mo., August 16-19; Excelsior Springs,
Mo., August 23-26; Independence, Mo., August 30-
September 3; Leavenworth, Kan., September 6-9;
Topeka, Kan., September 10-17; Emporia, Kan., Sep-
tember 20-24; Sedalia, Mo., October 3-8. The follow-
ing list of classes, stakes and purses were arranged
for: Stakes, 2:15 and 2:30 trotting, $1000 each;
2:12 and 2:20 pacing, $1000 each. Purses: 2:17, 2:19
and 2:24 class trotting, $400 each; three-year-old
trotters, $400, and two-year-old trotters, $200. Pac-
ing: 2:06 and 2:09, 2:16 and 2:25, $400 each; three-
year-olds, $400, and two-year-olds, $200. In addition
a purse of $100 will be given wherever a track, or
other record, is broken. The circuit hangs up a
purse of $200 for drivers, to be divided as follows:
$100 to the driver with the greatest number of win-
ning races in the circuit; $50 to the driver finishing
second in this contest, $30 to the third and $20 to the
fourth. In addtion free stall rent is offered all
horses raced at the several meetings, except at _ Se-
dalia. It is believed that this series of meetings will
please a great number of campaigning horsemen ow-
ing to its compactness, making shipments short and
direct. The officials of the new circuit are: R. T.
Kreipe, Topeka, Kan., president; Gus Gannon, Brook-
field, Mo., vice-president, and T. M. Boulware, Mon-
roe City. Mo., secretary.
[The American Sportsman.]
Those who have the greatest success in training
and developing the trotter and pacer are those who
hold him in the highest regard, or rather those who
love the horse. An old trainer remarked in our hear-
ing not long ago that he had trained horses so long
that he had come to look upon them simply as ma-
chines.
Ihe success of this trainer in recent years is the
best evidence that with such a view of his profession
he cannot have success. At one time he was re-
garded as both a skilled reinsman and trainer. Very
often such men are heard to lament their ill-luck,
when in fact the whole trouble is with themselves.
In order to make a success of any business or pro-
fession there must exist a love for the work, and the
greater the love the surer the success. Love of work,
together 77ith a ntural adaptation for the work, are
the two essentials absolutely necessary for success.
And this success which often seems so elusive can
only be gained by the hardest kind of labor; for it
nas been said, "that there is no excellence without
great lsbor. The opportunity for gaming prominence
without hard work has long since disappeared, never
to return. This is true with reference to the profes-
sion of trainer. It is the trainer who works and
thinks that will have the greatest measure of suc-
cess. Training and developing the trotter and pacer
has kept pace with the progress of the times.
Whether the trainers have given as much attention
to the study of the various temperaments and char-
acteristics of the horses in their charge as they
should, is a question. This should especially apply
to colts and youngsters who are expected to make
fast trotters or pacers. One of the best colt trainers
in recent years was a man who had great success
in selecting colts which afterwards made fast trot-
ters. In common parlance, he was counted as a man
of good judgment, but there was something more
than judgment involved in the transaction. He had
bv observation and by paying strict attention to colts
gained an insight into their characteristics which
was to him invaluable. It was a very large part of
his success. We mention this in order to make plain
the fact that it pays to think and that the largest suc-
cess is not obtainable without its use. Those who
know of the intelligence of the horse know verv well
that thev are more than machines and that the
trainer who has no higher thoughts of them will not
be successful in their development.
AMERICA SHOULD SURPASS ROME.
In a sueech at the Gicd Roads Asociation ban-
quet in Louisville, Ky.. last week. Dr. James K. Pat-
terson made these pertinent remarks:
"Good country roads are needed, in order to
derive the largest benefit from the railway systems.
Rome was the greatest road-builder of all the
rations of antiquity and the vast emnire which she
ruled owed its existence and its duration mainly
to the roads which she built. When Roman arms
nassed beyond the peninsula and the Mediterranean
became a Roman lake. Egypt aid Numidia and
Mauretania in Africa: Greece. Thrace. Illyricum and
Pannonia, Gaul and Hispania. Luisitana and Britain,
in Europe, were all connected with the Imperial city
imon the Tiber by military roads of the best possi-
ble construction. Their character and durability
may be witnessed today by any traveler who reaches
Rome either by the Appian or Flaminian Highways.
After the lapse of 2.000 years, they are still among
the best of the thoroughfares of modern Italy. No
lfss than four military roads issuing from London
traversed the southern part of Britain. Though
these roads were primarily built for military pur-
poses, for the transnort of armies and of commissarv
supplies, they became in more peaceful times the
highways of commerce, facilitating commercial ex-
changes and bringing supplies of necessaries, as
well as luxuries, to the capital of the Empire.
Though much has been done in this country in the
construction of good roads, much more remains to
be done. During the winter season, impassable roads
render communication between adjacent towns and
vilages almost impossible. A heavy percentage of
the value of agricultural produces is consumed in
the effort to reach a market. Within the last cen-
tury. France and Germany have made rapid strides
in the construction of good highways. The energv
and the wealth and the enterprise of our people
make it possible for them to surpass all other na-
tions, ancient or modern, in the mileage and per-
fection of their system of internal communications.
With improved waterways, improved railway lines
and a good system of rural highways, as the com-
plement of these, America ought to provide facili-
ties for communication surpassing those of any other
people upon the face of the globe."
Two full brothers to The Abbott, former trotting
champion, are owned in Buffalo. The Abbe (3) 2:10M>
and The Mitre Bearer 2:19%. Itjs good betting that
both will take very fast pacing records this year. Ed.
Geers has The Abbe in his stable down in Memphis,
and he has been a mile, pacing, in about 2:09%. He
is owned at Ideal Stock Farm, East Aurora, and was
driven to his three-year-old trotting race record
2:10%, by Ben White at Lexington. Ky. The Mitre
Bearer 2:19^, pacing, half-mile track, last season, is
owned by Edward Sheeban of Buffalo and Harry
Benedict, a Grand Circuit reinsman of East Aurora.
The railbirds have, this fellow labeled for a record
considerably below 2:10 before the racing curtain
falls over the season of 1910.
Saturday, February 19, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
NEW AND FASHIONABLE BLOOD FOR THE
PACIFIC COAST.
The most important event of recent years in the
history of trotting horse breeding in California is the
consignment by Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick to Chase's
Pleasanton Sale next month of the six royally bred
young stallions which he brought here from the East
last year. Mr. Kilpatrick brought these young
horses here for the purpose of training some for
their stake engagements and then giving them an
opportunity in the stud, and had he kept his health
each one of these young horses would have been
located in some good horse breeding section of the
State and given the best opportunity possible, to
make his reputation as a sire of early and extreme
speed.
The greatest success in breeding fast trotters in
California has been made in the past by bringing
choicely bred stallions from the east and mating
them with our best California mares. Electioneer,
Guy Wilkes, Director, McKinney and other eastern
bred stallions have proven the truth of this statement
in the past, and the great young sire Bon Voyage is
doing it now. Every horseman who keeps posted on
what is going on in the breeding world knows that
the Electioneer strains through Bingen, Expedition
and Conductor, with the George Wilkes strains
through Baron Wilkes, Jay Bird and a few others
are the ones that are most fashionable with pro-
gressive breeders today, because the colts carrying
that blood are winning the big futurities. The family
of Baron Wilkes through Moko, that of Electioneer
through Bingen, Tood and Walnut Hall have been
especially prominent of late years in the pedigrees
of the big stake winners. It was this fact that led
Mr. Kilpatrick to select the six young stallions
(which sickness has now compelled him to consign
to the auction block) with the idea that mating them
with the best of our California mares would certainly
result in producing colts and Allies that would be
endowed with speed enough to compete with the
best the east can produce. The six colts referred
to are the following:
Black Hall 48645 is as his name implies, a coal
black colt and will make a 16-hand horse. He is a
rugged, well built fellow, and there Is not a stallion
in America that is any better bred than he. In the
first place he is sired by the young stallion Ozono, a
son of Moko and a great brood mare by Director, that
has been chosen to take Moko's place on Walnut Hall
Farm when the great sire of futurity winners shall
have become incapaciated by age or infirmity.
Ozono's dam, Ozama by Director 2:17, produced that
great trotter Ozanam 2:07 and several other very
fast trotters and was out of a mare by Gov. Sprague,
sire of McKinney's dam. Ozono is not only a beau-
tifully bred horse but his colts all show well and have
brought big. prices wherever they have been offered.
On his dam's side Black Hall has a remarkable pedi-
gree also. His dam Maggie Yeazer is the dam of that
magnificent stallion Walnut Hall 2:08% said to be
one of the handsomest trotting horses living, that
is in turn the sire of that great trotter The Har-
vester that took a three-year-old record of 2:08%
which he reduced to 2:06% last year as a four-year-
old and then trotted a public mile in 2:03%. While
Maggie Yeazer's son has achieved fame by siring
such a colt as The Harvester, her daughter Noretta
has also made a name for herself and brought addi-
tional greatness to the family by producing those
truly wonderful pacing campaigners, full brother
and sister, Hedgewood Boy 2:02% and Lady C.
2:02%. Maggie Yeazer is by Red Wilkes, one of
Geo. Wilkes' greatest sons, and is out of the great
brood mare Docia Payne, a full sister to Hamlin's
Almont Jr. 2:26, that sired those famous trotters
Belle Hamlin, Globe, Justina, etc. Anyone who will
study the tabulated pedigree of Black Hall, as it
appears in Chase's catalogue of the Pleasanton Sale
cannot help being impressed with this colt's wonder-
ful breeding and his close relationship to so many
champion trotters and pacers. We believe he will
be a great sire if given any opportunity whatever
and should his new owner desire to train him this
year he stands a chance of winning a very large sum
of money as Black Hall is eligible to over 580,000
worth of stakes. It was Mr. Kilpatricks' intention
to train him for his engagements.
Oliver Todd, son of that great young sire now
dead, Todd 2:14%, is another of the three-year-olds.
He is a very fast natural trotter and could take a
low mark and win considerable money if trained and
raced this year, as he is also eligible to many thou-
sand dollars' worth of stakes. His sire Todd was by
Bingen 2:06% ont of Fanella 2:13 by Arion 2:07%,
second dam Directess 2:19 by Director 2:17. On his
dam's side Oliver Todd has a long line of producers.
Olive Brady his dam produced that fast young trot-
ter, Miss Wiggins 2:17%, his second dam Neoma C.
is the dam of six standard trotters while his third
dam, Madam Beatty, produced four in the list and
the dams cf seven. Oliver Todd is a rich bay in
color, and will be close to 16 hands. The get of Todd
are in fashion. Todd had 19 new performers in 1909,
standing second in the list of sires..
Governor Constantine and Grant Constantine are
both by that popular sire Constantine 2:12%. Gov-
ernor is out of a producing mare by Onward and
Grant's dam is a great brood mare by Bernal 2:17.
The pedigrees of both these colts will bear scrutiny
and whi'e they are very differently bred on the dam's
side both have lines of blood that appeal to the up-
to-date breeder who is looking for young horses that
will sire speed and good looks.
Moko Hall is one- of the best bred colts of the six,
but unfortunately he cannot be registered as the
pedigree of his fourth dam was lost. His dam . is
a young made by Moko, however, and her colts will
be given a chance to take records and thus make
Moko Hall eligible to registration. Moko Hall is by
Walnut Hall 2:08%, sire of The Harvester 2:06%, etc.,
his dam is by the great Moko, his second dam by the
great broodmare sire Simmons, and his third dam
by Almont. This colt being by Walnut Hall and out
of a mare by Moko, is bred like The Harvester.
Moko it should be remembered sired Native Belle
2:07%, world's champion of her age. Moko Hall
will make someone a profitable horse. He has speed
enough to win races if it is developed, and he will
be a sire of extreme speed if given an opportunity.
Last but not least of these six young stallions is
Gerald Jay, a son of the mighty Jay Bird, one of the
greatest sires that ever lived. His dam is Black
Annie a registered mare by Bourbon Wilkes, sire of
98 in the 2:30 list, second dam Kitty Ewing by
Eastlight 5263, son of Mambrino Patchen, third dam,
the dam of Major Flowers 2:21% by Caliban. Gerald
Jay is a big handsome colt, 16 hands and will reach
1200 pounds in another year. He has had no train-
ing but is well btoke and steps as though he had
considerable speed. The Jay Birds can always be
depended upon to produce speed when given the
opportunity. This colt will be a good investment for
some one..
We ask those of our readers who contemplate pur-
chasing stallions and those who have stock farms, to
go to Pleasanton and look these young horses over.
They are just what are needed in California, and as
Mr. Kilpatrick will give buyers very reasonable
terms, asking but one-third cash at time of sale,
balance in notes at 6 and 12 months, buyers will
have a chance to earn the purchase price with the
horse before the notes are due.
HORSE NEWS FROM FRESNO AND MODESTO.
BOUGHT A DAN PATCH COLT.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 15. — Horsemen and horse
lovers of this vicinity feel considerably elated over
the fact that residents of Kentucky have begun to
come to Minnesota for harness horse speed. The
direct cause of this feeling is the recent visit of J.
R. Nuckolls, a merchant of Kevil, Ky., and Mr.
Harris, a wealthy farmer of the same neighborhood.
The two men came to Minneapolis to take pos-
session of American Patch, a promising son of Dan
Patch, the world's champion harness horse. They
found the colt more than they had even hoped for
and expressed him to Kentucky Saturday night. Mr.
Nuckolls is the proud owner of the "coming cham-
pion' as he delights in speaking of him. He won
the colt by being successful in the contest recently
put on for the dealers of the International Stock
Food Company of Minneapolis, in which he had to
compete with thousands of men and women all over
the United States and in every country of the world.
The Kentuckians came to Minneapolis Thursday
morning and spent the day inspecting the Interna-
tional factories and offices. The two gentlemen
spent Saturday at the home of champions. Both
gentlemen were enthusiastic over Mr. Savage's In-
ternational Stock Food Farm, which is one of the
best equipped breeding farms in the world and were
especially pleased with the prize Dan Patch colt,
which is a beautiful mahogany brown four-year-old,
standing 16.1 and weighing over 1200 pounds.
"I never saw so many beautiful horses at one time
in my life," declared Mr. Nuckolls, "but do you know
if 1 had had my choice I should have picked out
American Patch. He looks the most like Dan of any
colt on the farm and I feel sure he will be a cham-
pion himself some day. The International farm is
wonderful. I had no idea what a grand place it is.
Very few people can believe that way up here in
the ice and snow of Minnesota you can have such a
high class breeding farm. We may be the first men
to come from Kentucky to Minnesota for harness
horses, but when our people know what they have
up here we will not be the last. My friends all
helped me win American Patch, but they did not
have any idea of what kind of a horse I was going to
get. I didn't myself. He will surely be a credit to
his wonderful sire and his Minnesota home."
Mr. Harris, who knows and loves good horses, was
equally impressed. He picked out two Cresceus
colts which he intends buying and taking to his Ken-
tucky farm.
Walter Cox of New Hampshire, one of the best
judges living of a trotting horse, is very much in
love with the get of Ozono, the young stallion owned
at Walnut Hall Farm. He purchased several of them
at the recent Midwinter Sale in New York. At Wal-
nut Hall Farm Ozono is expected to be as great a
sire as Moko. The colt Black Hall that Mr. Kil-
patrick has consigned to the Chase Pleasanton Sale,
is by Ozono out of Maggie Yeazer, the dam of Wal-
nut Hall 2:08% (sire of The Harvester 2:06%) and
grandam of Hedgewood Boy 2:02% and Lady Maud
C. 2:02%. Black Hall is one of the best bred young
stallions in America, and is entered in over $80,000
worth of stakes with all payments made up to June
1st. He should be kept in California and put to stud
duty. He will sire extreme speed at the trot or there
is absolutely nothing in breeding.
C. A. Teller, secretary of the Fresno City Driving
Club, informs me that this club will have a matinee
on Washington's Birthday, at which a liberal pro-
gram will be offered. The club is in a thriving condi-
tion and everything points to a good season's sport
in 1910.
C. M. Burleigh has his two-year-old bay gelding
C. M. B., by Tom Smith, from an Altamont mare well
entered in futurities. The colt is showing a fine
burst of speed and satisfying his owner that he has
a rare chance of pulling down a purse or two in the
near future.
A. Allen, president of the Fresno Driving Club has
a three-year-old bay filly by Diablo in the hands of
Charley De Rdyer at Pleasanton that is showing con-
siderable speed. She is very promising.
Mr. A. S. Kellogg has just sold his two-year-old
colt Candy Kid by Stanford McKinney, dam Nelly
W. Jr., by Athadon, for $500 to H. G. Thurston of
Phoenix, Arizona. This colt took first premium for
a yearling at the Fresno Fair last fall. Mr. Kellogg
possesses what is called the finest saddle horse in
Fresno county in Rowdy, a fine upstanding horse
weighing 1100. Rowdy is a beautiful gray of fine
conformation. He has also a three-year-old brown
colt, full brother to Candy Kid that has shown a 2:30
gati and is a square trotter.
William Zibbell has four Tom Smith colts that are
very speedy and promising. There is not one of the
quartette but can show a 2:40 clip. One is a full
sister to Katalina 2:11% and has shown a mile in
2:17.
Trainer Schuyler Walton has fourteen head in his
stables, among them some that will head summaries
this summer if there is any racing. A three-year-old
by Billy Dunlap has shown a 2:30 gait and is very
promising. Strathboul, a three-year-old by Stam-
boulette, owned by C. B. Warlow, has shown a mile
in 2:20 as a two-year-old. Lightning Bug, a full
brother to Toggles 2:0S% will be raced this year.
C. A. Canfield's colt Donasham, that won the Can-
field two-year-old stake at Los Angeles last year, and
worked a mile in 2:17 before that, is looking fine. He
is in the Occident and Stanford stakes. Walton also
has a young horse by Searchlight out of Golden Rose
by Falrose that is owned by Cornell Bros, of Porter-
ville. This fellow is very fast and can show a 2:08
gait. A three-year-old by Stanford McKinney out
of Lustrine is also a fine youngster. Another fast one
is a black colt by Diablo out of Kate Ewing. Mat-
teawan is the name of a two-year-old bay colt that
is a full brother to Athasham and is very promising.
Mr. D. L. Bachant has quite a string of horses
at the track. Athasham 2:09% is in grand shape and
will have quite a season in the stud. Mr. Bachant
may make a pacer out of him and many predict he
will go very fast at the lateral gait. Ateka by Atha-
sham, is a three-year-old colt, well entered in stakes
and looks like a money earner. David Sinclair, a
three-year-old pacer by Howard Sinclair, is showing
very fast in his work. Mr. Bachant has the old mare
Nugget bred to Athasham and she should produce
another fast one like Queen Pomona 2:05% and The
Donna 2:07%. A young mare by Kinney Lou 2:07%
is also in foal to Athasham and is due in April. Mr.
Bachant expects a good one from this mare.
C. B. Warburton is taking a great interest in the
harness racing sport, and is breeding a few. His
two-year-old brown filly Stella by Ed McKinney, is
well staked in California and in Oregon.
F. Haney has on his ranch the trotting bred stal-
lions Prince Nutwood, Vasnut and Pacheco W. and
the splendid Clydesdale Baron Primrose the Second.
Mr. Haney drives a magnificent pair of black geld-
ings, perfectly matched, by Prince Nutwood. They
are 16.3 and weigh about 1400 each. They are already
sold to the Modesto fire department.
A. J. Gilbert is standing Prof. Heald's well known
stallion Ed McKinney which is in the pink of con-
dition. He has a good looking yearling bay colt by
Ed. McKinney from Floracita 2:11% by Red Cloak
that is a very likely youngster. Mr. Gillett will also
stand for service the fast pacing stallion Advertiser
2:15 by the Electioneer horse Advertiser 2:15%.
L. D. Austin has a two-year-old bay colt by Ed Mc-
Kinney out of a mare by Electa that is such a prom-
ising trotter that he will have him trained. Mr.
Austin also has a bay colt by Gossamer out of a
Steve Whipple mare that is a fine two-year-old trotter
F. G.
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Reports from the east say that Arthur H. Parker,
of New Bedford, Mass., has paid $30,000 for the stal-
lion Cochato (3) 2:11%. It is said he asked Mr.
J. M. Jhonson, proprietor of Johnson Farm, Ponkapog,
Mass., to put a price on the horse and that Mr. John-
son said $30,000 and Cochato changed hands. Cochato
is by Todd 2:14%, dam Castanea, dam of The Bosun
2:05%, by Pistachio, brother to Nutwood, second dam
Lindora Wilkes, dam of five in the list, by Guy
Wilkes, third dam Rosetta by The Moor, fourth dam
Cecelia Clark by Clark Chief, fifth dam Capt. Beard
mare, thoroughbred, by Capt. Beard. Cochato is
seven years old arid a yearling by him took a pacing
record of 2:24% last year.
Pandora, the mare by. McKinney that Gil Curry
purchased for Mr. R. J. McKenzie of Winnepeg is
out of Fiesta, the dam of Fiesta Belle 2:16% and
Jessica 2:23% by Bob Mason, second dam Riene by
Rajah, third dam Dora 2:29 by Gibraltar, fourth dam
Nelly by Black Warrior.
A mare called Jessie McKinney by McKinney
2:11%, owned by Col. W. C. Greene, and under lease
for the season of 1910 by J. C. Adams, died at Phoe-
nix, Arizona, January 29th, from impaction. This
mare had worked miles around 2:10 and was con-
sidered a great prospect.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 19, 1910.
NOTES AND NEWS
Xo hobbles after 1914.
Our stallion number will be out next week.
If you don't win a heat in three hereafter you must
take your horse to the stable.
The Horsemen's Convention will meet in San Fran-
cisco on Wednesday, March 2d.
The Chase sale at Pleasanton will be held Thurs-
day, March 3d. Don't forget the date.
Several well bred McKinney mares will be offered
to the highest bidders at the Pleasanton sale.
Perhaps a California circuit can be organized when
the Horsemen's Convention meets in this city
March 2d.
Frank H. and Mrs. Burke, who have been attending
tiie Mardi Gras festivities at New Orleans are ex-
pected home next week.
Prof. E. P. Heald has been east attending the con-
gress cr tie National Trotting Association of which
ho is sccoLd vice president.
Cochato 2:11%, $30,000, is a pretty good start for
the stallion sales of 1910. He is a son of Todd 2:14%
and took his record as a three-year-old.
Colts by Bon Voyage, Zombro, Zolock, Lecco,
Searchlight, Demonio and other good sires can be
secured at your own price at Pleasanton. March 3d.
J. Elmo Montgomery has consigned a couple of
three-year-old to the Pleasanton sale. Both are well
staked and good prospects. Look them up in the cat-
alogue.
The catalogue of the Chicago Horse Sale shows
that 542 horses have been consigned to that big ven-
due which opens at the Union Stock Yards on Mon-
day next.
Fifth payment has been made on 132 colts and fil-
lies entered in Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. S that
are now two years old. The complete list will be
printed next week.
If you want to learn how to keep a country road in
good shape for little money get a copy of the stal-
lion number of the "Breeder and Sportsman" to be
issued next Saturday.
Star Pointer 1:59% was shipped east last Monday.
Copa de Oro 2:01% is now the fastest stallion on the
Pacific Coast and is no has-been either, as he can
and will still further reduce his record.
If you want a good draft stallion take a look at
H. B. Goeeken's Percheron horse Native Son by im-
ported Raglan, that is to be offered at auction at
Pleasanton. March 2d. He is a seal brown and is
sire of grand colts.
Fred H. Chase & Co.'s Pleasanton Sale, Thursday,
March 3d, will commence at 9:45 a. m., sharp! To
sell the 100 horses consigned before the departure
of the late afternoon train it is imperative that the
sale must commence on time.
A horse show is planned to be held in conjunction
with the State Fair auxilliary which will again be
held at Idora Park, Oakland, the week after the State
Fair at Sacramento. A big success can be made of
a horse show in Oakland.
Directors F. H. Burke, B. F. Rush and C. W. Paine
of the State Agricultural Society have been appointed
as a speed committee for the fair this year. These
gentlemen should be able to get up a speed program
that will be very popular with horsemen.
Pleasanton is to be sewered. The townspeople
voted on the question of issuing bonds for this pur-
pose last week and carried it by a big majority.
Pleasanton is progressive and the next big question
they will handle will be a big annual fair.
If you own a yearling and desire to get a nomina-
tion for it in Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 9, for
foals of 1909, you may be able to buy a substitution
by applying to Secretary F. W. Kelly, 366 Pacific
Building, on or before March 1st. He has a few
substitutions for sale in this stake.
An effort is being made in central Kentucky to
organize a trotting racing circuit through Kentncky,
on the same order as the one that flourished there
some years ago and was known as the Kentucky Fail-
Circuit. Representatives from Somerset, London,
Wir Chester, Richmond, Danville, Versailles, Har-
rodsburg, Frankfort, Georgetown, Paris, Louisville.
He iderson, Paducah and Owensboro recently met and
-:■ ressed their belief that such an organization would
5 1 uopular" this year.
The handsome stallion Staiiock by Zolock 2:05%
out of Fanny Gossip by Gossiper 2:14%; second dam
Fanny Vasto by Vasto 2:16%, third dam by Robt. Mc-
Gregor 2:17%, which is No. 40 in Chase's Sale cata-
logue and is to be sold Thursday, March 3d, at Pleas-
anton, is standard and registered, his number being
44959.
The Year Book for 1909, No. 25, will be ready for
distribution within a week or so. The price will be
$5, a slight advance on last year's price, the increased
size of the book making the increase a necessity.
Volume 25 will be fully 100 pages larger than Vol.
24. It can be ordered through this office.
Monicrat 2:13% is a very handsome stallion and a
fast trotter. He looks especially handsome in har-
ness. His first and only foal to start is a stake
winner and has a three-year-old record of 2:15%.
Monicrat has been consigned to Chase's Pleasanton
sale.
The black mare Nada, owned by M. C. Keefer, of
Woodland that is consigned to the Pleasanton sale,
has trotted a mile in 2:14%, a half in 1:05% and a
quarter in 31% seconds. She is by Nushagak, the
sire of Aristo 2:08% and is out of Addie W. a great
broodmare by Whips. This is a good prospect for
some one. The catalogue fails to state that she
trotted a mile in 2:14%, which was an oversight.
William Hendrickson, the veteran horseman of San
Francisco, has sent a half dozen well bred and sound
young horses to the Chase sale at Pleasanton.
Nearly all are by that grand big son of McKinney
2:11% owned by Palo Alto Farm, McKena 39466
that is out of the fast race mare Helena 2:11% by
Electioneer. Look up Mr. Hendrickson's horses in
the catalogue.
A filly by C. The Limit (son of Searchlight 2:03%
and Bertha, dam of four in 2:10, by Alcantara) out
of La Moscovita, the dam of Yolanda 2:14% by Guy
Wilkes 2:15%, is bred well enough to train for the
races or to breed to the best stallion in the land.
Such a filly has been consigned to the Pleasanton
sale by C. L. Crellin. She is a two-year-old, just
halter broken.
Mr. E. F. Binder is working his horses at the
Hemet track this winter and they are all doing well.
His Allerton stallion Worth While is working nicely
and can trot miles right around 2:20 on this half
mile track. He looks to be quite a prospect for the
green classes this year. There is to be a matinee
at San Bernardino on the 22d instant, and several
horses from Hemet will try conclusions with the San
Berdoo steeds.
Some of the best bred and best looking young
horses even sent to auction are in the consignment
made to the Pleasanton sale by E. D. Dudley, of
Dixon. Don't ever let a youngster by his stallion
Palite, sire of Pal (2) 2:17%, get away from you
for any moderate price. Palite is bound to be one
of the greatest sires ever bred in California. Mr.
Dudley's mares are all fine individuals and choicely
bred.
A three-year-old filly by Kinney Lou 2:07% out
of Electress Wilkes 2:28%, the dam of Lady Mowry
2:09%, should be worth taking a chance on, espe-
cially as she trotted quarters in 20 seconds as a two-
year-old. She is a full sister to that wonderfully fast
colt Four Stockings that was in training last spring
at Pleasanton. She has been consigned to the Pleas-
anton auction by Henry Struve of Watsonville, who
has also sent several other good prospects to the
sale.
Henry Helman has an Alconda Jay yearling out of
a McKinney mare that he is just breaking with the
help of Rio Vista George. The colt threw George
in a catch as catch can tussle the other day, but
finally succumbed to kind treatment and last Mon-
day they hooked him to a big cart. Every man at
Pleasanton says Helman rode as fast as Paulhan
ever did, the first time the colt got his head, and the
little devil was trotting all the time; 2:10 for this
youngster as a three-year-old is the way they have
him touted now.
Frank Childs, who drives the pacer Sherlock
Holmes 2:06, would like to see a $2000 purse for 2:06
class pacers given at Salem and Portland this sum-
mer. He would enter Sherlock Holmes and there
should be a lot of the best side wheelers on the coast
named in the race. Among those likely to be at-
tracted by such a purse are Queen Pomona 2:05%,
Jim Logan 2:05%, Charlie D. 2:06%, Adam G. 2:06%,
Delilah 2:06%, Hymettus 2:07, Lord Lovelace 2:07%,
Solano Boy 2:07%, Josephin'e 2:07%, Moortrix 2:07%,
and several others. If six or seven of the best of
these turned around for the word they would make
a race worth a good deal in gate money and the win-
ner would not be in the 2:06 class when it was over
if the track and day were good.
Among the mares to be bred to Minor Heir 1:59%
this year is The Broncho 2:00%.
The dates of the California State Fair have been
set for September 9th to 17th inclusive this year.
Eight yearlings by Demonio 2:11% out of well bred
mares will be sent by Rush & Haile of the Suisun
Stock Farm to Chase's Pleasanton sale March 2d.
The Demonios are noted for size, good looks, excel-
lent feet and legs, great natural speed and race horse
qualities. Look over the breeding of these yearlings
in Chase's catalogue. They are really choice goods.
There are no less than 33 mares bred to Zombro
2:11 nominated in Chicago Horse Review Stake No.
17 up to the present time.
The stockmen of Newman, California, propose hold-
ing a horse show and livestock exhibit at that town
about March 19th.
Ten mares have already been booked to Kinney
Lou 2:07% and there is every prospect of this great
trotter making an excellent season.
There is to be some good matinee racing at the
San Jose track on Washington's Birthdav, which
falls on Tuesday next.
April 1st is the date set for beginning the wreck-
ings at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles, and the re-
modeling of the plant into an up-to-date fair grounds
and park. The new track will not be ready to work
horses on until fall.
A dispatch from Memphis to the associated press
states that Ed Geers had the misfortune to break
his leg in an accident last Wednesday and it may
cause his retirement from the turf.
H. O. Smith of Porterville, owner of the pacing
stallion Joe Athby, has received a flattering offer for
this horse from a Kentucky horseman who is visiting
California, but the offer was declined.
McNab & Smith received this week from R. I. Orr,
of Hollister, seven handsome young draft horses for
use in their draying business.
Marie N. 2:08% by the California bred horse Ma-
rengo King, sire of Palo King, etc., has been sold
to Geo. Bodimer of Austria, and will be raced at the
famous Vienna track this year.
W. J. Kenney, 531 Valencia street, has received a
carload of Fernloc, the great body wash and liniment.
He has it in gallons or in barrels just as one wants it.
All the leading trainers recommend it.
The Horsemen's Convention called for Wednes-
day, March 2d, wil convene at the Mission Proma-
tion Association hall, corner Sixteenth and Valencia
streets, San Francisco, at 2 p. m. of that day.
Don't overlook a Zombro when one is ,for sale. M.
C. Keefer of Woodland has consigned a 'two-year-old
bay colt by Zombro out of a young mare by Diablo
2:09%, second dam that fast race mare Bessie Ran-
kin 2:16% by Altamont to the Chase sale at Pleas-
anton next month. The colt is naturally very fast.
He is well enough bred to sell as a stallion.
Mr. P. Donnelly, who resides at 929 Hayes street,
this city, is advertising for sale the buckskin mare
Sister Bess by Senator L. out of Nugget, the dam of
Queen Pomona 2:05% and The Donna 2:07%. Sis-
ter Bess is herself a very fast pacer and will be
sold at a very reasonable price. See advertisement.
Through the accidental placing of an article in
last week's "Breeder and Sportsman" which was in-
tended for insertion in our stallion edition next week,
the date of the Horsemen's Convention to be held
in this city, was made to appear as Wednesday of
this week, instead of Wednesday, March 2, which is
the correct date.
Milo M. Potter, of Santa Barbara, has been elected
a member of the Pacific District Board of Appeals by
the National Trotting Association. The board now
consists of Col. J. C. Klrkpatrick of San Francisco,
Hon. B. F. Rush of Suisun, and M. M. Potter of Santa
Barbara. E. P. Heald, second vice president of the
association, is a member of the board, ex-officio. Mr.
Potter once owned the famous mare Sweet Marie
2:02 by McKinney and was quite a breeder, but of
late years has not been very closely identified with
harness racing or breeding.
Chas. De Ryder shipped his consignment to the
Chicago sale last Monday. Among them were Belle
McKinney 2:25 by McKinney out of Mission Bell by
Menlo; Jess McKinney by McKinney out of
Nike by Antinous; Santa Rosa Girl by Lyn-
wood W., dam by Montana Wilkes; Sonoma Belle by
Lynwood W., dam by Mendocino; Ollie B. 2:13% by
Nutwood Wilkes dam by Long Branch; John Caldwell
2:0S% by Strathway, dam by Kentucky Hamble-
tonian; Prince D. by Diablo, dam Bessie Rankin
2:16% by Altamont; Lady Alice by Iran Alto, dam
by Dawn; Searchlight Jr. by Searchlight, dam Min-
nie Alto by Iran Alto; Fun Maker by King Enter-
tainer, dam by Sidmore; Elsie B. by Birdman dam
Alexis. All the horses left in good shape. The old
champion Star Pointer 1:59% was in the car being
taken to his new home in Tennessee, and the horse-
men of Pleasanton congregated at the station to give
the old fellow a send off. He walked into the car
like a peacock, and backed knowingly into his stall
with a look around at everybody and would have said,
if he could: "Well, boys; I'm going back to the scene
of my former triumphs, but hope to see you all this
fall if you come down to Tennessee."
Saturday, February 19, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, Feb. 15, 1910.
Last Sunday 1 paid a visit to the home of Ei
Volante 2:13% by Zombro, Mr. C. A. Canfleld s ranch
near Compton. It was a perfect spring day and the
ride of seven miles in an automobile over good roads
was delightful. After looking over a new farm of
340 acres that Mr. Canfleld has just acquired and is
getting in order, we headed west for a mile or so and
turned in through a long straight avenue of palms,
the trunks of each tree, overgrown with geraniums,
giving a delightful touch of color all through the
vista; on the right were flower beds from the main
road to the lawn surrounding the house on three
sides and an orange lemon grove on the north backed
by a long line of big cedar trees. The avenue runs
directly past the house, which is a two-story building
painted, as are all the buildings, a dark reddish
brown, with olive green trimmings, to the main sta-
ble. There it ends in a plaza with a great group
of eucalyptus trees on one side and the dairy, bunk
house and tool sheds opposite, and the cook-house
facing the barn, which is a big two-story building
with double doors at both ends and a passage way
through wide enough for two four-in-hands to pass
comfortably, a concrete floor and the stalls on each
side facing it. There is a wide gangway running
the length of the building on both sides, back of
the stalls, broken in the middle by a feed room,
though each stall has a grain chute. Above, the
stalls are floored over for the storage of hay or
grain. The whole interior being finished in hard
wood like a dwelling. There are water faucets every-
where and the drainage of each stall is perfect and
everything as neat and clean as a parlor. There are
fourteen box and straight stalls on each side. The
corrals extend round two sides of it and open into
each other, one for the farm stock, one for driving
horses and a large one for cattle, with feed cribs in
each and weather sheds as well; To the south and
separated by a road is the brood mare and colt barn
and corrals and it was here I saw El Volante's two
colts now nine months old, one a chestnut stud with
white stockings to his knees and half way to his
hocks with a large star in his forehead and a snip
on his nose, (he evidently gets his color and mark-
ings from Volante's dam Mamie Elizabeth) his dam
is Cloe by Conifer. He is a big, strong made colt
all over and especially over the quarters and rump.
In the corral he seems to know nothing but trot,
seldom in his play with the others breaking into a
run and never shifting to a pace. The other is a
bay filly with the right hind ankle white, and a star
in her forehead. She is a most attractive looking
filly, out of Sue by Athadon, rangy built with a very
breedy head and neck well set on a pair of sloping
shoulders and when she starts to trot carries her
head high and is as stylish as a peacock. If looks go
for anything they should be great goods when the
time comes. There is a third colt in the same cor-
ral that was in the front row when good looks were
given out. He is a bay stud of the same age by
Walter Barker, Mr. Canfield's other stallion, out of
Dixie W. by Zolock. He is also a bay with just a
little white on his coronets and a small star. He is
not quite as big and slashing looking as the other
two but is beautifully turned and is also always on
a trot. They all have the nicest dispositions imagina-
ble, in fact the first thing that struck me on my visit
was that every animal showed by their fearlessness
the good treatment they received, for all the farm
horses and mules, as well as the colts, and even the
deer in the corral at the first farm came up to the
visitors and nosed them and looked for sugar, which
Mr. Canfield's pockets supplied in unlimited quan-
tities, and wanted to be petted. Altogether it is a
perfectly appointed ranch, the land itself stretching
away to the west of the barn and farm buildings over
the hundred and twenty odd acres clothed in green
and as level as a race track. A visit to the piggery,
where each family has a big room with a door open-
ing into a separate corral, and there were dozens of
large families, wound up our tour of inspection and
a half hour later the automobile had us back in the
city.
El Volante at present is in Walter Maben's hands
at Agricultural Park, the admiration of every visitor
to the track. Those who saw him last year as a
three-year-old when he raced to a record of 2:13%,
would hardly recognize him now, he has filled out so.
He stands 16 hands and weighs 1150 or 1200 pounds;
his bay coat is like satin and it is impossible to
pick a flaw in his conformation, gait or disposition.
In action he is the poetry of motion; that he is a
natural born trotter is proved by his shoes, he car-
ries 5 ounce in front and 3y2 behind and could go
just as fast and perfectly barefooted. His record
of 2:13% is no criterion of his speed, as he worked
a mile last year as a three-year-old in 2:10% and
quarters in 30 seconds and Maben who broke him
and has always handled him, says he does not doubt
for a moment but that he could have turned any fast
track, like Phoenix for instance, in 2:08 and Maben
has been in the business long enough to "put his
wires pretty close together." Added to his own indi-
viduality there are few as well bred and none better,
tracing as he does through seven standard mares and
all but one being producing dams and that one being
the grandam of Superior 2:17y2, the sire of 12 in the
list. El Volante on the dam's side gets the blood of
Mambrino King, sire of Lord Derby 2:05%, The
Moor 870, Almont 33, Abdallah 15, Hambletonian 10,
Mambrino Chief 11 and so on back through Mam-
brino Paymaser to Mambrino by Imported Messen-
ger and on his sire's side by Geo. Wilkes.
Mr. Canfleld will probably send him east next year
as a five-year-old to compete in the stakes with the
best horses in the world.
Lady Mack, the green pacing mare by Zombro,
owned by Mr. McLane, was set down for a mile last
week in preparation for the matinee on Washing-
ton's birthday and stepped the mile in 2:10, the last
half in 1:01% and the last quarter in 29 seconds.
She is one of the very best prospects here and goes
without the straps.
Charlie Nickerson drove Mr. Vail's big five-year-
old Dom Pedro by Zombro, a mile in 2:22, last half
in 1:07 and last quarter in 31% seconds, and the
pacing mare Belle Pepper by Silver Coin in 2:21%,
last half in 1:03% and last quarter in 30 seconds.
There is lots of speed here this spring.
It is definitely known now that the buildings are
to be torn down and the track torn up on April 1st.
President Canfleld is negotiating with the Santa
Anita people for the use of the track that the run-
ners had till ours is built and he thinks he will
be successful in securing it.
There will be a matiness of the Los Angeles Driv-
ing Club on February 22d and another on March 17th
next. That will be the last over the present track.
Maben has a very attractive four-year-old geld-
ing by Zombro that he got from J. H. Bohon that
will sure make a trotter. He also has a full sister
that is very promising. She is a year younger than
the gelding and like him is built "all over."
JAMES.
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Sacramento, February 15. — H. A. Jastro of Bakers-
field was re-elected president of the State Agricul-
tural Society at its annual meeting today, Fred W.
Kiessel was chosen treasurer, and J. A. Filcher, sec-
retary. Charles Chenu was elected general super-
intendent of grounds, Fred L. Martin was chosen as
chairman of the finance committee, C. W. Paine,
superintendent of agricultural building; Albert Elkus,
superintendent of manufacturers' building; Senator
Ben Rush, superintendent of machinery hall; R. E.
Easton and N. W. Howard, superintendents of live-
stock; E. Forrest Mitchell, superintendent of poultry;
Frank Burke, B. F. Rush and C. W. Paine, speed
committee, and F. L. Martin and J. A. Filcher, in
charge of concessions.
Bernard P. Miller, superintendent of Idora Park,
Oakland, where the auxiliary State fair is held, sug-
gested a horse show in connection with the exhibi-
tion there, which met with the approval of the direc-
tors.
This summer's State Fair, which is to be held in
conjunction with "Fiesta of the Dawn of Gold," and
an aviation meet, both being planned by the busi-
ness men of Sacramento, is expected to draw the
largest crowd ever assembled in this city. The fiesta
will have to do with the experiences of the gold
seekers of '49.
The dates selected for the fair are Sept. 9th to 17th.
THOROUGHBRED SALE AT WOODLAND.
John Mackay, the famous horseman, having sold
his farm near Woodland, has consigned all his grand
looking thoroughbred mares, colts, and fillies, to
Woodland, where they will be sold Tuesday, March
1st, at Grigsby's salesyard. Attention is called to
the advertisement in this issue. Many of these mares
make very useful driving animals; some are in foal
to a grand looking Jack, and mules from thorough-
bred mares are the toughest and best ever dropped.
The majority of the mares are by imported thorough-
bred stallions; then there are yearling and two-year-
old foals, that are "bred in the purple." Besides
these, there are several very handsome two-year-olds
by a Percheron stallion out of some of these thor-
oughbred mares. It is a splendid chance for farmers
and breeders to get good horses, and these would
never be sold were it not for the reason above given.
Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick was quite disappointed at
the price — $225 — that his mare Princess W. brought
at the Midwinter sale, but when he learned that she
was purchased by his friend Mr. W. E. D. Stokes of
Patchen Wilkes farm, to use as a brood mare he was
greatly pleased, as he believes she will be a great
broodmare. Princess W. won all the free-for-all
races the year she was matineed in the Park Ama-
teur Driving Club and finally there was nothing in
the club to start against her. It is to be hoped that
Mr. Stokes will start her against her own record
before she is relegated to the brood mare ranks as
she can certainly get a mark of 2:15 or better over
any of the fast eastern tracks when she is in shape.
A 2:05 TROTTER SOLD FOR $200
Would be no greater bargain than the proposition of
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every man that is going to need a racing sulky this
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Lack of space here prevents us from explaining this
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idea of what you need. You can select from their 95
page catalog just what you want. This is the largest
catalog ever issued by any sulky manufacturer, and
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GIL CURRY IS INTERVIEWED.
Gil Curry, who went down to Los Angeles two
weeks ago as stated in last week's "Breeder and
Sportsman," and purchased a couple of good horses
for Mr. R. J. McKenzie of Winnipeg, dropped into
this office this week and says that things look pretty
lively in the horse line down there — about two hun-
dred horses being in training.
Will Durfee has about thirty head, and Curry says
there are several of them that look exceedingly well
to him. Carlokin 2:0Sy2 and Copa de Ora 2:01% are
in extra fine shape, the latter he calls one of the
handsomest pacers he ever saw. There is a full
brother to Copa de Oro that is a square trotter and is
a most promising three-year-old. Margin 2:05% is
big and strong, and Directum Penn 2:12% is work-
ing well. Among the green ones in Durfee's stable
that Curry liked the looks of are a Del Coronado
gelding that has worked a mile at the trot in 2:13,
a four-year-old stud by The King Red that is very
promising, a pacing McKinney mare that has shown
an eighth in 15% seconds, and a four-year-old geld-
ing by Petigru that may be as good as Zulu Belle
winner of last year's Breeders' Futurity. Durfee has
a colt by The Bondsman out of Martha Wilkes 2:08
that looks as good as his breeding which is "mighty
high class," and he also has a good looking young
horse by Moko out of a mare by Nutwood. Curry
says Durfee looks rather thin since his sickness, but
seems to be all right and is not complaining about
his loss of flesh.
Fred Ward has ten or a dozen good young
horses in his section. Copper King, a five-year-old
by Direct Heir out of La Belle (2) 2:16 by Sidney
has every appearance of being a very high class
young horse. Ward is breeding his good race mare
Emily W. 2:10 by James Madison, to Zombro and
should get something extra good. Paul W. 2:14% by
Zombro is acting like a 2:10 horse.
Curry states that Zombro is looking like a colt and
says that wherever one goes from one end of the
State to the other, there is always a fast young
Zombro to be shown. He predicts that this horse
will double the length of his 2:10 list in another
year.
J. H. Williams, owner of the handsome stallion
Limonero 2:15% has a four-year-old stud colt by
him out of a mare by Zombro that knows nothing
but trot and is a picture. He has been a quarter in 33
seconds and a mile in 2:21 and is one of the likeliest
young horses in California. Williams has a colt by
Audubon Boy 1:59% that is a regular little demon
at the pace.
Walter Maben, from whom Curry bought the Mc-
Kinney mare Pandora, is handling quite a big string.
A four-year-old mare by Del Coronado is trotting
very fast and a gray pacer has worked a mile in
2:09y2 for him. Rapidan Dillon 2:12% has not
been started up yet, but looks in fine shape to begin
work on. One of the most beautifully gaited things
in Walter's string is a filly by Walter Barker, owned
by Mr. Canfleld. This is the three-year-old white-
legged filly Eileen that is out of the dam of El Vo-
lante 2:13%, winner of last year's Occident Stake.
Curry states that El Volante is one of the highest
types of a trotting stallion he ever looked at and
he don't think Mr. Canfleld could have placed a price
on him that his client would not have paid to own
him. But El Volante is not for sale. A very fine
trotter in Maben's stable is a Zombro gelding that
was presented to Walter by Mr. J. H. Bohon. He is
a handsome fellow and nicely gaited.
Mr. D. B. Stewart of Spokane, who spends his win-
ters in Los Angeles owns a mare by Zombro that
can beat 2:20 right now, while J. S. Stewart of that
place has a black mare that has been a mile in 2:11
at the pace and can go faster still.
About the best looking thing in the way of a filly
trotter is a yearling by Zombro 2:11, out of a mare
by Bingen 2:06% that J. O. Gerrety is breaking. She
is owned by Mr. W. H. Knight, the popular secretary
of the American Trotting Association at Chicago, and
Curry's description of her is that she is "a trotting
fool" as she don't seem to know anything but to
Iry to trot fast as soon as she is given her head,
and does it in the right way. She is handsome
and good headed. Gerrety has another filly by Zom-
bro that is owned by Mr. Williams of Grand Junc-
tion, Colorado, that is also a very promising trotter.
Perry, the young man that was formerly care-
taker for Bolivar 2:00% has a colt that he bought
east. He is by the $30,000 horse Cochato and out
of a mare by Billy Andrews. He is a two-year-old
and a finely gaited trotter that has already shown a
2:25 gait.
Mr. Curry did not take any notes while at Los
Angeles and gave us the above items "out of his
head" during a Tew minutes he spent in the B. and S.
office last Wednesday, remarking that if he had time
he could fill a book with what he saw in Los Angeles.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
D. A. Allen, Los Banos. — The chestnut gelding
Charley C. was by Piedmont 2:17%, and his dam
was the famous old mare Bloomfield Maid, dam of
Lilly C. 2:20y2 and Baden 2:24%. The dam of
Bloomfield Maid was Lady Livingston, another fa-
mous old broodmare, and she was by Gen. Taylor.
Charley C.'s record was 2:181/2. We cannot find
Almah McKinney registered but if she is the mare
by McKinney out of Almah by Messenger Almont,
she is eligible to registration as both her sire and
dam are registered.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 19, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
SALMON SPEARING IN THE SAN JOAQUIN.
Spearing or g!gging fish is looked upon, by sports-
men in some sections of California at least, as an
exceedingly illegitimate form of sport. In other lo-
calities this method of taking fish, particularly
salmon, is the medium apparently, if the following
contribution of George R. Andrews to the Fresno
Republican is reliable, of a recognized and much
indulged in practice. The saving clause given is,
that the salmon in the stretches of the San Joaquin
here mentioned, will not take hook, spoon or bait,
and can only be caught with net or by impaling the
fish with a spear. The big steelhead trout, luckily,
are exempt from the spearmen by law, but not so
much in fact as we would like to note.
"For a night of exhilarating sport, to the one who
enjoys fishing, few things can compare to the ex-
citing, thrilling and strenuous trip down the San
Joaquin river, on a night salmon fishing expedition.
The San Joaquin is California's second largest
river. Its source is in the perpetual snows of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, and its course through
the great canyons, valleys and plains, furnishes
great schools of magnificent salmon, rainbow trout,
black and striped bass and other fishes, an ideal
and much sought for spawning ground, and, before
the waters were obstructed, on the lower plains by
the dams of the irrigating canals, countless thou-
sands of the most magnificent salmon found their
way to the spawning grounds, away up in the
mountains, where the spawn (eggs) were secure
from molestation, and where the tiny minnows
hatched by millions and found their way back to the
ocean, only to return, perhaps years later, as full-
grown salmon, themselves to deposit their eggs and
thus keep up the evolution; but since the plains
have become more thickly settled by the white man,
more irrigating canals have been constructed to
divert the life giving waters to the arid plains, and
great dams, or weirs, have been thrown across the
noble streams, in many places to help divert the
waters from their natural channel, and as a conse-
quence the salmon have met many almost insur-
mountable obstructions to their progress up the
stream.
True, the laws of the state require that fish-ladders
be constructed at each and every one of these bar-
riers, but many of them are "fish-ladders" in name
only, and offer very little opportunity for the salmon
to pass.
However, a considerable number of them manage
to leap over the obstructions, as a salmon is a good
jumper when he is determined to "go up the stream,"
and they have been seen to jump a 12-foot dam.
Frequently the waters of the river are high, in the
early summer, when the mountain snows are melt-
ing fast, and at such times the dams do not stop the
progress of the fish to such a great extent and a
goodly number of the finny tribe find their way to
the spawning grounds although nothing like the
number that annually made the ascent before the
dams were built.
It was no uncertain thing, in those days, so we are
told, for the Indians to stand on the shore at the
first falls of importance in the river and spear hun-
dreds of shining salmon in a night.
Their principal thought was to procure fish for
subsistence, but our narrative is intended to treat
more of the sporting side, since salmon can no longer
be caught by the ton, but still enough can be found
almost any good summer's night to afford a fine
evening's sport.
We will start from Fresno, the raism center of the
world, where more Muscat raisins grow than any-
where else on the footstool. We plan to start about
5 p. m. The team is ready for the 20-mile drive. We
load in the wagon a well-filled lunch box, a big, black
coffee pot, a change of socks and perhaps overalls or
old pants. Dressed in old clothes, slouch hat, and
hob-nailed shoes, the start is made. It is a 20-mile
drive to where we "put-in" but the distance is cov-
ered in a little over two hours, as the road is level
and almost devoid of dust, being oiled almost all the
way. We pass through miles of vineyards and or-
chards, past great wineries, raisin dryers, magnifi-
cent country homes, humble cottages and farmhouses,
great fields of golden yellow stubble, recently reaped
of its heads of wheat, now furnishing pasturage for
great bands of cattle and horses, and after a while
we are out upon the "hog-wallows," above the line
of irrigation, where the great jack-rabbits, digger
squirrels and wary coyotes make their homes.
Ten miles more of a drive, principally through
the river bottom, the high banks on either side, ap-
parently causing the sun to sink too early in the
evening, the brilliant green trees of the river bank,
the peach orchards, long rows of fig trees and stately
palms, the green fields of alfalfa and frequent
glimpses of the glistening river, forming a beautiful
landscape picture.
About the time the last shadows of the sinking
si-n vanish from the tall mountain peaks to the east,
v fe arrive at the hamlet of Pollasky, the end of our
erland. journey and the "put in" place, as they call
it, for most of the fishing parties, who take this
interesting trip.
A camp fire is kindled and the big pot of coffee is
soon boiling, and the "fisherman's lunch", one of the
most enjoyable features of the trip, is served.
Should the moon be still shining, a wait of perhaps
an hour is deemed advisable, or, until the moon sinks
low, as moonlight is something undesirable in a
successful night salmon spearing expedition.
A night 'in the dark of the moon' is, therefore,
always chosen as the best time for a trip. The night
should be dark and calm, so the wary old salmon
cannot see you too far and so the wind will not riffle
the water and make it impenetrable to your eager
eye.
The boat that takes us down the river, and which
has been hauled overland twenty miles for the occa-
sion, is a flat bottom scow, sixteen feet iong, five feet
wide and one foot deep, with sides perpendicular and
the ends cut under to give it less resistance when
pulling against the current.
On one side of the boat are two large torches,
which may be either gasoline or pitch "jack lan-
terns", one at each end, and about three feet from
it, surrounded with reflectors, made from five-gallon
oil cans, to hide the fishermen from view as much
as possible, and at the same time throw the light in
the water.
Three or four men, besides the "pilot" usually man
one of these boats.
Man}- other regular style boats, or skiffs, are aiso
used, but the style described above is by far the best
for various reasons, principally among them being
the almost impossibility of upsetting the boat, in the
excitement that is sure to come.
When all is ready the launch is made and the trip
begins. The boat is "poled" out to mid-stream, no
oars being used, but the craft is guided and manipu-
lated by shoving it around with the spear handles,
which are planted in the river bottom, and the boat
is pushed around whenever desired.
In most places the water is sufficiently shallow so
no difficulties are encountered in handling the boat
in this way.
When the channel is reached the boat is turned
broadside to the stream, the lights always down-
stream, and allowed to drift.
The brilliant lights seem to dazzle the salmon and
they will sometimes lay perfectly still until the boat
gets within a few yards of them, and often-times
until it is directly over them, before they move, but
as a general thing they make the run of their lives
about the time the boat gets within spearing dis-
tance. Then is when the fun begins. Someone spies
a fish and cries "fish ahead"; immediately every eye
and every nerve is strained to catch sight of him
and to "gig" him. Bewildered by the bright light,
he may run directly toward the boat; then there is
something doing. Every spear within reach will be
hurled at him, but the chances of escape are in his
favor, unless there happens to be an expert or two
in the boat, for it takes a man pf remarkably quick
eye and action and much expwience to spear a
salmon on the run, with any degree of success.
They usually run so fast that the big salmon re-
semble a streak of milk in the water, and are gone
like a flash. 'Tis then you must move quickly, for a
man who sees that streak and can land a spear into
it before it is out of range must move like lightning.
Occasionally a big fellow will come along, appar-
ently unconscious of any impending danger, evidently
not the least concerned about the lights, or perhaps
curiously wondering what they are, until a well di-
rected thrust sends a "gig" into his back, and then a
tussle ensues; and let me say, when you get a twenty
or twenty-five pound salmon on your spear, he is
likely to give you a tussle to get him into the boat.
Many times have I seen the spear pole snap from his
powerful struggles, or the holder of the pole thrown
into the water; overboard, clothes and all. This is
one of the amusing incidents of a trip of this kind
and it almost invariably happens on a successful
expedition, and the night's sport is incomplete with-
out it.
The nights are never could, however, when salmon
are running, so there is little danger attendant upon
getting ducked. Occasionally it will happen in a
deep hole though, and unless a man is a good swim-
mer, he will have to let the salmon go and hold on
to the boat.
As the boat floats down with the current, the
channel changes frequently, and it keeps the pilot
busy dodging shoals, rocks and brush. Occasionally
a bowlder will loom up directly in front and vigor-
ous "poling" is necessary to pass by it safely. Again
the channel narrows between bowlders or the trunks
of trees, and in some piaces becomes so swift as to
threaten to upset the boat if not skillfully ana
quickly handled. At such times the pilot and other
experienced boatmen, do good work.
In many places the river is swift and turbulent
and unless the boat is manned by at least one man
familiar with the river, and who understands the
business, there is danger of running afoul of tree
trunks, snags and overhanging boughs, and possibly
upsetting the boat, putting out the lights and spoil-
ingthe night's fun, to say nothing of the personal
dangers attendant upon such a misnap.
My first trip in the summer of 1907 was an exciting
one, and one that will not soon be forgotten. The
waters of the river had been very high during the
early summer and it was well along in July before
the water receded enough to make spearing at all
possible, and as we were growing impatient for a
trip, four of us determined to try it and see if any
fish were running.
The water was yet quite high and muddy and there
was much speculation as to whether we could see
the salmon if there were any, but we concluded to
try anyway.
The boat was made ready, but instead of putting
in at Pollasky, it was launched at Cobb Island, about
five miles further down the stream.
The first mile or so sailed without incident, and
without seeing a salmon. The water was nign, tur-
bulent and roily, but we had hopes of finding better
water further down, where it was not so swift. An
island in the stream caused the waters to part, some
going on each side of the island, and our boat got
in the wrong channel, owing to our inability to de-
termine just which was the main channel, and we
found ourselves, after a half mile of slow moving,
in a slough where weeds and brush grew up through
the water and made progress very difficult. ■ After
poling our boat over the brush and grass, with abso-
lutely no chance of seeing a fish, we suddenly
emerged into the main channel. "Now look out foi-
salmon" cried Claud, the pilot. Immediately all were
on their mettle, and straining their eyes to see a fish.
So intently were all hands watching for salmon that
no one noticed that the boat had struck a current
and was being turned around. Suddenly Jake ex-
claimed: "Look out for snags, pole away hard."
But it was too late. The strong current had turned
the boat completely around and before we realized
where we were, it struck a great projecting arm ol
a tree, that was just above, and parallel with the
water, and turned turtle as quick as a hash. Hugn
and Claud went under it, but managed to get free
and swam to the shore a short distance below while
Jake and George managed to cling to the overhanging
tree and reach shore by it.
The boat, spears, extra clothing, coffee pot, lunch
box, and all, were lost, but we were safe, though it
was a close call, and many times since, we have met
and talked it over and marvelled at our almost mi-
raculous escape.
A tramp of a mile two of the boys barefooted,
through sloughs, over brush and fallen trees, ovei-
wire fences and wild blackberry bushes across the
river bottom and through a peach orchard, brought
us to a neighbor's house, who was aroused rrom his
slumbers and he kindly took us in, built a fire to
dry us off, wrhile his good wife also arose and made
hot coffee, while her spouse hitched up the horse to
take us overland, down the river to the landing
place, ten miles distant. That ended our trip ror that
night. Most of the outfit was forever lost, but the
boat and one or two of the spears wrere recovered
the next day, about two miles down the river, wedged
against the driftwood.
A few weeks later the river had receded suffi-
ciently so there was very little danger and several
successful trips were made, before the law prevented
further fishing.
The "fishing grounds" from Pollasky to Riverview,
covers about eighteen miles, and takes about all
night, or from about 8 p. m. till 4 a. m., to make the
run, and it is one of the most fascinating experiences
imaginable. So many novel and exciting incidents
take place on every trip, and the excitement caused
by the salmon and the frantic efforts of the fishermen
to spear them, causes great sport, laughter and no
end of "joshing" on the tenderfoot fisherman.
Every now and then some man will become excited
and knock another overboard with his spear handle,
or one will make a lunge at a salmon, slip and fall
into the water, or, having speared the object of his
thrust, be jerked overboard by the fish, and the
jollying he gets is not slow.
About midway between Pollasky and Herndon,
which is practically the limits of the fishing grounds,
at least this particular kind of fishing, is Lane's
Bridge, where the wagon road to the world-famed
Yosemite Valley, crosses the San Joaquin.
It is usually about one o'clock in the morning
when this point is reached and a landing is made,
a fire kindled, and all hands indulge in one of those
midnight suppers that all fishermen love so well.
Hot coffee, fried salmon, "sow-belly" bacon, fried
potatoes and onione, fresh peaches, watermelons,
etc., while "fish stories" and jokes keep the bunch
in a continuous uproar.
The supper over and the catch of the first part of
the night having been dressed, the boat is again
put out and the trip resumed.
Below the bridge is usually considered as not being
so good fishing as it is above, although in 1906 I
succeeded in landing nine fine-Salmon on one trip
between Lane's Bridge and Riverview, two miles
above Herndon, which record I believe, has not been
equalled since, although several better catches have
been made above Lane's Bridge.
There is considerable fall to the river above Hern-
don, the crossing place of the Southern Pacific rail-
road, ten miles Northwest of Fresno, and there are
many riffles where the water is hardly deep enough
to float the boat, and immediately below it will be a
hole, perhaps half a mile long, that will be from
four to ten feet deep.
The salmon usually follow the main channel, which
changes frequently from side to side. In most places
Saturday, February 19, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
the bottom is sandy, and the motion of the water
keeps the particles moving continually, so that where
the channel is this year, may be a sand-bar next year.
The river is quite winding, and the current changes
from one side to the other very frequently and unless
the pilot knows his business the boat will run onto
many sand-bars in the course of every trip and this
is when all dignity must be cast aside and all hands
must wade out and help to "pull her over" into deep
water. Once back in the main channel, all is weit
and every eye is again on the alert for the shining
salmon.
Occasionally a school is discovered in a hole or on
a riffle, and the excitement runs high ror a Tev.-
minutes. Usually several fine salmon are speared
in each good school of them, if the occupants of the
boat are experts, but much depends on their skill.
The novice will find it is as much of a trick to handle
a spear successfully as it is a gun or an oar, and it
must be done a hundred times quicker.
The way the salmon dart and flit through the water
is a sight to behold. You hardly catch a glimpse or
them, when they are gone, unless, perchance, the
dazzling lights bewilder them and they do not move
until the boat is directly over them. In those cases
they often escape danger also, as they are some-
what difficult to see if they lay perfectly still on the
bottom, as the back is usually about the color of
the sand in the river bottom.
There is no other way to catch these salmon, ex-
cept by torchlight, and with spears, as they keep
hidden in the daytime, never bite a hook, and al-
ways travel at night, during which time they can see
you, unless there is a bright light to dazzle tnem,
and as soon as the first streaks of daylight shoot
across the skies from the high Sierras on the east,
the spears are put by, and if the journey is not yet
ended, the balance of the time required to reach the
landing place is occupied by cleaning the fish, if the
catch has been a success, and if not the "pilot" be-
comes the butt of all kinds of jests and much good
natured jollying, until the port is reached.
It is claimed that these salmon, which are mostly
the Chinook, or quinnat, never touch food after they
leave the ocean and come into fresh water, and we
believe there is considerable truth in the saying, as
very little if any offal is ever found in the entrails.
Some writers also claim that their meat turns white,
that they lose greatly in weight and that their skin
becomes thick and tough as they progress up the
rivers for spawning. Some of these cialms may be
partially true, that part in regard to the skin be-
coming thick, but as to the flesh turning white, we
can distinctly prove to the contrary, as It is indeed
seldom that the flesh of these salmon is even pink
in color when caught away up near the spawning
grounds, 250 miles from the ocean, and nearly every
one that is caught has as deep rich red flesh as any
fish that I have ever seen taken from the Columbia
river or the lower Sacramento, or from the salt
waters of Santa Cruz bay, and I have seen some.
Furthermore, they lose very little in weight, espec-
ially the females, as they are just as fat and plump
and full of oil when taken from the water here, as the
salmon that are shipped in from the coast. Their
flesh is as delicately flavored, and as highly colored
as any that the writer has ever tasted, with the pos-
sible exception of the Columbia River Chinook. It
is true that the males sometimes turn red on the
sides, their teeth grow quite long and sharp and their
nose turns over and hooks down, sometimes forming
a very distinctly defined hook. They are not so
delicate or tasty as the females, and they undoubt-
edly do lose flesh and become somewhat thinner as
they progress toward the spawning grounds, due, no
doubt, in a great measure to the natural tendency of
all males of the animal kingdom, to be very nervous,
active and indulge in much fighting during times of
copulation.
After the fish reach the spawning grounds and
deposit their eggs, they seem completely exhausted,
and their mission on earth over, they drift back down
stream, bruising themselves on the rocks, and even-
tually die, as they never reach the ocean again alive.
After they spawn they seem to go to pieces almost
immediately and are unfit for food. Some of the
males become bruised from fighting and from con-
tact with the rocks in the ascent, but it is rare that
a specimen is found in ascending that is not good.
In the early days the Indians caught countless
numbers as they leaped over the falls on their jour-
ney up the river. The aborigines made spears with
a single tine of some tough, stout wood, on the end
of which a "toggle" was placed which was usually
made of a piece of steel about twTo and a half inches
long, sharp at one end, the other hollowed out to fit
on the end of the spear. A thong of rawhide was at-
tached to it about the middle and fastened to the pole
higher up, so that the toggle would come off and turn
crosswise when the fish was pierced. These olG
natives became so expert with the spear that they
rarely missed a salmon that they speared for. With
the settlement of the country by the white man,
those days passed from the Indians to a great extent
as now a comparatively few salmon ever reach the
haunts of the Indian and his spear although occasion-
ally a tribe will come down from the hills, and camp
and fish in the old way, around old Fort Miller ana
the Horse-Shoe falls.
Those salmon that reach the spawning grounds de-
posit their eggs in the shallow water, on the sand,
in shallow holes paddled there by their tails. The
eggs hatch, if they are not disturbed or devoured by
other fishes, in about fifty days, and the tiny min-
nows are alone in the world, to make the best of
life. Undoubtedly millions of them perish by the
ravages of the bass and carp that abound in the
stream, but those that survive finally reacn tbe
ocean, where they remain until full-sized salmon,
when they re-enter the stream and seek its source,
to go through the same course their ancestors run,
and which nature has provided for them.
One thing seems strange about both the minnows
and the full-sized salmon and that is they travel
almost entirely at night. Seldom is a salmon seen
in the day time, unless perchance, it should be scared
from its hiding place by man.
Although these salmon are supposed to eat nothing
after they leave salt water, yet a few cases are
known where they have been caught with rod and
hook and line, and an old fisherman is authority for
the statement that although he has caught many
salmon in the San Joaquin river with a spoon hook,
he never knew a salmon to follow the hook, but only
to strike it as it passed in front of his nose in
trolling, evidently maddened by its presence.
In years past, the river at the junction with the
mountains, where the first falls are encountered, has
been known to be so filled with salmon that their
efforts to pass the riffles at night, sounded like a
great band of horses frolicking in the stream.
Some writers claim the silver-side salmon (Coho)
is an inferior fish, its flesh pale and of little value,
but with him we emphatically disagree. Ask any
fisherman, at least on the upper San Joaquin, what
salmon he considers the best, and he will say the
silver-side nearly every time. Their flesh is, if any-
thing, a deeper red than that of any other salmon
that ascends the San Joaquin, and they are consid-
ered the very acme of the salmon kingdom by men in
these parts.
The "run" usually lasts from about the first of
June until quite late in the fall, and the sport can be
indu'ged in almost any night, until the law prohibits
further fishing, as they are protected by law for a
few weeks in the fall and after that time the nights
are too cold and the salmon too scared to make a
trip advisable.
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CALIFORNIA TROUT FARM.
ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
George A. Wentworth, secretary of the California
Trout Farm, and F. M. Pfeffer, vice-president, ap-
peared before the Marin Board of Supervisors last
week and delivered to the clerk of the board the
twenty-year lease of the hatchery building at Inver-
ness Park to the county. The building is 35x45 feet,
modern and thoroughly equipped with every new
contrivance known to the hatchery business. In the
hatchery at present are 500,000 salmon fry and 60,000
eastern brook trout eggs in process of hatching. In
view of the lease the supervisors entered into an
agreement, in and by which they employ the Cali-
fornia Trout Farm for a period of twenty years to
operate the hatchery at Inverness.
That the company, at its own expense and cost, is
to stock the fish hatchery with spawn and ova and
raise young fish in the hatchery for market and
proceed to sell the same and shall stock and keep
stocked the streams of Marin county, at the com-
pany's expense, with steelhead trout and salmon.
The Board of Supervisors may deliver the fish into
the streams and as compensation for the same the
company is to retain all the proceeds of the sale of
fish hatched in the hatchery.
The California Trout Farm was organized last year
with a capital stock of $25,000. The company's stock-
holders consist entirely of sportsmen and anglers of
this State, who have taken up the idea that is preva-
lent in the East for raising trout for the market.
The company has recently erected at their plant at
Inverness eleven large concrete ponds, which now
contain 400,000 steelhead trout, varying in size from
0Y2 inches to 9 inches. The company at present are
engaged in laying out a beautiful park, for the edifi-
cation and benefit of the public. When the park is
completed, the California Trout Farm will be one of
the prominent attractions of Marin county.
The company have at present a spawning station
on the Eel river, near Willits, Mendocino county.
The Board of Supervisors, in compliance with the
new law for the establishment of county hatcheries,
passed a resolution requesting the State Fish and
Game Commission to grant the county permission to
operate a hatchery.
We must congratulate the members of the board on
their good judgment in accepting the proposition of
the California Trout Farm, says the San Rafael Inde-
pendent, as it is not only establishing a good indus-
try in the county, but provides for future stocking of
the county with trout, which will act as a living
advertisement for the county.
Gun Club Enjoined — Unless a decision of the Su-
perior Court of Orange county is reversed on appeal,
the death knell of the duck ponds of the Surf Gun
Club in the lowlands near Santa Ana was sounded
last week in the judgment entered by Judge West in
favor of R. E. Smith and J. A. Dunn, ranchers, against
the Surf Land and Water Company. The club is
restrained from maintaining its artificial ponds in
such a manner that water from them flows to, perco-
lates to, or subirrigates the land of the plaintiffs, for
a period ending November 1, 1912, at which time the
plaintiffs' lease expires.
The farmers sued the gun club for $2850, alleged
to have been the damage done their grain and sugar
beet crops by reason of subirrigation from the arti-
ficial ponds of the club. On January 21st a jury
awarded $1250 damages. The plaintiffs also asked
for a restraining order, and that order is now given.
The club will appeal.
[By August Wolf.]
Bryan Willams, chief game warden of the province
of British Columbia, says in his annual report, copies
of which have been received by sportsmen in Spo-
kane, that mcose generally are Increasing, adding
that while caribou have disappeared from the Itcua
mountins, Chilcotan, they are numerous in other
parts of the Province. Except in the Chanogan dis-
trict, mule deer are scarce. Wapiti are gaining in
numbers in the Kootenay district, which is well
stocked, the direct result of protection. On Van-
couver Island, however, the noble animal Is rapidly
diminishing and extreme measures will nave to be
taken to save it from extinction. Sheep in Kootenay
have been shot hard and require a close season. In
Lillcoot they are doing well and in Cassiar are in-
creasing, with little danger of extermination for
years to come. There has been a big increase m the
number of bear.
Mr. Williams notes that conditions affecting game
generally are becoming more satisfactory from year-
to year, though he says that game birds, especially
on Vancouver Island and the mainland coast, have
not received the attention they should, but there
has been some improvement in this respect.
The department has devoted its energy principally
to saving the big game, and its efforts in tnat direc-
tion have brought excellent results. Pheasant anil
duck shooting, it is stated, is getting worse every
year, and unless proper precautions are taken, this
sport will be practically destroyed. One tendency 01
this is to establish private game reserves. The re-
port suggests that many amendments to the game
act are needed. The present act is so complicated
that an entirely new and comprehensive measure Is
required.
The central and northern interior are described as
a sportsman's paradise, for moose, bear, beaver, cari-
bou, ducks and geese. That the department virtually
pays for itself is shown fy the receipts and expendi-
tures during the past five years, being as follows:
Receipts, $30,356; expenditures, $36,319, or a net cost
to the government of about $600 a year.
Showing the benefits of a policy of conservation 01
game, owing to the raids in former years of the
Stoney Indians of Alberta, Kootenay big game was
about gone. Wapiti and moose are now plentiful.
There are estimated to be about 1,000 of the former,
which, estimated at $50 a head, are worth $50,000, not
to speak of the moose, deer and sheep. Similar re-
marks apply to Lillcoot. Three hundred and seventy-
four big game licenses have been taken out, which
means an expenditure of $1,000 for each animal in the
country. All told, the report says about $100,000 a
year is expended in the province by outside sports-
men.
It is interesting to note that 239 tourists shot and
fished in the province. Fifty- three non-residents
took out $100 licenses, which was a decrease, but
with 57 limited $25 licenses there were 90 big-game
hunters in the province altogether, whicn was an
increase over the previous year.
James J. Gatens, Deputy Game Warden in charge
of Lincoln county, Oregon, was in Newton recently
investigating complaints regarding hunting ducks
from launches on Yaquina bay. He stated that R. O.
Stevenson, Chief Game Warden of Oregon, is very
thorough, and that this undoubtedly accounts for the
marked increase in game and perfect preservation of
the elk in that section.
Mr. Gatens went on to say that the Chief Warden
is often hindered, instead of assisted, by complaints.
Many of these complaints are either unfounded or if
true are made by persons who have ill feeling toward
the law-breaker, but who have no evidence sufficient
to convict. A complaint is of value only when the
accuser has at least one witness. Many letters stating
that "so-and-so" is going to kill an elk or deer out of
season are received. To these no attention is paid.
Mr. Gatens also claimed that it is almost impos-
sible to convict a man for running deer with dogs.
Men accused of this offense swear that the dogs were
being used to hunt cougar or wildcats and happened
to jump a deer. In open season, of course, the deer
could be shot.
In referring to elk Mr. Gatens said that he would
estimate the number in Lincoln county to be between
100 and 150. Of these he had seen three separate
herds, one containing IS, another 12 and a third 7.
The elk live in the most inaccessible places and even
if the animals are killed, it is hard to smuggle out
the antlers, hides and meat.
Cougar and wildcats are plentiful; probably one
cougar to every 10 cats is the proportion. During the
last year, however, a great many have been killed
owing to the bounties now being paid. A heavy
bounty is the only possible means of exterminating
the varmints.
Not long ago Mr. Gatens' son, John, while crawling
up to get within range of ducks in Beaver creek, had
his gun barrel, which he kept shoving ahead through
the brush, thrust to one side. This caused its dis-
charge and, of co"urse, the ducks flew away, but he
had killed a wildcat. The animal had been pre-
^ iously wounded and was evidently stalking the
ducks when young Gatens appeared.
Black bears are very plentiful, but the brown ones
are very scarce. Recently while walking through a
dense woods without a gun Gatens encountered a
large black bear which was standing on a log. The
bear was a fine specimen and the warden sped home
to get his rifle, but the beast left before he returned.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 19, 1910.
TRAP SHOOTING NOTES.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
The California Wing Club held, last week, the
thirty-eighth annual meeting of the organization
since its foundation in this city. The officers elected
for the ensuing year are: President, Clarence A.
Haight; vice-president, C. J. Ashlin; secretary-
treasurer, Tony Prior; board of directors, Frank
Turner, Rube Haas, P. J. McRae.
The opening shoot for this season will take place
on the first Sunday in March, as usual. Grounds for
the club shoots have not been selected, but several
locations are under consideration. For the shoot
next month temporary grounds may be secured, and
the old box traps will be used instead of the system
in vogue last year at Ingleside.
The program for this season embraces seven
monthly shoots, two twelve-bird races each day, a
medal shoot and a purse event, and fifty-dollar purses
divided among the high guns, four moneys, distance
handicaps from twenty-six to thirty-six yards, shoot-
ers advanced or sent back according to scores shot
from month to month. The three high guns for the
season will receive handsome trophy medals. Prac-
tically the same schedule as was that of last year.
It is intimated, however, that suitable ground has
been selected in San Mateo county and that the local
ranks may be augmented by the addition of twenty
San Mateo blue rock shooters in the event of perma-
nent grounds being selected down the peninsula.
That the Coast trap season promises to be an
energetic one is evident by the recent activity of gun
clubs in many sections. Already a number of big
tournaments and circuits are published and arrange-
ments being carried out for the success of the many
contemplated meetings. In this State there is quite
a boom at many interior points. A number of new
gun clubs were organized last year and the list will
be materially increased this season.
The most recent news from the north is embodied
in a report from Spokane. The Washington State
Sportsmen's Associations will hold a three-day tour-
nament at Moran station, near Spokane, April
19 and 20.
The opening tourney of the northern circuit will
be the "Boosters" shoot at Butte, Mont., the dates
will be announced in the near future.
Following Butte, Spokane will hold the April shoot,
after which the Pacific Indian shoot will come off
at Nelson, B. C, July 26, 27, 28.
After the Indians' shoot the fifth Pacific Coast Han-
dicap will be held at Seattle, August 2 to 4, inclusive.
Washington and Oregon shooters seem to have out-
lined a rather extensive blue rock campaign for 1910.
Harvey McMurchy, representing Hunter Bros, of
Fulton, New York, is due in San Francisco next
month. He will probably arrive in time to take part
in the California Wing Club shoot.
Jack Fanning has been in this city for two weeks
past. Jack is here on a visit to his folks, his first
appearance since 1905 when he attended the initial
Pacific Coast Handicap tournament at Ingleside. He
is extremely popular with both local and Coast
sportsmen.
During a visit to the office of the '"Breeder and
Sportsman,'' files of the paper 30 years old were
perused and among others Fanning's name was a
regular fixture among the top scores at all of the
local blue rock and live bird shoots.
TULARE LAKE ALIVE WITH FISH.
Tulare lake, according to authentic report, is fairly
alive with black bass. They have found their way
into the lake from Kings and San Joaquin rivers, via
Cross creek, and have increased rapidly until now
the water is teeming with them. Last year the water
from Kern river broke through the ridge from the
swamp, and the bass started up the new stream.
They were able to make their way into the Buena
Vista canal, but could not pass the weirs, otherwise
Kern river and Buena Vista lake would have been
stocked this year. There is need in the canal for
fish ladders, for undoubtedly the water will again go
to the lake this year in the spring with the melting
of the snows. The black bass planted in Kern river
are thriving and have grown wonderfully as shown
by an occasional catch. The fish are still protected
by ordinance.
Deputy Game Warden Alt Tibbets reports there
will be fine perch fishing in the river this year, the
native perch having increased rapidly within the
past few years. Time was when they were run out by
carp, but the latter fish are not now numerous, though
they are by no means exterminated.
The presence of the black bass, however, will have
a tendency to keep the carp from increasing, as the
former are cannibals and feed voraciously on young
carp.
Shining In a New Spot.
R. H. Shone, formerly of the Biggs-Young-Shone
Company, afterwards connected with the Frank Sea-
man, Inc., Advertising Agency, has associated him-
self with the H. E. Lesan Advertising Agency of
New York City. Mr. Shone attends to the advertis-
ing of the Hunter Arms Company and other manu-
facturers of arms and ammunition.
A party of Bisbee hunters who made a trip down
the Colorado river below Fort Yuma this month
have, it is reported, had splendid duck and geese
shoo Ing and in the foothil's found antelope and big
horn sheep. Game of all kinds was very abundant.
Ink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Last Sunday was observed by most of the duck
hunters as the closing day of the season, which came
to a close Tuesday, February 15. The duck lottery,
however, did not render many capital prizes, at least
for local sportsmen. Here and there, on extra fa-
vored ground some desirable shooting prevailed.
Most of the sportsmen who were out at the various
clubs, arks and shacks were away as much for the
purpose of packing up and closing quarters for the
season as with an intention to get a shoot.
Suisun results for two weeks did not add any rosy-
hued pages to the history of local duck shooting.
Comparatively few club members have visited the
marsh country. The Volante Gun Club preserve,
however, proved the exception to the rule and main-
tained its reputation as a premier duck and snipe
shooting resort. One Sunday nearly every shooter at
the club ponds shot the limit, not only in ducks, but
English snipe as well. James Maynard, Pete How-
ard, Wafter Kaufman, Harry Blatchley, Doc McKee,
Clarence A. Haight and John McHugh were at the
preserve a week ago. The midweek visitors, George
Uhl, James Maynard, Clarence A. Haight and Ned
Bosqui, also shot limits. The closing club dinner
for the season was participated in Friday night, a
week ago, by every member who was able to be
present. Last Sunday the shooting was very indiffer-
ent.
On the adjacent Pat Calhoun preserve, Messrs.
Calhoun, Abbott, Mullally, Hanchett and other guests
all shot limits the first Sunday. Pat Calhoun is not
only a skilled duck hunter, but also a very clever
wing shot. W. W. Richards and a guest were also in
line for teal, sprig and spooneys Sunday at Green
Lodge preserve.
San Pablo bay is still the chosen resort of blue-
bills and canvasbacks. A fortnight ago near So-
brante, on the west side, the Ehrenworth brothers,
Joe Walsh and Tom Tunstead shot big strings of
bluebille and canvasbacks. At San Pablo, E. P. Sey-
mer, E. Stewart, Joe Silver and others shot numbers
of bluebills. Despite the foggy weather the day
afforded the best bay shore shooting for the season.
Near Vigorit, Jules Bruns and Jack McGivern bagged
a limit of canvasbacks and bluebills. Last Sunday
the birds were not as abundant. The birds have
been very plentiful in the bay between San Quentin
and McNear's point. Many San Rafael hunters
have gathered a fair share of the nearby duck crop.
Many good bags were shot on the west side last
Sunday.
On San Antone slough the ark contingent, Bob
Sangster, Oscar Frank'ia, B. Brink and others who
shoot from boats in the slough and out on Petaluma
creek have been bagging a few canvasbacks and
bluebills. The Petaluma Gun Club members have
managed by dint of persistence to gather in a few
ducks recently. The Parker and Miramonte Gun
Club gunners have also had but ordinary luck.
Out in Petaluma creek independent hunters have
had opportunities to shoot "cans" and ' blueys" when
the weather has been favorable. Those desiring to
thin out the ranks of "spattys" have found these
litt'e fish ducks fairly plentiful. On odd week days
Black Point hunters have worked the creek, near the
bridge, and the outlying bay shores. Limit bags,
however, have been as scarce as hens' teeth. The
shooting hereabout last Sunday was good, weather
conditions being very favorable.
Gunners who favor the Alameda marshes had but
ordinary luck last Sunday from San Leandro down
to the "Bridges." Near Newark W. A. Plummer, Ed.
McPhillips, Clyde Carmen and E. B. Thorning were
on the Crystal Gun Club preserve. The combined
bag was a small showing of sprig, spooneys and a
few teal. Foggy weather in the morning and a wet
afternoon did not help the gunners. Near Mowry's
Charles Cate, an old-time trap shot and veteran
duck shooter in nearly a week's shooting did not
connect with a dozen ducks. It wras no fault of the
King of Mowry, as such has been the recent luck
of the majority of the sportsmen who have tried
the game in the Alameda marshes for two or more
weeks past. About the best shooting recently has
been in vogue on Goose creek, near the "Bridges."
In bygone years the southeastern bay shores and
sloughs were famed for clam and oyster beds. The
luscious shellfish are now more of a pleasing memory
than materially in evidence. The vast stretches of
beach and slough banks have been so often befouled
with oil refuse that nearly all marine life has been
destroyed.
Along the San Mateo and Belmont shores good
shooting ensued for the end of the season gunners.
Two members of the Leslie Gun Club secured limits
last week.
F. J. Kierce, the owner of the Black Jack duck
shooting preserve near Collinsville, has recently
made arrangements to have a steam dredger close the
levee breaks and also put in a new floodgate that
will, it is estimated, keep the levees water-proof for
fifteen years to come. This will secure proper drain-
age for a tract of over 400 acres direct and also ben-
efit an adjoining 700 acres. This section is a splen-
did duck shooting territory when properly looked
after. It will accommodate easily next season thirty
gunners. Numerous applications for membership
in one or two contemplated gun clubs for that sec-
tion have already been made. The Black Jack Gun
Club has renewed its lease for four years.
Ducks and geese were plentiful in the local mar-
ket early last week. The birds were in excellent
condition.
Guion W. Gibson of Williams, Colusa county, a
familiar figure at the Ingleside trap grounds in past
seasons, states that the sportsmen of Gridley, Colusa
and Williams have had a very good wild fowl sea-
son. Geese were exceedingly plentiful and destruc-
tive until about four weeks ago. At that time the
different varieties of the solon family disappeared,
presumably for more southern feeding grounds. In
some districts they were such pests that men were
employed by the ranchers to hunt and drive them
out of the fields where the birds were doing much
damage.
The Colusa county sportsmen have kept close
watch on the market hunters this season. They "took
the sap out of them," as it were. One market hunter
was arrested, but escaped conviction on a techni-
cality. His gun was confiscated, however, by Dep-
uty McMillan. This weapon was ingeniously con-
structed for duck slaughter — more like a Gatling
gun than a fowling piece. It had three barrels, the
bore of each one being large enough to drop a silver
dollar in. The barrels deflected slightly from the
breech. At the muzzles they were over an inch apart,
thus giving a deadly radius when fired. Each barrel
fired about fifteen ounces of shot. A contrivance of
this kind will kill forty or fifty ducks, if not more,
at a discharge, besides wounding a number of birds.
Stockton sportsmen have not been surfeited with
ducks lately. The once mallard-famous Sargent tract,
toward Lodi, on the San Joaquin, is now erased from
the wild fowl map. The tract has been leased by
Japs, and will soon be under cultivation. One reason
alleged for the earlier than usual desertion of the
feeding resorts up that way by the mallard ducks,
is that market hunters, scull boat shooters supposed
to have come up from Alviso, have been shooting
the birds at night. Mallard ducks, when shot at or
molested while sleeping at night, will invariably
leave the zone of disturbance. It is reported that
the night poachers have "sluiced" the birds with
large-bore guns, killing sometimes thirty-five or more
ducks.
In some sections of the San Joaquin basin canvas-
back ducks used to be very plentiful. They found
palatable subsistence in wild celery, so-called. These
feeding grounds have been destroyed by the vora-
cious and vegetable eating carp. The "mog fish"
have not only devoured the leaves and stalks of the
wild celery and other vegetation, but have also
grubbed out every vestige of the roots. Canvas-
back ducks consequently are getting scarcer season
after season in the carp devastated districts.
Los Banos and vicinity, while good for ducks, snipe
and geese four weeks ago, went back in the reckon-
ing on the closing days. Sunday two weeks ago a
party comnosed of A. J. Burton, Ned Bosqui, J. B.
Coleman, Lee Harpham, Ned Dimond and others left
this city Friday intending to have a closing two-day
shoot on the Field and Tule preserve.
Near Newman's the ducks have taken to the San
Joaquin river, deserting meanwhile the adjacent
overflows. Mirrouri Gray bagged a limit of teal and
spooneys one day last week. The hunters of that sec-
tion had fair shooting the last week of the season.
Wild ducks, of all varieties, frequent many of the
Mexican lakes in flocks of uncountable thousands.
The Indian or peon hunters find it too expensive and
laborious to use firearms in securing them. The sys-
tem they follow in capturing the unsuspecting birds
is effective and rather ingenious. Small baskets are
anchored in a shallow part of a lake where the birds
are wont to gather. The birds become accustomed
to the floating objects in due time. The hunter with
his head covered by a basket similar to the anchored
decoys, wades cautiously toward the floating or swim-
ming ducks and when within reach, deftly seizes a
luckless duck by the paddles, draws it under the sur-
face, kills it and hangs the bird on his belt. In this
crafty manner it does not take long, so tame and un-
suspicious are the wild fowl, for the wild fowler to
secure a bunch of ducks. The best and fattest ducks
can be purchased for 10 cents apiece.
The foothills near Chico are infested with coyotes.
Claude M. Williams, Richard Burch and T. R. Rich-
ards, three hunters of that section, have been get-
ting lucrative sport out of the presence of canis
latrans at $5 a scalp bounty paid by Butte county.
The extreme cold in the mountains has driven the
marauding animals down into the valley districts.
When the sheep are sent up into the ranges in May
the coyotes will follow them.
Good Pack of Airedales — The utility of the Airedale
terrier as a working field dog is thoroughly demon-
strated in the case of the pack owned by Paul Brown
and Harvey Stark, homesteaders near Benton, Idaho,
who are devoting part of their time this winter to
trapping and hunting. The kennel is headed by
Hurricane Nell, and a splendid type of the alert, in-
telligent and courageous breed which has not been
vitiated by intensive breeding to develop the bench
show type to the exclusion of the many excellent
qualities that have made Airedales popular with
lovers of pluck and intelligence in canines. This
pack has killed eight bears in two years. Recently
the two men were quartered for the night in a
deserted miner's cabin and were aroused at midnight
by a terrible din from the dogs, who had evidently
cornered game. The shaky door was broken open
and a fighting, struggling mass of dogs clawed ita
way over the threshold. Ultimately it was discovered
that at the bottom of the pile was an enormous
coyote.
o
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, February 19, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
It has not been supposed that pheas-
ants would mate with barnyard fowls,
but that this is a fact seems to be
proved by the following news item
from Eugene, Ore., published in a late
issue of the Weekly Oregonian: "A
unique specimen of the bird family
has just been placed on exhibition in
the show window of a gun store here,
and has attracted great attention from
sportsmen. The bird is a cross be-
tween the common chicken and a
pheasant. It was killed last month
near Monroe by Y. D. Hensil, a local
architect, and has just been mounted."
THE BEST LINIMENT
OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BODY
>■ Gombault's e*
Caustic Balsam
IT HAS NO EQUAL,
FOR SALE.
SISTER BESS, buckskin mare by the
champion long distance horse Senator
Li. (four-mile world's record 10:12) by
Dexter Prince, sire of 4 in 2:10. Sister
Bess's dam is the champion broodmare
Nugget, dam of the great race mares
The Donna 2:07% and Queen Pomona
2:0514, winner of the $5000 stake at the
Arizona Fair last fall, and a winner
on the same track for three seasons,
defeating such noted sires as Delilah
2:06^, Josephine 2:07, Mona Wilkes
2:0314, Jonesa Basler 2:05%, Dick
Allen 2:07%, etc. This mare has as
much speed as her two great half sis-
ters and has proven beyond any doubt
that she is a race mare also, being a
cup winner in her first start, last sea-
son, three-quarters in 1:39 pulled up.
She has been a mile over the Oakland
track in 2:14, last half in 1:04, last
quarter in 31 seconds, -when the track
was fully four seconds slow. She is
sound as a new dollar, has the best of
legs and feet, and is one of the best
headed race mares living. Has never
made a break in her life. Any one
wanting a good green racing prospect
should look this one over. Address,
P. DONNELLY,
»2!) Hayes Street, San Francisco.
t.a — It is penetmt-
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We would say to all
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of poisonous substance
and therefore no harm
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ternal use. Persistent,
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many old or chronic
ailmenti and it can be
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Backache
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Lumbago
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REMOVES THE SORENESS-STRENGTHENS MUSCLES
Cornhfll, Tex.— "One bottle Caustic Bolccm did
my rheumatism more good than $120.00 paid in
doctor' ibilla." OTTO A. BEYKR.
Price S I. SO pet bottle. Sold by dnipgista, or sent
by us expreis prepaid. Writs for Booklet R.
The LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY. Cleveland, 0.
FOR SALE.
The well known trotting1 stallion
Klondyke, 15.2 hands high, weighs 1200
pounds; 10 years old, magnificent con-
dition, sound wind and limb. By Al-
cantara Wilkes, dam The Widow by
Lemont, he by Almont. Will be sold
at a reasonable figure. Address
R. D. HANNAH, Merced, Cal.
MctfURkAY
i IMik Hm®3p
You Ought to Know
all about this sulky if you are in
need of a bike. Ask for our large
catalog — it's mailed free. Also book
of photos of famous horses drawing
sulky.
The McMurray Sulky Co.
Marion, Ohio.
Full line of speed and road carts,
wagons, etc.
Write W. J. Kenney, 531 Valencia
St., San Francisco, Cal., for Catalog
$10 Due on Yearlings
Wednesday, March 2, 1910.
Nothing More to Pay Before 1911.
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 9 -$7250
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1908.
Foals born 1909 to trot or pace at two and three years old.
Entries Closed December 1, 1909.
$4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $450 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
93000 (or Three- Year-Old Trottera.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three-Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Year-Old Trottera.
200 for Nominator on "hone entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year- Old Trot
w he n mare was bred.
$1000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whoae entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Pace.
750 for Two- Year-Old Pacera.
200 for Nominator on whoae entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Y ear-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace
when mare waa bred.
Colta that start at two years old are not barred from starting again in the three-
year-old divisions.
A Chance for Those Who Failed to Enter.
SUBSTITUTIONS — A few of the original nominators of Pacific Breeders'
Futurity Stakes for foals of 1909 have advised us that, because of barrenness of
the mare or death of the foal, they wish to dispose of their entries. If you own
one or more whose dams you failed to name when entries closed, by making
the payments due to March 2, 1910, amount $22, which covers payments to March
1, 1911, the few substitutions to be disposed of will be awarded in the order in
which remittances are received. Prompt attention- will secure for you this rich
engagement. Address all communications to the Secretary.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 3(10 Pacific HI dp;., San Francisco, Cal.
E. P. HEALD, President.
6
Y
OF THE
Most Fashionably Bred and
Most Promising
oung
Stall!
ions
Ever Brought to the Pacific Coast
Have Been Consigned to
Chase's Pleasanton Sale
Thursday, March 3, '10
By MR. FRANK J. KILPATRICK.
BLACK HALL 48685
Sire, OZONO, son of Moko and
Ozama, (dam of Ozanam 2:07,
etc.), by Director 2:17, sire dams
of John A. McKerron 2:04/2, etc.
Dam, MAGGIE YEAZER, dam of
Walnut Kail 2:08|/i, sire of The
Harvester 2:06%, and gran dam
of Hedgewood Boy 2:021/4 and
Lady Maud C. 2:02i/2, by Red
Wilkes.
Black Hall is eligible to the follow-
ing stakes:
American Horse Breeders' Fu-
turity $10,000
Kentucky .Futurity 21,000
Horse Review Purse 12,500
Horse World Stallion Stake... 7,500
Kentucky Stock Farm Purse . . 6,000
Champion Stallion Stake (est) . 15,000
Matron Stake (est) 10,000
GRANT GONSTANTINE 47666
Sire, CONSTANTINE 2:12/2, sire of
Royal R. Sheldon 2:04%, etc.
(son of Wilkes Boy, sire of York
Boy, (wagon) 2:08%, and sire dam
of Spanish Queen 2:07).
Dam, VIVACIOUS 2:27, dam of Bin-
gen Jr. 2:13%, and Bessie Wilkes
2:17'/i, by Bernal 2:17, second
dam Viva (thor) by Three Cheers.
Grant Constantine is eligible to the
following stakes:
Kentucky Futurity $21,000
Matron Stake (est) 10,000
MOKO HALL
Sire, WALNUT HALL 2:08|/4, (sire
of The Harvester (3) 2:08% (4)
2:06%), son of Conductor 1:W/A
and Maggie Yeazer, grandam of
Hedgewood Boy 2:02^4 and Lady
Maud C. 2:02i/2.
Dam, DAUGHTER OF MOKO, the
greaest sire of futurity winners;
second dam by Simmons; third
dam by Almont 33.
(J LIVER TODD Eligible to registration
Sire, TODD 2:1454, son of Bingen
2:06'/4, and Fanella 2:13 (dam of
Sadie Mao 2:06'/4, etc.) by Arion
2:07%.
Dam, OLIVE BRADY (reg.) dam of
Miss Wiggins 2:17%, by Cyclone
2:23!/2, second dam Neoma C, dam
of 6 in list, by Twilight 315.
Oliver Todd is eligible to the fol-
lowing stakes:
Kentucky Futurity $21,000
Horseman Futurity 15,000
American Horse Breeders' Fu-
turity 10,000
Horse World Stallion Stake 7,500
Kentucky Stock Farm Purse.. 6,000
Matron Stake 10,000
GOV. GONSTANTINE 47665
Sire, CONSTANTINE 2:12[/2, sire of
Masetto 2:08'/4 and six more in
2:10 by Wilkes Boy, sire of 3 in
8:10 and dam of Spanish Queen
2:07 and three more in 2:10.
Dam, NEVADA, dam of 2 in list,
second dam Belle Thorne, great
brood mare by Hero of Thorndale,
sire dam of the five-mile cham-
pion Bishop Hero, third dam great
brood mare by Belmont 64, sire of
Nutwood.
lit HAL!. JAY Eligible to registration
Sire, JAY BIRD, one of the greatest
sens of Geo. Wilkes. Jay Bird has
six in 2:10, and his sons and
daughters are vzry prominent as
producers of 2:10 performers.
Dam, BLACK ANNIE (registered)
by Bourbon Wilkes, sire of 5 in
2:10 and dams of Audubon Boy
1:59[/4 and 6 more in 2:10; second
dam by East light 5263, son of
Mambrino Patchen 58; third dam
the dam of Major Flowers 2:21j4
by Caliban 394.
TERMS.
The above horses will be sold on the following terms :
Cash at time of sale or one-third cash and balance in two
equal payments secured by approved notes due in six and
twelve months. For further particulars address
FRANK J. KILPATRICK,
Hotel Fairmont, San Francisco.
New Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter"
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
" Life With the Trotcer 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.
Addreas, Breeder and Sportsman r. O: Drawer 447, San Francisco. Cal.
Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 19, 1910.
Tuberculosis being a preventable
and curable disease, breeders should
not at all be discouraged in dealing
with it, for its ultimate eradication
can be reasonably anticipated, now
that we know that it is not heredi-
tary, but is contracted during the ex-
istence of the animal. Recognizing
this, we are logically compelled to
seek earnestly to prevent its con-
traction. Certain conditions predis-
pose animals to become victims of this
dread disease. Among these may be
mentioned the raising of weak ani-
mals, the poor feeding of cows, allow-
ing calves to suck tuberculosis moth-
ers, feeding calves and hogs on milk
from tuberculosis cows, the over-
crowding of animals in stables, par-
ticularly if the latter are ill venti-
lated and unclean, permitting the asso-
ciation of healthy animals with tuber-
culosis ones, etc.
When the farmer considers that a
ton of well-cured alfalfa hay is worth
about as much as half a ton of wheat
bran, he ought to see that it is profit-
able to protect it from the rain and
dew, says Secretary Colburn in his
"Book of Alfalfa." He would scarcely
hesitate to provide suitable covering
if he had several tons of bran in the
field exposed to the elements. Hay-
caps will soon pay for themselves by
the finer quality of the hay they as-
sure, aside from the larger quantity
or the best grade that their protec-
tion guarantees.
Ao they
sometimes are
A» "Save-the-Hone"
can make them
\
You can set more apples with a long pole than by throwing a stick up a
tree vet some people prefer the hit or miss methods and propositions But you
and your homsecanPnot help but be better off by using "Save-the-Horse," the only
remedy that can he sold with a contract.
NO PROMISE OF RESULTS IMPOSSIBLE TO PERFORM OR FALSE iTESTI-
MONTALS TO i MISLEAD YOU YOU CANNOT MISTAKE THE CERTAINTY OF
ITS TOFAILING AND UNEQUALLED POWER OR THE SECURITY OF OUR
GUARANTEE.
mmia
«M CCMTNAl HJiLDI^fi-
f. J. DORSEY.
t FOR WASHINGTON.
Spokane. Wash Opt , £8, 1909.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.:
Gentlemen: I used a bottle of "Save-the-Horse" a while ago on a case of en-
larged knee, and advised a friend uf mine to use a couple of bottles for a case
of ruptured ligaments, both of which proved successful. Yours very truly,
F. J. DORSEY.
DUXBRACK & BROWN,
Grocers.
MONTEVIDEO, Minn., Jan. 8, 191u.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.:
Gentlemen: I have used about two-
thirds of a bottle or perhaps a little
more of your Spavin Cure. I must con-
fess I was skeptical until about three
weeks ago; now I have seen results.
My mare is going sound and I can-
not see a hitch. Should I continue
treatment until the bottle is all used
up or should I gradually let up on
treatment? Please advise, and oblige,
WM. DUNBRACK.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 1909.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.:
Dear Sirs: I have a team of horses
that I bought February, 1909. Last
spring one of them developed a pair
of jacks and went quite lame. I bought
a bottle of "Save-the-Horse" and used
for six days and then stopped, and he
is going sound ever since. S drive him
sometimes 35 miles a day. Now, before
I used it I called in a veterinary doctor
and he said the only thing to do was to
fire and blister him, but he would not
guarantee to cure him; said it might
come back. I used "Save-the-Horse"
and I would not now be without it.
Yours respectfully, ROBERT WIGGER.
Makes a Tendon Like a Rod of Steel.
$5
A Bottle
with
Signed Guar-
antee.
This is a binding contract and protects purchaser ab-
solutely in treating and curing any case of BONE
and BOG SPAVIN, THOROUGHPIN. RINGBONE (ex-
cept Low), CURB, SPLINT, CAPPED HOCK, WIND-
PUFF SHOEBOIL, INJURED TENDONS, and all
LAMENESS. No scar or loss ol hair. Horse works as
usual. Send for copy of this contract, booklet on all
lameness, and letters from prominent business men,
bankers, farmers and horse owners the world over on
every kind of case.
At all druggists and dealers or express paid.
TROY CHEMICAL CO., BINGHAMTON, N. Y.
D. 10.
56 Bnyo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
NEWELL,
1108 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal
Closing Out Sale of Thorough-
bred Mares, Colts and Fillies
Belonging to John Mackey, Esq., will take place at
Grigsby's Salesyard, Woodland, Cal., Tuesday, March 1, 1910.
On account of selling my ranch. I have decided to close out my entire stock
of thoroughbreds. Many of the mares have been winners or are the dams of
winners, and fifteen are bred to thoroughbred stallions, and about twenty are in
foal to a iack. These mares are all highly bred and will be sold with their
pedigrees, and will make general purpose animals, enabling farmers to improve
their future stock if they do not desire to raise thoroughbreds. Many of this
stock have been sold for buggy horses and are gentle and hardy.
FOALS OF 190S.
B. n. Imported CanopUM-AtlnntJH ( Mitflothlan-Ocennica) ; Hi. f. Sir Hampl on-
Duplex (St. Andrew or RoHNenu-Golindn) ; cb, e. Bedeck-Divinily <' Mid lot hi mi -
AoReliqnc); b. f. Sir Hnmpton-KJtten (*CnnopuN-Loma); gr. g. Sir Hampton-La
It i- hi a (Hldalso-Hclen Scratch* : b. p:. Bcdeck-Middie Dwyer (*Midlothian-H)ndn
Dwyer); b. i. 'Galveston or *Canoput*-MnrcIa (*Star Ruby-Madrid); b. f. Bedeck or
CanopuH-Ponnpn (*WateroreSfi-Clura Wilson); b. g. *GalveHton-Sun Shower i A p-
plegate-Sunny Slope); b. r. *CnnopiiN-Bedeck-Temblor (Cheviot- Vibrate) ; b. g.
*CanopuH-Trim (*St. Gnticn-Mainie B.) b. f. *Cnnopus-TorNinn (Torso-Bergu W.) ;
b. f. "CanopuN-Fleur de Marie ( *Meddler-Mnry C).
'Imported.
FOALS OF lmift,
B. f. GalveNton-Divinlty; b. c. GalveMton-Huln; b. c. Galveston-Tilllc S.; b. t.
CanopuN-Clarn WIInod; b. c. CnnopuM-Galene; b. c. CaoopuM-Helen W.; b. f.
fur opus-I nominating; ; b. c. Cutiopu.H-LohoMlnu; b. c. Cauopii-s-Oro Ronc; b. f.
Ca iOpnN-Mlddie Dwyer; b. f. CanopiiN-Trim; b. f. Bedeck-Klttcn; ch. e. Sir Hump-
tmi-Seeo; b. c. Bejel Santa Anita-Ila; br. f. Beyel Santa Anita-Game Hen.
I am also selling a few two-year-olds by Percheron stallions out of thor-
« ghbred mares. .JOHN MACKEY, Woodland, Cal.
FOR SALE OR TRADE.
A handsome Star Pointer colt, dam
by Prince Nutwood 2:12^, grandam
Lucy L*. This colt will be two years
old in March. Good size; a fine in-
dividual. Will sell cheap or trade for
two large draft colts. Address
J. J. McMAHOBT, Modesto, Cal.
FOR SALE.
A four-year-old Belgian stallion;
weight 1630 pounds. Apply to
R. BURCHELL, Box 363, Gilroy.
COACH STALLIOX FOR SALE.
Registered, imported French coach
stallion; handsome, stylish, sound, of
good disposition; 17 hands high; weight
about 1400 pounds; beautiful bright
bay, color running back 10 generations
on both sides without a break; sure,
splendid sire; colts of fine form, color,
style and action. For particulars and
price, address L. S. CULLEN,
Gilroy, Cal.
FOR SALE.
JAY DIRECT — 7-year-old black stal-
lion; by Direcho, son of Direct 2:05^;
dam by Judge Salisbury; second dam by
The Moor; third dam, Black Warrior.
Jay Direct is a splendid young horse
in every respect; handsome, intelligent,
good disposition, and a very promising
trotter. Has a matinee record of 2:18;
has been in five matinee races and won
every time; been a half in 1:05%, quar-
ter in 31 seconds, and a full mile in
2:14. Barring accidents, is a sure 2:10
trotter or better.
For further particulars, address
owner, JAMES R. C. BURTON,
1527 N. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal.
HIGH-CLASS TROTTERS
FOR SALE
Geo. T. Beckers of Los Angeles offers all his
broodmares and young Zombros for
sale as he will go East this spring to again
place Zombro in the stud, and if they are
not sold before he leaves he will sell them
over there. He has some royally bred ones.
Write him for pedigrees and prices.
Address
CEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Figueroa St,, Los Angeles.
NAPA PRINCE FOR SALE.
On account of continued illness which
confines me to my bed, I offer my stal-
lion, Napa Prince, for sale. He is a
very handsome horse, with as much
style and finish as any stallion, and is
a sire of fine carriage and road horses.
He is trotting bred, being by the regis-
tered stallion Grandissimo 2:23%, and
out of a mare by Whippleton 1883, one
of the best sires of carriage horses
ever in California. Will be sold at a
bargain. Horse can be seen at my
place, corner of Fourteenth and Ade-
line streets, Oakland.
F. ROCHFORD.
SIRE OF SOLANO BOY 2:07M FOR
SALE.
The stallion FATHER McKINNON,
by Demonio 2:11%, sire of Mona Wilkes
2:03»4. etc., dam Elorita by Alban 2:24,
sire dam of Tou Bet 2:07, second dam
Emma R. 2:28%, dam of Rowena 2:29%
and Emaline 2:27%, by Electioneer,
third dam Emma Robson, thoroughbred,
dam of 4 trotters in 2:30, by Wood-
burn, is offered for sale. Father Mc-
Kinnon is the sire of that good race
horse Solano Boy 2:07*4. Write for
price and particulars.
J. S. LOCKIE, Fairfield, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Chestnut gelding, foaled 1905, by
Monterey 2:09%, dam Theresa 2:14 by
Silver Bow, second dam Laura Wilkes
2:17 by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, third dam
by Steinway 2:25. Stands 15.2% hands
high and weighs 1100 pounds. Power-
fully built, always in good flesh, a nat-
ural born pacer, perfectly gaited, wears
light shoes, no straps or boots of any
kind, and with only 7 months' training
in all, on the 24th day of last August
paced a mile in 2:08 flat, last half In
1:02, last quarter in 29 seconds. The
performances of this horse have been
kept under cover and nobody knows his
speed. If he is not a two-minute
pacer, there never was one, and my
only reason for selling is that I need
the money. This horse is guaranteed
sound, good-headed and game.
Also, a beautiful blooded bay car-
riage gelding, 5 years old, 16 hands
high, weighs 1150 pounds, standard
bred. Can trot a 2:30 gait. Handsome,
guaranteed sound and safe for a lady
to drive among cars and automobiles.
Apply to or address H. HANSEN,
1420 46th Ave., Melrose, Cal.
'B07A.L NZSTOB"
The Original Egyptian "
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the best of profes-
sional services to all cases ot veterinary
dentistry. Complicated cases created suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town Dromptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonaoie prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Ootavla St., between Fulton and Grove,
Phone Special 2074. San Franoiaco, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide &. Sons.
Sole Proprietors of ihe
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-CLIDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade — 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino
— Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams —
Rams for sale at all times.
P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph,
Dixon. Cal. Address. Dixon, Cal.
PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS.
All guaranteed, broke dogs and puds. 400 red
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A FUTURITY WINNER THAT SIRES FUTURITY WINNERS!
BON VOYAGE <m
Reg. No. 39813
As a two-year-old won $9,500
Champion two-year- old stallion and champion two-year-old
money winner of 1904. Rec.2:l5.
As a three-year-old won $11,500
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905. Bee. 2:12%.
THE GREAT YOUNG SIRE OF EARLY SPEED!
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BO\ VIVANT (2) 2:10Vi
Fastest Two-Year-Old Stallion of 1900.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Wiiiner of Two- Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breedera' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BOXADAY (2) 2:27^
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:2fl%
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
BOX ALETTE (2) (trial) 2:20%
JEAX VAL JEAX (2) (trial) ....2:21^
BOX GUY (2) <trinl) 2:24
PHYLLIS WYXX (2) (trial) 2:2«%
LE VOYAGE (2) (trial) 2:29*4
BOX MeKIXXEY (1) (trlal)..% in :35
y2 in 1 :15
Out of 20 foals (none over two years
old), 16 were broken to harness, 11 of
which had some training and showed
as above.
One of the best bred trotting1 stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%,
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olls in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24% .
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey Road,
SAN JOSE, CAL.
TERMS: S75. Return privilege.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sume! for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mc - - 2:26%
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27%
Armon Lou - - 2:27%
Harold B.,p.M&.t. - 2:13%
trial - 2:10
Kinney G.. P - - 2:24%
Debutante (3) trial - 2:19%
ICalitan 13) trial - 2:27
Kinnev de Lopez (3). trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (3). trial - 2:28
Four Stockings (3). trial % 1:07
Princess Lou (2). trial % - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year. greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and re luced his service
fee to $75.00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Park, where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years oli, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. .Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal. For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511. or DR. J. P. XICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San dose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed
GOOD LOOKS-WELL BRED— CAME.
ALL STYLE 47622
By Stam B. 2:11%
Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
son in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
a good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya, was out of that famous old California
race mare Mary Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07^, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jenny, the dam of three fast and freouent race winners, viz.: Ned Winslow
2:12%. Shylock 2:15V2 and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
s...„„i91o,t RACE TRACK, CHICO, Cal.
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chico, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:154
J-y.-o. Record 2:1 li
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight 2:03%; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, Sire of John A. McKerron 2:01%.
Copa de Oro 2:01%. Tidal Wave 2:06%, Miss Idaho 2:09%, etc.
Bull ; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.)
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season.
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiaton, Idaho.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06 V
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of 8 and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:08%, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee $50 for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage ?4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
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McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Spaed 2:0s1.,
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
PSnd.SOI?e,„s,onJo£ McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2i°2 to 2:10): dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13%, sire
of Katalina 2:11%. General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
X,a-1?J0t,oGlrl 2:1VAJ and Pro1- geald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583. son of Clark
VV-e-5 S2: ,sec?nd ,?am Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. E Frisbie is hind-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016 Race Record 2:111
V £VA„ He.,'s 2ne„ of the best sons of tnat great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has 8 in the 2:10 hst and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonios dam is the great broodmare Bertha
o?h^,°fnD9°?0I??,Myh2:0i;'4' °«h?i:ll7»' Derbertha 2:07%. Diabl.T?9%. and 5
Blandlna bVffl.t'o.W 729' ""* dam BarCi"a "y Ba5'ard 53' neXt dam
FEE FOR THE SEASON MO. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
f„i,<,UsUal returIV Privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Sulsnn, Cnl.
Zolock 2:052 --
Terms:
$50.
2:06% Velox - - 2:09%
2:07% Boton de Oro 2:10%
2:07}! McO.D. - - 2:11%
McKinnsy's Fastest Entire Son
Sire of
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09%
Delilah 2:06% Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander 2:07% "
Josephine - - 2:07%
etc., etc.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season. Dec. 1st to April 1st. at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, GAL
Monterey Road.
Address, N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:06%.
Alceste 2:U7%. Allerton 2:09%, Duke Jay 2:09%. Early Bird
2:10, Gitchie Manito2:00%. Invader 2:10, Justo 13)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02. Allerson
2:05%. Charley Hajt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes by Byron Wilkes (dam of Oakland
Belle 2:20%); 2nd dam Almeta by Almont 33; 3rd dam
Alma Mater by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Eitella by
Imp. Australian (dam of 8).
Terms: $40 the Season, usual rem™ privilege.
flood pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay is a handsome dark brown hor?e. 15.3
hands high. Foaled in 1905. He has a perfect set of limbs
and feet. Hi3 oldest colts are now two years old and all
show great trotting spef d. and are large and handsome.
He represents a different strain of blood from any other
in California and is a most suitable outcross for any mare.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
?trp VnfwnnH WHLpc 7'lfil. sireof Copa de Oro 2:01%, John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
31IC, 111HWUUU VrilltCb £.ll»2» damsof Sao. Francisco 2:07%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%, etc.
Ham Dsllts fl\ ?'l/i dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20,
Udlll, rdllld {£, ) a. I «t dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old filly Com-
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2 :13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL, Terms: $40 for the Season S£^SJ?SS?£,StfflSi?l,,nded""T
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05*4 in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sireo: Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc.. etc.);
dam Eflie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05%, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%. etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He Is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 In 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records in 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 Sooth Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 19, 1910.
A Whirlwind Finish!
Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., who has made an unprecedented record during the year 1909, shot at Houston, Texas,
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Longest Run, Unfinished,
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High Gun, Last Day,
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Race Rec. 2:09^.
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09^4, Sue 2:12, Listerine 2:13^ and S
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10V,.
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
IT. S. WOOD
The Man Who Gave Race Records to Strongwood 2:12%, Verna
Strongwood (3) 2:12%, etc.
The City Livery Stables, First-Class Livery,
Corner Main and First Streets. Phones: House 26;
U. S. Wood, Prop. Sunset 191.
POMONA, California, Sept. 30, 1908.
Gentlemen: I have used Reducine with marvelous success. I
consider it the greatest remedy for absorbing and removing any
enlargement, and curing any unsound-ness, I have. ever, had any expe-
rience with. While I was buyer and salesman for Dunham, Fletcher
& Coleman, Wayne, 111., they used Reducine for several valuable draft
stallions, etc., with great success.
New 'Phone, 662
J. W. GIBSON
Manufacturer of and
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in
Turf Goods, Harness, Sad-
dles, Pacing Hopples,
Trunks and Bags,
105 West Douglas Avenue.
WICHITA, Kansas,
November 15, 1909.
The Reducine Co., 90 West
Broadway, New York:
Gentlemen: Send me by
fast freight fifty (50) cans
Reducine. Please hasten
shipment of same, as I
have only three cans left
and am having calls for it
every day. Our customers
all tell us it is the greatest
remedy for bad legs they
have ever used.
Respectfully,
J. W. GIBSON.
Tours very truly,
U. S. "WOOD.
C. HERSEY
Driver of Dan Patch 1:55
Driver of Minor Heir 1:59%
The only man who ever
marked two horses below
two minutes.
INTERNATIONAL STOCK
FOOD FARM.
W. W. SAVAGE, Prop.
SAVAGE, Minn-
May 21, 1908.
Reducine Co., New York
City:
Dear Sirs: I have been
very successful with your
Reducine in several cases
and can recommend it.
Yours truly,
H. C. HERSEY.
A. C. LOHMIRE
President of the Willamette Valley Fair and Racing Circuit.
Practical Horseshoer. Track and Road Shoeing a Specialty.
Shops at Portland Country Club Track and
Von Gilman Riding School, in Oriental Building, and at 237 Taylor St.
Telephones: Oregon-Pacific 2280. Home, A33S0.
Special attention paid to knee hitting, interfering, forging and
lameness. Horses sent for and delivered to any part of the city.
PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 19, 1909.
The Reducine Co., New York, N. Y.:
Dear Sirs: I have used Reducine with the best of results. My
horse grabbed his quarter in a race and tore the foot so bad that
I had the hardest kind of a job to heal it, and it left a large quarter
which he would often hit with the other foot when going slow. The
Reducine reduced it to almost its normal size and the horse has raced
sound on it all summer, winning his last race two weeks ago last
Friday. The horse I refer to is Red Skin 2:16%, trotting. I believe
Reducine is the best horse remedy I have ever seen. Yours truly,
A. C. LOHMIRE.
MR. T. AMBROSE WOODS
Owner of the Winner of
The King's Plate, 1909, Canada's Greatest Turf Event.
TORONTO, Ontario, December 9, 1909.
Messrs. Burns & Sheppard, Toronto:
Gentlemen: Let me say for Reducine that it is the best remedy
I have ever used. I have tried a number of absorbents, but nothing
in my -rpinion can equal Reducine. I would not hesitate for one
moment to recommend it to anyone. Yours truly,
T. AMBROSE WOODS.
andy Mcdowell
The man who drove to
their World's Records
Alix 2:03%, Azote 2:04%,
and Directly (2) 2:07%.
March 10, 190S.
Ashland House. 24th St.
and 4 th Ave., New York.
The Reducine Co., 90 West
Broadway, New York
City:
Gentlemen: I have used
"Reducine" in Austria and
since my return to this
country, and I wish to say
that it is by all odds the
greatest preparation for its
purpose I have ever seen
or used. A. McDOWELL.
MINNIE, QXTEEX OF PERFORMING ELEPHANTS.
(Now touring in the United States.)
THE ROYAL HIPPODROME, LONDON, England, Aug. 16, 1908.
Gentlemen: My great performing elephant Minnie had for several
months suffered from an enlargement on her left knee, which was
very painful and interfered greatly with her work. Treatment was
of no avail until I used Reducine, which not only cured the lameness,
but completely removed the enlargement, with but two ten-days'
courses of the remedy. I enclose you a snapshot of Minnie, showing
the keeper applying Reducine, and I am sure she is as grateful for
the cures as I am. Very. truly yours,
(CAPT.) MAX GRUBER.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Contractors and others working large numbers of heavy draft or other business horses do not buy Reducine for sentimental reasons. They
buy it because they have found that it pays them to use it. They buy it for the same reasons that they buy hay, oats and axle grease — because
they can find no substitute.
J. H. Andrews. H. W. Andrews.
ANDREWS BROS.,
General Contractors,
Macadam Road Work, Grading and
Carting,
Mineola, N. Y.
Telephone. 52 — Garden City.
Nassau Telephone, 9 — Mineola.
January 26, 1910.
Reducine Co., 90 West Broadway, New
York City: ,
Gentlemen: Enclosed please find check
$'4 for six cans Reducine. We have been
using Reducine for several years and we
cannot speak too highly of its merits —
in fact, it is by far the very best cura-
tive for which it is recommended that
we have been able to find, and we cer-
tainly have given it a good test, hay-
ing frequently in our employ and in
our own stable as many as seyenty-
five horses, used in our general con-
tracting business.
Thanking you for the quick deliv-
ery of our order, we remain, Very re-
spectfully, ANDREWS BROS.
E Rice President and Treasurer; E. M.
Frear Vice-President and Manager:
F W. Wieland, Secretary, A. W.
Frear, Superintendent.
THE FOREST CITY LAUNDRY CO.,
1371 East 9th Street.
'Phones: Bell, Main 3623;
Cuy., Central 61S7.
CLEVELAND, Ohio,, Oct. 5, 1909.
The Reducine Co., New York, N. Y. :
Gentlemen: Please forward one can
of Reducine. We had splendid results
from the former can. Would you kindly
rush this shipment, as we have a valu-
able horse not working. Enclosed find
check for same. Yours truly,
THE FOREST CITY LAUNDRY CO.
Per E. M. Frear.
JOHN P. MULLEN,
Heavv Teaming and Derrick Rigging.
'POULTNEY, Vt., Dec. 20, 1909.
Please send me two cans of Redu-
cine, C. O. D. The can I got of you
two years ago I cured a bad bog spavin
with it on a Percheron draught horse,
and it is as clean to-day as a hound's
tooth. Respectfully yours, MDLLEN^
WM. B. AUSTIN,
Contractor and Builder,
1601 Pennsylvania Avenue.
WILMINGTON. Del., June 12, 1909-
The Reducine Co.:
Gentlemen: I used one of the first
cans of Reducine in this country and
am still using it with great satisfac-
tion. It is a mild but effective remedy
for all you claim and cannot be rec-
ommended too highly.
I am glad to know Joshua Conner Is
your agent in this city and assure you
a continuance of my patronage through
him. W. B. AUSTIN.
C. HAFER LUMBER CO.
General Offices and Retail Buildings,
135 West Broadway.
Wholesale Yards: 12th St. and Ave. B,
on I. C. Trackerage.
COUNCIL, BLUFFS, Iowa, Oct. 3, 1909.
The Reducine Co., New York, N. Y.:
Gentlemen: The results obtained
from the Reducine we got of you have
been very satisfactory, and we find
your remedy is all that is claimed for
it. Yours very truly,
C. HAFER LUMBER CO.
By C. H. Hafer.
. . From the
ADOLF RUGICKA EXPRESS CO.
VIENNA, Austria, March 3. 1909.
Dear Sirs: By the advice of the lead-
ing veterinary surgeon. Dr. Lorenz, of
the Imperial Veterinary College, we
used Reducine on several cases with
most satisfactory results. Yours truly,
ADOLF RUGICKA EXPRESS CO.
J. J. CRAWFORD,
Oil and Gas Producer and Contractor,
707 West Market St.
TORONTO, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1909.
The Reducine Co., New York:
Dear Sirs: Enclosed please find check
for ?12, for which ship me by express
three cans of Reducine. I used the can
ordered some time ago on ankle lame-
ness of a year's standing on a road
horse and it cured him permanently,
as I have given him very hard road
work in the oil field for the past six
months after using two applications
as directed, and he has never shown a
sign of lameness since. It is the best
I ever saw. Yours respectfully,
J. J. CRAWFORD.
J. L. CARMANY,
Livery, Boarding and Sales Stables,
Rear of 1527 Walnut St.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 30, 1909.
The Reducine Co., Gerken Bldg., 90
West Broadway, New York:
Dear Sirs: Enclosed you will find
check for $4.00, for which please send
me another can of Reducine. I want
it for Mr. Ross Rhodes, lime, coal and
sand dealer here in the city. He has
a few lame horses, and I know if he
uses Reducine they will come all right.
Please hurry it along. Yours very truly,
J. L. CARMANY.
G. G. Hume, President.
H. C Newhall, Treasurer.
HUME & NEWHALL COMPANY.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Spruce, Pine and Hemlock Lumber,
Shingles, Laths, Clapboards.
FAIRFIELD, Me., Oct. 6, 1909.
The Reducine Co., New York, N. Y.:
Gentlemen: We used Reducine on
one of our horses that in some way
strained his shoulder, and it was swol-
len as large as two shoulders, and in
nine daily treatments it reduced it en-
tirely, so that the horse has worked
every day since and is as smooth as a
dollar. Then we used it on another
horse that had a large bunch on his
side, and the same with this. After
nine daily applications it entirely dis-
appeared. Yery truly yours,
HUME & NEWHALL CO.
G. G. Hume, President.
JAMES J. ARCHBOLD,
Forwarding Agent.
93 Warrent St.
Telephone Calls:
Main Office, 5010 — Cort.
Branch Office, 3240 — Rector.
Stable, 3365 — Spring.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 1909.
Reducine Co.. 90 West Broadway, New
York City:
Enclosed please find check for $12
for the last three cans which I bought.
It has worked wonders on my draught
horse stable. I have used it on all
manner of injuries incident to horses
in heavy work. Please send me three
more cans. Very truly yours,
JAMES J. ARCHBOLD.
M. J. COMAN,
Contractor and Builder,
30 Bloomfield Avenue.
Jobbing Promptly Attended To.
PASSAIC, N. J., Jan. 24, 1910.
The Reducine Co., 90 West Broadway,
New York:
Gentlemen: The can of Reducine I
bought of you some time ago has given
full satisfaction. I had a horse which
was cut- out in front legs and also
somewhat enlarged in the joints. We
applied Reducine as directed and it
straightened the legs up, very much
to my satisfaction. It did not lay the
horse up at all; used him every day.
I think it the best remedy that can be
used for the ailments of the horse. Re-
spectfully yours, M. J. COMAN.
C. F. SCHIFFERDECKER,
Wholesale Ice.
No. 1 Third Avenue.
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. IS, 1909.
The Reducine Co., 90 West Broadway,
New York:
Dear Sirs: I have used Reducine on
a bog spavin, bowed tendons and curbs,
and have had excellent results in all
eases. I have recommended it to some
of my friends and I am sure they will
use it. as I think it is the greatest
remedy of its kind on the market.
Very truly yours,
CHAS. F. SCHIFFERDECKER.
GLENS FALLS, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1909.
The Reducine Co., 90 West Broadway
New York:
Gents: I sent for a can of Reducine
some time ago to use on a mare I own.
She had two very large bog spavins I
had her fired and blistered without any
good results. A friend of mine In-
duced me to send for a can of Re-
ducine. I used it on her four times
and it completely cured her. Her hocks
are now perfectly clean and sound.
Yours truly, C. J. REARDON,
Contractor and Builder.
GEO. IHNKEN,
Wholesale Milk.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1909.
Reducine Co., 90 West Broadway:
Gentlemen: I received the can of
Reducine I ordered some time ago, and
have never used any remedy to equal
it on my work horses. Have removed
an enlargement from the tendon of a
mare: made a horse, very lame from a
side bone, forget his troubles in ten
days, and another, lame from center
crack in front foot, stop nodding in
same length of time, and still have a
third of the can left. In the latter
two cases, after applying with a brush,
I rubbed it in thoroughly by hand
around the coronet. Respectfully
vours, GEO. IHNKEN.
194 19th st.
RAY MEAD,
Teaming Contractor.
Excavations, Sand, Gravel, Etc., Etc.
501 Spencer Avenue.
SAN JOSE. Cal., Oct. 13, 1909.
The Reducine Co., West Broadway,
New York, N. Y.:
Dear Sirs: I have used Reducine in
various ways most successfully and
consider it the best of the many ab-
sorbents on the market. Yours re-
spectfully, RAY MEAD,
Owner of the New San Jose Track.
Both phones, 382 W.
Shingles and Lath, White and Yellow
Pine, Norway Hemlock and Oak.
J. M. HASTINGS LUMBER CO.
Main Office, Pittsburg, Pa.
Oak Mill: Pine Yard:
Jacksonburg, W. Va. Menominee, Mich.
Southern Office: Red Springs, N. C.
Ed. M. Vi.etmeier, Vice-President and
Resident Manager.
American Lumberman's Telecode.
SANDUSKY, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1909.
To the Reducine Co., New York, N. Y. :
Gentlemen: I have used two cans of
your Reducine. With one can I removed
a bunch that was just above the knee
on a horse that I own.
The can I purchased of you recently
I used on a mare that had puffs from
her hoofs to her knees on both front
legs. The use of Reducine completely
cleaned her limbs, and I afterwards
sold her. Having had good success
with Reducine, I cannot recommend it
too highly for the removal of enlarge-
ments of all kinds. Very truly yours,
. ED. M. VIETMEIER.
EMIL POLLAK,
Livery, Boarding and Sales Stables.
Hacks for Funerals and Weddings,
at short notice, day or night.
Residence, 63 Hillside Avenue.
Residence 'Phone 493-4.
Office 'Phone, 436.
28 Phoenix Ave., WATERBURY, Conn.,
Oct. 16, 1909.
The Reducine Co.:
Dear Sirs: I used the can of Reducine
on a mare whose hind ankles were very
large and she went sore on them — quite
lame. I used one can and she went
sound in a short time. I find it great
for a horse with a strain or any bruise.
I have a gray colt that had a nice pair
of curbs. With Reducine I took them
off clean inside of six weeks. Respect-
fully, EMIL POLLAK.
REDUCINE IS KEPT IN STOCK BY
THE FOLLOWING WELL-KNOWN
FIRMS:
Lnugley & Michaels Co
San Francisco, Cal.
J. David West San Francisco, Cal.
Spiro Harness Co. . . San Francisco, Cal.
The Orr Drug Co Los Angeles, Cal.
Brunswig Drug Co . . . Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles Leather and Finding
Co Los Angeles, Cal.
Boyden Bros. Saddlery Co
Los Angeles, Cal.
Fierce-Cottier Los Angeles, Cal.
D. McKay Sacramento, Cal.
Walsh, Richardson Co.. Sacramento, Cal.
M M. Harris Saddlery Co
Marys vi He, Cal.
Wm. E. Detels Plcasanton, Cal.
Howe «fc Winchester Oakland, Cal.
Wm. Jeffrey Redding, Cal.
G. G. Kcnnard Redlands, Cal.
H. .Gregory Redlands, Cal.
C. B. Bnyley Riverside, Cal.
C. A. Schwelze Fresno, Cal.
Imperial Valley Harness Co
Imperial, Cal.
Fred Uhl Vlsalia, Cal.
W. T. Oldham Stockton, Cal.
R. W. McGillioray. .San Bernardino, Cal.
J. F. Kahle, Jr San Diego, Cal.
U. S. AVood Pomona, Cal.
W. B. Loughry Pasadena, Cal.
Voorhees & Merrill Oroville, Cal.
G. K. Gibson Chico, Cal.
Fred Stern San Jose, Cal.
V. Koeh San Jose, Cal.
W. T. Butterworth .... San Rafael, Cal.
Beldin & Hehlr Santa Rosa, Cal.
Preston «£ Hales Eugene, Ore.
Keller Harness Co Portland, Ore.
P. J. Cronin Co Portland, Ore.
Clarke- Woodward Drug Co
Portland. Ore.
Hormiston Pharmacy . . Hermiston, Ore.
Duncan & Son Seattle, Wash.
Ogrosky & Hofstetter . . .Everett, Wash,
Thos. M. Henderson Seattle, Wash.
Pierce Harness Co Spokane, W7ash,
O. R. Nestos Co Spokane, Wash.
A. F. Hoska Tacomn, Wash
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Seattle, Wash
Carpenter & Son Waits burg, Wash.
Wm. A. Monson Dungeness, Wash.
Davenport Drug Co. . .Davenport, Wash.
A. E. Crosby The Dalles, Wash.
J. C. Blake Flagstaff, Ariz.
N. Porter Saddlery and Harness Co.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Phoenix Hardware Co. . . .Phoenix, Ariz.
F. Roukleardt . .Tucson, Ariz.
Wads wot th »fc Kennedy. . .Denver, Colo.
W. A. Hover & Co. ..... . .Denver, Colo.
Frank J. Jordan Pueblo, Colo.
Bates & Downs Hayden, Colo.
Montana Drug Co Butte, Mont.
Drew & McDonald Kallspell, Mont.
J. A. Kelly Forsyth, 3Iont.
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Cash with order in all cases. Please send
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The Reducine Co.,
90 West Broadway,
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 26, 1910.
BREEDER
AND SPORTSMAN
(Established 1882.)
F. W. KELLEY. Proprietor.
Turf »nd Sporting Authority of th» Pacific Coast.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco.
P. O. DRAWER 447.
Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Offlce.
Terms— One Year. S3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. $1.
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 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.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46S31 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Gifford. Lewiston, Idaho
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
GEN. J. B. FRISBLE 41637 Rush & Haile. Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05%. . . .J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY" LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles
HARNESS RACING DATES.
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland. Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem. Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane. Wash Oct. 3- S
Lewiston and Boise. Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo JulY 2?-29
Detroit Aug. 1-5
Cleveland Aug. £-12
Buffalo ■ Aug. la-19
New York Au-,?V22:2S
Readville Aug 29-Sept 2
Hartford f eP<~ %- *
Syracuse Sepr {non
Columbus . SePt- 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne i"!5',?"-,-
Terre Haute -July ll-lo
Grand Rapids Ju'y lb---
♦Kalamazoo Jul* -?'-;
♦Detroit Aug. 1-5
♦Cleveland Aug. S-12
Peoria Aug. lj-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. d-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-1.
♦Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-13
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- o
Phoenix Nov. o-12
♦Member of Grand Circuit.
THE ANNUAL STALLION NUMBER of the
Breeder and Sportsman is published today and we
hope the effort we have made will meet the appro
bation of both readers and advertisers. This number
has given many owners of stallions the opportunity
to place the merits of their horses before the breed-
ers of this Coast, and the owners of good mares will
undoubtedly look the advertisements of these horses
over very carefully before booking them. The con-
dition of the horse market of the United States at
this time is remarkable. General business has often
been in a much more prosperous condition than it
has been during the past year and yet the horse sales
are breaking records for prices, and a good horse is
as hard to get and as high priced as ever in the
history of the country. The man who goes out to
buy a fast trotter or pacer, or a high-class road horse,
soon ascertains he has no easy job, and when he
finds either, the price generally surprises him. There
is a great deal of "cheap stuff" on the market, as is
always the case — trotting bred horses that cannot
trot in standard time, and carriage bred horses that
no man wanting carriage horses would have. This
sort has never paid to breed and raise and never
will, but the horses that come up to the standard for
which they were bred bring profitable prices in every
horse market in the civilized world. This issue of
the Breeder and Sportsman contains the advertise-
ments of many high-class stallions. We do not be-
lieve there is one advertised that will not sire horses
that can be sold at a profit, if they are mated with
good mares and the foals properly fed and cared for
until maturity. We have too many breeders in Cali-
fornia who expect to get a fast trotter or a fine car-
riage or road horse by simply sending an ordinary
mare to a stallion and when the resultant foal arrives
letting it and the mare shift for themselves through
winter a id summer on pastures that are insufficient
to sustain them properly. It is the most common
occurrence for an owner when showing a three-year-
old to say: "I let this fellow run out all winter as a
two-year-old and he is a little stunted, but he will
grow into a fine horse if properly cared for," a state-
ment that is only half true and that is the first half
of it. Well bred, well fed horses of any good breed
are in demand at good prices and the time when
mares could be mated with greater certainty of mak-
ing a profit on the investment was never more pro-
pitious than now. The range horse is passing, and
the half-starved colt is not sought after, but the
supply of horses of quality is not equal to the de-
mand. We can conscientiously say, therefore, to our
readers that breeding good mares to any of the stal-
lions advertised in this number will be a good busi-
ness investment, if the care and handling of the foal
are carried out in a common-sense business manner.
o
A HORSEMEN'S CONVENTION will meet in this
city on Wednesday of next week. The outlook at
the present time is for a large attendance and for a
representation from the leading driving clubs, trot-
ting associations and individual breeders, owners and
trainers in the State. President W. J. Kenney of the
San Francisco Driving Club, who has sent out the
invitations to attend this gathering, has aimed to
overlook no one, and has asked those receiving the
invitations to request the attendance of every person
interested in harness horse racing residing in the
same county as the recipient of the letter. President
Kenney has received over a hunderd responses to his
invitations stating that the writers would surely
attend, consequently a large attendance may be con-
fidently expected. There are many matters to be
brought before this convention, and if they are care-
fully considered and properly handled much good will
result. The harness horsemen of California have
never been organized. There has been no unity or
action by the associations giving meetings, and when
legislation of vital importance to the business of
breeding and the sport of racing has been suggested
there has been no organized body to present the
views of the harness horse breeders before the Cali-
fornia Legislature or to ask for its rejection or adop-
tion. The harness horse breeding interests of this
State are much greater than most people imagine.
Horse breeding leads all other livestock breeding in
California both in the number annually produced and
in the value thereof, and by far the greater propor-
tion of foals produced in the State every year are
trotting bred. The industry is worth millions of
dollars and yet it has been entirely unrepresented
before the Legislature, while the dairymen, the sheep
breeders and the fruit growers have asked and se-
cured many measures for their own benefit ana
protection. Their demands have been recognized
simply because there was organization back of it.
Many measures of greater merit have been turned
down time and again. Now that President Kenney
has called the attention of the harness horsemen to
the importance of organization, they are beginning to
display a sense of that importance and the prospects
are good for a large and representative gathering
next Wednesday. There are many matters which a
convention can take up and carry to a successful
termination, and it is to be hoped that the very best
thought will be devoted to every measure proposed,
and acted on with the utmost deliberation before
final action is taken. The convention has the best
wishes of the Breeder and Sportsman in its work.
REGISTRATION of all his trotting bred animals
should be considered the duty of every breeder. If an
animal is standard register it, and if it is non-stand-
ard register it also, as there is no telling when its
blood may appear in that of some record breaker and
the proof of its breeding will then be on record.
Scarcely a week passes that someone is not trying
to ascertain the breeding of an animal whose breeder
is dead and whose registration cannot be made be-
cause the certificates of breeding are not obtainable.
Hundreds of sales fail to be made every year because
the animal is not registered, and in a very large
proportion of these instances the prospective buyers
would have been entirely satisfied had the animal
been registered as non-standard. The registration of
an animal as standard or non-standard establishes
its breeding authoritatively, and when a buyer asks
bow the animal is bred, and the owner, after giving
the information, adds that its name is so-and-so and
it will be found registered on a certain page in a
certain volume of the American Trotting Register,
there is no further question as to the correctness ol
the statement as it can be so easily verified. The
fact that a breeder has considered his stock valuable
enough to register them, gives buyers a higher regard
for their value. We have noticed that animals regis-
tered or eligible to registration whose breeding can
be verified, invariably sell for more money than those
whose breeding is uncertain. Registration settles the
matter, and is worth to both buyer and seller much
more than it costs. We can give the breeders of
trotting stock no better advice than this: Register
every head on your farm whose breeding can be
established — standard or non-standard.
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THE THIRD ANNUAL SALE to be held by Fred
H. Chase & Co. at Pleasanton on Thursday next,
March 3d, is only lacking in one thing, and that is
the quantity of horses to be sold. Horses are in such
demand at the present time that it was with the
utmost difficulty this well-known firm could secure
an even hundred head for its big annual vendue,
when at least two hundred head were needed. It is
the same in New York and other Eastern cities — the
big sales this winter have closed with the demand
but half supplied and every good horse sold at his
full value. There are many extra high-class young
horses to be offered at the Pleasanton Sale next
week, and buyers will make no mistake in bidding
on them up to good figures. Many of the horses sold
at the last Pleasanton Sale were resold at a profit
within a few days, and many others could not be
purchased for three times the money they were
obtained for. The person who goes to an auction
and buys with judgment comes as near getting horses
at their true value as the wisest dealer who buys at
private sale. There will always be a few horses at
any sale that are knocked down for less than their
real value, but while the seller is the loser and must
stand the loss, the buyer is the gainer, and many of
the greatest bargains ever made in horseflesh were
obtained by astute horsemen who watched their
chances and picked up the low-priced ones that
others had overlooked. The Pleasanton Sale will
afford an opportunity for those who desire to pur-
chase a horse at the price they believe him to be
worth. The date is Thursday next, March 3d, at
9:45 a. m.
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THE STATE TAX of five per cent on the gross
receipts of race meetings which the State of New
York levied "for the benefit of the agricultural dis-
tricts" among which it was distributed, was gotten
up in the first place as a sort of bribe to remove the
opposition of the agricultural districts to continuous
running racing. Now when the tax is being applied
to the trotting meetings there is a roar for its re-
peal. The legislation which all horse breeders should
agitate is a law limiting all racing where betting is
done to two weeks in any one county in one year.
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THE OAKLAND AUXILIARY of the California
State Fair held last year by aid of an appropriation
of $10,000 out of the State treasury, was a case
wherein the taxpayer got very little return for his
money. There were a few exhibits of the State's
products but the show was mostly an advertising
scheme with State aid. Alameda county could hold
an annual fair that would be a credit to any com-
munity, but the one held at Idora Park last year
was a travesty.
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AMATEUR RACING can be made very popular,
but there should never be attempts made to make it
anything but purely amateur sport- Slaking up
purses in the club rooms by requiring a certain
sum of money as entrance, and then going out and
racing for it, is not amateur racing by a good deal.
Records may be avoided that way if the truth is
suppressed, but it is not fair sport.
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THE MIDWINTER SALE of 1909 averaged $363
per head, while the sale of 1910 averaged $380. The
prices of horses are not dropping any.
READ every stallion advertisement fh the "Breeder
and Sportsman" before selecting the horse to breed
your mare to this year.
PLEASANTON will indeed be the "horse centre"
next week, when the buyers all congregate there
for the big annual sale.
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Grace Cole by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Lily Langtry,
dam of 3, by Nephew, has been bred to Bon Voyage.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, Feb. 22, 1910.
It bas been cold and cloudy bere for a week and
tbougb it has not rained it has felt like it every
day and consequently has not been pleasant weather
for training, nevertheless the horses have been
doing all that was asked of them at this stage of
the game, and have kept well, few of them having
colds, which is more than can be said of the train-
ers and care-takers.
Walter Maben has a three-year-old filly by Zombro
that he got from J. H, Bohon a month ago, that I
don't think can help trotting fast when she is broken.
At present she is getting her first lessons tied to
a tree, but she has tremendous quarters and chest
with a very short straight back and longer from the
point of the hip to the hock and shorter from there
to the fetlock than any three-year-old I've ever seen.
She is as strong as a cart horse and as wild as a
hawk, with a nice breedy neck, a head well set on
and an intelligent eye. I expect to see her surprise
people, about the third time Maben hooks her to a
bike cart. He also has a full brother to her, a year
older, that is a natural-born trotter; a big rugged
brown fellow, that will not only trot fast but race as
well when the time comes and already is as nice as
can be on the road. Heavy sand and hills all look
like a race track to him, an two men in a wagon
seems to bother him no more than one in a cart.
John W. Nickerson's four-year-old filly Ethel G. by
Zombro is coming to her speed as fast as a pacer.
He got her the last of November and nothing was
done with her in December except to jog her four
or five miles a day till she got big and strong so
that she has had less than two months' work, all of
it between 2:30 and 2:50 except three miles, one in
2:29%, one in 2:26% and one in 2:25 with a lot of
quarters in from 33 to 35 seconds. She has made
but two breaks so far in her work and both times
when going slow. At first she was a little too rapid
gaited, but a change in her shoes this month has
lengthened her stride so that now she is as good
gaited as anybody's horse. If she develops speed
enough and it certainly looks now as if she would,
she will make a race mare, as she don't pull, can
be placed anywhere, likes company and is always
on a trot. Besides being well bred, her dam being
Wilhemina by Wolsey, full brother to Sunol, second
dam Alcome by Albion, sire of Pomona 2:15, third
dam by Billie Norfolk.
There are three green trotters at Agricultural
Park sired by W. G-. Durfee's Del Coronado that
can step quarters today better than 31 seconds.
Pretty good goods.
President C. A. Canfield has arranged with the
Santa Anita people for the use of their track at Ar-
cadia from April 1st till the new one here is com-
pleted. The running horse people very generously
give it rent free to the harness horse, contingent,
the only charge will be for water and the watchman.
The Driving Club Matinee.
The Los Angeles Driving Club held their matinee
this afternoon and though the program was not as
long as expected, and a number of people were dis-
appointed in not seeing the black mare Lady Mac.
by Zombro go a mile to beat 2:10, taken altogether
it was a good day's sport and was really a driving
club matinee, no wild west or saddle horse stunts
being on the program.
The feature of the day was the pacing race won
by W. G. Durfee.
The day was cold and disagreeable, threatening
rain, and a cold wind blowing which accounted in a
measure for the light attendance, and then the run-
ning races for purses at Pasadena with the added
attraction of a chariot race over the new half-mile
track at that town drew a good many of the holiday
crowd as well as the Attell-Connolly prize fight that
took place down town this afternoon. Summaries:
Trotting, 2:30 class:
California Boy, br. g. (MeLellan) 1 1
Leonora M., b. m. (Moorehead) 2 2
Bonnie Ted, b. h. (Thomas) 3 3
Jules Clay, ch. m. (Newsmith) 4 4
Time — 2:24, 2:22.
Dr. Wayo, b. h. (Baker) 1 1
Wickie Wickie, b. g. (Durfee 2 2
Rancho del Paso, b. g. (Ward) 3 3
Scratched — Arms, Clara, Marie.
Time— 2:15, 2:16.
Pacing, 2:30 class:
Blanche, b. m. (Durfee) 1 3 1
Col. Me., blk. g. (MeLellan) 2 2 2
Dotty, blk. m. (Linebarger) 3 1 3
Scratched — Halbert.
Time— 2:16, 2:17%, 2:18%.
Pacing, 2:25 class:
Zomwolsey, b. g. (Durfee) 1 1
My Dream, br. m. (Linebarger) 2 2
Hal Mc, b. g. (McClain) 3 3
Time— 2:21, 2:17.
The officials — Judges, C. A. Canfield, L. J. Chris-
topher, William Garland; Timers, William Newberry,
Edward Lloyd, Godfrey Fritz; Starter, E. J. Delorey;
Announcer, George Smith. JAMES.
SADDLE HORSE BRINGS $7000.
MATINEE AT SAN BERNARDINO.
San Bernardino, Feb. 22. — The matinee races held
under the auspices of the San Bernardino County
Driving Club attracted a large number of enthusiasts
to Association Park this afternoon. No new records
were made, but with a splendid track and weather,
the card was carried through without a hitch.
The feature of the meet was the time made by
Amado 2:16, the black pacer by Direct Heir, out of the
champion two-year-old trotter La Belle 2:16 by Sid-
ney, owned by M. S. Severance, pacing the mile in
2:15. In a free-for-all, Josephine, owned by W. T.
Russell of Highland, and Delilah, owned by the Ben
Davies estate, were matched. Delilah winning the
two first heats easily in 2:17 and 2:16.
The 2:40 class trot:
Lena Lowe (F. H. Holloway 1 1
Mark Twain (T.W. Wells) 2 2
Mabel Van (Frank Van Tress) 3 3
Laura Maddison (Charles June) 3 3
Prince Valentine scratched.
Tme— 2:37, 2:35.
The 2:15 class pace:
Amado (M. S. Severance) 1 1
The Monk (H. J. Eigenbrod) 2 2
Teddy Roosevelt (G H. Judd) 3 3
Andv Carnegie (G. W. Bonnell) 4 4
Time— 2:17, 2:15.
Free-for-all-Trot:
Bolock (J. H. Kelly) 3 1 1
Worth While (E. F. Binder) 1 4 2
Emma Z. (L. Fotten) 2 3 3
Marie S. (G. W. Bonnell) 4 2 5
Inauguretta ( I. W. Hazlett) 5 5 4
Marigold (G. H. Judd) scratched.
Time — 2:21, 2:30, 2:21.
Match race:
Delilah (Davies estate) 1 1
Josephine (W. T. Russell) 2 2
Time — 2:17, 2:16.
The 2:25 class trot:
Larry Kinney (William Rourke) 1 1
Lila Belle (G H. Judd) 2 3
Nearest (W.L. Spoon) 3 2
On Come (J. H. Kelley) 4 4
Time— 2:30, 2:22.
CONFLICTING DATES.
Mr. J. T. Campbell of Columbus, Ohio, recently sold
to Mrs. R. T. Lowndes, of Danville, Kentucky, for
$7000, the gaited saddle mare Kentucky Choice, said
to be one of the greatest show mares ever bred. Mrs.
Lowndes already owns the great prize winning saddle
mare Edna May, and the two mares will be the fea-
tures of many of the leading horse shows this year.
MATINEE RACING AT SAN JOSE.
There was quite a crowd at the new San Jose
Driving Park on Tuesday afternoon of this week to
see some racing that had been arranged in honor of
Washington's birthday. The races were more in the
nature of workouts than anything else, but they were
very interesting, and while no fast time was made
the horses showed considerable speed when given
their heads coming through the stretch. W. J. Ken-
ney. President of the San Francisco Driving Club,
acted as presiding judge and starter and during the
afternoon all the stallions on the track, including
such noted ones as Kinney Lou 2:07%, Bon Voyage
2:12%, Zolock 2:05%, and others were led out and
paraded in front of the stand while Mr. Kenney an-
nounced their names and records.
The races resulted as follows:
2:30 class:
Nick (Price) 1 1
Marianna McKinney (Scott 2 2
May McKinney (Johnson) 3 5
Kissadee (Perry) 5 3
Ladv (Patron) 4 4
Time— 2:40, 2:40.
2:50 class:
Greco B. Jr. (Rutherford) 1 1
Lady San Jose (Fischell) 2 2
Noispoint (Cuicello) 3 3
Time— 2:40, 2:42.
2 "27 class i
Prof. Heald (Cuicello) 1 1
Vallejo Boy (Rutherford) 2 2
Nelly R. (Cecil) 3 3
Time — 2:25, 2:23.
WEHRUNG WINS HIS SUIT.
The case of W. H. Wehrung against the Portland
Country Club and Livestock Association for ser-
vices rendered as manager of the 1909 fair, was sub-
mitted to a jury at Portland last week and a verdict
was returned in favor of Mr. Wehrung for $3000, the
full amount sued for.
In giving the jury their final instructions Judge
Cleland summed up the case by stating that even
though they found the contract to have been unau-
thorized, if Wehrung entered into it on behalf of
the corporation, and carried out his part of the con-
tract with the knowledge of the officers and without
notice from them that it was void, this would amount
to ratification.
"You are not to consider how good or how poor a
manager Mr. Wehrung may have been," said the
judge.
The Durfar (Oregon) Dispatch of February 2d says:
"Paying almost anything the ranchers ask, Porter
Bros, of Portland have men scouring the country
for horses for work on the Deschutes. The high
prices at which horses have been selling the past
few years have taken almost all of the available
ones out of the country and the few that remain
are in great demand."
The California State Agricultural Society has
made an unfortunate selection of dates for its fair
this year. For the past two or three years by ar-
rangement with the Oregon State Fair and the North
Pacific Circuit the California State Fair has been
held early enough to permit exhibitors of live stock
to show at Sacramento and then ship to Salem .'n
time for the opening of the State Fair there. Horse-
men who race for the big purses offered at
Portland and Salem have also enjoyed the privilege
of racing at Sacramento, after which a week inter-
vened before the opening of the Oregon State F;\ir
races, giving them plenty of time to make the north-
ern trip and be off the cars a few days before their
engagements began. This year the California State
Fair has taken the same week claimed two weeks
previous by the Oregon State Fair. The North Pacific
Circuit arranged some weeks ago allotted the week
of September 12th to 17th for the great fair at Salem.
The California State Board has now announced that
the Sacramento Fair will open on Friday, September
9th and close Saturday, September 17th.
It has been demonstrated time and again that one
week is long enough for any State or county fair, but
the California association insists on giving a fair of
eight or nine days, and the only reason for it that
any one on the outside has ever been able to dis-
cover is that the Sacramento people want to keep
the visitors to the fair in town over Sunday. This
year Admission Day, one of the State's big holidays,
falls on Friday, September 9th, and it does seem as if
the Board of Directors of the State Association
might have been content to set the date of opening
the fair on Monday, September 5th, giving six days
to the fair, taking in the holiday and closing on Sat-
urday, the 10th. As the dates are now arranged, the
week of September 5 to 10 cannot be taken by any
other association in California, neither can the fol-
lowing week, and exhibitors will be prevented from
showing at more than one of the big State Fairs on
the coast. Instead of unity of action between these
associations there is division and disagreement, and
the horse and cattle breeders, farmers, fruit grow-
ers and others, the people who make successful
fairs possible, are the ones who are hurt the most
A SUCCESSFUL FARM.
While the history of Walnut Hall Farm, of L. V.
Harkness, does not date back as far as that of most
of its contemporaries, says the Stock Farm, the
performances of the youngsters that have been bred
on that estate have given it a reputation second to
none in the country. Since Fereno won the two-year-
old division of the Kentucky Futurity in 1S99 and
came back the next season and landed the larger
prize, the three-year-old division of the stake, young-
sters from this farm have landed no less than six-
teen futurities and were placed ten times. In 1900
Walnut Hall, a son of Conductor and Maggie Teazer
won the two-year-old division of the Kentucky, and
was awarded second money in the three-year-old
division the following year. The next Futurity win-
ner sent out from Walnut Hall Farm was Mobel,
winner of the Horse Review Futurity. Then followed
the champion pacing mare Brenda Torke, which filly
landed the pacing division of the American Horse
Breeders', Hartford; Kentucky Stock Farm and Ken-
tucky Futurities. Then came Miss Adbell, winner of
the Kentucky Futurity; then the unbeaten The Har-
vester, winner of the Kentucky Futurity, The Stock
Farm and The Horse Review Stakes, and then the
champion two-year-old trotter, Native Belle.
A SQUARE DEAL FOR A DOLLAR.
Entries close March loth, 1910, for the seventh
renewal of the American Horse Breeders' Futurity,
guaranteed value $11,000. This stake is open to
mares bred in 1909. It only costs $1 to nominate a
mare, and the second payment is only $3. You can
name one mare for a dollar, or five for five dollars,
or fifty for fifty dollars. All are treated alike. There
is $6000 for three-year-old trotters, with $4000 to the
winner; $3000 to three-year-old pacers with $2000
to the winner, and $2000 to two-year-old trotters
with $1300 for the winner. The full conditions will
be found in the advertisement.
100 FAMOUS HORSES.
Something that the horsemen everywhere will ap-
preciate is a handsomely bound edition of a book con-
taining over one hundred fine photographs of famous
horses of the past season. This book is now being
published by the McMurray Sulky Co.. Marion. O. Here
is an opportunity to secure a book of photographs that
horsemen in general cannot secure in any other man-
ner. The McMurray Sulky Co. has gone to consider-
able expense and trouble to get this book out. and it
will soon be off the press. It shows practically all of
the famous fast horses, among them being Minor Heir,
p.. 1:59^., Citation, p.. 2:01^, The Eel. p., 2:02^, Aileen
Wilson, p.. 2:02>£. Gallagher, p., 2:02»4. and so on, mak-
ing their records to the McMurray No. 15 Perfected
Racing Sulky. There are numerous others shown on
the jog and workout to the New Ideal Speed and Track
Cart, as well as other models made by this firm.
This book would be a valuable addition to the li-
brary of any horseman, and has been gotten up for the
benefit of their friends by the McMurray Sulky Co.
The book will be mailed without charge to any horse-
man asking for it. and if any one is contemplating the
purchase of a new sulky or cart for spring work, or a
speed or road wagon, the company will be glad to send
them their large catalog, illustrating their complete
line. Address the McMurray Sulky Co.. Marion. O.
Frank Meredith, of Saiem, Oregon, has been elected
Secretary of the Oregon State Fair Association.
Joe Cuicello worked Mr. A. L. Scott's Le Voyage
by Bon Voyage a mile in 2:27. last half in 1:12% at
the new San Jose Driving Park the other day.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
SAM GAMBLE REVIEWS CHASE'S CATALOGUE.
San Francisco, Feb. 19, 1910.
Editor B. & S. — There has just come into my hands
Fred H. Chase & Co.'s third annual sale catalogue.
The compiling and animals enrolled are very interest-
ing to me, and in justice to its compiler it can safely
be said that the work is the most complete, and fairer
statements, than any sale catalogue that I have seen
on this Pacific Coast. As I carefully perused through
its leaves I looked for flaws, but found that I had no
use for my lead pencil. On my completion of a care-
ful perusal I observed the thoughts — first, pleasure;
second, envy; third, sadness; to know that many a
grand horse and mare have passed to their last rest.
Men easily learn to love history, to revere, to have
regard for tradition. Indeed, the noblest part of our
present lives is largely due to reverence of traditions,
because tradition gives us the wisdom of the past.
The experience and workings of those old-time breed-
ers who have gone from us; by tradition the great
horses that we have now before us and whose
genealogy is mentioned in that sale catalogue. Our
noblest hopes are in memory of those traditions and
the greatest future will depend upon the light harness
horse breeders, upon keeping the traditions of the
noble past alive and present with them in these pur-
blind days of business interest. Since the opening
of the last century the ablest of the journal writers
have written the laws of the transmitted powers that
have produced our fleetest horses, and many of the
brightest of artists have favored the pages of the
journals with portraits of the sires and dams that
have and will continue producing high speed.
Another feature that I noticed in that catalogue,
that about 95 per cent of the parentages of numbers
5, 9, 20, 21, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 4S, 56, 66, 69, 70, 76,
79, SO, 89 and 90, I have in person seen and also
driven some of them and known their good traits.
I will now hark back to the year 1902 at Pleasanton,
Cal., when Dr. Masoero called me to task for once
uttering musical notes over the merits of the parent-
ages of the mare La Moscovita, and I now wish to
be plainly understood that I am still uttering the
same musical notes, as I cannot overlook the value
of her blood inheritance; and above all of La Mos:
covita's fourth dam, and the perfect trotter and race
rnare of her mother Moscova (3) 2:28.
I was amused in reading Mr. Kilpatrick's frank
statement of his youngster Oliver Todd in the above
sale catalogue, relating to his crooked hind leg. As I
remember seeing Oliver Todd last October at Santa
Rosa his hind leg was no comparison to those of
Onward, Director, Santa Claus, Sidney Dillon, Axtell,
McKinney and numerous other great horses; that the
same statements were made of their hind legs at
Oliver Todd's age, in their two and three-year-old
form. All of their hind legs were like good wine — the
older they grew the better their hind legs grew.
And all the above great horses that were pointed out
with the same so-called defect have proven to the
world that their crooked hind legs were no detriment
to them, as all leading breeders and horsemen want
their offspring and a pedigree where the above ap-
pear. In my opinion, knowing Oliver Todd's parent-
age as I do, nothing but death or lack of opportunity
can stop him from having speed and in turn to
produce speed, for his tribes are noted for such
habits.
It was with much regret when I noted that Mr.
William Meese was disposing of his interest in that
grand horse Chas. Derby 2:20, for I am deeply inter-
ested to know that such a great mother-born horse
would be blessed in his later days in a comfortable
home, and in the home of the Meese family I know
that great horse would be in his comfort. Every man
has his own ideas as to a man's or a horse's oppor-
tunity. I have mine, and outside of a very few
suitable mares served by Charles Derby in the years
of 1889, 1890-1-2 and 3, his opportunity was what
his merits by birth rightly demanded. Consequently
I do claim that the balance of his years up to the
present date were practically thrown away in a speed-
producing point of view. I have at all times con-
sidered Charles Derby a 2:10 trotter and Strath-
more's greatest producing grandson. In all, Charles
Derby as a producer of high speed will compare
favorably with the leading sires of high speed, his
neglect to be considered. If I were in the position
to do as I would love to do, I know who would own
him and give that great horse a lifelong home, and
also who would be the owner of Oliver Todd, and
repeat with him and his so-called defective leg what
has been done with the before-mentioned stallions
who have today ivory and gold handles to their
names. SAMUEL GAMBLE.
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HAS CALIFORNIA BLOOD.
Bingen 2:06% sold for $50,000, his son Todd 2:14%,
for $32,000 and his grandson Cochato (3) 2:12%, for
$30,000. This makes it appear as though the blood of
the great son of May King, has its staunch friends in
some localities. Bingen 2: 06% and his sons have
been so wonderfully successful in siring speed that
even the most prejudiced are beginning to see the
"errors of their ways."
John Madden and E. T. Bedford are the owners of
Soprano 2:08%. Should the daughter of Bellini not
train up to expectations in her four-year-old form,
Mr. Bedford will use her at his summer place in
Connecticut, as he used Hamburg Belle.
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The great Wilkes-Electioneer cross has proven to
be the most fashionable "blend" in the trotting horse
world, because representatives of it have trotted
faster, won more stakes and created greater enthu-
siasm among horse lovers, than any other. To it
we are indebted for such great performers as Uhlan
2:0214 (the gelding which sold for $35,000 last year) ;
Native Belle (2) 2:07%, the fastest in the world;
Major Delmar 1:59%, Bob Douglass 2:06%, Margin
2:05%, the greatest money winner in 1909; The Har-
vester (4) 2:06%, Walnut Hall 2:08% (the great
sire), Bingen 2:06%, Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Jack Ley-
burn 2:04%, The Leading Lady 2:07, Admiral Dewey
2:04%, Boralina 2:07%, Aquin 2:0S%, Odolita 2:09%,
Baron May 2:07, and hundreds of others.
Zombroneer, whose picture appears here, is an
elegant representative of it. His sire, Zombro 2:11,
has had more of his progeny enter the 2:30 list than
any other California stallion this year, and from all
parts of the Pacific Coast comes the news of other
phenomenally fast Zombros. This is not all, Zombro
made a season near Philadelphia last year, and, to
his court, were sent over 100 of the choicest brood-
mares— the majority of them known as speed matrons
— in the United States, and all these mares, without
exception, were entered in the big Futurity Stakes.
This year Zombro goes to Ohio where over 100 more
mares, just as richly bred, await his arrival. With
such an advantage over all other California sires, can
anyone dispute the fact that his progeny will have
better opportunities to prove their worth, and, at the
same time his greatness, than any other trotting-bred
son of the great McKinney 2:11%, the greatest sire
of early and extreme speed of bis age ever foaled?
Zombroneer is a credit to his sire, Zombro, the great-
est sire of race winners in 1909, and his grandsire,
ZOMBRONEER 51291.
McKinney. On the dam's side Zombroneer traces to
sires that have become famous. His dam, Black Vela,
had a record of 2:30, and she was also the dam of
Vela McKinney 2:23% and Cedrie Mac 2:24% (the
latter had a trial of 2:17%). Black Vela was by
Alta Vela 2:11%, the entire son of Electioneer
that comes third to Arion 2:07% and Palo Alto 2:08%.
and as pure gaited a horse as ever faced a starter.
He is now twenty-two years old and can trot quarters
in thirty-two seconds, without boots. Alta Vela was
never raced until he was twelve years old, having
twenty-two heats to his credit when he got his mark
of 2:11% at fourteen. He was by Electioneer, out of
Lorita 2:18y2 (dam of two), by Piedmont 2:17%;
second dam Lady Lowell (dam of two, four dams of
six in 2:30), by Shultz's St. Clair; third dam Laura,
dam of Doc, sire of Occident 2:16%, etc.
The second dam of Zombroneer was Blackbird by
Reavis' Blackbird (sire of Mamie Griffin 2:12, Vic H.
2:12%, etc.), and the third dam was by Geo. M.
Patchen Jr. 2:27, whose blood flows in the veins of
some of our fastest trotters and greatest stake win
ners.
Zombro's dam was Whisper, by Almont Lightning,
"king of the show ring," and conceded to be the
handsomest trotter ever bred. He only lived a short
time, but his progeny was noted for beauty and
gameness; Belle Medium 2:20, dam of the great
Stam B. 2:11%, was out of one of his daughters.
With such an inheritance it is not a difficult prob-
lem to solve as to where Zombroneer gets his superb
carriage, elegant style, finish, beautiful conformation,
intelligence and perfect gait. He is only four years
old, and L. B. Cary of Reedley will stand him for the
season of 1910 at his place at the low fee of $25 to
insure. Owners of mares who are anxious to have
horses that will always find a ready sale, because
they will have every qualification sought for by horse-
men, will be making a great mistake if they do not
book them to this grand looking and most promising
young stallion.
The champion three-year-old trotter of Europe in
1909 has a peculiar German name, Auf wiegerlin ; she
was sired by Wig Wag 2:10% (son of Wiggins
2:19%) out of Glueckauf 2:36% by a horse which
Orrin A. Hickok had at the old Bay District track
called Prince Warwick and sold by him to the Aus-
trin government in 1889 for $10,000. This stallion
was one of the most symmetrically formed trotters
ever foaled. A rich dark bay in color with black
points. He was very pure gaited and trotted a trial
mile in 2:20, the day before being shipped. He was
sired by Alcona 730, dam Warwick Maid (dam of
Warwick Maid 2:21% and dam of Almead 2:21%)
by Almont Mambrino 761, second dam by Cassius M.
Clay Jr. Prince Warwick has been one of the most
successful sires exported to Europe. The second
dam of Aufwiegerlin was Faustissima (2) 2:33% by
Sidney 2:19%, one of the first of G. Valensin's breed-
ing that called attention to the merits of her sire by
her marvellous flights of speed on the half-mile
track at the Valensin Farm, Pleasanton. Her dam
was Faustino (dam of Faustino 2:12%, Fauta (1)
2:22%, ex-champion yearling pacer, and Faustelle
2:26%) by Crown Point 2:24, one of Steve
Whipple's favorites. Crown Point was by Specula-
tion 928, out of Young Martha (dam of Hancock
2:29) by George M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Fausta is the
dam of Shadeland Faustalear 2:09% and Faustelle
the dam of General Electric 2:22%, a horse that
trotted close to 2:10. Faustino's dam was Dell Fos-
ter (dam of Elegance 2:20) by A. W. Richmond 1687,
out of a mare by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Thus
there is a double cross of the last named horses in
the pedigree of the grandam of this remarkable
three-year-old. It can be seen that the attention
of European horsemen will not be turned aside for
the blood that has made trotting horse history in
California.
CENTURY SIRES.
The list of stallions that have one hundred or more
standard performers to their credit is given here-
with, arranged according to their standing with re-
gard to total number of representatives at both
gaits:
Gambetta Wilkes 2:19% by George Wilkes 2:22,
210.
Allerton 2:09% by Jay Bird 5060, 202.
Onward 2:25% by George Wilkes 2:22, 200:
Red Wilkes 1749 by George Wilkes 2:22, 178.
Nutwood 2:18% by Belmont 64, 174.
Alcantara 2:23 by George Wilkes 2:22, 170.
Baron Wilkes 2:18 by George Wilkes 2:22, 142.
Ashland Wilkes 2:17% by Red Wilkes 1749, 139.
Wilton 2:19%, by George Wilkes 2:22, 137.
Simmons 2:28 by George Wilkes 2:22, 137.
Sphinx 2:20% by Electioneer 125, 135.
Jay Bird 5060 by George Wilkes 2:22, 131.
Axtell 2:12 by William L. 4244, 129.
Pilot Medium 1597 by Happy Medium 400, 127.
McKinney 2:11% by Alcyone 2:27, 121.
Chimes 5948 by Electioneer 125, 121.
Prodigal 2:16 by Pancoast 2:21%, 120.
Elyria 2:25% by Mambrino King 1279, 117.
Sidney 2:19% by Santa. Claus 2:17%, 113.
Norval :14% by Santa Claus 2:17%, 113.
Robt. McGregor 2:17% by Major Edsall 2:29, 111.
Wilkes Boy 2:24% by George Wilkes 2:22, 106.
Bobby Burns 2:19 by Gen. Wilkes 2:21%, 100.
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EXPORT OF ARAB HORSES.
From Bagdad Consul Frederick Simpich reports
as follows on the shipment of horses from the Meso-
potamian valley and the prices current there:
For some years past there has been a consider-
able export business from the vilayet or province
of Bagdad in the shipment of Arab horses to India.
In 1908 about 2000 head, valued at about $400,000,
were shipped to Bombay, where they were sold for
polo, military, and carriage purposes. This num-
ber decreased about one-tenth in 1909. The horses
sent average eight years of age, thirteen hands high,
and are in good condition. Epizootic diseases are
not prevalent. The cost per head for shipping
horses from Bagdad to Bombay is about $15. Though
Arab horses are not very desirable for carriage pur-
poses, being too light, the increased use of vehicles
in and about Bagdad within the past two or three
years has advanced the price of horses. An aver-
age good animal for saddle or driving purposes sells
in Bagdad for $100 to $350. Pure Arabs, with ped-
igree, often bring handsome prices, ranging up to
$1000 and $1500.
While the importation of horses for breeding pur-
poses into the United States has averaged about
3500 for several years, valued at an average of nearly
$500 each, statistics do not indicate any recent ar-
rivals from Asiatic Turkey. One was imported from
there in 1905, worth $365, and twenty-four in 1907,
worth $140 each. Horses for breeding purposes were
formerly admitted into the United States free of
duty, but under the new tariff the rate is the same
as for other horses — $30 per head if valued at $150
or less, or 25 per cent ad valorem if valued at over
$150.
Pough'.eepsie will be back on the racing map when
the Sta-''! of New York repeals the law which taxes
lings 5 per cent of the gross receipts.
Brockton Fair is out with an announcement of its
early closing classes: $1000 purses for 2:16, 2:20,
2:28 trotters, 2:14, 2:19, 2:25 pacers, with $500 each
for two-year-old and three-year-old trotteers.
If you want to read an interesting book on the
horse, his diseases and accidents that are liable to
happen to him, send a two-cent stamp for the 4S-page
pamphlet published by W. P. Young, P. D. F., Spring-
field, Mass. There is no further expense attached to
getting this book and it may prove to be of great
value to you besides being interesting reading.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
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NOTES AND NEWS
The Horsemen's Convention meets in this city next
Wednesday.
The fast pacer Gallagher 2:03% was purchased
recently by H. B. Genter Jr. of Hartford, Conn.
The California State Fair will open on Admission
Day this year, and continue for eight days.
Homer Davenport has shipped his Arabian horses
from Goshen, New York, to Southern California.
George Dietrich, secretary of the Grand Circuit, is
again able to look after his duties after a three
weeks' illness.
A fine not to exceed $50 or suspension or expulsion
is now provided for drivers carrying watches in reg-
ular events.
John Mackey's thoroughbred mares, colts and fil-
lies will be sold at Woodland next Tuesday, March
1st.
M. W. Savage has been trying to buy George Gano.
He wants the son of Gambetta Wilkes for a side
partner to Minor Heir in the exhibition business.
Gil Curry writes to the Horse Review that he will
go to Wheaton, Illinois, and open a public training
stable. He will have Kinney Al 2:14% by McKin-
ney for a starter.
Alconda Jay will get his name in the Great Table
this year. The youngsters by him are all showing
speed and several will trot below 2:30 before the
year is ended.
Kinney Lou 2:07% is the fastest trotting stallion
by McKinney west of the Mississippi river and he
will soon have a son that is as fast as he if nothing
happens to Kinney de Lopez.
Mr. E. D. Dudley is doing a wise thing in sending
several youngsters by his stallion Palite to the
Pleasanton sale. One man can't train all the young-
sters he raises and to get them raced he must sell.
These youngsters will trot fast.
Bodaker 49130 (son of Antrim and Birdie by Jay
Bird) is one of the purest gaited trotters living. That
is the sort of a sire the greatest breeders of 2:10
trotters have invariably picked out to breed their
mares to.
Oliver Todd, the three-year-old that Mr. F, J. Kil-
patrick has consigned with five others to the Pleasan-
ton Sale, is bred very much like that high-class race
horse Bob Douglas 2:06%, both being by Todd 2:14%
out of mares by Cyclone.
The souvenir number of the Western Horseman
issue last week is a very beautiful number. The
cover is a reproduction of a photograph of a group
of young trotters at pasture, and is very lifelike. The
number is well printed and contains many fine pic-
tures of noted horses.
The handicap system introduced at Readville in
1908 and tried again last summer is now recognized
in the National and American rules, which among
other things provides that time made in preliminary
heats where no money goes to the winners does not
constitute a record or a bar.
Visitors at the Chico track come away with a
high opinion of All Style, the young Stam B. stallion
that L. B. Daniels is handling this year. All Style
is a beautiful horse, very attractive in and out of
harness and his breeding is superb. Some finely bred
mares will be mated with him this year.
Elmo Montgomery's young stallion Jim Logan made
more than one world's record in the race at Wood-
land where he took his record of 2:05% as a three-
year-old. He is the only three-year-old to pace that
fast in a third heat. He is also the only three-year-
old that ever won three heats inside of 2:10 in a
race.
A letter from Mr. C. L. Gifford of Lewiston, Idaho,
received this week, states that his new purchase,
Aerolite 2:11%, made the trip on the cars from
Dixon to Lewiston in fine shape, and felt so good
on getting out of the car that it was quite a job to
lead him to his new home. The horse has been
greatly admired by all those who have seen him, and
has had a host of visitors.
Any live horseman who will purchase one of those
three-year-old stallions sent to the Pleasanton sale
by Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick, advertise him liberally and
use business judgment and energy in getting mares
for him, will be able to pay for him in two years
out of the money the horse earns. These young stal-
lions are all bred in the purple and are good indi-
viduals.
Zombro 2:11 had 15 new standard performers last
year, as many as any other five sires now in Cali-
fornia.
Colorado irrigation ditch work that is to be started
this year will require about 3000 extra head of work
horses that the dealers of that State say are not in
sight now.
Chase's Annual Pleasanton Sale will begin at
Pleasanton next Thursday.
Lovely Dell, No. 18 in the Chase catalogue for
Pleasanton sale next week, is standard and regis-
tered. The catalogue failed to state this.
A payment of $10 on yearlings entered in Stake
No. 9, Pacific Breeders' Futurity, must be made on
or before Wednesday next, March 2d. Substitutions
can be made then, but not thereafter.
There are several big farms of from 5000 to 10,-
000 acres in California that have been cut up into
small tracts during the last few years and sold. These
tracts are now being made into homes and each re-
quires horses to put in the crop, where the big
farmers formerly used steam plows.
The new 10,000 gallon tank for the Pleasanton track
will be put up in a few days. Mr. Armstrong sayg
that like everything else around his track, the water
that will flow from this tank to the track will have
speed in it. Speed is the chief crop of that locality.
Gracie R., the good Demonio mare that started a
few times last year, has been sent to Chas. De Ryder
at Pleasanton to be made ready for the 1910 cam-
paign.
Sutherland & Chadbourne have their stables full
at Pleasanton and can't take any more just at pres-
ent. This popular firm gets into just such a fix every
year. Nothing succeeds like success and success
don't succeed unless there is merit in it.
Roseville is talking about building a half mile
track. Mr. B. N. Scribner is boosting the suggestion
along, and the Rocklin people who have an excellent
half mile track are not jealous but are helping also.
They say with a club at each track they will be able
to exchange visits and have some great sport.
Zolock 2:05% has a number of his get that are
now in training at the different tracks in this State
that will add to his fame as a sire of speed. Nearly
every young Zolock has speed and is a handsome
animal besides.
W. J. Kenney, who called the Horsemen's Con-
vention which is to meet in this city next Wednesday,
expects there will be fifty or sixty delegates present
from the interior. They are coming from as far south
as Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Driving Club has been granted
the use of the Santa Anita race track during the sum-
mer, and after April 1st, when the buildings and
stalls at Agricultural Park will be torn down, the
Los Angeles trainers will work and stable their
horses at the Santa Anita track.
Chancellor Jr., No. 78 in the Pleasanton catalogue,
worked a mile in 2:16 at the trot after two weeks'
work. There was a typographical mistake in the
catalogue stating this horse worked a half mile in
2:16. He is just twice as fast as the owner's state-
ment made him out.
E. T. Bedford/s champion hackney mare Hildred is
now at John E. Madden's Hamburg Place, near Lex-
ington, Ky., and may be bred this year to the trotting
stallion Vice Commodore 2:11, son of Bingen 2:06%
and Narion, by Arion 2:07% out of Nancy Hanks
2:04.
Star Pointer 1:59% has been leased for three years
by James A. Murphy to R. M. Williams of Memphis,
Tenn., who will keep him in the stud at Columbia,
Tenn., where Pointer's old rival, John R. Gentry
2:00%, is also in the stud.
W. O. White, of Fresno, sends us a picture of his
31 months' old colt Little Chief by Athablo, dam by
Strathway. The picture shows a very toppy colt of
solid color hooked to a road buggy and holding his
head up and his neck arched without a check. Mr.
White states that Little Chief has paced a quarter
in 40 seconds and wears nothing but the harness.
John A. McKerron, the well known boot and har-
ness manufacturer, reports quite an increase in his
business and that many automobile owners are seek-
ing fine carriage teams here just as they are in New
York City, consequently orders for coach and car-
riage harness are being considered. Mr. McKerron
has added a new line of goods to his stock; it con-
sists of dog collars, leashes, dog medicines and ken-
nel supplies. He has also a full line of carriage and
automobile robes as well as English rain coats. His
harness and horse boots are superior to all others in
quality, workmanship, perfect fit and wearing quali-
ties.
Zolock 2:05% will be at San Jose during March
and will be taken to Portland, Oregon, April 1st.
The Year Book for 1909 will be out in a few days.
It can be ordered through this office. Price $5.
Canada is to have an anti-betting law. The book-
makers and the long continued meetings are re-
sponsible for this action.
No. 4 in the catalogue of Chase's Pleasanton sale
is given as a gelding, but it is a filly and a royally
bred one at that, being by the McKinney stallion Sir
John and out of Rosie Woodburn 2:16.
In 1915, when the hopples will be banished from
all association tracks, the horsemen will all be say-
ing that they should have gone sooner.
The amount taken in at the gate of the Oregon
State Fair during the six days last year was $23,448.
This means an average attendance of about eight
thousand each day at 50 cents per head.
Newspaper reports state that M. W. Savage has
made an effort to purchase George Gano 2:03%, with
the intention of using him with Minor Heir 1:59% in
giving exhibitions at the various fairs and race meet-
ings.
An advertisement of Reducine, the popular remedy
for curbs, spavins, etc., occupies three full pages
of this number of the "Breeder and Sportsman" and
is most interesting reading. Hundreds of California
horsemen say Reducine is all that it is claimed to be.
It was announced recently that Kavalli 2:07% had
been sold by William Russell Allen of Pittsfield,
Mass., to Col. P. P. Johnston of Lexington, Ky., and he
will be shipped to that point at an early date. Kavalli
2:07% is by Kremlin 2:07% and is now credited with
four performers.
J. T. Ragsdale of Merced has his fine prize-winning
saddle stallion Squirrel Montrose in fine shape for
the season of 1910, this horse taking the place of the
unfortunate Monroe McDonald, the blue ribbon win-
ner of the Coast that died. Squirrel Montrose will
make the season at Merced.
Dick Wilson, who broke the world's pacing team
record last year with Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maud
C. has reached Portland, Oregon, with his family
and will reside there. His son was expected to
arrive there this week with Patchen Boy (3) 2:10%
and twelve head of good trotting and pacing pros-
pects. Wilson will train at the Country Club track.
The Los Angeles people recently sent a communi-
cation to the State Board of Agriculture asking that
the directors take charge of a proposed fair to
be held in Los Angeles, but the board members con-
sidered that their position would not allow them
to collectively handle a project for which no State
appropriation had been made, and therefore decided
to write the Los Angeles people telling them they
would give the matter of holding a fair in the south
all the encouragement in their power, but could not
take charge of it.
Grant Constantine 47666 is considered by several
good judges as the most promising young stallion of
the six that Mr. Kilpatrick has consigned to Chase's
Pleasanton Sale. He is a very fine individual, bred
in the purple and as he is well entered in stakes,
being eligible to the Kentucky $21,000 futurity, and
the Matron $10,000 stake, the fact that he is nat-
urally very fast should attract the attention of
buyers. He is by Constantine 2:12%, and it is well
to remember that Constanero 2:16%, a son of Con-
stantine, sired those two sensational race horses of
last year, Paderewski 2:05% trotting, and Ross K.
2:04% pacing. The Constantine family is one of the
most fashionable in the East at the present time
as it is just beginning its career. Grant Constantine
and Gov. Constantine are the only two sons of Con-
stantine in California, both standard and registered
and both great young trotters.
It will be noticed that of the six young stallions
consigned by Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick to the Pleasanton
sale next week all but one are either registered or
eligible to registration, and this one is Moko Hall,
one of the best bred ones of the six. Mr. Kilpatrick
received a letter from Walnut Farm this week which
gives this colt's breeding as far back as they know
anything about it. His sire is Walnut Hall 2:08%,
sire of The Harvester 2:06%, etc., his first dam is
Daisy Wilkes by Moko, sire of Native Belle (2)
2:07%, etc., second dam Daisy Simmons, dam of the
trotting mare Diadem 2:12%, by Simmons, third dam
Daisy by Alburn 4720, a full brother to the great
sire Altamont, and himself sire of 6, and of 7 daugh-
ters that have produced 13 standard performers, fourth
dam said to be by Green Mountain Morgan, a pro-
ducing sire, and fifth dam said to be by Kennebec,
sire of Molly Mitchell 2:26%. It will be asked why
a horse with such breeding cannot be registered? It
is because his fourth dam is a "said to be." There
is no doubt in the mind of Mr. Harkness of Walnut
Farm that Daisy by Alburn is bred as given, but
there is no one living to furnish the certificate of her
dam's breeding and consequently he has never tried
to register her. If another foal of Daisy Simmons
gets a standard record, or if two of Daisy Wilkes'
produce take records, then Moko Hall can be regis-
tered and this is very likely to occur within the
next year or two.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 26, 1910.
ADDITIONAL NOTES AND NEWS.
Work has been started on the new high board fence
that is to enclose the new San Jose Driving Park.
Alexander J. Clunie of Palo Alto, has sent his mare
Star by Bayswater Wilkes, dam by McKinney, to
San Jose to be bred to Bon Voyage.
The stallion Worth While, won a heat at the San
Bernardino matinee last Tuesday in 2:21. This stal-
lion is large and fat and just entering on a stud sea-
son. He is one of the best bred horses in Califor-
nia, being by the great sire Allerton 2:09%, dam
Eoka 2:16% by Sphinx, son of Electioneer.
Zombro 2:11 will be at Columbus, Ohio, soon after
April 1st to meet his engagements. He will have
at least 100 mares bred to him this year.
Attend the sale at Pleasanton next week. You
will find nearly all the live horsemen of the coast
there to see the horses sold.
The Horsemen's Convention will be called to order
promptly at 2 p. m. next Wednesday, March 3d, at
Mission Promotion Association hall, corner Sixteenth
and Valencia streets, this city. An evening session
will also he held and will be called to order at 8 p. m.
at the same place.
Dione 2:07% by Eros will be bred to Bon Voyage
this vear. She is now heavy in foal to Kinney Lou
2:07%.
Bon McKinney, Ted Hayes' two-year-old by Bon
Voyage-Daphne McKinney, stepped a half to a cart
at San Jose the other day in 1:16.
Read the advertisement of the American Breeders'
Futurity in this issue. Only $1 to nominate your
mare. The stake is worth $11,000.
Tubelina, the brown made by Tuberose 2:25 out
of Lena Holy by Mountain Boy, that was purchased
at the Rodman sale last October by Mr. Lefebre of
Canada, was started in one of the races on the ice
at Ottawa this month, but was outside the money.
In a field of eight starters she was fifth in the sum-
mary. The fastest heat was in 2:25%.
Delegates^ coming to the Horsemen's Convention
in this city "next week, must secure a receipt certifi-
cate from their local railroad agents when buying
tickets to the city. On presentation of these certifi-
cates they can secure a return ticket at one-third the
regular price.
The Grand Rapids association has already opened
four early closing purses as follows: $10,000 for 2:12
class trotters, $5000 for 2:06 class pacers, $2000 for
2:30 class trotters and $2000 for 2:14 class pacers.
Entries for these purses wil close March 31st. The
balance of the Grand Rapids program will consist of
12 purses of $1000 each.
Henry Helman was in town this week. He says he
has not been a mile faster than three minutes this
years with any of his last year's campaigning string,
but they are all in fine shape, Kid Wilkes especially
being fat and strong. Henry's stallion Alconda Jay
will do a fair business in the stud this season and
there is lots of talk about his colts, as they are all
showing speed.
The best investment that any beginner in the trot-
ting breeding business can make is money spent in
the purchase of a well bred, good gaited, high-class
young mare for brood purposes. The mistake that
too many make at the start is in buying and keeping
too many brood mares of medium quality.
General Watts 2:06%, holder of the world's record
for three-year-old trotters, can cover half a mile in
58 seconds, according to the opinion of Ed. A. Tip-
ton. A horse that possesses such speed, together
with a temperament which admits of rating him,
ought to be the much desired two-minute trotter.
General Watts will be trained for an attempt to
reach "even time" this year.
The breeding season is right at hand, and the
owners of brood mares should look carefully into
the merits of the various stallions within their
reach. A little study and thought should enable
them to make a selection, which will insure good re-
turn for the money invested, and the resultant foal
a good one. Study the stallion's blood lines, his
individuality, and the families from which he comes.
Probably the most important event of the week,
says the Kentucky Stock Farm, in the way of a
private sale, was that concluded by Ed. Willis, man-
ager of Patchen Wilkes Farm, of the bay yearling
colt by Peter the Great, out of Madam Thompson,
to Mr. James Wetherill, manager of Miss Katherine
I.. Wilks' Cruickston Farm, at Gait, Ontario, Canada.
This colt was purchased on Monday and the consid-
eration was $3500. He was immediately turned over
to Clem Beachy Jr., who will train him this year.
He is said to be one of the most remarkable colts
ever produced at this famous nursery of early speed,
and rs his breeding above suggests, is a full brother
to tie sensational two-year-old of last year, Eva
Tat -;uay 2:16%, that was trained and raced by Wm.
Owi ns. That a colt foaled in 1909 should command
a price such as indicated above in 1910 is certainly
a matter for congratulation on the part of every-
body connected with the horse business and the fact
that this colt was able to show better than 2:30
speed in his unbroken condition is the best possible
warranty that the purchaser got value received.
There are several persons in California who
honestly believe they own a 2:12 trotter that has
no record. If any one of them can win Henry Hel-
man over to his opinion about his horse, he can
make a trade with Henry and get quite a neat bunch
of money. But while Helman has a Swedish name
he is from Missouri and must be shown. But seri-
ously if you own a real 2:12 trotter that has no
record, see Helman about it. He is in the market.
The Denver Horse Show held in connection with
the recent National Western Stock Show resembled
at times a baseball game with the umpire at the
height of his unpopularity. The Breeders' Gazette
says: "The crowd cheered, hooted, hissed, cat-
called, told the judges on what number to put the
ribbons and was altogether the most hilarious horse
show crowd that ever assembled. A number of de-
cisions did not suit the spectators and pandemonium
reigned."
Mr. I. L. Borden of this city, reports the death
of his old broodmare Allie Cresco 2:13% by Cresco
4908. Allie Cresco took her record at Napa in 1896
in a race where she met Col. Benton, Our Boy, Sind-
wood, Ed Lafferty, Estella Wilkes and Colonial. Al-
lie Cresco won the first two heats in 2:13% and 2:15,
but the race went to Col. Benton. She was quite a
successful broodmare, producing among others that
fast pacer Cresco Wilkes 2:10%. Allie Cresco was
about 22 years old at the time of her death which
was due to her accidentally getting too much grain.
Mr. Borden owns several of her descendants.
Stallions that are to stand for service the coming
season should be jogged on the road six days each
week when the traveling will permit. Regular ex-
e "cise and generous feeding will improve the physical
condition and make them surer foal getters. It is
doubtful if any man was ever more successful with
trotting stallions than was the late John Bradburn,
who was manager of the noted Village Farm, estab-
lishment during all the years of its most brilliant
success. Mr. Bradburn states in his valuable work,
"Breeding the Trotter," that his practice was to
jog the stallions in his care when preparing them
for stud service, four miles every Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday, and eight miles every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Sundays each stallion was
given walking exercise for half an hour.
The Grand and Great Western circuits have se-
lected their dates and the amount of money to be
raced for by the trotters and pacers at the meetings
on the two circuits will be nearly a million dollars.
The tracks at Kalamazoo, Detroit, Cleveland and
Columbus, all four of which are members of the
Grand Circuit, have their dates so arranged that they
are also in the Great Western Circuit. The money
hung up at the Great Western meetings is as follows:
Fort Wayne, $20,000; Terre Haute, $25,000; Grand
Rapids, $31,000; Peoria, $15,000; Galesburg, $20,000;
Joliet, $15,000; Hamline, $31,000; Milwaukee, $25,000;
Springfield $25,000; Oklahoma City, $20,000; Dallas,
$25,000; El Paso, $15,000; Phoenix, $25,000, a total of
$312,000. The nine Grand Circuit meetings will
hang up a total of over $300,000 and Lexington will
give at least $50,000 in purses and stakes. There
will be plenty of money to be earned by a horse that
can win in his class this year.
TONGUE'S TONGUE SLIPPED.
In a legal argument in the circuit court at Hills-
boro, Oregon, the other day, attorney Geo. R. Bag-
ley was telling a jury that the value of horse flesh
depended on conditions, etc. "For instance," said
he, "Lord Lovelace, the splendid race horse owned
by the opposing counsel, is worth $5000 as a stallion
and race horse; but as a work horse he would have
no particular value. In reply Mr. E. B. Tongue
said: 'Lord Lovelase is a race horse, and his value
depends on his earnings as a race horse. Notwith-
standing counsel's high value placed upon him I
might take $500 for him." Of course this was all in
badinage, but Judge Campbell, who was hearing the
case, said: 'I'll give you $500 for him." Thos.
Howe, a horse admirer, who sat close to the rail,
and this was all during court procedure, said: 'Til
double the judge's offer." Quick as a flash lawyer
Tongue wheeled and said to Mr. Howe: "You have
bought a horse, sir." Mr. Howe was nonplussed for
a moment, thinking perhaps something had happened
to the great purse winner, and before he could clinch
the deal with a deposit, E. B. withdrew the offer, and
Mr. Howe now regrets he is not the owner of the
celebrated pacer.
HORSE VALUES ON THE INCREASE.
It is an accepted fact with the large horse buyers
that horses are to increase in price by the early
spring. Being familiar with the conditions that pre-
vail throughout the more important horse breeding
sections of the United States, they can see no other
way but an increase in price. One of the reasons
for the increase is the fact that there are not
enough horses to supply the demand. Most buyers
have taken into consideration that there would be
an increased demand which would also help to in-
crease the price. The other fact to be considered
in the increase of price is that the high price of
labor and feed will make it necessary that the price
should advance. Under these conditions it does not
seem that breeders need have any fear as to future
values and that if they breed the right kind they are
sure to find it a successful business. In comment-
ing on this fact, the Horse World has the follow-
ing to say on the subject:
"Men who are in touch with conditions surround-
ing the source of supply in the west say horses of
the commercial type are advancing with the prices
of all other live stock and are likely to touch new
levels in the very near future. Buyers for export
and the eastern market at present have to hid against
shippers to the Pacific Coast and the Canadian North-
west for horses in the breeding districts, and the
strong competition of those prosperous sections is
steadily putting prices up and keeping them there.
A buyer for one of the big New York firms who re-
cently made a trip through Kansas predicts that
before the middle of April draught and delivery
horses will be selling at from $25 to $75 per head
higher than they are now. With the advance in
values which characterizes the commercial type of
horses, those for all other kinds are bound to go up-
ward from the same reasons — a shortage in the
available supply and the increased expense of rais-
ing horses.
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HORSE SHOWS AT COUNTY FAIRS.
In arranging their plans for 1910, the various
county fair associations will do well to arrange to
make more of a feature of their horse exhibits than
they have in the past, says the Horse World. Some
associations, it is true, have made a great advance
in this respect during the last few years, but even
those may well continue the advance in the same
direction, for no feature of a fair attracts greater
attention than a fine exhibit of horses of the differ-
ent breeds and classes, especially if the exhibition
is made to take on the features of a horse show. It
will pay to have a special showing in the track
enclosure roped off so that the horses may be shown
to advantage; have a regular show program and
follow it to the letter; have a bugler call the classes
and make those who show the horses wear suitable
uniforms. With these matters attended to, secure
absolutely competent judges and the exhibition will
be worth more as an attraction than any vaudeville
program that can be arranged, and it will contribute
to the good of the country's breeding interest in
a degree almost beyond belief. In arranging a horse
exhibit on these lines, do not leave out any breed
or class represented in the county. Give all a chance
and the interest that will be awakened in this fea-
ture of the fair will be surprising.
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PERCHERON AND FRENCH DRAFT.
The difference between Percheron and French
draft horses is not fully understood by many of our
inquirers, the last of whom relates that there is con-
siderable discussion in a Michigan neighborhood
over this question. Some have gained the idea that
the two names refer to one breed. This is a mistake.
There are separate stud books for these breeds be-
cause those eligible to registry as French Drafters
are not all eligible to register as Percherons. Per-
cherons include only the horses recorded in the Per-
cheron stud books of France, Canada and the United
States. The ancestors of these horses were found in
the district of La Perche, France, and only this foun-
dation and its descendants are considered as Per-
cherons. The horses of this district early became
famous for their excellence and the attempt has
been to preserve their superior qualities by prevent-
ing the introduction of outside blood. French draft
horses include those registered in the General Draft
Horse Stud Book of France and their descendants.
These include Percherons and the several other
draft breeds of France, some of which are con-
siderably inter-mixed. The French draft association
does not recognize any difference between Per-
cherons and the other draft horses of France, and
admits Percherons to its records along with the
other recorded draft horses descending from French
stock. Only pure-bred Percherons may be recorded
as Percherons, hut they may also be recorded as
French Drafters. — Chicago Breeders' Gazette.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Subscriber, Colusa. — None of the horses men-
tioned in your letter are registered in the American
Trotting Register.
E. C, Oakland, Cal. — We do not know where
there are any black Shetland stallions standing for
public service, but there are probably several in
the State. You could probably find them by ad-
vertising.
Do not be misled by the name and get the idea that
Kendall's Spavin Cure is a cure for spavin only. It is
one of the best remedies for spavin ever compounded,
but it is at the same time a thoroughly reliable rem-
edy for most all the ordinary ailments of the horse,
including cuts, bruises, swellings, sprains, ringbone,
curb, splint and lameness, from whatever cause pro-
duced.
The S. E. Jerald Sulky Co. of Waterloo, Iowa, are
making a special offer for orders received before
April 1st. They agree to ship their latest improved,
wood arch, racing sulky, freight prepaid, to your depot
for $60. This is an offer never made before and you
should take advantage of it
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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"Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain,
Our thoughts, are link'd by many a hidden chain.
Awake but one, and lo! what myriads rise!
Each stamps its image as the other flies."
While visiting a friend in Burlingame the other
evening, he called my attention to a small lithograph
of one portion of the old Bay District Track on the
cover of a horse-boot and harness catalogue issued,
perhaps, thirty years ago, by the noted manufacturer,
John A. McKerron, of San Francisco. It was only a
little thing but it awakened memories of our boy-
hood and young manhood days. And, as we sat be-
fore the huge fireplace in that palatial residence
watching the burning embers, we forgot our sur-
roundings and spoke of that historic track and the
men, the horses, and the exciting races we had seen
there. We referred to the many times we walked
there and not having the "where-withal" to buy
tickets at the gate were contented to climb through
the shrubbery to the road in the Golden Gate Park
which was parallel to the first turn and elevated
about sixty feet above it. There, seated beneath the
cypress trees armed with a pair of field glasses which
had seen service on many battlefields during the Re-
bellion, we would take turns watching the starts, the
contests in the stretches and finishes in front of
the two-storied judges' stand, which stood near the
inner rail, directly opposite the club house. We felt
as happy then as some of those who had reserved
seats in the grand stand. Then we talked of the
pleasure experienced a few years later when pros-
perity had smiled upon us and we felt we could
afford to go to the races as others did. How anx-
iously we waited for the opening day and then how
leisurely we would stroll in, long before the races
were called, visit the box stalls and watch the care-
takers preparing their horses for the battles of the
day. Between heats we would hurriedly leave the
grandstand to see our favorites cooling out.
The track was an excellent one, in fact it was con-
sidered by visiting horsemen one of the safest and
fastest in the United States. With the exception of
a gradual elevation to the first eighth pole it was
perfectly level. The turns were well thrown up, and
from any place on the club house verandas or seat
in either of the grandstands, every foot of the course
could be seen; its surface being graded far above the
infield, which was a small, uneven valley interspersed
with clumps of sagebrush and lupins. The soil was
a reddish clay mixed with sand, and was obtained
from a large pit situated near the half-mile pole.
This pit was accidentally discovered by the con-
tractor while scraping the sand toward the stakes
left by the surveyors where the track should be. The
deposit therein seemed inexhaustible. The first turn
of this course was at least twenty feet below the
McAllister street grade. A twelve-foot fence, how-
ever, prevented outsiders from getting a view of this,
as well as other portions of the track, unless it was
from the point of vantage we, as boys, had found
in Golden Gate Park. Within the inclosure, a row
of box stalls extended from the small grandstand to
a point well around the first turn. Behind this row
was another facing a large space which was almost
surrounded by box stalls, yet there was plenty
of room for walking the heated horses.
Back of the small grandstand were open stalls for
the reception of carriages, buggies, . victorias, rock-
aways, etc., there being no automobiles in those days.
The wide entrance to this was from Sixth avenue
through a driveway which separated the grandstand
from the club house. This club house, when erected,
was considered a marvel of architectural beauty. It
had two wide verandas extending around it, the
upper one, and the rooms and parlors fronting it,
being for the use of the fair sex. On racing days
it was a beautiful sight to glance up there and see
the wealth of color of the dresses and the many mar-
velous creations of the milliner's art worn by the
elite of the city who assembled there to see the
runners, trotters and pacers. The lower floor was
about twenty-five feet higher than the race track.
It was divided into club rooms, dining rooms, par-
lors and a large barroom. The latter was, as far
back as I can remember, always presided over by
Colonel Dickey, a white-beared patriarchal looking
gentleman, who seemed to be on "speaking terms"
with everyone who crossed the threshold of that
place. Behind the counter, instead of a large mirror,
two antique looking oil paintings were displayed.
One was that of Flora Temple, driven to a high wheel
sulky by J. McMann, who wore a high hat and chin
whiskers; the seat of his sulky being on a level with
Flora's back. The companion picture was of some
other celebrity with a "teamster" similarly dressed,
but he had flowing side whiskers. I don't suppose
they put numbers on drivers' arms in those days.
The way the beards were worn was more easily dis-
tinguishable. Upon the other walls were several
racing scenes and a few old English water colors.
A space of about thirty feet separated this building
from the club house on the north. The latter was
leased by the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association
(an organization which was afterwards absorbed by
the California Jockey Club). This splendid associa-
tion only held two race meetings a year, one in the
spring and another in the fall. Its large membership
included some of the wealthiest and most influen-
tial men on the Pacific Coast, and, on racing days,
there was hardly room to stand on the two verandas,
it being a counterpart of the other club house
with the exception of the bar room. Beyond it.
was the paid grand stand which extended north per-
haps 800 feet. From any seat in it a splendid view
of the entire course could be obtained. This build-
ing was a crude affair compared with the grand-
stands at Emeryville, Ingleside or Tauforan, but
it faced the east and afforded ample protection from
the westerly winds.
From the highest points of observation on these
buildings to the south and west a few small white
cottages could be seen separated by acres of sand-
dunes, partly covered with vines and bushes. To the
east, toward San Francisco, a few large and more
pretentious dwellings, surrounded by gardens and
trees, dotted the hillside. While in a northeasterly
direction (about midway between the half and five-
eighths poles, just across Central avenue) was the
Odd Fellows' cemetery, wherein a few tall white
monumental shafts reflected the rays of the setting
sun as it disappeared beyond the horizon.
There were few, if any, macadamized roads nearer
than McAllister street and Sixth and Central ave-
nues, in those days. These avenues bounded the
track on the west and east and stopped at the old
Cliff House or Point Lobos Road. This was once
a famous driveway, extending from Lone Mountain
to the Cliff House; tolls were collected on it for
years. A half mile track was built there which at
one time was the scene of many exciting contests. I
remember seeing Goldsmith Maid and Lucy compet-
ing in a match race over it in 1S72. It was the first
time I had ever seen Budd Doble and the way he
handled the Maid showed that he was the king of
reinsmen. In the vicinity of this track a number
of old-time horsemen lived: Harris Coven, after-
wards superintendent of Palo Alto; John Mackey, of
"The Homestead," who moved from there to take
charge of the 44,000 acre farm for J. B. Haggin,
known all over the world as Rancho del Paso; Pat.
Farrell, one of Hiram Woodruff's pupils, occupied
the Turf Exchange, a roadside inn; Thomas Farrell,
his brother, lived near him, and just opposite dwelt
John Cassidy. A little way further out Michael
Ryan, also a very capable trainer, lived. "Zeke
Wilson," Thos. Fitzgerald, J. McManus and several
others whose names I do not recall, resided near.
But I am digressing. Surely the poet who penned
the lines beneath the caption of this article under-
stood human nature when, in referring to thoughts,
he wrote: "Awake but one, and lo! what myriads
rise; each stamps its image as the other flies." I
only wish it were my gift to express the sentiments
which prompted my companion that night to refer to
those days. How lovingly we reviewed scenes that
left their impressions on our memories which I hope
time and eternity will never efface. We lingered
over that little bit of a picture and resurrected im-
pressions we had not dreamed of for years, and spoke
of many of the most exciting scenes witnessed at the
old race course. These were more especially no-
ticeable between heats around the auction pool box
which was always placed between the club houses.
In it there were Auctioneers Killip and Whitehead
calling for bids, sometimes $1000 for first choice,
$350 for second, $200 for third and $100 for the field.
Smiling Charley Chase was always besides these
men watching for and nodding to each familiar face,
or repeating the bids made by some faint-hearted or
timid bidders. All was bustle and excitement. This
auction box always had a fascination for the crowds.
Sitting on a high stool, his face almost level with
the auctioneers and looking through thick specta-
cles to see how "the talent" was betting so that he
could buy a few of the same kind of pools, was an
elderly Irishman named McGinnis, one of the shrewd-
est men who ever bought a pool. He cared nothing
about the horses, all he wanted to know was "who
was betting the money." Beyond the surging crowd
was his rival, but a far different type of a man.
Thinking a stool was not high enough, he used a
step ladder, and there, rotund of figure and ruddy
of face, risking his neck every minute, he sat so as
to see what was going on and also to be where he
could attract the pool sellers' attention. This was
Capt. Ben E. Harris, one of the best posted horse-
men that ever left Kentucky. "White Hat" McCarty
was there also, younger and more active than he is
today, but always in the "limelight." He used to be
bedecked with as many medals, rings and jewels as
a Gipsy fortune teller.
About thirty feet away and on a line with the auc-
tion pool box were the Pari-mutuel boxes presided
over by Messers. Eisman, Hurlick, Tuttle and Chase,
who, with a number of assistants, attended to the
wants of those who were anxious to wager a few dol-
lars on the horses they thought ought to win.
Nearer the large club house, and always sur-
rounded by a crowd, was Joe Harvey and his wheel
of fortune. Sometimes as many as three of these
wheels would be spinning at the same time. Then
there were other games of chance and I do not be-
lieve the people were a bit worse morally then than
they are today.
Among the trotting horse drivers who gathered
from time to time at this historic track were men
whose names were as familiar to the general public
as Pop Geers, Billy Andrews or Tommy Murphy to-
day. There were such knights of the sulky as Jim
Eoff, Orrin A. Hickok, Tom McClellan, Budd Doble,
By Holly, Dick Havey, Worth Ober, Hi. Hogoboom,
Andy McDowell, Tom Fitzgerald, Pat Farrell, John A.
Goldsmith, John Cassidy, Mike Ryan, Chas, Marvin,
Lee Shaner, Ed Connolly, J. McCord, Johnny Gordon,
"Sandy" Smith, Vet. Tryon, Lute Lindsey, "Dad'
Trefry, Dan Dennison, Charley Durfee, "Buster" Mc
Connell, Millard Sanders, Jim Corcoran, John Crooks,
Chauncey Kane, Chet. Lusk, Jim Tennant, Fred.
Loeber, Billy Vioget, Jack Phippen, Pete Brandow,
Jack Gerrity, Walter Maben, John Splan, Geo. Starr,
A. L. Hinds, Dennis Gannon, Tom Keating, Payne
Shatter, Tom Smith (of Vallejo), Tom Snider, Johnny
Delaney, Mose Hart, Jimmy Dwain, Doc Williams,
Tom Murphy (now in Russia), "Long John" Wil-
liams, Jimmy Sullivan and "Red" Nolan.
On the verandas and in grandstand all the aris-
iocratic, sport loving and admiring friends of the
horse assembled to enjoy the racing. Bookmakers
and their army of touts and hangers-on were un-
known in those days. Many of the visitors who en-
joyed both running and light harness horse racing
met there so they could exchange greetings with
old friends and acquaintances who came from all
parts of the Pacific Coast. Whenever possible, Sen-
ator Leland Stanford would be on hand accompanied
by a coterie of prominent statesmen to listen to his
ideas of the merits of the horses. There were such
well known men as Claus Spreckels, Capt. Kohl, Chas.
Crocker, Alvinza Hayward, Ariel Lathrop and his
brother Charles; Major Rathbone, Adolph Spreckels,
W. S. Hobart, "Lucky" Baldwin, L. J. Rose, A. T.
Hatch, Martin Bulger, Samuel Seymour, Jas. G. Fair,
Jos. Macdonough, J. C. Flood, John Mackey, Martin J.
Burke, Frank Malone, Peter A. Finegan, John Nolan,
John McCord, Alex McCord, Jas. McCord, J. Reis,
Chris Reis, John A. McKerron, Jos. Cairn Simpson,
Jas. W. Kerr, Fred Talbot, W. Ford Thomas, J. M.
Parrott Jr., D. M. Reavis, L. H. Mcintosh, John Mar-
tin, Seth Cook, Dan Cook, Samuel Gamble, John F.
Boyd, J. B. Haggin, Barney Murphy, Henry Price,
Ira Pierce, H. W. Crabb, Prof. E. P. Heald, Ed Top-
ham, Geo. Woodard, Wm. Hendriekson, A. Stern,
Robt. Morrow, Henry W. Seale, Dr. Pardee, Geo. Fox,
Wm. Corbitt, I. de Turk, Mayor A. J. Bryant, G. Pol-
hemus, Peter Pumyea, Gilbert Tompkins, Wm. Lyle,
Dan J. Murphy, Ed Parker, L. M. Morse, Jas. Ches-
ley, L. E. Clawson, L. U. Shippee, Capt. Watson,
Richard Carroll, C. Needham, Richard Gird, Dr. Wise,
Irving M. Scott, Henry T. Scott, Wilfred Page, Josiah
H. White, G. Wempe, Dr. C. Masoero, John Hughes,
Frank H. Burke, Jesse D. Carr, W. B. Bradbury,
Frank McCoppin, Col. Harry I. Thornton, Jas. Phe-
lou, Jas. McCue, Frank Covey, Henry Walsh, Harris
Covey, H. Mayo Newhall, J. B. Iverson, Henry Miller,
Cherry Hebert, G. Vanderhurst, A. Newlands, Jesse
Potter, Chas. Kingsley, Judge Niles, Henry Schwartz,
Oscar Lewis, G. Valensin, C. Welby, "Joe" Bowers,
Matt Storn, Theo, Winters, W. B. Todhunter, Rich-
ard Fox, Monroe Salisbury, H. A. Rosenbaum, Dr.
M. W. Hicks, Jas. W. Rea, Samuel Bowley, R. S.
Brown, Dr. Taylor, Thomas Smith, Robt. Milroy, M.
Conlon, C. Crittenden, Ed. Kelley, H. M. Larue, John
Bevens, Frank Coombs, Louis Sloss, Henry Lach-
mann, Wm. Alvord, Reuben H. Lloyd, W. S. Wood,
John Howes, K. O'Grady, C. C. Bemis, N. Ohlandt,
John Buck, Capt. Wm. Matson, Wm. Crellin, Daniel
J. Burns, C. Waterhouse, A. Walstein, T. J. Crow-
ley, Jas. B. Chase, A. Cohen, Chas. S. Neal, E. A.
Kellogg, Wm. McAvoy, Martin Carter, Lewis Teese,
and thousands of others who formed the rank and file
of the vast contingent that visited this track either
in vehicles or on the cable cars.
To recall some of the great events which took
place there would be a pleasure if space permitted.
The great $20,000 four-mile and repeat running races
won by Thad Stevens, Katie Pease and Foster,
which attracted over 25,000 people to each contest.
The many close and exciting races between Occident,
Goldsmith Maid, Lucy, Judge Fullerton; the blood
horse races each year in which many thoroughbreds
owned by Messrs. Haggin, Winters, Chase, Stanford,
Murry, Baldwin, Thornton, Ashe and Storn, etc.,
fought for the rich stakes and purses offered by this
association. Sentiment waxed strong and racing was
conducted squarely. Every thing was for blood and
woe betide the owner or jockey caught doing any-
thing crooked. It has been said that in no part of
America — not even excepting the Blue Grass region
of Kentucky — was there better or more spirited rac-
ing than here.
The long succession of trotting races would fur-
nish many chapters in the annals of light harness
horse history, including the great stallion races so
fashionable those days. There was one race, in par-
ticular, I remember, between Harry Wilkes driven
by Frank Van Ness, Guy Wilkes (Goldsmith), Ante-
volo (Simpson), Arab (Hickok), and Chas. Tilton
(Crawford). The purse was for $5000, and there
were over $100,000 in the pool box when the race
ended. Harry Wilkes won the first, second and fourth
heats; Guy Wilkes won the third heat and got second
money. It was the first time, I believe Guy Gilkes
was ever defeated, and a more sorrowful crowd you
never saw than the one which watched the "East-
erners" cash their tickets.
But all has disappeared. No vestige of the track re-
mains, and the majority of those mentioned have
passed away. 'As the night waned, my friend and I
lapsed into a silent contemplation of the changes
which occurred, and, as we bade each other good
night the warm pressure of his hand told more elo-
quently than words how deeply he was impressed
with the recital of facts which carried us back
thirty years or more to the scenes that we hope will
ever remain strong and clear, linked as they are
"by many a hidden chain in the countless chambers
of the brain."
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There is one thing the track managers and racing
associations on the other side of the mountains un-
derstand that has never been accomplished here in
California, and that is the organization of harness
racing circuits. Up to the present time but two
associations have claimed dates for meetings in Cal-
ifornia this year, and neither has announced any
program. When the California circuit of 1910 is
finally arranged it will, if planned like those of pre-
vious years, be a case of every association for itself
and the devil take the hindmost. It should be the
easiest thing in the world to organize a circuit of
eight meetings in this part of the State that would
be popular with the horsemen and the public. The
old plan of getting a delegation of distinguished citi-
zens from each county to meet and hold a "gab fest"
for a day at some central point, finally returning
to their homes and getting up a program that is not
in accordance with anything they agreed to at the
meeting, should be relegated to the scrap pile. I
would like to suggest a plan for organizing a circuit
with Salinas, San Jose, Pleasanton, Vallejo, Santa
Rosa, Woodland, Chico and Marysville — all mile
tracks. There wouldn't be any meeting of promi-
nent citizens in this plan. One man from each town
would comprise the board of directors and he would
be either the manager of the track or the most active
and energetic man in the local driving club. These
eight men would meet and employ a circuit secretary
to act through the entire circuit at a salary that
would justify him in devoting his time to it. As it
is now each association gets some person to perform
the duties of secretary and he is paid about $100 or
$150 for his services. If eight associations com-
bined and paid a total of $800 or $1200 for a circuit
secretary it would be possible to get one that un-
derstood the business and was willing to devote his
entire time to it during the summer months. These
eight men could meet annually in January, announce
the dates of their meetings and advertise their
purses. And right here I want to make a sugges-
tion that will doubtless meet with anything but ap-
proval from some of the horsemen: The suggestion
is that the purses for this circuit be not quite so
large as the associations have been trying .to give.
Hold on a minute now, until I explain: I believe in
big purses and stakes, but the trouble in California
has been that every small association located along
the line of the main circuit has gone broke trying to
give larger purses than it could afford and that is why
they are all so slow to give meetings. The Breeders'
Association, the State Agricultural Society, the Los
Angeles and one or two other associations may be
able to give a program of $1000 purses and larger
stakes, but the remainder are not, consequently after
trying to, and coming out several hundred dollars
behind, they don't feel like repeating the perform-
ance another year. The proper way is to cut your
garment according to the size of your cloth. Let us
make a few figures: The average town of from
three to five thousand inhabitants can and will raise
by subscription about $1200 as a bonus for a meeting
The gate receipts for a four days' meeting will
amount to about the same sum; the privileges to
two or three hundred dollars more which we will
not count in this calculation. Here is the sum of
$2400 to give a meeting on, not counting the entrance
money, which will vary according to the size of tfhe
purses and the number of entries. If the purses
are $500 each for two races per day and $200 for
a third there will be $1200 a day or $4S00 for a
program of twelve races. Allowing eight paid-up
entries to a race the entrance money will amount to
$1920. Now for a balance sheet:
Receipts,
Bonus $1200
Admissions 1200
Total receipts $4320
Total receipts 4320
Expenses.
Two $500 purses per day (4 days) $4000
One $200 purse each day (4 days) 800
Total expenses for purses $4800
Total receipts 4320
Loss $ 480
The receipts from privileges, and the extra five per
cent of purses deducted from winners are not in-
cluded in the above, as they will just about offset the
money paid out for advertising, secretary's salary
and other incidental expenses.
"But," says someone, "how did Woodland give a
meeting last year, with three races a day, with $700
purses, and come out ahead?"
Woodland came out a little ahead— two or three
hundred dollars — but that association did not give
many $700 purses. If you will turn to pages 24 and
25 of this number of the "Breeder and Sportsman you
will see just what Woodland did give in purses. The
meeting lasted four days with only two purse races
and one matinee race each day. The matinee races
did not cost anything. The program was as follows-
Wednesday— 2:20 pace, $700, 2:10 trot, $500 Matinee
race.
Thurs lay— 2:20 trot, $700; 2:21 trot, $400. Matinee
race.
Friday— 2:07 pace, $600; two-year-old trot, $300; 2:13
trot, $500.
Saturday — 2:13 pace, $500; 2:14 trot, $200; Matinee
race.
In the four days, with one exception, there were
but two purse races each day, and the entire amount
paid in purses during the meeting was $4400, $400 less
than the amount I have allowed for the four days pro-
gram of two $500 and one $200 purse each day in
the above table. The Woodland association received
a bonus of about $1250 from the citizens, the gate
receipts there are better than in most towns and the
entry list was a very good one, averaging over ten
to the race.
"Between you and me and the gatepost," I don't
think a regular harness meeting where purses are
given is in a healthy state when a matinee race has
to be given each day to fill out the program. The
matinee races are all right and should be encour-
aged, but I think it would be better to give a small
purse race each day even though the amount was
only $100, than to have so many matinee events.
*****
"But let us suppose that the representatives of the
eight tracks mentioned above had got together and
agreed to organize a circuit," says a horseman, "how
would you arrange a program that would enable the
horsemen to earn a little money racing, and that
would pay a little profit to the associations?"
Well, my plan would be something like this: After
effecting an harmonious organization, selecting a live
man for secretary and agreeing on dates (which
should bring the last meeting to an end the week
prior to the California State Fair) I would make the
program about as follows for a four days' meeting:
Stakes.
To close early in the season, entrance to be paid
in partial payments as is customary.
Green class trot — $600. Green class pace — $600
Purses.
To close two weeks before each meeting.
2:10 trot $600 2:08 pace $600
2:14 trot 500 2:12 pace 500
2:18 trot 400 2:16 pace 400
2:25 trot 300 2:20 pace 300
The above will make a total of $4800 in purses and
stakes which is as much as any of the associations
on this proposed circuit can afford to offer. In ar-
ranging my program I would have the green class
trot for $600 and the 2:25 trot for $300 come on the
same day, and the same course would be pursued
with the green and 2:20 pacing events. This would
prevent the person with a high class green trotter
from gobbling up all the money from the owners o£
slower horses, and I would have the green classes
strictly in accordance with the rule which says "a
green horse is one that has never trotted or paced
in a public race or against time, either single or dou-
ble." I have provided for ten races in the above pro-
gram and, in the purse events, given the most money
for the fastest horses, which I think is the proper
plan. For a four days' meeting two more races
would be needed and I would make them for county
or district colts.
Having suggested a program it might be well to
offer a few suggestions as to how to get attendance
enough to make the meeting pay. I would try to
enlist the aid of the big transportation companies in
getting a crowd, picking out 'one day when excursions
would be run from every available point, having at-
tractions for the people besides the races, and making
a regular gala day of it. One big day on this plan
will draw more money at the gate than the other
days combined. Then I would try to enlist the aid
of the press of the county and the daily press of San
Francisco in booming the circuit, and would put out
as many posters and make as much noise as I could
to attract the people. "It pays to advertise" is an
axiom, and it applies to harness racing as well as
to anything else in the show line. Another thing I
forgot to mention is that the closing of entries for
the purse races two weeks before each meeting would
be a most effective way to shorten the suspension
list, which is now disgracefully long, and the greatest
hardship the horsemen have to bear. Last year every
association closed all its purses weeks before the first
meeting on the circuit was held, the result being
that by the time Sacramento was reached but four
or five horses were starting for $2000 purses. What
is needed here as much as anything else is secre-
taries who know enough about horses to arrange a
program, and directors who are interested enough to
get out and work for the success of their meetings.
California is the greatest harness horse breeding
country in the world and there are hundreds of men
who enjoy owning trotters and pacers and who
would enjoy racing them if they were offered a little
fairer treatement.
Having worked the above out of my system I would
like to hear from others who may have plans and
schemes for making harness racing popular and prof-
itable to the associations giving them. If there are
any horsemen in California who imagine that they
know how to run a harness meeting, I hope they
will write their views out at length and send them
to this journal. We want all suggestions we can get.
I hope the owners of trotters and pacers will not
consider the classes I have named in the above tables
as arbitrary. I only named them to show the plan
of racing. The live secretary who prepares a pro-
gram will provide himself with a list of all the-
horses in training on the Pacific Coast and will make
up his program so as to accommodate the greatest
number. By the plan of closing every two weeks,
classes can be changed so that all will have a fair
show. "What horsemen want is a circuit of not less
than eight meetings before the State Fair opens,
and if they could have an assurance that such a
circuit would be permanent, with programs an-
nounced early each year, the tracks comprising said
circuit would stable just twice the horses in train-
ing that they now have.
*****
With a circuit of eight weeks as outlined above,
held prior to the California State Fair, and another
of four or five weeks in the San Joaquin Valley after
the State Fair, all dovetailed in with three big meet-
ings at which purses of $1000 and upwards are
given by Los Angeles, the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association and the State Agricul-
tural Society, with three more of the same sort given
by the Oregon State Fair Association, the Portland
Fair Association and the Seattle Fair Association,
the Pacific Coast would be supplied with harness
racing enough each year to accommodate all classes
of horses and make the sport here as popular and as
well patronized as it is in the middle west where the
light harness horse is the public idol, and where no
fair of any pretension can be successfully held
without a program of harness racing. Wouldn't
the owners of trotting and pacing bred horses send
many to the trainers early in the year if it were
officially announced that Los Angeles would open
the racing season the first week in July with a pro-
gram of $1000 purses and upward, the eight weeks'
circuit named above to follow (with a week's inter-
val in the middle for the Breeders' meeting with its
big purses and rich stakes) and the California State
Fair to come next with its usual program of rich
purses and stakes, after which those desiring to go
north to Oregon and Washington could do so while
the others would take in the San Joaquin Valley cir-
cuit and wind up at a big fall closing at Los Angeles?
Such a program as this, announced early, would pro-
vide a lot of racing, and considerable over one hun-
dred thousand dollars in purses and stakes for the
horses to contest for. It would make California one
of the very prominent spots on the harness racing
map and do more for the horse breeding business
than anything else that could he done. Let us all
hope that the Horsemen's Convention to meet in this
city next Wednesday will arouse so much enthusiasm
among those who control tracks and those who race
trotters and pacers that the best circuit ever seen
in California will be organized this year.
*****
There is no doubt but the different counties in this
State which are fortunate enough to have tracks and
fair grounds located within their boundaries are
overlooking a good thing when they fail to hold
annual fairs. At least half the counties in Califor-
nia each spend $1000 a year in advertising, the law
permitting Boards of Supervisors to appropriate
that amount for that purpose. In many instances
this money goes to some fake advertising scheme,
or to some boom edition of a newspaper with lim-
ited circulation, the county getting little or no bene-
fit for the money thus spent. A good county fair
could be assured by the Supervisors appropriating
$1000 for it, as, with the amount subscribed by the
citizens of the town where held, financial success
would be certain. An annual fair will do more to
advertise the county giving it than any scheme that
can be devised for $1000, and will bring into the
county ten dollars for every dollar thus appropriated.
The merchants, the farmers and the stock men will
find readier markets for their goods and produce, the
people will have a week for innocent recreation, and
the fair, properly conducted, will be of advantage to
everybody. All through the New England States and
the middle west the annual county fairs are being
revived along new lines with the result that during
the week thousands of people attend, and these fairs
are getting to be recognized as a great annual event
wherever they are held. The fine cattle, sheep, hogs
and horses that are exhibited at these fairs are a
revelation to people who see them for the first time.
There are sometimes as many as a thousand head
of horses and cattle in a stock parade. The after-
noons are given over to harness racing during which
the grand stands and every conceivable spot where
a view of the contest can be had is occupied. In this
connection we take pleasure in calling attention to
an article on "Fairs Helping Harness Racing," which
is from the pen of Editor J. L. Hervey, of the Chicago
Horse Review and was written by that gentleman
for the Chicago Record-Herald of a recent date. This
article appears in another column of this issue of
the "Breeder and Sportsman" and should be read by
the men who control the many splendid trotting
tracks there are in this State. County promotion
committees and boards of trades could work much
more effectively if their counties held fairs every
year.
*****
By the last Australian mail steamer I received a
catalogue of trotting bred horses to be held at Al-
lendale Stock Farm, Mentone, Victoria, March 3d,
which is the same date of the sale to be held at
Pleasanton, California, this year. The Allendale cat-
alogue is far and away ahead of anything I have ever
seen in the sale catalogue line, and the cost of its
compilation and printing would make the average
American stock farm owner, or live stock auctioneer
throw up his hands in protest. But those Australians,
being lineal and close descendents of the English,
believe that money spent for advertising is well in-
vested. This catalogue contains the tabulated pedi-
grees of twelve stallions, thirty-one broodmares
and thirty yearlings, two-year-olds, and three-
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year-olds. It was compiled by Andrew Robertson,
well known to many California borsemen tbrough his
visits and purchases here a tew years ago, and is a
book of over 150 pages. Every horse is allotted one
full page for a tabulated pedigree and another for
his description. The tabulations of the two stal-
lions Abbey Bells 38584 and Marvin Wilkes 2:12%
both American bred horses, each require a large
insert equal to four pages of the book, are carried
out to the fifth generation, and printed in two colors.
The tabulation of each animal in the book is also
carried to the fifth remove, though not in quite so
elaborate a manner. The sale is not a complete dis-
persal of the horses of Allendale farm as there will
be forty or fifty colts, fillies and mares left after the
73 catalogued are disposed of. We shall watch the
result of this sale with much interest, as it will be
the largest sale of really high class trotting and pac-
ing horses ever held in Australia, and as the prices
will show better than anything else how such stock
is valued in the antipodes, we shall print a report
of the sale. With the catalogue came a letter from
Mr. Robertson, from which we make the following
extract.
"All the horse I brought down on my last trip have
done well. Marvin Wilkes 2:12%, Clark, McKinney
(McKinney-She 2:12y2), Obligado, (Chas. Derby-Tone,
dam of Agitato 2:09) and Hal Zolock (Zolock-Belle
Pointer by Sky Pointer) have just finished big stud
seasons. Australian Dan Patch 2:10 and Abbey Bells
have also done well. These horses have stood at
various centres throughout Australia. In a few years
you will find Australia a great market for American
trotting horses and California should reap the ben-
- efit as it (San Francisco) is the nearest port of call.
It costs more money to bring horses from the east
to San Francisco than from San Francisco down
here. Australia is a great horse country and Aus-
tralians are a lover of horses and a sport loving
people, and you will find when the trotting sport
gets a little better hold here there will be a good
market in Australia for the surplus trotting stock
of California."
The above statement from one of the best posted
and most reliable of Australian horsemen, is worthy
the attention of California horse breeders. I have
always considered that Australia and New Zealand
offered a good market for our horses and believe that
horses with second rate speed could be sent there
at the present time and sold at a profit. Of course
the first rate race horse, trotter or pacer, will bring
more in the United States than anywhere else, as
buyers will pay big prices here for those that can
win the big stakes or lower the race or matinee
records. But trotting horses that can show at their
best three heats in from 2:12 to 2:15 in a race, and
pacers that can only do three heats in from 2:09
to 2:12 but do it every week during the campaign
are not quite good enough for the Grand Circuit, but
they should be high class race horses in Australia
where the breeding and racing of light harness
horses are not as far advanced as they are here. The
Australians will pay for speed, but they are stick-
lers for horses of stout build and that can go the
route. We hope some day to see a stable of Cali-
fornia horses taken across the Pacific and cam-
paigned on the Australasian tracks. If they should
be in charge of some American who would race fairly
and should be able to defeat the best of the Aus-
tralasian horses, they would be well received and
could be sold at good prices and would doubtless be
the means of bringing many buyers from that
country to our shores. The Australian trotting
meetings are growing in favor every year and thanks
to the use of the totalizator, the purses and stakes
are growing larger. The majority of their races are
on the dash system.
*****
The two-year-old pacers that start in Pacific Breed-
ers' Futurity No. 8 this year at the Breeders' meet-
ing will have the privilege of wearing hopples and
can wear them again as three-year-olds in 1911, but
that will be the last time the Indiana straps will be
seen in this stake. The Breeders' Association elimi-
nated the underwear from its stakes when it made
the conditions for Stake No. 9, but in stake No. 8
hopples on pacers were not barred. Since the Na-
tional Trotting Association at its recent congress
passed a new rule abolishing hopples on two-year-
olds, several horsemen have asked whether this
would apply to the Breeders' Futurity this year. It
will not, as this stake will be trotted and paced
under the conditions stated on the entry blanks when
it closed and those conditions distinctly stated that
hopples would be permitted on pacers. The two-
year-old pacers in Stake No. 8 who race this year and
the three-year-old pacers who race next year in the
same stake can therefore wear the hopples without
protest.
*****
There are some who think the fields will be small
in the pacing events when the new rule reaches
maturity in 1915 and all hopples are barred. I am
inclined to the opposite view. I heard two owners
say last year when a race was on that if a certain
starter was not permitted to wear hopples they
would have entered their horses, as they thought
they could beat him easily if his legs were not tied
together. Pacing events will not be quite so fast
when the new rule goes into effect, but I think the
racing will be better, the horses more valuable and
the fields larger. D. L. H.
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Followers of the Canadian ice circuit say that
Joe Patchen 2d and Hal B. Jr. are two such winter
pacers as The Eel and Angus Pointer were.
While the promotion committees are booming the
vast possibilities of their respective counties in Cali-
fornia and spending thousands of dollars monthly in
praise of our lands for agriculture, horticulture and
viticultural pursuits, it seems to me they are over-
looking one branch of industry that will bring as
large financial returns — with less risk of loss — than
any of the others they are advocating, and that is the
breeding arid raising of light and heavy horses and
mules. All of us are aware of the fact that not-
withstanding the vast increase in the number of au-
tomobiles, there is an increased demand for horses
of all kinds. Immediately after the earthquake hun-
dreds, aye, thousands of horses and mules were
shipped from the interior to San Francisco to remove
the hundreds of thousands of tons of debris to the
dumping places adjacent to the city. In this lauda-
ble work the number of horses that died from lock-
jaw (caused by stepping on nails left in old lumber
and in the asphaltum streets) runs well into the
hundreds: besides, the many which passed away
through overwork, colic, pneumonia, and other equine
ailments. After a large portion of the debris was
removed, most of these horses were used to haul
loads of brick, iron, cement, lumber, etc., to the
places where new buildings were to be constructed.
For nearly three years this work continued and then
the majority of these horses were so unfitted for
this kind of work they were sent to the country from
whence they will never return. Some of the worked-
out horses may recover enough strength to be useful
on small farms, and, owing to a scarcity of youngr
horses, the farmers must do the best they can with
them. Now the farmers are not to blame if they
sold all their young and active draft horses to the
city buyers who scoured the country paying what
were considered big prices shortly after the earth-
quake, but they are to blame for not continuing to
breed their mares so that they might have young
horses to replace those sold. Farmers are, as a gen-
eral rule, not given to studying the various situa-
tions which confront them every year; they only
live for the present, trusting to luck to bring them
a change. Their long dependence upon the weather
for their crops and the local market for prices has a
tendency to teach them that everything connected
with the farm is. founded on the same basis. This
is a mistake, even if it extends beyond the products
of the soil to that of stock raising, and especially
to the breeding and care of draft as well as light
harness horses. They never read about the number
of horses that daily pass away to the boneyard in
San Francisco — the average is twelve, making 360
per month, while about 100 are sent to Petaluma to
be destroyed and the meat used for chicken feed.
These 100 should never be used for this purpose.
These figures may vary a little; say there are 400
horses to drop out of the ranks every month in the
year in San Francisco alone, this amounts to 4800;
then there are numbers in Oakland, Alameda, Berke-
ley, San Jose, Sacramento and other cities and
towns that also disappear. Where are the horses
to come from to take their places?
With the continual growth of these cities which
is predicted to be at least fifty per cent in the next
five years, this question assumes even a greater mag-
nitude.
The leading cities throughout the east and middle
west are deluged with "boom" circulars which appeal
very strongly to the people there, and more espe-
cially to the farming classes, and, as a result, every
train that faces the setting sun is loaded with thrifty
farmers and their families, colonists, and men with
means anxious to get good returns for their savings
not only by cultivating the soil but by regaining their
lost health in "glorious California." Do any of these
bring horses with them? No! They believe they will
get all they want at about the same prices they could
at home, and perhaps much cheaper, for they know
that the prices of horses advanced twenty per cent
during the past five years everywhere east of the
Rocky Mountains. Upon their arrival, they are con-
fronted with the fact that there are very few useful
horses to be had at any price, and, naturally, seek a
cause for this, only to learn that all the large stock
farms (which were once the homes of hundreds of
horses of all kinds and weights have been cut up into
smaller tracts and converted into orchards and vine-
yards. The immense San Joaquin and Sacramento
valleys over which roamed hundreds of horses a
few years ago are being rapidly fenced off into
small divisions and the immense fields of grain which
were once California's boast are no more.
Some might say horse breeding does not pay. It
did not when horses only brought $40 per head as
four-year-olds, but that day and breed of horses
have passed away. The demand is for better horses,
and with the introduction of a few of the finest
specimens of Percherons, Belgians and Shires, there
followed a small number of horses second in size
quality and weight to no other country on the globe.
But there are not enough of these, and whoever
engages in the business of breeding and raising
horses for home and foreign use and conducts it as
it should be, will reap a greater benefit than if he
engaged in almost any other pursuit.
In every issue of the "Breeder and Sportsman"
the high prices that draft horses and mules bring
furnish plenty of gossip for our short-sighted farm-
ers; and what California needs, more than anything
else at present, is the introduction of a number of
well posted western horsemen to come and start
stock farms — the same as those conducted through-
out Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Mich-
igan. The market is a good one and extends from
the Philippines (including the Hawaiian Islands) to
Alaska on the north and Mexico on the south, where
thousands of horses and mules are being used on
the farms, grading for railroads and in building
levees; besides those that find homes in the large
cities. The man who has a dozen or more good sized
draft mares and a stallion, or jack, is to be congratu-
lated, for his future is indeed bright.
Regarding light harness horses ; like the drafts, the
best proofs of their worth are the returns from the
auction rings from San Francisco to New York and
from Detroit to New Orleans. The country is not
horse poor, there are few, if any, large bands of wild
horses left. Every horse has a value that will not
depreciate as long as he remains sound; and to the
ones who engage in this, the most captivating, inter-
esting and remunerative of all callings, many splendid
opportunities await them.
TRYING TO DOWN THE HOPPLES.
The action of the congress of the National Trotting
Association in adopting a beautiful looking amend-
ment to the present rules which govern, among other
things, the use of hopples on pacers, may or may not
be important.
The trouble with the rules of the harness turf,
whether they are promulgated by the National Asso-
ciation, the American, or both, is that the tracks
which constitute these associations pay no earthly
attention to the rules except insofar as it suits their
fancy to do so. Attempts innumerable have been
made to remedy various evils by the enactment of
rules at the biennial congresses of the parent associa-
tion, but they were no more effective than the time
honored prescription of carefully putting salt on a
bird's tail in order to catch the songster with ease
and dispatch. And of all the evils that have been
reformed the use of hopples is facile princeps. Every
last man connected with harness racing knows the
use of "the straps" is an evil, and years ago the
Grand Circuit track at Readville prohibited their
use. The net result was that the track lost so many
entries in trotting classes, as well as those for pacers,
it could not afford to keep up the fight, and the hop-
piers swarmed on Yankeeland once more.
Then Lexington track, stronger than any Grand
Circuit course from any and every yoint of view,
tried to down the demon. Did it do so? Not to speak
of; and after it had lost several thousand dollars
in entrance money that would have been paid for
the privilege or racing blooded nags with a gun
deck harness, the blue grass knights who were going
to rescue the distressed maiden or know the reason
why converted their spears into gaiting poles and
admitted their complete defeat. Which is why, in
these days, good old hopplers battle for the Ten-
nessee purse — and generally get the money. But,
although the New Englanders tried their hand at
abolishing the hopples, and the Kentuckians did like-
wise, both failing utterly and ignominiously, the wise
men of Michigan who hang up a $5000 purse every
year at Detroit for topnotch wigglers never made that
mistake.
The Chamber of Commerce purse has been open to
all sorts of pacers, and Bob Kneebs once started a
nag of sad visage and gothic architecture that wore,
in addition to a set of extra strong hopples, a trapeze
bit, a gaiting pole, a head stick, and a pair of newly
invented spreaders, not to mention all the knee,
shin, and hock boots to be found in the catalog of
such equine regalia. Bob's horse didn't win, and, for
that matter, I do not recall any other pacer with
the Indiana straps for stutterers that has taken
down first money in the Wolverine classic, although
such crack pants wearers as The Eel and Coney have
tried.
So the hoppler is not extra dangerous in big events,
and, as a matter of fact, he will continue to be raced
just as long as there is racing, unless the National
and the American Associations can evolve a scheme
whereby tracks in their membership can be forced
to make all the rules in the book operative all the
time. And when they succeed in accomplishing that
feat a few score tracks will give meetings without
belonging to any association, just as they now do —
but as long as pacers that will not go good unless
hoppled continue to be bred, just so long will races
in which hoppled pacers are eligible continue to be
given, rules or no rules. — Chicago Tribune.
The Lake Erie circuit will be made up of New-
castle, Penn.; Canton, O.; Rockport, O.; Erie, Penn.;
Corry, Penn.; Titusville, Penn.; Bradford, Penn.;
Rockport, O.; Akron, O; Conneaut Lake, Penn.;
Canton, O. ; Wheeling, W. Va.; Edinboro, Penn. It
opens June 28 at. Newcastle, ending at Newcastle
the week of September 19-23, the meetings following
in the order named above.
The association at Minneapolis, Kan., has about
two-thirds of its ground seeded to alfalfa, and last
year sold over $1000 worth of hay, which of itself
was a valuable asset and paid a dividend on the
capital stock of the organization.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
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It was predicted by all students of trotting pedi-
grees and form tbat Bon Voyage 2:12% (which was
the champion two-year-old trotter in 1904, record
2:15, and at the end of the following year when
he was proclaimed champion again with a mark of
2:12% to his credit) would become one of the great-
est sires of early and extreme speed as well as coa-
formation and looks in the United States. Time and
opportunity have verified this prediction. But his work
as a sire of trotters of champion calibre has only com-
menced and the claim that he is destined to occupy
one of the most exalted positions as a sire in the trot-
ting world is beyond dispute. As a racehorse he was
as a giant among pigmies and as a speed progenitor
lie wi 1 stand just as prominent among the scores of
great ones that are attracting attention among all
horse owners and breeders today. There are so many
reasons why he was entitled to wear the crown as
trotting king and fittingly wear the ermine as a mon-
arch among sires that, in a sketch like this, enough
space cannot be spared to exploit them all. Merely
a few salient facts will have to answer. Bon Voy-
age was a fast trotter, game and consistent, ever
ready to do his best, never had any bad traits,
and was also a heavy money winner. In his two-
year-old form he won $9500,
and as a three-yearold $11,-
500, making him the largest
winners in 1904 and 1905. He
is also one of the best bred
trotters in America, besides
being the fastest representa-
tive of the great Electioneer
family in California. His
sire, Expedition 2:15%, was
by Electioneer out of Lady
Russell (own sister to Maud S.
2:08%) dam of Expedition
2:15%, Alcatraz 2:16%, Re-
election 2:27%, Electrix
2:28y2, Ladykin 2:30 (3 sons
sired 65 in 2:30, and her
daughters produced 5 in 2:30.
by Harold 413) ; second dam
Miss Russell (dam of Nut-
wood 2:18% and 8 others in
2:30) by Pilot Jr. 12. That
is a line of breeding in itself
which indicates "breeding-
on" qualifications and one is
not surprised to learn tba"
Expedition sired 73 in 2:30,
including Exalted 2: 07%, Bi-
flora 2:09% in the 2:10 list,
and fifteen inside of 2:16. A
most remarkable showing.
To a stallion as well-bred and as pure-gaited a trot-
ter as Expedition 2:.15% was, it is not often we find
a mare more suitable for him in conformation and
breeding than Bon Mot, the bloodlike daughter of
Erin. She had produced Endow 2:14% by Cecilian
2:22, and also a fast filly by him that Chas. Marvin
bred called Bequeath, so he determined to send Bon
Mot to Expedition, a much faster stallion than Ce-
cilian by the same sire, with the hope of getting a
champion. The colt Bon Voyage was the result of
this union, and after he gave him a champion record
of 2:15, sold him to Mr. W. A. Clark Jr. for $10,-
000. Bon Mot was by Erin 2:24% (sire of 3 in 2:30),
a son of Belmont 64 (sire of Nutwood 2:18% and 5S
others in 2:20 list) and Eventide (dam of Kremlin
2:07%, sire of 2 in 2:10; Evermond 2:24%, 5 produc-
ing sons and 5 producing daughters) by Woodford
Mambrino 2:2iy2 out of Vara (dam of Vatican 2:29%.
Lord Vara 2:29%) by Hambletonian 10; Erin's second
dam was Venus by American Star 14. Hence, on the
sire's side Bon Mot comes rightfully by her excel-
lence, for some of our greatest trotters are from the
same families that Erin was. The dam of Bon Mot
was Farce 2:29% by Princeps (sire of 56 in the 2:30
list and whose daughters have produced 103 in the
list, including Exalted 2:07%, Marion Wilkes 2:08%.,
Biflora 2:09% and Pat Ford 2:10). Princeps was
by Woodford Mambrino 2:2iy2 out of Primrose (dam
of Redwald 2:23% and 5 others in 2:30) by Abdallah
15; second dam Black Rose (dam of 3 dams of 2:30
performers and 1 sire) by Tom Teemer. Bon Voy-
age's third dam was Roma, one of the greatest speed-
producing daughters of Golddust 150, she having
Farce 2:29%, Romance 2:29% and Guyon 2:27%, to
her credit. Golddust was considered one of the hand-
somest horses ever foaled and was a sire of beauti-
ful trotters. The fourth dam of Bon Voyage was
Bruna, dam of Woodford Pilot 2:23% (sire of 5 in
2:30) by Pilot Jr. 12, the great broodmare sire. So
it can be seen that Bon Voyage is "bred in the pur-
ple" and by right of inheritance is entitled to occupy
a high position in the equine world. Chas. Marvin,
the greatest developer of colt trotters that ever lived,
who bred and developed Bon Voyage, said he was
the best and gamest two-year-old he ever drove:
and he claimed he would be one of the greatest sires
of early and extreme speed ever foaled. His predic-
tion will surely be fulfilled.
Since his arrival in California four years ago Bon
Voyage was bred to trotting and pacing mares, repre-
sentatives of every trotting family, so all his colts
wwre only two-year-olds last season. Let us see what
t'.'ay did. Bon Vivant 2:16% was the fastest two-vear-
old trotter in 1909, and there were hundreds started
in races throughout the United States. Sweet Bow
2:17% won the trotting division of the Pacific Breed-
ers' Futurity Stake No. 7, and she was the first Bon
Voyage to ever face a starter. Bonaday 2:27% won
the Oregon Futurity Stake of 1909 and could, if neces-
sary, have gone five seconds faster. Voyageur got a
record of 2:24%, Viaticum got a matinee record to
wagon of 2:29. Bonalette (trial) 2:20%. Jean Val
Jean (trial) 2:14%, Bon Guy (trial) 2:24; Phyllis
Wynn trial 2:25%, Le Voyage (trial) 2:29%, Bon
McKinney, yearling, quarter in 35 seconds and a half
in 1:15. And these are not all. Everyone who owns
a Bon Voyage declares he has the fastest trotter he
ever saw, and that with the marvelous speed shown,
are combined intelligence, the strongest of constitu-
tions, best of feet and legs and a determination to
try to surpass all other colts in sticking to the trot-
ting gait. It seems as if they are trying to continue
the good work started by their sire.
A glance at the picture is sufficient to show the
kind of an individual Bon Voyage is, but it does not
flatter him". He is sound and clean as the day he
was foaled; his limbs are perfect, and these "essen-
tials" he transmits to his foals with a uniformity that
is most gratifying to broodmare owners.
Another item not to be overlooked: he does not
carry one drop of Geo. Wilkes blood in his veins, and
is, therefore, a most desirable stallion to breed to
mares tracing to McKinney, Zombro, Nutwood Wilkes,
The Moor, Sidney, Sidney Dillon, Searchlight, Leceo,
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12%.
Bonnie Direct, Director, Direct or any of the other
sires whose blood has proven so valuable in the mak-
ing of our greatest and soundest trotters.
Bon Voyage will make the season of 1910 at the San
Jose Driving Park in care of Ted Hayes. Terms for
the season only $75, with usual return privilege.
The following very important news to breeders and
trotting horsemen comes in a special dispatch from
Milwaukee, Wis., dated Feb. 4: "All the Uihlein
trottiDg horses are to be sold at public auction, and
the historic 400-acre stock farm is to be converted
into either a dairy farm or a huge hay field. The
date of the sale has not yet been fixed, though it is
expected to take place some time in May or June.
Arrangements are being made with the Milwaukee
road to stop every passenger train at Truesdale
for four days, in order to accommodate the great
number of horsemen who are expected to attend
this sale. It is not the itnention of Mr. Uihlein to
sell The Harvester, as he promises great things for
this season, and his racing program is made up to
a large extent. However, Joseph Uihlein is authority
for the statement that all the other horses will be
sold, which means about 350 head of all ages and
sexes. The decision to sell all their trotting stock
and go out of the horse business is the direct result
of the Northwestern Railroad running the new Chi-
cago air line through the center of the farm."
1 Ray 0' Light (3) 2:08 1-4 I
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It is an evidence that Eastern horseowners recog-
nized the merits of Searchlight 2:03% as a sire when
they came here and paid $10,000 for one son without
a record, and $8000 for another son both of these
showed great speed, in fact, either of them could pace
as three-year-olds in 2:05%, but neither raced as Ray
o' Light did. He won the two and three-year pacing
divisions of the Breeders Futurity; as a two-year-old
he paced in 2:13%, as a three-year-old in 2:08% and
as a four-year-old was separately timed in a race in
2:06. He is one of the handsomest and best balanced
young stallions in California. He comes rightfully by
this conformation combined with extreme speed.
His dam was Carrie B 2:18, by Alex Button 2:261i
(sire of Yolo Maid 2:12, Tom Ryder 2:13%, and 23
others in 2:30), he by Alexander 2:31%, out of Lady
Buttcn by Napa Rattler. Ray o' Light's second dam
was Carrie Malone (dam of 2 in 2:20, and grandam
o! Pinky H. 2:17%), full sister to Klatawah (3) 2:05%,
Katrinka G. 2:14%, Chas. Derby 2:20, etc., being bv
Steinway 2:25%, out of Katy G (dam of Klatawah
2:05% and 6 others in 2:30) the greatest speed pro-
ducing daughter of Electioneer 125; fourth dam
Fanny Malone (grandam of Maud C. 2:14%) bv Nia-
gara; fifth dam Fanny Wickham, a 20-mile trotting
thoroughbred by Imported Herald, etc. There are
very few horses that have as many great stallions
and famous broodmares in their pedigrees as Ray o
Light, viz: Searchlight 2:03%, Dark Night, Alcyone
2:27, Geo. Wilkes 2:22, Furor, King Rene, St. Elmo,
Alexander Button 2:26%, George M. Patchen Jr. 2:27
Electioneer, Steinway 2:25% and Strathmore. Great
broodmares: Alma Mater, Midnight, Green Mt. Maid,
Katy. G, Nora Mapes, Noonday, riattie Mapes, Fuga,
Carrie Malone, Abbess and Lady Button.
Ray o' Light is a perfectly formed brown horse.
He stands 15.3 hands and weighs 102a pounds. After
his three years of racing is sound as the day he was
foaled. He has a splendid disposition and is a horse
of great intelligence. From his bloodlines it is ap-
parent where he inherits his great speed and staying
powers. He was only bred to one mare in 1908 and
the produce called Morning Light is entered in lour
Futurity stakes, and will, like his sire, "make good"
as soon as he starts. Owners of good mares who de-
sire to breed them to this grand looking stallion
should apply to Mr. E. S. Train, owner, Santa Cruz,
before April 1st, as it is intended to take him to
Salem, Oregon. Service fee $50, payable at time of
service; usual return privilege. Mr. Train writes
that this double Futurity winner, Ray o' Light, has
been bred to Mr. Wm. T. Sesnon's Grace Zoloek (3)
trial 2:10, by Zoloek 2:05% out of Grace Kaiser, (dam
of Coney 2:02 ,etc.) Mr. S. H. Cowell has bred Sac-
ramento Girl (3) trial 2:17, by Royal Sid, out of Cen-
tral Girl by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, and H. Kron of
Santa Cruz has also bred his favorite McKinney mare
dam by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% to this horse.
A CORRECTION.
THE INFIELD OF THE HEMET STOCK
In the illustrated article on the Hemet Stock Farm
on page 20, second column, of this issue, some errors
inadvertently appear: Mora Mac
by McKinney 2:11% was out of
Fontanita 2:24% by Antevola
2:19%; second dam Fontana
(dam of 3) by Almont 33: third
dam Fanny Williams bv Abdal-
lah 15.
Stambia, another handsome
mare on the Hemet Stock Farm,
is by Stam B. 2:11% out of this
mare Mora "Mac.
Kinney Rosebud is another;
she is by Kinney Lou 2:07%,
dam Missie Madison by James
Madison 2:17, sire of 3 in 2:10;
second dam Missie Medium by
Rampart ; third dam Belle Me-
dium 2:20 (dam of Stam B.
2: !1%, etc.) by Happy Medium
400; fourth dam Argenta by
Almont Lightning (sire of Zom-
FARM. bro 2:11, etc.).
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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At the State Fair in Sacramento, last year, there
were many of California's choicest bred stallions en-
tered for premiums, but Lijero, the handsome son
of James Madison 2:17% was unanimously awarded
first prize; many claiming that, if he were entered
in the New York Horse Show at Madison Square
Garden, he would have achieved the same honor
there. In appearance he is as near a model as a
horse can be; this is not to be wondered at for James
Madison, his sire, was by Anteeo 2:16%, the latter
sold for $51,000, and his conformation and quality
being of such a high order that horse owners from
all parts of the United States consigned their best
mares to him, and one month after his arrival at the
stock farm in Kalamzoo, Michigan, his book was full.
From pacing mares and from mares that had only
produced pacers he sired 54 trotters and only two
LIJERO 45923,
that paced and they wore hobbles. James Madison
2:17%, his son, was as pure gaited a trotter as ever
lived; he seemed to know no other gaits but walking
and trotting and never made a break in his life. He
holds the world's record for horses of his size and
weight: 17 hands high and weight 1400 pounds when
he got his mark. He had all the qualifications so
needful in our families today. With Bingen 2:06%,
another of Electioneer's grandsons, James Madison
is honored by being the sire of three trotters in the
2:10 list, Tuna 2:0S%, Brilliant Girl 2: OS %, Emily W.
2:10, besides 15 others in 2:30, Including Domino
2:10%, Addison 2:11%, The Statesman 2:11%, Ellen
Madison 2:12%, Confienza 2:12%, Lady Madison
2:13%, Dredge 2:14% and Bet Madison 2:15%.
James Madison's dam was Fanny Patchen by Geo. M.
Patchen Jr. 2:27, a trotter whose blood courses
through the veins of many of our fastest and best
campaigners. His second dam was Fanny Branham,
a race mare that won many races for her owner.
Sheriff Branham of San Jose. Anteeo 2:16% was by
Electioneer 125, out of Columbine, one of the best
bred and most successful matrons he was ever
mated with, for besides producing Anteeo 2:16%, she
had three other fast trotters, two sires and two
daughters that were producers of 2:30 performers.
Lijero's dam, Hilda, was by Nutwood 2:18%, the
greatest broodmare sire in the world. She is the dam
of Wm. Albert 2:16% (sire of 4 in 2:30) and St. Am-
brose 2:25. His second dam was Eudora by Volun-
teer 55, sire of St. Julien 2:11% and 32 other trot-
ters; one of his daughters, Sweetness 2:21%, pro-
duced Sidney 2:19% Cgrandsire of Lou Dillon 1:58%
and IS others in the 2:10 list). Eudora was a full
sister to Driver 2:19%, the greatest campaigning son
of Volunteer, having 165 heats in 2:30 or better to
his credit; he was considered one of the gamest trot-
ters eved bred. She was also a sister to Priceless,
dam of Ernest Maltravers 2:22%, the first stake
winner owned by the late Robert Steel, of Happy
Medium fame. Eudora's dam was Silvertail by
American Star and her dam was by Imported Wildair.
Through Electioneer, Nutwood, A. W. Richmond,
Geo. M. Patchen Jr., Volunteer and American Star
to the stout thoroughbred sires: American Eclipse.
Henry, Boston, Imp. Bonnie Scotland, Imp. Trustee,
etc., is there any doubt about Lijero's inherent ability
to transmit all qualities so needful in our trotters?
Nearly all the leading sires and dams of trotters that
have contributed so much toward placing the light
harness horse industry in the position it occupies to-
day trace to the same sources as Lijero. Electioneer
blood has blended most harmoniously with that of
Nutwood 2:18% and the first two-year-old to lower
the world's record to 2:10%, a reduction of almost
nine seconds from the former mark, was Arion 2:10%,
and he was bred that way. The value of Electioneer
blood improves as the years roll on, while Nutwood's
blood (especially through his daughters) appears
more potent every year; in fact, it enriches every
other strain with which it commingles. Nutwood's
daughters are dams of Jack McKerron 2:07%, Arion
4 2:07% (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), Consuelo S. 2:07%,
Fred Kohl 2:07%, Claty Latus 2:08%, Beatrice Bel-
lini 2:0S%, Tokio 2:09, Alice Carr 2:09%, Roberta
2:09%, Alliewood 2:09%, Ethel Downs 2:10, Allan-
wood (p) 2:04%, Custer (p) 2:05%, Nutwood Grattan
(p) 2:07%, Bellewood A. 2:07%, Sunland Belle
2:0S%, Nydia Wilkes 2:09%. Hilda, the dam of
Lijero, was considered by all who were capable of
judging the merits of a broodmare, one of the finest
types of matrons on the Rancho del Paso, and when
the superintendent there, John Mackey, bred James
Madison 2:17% to her, he said it was to get a colt
that would some day take his sire's place on this big
stock farm. That was before any plans were laid for
the closing out of this the largest horse-breeding
establishment on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Mackey had
a great liking for Eudora, the grandam of Lijero, and
said she was the best-formed, best-limbed and best-
headed Volunteer he had ever seen, and always re-
gretted that she was never trained, for he said she
undoubtedly would have earned a low record. Of
James Madison 2:17%, the sire of Lijero, he only
echoed the criticism so often heard regarding him:
"He was the best-proportioned big trotting horse in
America," and another claim on his affections was
the fact that his dam was by Geo. M. Patchen, Jr.,
2:27, the first horse that ever brought this famous
horseman "into the limelight," for he had charge of
him for several years. His reputation as a good judge
of trotters dates from the day he first led this big
bay son of Geo. M. Patchen 2:23 out of a box stall on
the old Bay View track in Visitacion Valley, San
Francisco, for Mr. Wm. Hendrickson, the man who
bought this horse in Mount Holly, New Jersey, after
he had won a trotting race for four-year-old stallions.
As "like produces like or the likeness of some an-
cestor," Lijero attains the distinction of verifying
this adage. He is a beautiful dark bay in color,
stands 16 hands high, and as symmetrically formed as
if made to order, not a fault to be found in him any-
where from nostrils to heels. He has the best of
feet and legs and is well muscled throughout. He is
pure-gaited and level-headed; a natural trotter. He
worked a mile in 2:14%, as a three-year-old, and was
given a matinee record of 2:21 but has trotted quar-
ters in thirty seconds flat.
Taking him all in all he should prove a sire of
beautiful horses that will have early and extreme
speed. Very few mares were ever bred to him, he
having been kept as a driving horse by Mr. Wright,
his owner, and the only one of his get that was
ever placed in training is the two-year-old filly Ex-
pedio, that was sent to Agricultural Park to be
broken on the 1st of August last year in order that
she might be shown for a premium with her sire,
and carried off first prize. She showed so much
natural speed that Mr. Ivey prevailed upon Mr.
Wright, her owner, to leave her with him a little
longer. During the latter part of October she trotted
a mile in 2:30, the last quarter in 35 seconds. She is
being fitted for first money in the Occident and Stan-
ford stakes.
Owners of good mares who are desirous of getting
fast and reliable trotters that will have size, speed,
good dispositions and looks, should avail themselves
of the opportunity of breeding to Lijero; his terms of
service are only $30. For further particulars address
F. E. Wright, 318 K street, or W. J. Ivey, race track,
Sacramento, where Lijero will make the season of
1910.
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"Troubles never come singly" is a saying that
was exemplified in the case of that well known horse-
man Wm. G. Durfee, last year, in a way that will
never be forgotten. He started east with Carlokin
2:08%, one of the stars of the racing world in 190S,
believing that he would return with the two-minute
crown. With him wras Copa de Oro 2:03%. Both
these campaigners were heavily engaged in stakes
and Mr. Durfee, notwithstanding he had hardly re-
covered from the effects of a fractured arm re-
ceived early in the year, believed he would be able
CARLOKIN 2:0814.
to pilot them both to victory. But "the best laid
plans 'o mice and men aft gang aglee." At Terre
Haute, Indiana, in the first heat of the first race
Carlokin started, he had the misfortune to injure one
of his legs; this caused him to be laid up for the
whole season. He had repeatedly shown quarters
in twenty-nine seconds, and at Cleveland, before he
was injured, trotted the last half of the third heat
in 1:00% outside of four horses. He is going sound
at present and there is every prospect of his becom-
ing entirely well. It is confidently believed that this
year he will beat the record held by any living stal-
lion. He is nine years old and was sired by McKin-
ney 2:11% out of Carlotta Wilkes (dam of 3 in 2:10
and 4 more in the 2:30 list) by Charley W'ilkes
2:21%, second dam Aspasia (dam of four) by Al-
cantara 2:23, etc.
Mr. Durfee met with another accident last Au-
gust and fractured his arm again; this forced him
to keep out of the sulky. Copa de Oro with a mark
of 2:03%, like Carlokin, worked better for him than
for anyone else and the fact that he could not drive
them was a most serious drawback. Copa de Oro's
return to California in 1908 was heralded as the
home-coming of the greatest campaigning pacer that
ever was trained in Los Angeles. He had won six
hard fought battles and over $9000 in purses and
stood third in the list of the greatest money winners
on the Grand Circuit that season. He returned home
sick and did not really recover his health until the
midsummer of 1909. Just when he was fit to race
he received an injury at Readville which necessitated
COPA DE ORO 2:01(4.
a let up. He started at Syracuse and again at Colum-
bus. At the latter place he paced in his third
start a mile in 2:01%, under circumstances that
would stop any other horse. There is no question
about his being a two-minute performer. He has
completely recovered and this year will go "down
the line" proving his right to he called king. He is
the fastest of the Nutwood Wilkes tribe. His dam
Atherine also produced Stalene 2:21%; she was by
Patron 2:14%, son of Pancoast 2:21%. His second
dam was Athene (dam of two) by Harold (sire of
Maud S. 2:08%); third dam Minerva (dam of two),
by Pilot Jr. 12, etc.
It is questionable whether two better stallions are
to be found anywhere for speed, beauty of conforma-
tion, soundness and breeding. Neither of these stal-
lions has been bred to many mares, but the result-
ant foals are delighting their owners. There is one
at Los Angeles, an orphan, by Copa de Oro out of
Vela McKinney. His stable name is "Bottles," but
his stage name will be "Salonica." He seems to
have nothing but speed in his head and heels,
knows nothing but pacing and if he is a sample of
what his sire can do in transmitting early and ex-
treme speed Copa de Oro will certainly be a shining
light in the light harness horse world. The services
of both these stallions have been placed at remark-
ably low figures considering their reputations and
qualifications.
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Following the Chicago sale, which will be held Feb-
ruary 21-26 comes several others in the West, in-
cluding the Lackey sale, held at Cambridge City, Ind.,
and the Wabash sale, held at Wabash, Ind. Despite
the number of horses sold in these numerous spring
and fall auctions the buyers seem insatiable in their
demand for more horses. It would seem that the
great number of horses annually disposed of at auc-
tion and in private sales would flood the market
and bring about a marked fall in prices, but race
horses, like watches, wear out, requiring new ones
to take their place. So long as business conditions
are prosperous, prices rule high, but like any other
of the many things which may be termed luxuries,
the price of race horses is always in keeping with
the fullness or slackness of the public's purse.
Two colored drivers have been successful in win-
ding The Lexington Stake for two-year-old trot-
ters. Isaac Smith, with Steinway 2:25% connected
in the classic of 1878 and Ed Willis in 1908 and 1909
with Robert (2) 2:13% (The Wolverine) and Sue D.
2:15%, respectively.
At the Midwinter sale last week, one of the higher
priced offerings, Oakland Mirchine at $3100, was se-
cured by Charles" Tanner, and he will in all proba-
bility be shipped to Brunswick, Ga., to join
Uhlan, Berta Mac and the rest of the Billings
string in winter quarters at that point. This new
purchase is by Oakland Baron 2:09% and out of
Miriam Chimes by Chimes. He is considered the
making of a high class trotter and with limited
work (33 days) as a three-year-old, was a mile in
2:20 and last season turned the trick in 2:12%, half
in 1:02%, and final quarter in 30 seconds flat.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
EFFECT OF SEVERE RACING.
The amount of racing that a stallion or mare can
endure without injury to his or her progeny can be
determined by careful experiment. There is no ac-
count on record of any experiment that has been
made for this purpose. An examination of the dif-
ferent volumes of the Year Book will show that
several stallions did stud service early in life, and
were then trained and raced to records, after which
they were again used in the stud. Some of the
produce begotten both before and after these stal-
lions were raced to records have been campaigned,
and the Year Book shows the results.
The late John Bradburn, who at one time trained
and drove horses in races, was afterwards for many
years manager of C. J. Hamlin's Village Farm. Mr.
Bradburn was a man of sound judgment, a close ob-
server, and had large experience with stallions. In
his valuable work on "Breeding and Developing the
Trotter," he says on the subject of campaigning trot-
ting stallions as follows:
"Above all things, do not join that mad scramble
of young breeders anxious to secure a stallion that
has been prominently before the public as a racing
machine for several seasons. Such racing has sapped
his vitality and has taken from him something nature
cannot replace. It is sometimes advisable to race
a stallion one year so that the public may decide
whether or not he is game, good-gaited and has speed
to transmit. The stallion should not be raced hard
during this one season. Two or three good races
are sufficient.
"Before continuing my advice on the selection of
the stallion, let me say that my views against se-
verely campaigned stallions as stock horses are very
decided, and have been gained through actual experi-
ence.
"The year following Almont Jr.'s retirement from
the turf, after being almost drilled to death, he got
only 40 per cent of his mares with foal. The follow-
ing season the percentage was 60 and the next
year 70 per cent, and in time he became a sure foal
getter, which he had been previous to his hard rac-
ing campaign. Later, when his produce came on, it
did not surprise me to find that his best perform-
ers were sired before, his severe training and racing
season, although he attracted his best mares after his
reputation as a race horse was established. The
good performers that were sired after his retirement
were foaled several years after the severe campaign
of 1881.
"The following is the list of Almont Jr.'s fastest per-
formers gotten before 1881, with the year indicated
in which the dam of each was covered, viz.; Belle
Hamlin 2:12%, 1878; Globe 2:14%, 1880; Maud T.
2:19%, 1876, and Justina 2:20, 2:13 to pole, 1878.
The following is the list of the fastest performers
gotten by Almont Jr. after 1881: Warden 2:15, 1882;
Ovid (3) 2:15%, 1888; Glendennis 2:17%, 1885; Play
Boy 2:18%,. 1884, and Lucretia 2:20, 1884.
"I noticed the same thing in connection with
Almonarch 2:24%. His season of 1883 on the Grand
Circuit was a severe one, and most of his races
were long drawn out affairs. In 1885 I had him in
charge and he was a well worn-out stallion. He was
bred to 42 mares and got but 15 foals. The following
season he stood on the farm of J. D. Yeomans, East
Aurora, N. Y„ and I watched the outcome closely.
He was bred to 50 odd mares and got about 30 foals.
In 1SS7 he was bred to 62 mares and got about 45
foals. After that, with rest and care, he proved as
sure as the average stallion. Previous to his severe
campaign he had been a very sure foal getter.
"The dam of Topsy 2:09%, Almonarch's fastest
trotter, was covered 12 years after his retirement.
Homora, the dam of Fantasy 2:06, and Satory, the
dam of Mandolin 2:16 and grandam of Dare Devil
2:09, were both gotten in 1881, before the severe
campaign. The Register gives Satory as foaled in
1S84. This is incorrect, she was foaled in 1882. Her
dam, Mollie O., produced Golconda, by Mambrino
King, in 1884.
"Almont Jr. and Almonarch are two good examples
of the deteriorating effect a severe campaign has on
a stallion for from three to five years afterwards. I
know of a number of other stallions which could be
cited as examples, but the reader may draw his own
conclusions. Mention could he made of many hard-
raced stallions to which breeders flocked, after those
horses had made arduous Grand Circuit campaigns,
that have not proved successful sires, or did not,
until many seasons after their retirement from the
turf. Of course there are exceptions to all rules, and
once in a while you will run across a fast trotter
gotten by an over-developed sire soon after his retire-
ment from the turf. Such a trotter is often found to
be from a mare of great vitality, or was sired by a
sluggish horse, which would not, of his own accord,
race to his limit and would thus save himself some.
"The experience gained from watching the produce
of Almont Jr. and Almonarch after their severe cam-
paigns, was of great interest to Mr. C. J. Hamlin.
After studying the mater he became so prejudiced
against deevloped sires (by 'hat he meant those
raced excessively), that he never hesitated to ex-
press his views in print."
A greater number of 2:10 performers were bred by
the late C. J. Hamlin than has been bred by any
other man. Mr. Hamlin's views in regard to develop-
ing the speed of broodmares and racing them to fast
records is shown in the following quotation from Mr.
Bradburn's book:
"Mr. Hamlin was not only a non-believer in fin-
er n records, but did not consider it necessary to race
a i nare in order to make a successful brood-mare. He
thought nothing of stopping us working out best fil-
lies and ordering them to be placed in the harem.
For that reason most of Village Farm's fastest per-
formers were stallions or geldings. On many an oc-
casion have the Village Farm trainers been actually
sickened when prospective 2:10 trotters were taken
from their strings to be placed in the brood-mare
ranks."
The opinions of so successful a breeder of extreme
speed as was Mr. Hamlin, and of a man of as many
years experience as Mr. Bradburn had at the head of
so extensive and successful a breeding establishment
as Village Farm, are entitled to much greater weight
than the opinions of a whole army of such turf writ-
ers as have never bred a single 2:10 performer.
Every man is entitled to his views, whether errone-
ous or founded on facts. — American Horse Breeder.
WORLD'S CHAMPION TWO-YEAR-OLD.
THE FIRST HORSES SEEN BY HAWAIIANS.
In 1803 Capt. Richard Cleveland, of Salem, Massa-
chusetts took to the Sandwich Islands several
horses, an event in his life that is thus recorded by
his son.
Touching at St. Lucas, where they purchased "an-
other pretty mare with foal" — for which they paid in
goods which cost in Europe $1.50 — they took their
departure on the 30th of May and arrived at Kara-
karoa Bay, Sandwich Islands, on the 21st of June.
They found it was the season of a periodical taboo,
during which no canoes were allowed to stir, but
the next day John Young came on board and told
us that the King was at Maui.
Young was very desirous of having one of the
horses, and thinking that the probability of their
increase would be better secured by leaving in dif-
ferent places, they next day removed to Tooagah
Bay, near Young's residence, and landed the mare,
of which he took charge. . This was the first horse
seen in Hawaii, and naturally excited great astonish-
ment among the natives.
From here they went to Maui, and were first
boarded by Isaac Davis, who, with John Young, com-
prised the European population of the Islands.
Soon after a large double eanov came off, from
which a powerfully built, athletic man, nearly
naked, came on board, and was introduced by Mr.
Davis as Tamaahmaah, the great King. His recep-
tion of them was not such as they had anticipated,
nor could they account for his apparent goodness
and lack of interest except on the supposition that
it was mere affectation. He took only a careless
look at the horses and returned to the shore without
expressing any curiosity about them. His subjects,
however, were not restrained by any such desire to
appear unconcerned. The news of the arrival of the
wonderful animals spread rapidly, the decks were
crowded with visitors, and next day, when they were
landed, a great multitude had assembled, evidently
with no definite conception of any use that could
be made of them. As might be expected from people
who had never seen a larger animal than a pig they
were at first afraid to approach them, and their
amazement reached a climax when one of the sail-
ors mounted the back of one of them and galloped up
and down upon the beach. They were greatly
alarmed at first for the safety of the rider, but when
they saw how completely he controlled the animal,
and how submissively and quietly the latter exerted
his powers in obedience to his will, they seemed
to have a dawning conception of the value of such
a possession, and rent the air with shouts of admira-
tion. The King, however, could not be betrayed
into any expression of wonder or surprise, and
although he expressed his thanks when told they
were intended as a present to himself, he only re-
marked that he could not perceive that their ability
to carry a man quickly from one place to another
would be a sufficient compensation for the great
amount of food they would necessarily require.
Hamilton Busby says: The results of the Midwin-
ter auction in Madison Square Garden make plain
the fact that the harness horse breeding and train-
ing industry is on a substantial basis. Sentiment is
one of the foundation stones, and it is largely re-
sponsible for the strength of the structure. Profes-
sional gamblers have meteoric careers, but sentiment
is indestructible, and it cheers the hearts of savage
and civilized men. There are different kinds of idols,
but every idol lifts human thought above purely sor-
did things. As I have been for many years an un-
wavering advocate of the cultivation of sentiment in
sport, it was gratifying to see every section of the
country in which the light of decency burns repre-
sented by substantial citizens at this auction.
Gaiety Girl 2:15%, owned by Fred Lee of West
Suringfield, is certain to rank with the greatest brood
mares. Already she is the dam of Gay Bingen 2:12%,
Gayworthy 2:13%, Gaiety Lee 2:16%, and Gay Au-
dubon 2:24%. The latter James Gatcomb expects
to be one of the sensational three-year-olds of the
season. Her two-year-old Gay Todd, by Todd, is in
James Brady's stable, at Macon, Ga., and last week
was hooked to a sulky for the first time. He trotted
a quarter in 35 seconds, which is a remarkable feat
for a colt of his age.
With Bingen 2:06% fetching $32,000 at auction,
Todd 2:14% selling for $30,000, and about the same
sum for Cochato 2:11%, a record was established for
high prices for a stallion, son and grandson.
Albert Winter, Siliko and the other trotters Al
Pennock is to race in the country for Louis Winans
of Brighton, Eng., are now on the way across.
The season of 1909 was made famous by the won-
derful trotting performances which took place. Ham-
burg Belle, Uhlan, The Harvester, Penisa Maid, Bob
Douglass, Margin, Czarevna, Soprano, Baronness Vir-
ginia and others had their shares in making harness
horse history. But great as were the doings of these
horses one not already mentioned performed in a
way to even eclipse their greatest deeds. This was
the two-year-old filly, Native Belle, which trotted to
a world's record of 2:07% in winning the Kentucky
Futurity at Lexington. No world's record ever estab-
lished created the sensation that the performance
of the baby trotter did when she flashed past the
wire winner of the second heat of the turf classic
on that memorable October day of the Blue Grass
Trots.
To beat a world's record by a fraction of a second
is considered a notable achievement, but Native
Belle trotted so fact in her record-breaking mile as
to make all other performances by youngsters of her
age seem only ordinary. It was three seconds faster
than any other two-year-old had ever trotted, even
against the watch; it was four and one-half seconds
faster than any other two-year-old had ever trotted
in a race, and it was four and three-quarter seconds
faster than any other two-year-old Ally had ever
trotted. Only once in the history of racing has a
three-year-old trotting filly won a heat in as fast as
was made by this wonderful little two-year-old, which
a week previous to this time had never turned
around for the money.
Tommy Murphy, who developed Native Belle and
drove her to her record, bought her at the Fasig-
Tipton sale in New York last winter from the Wal-
nut Hall Farm consignment for $2275, making the
purchase for her present owner, Edward Thompson,
of Northport, Long Island. At that time her educa-
tion had been confined merely to halter alongside
of a lead pony. She was not broken to harness until
March, but needed but little breaking in as she
was always a well mannered little miss. She com-
menced to show speed right from the start and dur-
ing the opening meeting of the Grand Circuit, at De-
troit, was driven a mile in 2:23. She beat 2:20 for
the first time at Hartford, and the following week, at
Syracuse, Murphy worked her in 2:14%, trotting in
the same notch the first week of the Columbus meet-
ing.
Tales were being wafted up from Lexington about
the wonderful speed which the two-year-old colt,
Colorado E., was showing in his work, his admirers
pronouncing him a 2:11 trotter, and Eva Bellini, in
John Dickinson's stable, was also known to be of
championship calibre. The good reports from these
two and other two-year-olds did not worry the young
New York trainer in the least and after the Syracuse
mile he stated that he believed he had the fastest
two-year-old in the world, and was confident that she
could not be beaten with an even break in racing
luck.
Native Belle turned around for the money for the
first time in the Horse Review Futurity at Colum-
bus on September 29. She was favored in the pools,
although at times Eva Bellini was an almost equal
first choice. The race was a duel between the pair.
Native Belle led to the half in 1:09 in the first heat,
and then the pair sprinted home in 2:13%, with Na-
tive Belle an easy winner by a length. The second
heat the clip was faster going away, Native Belle
leading at the half in 1:05%, and at the three-quarters
in 1:38. It looked that all world's records would be
beaten at this point, but Murphy took the filly back
through the homestretch and let her jog in in 2:12%,
a new race record for fillies, and equalling the race
record for two-year-olds of any sex established by
Trampfast in 1907.
After this race Murphy promised his friends that
there would be something doing in the record-break-
ing line at Lexington if conditions were favorable
when the two-year-old futurity was trotted. Native
Belle had shown herself easily the superior of Eva
Bellini and the other Columbus starters, but Colorado
E. was yet to be met, and, also Chatty Direct, a filly
which trotted a workout mile at Lexington the Satur-
day before the meeting in 2:10%. The first heat Mur-
phy took Native Belle out in front and just allowed
her to step fast enough to beat Colorado E. in 2:12%
— a sensational mile at any other time, but for the
daughter of Moko just a nice workout.
Murphy was true to his word in the second heat,
and went out to smash the record right from the
start. The first quarter was trotted in 33 seconds,
and then the little filly increased her clip to a dizzy
flight, trotting the second quarter in 31, reaching the
half in 1:04. It did not seem possible that she could
live at this clip, but the phenomenal youngster kept
on and was at the three-quarters in 1:35, having trot-
ted the middle half in 1:02, and then she came
through the stretch gamely, far in advance of the
field, finishing the mile in 2:07%v
Native Belle is bred to be a champion. She comes
from the famous futrity-winning family, being sired
by Moko, the son of Baron Wilkes, 2:18, who has
sired Fereno, Siliko, Susie N. and Mobel, all futurity
winners. Her dam is Yellow Belle, by General Well-
ington 2:30, son of Electioneer, and Waxana, by
General Benton, and brother to the former trotting
queen, Sunol 2:08%; and her second dam is the
famous brood mare, Chestnut Belle (dam of Mobel,
2:10%; Mochester 2:10%; Dartmore 2:11%, and
others), by Red Wilkes; third dam Mary, by Gov-
ernor Sprague 2:20%.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
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McKinney sired some splendidly formed horses,
among the best being G. Albert Mac 51366, record
2:30. This horse stands 15.3 hands and weighs 1150
pounds. In color, he is a handsome dark bay with
black points, and was bred by W. Parsons of Salinas,
Cal. G. Albert Mac took first premium three suc-
cessive times at the Salinas Fair. He also cap-
tured first prize with four of his progeny as a family,
Two of the latter, Merry Widow, a two-year-old, and
Merry Mac, one-year-old, took first premiums in their
respective classes. As stated above, this beautiful
stallion was sired by McKinney 2:11%, the great-
est speed producer and typical sire the world has
ever known, having 22 in 2:10, 52 in 2:15, 70 in
G. Albert Mac 2:30.
2:20, 114 in 2:30; sire of the sires of 98 in 2:30 (19
in 2:10) and dams of 5 in 2:10. By Alcyone 2:27,
one of the best sons of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, out of
Alma Mater (dam of 8), Mambrino Patchen's best
speed-producing daughter. G. Albert Mac's dam was
Alberta 2: 29% (dam of Berta Mac 2:08, that was sold
for a long price to Mr. Billings, owner of Lou Dillon
1:58%) by Altoona 8850 (sire of May B. 2:16, Allorita
2:16%, Almo Jay 2:19, and 5 others in 2:30) he by
Almont 33 (sire of 96 sires of 582 in 2:30), out of
Theresa B., by Prophet Jr.; second dam Molly by
Mohawk (a sire) by Long Island Black Hawk. The
second dam of G. Albert Mac's was Gipsy by Erwin
Davis 5558 (sire of 2 in 2:30) he by Shenandoah
(sire) out of Lost Diamond, said to be by Harris'
Hambletonian.
The Altoona's were noted for their gameness and
soundness, while all old Californians, who ever han-
dled horses, claim that there never was a breed
of horses that had better limbs and feet than the
Skenandoahs. While Erwin Davis was celebrated for
the excellence of his progeny, no gamer, better-
headed, or more gentle trotters ever lived than they.
So following up the line of breeding in G. Albert
Merry Mac.
Mac one can readily comprehend the reasons why
all his progeny are of superlative excellence. Berta
Mac 2:08, the full sister to this fine stallion held
the Pacific Coast record and was the largest money
winner in California and Oregon during the years
1907 and 1908. Over $10,000 being placed to her
credit. Berlock by Zolock 2:05% is the only other
living foal that Alberta had and he will be one of the
best ever trained in this State.
G. Albert Mac's record is no measure of his speed,
as he has shown many seconds faster to the mile
in his work. It is his owner's intention to train him
after the season is over and believes he will trot
well into the 'teens before the rains fall. Only two
of his get have been trained, Merry Widow, two
years, and Merry Mac, one year, both showed 2:30
speed in four months' work — breaking included. G.
Albert Mac is a remarkably sure foal getter. Breed-
ers can make no mistake in breeding their mares
to this horse, as he will, without doubt, transmit all
his excellent qualities. He will make the season of
1910, at the stable of W. Parsons, 340 Capital street,
Salinas, at the very low fee of $25 for the season.
Russell Allen Finds That Mares With Curby Hocks
Almost Always Re-Produce Them.
A Chicago fancier of harness horses who, like all
his kind, is fascinated by the breeding problem, re-
cently wrote to William Russell Allen of Pittsfield,
Mass., concerning a mare in which the western man
is interested.
Mr. Allen is known as a thoroughbred student of
the breeding problem, writes H. T. White in the Chi-
cago Tribune, not only as applied to horses but other
animals as well. But as to harness horses he has
for twenty years studied, observed, and experimented
as only a man who is intensely interested in the sub-
ject and who is unhampered by lack of capital or
the indisposition to apply it to the matter in hand
is able to. In his search for light Mr. Allen has made
many interesting experiences and one of them is
illuminative of the point which bothered the Chicago
man — whether or not curby hocked mares, or mares
with curbs on straight legs, or'both, were more likely
than not to breed curby hocks and curbs in their
progeny. In other words, whether it was reasonably
safe to breed a mare of curby formation with the idea
that her foals would escape the weakness.
In his kindly effort to set his correspondent right
as to the facts and the probabilities of that matter
at issue Mr. Allen wrote interestingly as follows:
"I have studied trotting horse pedigrees, trotting
horse lore of all sorts, the fulminations of scientific
brains and common sense brains, and of other brains,
on the subject of breeding animals, particularly
horses; the question of heredity, and many other
questions, and I find at last, or nearly at last, that
there is little real knowledge on the various subjects.
Even honestly remembered and honestly told ex-
periences vary so much that no well settled laws
can be laid down. "Man proposes and God disposes"
is as true in horse breeding as it is anywhere else. A
Cuban lottery is in about the same class, so far as
results that can be foreseen are concerned. Now,
if you will read carefully what I have written, you
must of necessity conclude that my knowledge of
blood lines, of heredity, of the business of breedfng
horses is practically nil — that is, that my knowledge
of what the results will be, or even should be, from
the breeding and interbreeding and cross breeding
of certain horses.''
The mare in which the Chicagoan was interested
traces in the female line to Madame Dudley, a mare
of unknown pedigree, whose blood has proven po-
tent in the production of trotting speed, and in the
ancestral tree of the Chicago nag Axtelle and Nut-
wood figure. As to the Madame Dudley strain and
its peculiarities, Mr. Allen says:
"The Madame Dudley family is a great one. It is
strong in gray color, and one of its characteristics
is crankiness, which breaks out all along the line,
and both these traits are hard to breed out in this
family. I do not believe that the curby hocks in your
mare come down from Madame Dudley. My experi-
ence with crooked hind legs, sickle shaped hocks, and
curby hocks, is that they descend with considerable
regularity through succeeding generations, of course,
disappearing here and there, as is the rule with all
such defects in animals. I have tried a number of
cases, and in every instance finally disposed of the
family and families as far as I could as being unde-
sirable on a breeding farm.
"If your mare has crooked hind legs, sickle shaped,
as well as curby hocks, I should expect it to appear
in her foals seven times out of ten. I should be dis-
appointed if the defect was not reproduced in her
foals. I once bred a stallion that had big, strong,
good hind legs, not crooked, but that had had curbs,
to a crooked legged, curby mare as a crucial test,
and I got the mares legs reproduced in the foal."
"I had a crooked legged mare with no curbs that
always produced crooked legs in her foals, and in
some of them curbs. I believe there is nothing
surer to gamble on than that a mare with crooked
and curby hind legs will reproduce them in her
foals.'
Mr. Allen has done the trotting horse interest
more than one good turn since he became active as
a breeder and a campaigner of colt trotters, and it is
characteristic of him that all he has learned through
two decades of observation and costly experiment
he is willing to give cheerfully and without price
for the benefit of his fellow breeders and horsemen.
It is pretty hard for any man who finds a particu-
larly speedy, good gaited, and fashionably bred mare
to turn her down as a candidate for the brood mare
ranks just because she has curbs or curby hocks,
but this is what Mr. Allen has done more than once,
and his example will be followed by the Chicago man
who sought his advice.
Incidental to what he wrote concerning the Mad-
ame Dudley family and the persistency in its mem-
bers of the gray color, Mr. Allen says that the
fastest yearling at his farm, as shown in the minia-
ture track, turned loose, barefoot, and with no boots
or weights, is a brown colt by Bingara. The dam
of this colt is Poncetta (gray), by Ponce de Leon
(bay), second dam Axtelletta (gray) 2:22%, by
Axtell (bay), third dam Daireen (gray), by Harold
(bay), fourth dam Dahlia (gray), by Pilot Jr., fifth
dam Madame Dudley (gray), by a Bashaw horse.
The crankiness characteristic of the Madame Dudley
family, to which Mr. Allen alludes above, should
have a chance to show in this colt, and it will be
interesting to note whether the good disposition and
marked intelligence of the Bingara blood prevails
over the riotous streak that comes through some of
the mares in the pedigrees. I recall Axtelletta as
something fierce in harness, lable at any time to take
a punch at the driver with her hind feet, and Daireen
had a temper of her own.
FAIRS HELP HARNESS RACING.
The demand for high class racing material among
harness horse enthusiasts has never been better than
at present and prices for trotters and pacers that
have demonstrated stake class were never higher,
writes J. L. Hervey. In view of the curtailment in
the way of betting, this condition may seem to the
casual observer somewhat strange, but it must be
remembered that betting has never played the part
on the harness turf that it has on the thoroughbred
turf.
The State fairs have done much to give harness
horses a large earning capacity apart from the bet-
ting angle, and the growth of the fair idea is fast
taking root in the larger cities, where harness rac-
ing had received a setback by reason of drastic anti-
betting laws.
The majority of city residents came originally from
either small towns or from the country and they
retain their love for animals as well as pleasant
memories of the good old county fair back home.
The fair idea has as yet not been given a trial in
Chicago, but with proper management, one of the
several abandoned running tracks could be utilized
and a fair in keeping with Chicago's greatness could
be given. Harlem, for instance, offers an ideal loca-
tion for a fair, having transportation facilities and
many of the needed equipments in the way of build-
ings. That the venture would pay and pay big, is
a surety.
The American people love horse racing, but pru-
dishness keeps them from indulging in its pleasures.
A fair, save betting, offers no objectional features
to the most puritanical person, and this accounts
for the large patronage given to fairs. "Father,"
if he is an ardent church member, is apt to taboo
the circus, "but it seems too bad to deny the children
the pleasure of going," so he "unbends" and passes
into the tented arena. Down in his heart "Father,"
good man that he is, knows himself to be a hypo-
crite, but this knowledge does not detract from the
pleasure the circus provides him.
So it is with the good people who attend fairs.
"Horse racing is wicked," but the fair is thoroughly
proper. Presumably the vast hordes that attend fairs
have in mind only the live stock, farm exhibits, etc.,
but you will find 95 per cent of the attendants occu-
pying the most advantageous position when the first
heat of the afternoon is called. Perhaps the grand
stand is filled to its capacity, thus necessitating the
eager ones to stand all afternoon near the track
inclosure, but there you will find them till the shades
of evening draw on. Stolen sweets are always the
most desirable, and this fact accounts for the interest
taken in harness racing at fairs by those who look
askance at the sport.
Not only do the State fairs attract enormous
crowds, but the county fairs are likewise patronized
to a tremendous extent. Three county fairs in Wis-
consin draw as many as 40,000 persons a day. These
are Elkhorn, Beaver Dam and Jefferson. In other
States, notably in Pennsylvania, a horde of people
pass through the turnstiles each day of the county
fair.
The harness horse is the prime attraction at county
fairs and so long as this is true, there is little chance
of the trotter and pacer losing cast. The scope of
harness racing is not generally appreciated by the
public, and when it is stated that more than 1100
weeks of racing were held over regularly organized
tracks in 1909 one begins to understand the enormous
vogue the sport enjoys.
It is now the custom with the more prominent
half-mile track managers to give at least two $1000
stakes, one for trotters and another for pacers, at
their 'fairs, and this enables the better class of half-
mile track campaigners to earn a comfortable sum
during the season. The matter of pride enters into
the matter and very often wealthy residents of small
cities will purchase a trotter or pacer with the espe-
cial view of winning the stake given in their home
town.
Of course, the horses that sell for big sums are
destined for racing on the Grand Circuit where the
purses are larger, but a number of half-mile track
campaigners find it possible to win from $5000 to
$6000 annually. Many of the first-class half-mile
trackers graduate annually to the mile tracks and in
the fall after their campaigns are over such horses
bring from $2500 to $5000. The half-mile track may
be likened to the minor league ball club, in that the
best material that shows up is annually purchased
and tried out in the major game.
There is another class of horses that bring large
sums, these being those that show fast trials in the
fall. It is not unusual for such a horse to bring
$10,000 and that too by virtue of trials against the
watch and not through having demonstrated their
worth in actual races.
Several horses of this character changed hands
last fall, but while $15,000 was offered for one of
them it was refused. The horse referred to is Ario
Leyburn, an unmarked son of Arion 2:07%. He was
trained by R. W. Rosemire, a driver who has the dis-
tinction of diversifying horsemanship with that of
opera singing, he having been a member of the Fritzi
Scheff and other opera companies. Ario Leyburn
trotted a mile in 2:07% last fall at Lexington, and
the fact that he is possessed of such speed and has
the additional merit of being a stallion, makes him
one of the most valuable and desirable green trotters
in sight for the M. & M. and other rich stakes to be
raced this year. — Chicago Record-Herald.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY NO. 8.
Fifth Payment Made on 132 Two-Year-Olds, Foals of
1908.
The fact that there are 132 two-year-olds whose
owners think they have a chance to get money out
of Pacific Breeders Futurity No. S, to be trotted and
paced by two-year-olds this year and three-year-olds
in 1911, shows a healthy condition of this futurity,
and is evidence that there will be a large number of
colts in training on this coast this year. The list of
those on which fifth payment of §10 each was made
on February 1st is as follows:
Alex; Anderson's br. c. Harry Mc. by Expressive Mac,
dam Ladv Arnett by Sidney Arnett.
J. N. Anderson's bl. c. Farewell by Bon Voyage, dam
Nora D. bv Del Sur.
Frank E. Alley's br. c. Roseburg Boy by Diawood,
dam Ladv Lerao by Memo; b. c. Count Boni by Bon
Voyage, dam Welladay by Stein-way; bl. c. Sitka Boy
bv Greco B., dam Oniska by Nutwood Wilkes.
'Mrs. H. E. Armstrong's br. f. Delia H. by Hal B.,
dam Jessie M. by Del Norte.
I L. Borden's b. c. bv Barney Bernato. dam Da Belie
Altamont by Altamont; b. f by Barney Bernato, dam
Allie Cresco by Cresco.
E- M. Barber's s. c. Dawnway by Strathway, dam
Dawn by Athaneer.
L E. Barber's b. f. Valentine Girl by Nutwood
Wilkes, dam Madge by Silver Bow, Jr.
C. B. Bigelow's b. f. Dorothy Ansel by Prince Ansel,
dam Lucv B. bv Alex. Button.
R. S. Brown's b. c. Nolac by Redlac, dam Hope B.
bv Paloma Prince.
T. W. Brodnax's b. f. Chimesway by Strathway, dam
Marv Chimes by Chimes.
Al'ex Brown's b. i. Georgie K. by Prince Ansel, dam
Majella B. by Nushagak; br. c. Bud by Prince Ansel,
dam Daisv B. bv Waldstein; ch. f. Laura Rodgers by
Prince Ansel, dam Daurell by Mendocino; b. f. Evelyn
B by Prince Ansel, dam Everette by Nephew.
E " F. Binder's b. f. Miss Worth While by Worth
While, dam Fern wood by Silkwood.
J. F. Boling's b. c. George McKinney by Stanford
McKinnev, dam Queen by Lottery.
H. Busing's b. c. Search Pointer by Star Pointer,
dam Record Searcher by Searchlight.
Mrs. M. F. Case's bl. c. A. Bonita by Arner, dam
Black Gvpsy by Ky. Baron.
S. Christenson's br. f. Orchid by Bon Voyage, dam
Simmone bv Simmons; bl. f. Fraesia by Bon Voyage,
dam Perza'by Allie Wilkes; br. c. Thornwell by Bon
Vovage, dam Marguerite K. by Dom Pedro.
Dr. E. M. Conroy's b. f. Helen Pointer by Star
Pointer, dam Frances C. by Wasutch.
John Clark's b. f. Little Lucile by Palo King, dam
Diorene by Diablo.
Iver Cornett's b. c. Red Pointer by Star Pointer,
dam Dictata by Distatus.
W. W. Collin's b. a Life Policy by Best Policy, dam
Lou Lively by Boodle.
Wm. G- Devlin's br. c. Tim Waldstein by Timothy
B., dam Jean Waldstein by Waldstein.
R. L. Draper's b. f. Orange Girl by Del Coronado,
dam Ladv Hackett.
E. D. Dudlev's b. c. Nat Higgins by Palite, dam Bee
Sterling by Sterling; ch. c. Pimento by Palite, dam
Paprika by Oro Belmont.
Wm G. Durfee' s ch. f. Zorene by Zolock, dam Irene
S. bv Petigru; b. f. White Sox by Del Coronado, dam
Subito by Steinway; bl. c. Hindoo by Del Coronado,
dam Freeda S. by Lynmont; b. c. Del Oeste by Del
Coronado, dam Little Agnes by Gossiper; b. c. Hast-
ings bv Del Coronado, dam Sappho by Robt. McGregor.
J. F* Davies' b. f. Adios by Bon Voyage, dam Miss
Sidnev Dillon bv Sidnev Dillon.
L. B. Daniels' gr. c. Odd Mark by Prince Ansel, dam
Serpolo by Mendocino.
Chas. De Ryder's b. f. by Athasham, dam Corinne
Neilson by Clarence Wilkes.
Mrs. Chas. Fosdick's b. c. Bon Roy by Bon Voyage,
dam Athena bv Dexter Prince.
R. A. Fuller's b. f. Did by Raymon, dam Pelee by
Zolock.
A. R. Fraser's b. f. Bertha Pointer by Del Coronado,
dam Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer; br. f. Lady Blivin
by Del Coronado, dam Lady Alexandria by Bob Mason.
J. A. Garver's b. c. Second Policy by Best Policy,
dam Susie Way by Stoneway.
T. B. Gibson's b. f. Zellah Lee by Iran Alto, dam
Maggie by Soudan.
W. A. Glascock's b. f. Dell Murray by Murray M.,
dam Bay Queen; ch. c. Atlantic Fleet by Murray M.,
dam Bonita by Knight.
Glide Bros.' b. f. Doux Pointer by Star Pointer, dam
Eva by Nutwood Wilkes; s. c. Coniston by Jules
Verne, dam Josephine by Nutwood Wilkes; b. 1.
Noemie by Jules Verne, dam Fannie G. by Nutwood
Wilkes.
F. Gomet's b. f. by Prince McKinney, dam Arawanna
B. by Sidney Dillon.
F. Hahn's br f. Edna H. bv Bon Vovage, dam Red
Ruff by Chas. Derby.
I. N. Harlan's br. c. Ben Alto by Iran Alto, dam
Rita R. by Diawood.
E. E. Hays' br. c. Teddy Hays by Sir John S., dam
Pet by Anteeo, Jr.
H. H. Helman's br. f. Bessie Jay by Alconda Jay,
dam Elec tress Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes.
Estate of F. P. Hellwig's b. f. Eloise Dell by Al-
conda Jay, dam Lovely Dell by Prince Lovelace.
John Hogan's bl. c. Morning Light bv Rav o' Lia;ht,
dam Sally M. by Rinaldo.
H. S. Hogoboom's b. f. Beautiful Morn by Iran Alto,
dam Beautiful Bird by Nutwood Wilkes: b c. Jim
Davis by Iran Alto, dam Miss Raschen bv Diablo; ch.
c. The Bulletin by Palo King, dam Diawalda by
Diablo.
F. H. Holloways b. f. Nealy Stanley by On Stan-
ley, dam Nealy W. by Geo. W. McKinnev: b. f. Clara
W. bv Geo. W. McKinney. dam Lorena by Capt. Blair.
W. A. Hunter's bl. c. Alpha Dean bv Turban, dam
Lady B. by Stephen A.
C. A. Hall's b. f. Etta Lou by Kinnev Lou, dam
Etta B. by Goldnut.
Thos. Hamilton's b. c. El Rayo by Strathwav, dam
Badger Girl.
J. B. Iverson's b. c. Polar Star bv Nutwood
Wilkes, dam Ivoneer by Eugeneer; s. f. Belle Pointer
by Star Pointer, dam Dictatus Belle by Distatus.
E. P. Iverson's b. f. Lady Maren bv Highland C
dam Queen Karen by Nutwood Wilkes.
M. C. Keefer's s. c. Adansel by Prince Ansel, dam
ta by Advertiser; b. c. Zorankin bv Zombro
dam Di mantes by Diablo.
F. J. Kilpatrick's b. c. Loch Lomond bv Zolock, dam
Daisy McKinney by McKinney.
John H. Leonard's ch. c. Sunlight by El Brioso, dam
Minerva by Alpheus.
W. S. Maben's b. f. Hermosa by Walter Barker
dam riamie Elizabeth by Red Regent; br. c. Dick W*
by Walter Barker, dam Sue by Athadon; br. c Charley
A. C. by Walter Barker, dam Cleo by Conifer; b f
Rede fia by Redlac. dam Dixie W. by Zolock.
P. H. McEvoy's b. f. Essie Mc. by Milbrae, dam
Nakarch by Geo. W. Archer.
Frank H. Messmore's br. f. Ladj- Audubon by Au-
dubon Boy, dam Bell.
Estate of Dr. C. F. Millar's br. c. by Palite, dam
Maud by Diablo.
Carey Montgomery's b. f. Lady Ansel by Prince
Ansel, dam Lady Caretta by Nutwood Wilkes; br.
c. St. Patrick by Dan Logan, dam Humming Bird; b.
c. Point Logan by Star Pointer, dam May Logan by
Diablo.
J. W. Marshall's b. f. by Star Pointer, dam Trix by
Nutwood Wilkes.
Geo H. Magruder's b. c King Pointer by Star
Pointer, dam Belle by Silver King; b. f. Trilby S. by
Sir John S., dam Babe by Lynmont.
Hugh Morgan's b. c. Star Direct by Robert Direct,
dam Lady Helen by Norcatur.
Wm. Morgan's bl. f. Luna M. by Direcho, dam Grace
McK. by McKinney; br. f. Alta M. by Redlac, dam
Sona bv McKinney.
Geo. H. Magruder's b. c, by Sir John S., dam Babe by
Lvnmont.
Hugh Morgan's b. c. Star Direct by Robert Direct,
dam Ladv Helen by Norcatur.
Wm. Morgan's bl. f. Luna M. by Direcho. dam
Grace McK. by McKinney; br. f. Alta M. by Redlac,
dam Sona by McKinney.
R. Malcolmn's b. f. Miss De Moon by Demonio, dam
Miss Mooney by Brigadier.
A. B. Miller's gr. c. Division by Zombro, dam Rose
Gifford bv Rex Gifford.
W. T. McBride's s. c. John G. Lewis by Nutwood
Wilkes, dam Palo Belle by Palo Alto.
F. P. Ogden's b. c. Chemawa by Monicrat, dam
Lou by Ira.
Dana Perkin's b. c. Amorist by Zombro, dam Zaya
by Bay Bird.
Geo. W. Putnam's br. c. Star Tilden by Star Pointer,
dam Jessie Tilden by Roy Wilkes.
G. F. Parks' ch. c. Joseph D. by Prince Ansel, dam
Josie D. by Nutwood Wilkes.
H. G. Patterson's rn. f. Anamosa by Richmond
Chief, dam Donna P. by Athadon.
W. Parsons' ch. c. Merry Mack by Albert Mac, dam
Belle bv Diablo.
Thos. Ronan's rn. f. Lillie Dale by Birdman, dam
Birdie bv Jay Bird.
Dr F. A. Ramsev's bl. c. California Chief by Don
Reginaldo, dam Santa by Ellersley Wilkes.
G C. Schreiber's b. c. Allegro by Star Pointer, dam
Sadie Mason by Bob Mason.
Geo. E. Shaw's s. f- Little Nell by Dictatus Medium,
dam Nellie Nutwood by Brown Jug.
Fred C Smith's b. f. May First by Sonoma Boy,
dam Hattie by Ed. Waverly.
Thos. Smith's b. f. J. B. Frisbie, dam Venus Derby
bv Chas. Derby.
S. S. Stiles' b c. by Bon Voyage, dam Silver Haw
bv Silver Bow.
E T. Stockdale's br. f. Miss Guideleetis by Califor-
nia Guide, dam Selda by Stormy John.
John Suglian's br. c. Buster by Tom Smith, dam
Foxv bv Valentine Boodle.
T. D. Sexton's br. c. Patrick S. by Demonio, dam Eva
bv Le Grande.
L. Samuel's b. c. Pointway by Sky Pointer, dam
Na Na C. by Strathway.
Mrs. Carrie E. Shreve's br. f. Ruby Light by Aero-
lite, dam Bertha by Alcantara.
R. M. Sebastian's b. f. Delia McK. by Bonnie McK.,
dam Birdal by Birdalex.
L. H. Todhunter's bl. f. by Bon Voyage, dam Loma
B. by Stam B., b. c. by Zombro, dam Janet B. by
Stam B.
J. H. Torre3T's bl. c. Zomack by Zolock, dam Ellor-
etta bv Zombro.
M. H. Tuttle's b. f. Catania by Zombro, dam Ra-
mona B. by Stam B.
W. E. Tuttle's b. c. by Zombro, dam Belle Carter
bv Nutwood Wilkes; br. f. by Zombro, dam Maud
M'cAlto by McKinney.
W. L. Vance's br. c. by Bon Voyage, dam Elisa
S. by Alcantara, Jr.
Valencia Stock Farm's bl. c. Scout by R. Ambush,
dam Rosedrop by Sidney.
Victor Verilhac's b. c. Victor Pointer by Star
Pointer, dam Gertie A. by Diablo.
Geo. L_ Warlow's b. c. Matawan by Athadon, dam
Cora Wiekersham by Junio.
Capt. C. H. William's b. c. Alta Rex by Searchlight
Rex, dam Alta Nola by Altamont; b. c. Leo Rex by
Searchlight Rex, dam Leonet by Leo Corbett: b. f. Miss
Knott by Knott McKinney, dam Miss Mascott by Iran
Alto.
Harold Williams' b. c. Allolium by Constructor,
dam Star by Mamb. Chief, Jr.
C. P. Warburton's br. f. Stella McKinney by Ed.
McKinney, dam Ella W. by Eros.
F. W. Wadham's ch. c. Treatway by Strathway, dam
Johannah Treat by Thos. Rysdyk.
C. Whitehead's b. c. Main Guy by Oro Guy, dam Nina
B. by Electioneer.
Zibbell & Son's b. f. by Tom Smith, dam Kate Lumry
by Shadeland Onward; b. c. by Tom Smith, dam Evan-
gie by Shadeland Onward.
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When forty-two two-year-olds that are practically
unbroken yearlings, having been foaled in the sum-
mer of 190S and sold simply halter broke in Janu-
ary, 1910, bring an average of $650 each, it looks as
though trotting bred horses were worth something.
Riley Medium 2:10% the famous old Kansas pacer,
died from suffocation January 31st at Ottawa, Kans.,
the born in which he was kept being burned and
the old stallion was suffocated before he could be
taken out of his stall. He was 19 years old.
Six carloads of mules were shipped out of Tehama
county last week to Crow's Landing, Stanislaus
county, from whence they wil be sent to San Fran-
cisco and shipped to the Fiji Islands to work in the
s^gar fields.
John Splan is now the business manager of the
Madden boys, and has the management of their stal-
lions Vice Commodore 2:11 by Bingen, The Native
2:17%, brother to Native Belle (2) 2:07%, and
Brighton, brother to Siliko.
The Horse Review states that there are only about
75 mile tracks used for harness racing in the whole
United States. If that is true California has another
world's record to her credit as at least twenty mile
tracks are located in this State.
NEW 2:10 PERFORMERS OF 1009 BRED ON"
PACIFIC COAST.
Following is a list of new 2:10 performers and those
with records of 2:10 bred on the Pacific Coast that
obtained new records in 1909. The name and ad-
dress of the breeder and the name of the driver are
given in this list.
New Trottera.
Esther Bells, b. m„ 5, by Monbells 2:23% — Ex-
pressive, 3, 2:12~%, by Electioneer 125; g.
dam Esther, thoroughbred, by Express.
Bred by Palo Alto Farm, Menlo Park,
Cal. North Randall, O., Aug. 10
John H. Dickerson 2:08%
Kid "Wilkes, ch. g., 5, by Stanton "Wilkes, p.,
2:10% — Romeria, by Balboa, thorough-
bred; g. dam by Romero 2:19V-. Bred by
C. H. Thomas, Redlands, Cal. Woodland,
Cal, Aug. 13 H. Helman 2:0J%
Emily W., b. m., S. by James Madison 2:17% —
Cornelia Rose, by Cornelius 11335; g. dam
A. Rose, by The Moor S70. Bred by J. B.
Haggin, San Francisco, Cal. Salinas, Cal.,
Aug. 4 F. Ward 2:10
Era, b. m., S. by Zombro 2:11 — Nelly K., by
General Grant, Jr.; g. dam untraced. Bred
by William Morgan, Pasadena, Cal.
Woodland, Cal., Aug. IS.. Frank Williams 2:10
Trotters With Reduced Records.
Sterling McKinney, br. h„ by McKinney 2:11%
— Twenty-Third, by Director 2:17; g.
dam Nettie Nutwood, by Nutwood 2:18%.
Bred by J. W. Rea, San Jose, Cal. De-
troit. Mich. July 30.. E. F. Geers, 2:06% to 2:06%
Xew Paeers.
Jim Logan, b. c, 3, by Charles Derby 2:20 — Effie
Logan, by Durfee 11256; g. dam Rippie. by
Prompter 2305. Bred by M. J. Mclnerney,
of California. Woodland, Cal., Aug. 18..
J. E. Montgomery 2:05%
Adam G., b. g., 11, by McKinney 2:11% — Nona
Y. 2:25, by Admral 488; g. dam Black
Flora, by Black Prince. Bred by E. P.
Heald, San Francisco, Cal. Portland, Ore.,
Sept. 22 Chas. L. DeRyder 2:06%
Mary Dillon, b. m., 7., by Sidnev Dillon 23157 —
Carlotta Wilkes, by Charley Wilkes
2:21%; g. dam Aspasia, by Alcantara 2:23.
Bred by Santa Rosa Stock Farm, Santa
Rosa, Cal. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. S. .
Millard F. Sanders 2:06%
Moortrix, b. c, 4, by Azmoor 2:20% — Trix, by
Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; b. dam Trixy, by
Director 2:17. Bred by J. W. Marshall,
Dixon, Cal. Woodland, Cal., Aug. 21
F. Chadbourne 2:07%
Cora, b. f., 4, by Del Coronado 2:09% — Nellie,
by Dexterwood 20563. Bred by J. H.
Wallace, San Diego, Cal. Woodland,
Cal., Aug. 21 H. Helman 2:0S%
Mary K., b. m., 10, by Zombro 2:11 — Klickitat
Maid, p., 2:19, by Altamont 2:26%; g.
dam Rhoda, by Captain Sligart, Jr. Bred
by Tuttle Bros., Rocklin, Cal. Galesburg,
111., Aug. 12 Dick McMahan 2:0S%
Demonio Wilkes, ch. h., by Demonio, p., 2:11%;
dam, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%. Bred by
Rush & Haile, Suisun, Cal. Phoenix,
Ariz., Nov. 12 H. Helman 2:09%
Kate Dillon, ch. m., 6, by Sidney Dillon 23167 —
Roblet, p., 2:12, by Robin 2:22%; g. dam
Eveline, by Nutwood 2:18%. Bred by
W. H. Lumsden, Santa Rosa, Cal. Madi-
son, Wis., Sept. 10 W. J. Simpson 2:10
Pacers With Reduced Records.
Copa de Oro, b. h., 7, bv Nutwood Wilkes
2:16% — Atherine 2:16%, by Patron 2:14%;
g. dam Athene, by Harold 413. Bred by P.
W. Hodges, California. Phoenix, Ariz.,
Nov. 10 W. G. Durfee 2:02 to 2:01%
Queen Pomona, b. m., S, by Pomona 7466 — Nug-
get, untraced. Bred by C. Hayes, Fresno,
Cal. Phoenix, Ariz.. Nov. 8
Wall 2:07% to 2:05%
Delilah, b. m., 6, by Zolock, p., 2:05% — Gipsey,
by General Booth, son of George M.
Patchen 2:23%; g. dam Echo Belle, by
Echo 462. Bred by Ben Davies, San Ber-
nardino, Cal. Woodland, Cal., Aug. 20..
J. W. Bonnell 2:07% to 2:06%
Hymettus, b. g., 5„ by Zombro 2:11 — The Silver
Belle, by Silver Bow 2:16; g. dam Maud
W. W. W. 2:23%, by General Reno 4764.
Bred by L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento,
Cal. Salem. Ore.. Sept. 17
J. Quinn 2:0S% to 2:07
Donax, ch. g., 7, by Alondra 2:1S — Ida Dolan,
by Red Wilkes 1749; g. dam Ida, by Ed-
win Forrest 49. Bred by C. X. Larrabee,
Home Park, Mont. Davenport, Iowa,
Aug. 19 Egan 2:09% to 2:07%
Solano Boy. br. g., by Father McKinnon (son
of Demonio. p., 2:11%) — Minerva, bv
Guy Wilkes 2:15%. Bred by Rush &
Haile, Suisun, Cal. Salinas, Cal., Aug. 6.
F. Chadbourne 2:09% to 2:07%
Lord Lovelace, br. h., 8, by Lovelace 2:20 — Mag.
gie, by Duroc Prince 1S651; g. dam
Frankie, by Oregon Pathfinder 109S1.
Bred in Oregon. Salem, Ore. Sept. 15..
L. Lindsay 2:10 to 2:07%
It has been officially announced that the New York
State Fair Commission's racing department has con-
cluded final arrangements for the Buffalo Horse
World's Futurity as an attraction of its Grand Circuit
racing card next September. The terms were private
between the contracting parties. This stake, which
has been variously called a Stallion, Matron or Pro-
duce Stake, was opened by the above-named publica-
tion for colts of 1907, by nominated stallions and nom-
inated mares, and is guaranteed to be not less than
$7500. The original conditions have also stated that
any amount above the guaranteed sum received from
nominators will be added to the stake, and at differ-
ent times it has been announced as a futurity to be
eventually worth as much as $15,000.
There is one consolation — after 1914 there will be
no discussion as to whether it should be spelled
hobbles or hopples, as after that time "there ain't
goin' to be any."
There was a great bunch of extremely fast young
pacing stallions out the past year, notable among
them being Ross K. (5) 2:04%, Bland S. (5) 2:05%,,
Ess H. Kay (5) 2:05%, Tony Swift (4) 2:05% and
Jim Logan (3) 2:05^. It does not appear unreason-
able any more to expect a two-minute performer
from among the number if they meet with no mis-
fortune and improve even moderately the next few
years.
Penisa Maid 2:04% has a full sister that is owned
by A. D. Griffith of Bloomfield, Iowa.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Heredity.
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gS Its Relation to Horse Breeding for Military Pur «
H poses. SS
g [By Thos. Bowhill, F. R. C. V. S.] *'
In this article, it is my intention to describe in a
brief manner, recent contributions regarding hered-
ity and the effects of same on horse breeding, espe-
cially horses for military purposes. Heredity has
been defined as the expression of a biological law,
which manifests itself in the individual production
of species and is expressed in the well-worn axiom,
"Like begets like." Heredity predisposition to dis-
ease may exist at birth or may supervene at a more
or less advanced period of existence. These trans-
mitted and transmissible weaknesses of elementary
organic structure of conditions may be the predis-
posing cause to disease of many kinds or malforma-
tions and such tranmissible weakness can be unin-
telligently augmented in intensity by injudicious
breeding or gradually overcome by the intelligent
use of the faculties of observation and reflection. A
farmer who simply breeds a mare to get a colt and
takes no notice of predisposing weakness in sire or
dam is almost sure to obtain a produce still more
inferior in structure than the parents.
Recent wars show the dire necessity of every na-
tion being alive to the conditions of its equine popu-
lation— the number available in time of war, as well
as where a foreign supply can be obtained should the
occasion arise.
The standard of excellence now demanded in
horses for military purposes, especially in the time
of peace, calls for a careful selection of all breeding
animals. The part played by heredity in producing
defects is a subject over which considerable contro-
versy always arises. I think that Professor Wood's
recent experiments with Mendelian breeding, tend
to remove a great many pre-existing doubts. It is,
therefore, a matter of vital importance that attention
should be directed to the prevention of the so-called
hereditary diseases, which are more or less due to
some peculiarity of structure.
Animals thus affected, no doubt give rise to off-
spring with tendencies to similar defects, but the
actual diseases are not likely to manifest themselves,
unless some external causes of such lesion are also
in operation. The Royal Commission on Horsebreed-
ing in England, recognizes the following diseases as
hereditary: Ringbone, spavin, sidebone, navicular
disease, cataract, defective feet and defective wind.
It is well known that horses with upright, stilty
pasterns are prone to develop ringbone, due to ex-
cessive concussion, while excessively long pasterns,
owing to increased strain on the tenaon, have a simi-
lar tendency. These conditions are without doubt
frequently of a transmissible nature; in other words,
the ringbone itself is not inherited, but the faulty
conformation tends to an inherited liability to ring-
bone. In spavin, the "causa interna," is a predisposi-
tion to a certain extent due to the conformation of
the hock. Horses with sickly-shaped hocks — ill-de-
veloped bones of the lower portion of the joint, com-
monly known as "tied in hocks," are prone to de-
velop bone spavin. On the other hand, horses with
thick set stumpy hocks are prone to develop bog
spavin and thorough-pin. Coarse, well developed
hocks with roughened processes on the inner aspect
are considered by many to be the best hocks for en-
durance, provided the hyper development is situated
at the postero-lateral aspect of the joint. Some
breeders do not hesitate to breed from an animal
with well shaped hocks but which has developed a
spavin from some external cause, but where the joint
is naturally ill-shapen the animal should not be used
for breeding purposes.
Spavin may be considered to result from some
incomplete development of the component bones or
ligaments of the joint, nevertheless, the exact nature
of the predisposition remains as yet obscure. It is
important to note that a symmetrical condition often
occurs in the breadth of the two sides of the pelvis
and also in the hocks of the English thoroughbred.
Some breeders consider that if a mare is an indi-
vidual far above the ordinary and has four good top
crosses no mistake is made by using such an animal
for breeding purposes. They reason that so many
short-bred mares have thrown horses that could go
any distance in contrast to many well-bred mares
whose foals never do well at any distance, beyond
six furlongs. Consequently, many breeders consider
that individuality is the great desideratum in a brood
mare. The above extracts show how difficult it is to
determine the part played by predisposition in the
production of diseased conditions. In a recent lecture
on Mendelian heredity. Professor Wood, of Cam-
bridge University, states that evidence has been ob-
tained showing in addition to practical success with
wheat and the breeding of poultry, that the laws of
Mendel hold good for horses, cattle, sheep and pigs.
Other characters have not been investigated, so it is
impossible to state whether they are Mendelian or
not; however, it is very probable that Mendelian
laws also apply to other characters. Hurst, analyzing
Weatherby's Stud Book, showed that true chestnut
stallions mated with chestnut mares produced chest-
nut stock and that certain true bay stallions, when
mated with chestnut mares, always produced bay
foals. He, therefore, concluded that bay was a dom-
inant and chestnut a recessive color. Presuming that
some bay stallions were mongrel in point of color,
it was anticipated that when mated with chestnut
mares they would breed bay and chestnut alternately.
This was found actually to be the case. When cer-
tain bay stallions known to have both bay and chest-
nut in their immediate ancestry were examined in
respect of their progeny, Hurst found that out of 1.104
foals by chestnut stallions out of chestnut mares
1,095 were chestnut, allowing a possible error of one
mistaken entry per 100, he concluded that chestnut
by chestnut always produced chestnut. He also noted
that many bay stallions, for instance St. Simon, St.
Serf, Golopin, Ladas, Merry Hampton, and Cabin
Boy, when mated with chestnut mares, always pro-
duced bay foals. He traced in the Stud Book 370
foals by the above mentioned stallions out of chest-
nut mares and all were bay in color, thus justifying
his conclus iot tne cmfwyvbqjvbgkqjbgkqjvbgkqgfg
his conclusion that the bay color was dominant over
the chestnut which was recessive. Hurst also found
that the 12 bay stallions — Royal Hampton, Donovan,
St. Angelo, Florizel II, Orvieto, Pioneer, Isonomy,
Isinglass, Ayrshire, Melton. Wisdom and Rose Widow
— got altogether out of chestnut mares 702 foals of
After Four Weeks' Duty in Africa.
which 335 were bay and 347 chestnut nearly half and
half. All these sires had both bay and chestnut in
their immediate parentage. Reasoning on Mendelian
lines, if they were all mongrel bay chestnuts, their
progeny out of chestnut mares should be bay and
in equal numbers. There seemed little doubt there-
fore that the colors, bay and chestnut in horses were
inherited according to Mendel's laws.
The laws of the inheritance of the color of High-
land cattle worked out by Wilson, appears also to
be on Mendelian lines. Spillman, of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, also shows by statistics
that in cattle the polled condition was dominant over
horns and in pigs he also traced the inheritance of
color on Medelian lines.
Recent experiments of Nuttall and others, with
antisera made from the blood of any animal, give
reaction only with the blood of the same species or
with original blood relations. These experiments
make it now possible to determine to what particu-
lar family an animal belongs, consequently blood is
the most heriditary tissue in the body.
An interesting article by T. Dykes states that "in
Scotland, in James V's time, a native breed of horses,
possessing a particular merit was well recognized.
In 1535, a law was passed in Scotland for raising
A "Waler" Showing Mallein Reaction.
the size of the native breed of Scottish horse and all
manner of persons were enjoined to providing their
studs with great mares and horses.
In 1566, Thomas de Blundeville described a "great
war horse" as follows: "Black, smooth, dry, round
and hollow hoof — and if it be soft or tender and
broad about the heel it is a sign of great lightness.
His pasterns should be short, and neither too loose
nor yet too high, so shall he be strong beneath, and
not apt to founder — his joyntes great with long
featherlocks (fetlocks) behind whyche is a sign of
force — his legges strong and broad — his knees great,
lean and plain." In other points described by
Blundeville, Dyke states, "only a few coincide with
our modern notion of a good heavy work horse," a
valued feature however, was the frizzled hair on
each side of the flanks.
The studs of the present time are with few ex-
ceptions the result of individual enterprise, con-
sequently, many different ideas of excellence abound.
A remount officer informed me that there was at
present a scarcity of the type of horse required for
cavalry purposes. No doubt recent wars have de-
creased the number of horses available for army pur-
poses. Breeding has also decreased with the advent of
the automobile. Any government requiring a steady
supply of remounts must realize that individual
breeders cannot be expected to breed for army pur-
poses under the present condition of the horse mar-
ket, and that they must either organize special
breeding establishments or provide suitable stud
horses for desirable localities and last but not least,
agree to pay a fair price for the product when four
years old. During the Boer war, the English govern-
ment purchased 107,511 horses and SO, 524 mules in
America and 14,611 horses in Canada.
These horses were landed in a strange country
after a long and tedious voyage and hurried to the
front before they had regained the free use of their
legs, consequently, they were absolutely useless to
withstand hardship and exposure. Being underfed
and over-burdened as well, the inevitable result was
often as depicted in photograph No. 1, showing a
remount after four years' duty. This animal was a
Hungarian remount issued at Pretoria previous to
the general advance. Photograph No. 2 is a Waler
(Australian horse), showing a typical "Mallein re-
action." This horse went through the whole war
and at the termination of hostilities was issued to
the Cape Police and although escaping the hardships
of the war, contracted glanders. This disease ap-
pears to be inseparable from any war of an extensive
nature. The disposal of surplus stock at the termi-
nation of hostilities is a means of spreading the dis-
ease. Many outbreaks occurred in Cape Colony
after the war, traceable to cast military horses. In
one District, I had charge of. it was so bad that I
was delighted when the German buyers scoured the
district for horses to use in their long drawn cam-
paign against Marengo's Hottentots, The exodus
that took place at that time to German East Africa
removed many undesirable animals from the Colony.
All horses cast from regimental units should be
tested with Mallein, previous to their being placed
on the public market.
Certain portions of British Columbia are specially
adapted for the breeding of army horses. California
is likewise a suitable country, and I observe that the
U. S. Government purpose establishing remount sta-
tions there. I am pleased to note that the famous
Morgan type of horse is being revived by the gov-
ernment, a type that has few equals for general pur-
poses. Many a great industry is lost to suitable
localities by the apathy of the government. Thousands
are voted annually for party purposes, "sans facon"
and matters of vital importance to the nation's integ-
rity passed over. "Si vis pacem para bellum."
THOS. BOWHILL, F. R. C. V. S., etc.
ADVICE TO BREEDERS.
Breeders have, after years of misguided effort,
found out that producing horses with a view of pleas-
ing the rich buyer of sensational specimens does not
pay. It is the quick, marketable carriage horse for
family use, and the useful saddle horse of substan-
tial kind, that city dealers are calling for. They
are not looking for world-beaters or high-steppers
of the hypnotizing variety just now. Time enough
to pick a few of the latter out of carload lots when
the season gets further advanced. As a matter of
fact, the expert buyer, while he always keeps his eye
peeled for something ultra sensational, must depend
upon horses of average ability that are practically
sound, show a bit of the all-round sort, and that
possess upstanding character, fair conformation and
some quality. Out of a collection of such individ-
uals the city dealer will pick what he calls a "likely
show prospect." It is his business to "make" a
prize-winner out of what a farmer or breeder may
consider only an ordinary horse. This is the risk
the quick buyer takes. He knows very well his
employer in some Eastern city may lose money on
several of the horses he collects in the West, but
the total shipment will pan out all right, when the
"likely ones" are separated from the dross, and
even the latter will change hands, as a rule, so as
to show a profit on the original investment, unless
sickness runs through the entire lot, and they have
to be kept in the breaker's and fitter's stable beyond
the time anticipated. Farmers are fast becoming
educated to this state of affairs, and most of them
don't have to be told, now-a-days, that if they ex-
pect to produce horses with a margin of profit they
need only "rough break" their colts and get them
into nicely-rounded condition when the city buyers
come along in the spring. It is just at this time of
the year — January — that the wise farmer and small
breeder will begin to sort out his four-year-olds and
satisfy himself which are the best for city harness
purposes. He will not waste time trying to create a
champion high-stepper out of a colt that happens to
develop a bit more action that the rest. If he does,
he will find that he must neglect the others and
therefore his general average will be lower. Under
no circumstances can he hope to get as much money
from a dealer for one extra good colt as he could
obtain for half a carload of fairly good ones.
This has been the block over which many a
small breeder has tripped, and, after a season or two,
given up horse breeding in disgust. Let him be sat-
isfied with small profits and he will succeed beyond
a question of doubt. With a regular market for all
the horses he can raise, the breeder has little to com-
plain of and no risk worth speaking about. He can
well afford to let the dealer get all the glory and
whatever of abnormal profit may accrue. — Sports of
the Times.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Pebruray 26, 1910.
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Wherever horsemen assemble the subject of the
training and daily development of trotters and pacers
is a topic which is more earnestly discussed than
any other. The places where winter tracks have
come into existence during the past ten years are
commented upon, but no part of America has come in
for greater praise than California. The number of
champions which were sent from this "land by the
sunset sea" every year asconished the horsemen of
the East. From a few mile tracks adjacent
to our interior towns the number has in-
creased until it is claimed there are more
good race tracks here than in any other
State in the Union. There is one which is
attracting widespread fame situated in
Riverside- county. It is on the Hemet Stock
Farm, a model institution just one year old
which is receiving the highest praise from
all who have visited it. There are several
features in its favor which cannot be dupli-
cated and must not be overlooked. In the
first place the climate rivals that of Arabia
for its salubrity, — warm and genial and
healthful. No extremes of heat or cold; a
temperature almost even all the year. Shel-
tered from all winds this farm lies nestling
among the foothills. The soil is rich and
capable of producing the finest of semi-
tropical fruits as well as the heaviest crops
of grasses, alfalfa and cereals. Plenty of
pure mountain water is to be had, and with
these natural advantages, buildings, barns,
stables, a commodious grandstand and one
of the best laid out half mile tracks has
been constructed here. In the paddocks and
fields, knee-deep in the luxuriant a'falfa and
alfilleria, are to be seen some choicely bred
mares, colts and fillies which have been
selected by Manager Frank H. Holloway as
worthy to grace this beautiful place. In the
stallicn paddocks are two fine representa-
tives of MeKinney 2:11%, "the greatest trot-
ting sta'lion and sire of early and extreme
speed of his age" ever foaled: Geo. W. Me-
Kinney 35573, with a record of 2:14% ob-
tained in the third heat of a hard-fought
race, and Armond Lou 2:27% by Kinney Lou
2:07%. Geo. W. MeKinney is considered
one of the handsomest stallions in Califor-
nia; his full brother, Washington MeKinney
2:17%, that sold for $10,000 last year, was also a
grandly formed horse. Geo. W. MeKinney 2:14%
was out of Lady Washington 2:35 (also dam of El
Molino 2:20 and Idle Gossip, trial 2:20), by Whipple
S957 (son of Whipple's Hambletonian) ; second dam
Lady Mayberry by Chieftain 721. Geo. W. McKinney's
opportunities as a sire have been limited, neverthe-
less, he sired Silver Dick 2:09%, Tom MeKinney
2:20%, Nealy W. 2:27, Andy MeKinney 2:28%, Wal-
ter J. 2:28y2 and Honest John (mat.) 2:21%.
Armond Lou 2:27% is another well-bred stallion.
and although not so large as his companion is a
perfect model of beauty and strength. In color, he
is a very dark chestnut and stands about 15 hands
high. He has faultless trotting action and unless
some accident happens him will undoubtedly get a
very low record, as he has already shown quarters in
32 seconds. His dam was the
good game mare Catinka 2:20%
by Abbottsford 2:19%, the sec-
ond dam was Mollie, by Ham-
bletonian Jr.; third dam was by
John Nelson. With such an in-
heritance on his paternal and
maternal sides there can be no
question about his gameness.
Among the brood mares are
Lady Woolsey (dam of 3) by
Woolsey (brother to the ex-
queen Sunol 2:08% and Gen.
Wellington, sire of the dam of
Native Bell 2:07%, the fastest
2-year-old trotter in the world!)
Fiesta (dam of Fiesta Bell 2:16%, and one other,)
by Bob Mason 2:27% (sire of 2 in the 2:10 list), dam
Riene by Rajah 10154.
Mamie Redmond 2:19% by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%,
dam Ingar, (dam of 6 in 2:301 by Director 2:17;
second dam Annie Titus (dam of 1) by Echo, etc.
Mamie Redmond is a full sister to John A. McKerron
Besides these, there are other royally bred ones.
This farm adjoins the town of Hemet, its entrance
being only five minutes' walk from the railroad depot.
The grandstand is large and a splendid view of the
track can be had from any seat in it. The track is
pronounced by horsemen to be the fastest and safest
in the country. The illustration herewith shows its
condition three hours after one of the heaviest rains
in this section, and the way these horses are trotting
it shows the footing must be excellent. There are
thirty-five head of horses working on this track at
present and they occupy all the stalls, but, so in-
sistent have been the demands of horsemen to train
here that Mr. Holloway has ordered twenty more box
stalls to be built immediately.
Mr. Holloway is in every way qualified to manage
this establishment, and his ambition to make the
Hemet Stock Farm one of the very best in California
will be realized for he has started in by getting the
very best material for a foundation for his trotting
stock, he has used excellent judgment in the selection
of this garden spot and erected buildings that reflect
credit on his taste, and with the care and study which
he has given to the subject there can be no doubt
regarding the success of this well-appointed farm.
Horsemen who have stabled their horses there are
lavish in their praises of the place and the treatment
they received, and have no hesitancy in declaring that
this will be the Palo Alto stock farm of Southern
California.
GEO. W.:McKINNEYj2:l4Ji-
A MID-WINTER SCENE AT THE
2:04% (sire of Jack McKerron 2:07%), Nearest
2:22% (sire of 2 in 2:10 list), etc.
Louise Carter 2:24 by Chestnut Tom 2:15, dam
Ingar (dam of 6) by Director 2:17, etc.
Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, dam Zeta Car-
ler (dam of Chestnut Tom 2:15) by Director 2:17.
Muriel P. 2:29% (sister to Bob Ingersoll 2:14%
and 4 others in 2:30) by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, dam
Lou G. by Albert W. 2: 20, by Electioneer, etc.
Mora Mac by MeKinney
2:11%, dam Stambia by
Stam B. 2:11%, second
dam Fontanita 2:24% by
4ntevolo 2:19%.
Lady Zombro 2:24%
(trial 2:10) by Zombro
2:11, dam Lady Woolsey
by Woolsey, etc.
Nealy W. 2:27 by Geo.
W. MeKinney 2:14%, dam
Lady Woolsey by Woolsey,
etc.
Kinney Rosebud by
Kinney Lou 2:07%, dam
jYlissie Medium by James
Madison 2:17 (sire of 3 in
2:10 list); second dam
Belle Medium 2:20 (dam
of Stam B. 2:11%, etc.) by
Happy Medium 400, third
dam Argenta by Almont
Lightning (sire of Zombro
2:11, etc.).
Louise R. by Sterling
MeKinney 2:06% (son of
MeKinney 2:11% and
Twenty-Third by Director
2:17, etc.), dam Catinka
2:20% by Abbottsford 2:19.
HEMET STOCK FARM.
Charley Lyons, the former Buffalo trainer, who
has been in Europe for the last three or four years,
now located at Frankfort, Austria, where he has
quite a stable. He reports that Alsandra 2:12%, by
Bonnie Direct, and Chelsea by Constantine, that
were shipped to Europe last summer, were not
much good over there. He discovered a prize in a
mare called Bessie Highwood, touted as not
amounting to much. She had a colt in 1908 and was
rough when she reached Austria. She had not
been long in Mr. Lyon's stable, however, when she
commenced to show speed, and he started her seven
times and won five of the races, her winnings for
the season amounting to 12,000 marks. She showed
so much speed that it was decided to hold the mare
over for 1910.
The Futurity organized by the American Horse
Breeder of Boston appears to be much favored by
breeders and horsemen attending the Garden sale.
The cause of this is the further reduction of payment
on yearlings, which has invariably been from $5 to
$10 in all colt stakes now in existence. In the Bos-
ton Futurity this payment has been reduced to $3,
and as the charge for naming mares is only $1 per
head this makes it the most liberal stake to breeders
at the lowest cost of any. The Futurity is worth
$11,000, so that the total cost of only $4 up to the
time the eligible is almost a yearling makes it very
attractive to breeders and owners*.- A payment of $5
is asked for colts of 1910, on May 1, 1911, or a total
of $9, and nothing more until 1913 or the year of the
race. The $1 fee will fall due on March 15 next for
mares bred in 1909, but horsemen who know that
their mares are surely in foal are making the pay-
ments now. The Breeders' Futurity has made sev-
eral innovations for the direct benefit of its patrons,
which have been copied by others, and this further
reduction in initial entrance fee is receiving the
patronage it fully deserves from the country's breed-
ers.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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I Athasham 2:09 1-4. 3
It is a remarkable fact that the majority ot the
fastest trotters foaled in Fresno County and the
ones which have attracted world-wide attention,
were bred by one "small breeder," Mr. Geo. L. War-
low, of Fresno. When he decided to come to Cali-
fornia he purchased a few colts and mares. Among
the latter was a large-boned, rugged-looking brown
mare called Athalie, by Harkaway 2:28% (son of
Strathmore 408), out of Wait-a-Bit 2:31 (dam of
Lady Princeton 2:15%, Guy Princeton 2:28% and
Harkaway 2:28%), by Basil Duke; second dam Katie
by imported Glencoe (sire of the grandams of Palo
Alto 2:08%, Favonia 2:15, etc.). Athalie's dam
was Mag by Alcalde 103 (son of Mambrino Chief 11
and a mare by Pilot Jr. 12) and the grandam was
by Kinney's Vandal, a son of Vandal, he by imp.
Glencoe, out of Alarice's dam by imp. Tranby. So it
can be seen that Athalie traced to the very strongest
of thoroughbred foundations, and when Mr. Warlow
bred her to Matadon 9292 "he builded better than
he knew," for the foal which came after his arrival
with the mares in Fresno was called Athadon, and if
ever there was a natural trotter endowed with early
and extreme speed, it was this lusty brown colt, and
he proved it by earning the world's championship
record for a year-old stallion — 2:27. Matadon was
also a grandly-bred horse. He was by Onward 2:25%
(son of George Wilkes 2:22) and Dolly (dam of
Director 2:17 and 3 other sires), out of Fanny Alley
(dam of Gen. Bartholomew 2:27%, etc.), by Wm.
Rysdyk 527 (sire of Robert Rysdyk 2:13%, etc.), son
of Hambletonian 10 and Belle of Chester, by Long
Island Black Hawk. Matadon's second dam was
Lucille by Bayard Jr. 4479,
he by Bayard (son of Pilot
Jr. 12) out of Vic (dam of
Mattie Graham 2:21%,
Dainty 2:26%, etc.) by
Mambrino Chief 11. Atha-
lie has since proven that
she was one of the greatest
producers of speed in
America, for besides Ath-
adon (1) 2:27, she had to
her credit Athanio 2:10
(a great success as a sire
in Europe), Ira 2:10%.
Athnio 2:14%, Athanio
2:18, Athinix 2:20 and
Athablo 2:24%. But the
subject of this sketch,
Athadon's fastest son,
Athasham 2:09%, has
other claims to recogni-
tion and is a worthy rep-
resentative of the great
Wilkes-Electioneer cross
that has become so prom-
inent in ^rotting annals
during the past five years,
because representatives of
it hold so many world's
records. His dam was
Cora Wickersham, also
dam of Nogi 2:10%, by
Junio 2:22, son of the im-
mortal Electioneer 125,
out of Nelly by Granger
by imported Hercules. His second dam was
Maud Whippleton (dam of Bolinas 2:24%) by
Whippleton 1883 (sire of 7 in 2:30), he by
Hambletonian Jr. (sire of the dams of S in 2:30), out
of Lady Livingstone (dam of Lady Blanchard 2:26%,
2 sires of 9, and 1 dam of 3 in 2:30), by the holder
of the 30-mile trotting record, General Taylor, by the
Morse Horse 6. Athasham's third dam was Gladys
by Gladiator (sire of the dam of Almont Patchen 2:15,
etc.), and the fourth dam was Crazy Kate, s. t. b. by
John Nelson, he by a son of imported Trustee. Atha-
don 2:27, his sire, also has to his credit The Donna
2:07%, Sue 2:12, Listerine 2:13%, Calwa 2:15%.
Casey 2:17%, Donatrine 2:26, Belladonna 2:28 and
Donasham 2:29. The bloodlines of Athasham 2:09%
are given full and comprehensively so as to demon-
strate that to get good fast horses they must be bred
right on the paternal as well as maternal sides. We
cannot get "figs from thistles," neither can we hope
to perpetuate a family that will breed on, unless we
are positive that the blood, conformation, nervous
energy, and aptitude to trot fast is natural, and no
one can dispute the fact that Athasham has all these
qualifications. He cannot help becoming a great sire
of early and extreme speed.
His career on the racetrack, from the time he first
faced a starter, was a most successful one. He de-
feated some of the best horses in his class in Amer-
ica, and many times in those races with these crack-
a-jacks he was timed miles in 2:08. He won nearly
$6000 in 1907. In Lexington, where the circuit ended
that vear, he was inside the money in the $5000 purse
won by Sonoma Girl in 2:07%, 2:07% and 2:05%, fin-
ishing close up to Wilkes Heart 2:06% and Jack Ley-
burn 2:04%, while Claty Latus 2:08%, Bareja 2:08%,
Sterling McKinney 2:06% and Margaret O. 2:05%
were behind him. His fame on the California circuit
as a good, game, consistent trotting compaigner is
well established. His bold and aggressive way of
going stamps him as the kind of a horse that can be
classed with Directum, Cresceus, and a score of
other "bulldogs of the homestretch." He never
seemed to tire and was always ready and willing to
do his best, whether urged by his driver or not. The
history of the trotting horse industry is replete with
the successes made by trotting sires endowed with
courage and stamina akin to his.
He was a fast two and three year old. As a four-
year-old he started in eight races and won seven of
them, beating the best trotters on the circuit, the
majority of those contending with him being aged
horses.
Athasham is making the season at Fresno at the
very low fee of $25 for the season. Mr. D. L. Bachant,
his owner, desires to give breeders an opportunity to
get some colts by this horse, believing be will trans-
mit all his good qualities to his progeny, and found a
family second to no other in California.
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When Prince Ansel trotted as a two-year-old and
made his record of 2:20% in a race which he won, it
was predicted that 2:15 would be his mark in the
next event he started in. He was then entered in
a race in which his principal contender was John
A. McKerron. After getting the word, he took the
lead and was many lengths in advance at the three-
eighths pole when one of the straps holding one of
his boots on broke, and the repeated flapping of
the heavy leather against the opposite leg caused
him to break and lose the heat and race. It was
a most unforunate accident for it was currently re-
ported and believed that he would have obtained a
record of 2:12 that day. He never was trained after
ATHASHAM 2:0914.
this accident as he had strained the tendons of one
of his hind legs and it was not deemed advisable
to continue working him. Prince Ansel is a beau-
tiful type of the trotting horse. He shows class
and quality from "eend to eend" as the Yorkshire
men say. His sire was Dexter Prince 22363 (sire of
83 in 2:30, including Lisonjero 2:08%, Eleata 2:08%,
James L. 2:09%, and Edith 2:10) he by Kentucky
Prince, out of Lady Dexter (sister to Dexter 2:17%,
Dictator, sire of Director 2:17, etc., Alma 2:28%,
Astoria 2:29%, etc.) by Hambletonian 10; second
dam Clara, one of the great foundation broodmares
and the very best speed-producing daughter of Ameri-
can star 14. Ansel's dam was Woodflower (dam of
Seylex 2:15%, and Prince Ansel (2) 2:20% and 2
sires of 3, and 1 dam of 1 in 2:30 list), by Ansel
2:20 (sire of 14 in 2:30 list, one of his sons Norris
2:22% sired the dams of Hedgwood Boy 2:02%, Lady
Maud C. 2:02% and Memonia 2:09%), he by Election-
eer 125, out of Annette by Lexington (sire of the
grandams of Sunol 2:08%, Jay Eye See 2:10, Noon-
tide 2:20%, etc.); second dam by the great four-
mile race horse Grey Eagle. Prince Ansel's grandam
was that wonderful speed producing matron May-
flower 2:30% by St. Clair 16675. She has to her
credit two world's champions, viz: Manzanita 2:16,
ex-champion four-year-old trotter of her day and
Wildflower that held the world's two-year-old record
of 2:21 for eight years. Mayflower is the grandam
of twelve in the 2:30 list. Mayflower's sire held the
five mile record for many years.
Prince Ansel never was bred to many mares as
his owner had Nushagak, another stallion, and only
a few mares, consequently, the patronage of both
was very limited. He has to his credit Bonnie Prin-
cess 2:25%, Prince Lot (2) 2:29 trial 2:09%, sep-
PRINCE ANSEL (2) 2:20l/2.
arately timed in race in 2:10; Princess Mamie 2:21VS,
trial 2:18%, Prince Gay (dead) four-year-old, trial
2:23; Wesos (4) trial 2:21, last half 1:07, last quar-
ter in 32% seconds, after three months work; An-
sella (3) trial 2:32, last half in 1:11, last quarter
in 34 seconds; Frances C. (2) trial 2:29, last quar-
ter in 34 seconds. Bonnie Derby (5) untrained, taken
out of buggy and worked five times, took a record
of 2:25%, and was second to Dan Logan in 2:18
in a matinee, timed a half in 1:07; Dorothy Ansel
(1) quarter in 32% seconds, mile in 2:34, last quar-
ter in 34 seconds! Adansel (1) quarter in 38, last
eighth in IS seconds, worked 13 times; Georgie K.
(1) quarter in 37, last eighth in 17% seconds, Lama
Rodgers (1) quarter in 36% seconds, last eighth in
17%, mile in 2:43%, last quarter in 36% seconds;
Odd Mark (1) quarter in 35 seconds the day he was
fourteen months old. He is owned by L. B. Daniels,
Joseph D. (1) also owned by Mr. Daniels, who says
he is the fastest, best gaited, best headed colt he
ever drove. Brown colt (unnamed) (1) quarter in
42%, last eighth in 20 seconds.
There are seven of Prince Ansel's progeny that
can enter the 2:30 list if they remain good. It seems
that every one who is fortunate to own a Prince
Ansel colt or filly is more than pleased with the
promise it gives of being level-headed and fast.
Their trotting action is perfectly frictionless and
this characteristic has always been associated with
the descendants of Mayflower. That this grand
looking stallion will make as great a reputation as a
sire as any grandson of Electioneer in California
is conceded by all who have visited Woodland and
watched his sons and daughters working on the
track there. All of them have size and are remark-
ably strong over the loins and deep through the
heart. They have the best of feet and legs and
their dispositions are perfect. That they also inherit
stamina cannot be denied, for no one can con-
scientiously say they ever saw a Dexter Prince quit,
While Ansel, the sire of Prince Ansel, was consid-
ered by Robert Bonner, who purchased him from Sen-
ator Leland Stanford, to be the gamest of all the
great trotters he ever owned; in fact, he never saw
him tired and ready to quit.
Prince Ansel will make the coming season at the
Woodland racetrack in charge of C. A. Spencer.
The service fee has been placed at $30, with usual
return privilege and $40 to insure mare in foal. At
this remarkably reasonable figure this horse should
have his book filled. Mares with records of 2:20 or
better or that have produced a 2:20 performer can
be bred to this stallion for $25.
Professor Carlyle says that he can employ hun-
dreds of classical people, but the greatest difficulty
is to get competent industrial help. It is strange
that young men have not grasped this condition of
affairs before. Our great capitalists of to-day are
seeking lands and industrial propositions and are
offering great inducements for expert industrial
training. Jim Hill says that he could hire persons
who could speak three or four languages perfectly
and had spent years in studying, for $60 a montli,
but that he could not get an industrial expert for
love or money. The classics are necessary, but the
great field of opportunity for the great majority of
our young men is along industrial lines.
Most brood mares are hearty feeders when carry-
ing foals. They eat with apparent relish coarse hay
and even oats and wheat straw from which the
grain has been threshed, says Western Horseman.
There is but little nutriment in such food, however,
and if forced to subsist on that alone the develop-
ment of the foal in utero is sure to be retarded from
lack of nourishment, and it can never become so val-
uable an animal as though well nourished. Supple-
mented with liberal grain rations, however, coarse
hay and straw may be profitably fed to brood mares
and other mature animals.
Daughters of ^Nutwood 2:18% have a long lead
over those of any other sire as produc-
ers both of standard performers and those
with records of 2:10 or better. They have now pro-
duced 349 with records in standard time and 18 with
records of 2:10 or better. Red Wilkes ranks next
to Nutwood 2:18% as a sire of producing mares.
Daughters of Red Wilkes have produced 250 standard
performers and 11 of them have made records of 2:10
or better.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
1 The Worlds Records. 1
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TROTTING.
% mile — The Monk, br. g. (11) by Chimes (1904)
(to wagon) 1:00%
1 mile — Lou Dillon, ch. m. (5) by Sidney Dillon
(1903) 1:58%
1 1-16 miles — York Boy, b. g. (11) by Wilkes
Boy (1904) 2:19ii
1% miles — Major Delmar, b. g. (5) by Delmar
(1902) 2:22(4
1% miles — .Lily Young, ch. m. (11) by Young
Pullerton (1902) 2:44
1% mlies — Dr. Strong, gr. g (6) by Strong Boy
(1903) 3:17%
2 Miles — Creseeus, ch. h. (S) bv Robert Mc-
Gregor (1902) (1st mile 2:10%, 2d mile
2:06%) 4:17
3 miles — Nightingale, ch. m. (8) bv Mambrino
King (1893) (1st mile i:22; 2d mile 2:19;
3d mile 2:14%) 6:55%
4 miles — Senator L., b. h. (6) by Dexter Prince
(1894) 10:12
5 miles — Zambra, b. g. (5) by McKinney (1902). 12:24
6 miles — Longtime, b. g., untraced (1893) 16:00
10 miles — Pascal, blk g., by Pascarel (1S93) 26:15
18 miles — Bill, ch. g., untraced (1885) 58:10
20 miles — Capt. McGowan, rn. h., untraced
(1865) 58:25
30 miles — Gen. Taylor, gr. h. (10) by Morse
Horse (1857) 1:47:59
50 miles — Ariel, br. m., untraced (1S46) 3:55:40%
100 miles — Conqueror, b. g. (11) bv Latourette's
Bellfounder (1853) 8:55:33
Fastest mare — Lou Dillon, ch. (5) by Sidney Dil-
lon (1903) 1:58%
Fastest gelding — Major Delmar, b. (6) by Del-
mar (1903) 1:59%
Fastest stallion — Creseeus, ch. (7) by Robert
McGregor (1901) 2:02%
Fastest yearling, filly — Miss Stokes, b., by Peter
the Great (1909) 2:19%
Fastest yearling colt — Abdell, b., by Advertiser
(1S94) 2:23
Fastest 2-year-old, fillv — Native Belle, b., by
Moko (1909) 2:07%
Fastest 2-year-old, colt — Arion, b., by Election-
eer (1891) 2:10%
Fastest 2-vear-old gelding — Endow, b., by Ce-
cilian (1S99) 2:14%
Fastest 3-year-old, colt — Gen, Watts, b„ by Ax-
worthy (1907) 2:06%
Fastest 3-year-old, filly — The Leading Lady, b..
by Bingen (1908) 2:07
Fastest 3-vear-old. gelding — Peter Stirling, ch.,
by Bironmore (1901) 2:11%
Fastest 4-year-old, colt — Directum, blk., by Di-
rector (1893) 2:05%
Fastest 4-year-old, filly — Fantasv. b.. bv Chimes
(1894) 2:06
Fastest 4-vear-old, gelding — Uhlan, hi., bv Bin-
gen (190S) 2:07%
Fastest o-year-old, mare — Lou Dillon, ch., bv
Sidney Dillon (1903) 1:58%
Fastest 5-year-old, gelding — Uhlan, bl., by Bin-
gen (1909) 2:02%
Fastest 5-year-old, stallion — Bob Douglass, gr..
by Todd (1909) 2:06%
Fastest green performer — Lou Dillon, ch. m. (5)
by Sidney Dillon (1903) 1:58%
Fastest green gelding — Highball, b.. (7), bv Dr.
Hoiker (1908) 2:06%
Fastest green stallion — Allen Winter, b. (5)
by Ed Winter (190S) 2:06%
TROTTING — IN RACES.
%-mile — The Monk. br. g. (11) bv Chimes (1904)
(to wagon) 1:00%
Fastest heat — Hamburg Belle, b. m., (7) by
Axworthy (1909) 2:01%
Fastest heat, stallion — Creseeus, ch. h. (7) by
Robert McGregor (1901) 2-03%
Fastest heat, gelding — Uhlan, bl., by Bingen
(1909) 2:03%
Fastest heat, yearling — Pansy McGregor, b. f.,
by Fergus McGregor (1893) 2:23%
Fastest heat, 2-year-old — Native Belle, b. f.,
by Moko (1909) 2-07%
Fastest heat, 3-year-old — Gen. Watts, b c, by
Axworthy (1907) 2:06%
Fastest heat. 4-year-old — Directum, blk c, by-
Director (1S93) ". 205%
Fastest heat, 5-year-old — Uhlan, bl. g., bv Bin-
gen (1909) 2:03%
Fastest 1st heat — Hamburg Belle, b. m. (7) bv
Axworthy (1909) 2:01%
Fastest 2d heat — Hamburg Belle, b. m. (7) by
Axworthy (1909) 201%
Fastest 3d heat —
Jack Leyburn, ch. g. (6) bv Alto Lev-
burn (1908) 2:04%
Hamburg Belle, b. m. (6) bv Axworthy
(1908) 2:04%
Fastest 4th heat —
Beuzetta. ch. f. (4) by Onward (1895).. 2:06%
Bob Douglass, gr. h. (5) by Todd (1909). 2:06%
Fastest 5th heat — Alceste, br. m. (5) bv Jav
Bird (1908) ". '. 2:07%
Fastest 6th heat — Countess Eve. b. m. (6) by
Norval (1897) 2:09%
Fastest 7th heat — Monte Carlo, b. g. (7) by
Mendocino (1903) 2:07%
Fastest Sth heat — Creseeus, ch c. (3) by Robert
McGregor (1S97) 2:11%
Fastest 9th heat — Alix, b. m. (5) bv Patronage
(1893) ' 2:09%
Fastest dead heat — Sweet Marie, b. m. (8) by
McKinney. and Aristo, b. g. (5) by Nusha-
gak (1904) 2:08%
Fastest 2-heat race — Hamburg Belle, b. m. (7)
by Axworthy (1909) 2:01%, 2:01%
Fastest 2-heat race, by a stallion — Creseeus,
ch. (7) by Robert McGregor (1901) .2:03%, 2:06%
Fastest 2-heat race by a gelding — Uhlan, bl.
(5) by Bingen (1909) 2:04%, 2:03%
Fastest 3-heat race — Hamburg Belle, h m. (6)
by Axworthy (190S) 2:05 2-06 <>-04%
Fastest 3-heat race, by a gelding — Paderewski,
ch. S. by Constenaro (1909) .2:05%, 2:06% 205%
Fastest 3-heat race, by a stallion — Creseeus,
ch. (6) by Robert McGregor (1900)....
2:07%. 2:06. 2:06
lastest 3-heat race, divided heats — Mainsheet
bl. h. (7) by The Director General (1906)
(Oro won 3d heat) 2:05%, 2:05% 205%
Fastest \ -heat race — Norman B.. bl. g. (10) by
Phallas (1905) (Dr. Strong won 1st and
Snyder McGregor 2d heat)
2:05%. 2:05%, 2:06%'. 2:07%
r astest 5-heat race — Sweet Marie. 1). m (8) by
McKinney (1904) (Tiverton won '1st and
2d heats) 2:05%. 2:04%. 2:05. 2:08%, ■'■OS
Fastest f,-heat race — Ozanajn, br. m. (6) by Ax-
tell (1902) (Major Delmar won 1st, Prince
of Orange 2d and 3d heats)
2:09%. 2:09%. 2:07%. 2:08. 2:09, 209%
F:i test 7-heat race — Monte Carlo, b. g. (7) by
Mendocino (1903) (Hawthorne won 3d
and 4th and Dr. Strong 5th and 6th heats)
..2:07%. 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:0S%, 2:09%, 2:13, 2:07%
Fastest S-heat race — Nutbearer. br. g. (8) by
Nutbreaker (1902) (Alice Carr won first,
Rhythmic 2d, Wentworth 3d and Dulce
Cor 4th and 6th heats)
2:09%, 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:10%, 2:12%,
2:10%, 2:12
Fastest 9-heat race — Alix, b. m. (5) by Patron-
age (1893) (Pixley Won 6th and Sth. Night-
ingale. 7th, Lord Clinton 5th, and Hulda
2d and 3d heats)
2:07%. 2:10%. 2:10%, 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:09%.
2:12%. 2:15%, 2:09%
TROTTING — TO "WAGON
% mile — The Monk, br. g. (11) by Chimes (1904) 1:00%
1 mile — Lou Dillon, ch. m (5) Sidney Dillon
(1903) 2:00
1 mile (amateur driver) — Lou Dillon, ch. m. (5)
by Sidney Dillon (1903) 2:00
1 mile, by a gelding — Major Delmar, b. (6) by
Delmar (1903) 2:03%
1 mile, by a stallion — John A. McKerron, b. (5)
by Nutwood Wilkes (1900) 2:10
1 mile in a race — Lou Dillon, ch. m. (5) by Sid-
ney Dillon (1903) 2:04%
1 mile in a race, bv a gelding — Lord Derbv, b.
(7) by Mambrino King (1902) 2:05%
2 miles — Pelagon, b. g. (12) by Lilroi (1909).. 4:38
3 miles — Ed Bryan, b. g. (10) by Little Corporal
(1905) 7:30%
5 miles — Ed Bryan, b. g. (12) by Little Corporal
(1907) 13:03
10 miles — Julia Aldrich. ch. m., pedigree un-
traced (1858) 29:04%
20 miles — Controller, b. g., by Gen. Taylor
(1878) 58:57
Fastest two heats — Lou Dillon, ch m. (5) by
Sidney Dillon (1903) 2:04%, 2:04%
Fastest two heats, by a gelding — Lord Derby,
b. g. (7) by Mambrino King (1902) . 2:05%, 2:06%
Fastest 2 heats, by a stallion — John A. McKer-
ron, b. h. (5) by Nutwood Wilkes (1900)
2:10, 2:11
Fastest 3 heats — American Bov, b. g. (8) by Po-
tential (1907) 2:12%, 2:12. 2:12%
Fastest 3-heat race — Lord Derby, b. g. (7) by
Mambrino King (1902) (The Monk won
1st heat) 2:06%, 2:06, 2:06
Fastest 4-heat race — Aerolite, b. m. (7) by
Acolyte (1904) (Dartmore won 1st, Hugh
Wynne 2d heat) 2:14. 2:13%, 2:12, 2:12%
TROTTING — UNDER SADDLE.
1 mile — Country Jay, ch. g. (13) by Jay Hawker
(1909) % 2:08%
2 miles — Geo. M. Patchen. b. h (14) bv Cassius
M. Clay (1863) ." 4:56
3 miles — Dutchman, b. g. (11) by Tippoo Saib
Jr. (1839) 7:32%
4 miles — Dutchman, b. g. (8) by Tippoo Saib Jr.
(1836) 10:51
TROTTING — WITH RUNNING MATE.
1 mile, against time — Ayres P.. ch. g. (6) by
Prosper Merimee (1893) 2:03%
1 mile in a race — Frank, b. g. (7) by Abraham
(1883) 2:08%
TROTTING TEAMS.
1 mile — The Monk. br. g. (11) by Chimes, and
Equity, bl. g (11) by Heir-at-Law (1904) 2:07%
1 mile in a race — Roseleaf, blk. f. (4) by Gold
Leaf, and Sallie Simmons, b. f. (4) by
Simmons (1894) 2:15%
TEAMS — TANDEM.
1 mile — Mambrino Sparkle, ch. m. (8) bv Mam-
brino Chief. Jr., and William H.. b. g. (11)
by Young Wilkes (1886) 2:32
TEAMS — THREE ABREAST.
1 mile — Belle Hamlin, br. m. (12); Globe, br.
g. (10), and Justina, b. m. (12) bv Almont,
Jr. (1S91) 2-14
TEAMS — FOUR IN HAND.
1 mile — Damiana. ch. m. (9); Bellnut, ch. g.
(8); Maud V., ch. m. (9) and Nutspra, ch.
f. (4). all by Nutmeg (1896) 2-30
TROTTING — HALF-MILE TRACK.
1 mile — George G.. b. g. (9) by Homeward (1907) 2:06%
1 mile by a mare — Sweet Marie, b. (11) by Mc-
kinney (1907) 2:07
1 mile, by stallion — Creseeus, ch. (9) by Rob-
ert McGregor (1903) 2:08
1 mile, by a 2-year-old — Al Stanley, rn. c, bv
Todd (190S) '.2:20
1 mile, by a 3-year-old — Mudp. Guv. b. f., bv Guy
Axworthy (1909) 2-12%
1 mile, by a 4-year-old — Pat L., b. c. bv Republi-
can (1896) 2:10%
1 mile in a race — Sweet Marie, b. m. (11) by
McKinney (1907) 2-08
Fastest 1st heat Sweet Marie, b. m (11) by
McKinney (1907) 2-10
Fastest 2d heat — Sweet Marie, b. m. (11) by Mc-
Kinney (1907) 2-08
Fastest 3d heat — Earlv Alice, br. m. (7) bv Early
Reaper (1908) 2:05%
2 heats — George G., b. g. (S) by Homeward
1906) 2:0S%, 2:08.%
2 heats, in a race — Sweet Marie, b m. (11) bv
McK-inney (1907) 2:10, 2:08
3 heats in a race — Locust Jack, gr. g. (7) by
Keller Thomas (190S) ....2:10%. 2:10%, 2:09
1 mile, to wagon — Sweet Marie, b. m. (11) by
McKinney (1907) .". 2:01%
1 mile, to wagon (amateur driver) — Sweet
Marie, b. m. (11) by McKinnev (1907).... 2:09%
1 mile, by a team — York Boy, b. g. (9) bv
Wilkes Boy and Bemav, blk. m by Baron-
aise (1902) 2:12%
PACING.
% mile — Dan Patch, br. h. (7) by Joe Patchen
(1903) 0:56
1 mile — Dan Patch, br. h. (9) by Joe Patchen
(1905) 1:55%
1 1-16 miles — Cheery Lass, b. m. (7) by Bobby
McGregor (1904) 2:14%
1% miles — Carl Wilkes, ch. g.. by Wilkes Nut-
wood (1902) 2:20
1% miles — Nervolo, b. h. (7) by Colbert (1903) 2:38
1% miles — Locanda, br. h. (6) by Allerton (1903) 3:15%
2 miles — Dan Patch, br. h. (7) by Joe Patchen
(1903) (1st mile 2:07%, 2d mile 2:09%).. 4:17
3 miles — Elastic Pointer, b. h. (15) by Brown
Hal (1909) 7:31%
4 miles — Joe Jefferson, b. h. (12) bv Thomas
Jefferson (1891) 10:19
5 miles — Lady St. Clair, b. m (12) bv St. Clair
(1874) : 12:54%
Fastest stallion — Dan Patch, br. (9) by Joe
Patchen (1905) 1:55%
Fastest gelding — Prince Alert, b. (11) by Crown
Prince (1903) 1:59%
Fastest mare — Dariel. b. (10) by Alcander (1903) 2:00%
Fastest yearling colt — Paul D. Kelly, br.. by
Armont (1904) 2:30%
Fastest yearling, filly — Belle Acton, b., by
Shadeland Onward (1S92) 2-20%
Fastest yearling, gelding — Rollo, gr. by Jerome
Eddy (1891) 2:28%
Fastest 2-year-old colt — Directly, blk., by Direct
(1894) 2:07%
Fastest 2-year-old, filly — Fleeta Dillon, b. by
Sidney Dillon (1909) 2:01%
Fastest 3-year-old colt —
Klatawah, b. by Steinway (1898) 2-05%
Jim Logan, b., by Chas. Derby (1909) 205%
Fastest 3-year-old, filly — Maggie "Winder, b., by
Oratorio (1909) 206%
Fastest 3-year-old gelding — Hymettus, b., by
Zombro (1907) '-08%
Fastest 4-year-old, colt — Online, b., bv Shade-
land Onward (1894) 2-04
Fastest 4-year-old, filly — The Maid, b., by Hal
Index (1899) 2:05%
Fastest 4-year-old, gelding — W. Wood, b., by
Steinway (1892) 2-OT
Fastest 5-year-old, gelding — Coney, blk., by Mc-
Kinney (1900) 2:02%
Fastest 5-year-old stallion —
Searchlight, br. by Dark Night (1S99)... 2-03%
Audubon Boy, ch., by J. J. Audubon (1902) 2:03%
Fastest 5-year-old, mare — Lady of the Manor,
ch., by Mambrino King (1899) 2:04%
Fastest green performer — Minor Heir, br. h. (6)
by Heir-at-Law (1908) 1:59%
Fastest green gelding — My Star, ch. (8) by Wis-
tar (1906) 2:03%
Fastest green mare — Italia, b. (8) by Zombro
(1906) 2:04%
PACING — IN RACES.
% mile — Prince Alert, b. g. (10) by Crown
Prince (1902) 0:57%
Fastest heat, stallion —
Star Pointer, b. (8) by Brown Hal (1907). 2:00%
Minor Heir, br. (6) by Heir-at-Law (1908) 2:00%
Fastest heat, gelding —
Prince Alert, b. (9) by Crown Prince
(1901) 2:00%
Bolivar, b. (9) by Wayland W. (1906) 2:00%
Fastest heat, mare —
Ecstatic, b. (7) by Orotorio (1906) 2:01%
Citation br. (9) by Norvalson (1908).... 2:01%
Fastest heat, yearling — Belle Acton, b. f., by
Shadeland Onward (1S92) 2:30
Fastest heat, 2-year-old — Extasy, b. f. by Baron
Wilkes (189S) 2:10%
Fastest heat, 3-year-old —
Klatawah, b. c, by Steinway (1S9S) 2:05%
Jim Logan, b. c, by Chas. Derby (1909).. 2:05%
Fastest heat, 4-year-old — Searchlight, br. c, by
Dark Night (1898) 2:04%
Fastest heat, 5-year-old — Coney, blk. g. by Mo-
ney (1900) 2:02%
Fastest 1st heat — Minor Heir, br. h. (6) by Heir-
at-law (190S) 2:00%
Fastest 2d heat — Prince Alert, b. g. (9) by
Crown Prince (1901) 2:00%
Fastest 3d heat — Star Pointer, b. h. (8) by
Brown Hal (1897) 2:00%
Fastest 4th heat — Robert J., b. g. (8) by Hart-
ford (1896) 2:02%
Fastest 5th heat — Aileen Wilson, bl. m. (8)
by Arrowwood (1908) 2:04
Fastest 6th heat —
Planet, b. h. (6) bv Bonnie McGregor
(1S97) 2:06%
Jerry B., ch. g. (7) by Argot Wilkes (1908) 2:06%
Fastest 7th heat — Jerry B., ch. g. (7) by Argot
Wilkes (1908) 2:07%
Fastest dead heat —
Robert J., b. g. (8) by Hartford and John
R. Gentry, b. h. (7) by Ashland Wilkes
(1896) 2:04
Fastest 2-heat race — Prince Alert, b. g. (9) by
Crown Prince (1901) 2:02%, 2:00%
Fastest 2-heat race, by a stallion — Jne Patchen,
blk. (10) by Patchen Wilkes (1899) .. 2:03, 2:02%
Fastest 2-heat race by a mare — Darkey Hal,
bl. (S) by Star Hal 2:03%, 2:02%
Fastest 3-heat race — The Broncho, b. m. (8) by
Stormeliffe (1906) 2:03. 2:03%.. 2:02%
Ladv Maud C, ch. m., (9) by Chitwood
(1909) 2:03%, 2:02%, 2:03%
Fastest 3-heat race, bv a stallion — The Eel,
gr. (6) by Gambolier (1908) . 2:02%. 2:02%, 2:04%
Fastest 3-heat race, bv a gelding — Robert J.,
b. (6) by Hartford (1S94) ..2:03%. 2:02%, 2:04%
Fastest 3-heat race, divided heats — Gratt, hi.
h. (9) by Grattan (1906) (Bolivar won
1st heat) 2:00%. 2:02%. 2:03%
Fastest 4-heat race — John M., blk. g. (6) by-
Paris (1904) (Dan R. won 1st, Galla-
gher 2d heat)
2:02. 2:06, 2:03%, 2:03%
Fastest 5-heat race — Minor Heir, br. h. (6) by
Heir-at-Law (1908) (The Eel won 3d
and 4th heats) 2:01%, 2:01, 2:05%. 2:08, 2:07
Fastest 6-heat race — Planet, b. h. (6) by Bonnie
McGregor (1897) (Aileen won 1st and
Frank Bogash 2d and 3d heats)
2:07%, 2:05%, 2:04%, 2:05%. 2:07%, 2:06%
Anaconda, b. g. (6) by Knight (1S98)
(Bumps won 1st and 2d. Directly 3d heat)
2:04%. 2:04%. 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:07, 2:08%
Fastest 7-heat race — Jerrv B., ch. g. (7) bv
Argot Wilkes (1908) (Minor Heir won 1st
and 2d, The Eel 3d and Copa de Oro 4th
heats) ,
..2:00%, 2:02, 2:05%, 2:0S%, 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:07%
Fastest 8-heat race — Direction, blk h. (8) by
Director (1895) (Coleridge won 1st and 2d,
Paul 3d and Ben D. 4th and Sth heats)..
2:05%, 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:0S%.
2:10. 2:11%
Fastest 9-heat race — Domber, Jr., br. h., bv
Dombey (1899) (Belle Colley won 1st and
6th, Marion G., 2d and 5th, Maxine 4th and
7th heats)
2:09%, 2:10, 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:13%, 2:15,
2:12%. 2:15. 2:22%
Fastest 10-heat race — Kitty R.. b. f. (4) by Ker-
miss (189S) (Miss Maymo won 1st. The
Bishop 2d and 3d. Tom Webster 4th. Harrv
C, 7th and 9th, Ding Sth heats)
2:11%, 2:12, 2:13%, 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:13%.
2:14%. 2:16%. 2:17%, 2:20
PACING — TO WAGON.
%-mile — John M., bl. g. (5) by Paris (1903) 1:00%
1 mile — Dan Patch, br. h. (7) by Joe Patchen
(1903) 1:57%
1 mile, by a gelding — Little Boy, b. g. (S) by
Kenton (1901) 2:01%
1 mile, by a mare — Edith W., b. (9) by Ben Lo-
mond, Jr. (1902) 2:05%
1 mile in race — Angus Pointer, b. g. (6) bv Sid-
ney Pointer (1904) 2:04%
1 mile in a race, by a mare — Sdith W., b. (9)
by Ben Lomond, Jr. (1902) 2:05%
1 mile in a race, by a stallion — Fred S. Wedge-
wood, rn., by Fred S. Wilkes (1902) 2:07%
1 mile (amateur driver) — Little Boy, b. g (8)
by Kenton (1901) 2:01%
3 miles — Longfellow, ch. g.-by RecTHill (1S6S).. 7:53
5 miles — Lady St. Clair, b. m. (12) by St. Clair
(1874)' 12:54%
Fastest 2-heat race — Coney, blk. g. (5) by Mc-
Kinney (1900) 2:05%, 2:05%
Fastest 2-heat race, by a mare — Edith W., b.
(9) by Ben Lomond Jr. (1902) 2:05%, 2:05%
Fastest 2-heat race, by a stallion — Prince Di-
rect. (1904) 2:07%, 2:09%
Fastest 3-heat race — Angus Pointer, b. g. (6)
by Sidney Pointer (1901). (Baron Grattan
won 1st heat) 2:06%. 2:04%, 206%
PACING — LTNDER SADDLE.
1 mile — Kruger, ch. g. (8) by Mercury (1907).. 2:12
1 mile (amateur rider) — Kruger. ch. g. (8) by
Mercury (1907) 2:12
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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1 mile in a race — Billy Boyce, b. g. (7) by Cor-
beau (1868) 2:14%
2 miles — Bowery Boy, br. g., pedigree untraced
11839) 5:04%
3 miles — Oneida Chief, eh. g., bv Kentucky
Hunter (1S43) 7:44
PACING — WITH RUNNING MATE.
1 mile — Flying Jib. b. g., by Algona (1894) 1:58%
PACING — TEAMS.
%-mile — Prince Direct, blk. h. (9) by Direct and
Morning Star, b. g. (7) by Star Pointer
(1904) 1:00%
1 mile — Hedgewood Boy. ch. h. (7) and Lady
Maud C, ch. m. (9) by Chitwood (1909). 2:02%
1 mile (amateur driver) — Prince Direct, blk. h.
(9) by Direct, and Morning Star, b. g.
(7) by Star Pointer (1904) 2:06
1 mile in a race — Charley B., blk. g., and Bobby
Hal, b. g. (S) by Octoroon (1900) 2:13
PACING — HALF-MILE TRACK.
1 mile — Dan Patch, br. h. (9) by Joe Patchen
(1905) 2:01
1 mile, by a gelding — Prince Alert, b. (11) by
Crown Prince (1903) 2:03%
1 mile, bv a mare — Hetty G., b. (12) by Egg Hot
(1904) : 2:06
1 mile in a race —
John R. Gentry, b. h. (11) by Ashland
Wilkes (1900) 2:04%
Prince Alert, b. g. (9) by Crown Prince
(1901) 2:04%
2 heats in a race — Prince Alert, b. g. (10) by
Crown Prince (1902) 2:05, 2:05%
Three heats in a race — Prince Alert, b. g. (7)
by Crown Prince (1S99) 2:07, 2:06%, 2:06%
One mile by a team — Charley B„ blk. g., and
Bobby Hal, b. g. (8) by Octoroon (1900). 2:13
One mile to wagon — Dan Patch, br. h. (9) by Joe
Patchen (1905) 2:05
FASTEST RECORDS OF 1909.
TROTTING.
YEARLINGS.
Filly — Miss Stokes, b., by Peter the Great, 4,
2:07% — Tillie Thompson, by Guy Wilkes
2:15%; g. dam Eva 2:23%, by Sultan 2:24.
Bred by Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington,
Ky. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 19
Edward Willis '
Colt — Silent Brigade, bl., by Silent Brook 2:16%
— Carrietta (4) 2:18, by Directum 32744; g.
dam Black Bird by Stranger 3030. Bred
by Groverland Farm, Georgetown, Ky.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 14 H. Williams '
TWO-TEAR-OLDS.
Filly — Native Belle, b., by Moko 24457 — Yellow
Belle, by General Wellington 2:30; g. dam
Chestnut Belle by Red Wilkes 1749. Bred
by Walnut Hall Farm, Donerail, Ky.
Lexington, Ky.. Oct. 6..Thos. W. Murphy
Colt — Bon Vivant, b., by Bon Voyage (3) 2:12%
Reina del Diablo by Diablo 2:09%,
Bred by W. A. Clark, Jr., Los Angeles,
Cal. Columbus, O., Sept. 22..Robt. Proc-
tor '
Gelding — Senator Odell, br., by Prodigal 2:16 —
Enola D. by Axtell (3) 2:12; g. dam Annie
Thomas, by Cyclone 2:23%. Bred by J. W.
Bailey, Lexington, Ky. Lexington, Ky.,
Sept 17 Harold Childs '
THREE- YEAR-OLDS.
Filly — Czarevna, ch., by Peter the Great (4)
2:07% — Orianna 2:19%, by Onward 2:25%;
g. dam Romona by Harold 413. Bred by
Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Ky.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 5 Thos. Nolan
Colt — Al Stanley, rn., by Todd 2:14% — Moonrise
by Jay Hawker (3) 2:14%; g. dam Moon-
light by Red Wilkes 1749. Bred by J. B.
Stewart, Lexington, Ky. Birmingham,
Ala., Oct. 15 Ben Whitehead
Gelding — James A., b., by Prodigal 2:16 — Maggie
Baron, by Baron Wilkes 2:18; g. dam,
Maggie Medium, by Happy Medium 400.
Bred by J. W. Bailey, Lexington, Ky.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 14 F. Jolly
FOUR-YEAR-OLDS.
Colt — The Harvester, br., by Walnut Hall 2:08%
— Notelet, by Moko 24457; g. dam Tablet,
by Cuyler 100. Bred by Walnut Hall
Farm,, Donerail, Ky. North Randall, O.,
Aug. 13 E. F. Geers
Filly — Fair Margaret, b.. by Re-Election 2:27%
— Alabama 2:15. by McCurdy's Hamble-
tonian 2:26%; g. dam Emeline, by Bost-
ick's Almont, Jr. 2:29. Bred by W. F.
Garth, Huntsville, Ala. Nashville, Tenn.,
Sept. 25 B. Rennick
Gelding — Safeguard, b.. by Greystone 6164 — Ze-
lotta, by Mambrlno 2:21%; g. dam Maltha
Bryan, bv Artillery 2:21%. Bred by M.
L. Hare, Indianapolis, Ind. Sedalia. Mo.,
Oct 6 L. B. Murphy
FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.
Gelding — Uhlan, bl., by Bingen 2:06% — Blonde,
by Sir Walter, Jr. 2:18% ; g. dam Brunette
2:30%, by Black Eagle. Bred by A. H. Par-
ker, Bedford, Mass. Columbus. O.. Sept.
24 Robt. Proctor '
Uhlan, bl., by Bingen 2:06%. (See above).
Readville, Mass.,., Sept. 3 (in a race)....
Robt. Proctor
Stallion — Bob Douglass, gr., by Todd 2:14% —
Glycozone, by Cyclone 2:23%; g. dam Bet-
tie P., by Col. Hambrick 580d. Bred (at
Lexington, Ky. (by Geo. W. Leavitt, Bos-
ton, Mass. North Randall, O.. Aug. 11.
A. McDonald
Mare — Esther Bells, b.. by Monbells (4) 2:23% —
Expressive (3) 2:12%, by Electioneer 125;
g. dam Esther, by Express, thbd. Bred
at Palo Alto- Farm, Menlo Park, Cal.
North Randall O., Aug. 10..Jno. Dickerson
Marie N., b., by Marengo King 2:29% —
Dorothy M., p., 2:20%, by Peeler 2:23%;
g. dam Mother Quirk, by Nuttingham
4992. Bred by Frank P. Nester, Detroit,
Mich. Columbus. O., Sept. 20.. E. F. Geers
ALL AGES.
Mare — Hamburg Belle, b. (7) by Axworthy (3)
2:15% — Sally Simmons (4) 2:13%, by Sim-
mons 2:28; g. dam Sally Adams, by John
Burdine 7217: Bred by !E. Bedford,
Brooklyn. N. Y. North Randall, O., Aug.
25 Wm. J. Andrews
Gelding — Uhlan, bl. (5) by Bingen 2:06% (see
above). Columbus, O., Sept. 24
Robt Proctor '
Uhlan, bl. (5) by Bingen 2:06% (see
above). Readville, Mass., Sept. 3 (in a
race) Robt. Proctor
Stallion — Sterling McKinney, br. (9) by McKin-
ney 2:11% — Twenty-Third, by Director
2:17; g. dam Nettie Nutwood by Nutwood
2:18%. Bred by Jas. W. Rea, San Jose,
Cal. Detroit, Mich., July 30.. E. F. Geers
Bob Douglass, gr. (5) by Todd 2:14% (see
above). North Randall, O., Aug. 11
A. McDonald
NEW PERFORMERS.
Mare — Margin, rn. (6) by Time Onward 15830 —
Alfemeda, by Alfred G. 2:19%; g. dam
2:19%
2:26%
2:07%
2:10%
2:25%
2:07%
2:11%
2:14%
2:06%
2:10%
2:11%
2:02%
2:03%
2:06%
2:08%
2:08%
2:01%
2:02%
2:03%
2:06%
2:06%
Spanish Maiden 2:29%, by Happy Medium
400. Bred by W. M. Waller, LTniontown,
Ky. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 8. A. McDonald 2:05%
Gelding — Kid Wilkes, ch. (5) by Stanton Wilkes,
p., 2:10% — Romeria, by Balboa, thbd.; g.
dam by Romero 2:19%. Bred in California.
Woodland, Cal., Aug. 19 H. Helman 2:09%
Stallion — Frazee, b. (5) by Arion (4) 2:07% —
Lady Vervenia, by Bourbon Wilkes 2345;
g, dam Vervenia, by Vandergrift 3012.
Bred by R. K. Hart, Flemingsburg, Ky.
North Randall, O.. Aug. 10.... E. F. Geers 2:09%
HALF-MILE TRACK.
Mare — Nahma, b. (S) by Peter the Great (4)
2:07% — Caracas, by Bingen 2:06%: g- dam
Houri 2:17%, by Onward 2:25%. Bred,
by J. Malcolm Forbes, Ponkapog, Mass.
Goshen, N. Y., Aug. 2S Burgess *2 :09 %
Happy F.. g. (7) by Happy J. 2:10%
— Maud Merrick by Chantilly 1921; g. dam
Sally Brass, by Florida 482. Bred by
James Merrick, Jr., Sudlersville. Md. Par-
kersburg, W. Va., Aug. 19 (in a race) ....
F. Hedrick 2:11%
Stallion — Happy J., g. (11) by Happy Partner
7452 — Miss Muscovite, by Muscovite 2:1S;
g. dam Mattie V., by Mark Field 10177.
Bred by James Merrick, Jr., Sudlerville,
Md. Parkersburg, W. Va.. Aug. 19
R. P. Liter 2:10%
Gelding — Fred C, b. (10) by Hindoo King 24139
— Wild Bird, by Jerome Eddy 2:16% ;g.
dam Merry Bird, by Swigert 650. Bred by
Frank Colby, Sheridan. Ind. Hamilton, O..
July 1 C. Gosnell 2:11%
Yearling — Captain Denny, b. c. by Major Hig-
ginson 2:16% — Minnet (4) 2:13%. by
Strathmore 40S; g. dam American Girl. p.
2:20%, by American Boy, p. 2:26%. Bred
by Uplands Stock Farm, Greensburg, Pa.
Greensburg, Pa.. Aug. 5 H. Fleming »2:13%
Two-year-old — Gun Metal, b. f.. by Bingen
2:06% — Ace of Hearts, by Campbell's Elec-
tioneer 2:17%; g. dam Josie W., by Land-
mark 3505. Bred by A. H. Parker, Bed-
ford, Mass. Brockton, Mass., Oct. 5
E. McGrath 2 :25 %
Three-year-old — Muda Guy, b. f.. by Guy Ax-
worthy (4) 2:08% — Muda S. (Meta S.)
by Stamboul 2:07%; g. dam Nancy Lee, by
Dictator 113. Bred by John H. Shults.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Allentown, Pa., Sept. 23.
J. Serrill 2:12%
Four-vear-old — Edgecomb D.. br. c. by Direc-
tum Kelly. (4) 2:08% — Hindee. by Allerton
2:09%; g. dam Elloree 2:08%, by Ax-
tell (3) 2:12. Bred by East View Farm,
East View, N. Y. Streator. 111., July 28.
A. L. Thomas 2:15%
Safeguard, b. g., by Greystone 6164 (see
above). Ottawa, Kan.. Sept. 2. . . . :
I. B. Murphy 2:15%
B^ive-year-old — Redlac, Jr.. b. h., by Redlac
2:07% — Artie Velma, by Leewood 11389;
g. dam Artfall. by Tribune 2:25%. Bred
by C. W. Carpenter, Alexis, 111. Monticello.
III., Aug. IS C. J. Grubb 2:11%
PACIXG,
YEARLING.
Colt — J. M. Johnson, gr„ by Cochato (3) 2:11%
— Daisy Poindexter, by Sam Estes 2:20%;
g. dam Glycozone, by Cyclone 2:23%. Bred
by Albert Hockensmith. Forks of Elk-
horn, Ky. Lexington, Ky.. Sept. 15
H. C. Moody »2:24%
TWO-YEAR-OLDS.
Filly — Fleeta Dillon, b„ by Sidney Dillon 23157
Lady Hilda Hill, by Wilkes Boy 2:24%;
g. dam Bonnie Belle, by Almont 33. Bred
by Sterling R. Holt, Indianapolis, Ind.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 6. .Millard F. Sanders. »2:08%
Colt — Sirius Pointer, b.. by Star Pointer, p.,
1:59% — Trix, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; g.
dam Trixy by Director 2:17. Bred by J. W.
Marshall. Dixon, Cal. Salinas, Cal., Aug.
6 F. Chadbourne 2:18
Gelding — Harry Hamlin, ch.. by Dan Hamlin
2:29% — Bess by Harry Wilkes (son of
Charleston 2:12%); g. dam Pet, by Tom.
Bred by G. W. Thompson. Earlville, 111.
Madison, Wis.. Sept. 10 H. B. Farver 2:19%
THREE-YEAR-OLDS.
Colt — Jim Logan, b., bv Charles Derby 2:20 —
Effie Logan by Durfee 11256; g. dam Rip-
ple, by Prompter 2305. Bred by M. J.
Mclnerney. San Francisco. Cal. "Wood-
land, Cal., Aug. IS J. E. Montgomery 2:05%
Fillv — Maggie Winder, b., by Oratorio 2:13 —
Clara Direct, by Direct, p. 2:05%; g. dam
Miss Alcantara Davis, by Alcantara 2:23.
Bred bv Mansfield Farm, Lexington, Ky.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 7 H. M. Jones 2:06%
Gelding — Tommy B., by Russell Hardin, p. 2:18%
Lady Nap'ton, bv AUandorf 2:19%; g. dam
Edith M., by Swigert 650. Bred by Thomas
H. Bagnell, Marshall, Mo. Sedalia, Mo.,
Oct 5 L. Nelson 2:12%
FOUR-YEAR-OLDS.
Colt — Tony Swift, bl. by Swift Bell 2:07% —
Gipsev Girl, p. 2:22%. by Simmocolon
2:13%; g. dam Molly, by Star Ethan 1S927,
Bred by John Calder, North Henderson,
111. Terre Haute, Ind., July 14
Chas E. Dean 2:05%
Filly — Princess Lula. ch., by The Earl, p. 2:14%
— Lulu Mack, by Johnny Mack 2712; g.
dam Mattie N., by Stevens" Uwharie. Bred
bv Frank Williams, Augusta, 111. Gales-
burg, 111., Aug. 10 Chas. E. Dean 2:06%
Gelding — March McEwen. ch., by Fred S. Mc-
Ewen (son of Fred S. Wilkes 2:11%) —
Cleo, by Rattler Brooks, p. 2:23%; g. dam,
untraced. Bred by W. R. Smith, New
Decatur. Ala. Nashville, Tenn.. Sept. 25..
W. Garth 2:08%
FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.
Stallion — Ross K., b.. by Constenaro 2:16% —
Morning Glory, by Kentucky Peak 5335;
g. dam by Almont Forrest 2863. Bred
by Ross eKach, Carrollton, 111. Lexing-
ton, Ky., Oct. 9 Alvin Francis 2:04%
Mare — Flora Coffee, ch., by Sir John (son of
Clear Grit 859) — Hetty Green, by Ma-
rauder, thbd.; g. dam by a Golddust Horse.
Bred by John Green. Arthur, Ont. Lex-
ington. Ky., Oct. 5 W. L. Snow 2:05%
Gelding — Hymettus, b.. by Zombro 2:11 — The
Silver Bell, by Silver Bow 2:16; g. dam,
Maud W. W. W. 2:23%, by Gen. Reno 4667.
Bred by L. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
Salem, Ore., Sept. 7 J. Quinn 2:07
ALL AGES.
Stallion — Minor Heir, br. (7) bv Heir-at-Law. p.
2:05% — Kitty Clover, by Redwald 2:23%:
g. dam, Allista, by Attorney 1005. Bred
bv J. R. Ewing, Roseville, 111. Phoenix.
Ariz., Nov. 13 H. C. Hersey»l:59%
Copa De Oro. b. (7) by Nutwood Wilkes
2:16% — Atherlne 2:16%. by Patron 2:14%;
g. dam, Athene, by Harold 413. Bred by
P. W. Hodges, California. Columbus,
O., Sept. 22 (in a race) T W. Murphy 2:02
Mare — Darkey Hal, bl. (8) by Star Hal (son of
let (son of Highland Boy 1320); g. dam,
let (son of Highland Boy 1S20); g. dam.
Brown Lady, by Don Juan. Bred by Wes-
ley Smith, Rickmans Corners, Ont. Syra-
cuse. N. Y., Sept. 14 W. L. Snow 2:
Gelding — Giftline, b. (9) bv Online, p. (4) 2:04 —
Tolo by Strathmore 408; g. dam Maud
Mohawk, by Mohawk Jr. Bred by J. H.
Lesh, Goshen, Ind. Grand Rapids, Mich..
Aug. 10 Carter 2 :
NEW PERFORMERS.
Stallion — Star Patchen, bl. (6) by Joe Patchen.
p. 2:01% — Sara Ann. by Thistle, p. 2:13% ;
g. dam Alfretta, by Almont Star 2:28%.
Bred by Parkway Farm, Goshen, N. Y.
North Randall, O.. Aug. 13 W. L. Snow 2:
Ross K., b. (5) by Constanero 2:16% (see
above). Lexington, Ky., Oct. 9
Alvin Francis 2
Mare — Flora Coffee, ch. (5) by Sir John (see
above). Lexington, Ky.. Oct. 5. -W. L. Snow 2
Gelding — The Bosun, b. (7) by Alkalone 2:14% —
Castanea 2:19%, by Pistachio, p. 2:21%;
g. dam, Lindora Wilkes, by Guy Wilkes
2:15%. Bred by M. F. Drinkwater, Brain-
tree, Mass. Columbus, O., Sept 20
W. R. Cox 2
HALF-MILE TRACK.
Stallion — The Eel, gr. (7) by Gambolier, p.
2:22% — Belle Bidwell, by John L. 2:19%;
g. dam Belle Boyd, by Banker Rothschild
5747. Bred by John Gibson, Deerfield,
Mich. Port Huron. Mich., July 15
D. McEwen *2
Gelding — Major Mallow, b. (11) by Box Elder,
p. 2:23% — Bessie B. by Bobby Burns, p.
2:19%; g. dam Daisy Wilkes, hv Buckeye
Wilkes 4322. Bred by W. H. Malloy,
Washington Court House, O. Fairmount,
W. Va., Sept. 16 W. H. Mallow
—Jennie W., b. (9) by Alcander 2:20% —
— Molly, p. 2:24%, by Gilroy 2:28%; g.
dam Yam Yam. by Rolfe's Patchen. Bred
by A. S. Webb. Winooski, Vt. Baltimore,
Md., Oct. 21 E. Sunderlin
Two-year-old — Harry Hamlin, ch. g. by Dan
Hamlin 2:29% (see above). Portage,
Wis., Sept. 1 H. B. Farver 2
Three-year-old — Knight of Strathmore. ch. c,
by Twelfth Night 43906 — Elenor B„ p. (3)
2:11, by Strathmore 408; g. dam Beauty,
by Blue Bull (Griffin's). Bred by Patchen
Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Ky. Monroe,
Wis., Sept. 10 A. Frost *2
Four-year-old — March McEwen, ch. g., by Fred
S. McEwen (see above). Winchester,
Tenn., Aug. 17 W. Garth
Five-year-old — Walter Hal. gr. h.. bv Walter
Direct, p. 2:05% — Duck, by Brown Hal, p.
2:12%; g. dam Nelly by Bob Johnson. Jr.
Bred by Geo. M. Garth, Courtland, Ala.
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 10.... W. Garth
02%
03%
04%
04%
05%
04%
Mare
:07%
:21
:14
:10%
CONDITION BRINGS THE MONEY.
The auction sales are now in full blast and at
the present time hundreds of people, in all parts of
the country are in various stages of preparing the
consignments to these affairs. Many are looking for-
ward to the financial rewards they expect to earn
and are fully justified in their anticipations, and
many others are perhaps laying up for themselves
nothing but disappointments. These differing re-
sults always have been and probably always will be.
If there is one thing more than another that counts
in its favor, or against it, as the case may be when
a horse is led into the sales ring, it is condition.
This covers a multitude of different things and it is
impossible to define just what condition is, or what
it means, but sales managers agree to a man that
the appearance of a horse when led before the bid-
ders is one of the determinative factors concerning it
and the price that it will bring. Something in the
appearance of a horse seems to attract or repel
bidders, and in the auction ring there is but little
time for the presentation of evidence, and the ver-
dicts are quickly reached. Breeding may count for
a great deal; the selling company may have ex-
hausted the language in the way of exploitation and
have used up all the available adjectives of praise
in flattering encomium; the "owner's statement''
may have been sufficient to imperil his immortal
soul and the enticements of the auctioneer may be
perfect models of the art of inducing the reluctant
dollars, but over against them all, the way the
horse looks is the real determining factor. A horse
may have broken all the records, or a colt may seem
to have — on paper — all the futurities at its mercy,
but if it don't "look good" all this will be in vain.
That there is the greatest of margins between the
estimates of value placed on horses by the seller and
buyer in a public auction is one of the common-
places of the sales ring, and many a consignor leaves
with the feeling that the buying public is composed
of a composite of fools and knaves, but if they only
realized it, too many of the disappointed ones have
only themselves to blame, for the inadequacy of the
prices their offerings have realized. The buying
public buys very largely on its own judgment, either
in person or by proxy, and buys according to what
it sees before it. The sales ring is the one place
in the world of all others where the "excuse book"
avails one but little and the thing that makes
or mars the sale, in the majority of instances,
is that one indisputable thing of condition.
A good-looking, poor horse will outsell a poor-looking
good horse every time, and the thing that consign-
ors too often forget is that the public does not see
their horse with the eye of custom and long famil-
iarity. And in tbe great majority of cases it is safe
to say that horses will bring at auction about what
they are worth at the time and in the place where
they are sold.
Above all, have them in good condition and have
them look right. — Stock Farm.
Rumor has it that Baroness Virginia 2:08% is
going into W. J. Andrews' stable.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
I Coast Circuit of 1909 1
Following are summaries of the
races on the California main circuit
of 1909, Salem and Portland, Oregon,
and Phoenix, Arizona.
SAX BERNARDINO, JUNE 29-JULY 1.
2:25 trot, district horses, purse $250;
Easter, by Monicrat 3 111
Tom McKinney, by Geo. W.
McKinney 1 4 5 4
Inaugurita 2 2 2 2
Emma Z 5 3 3 3
Bolock 7 7 4 4
Mem Kleiner <1 6 6 6
Diedrich . . 4 5 dr
Time — 2:20%, 2:20%, 2:19, 2:2-1.
2:06 pace, purse $800:
Delilah by Zolock 1 1 1
Josephine 2 3 4
Solano Boy 3 2 3
Tom Murphy 4 4 2
Time — 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:11.
2:12 trot, purse $600:
Era, bv Zombro 1 1 1
Rapidan Dillon 3 2 2
Goldennut 2 3 5
Charlie T. . . 4 6 3
Laurel Leaf 5 4 4
Emily W 6 5 dis
Time — 2:12%, 2:12*4, 2:12. ..
2:25 pace, district horses, purse $250:
Andrew Carnegie 1 1 1
Adlantha 2 2 2
Zenobia dis.
Monk dis.
Time— 2:17, 2:16%, 2:16%.
2:20 trot, purse $800:
Ida Millerton. by Millerton.2 112 2
Escobado, by Escobar... 4 3 2 11
Kid Wilkes, by Stanton
Wilkes 1 S 8 5 5
Ollie B., by Nutwood
Wilkes S 6 5 3 3
Zombretta 5 4 3 4 4
Weatewater 3 2 4 dis.
Diablo Mc. . 6 5 6 dis.
Charlie B 7 7 7 dis.
Lucy M 9 dis.
Clara Marie 10 dis.
Zomell dis.
Time— 2:1114, 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:17, 2:14
2:12 pace, purse $700:
McFadyen, by Diablo 2 15 11
Queen Derby, by Charels
Derby 1 2 1 4 2
Mi lton Gear 5 3 4 2 3
Lohengrin 3 4 2 5 dis
Senator Clark 4 5 3 3 dis
Dan S dis
Dawn o' Light dis
Time — 2:11%, 2:14%, 2:16, 2:18, 2:19.
LOS ANGELES — JULY 14-17.
2:20 pace, purse $1000.
Freelv Red, by Red Medium.... 1 1 1
Siegfried, by Silver Coin 2 2 3
Adam G., by McKinney 3 3 2
Gracie R., by Demonio 5 4 4
Iisabelle 4 5 5
J. A. C dis
Time — 2:10, 2:11%, 2:11.
2:20 trot, purse $1000.
ScotchJohn.byTomonco.il 4 113
Ida Millerton, Millerton. 12 3 3 2
Ollie B., Nutwood Wilkes 2 11 S 2 1
Escobado, Escobar 3 1 4 5 4
Laurel Leaf, by Stam B. . 6 6 2 6 5
Zombretta, by Zombro . . 4 12 6 4 6
Charlie B., by Col. Benton. 7 5 5 dr
Lucy M., by Magistrate.. 9 8 10 8 dr
Diablo Mc, by Diablo.. S 3 7 dr
Weatewater, by Sidnes1-
Dillon 5 7 9 7 dis
Clara Marie, by Bay Bird . 10 9 dis
Tom McKinney, by Geo.
W. McKinney 12 10 dis
Parachute, by Altitude jr.dis
Time — 2:12i4, 2:13*4. 2:14, 2:15, 2:14*4.
2:25 Trot — Matinee:
Zulu Belle, by Petigru 1 2 1
Crisis, by Zombro 2 1 2
Mamie Elizabeth 3 3 3
Arms 5 4 4
Charlie Wilkes 4 5 5
Lottie Vayer 6 6 6
Time — 2:19, 2:19%, 2:18*4.
2:12 pace, purse $800.
Queen Derby, by Charles Derby. 1 1 1
Geraldine, by Zombro 2 2 3
McFadyen. by Diablo 3 3 2
Fcx S 5 4 4
Dan S 4 5 5
Time — 2:11, 2:12%, 2:18*4.
2:12 trot, purse $800.
Goldennut by Neernut. ..31312
Charlie T., by Zombro... 1 2 0 2 3
Emily W., by James Mad-
ison 4 4 0 4 1
Era, by Zombro 5 3 4 3 4
The Statesman, by Jas.
Madison 2 5 5 dr
Time — 2:10%. 2:12, 2:12%, 2:14*4, 2:13%.
2:35 trot, Matinee:
Fussy B., by Stam B 4 1 1
I Hi set Maid 1 3 3
Orena 2 2 2
Julia Clay 3 4 4
Time — 2:42. 2:34, 2:34.
2:07 pace, purse $$00:
Delilah, by Zolock 1 l l
Josephine, by Zolock 2 2 2
Tom Murphy, by Gossiper 4 3 S
Solano Boy, by Father McKin-
non 3 4 4
Time — 2:07, 2:09%, 2:10%.
Canfield Stake, two-year-old trotters:
[Minasham, by Athadon 1 l
I [cine Snyder . 2 2
Time — 2:31, 2:29.
2:20 pacing (matinee) :
Lucy Coin, Silver Coin l 4 l
Honest John 3 1 2
Bernle Wilkes 2 2 3
May Gifford 4 3 4
Time — 2:20%, 2:25, 2:24.
5 pace, three in five, purse $800:
"v irtrix, by Azmoor 1 l i
Joe McGregor by Fergus Mc-
Gregor 2 2 2
Milton Gear, by Harry Gear.... 3 dis
Dawn o' Light, by Searchlight. dis
Isabelle . dis
Time — 2:09. 2:11. 2:09%.
2:15 trot, purse $800:
Rapidan Dillon, by Sidney Dil-
lon 1 1 1
Crvlia Jones, by Capt. McKin-
ney 2 3 3
Zombronut. by Zombro 3 4 2
May T., by Monterey 6 2 4
Zommell, by Zombro 4 5 5
Katalina, by Tom Smith 5 6 6
Time— 2:15, 2:12*4, 2:16*4.
2:20 trot (consolation) purse $300:
Laurel Leaf, by Stam B 1 1 1
Zombretta, by Zombro 2 2 2
Tom McKinney, by Geo. W. Mc-
Kinney dis
Lucy M., by Magistrate dis
Weatewater, by Sidney Dillon. dis
Clara Marie, by Bay Bird dis
Parachute, by Altitude Jr dis
Time — 2:13, 2:14*4, 2:18.
Free-for-all trot (matinee) :
Athasham, by Athadon 1 1
Dr. Lecco, by Lecco . . . .- 2 2
Easter, by Monicrat 3 3
Time — 2:13, 2:12.
FRESNO — JULY 2S-30.
Trotting, 2:12 class, $600:
Era, by Zombro 2 2 1 1 1
Charlie T., by Zombro... 1 12 4 4
May T., by Monterey. .. .5 4 3 6 2
The Statesman , by Jas.
Madison 3 3 6 2 6
Emily W., by Jas. Madi-
son 4 6 5 5 5
Crylia Jones, by Capt.
McKinney 6 5 4 3 3
Time — 2:11, 2:10*4, 2:11, 2:14*4, 2:11.
Trotting, special, $200:
Athasham, by Athadon 3 1 1
Katalina, by Tom Smith 1 S 3
Weatewater, by Sidney Dillon. 2 2 2
Crisis, bv Zombro 4 4 4
Time — 2:18, 2:15, 2:15.
Pacing, special, $200:
Milton Gear, by Harrv Gear 1 1
David St. Clair, by Howard St.
Clair , , 2 3
Siegfried, by Silver Coin 3 2
Dawn o' Light . 4 dr
Time — 2:17%, 2:12%.
Pacing, 2:17 class, $1000:
Adam G., by McKinney 1 l l
Joe McGregor, by Fergus Mc-
Gregor 2 3 2
W. J., by Diablo . 4 2 4
Happy Dentist, by Nutwood
Wilkes 3 4 3
Time — 2:07. 2:07*4. 2:09%.
Trotting, Nogi stake, two-year-olds,
$500:
Agnes Carter, by Nutwood Wilkes. 1 1
Strathboule. by Stamboulette 2 2
Yu Tu, bv R. Ambush 3 3
Time — 2:21*4, 2:20.
Trotting, 2:15 class, $500.
Zombronut, by Zombro 1 1
Laurel Leaf. b;y Stam B 2 2
Easter, by Monicrat 3 3
Longitude, bv Meridan 4 dis
Time — 2:16, 2:15*4.
Trotting. 2:20 class, $100.
Kid Wilkes, by Stanton Wilkes. 1 1 1
Rapidan Dillon, by Sidney Dillon. 2 2 2
Weatewater, by Sidney Dillon. 4 3 4
Escabado, bv Escobar 6 5 8
Ollie B„ by Nutwood Wilkes... 5 4 5
Scotch John, bv Tomonco 3 dis
Time — 2:11, 2:12*4. 2:11*4.
Pacing, 2:10 clas, $600.
Queen Derby, by Chas. Derby.. 1 1 1
Tom Murphv, by Gossiper 2 2 2
Lady R„ by Col. K. R 3 3 3
Time— 2:11, 2:10. 2:13*4.
BREEDERS'
MEETING, SALINAS —
AUG. 4-7.
Trotting. 2:20 class, California stake,
purse $2000.
Kid Wilkes, bv Stanton
Wilkes 11 8 1 1 1
Sophia Dillon, by Sidney
Dillon 1 1 2 2 2
Escobado, by Escobar... 3 2 4 3 5
Ida Millerton, by Miller-
ton 2 6 9 9 6
Rapidan Dillon, by Sid-
ney Dillon 4 3 7 7 4
Ollie B.. by Nutwood
Wilkes 5 9 10 6 3
Laurel Leaf, by Stam B. 6 4 3 5 d
Kinney Rose, by McKin-
ney S 11 5 4 d
Laddie G., by Zombro.. 10 8 8 8 d
Scotch John by Tomonco 7 5 6 d
Silver Hunter, by Zom-
bro 9 7 dis
Weatewater, by Sidney
Dillon , , dis
Hulda C, by Dexter-
Prince dis.
Time— 2:13*4, 2:11%, 2:10*4, 2:11%, 2:10
Trotting, 2:10 class, purse $1000.
Emily W., by James
Madison 2 1 3 1 1
Goldnennut, by Neernut. 5 3 12 2
Delia Derby, by Charles
Derby 1 2 4 3 3
The Statesman, by James
Madison 3 5 5 dis.
Era, by Zombro 4 2 2 dr.
May T., by Monterey.... dis.
Time — 2:13, 2:10, 2:13%, 2:13, 2:14.
Pacing, 2:11 class, purse $1000:
Queen Derb}1", by Charles Derbv.l 1 1
Lady R., by Colonel K. R. . . .". .3 2 2
Lettie D., by Boodle 2 3 3
Time — 2:10%, 2:13%, 2:15.
Two-year-old trotting division Fu-
turity stake, purse $1450.
Sweet Bow, by Bon Voyage.... 4 1 1
Babe "Verne, by Jules Verne.... 1 2 7
Alto Express, by Iran Alto ....2 3 2
Agnes Carter, by Nutwood
"Wilkes 3 s 3
^u Tu, by R. Ambush 6 4 4
Pal. by Palite $ 5 5
Eileen, by Walter Barker 5 6 6
Bon Guy. by Bon Voyage 7 7 8
Time — 2:25*4, 2:17%, 2:22%.
Pacing, 2:15 class, purse $SO0.
Moortrix, by Azmoor 2 1 1 l
Tom, by Moses S 1 2.2 2
Milton Gear, by Harry Gear. 3 3 4 d
Elsa Marie, by Morris A.... 4 4 3 d
Time — 2:12*4, 2:10%, 2:14%, 2:11%.
Three-year-old pacing division. Fu-
turity stake, purse $1300.
Jim Logan, by Charles Derby.. 1 1 1
Teddy Bear, by Del Coronado..2 2 2
Time — 2:15%, 2:16%, 2:13%.
Two-year-old pacing division, Breed-
ers' futurity, purse $950:
Normona, by Demonio 4 1 1
Sirius Pointer, by Star Pointer. 1 2 2
Airlie D., by Demonio 2 4 4
Roan Hal, by Athablo 3 3 3
Time — 2:18, 2:14%, 2:17%.
Three-year-old trotting division, Fu-
turity, purse $3000:
Zulu Belle, by Petigru 1 2 11
Volante, by Zombro 4 1 6 4
All Style, by Stam B 6 5 2 2
Easter, by Monicrat 2 3 3 6
Complete, by Palite 3 7 7 3
Virginia Lee, by Iran Alto. 5 4 4 5
Leavinette, by Zombro 7 6 5 dr
Time — 2:17%, 2:15%, 2:17%, 2:16*4-
Trotting, 2:13 class, purse $1000.
May T., by Monterey. .. .5 4 112 2 1
Zombronut, by Zombro... 4 3 5 5 113
Wenja, by Zolock 1 5 4 4 5 5 4
Kalalina, by Tom Smith. 2 0 2 2 4 3 2
Crylia Jones, bv Captain
McKinney. . 303 33 45
Time — 2:17, 2:16%. 2:15%, 2:15, 2:14%,
2:18.
Pacing, 2:07 class, purse $1000.
Charley D., by McKinney.. 5 111
Solano Boy, by Father Mc-
Kinnon 1 4 3 2
Josephine, by Zolock 6 6 2 3
Hymettus, by Zombro 4 3 4 4
Ray o' Light, by Searchlight. 3 5 5 5
Tom Murphy, by Gossiper. .7766
Delilah, by Zolock 2 2 dis
Lady R., by Colonel K. R. .dis
Time — 2:07*4. 2:0S*4, 2:09%, 2:09%.
Pacing, Pacific Slope stake, purse
$2000.
Adam G., by McKinney. .21131
Siegfried, by Silver Coin. 3 3 2 12
Freely Red, by Red Me-
dium 1 4 4 2 3
Cora, by Del Coronado 4 2 3 4 4
Time — 2:10*4, 2:09%, 2:10, 2:11*4. 2:14.
Trotting, free-for-all, purse $1000.
Wild Bell, by Wild Nut 1 1 1
Charley T„ by Zombro 2 2 2
John Caldwell, by Strathway. .dis
Time — 2:14%. 2:13, 2:14*4.
PLEASANTOX — AUG. 11-14.
Pacing, 2:20 class, $700:
Adam G., by McKinney 1 1 1
Joe McGregor, by Fergus Mc-
Gregor 2 2 2
Freely Red, by Red Medium 3 3 3
The Maid of California, by Bon-
nie Direct 4 dis.
Time — 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:11*4-
Trotting, 2:15 class, $500:
Zombronut, by Zombro... 2 2 112
Katalina. by Tom Smith. 1 12 3 3
Crvlia Jones, bv Capt. Mc-
Kinney 3 3 3 4 1
May T.. by Monterey. . . .5 4 4 2 5
Kinnev Al by McKinney.. 4 5 5 5 4
Time— 2:15%, 2:14%, 2:14*4, 2:15%.
2:15*4.
Trotting, 2:40 class. Driving Club
cup race:
Laddie G., by Zombro 1 3 1
Borena D„ by Bonnie Direct.. 3 1 3
Jessie McKinnev, bv McKinnev.2 2 2
Time — 2:20*4. 2:20, 2:21.
Pacing, 2:15 class. $500.
Moortrix, by Azmoor 1 1 1
Milton Gear, by Harry Gear... 2 2 2
Elsie Marie, by Morris A 3 4 3
Dawn o' Light, bv Searchlight. 4 3 4
Time — 2:14%, 2:14*4, 2:10V,.
Trotting, special, $400.
Ida Millerton, by Millerton. . . .1 1 1
Silver Hunter, by Zombro 2 3 2
Weatewater, by Sidney Dillon.. 3 2 3
Easter, bv Monicrat 4 4 4
Time— 2:19*4, 2:16*4, 2:18%.
Pacing, special, $400.
Jim Logan, by Chas. Derby.... 1 1 1
Demonio Wilkes, by Demonio.. 3 2 3
Tom Murphy, by Gossiper 2 4 3
Geo. Woodard 4 3 4
Time— 2:17*4, 2:11%, 2:11*4.
Pacing, 2:07 class, $500:
Charlie D., bv McKinnev 1 1 1
Josephine, by Zolock 3 2 3
Solano Boy, by Father McKin-
non 2 4 5
Rav o' Light, by Searchlight. ... 4 5 2
Delilah, by Zolock 5 3 4
Time — 2:07*4. 2:0S%. 2:09.
Trotting, 2:20 class. $700:
Kid Wilkes, by Stanton Wilkes. 1 1 1
Sophia Dillon, by Sidney Dillon. 4 2 2
Kinney Rose, by McKinney. . . .2 6 7
Escobado, by Escobar 3 4 3
Laurel Leaf, by Stam B 5 3 4
Prince Lot, bv Prince Ansel.... 6 5 6
Ollie B., by Nutwood Wilkes.. 7 7 5
Laddie G., bv Zombro dis
Time — 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:13%.
Pacing, 2:25 class, $500.
Happv Dentist, by Nutwood
Wilkes 1 1 1
Tom, by Moses S 2 2 2
Grace R„ by Demonio 3 3 3
Alto Genoa Jr., by Alto Genoa.. 4 4 4
Time— 2:11%, 2:12*4, 2:12%.
Trotting, 2:12 class, $500.
Goldennut, by Neernut 1 1 2 1
Charlie T., by Zombro 3 2 1 2
Emily W., by James Madison. 4 4 4 3
The Statesman, by James
Madison 2 5 5 dr
Era, by Zombro 5 3 3 dr
Delia Derby, by Chas. Derbv.dis
Time — 2:12, 2:12*4, 2:13', 2:15.
Trotting, 2:30 class, $500.
Rapidan Dillon, by Sidnev
Dillon . 3 1 1 1
Scotch John, by Tomonco. .12 2 2
Weatewater, by Sidney Dil-
lon 2 3 3 dis
Borena D., by Bonnie Direct. dis
Time — 2:16, 2:14. 2:14*4, 2:17.
[Saturday, Fehruray 26, 1910.
Pacing, 2:12 class, purse $500.
Cora, by Del Coronado ....2 1 1 1
Lady R.. by Col. K. R 4 4 2 2
Queen Derby, by Charles
Derby 3 2 3 3
McFadyen, by Diablo 1 3 dr
Time— 2:11*4, 2:11*4, 2:15%, 2:17*4
Pacing. San Francisco Driving Club
silver cup:
Denirvo, by Demonio 1 1
Demonio Wilkes, by Demonio. ... 2 2
Little Dick( by Dictatus 3 4
Deroll, by Chas. Derby 4 3
Time — 2:11%, 2:11%.
WOODLAND — AUG. 1S-21.
Pacing, 2:20 class, $700:
Jim Logan (3) by Chas. Derby. 1 1 1
Adam G., by McKinney 4 2 2
Freely Red, by Red Medium.. .2 4 3
Grace R., by Demonio 3 3 4
Alto Genoa Jr., by Alto Genoa. 5 5 5
Time — 2:09%. 2:09%, 2:05%.
Trotting, 2:10 class, $500.
Era, by Zombro 1 1 1
Katalina, by Tom Smith 2 3 2
Delia Derby by Chas. Derby. .4 2 4
Emily W., by Jas. Madison.... 5 5 5
Time — 2:10, 2:11*4, 2:10.
Pacing — Matinee race.
Dan Logan, by Chas. Derby 1 1
Neusta. by Nushagak 2 2
Time — 2:1S, 2:18.
Trotting, 2:20 class, $700.
Kid Wilkes, by Stanton Wilkes. 1 1 1
Sophia Dillon, by Sidney Dillon. 3 2 2
Escobado, by Escobar 2 3 3
Rapidan Dillon, by Sidney Dil-
lon 4 4 4
Prince Lot, by Prince Anse! . . 5 5 5
Scotch John, by Tomonco 6 6 7
Silver Hunter, by Zombro 7 S 6
Kinney Rose, /by McKinney.. 8 7 8
Time — 2:09%, 2:09*4, 2:10%.
Trotting, 2:21 class, $400.
Ollie B. by Nutwood
Wilkes i 1 2 2 1
Ea*ter, by Monici&t 3 2 1 3 2
Ida Millerton, by Miller-
ton 2 3 4 1 3
Major McKinley, bv Stam
B 4 4 3 5 5
Siesta, by Iran Alto 5 5 5 4 4
Time — 2:13%, 2:13*4. 2:15*4, 2:15%, 2:16
Matinee race, mixed.
Teddy, pacer by Diablo 1 1
Judge 2 2
Economizer 3 3
Time — 2:15%, 2:21.
Pacing, 2:07 class, $600.
Delilah, by Zolock 1 1 1
Hymettus, by Zombro 5 2 2
Ray o' Light, by Searchlight. .2 3 4
Solano Boy, by Father McKin-
non 3 5 3
Josephine, by Zolock 4 4 5
Time — 2:07*4, 2:06%, 2:07*4.
Trotting, two-year-olds, $300.
Pal, by Palite 1 1
Babe Verne, by Jules Verne 3 2
Yu Tu, by R. Ambush 2 3
Alto Express, by Iran Alto dis
Time, 2:18*4, 2:17*4-
Trotting, 2:13 class, $500.
Zombronut, by Zombro ... .3 1 1 1
Katalina, by Tom Smith ....1 2 2 3
Crvlia Jones, bv Capt. Mc-
Kinney 2 4 3 2
May T., by Monterey 4 4 4 4
Time— 2:13%, 2:11*4, 2:15, 2:14.
Pacing, 2:13 class, $500.
Moortrix, by Azmoor 2 3 1 1 1
Cora, by Del Coronado.. 1 12 3 5
Joe McGregor, by Fergus
McGregor 3 2 3 2 2
Little Dick, by Dictatus.. 4 4 4 4 3
Milton Gear, by Harry
Gear ... 5 5 5 5 4
Time — 2:08%, 2:6s*4,'2:07%, 2:09, 2:11%
Trotting, 2:14 class, $200.
Scotch John, by Tomonco. .114 1
Kinney Rose, by McKinney. 3 4 13
Silver Hunter, by Zombro. .4222
Monicrat, by Monwood 2 3 3 4
Time — 2:12%, 2:11*4, 2:16*4, 2:14*4.
Pacing, Matinee race.
Dan Logan, by Chas. Derbv 1 1
Teddy, by Diablo 2 2
Natoma 3 3
Time — 2:12%, 2:15.
CRICO — AUG. 2."i-2S.
Trotting, 2:20 class, $700.
Kid Wilkes, bv Stanton Wilkes.l 1
Sophia Dillon, by Sidney Dillon. 3 2
Scotch John, by Tomonco 2 5
Escobado, by Escobar 6 4
Silver Hunter, by Zombro .... 5 3
Kinnev Rose, by McKinney. .. .4 6
Time — 2:12*4, 2:09*4, 2:10.
Pacing, 2:15 class, $450.
Moortrix, by Azmoor 1 1
Milton Gear, by Harry Gear. .2 2
Little Dick, by Dictatus dis.
Time — 2:35, 2:12*4, 2:12*4.
Matinee race, pacers.
Seymow M., by Diawood 1
Economizer 3
The Judge 2
Lady Alice 4
Time— 2:16%, 2:19*4.
Pacing, 2:20 class, $600.
Adam G., by McKinney 1 1
Joe McGregor, bv Fergus Mc-
Gregor 2 2
Cora, by Del Coronado 3 3
Freely Red, by Red Medium.. 4 4
Grace R., by Demonio 5 5
Time — 2:0S*4, 2:07%, 2:07*4.
Trotting, 2:16 class,- purse $600.
Zombronut, by Zombro ..5 1
Katalina, by Tom Smith.. 1 2
Prince Lot, by Prince An-
sel 3 4
Wenja, by Zolock 2 3
Rapidan Dillon, bv Sidney
Dillon 6 5
Weatewater, by Sidnev
Dillon .4 6
Time — 2:11*4, 2:12, 2:14%, 2:15
Matinee race, trotters and pacers
Gladys Moore (trotter) 2 1
Sir Vox 1 3
Big Sis 3 2
Little Dan 4 4
Time— 2:25%, 2:23%, 2:26.
dis.
2:14%.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Trotting. '2:11 class, $200.
Scotch John, by Tomonco. . . .1 4 11
Kinney Rose, by McKinney.3 13 2
Monicrat, by Monwood ....4 3 4 3
Silver Hunter, by Zombro. -.2 2 2 dr
Time— 2:14 Vi. 2:13%, 2:16 *4. 2:21.
Pacing', 2:07 class, $200.
Solano Boy, by Father McKin-
non 1 1 1
Delilah, by Zolock 3 2 2
Ray o' Light, by Searchlight. . . .2 3 3
Demonio Wilkes, by Demonio.4 4 4
'Time — 2:09*4, 2:07*6, 2:0S.
Pacing, 2:12 class, $200.
Milton Gear, by Harry Gear ..1 1 1
Dixie M., by Dick Russell 3 2 2
Sevmow M., by Diawood 2 3 3
Time — 2:13*6, 2:16*4, 2:15*6.
Trotting, 2:12 class, $500.
Delia Derbv, by Chas. Derby.. 2 111
Charlie T.. bv Zombro 1 3 2 2
May T.. by Monterey 3 4 3 3
Monicrat, by Woodmon 4 2 4 4
Time— 2:11, 2:12*4, 2:12, 2:13.
Pacing, 2:10 class, $200.
Queen Derby, by Charles Derby.l 1 1
Freely Red, by Red Medium.. 2 3 2
Joe McGregor, by Fergus Mc-
Gregor 3 2 3
Milton Gear, by Harrv Gear.. 4 4 4
Time — 2:12, 2:10*4, 2:11%.
Matinee race, Class C.
Flyaway 3 1
Big Sis 0 2
Little Dan . 0 3
Anona L 4 4
Time — 2:29, 2:33.
Matine race. Class B.
Lady Alice 1 1
Gladys Moore 2 2
Joe Dick 3 3
Time — 2:27. 2:23.
STATE FAIR, SACRAMENTO,
AITG. 30-SEPT. 4.
Occident Stake, three-year-old trotters,
value $2785.
Volante, by Zombro 1 1 1
"Virginia Lee, by Iran Alto.... 4 3 2
Complete, bv Palite 3 2 4
All Style, by Stam B 2 4 3
Time — 2:14*4, 2:13*4, 2:14.
Trotting. 2:20 class, purse $2000.
Kid Wilkes, by Stanton Wilkes.l 1 1
Escobado, bv Escobar 2 2 3
Sophie Dillon, by Sidney Dillon. 4 7 2
Prince Lot, by Prince Ansel. .3 3 5
Ida Millerton. by Millerton 5 4 6
Silver Hunter, by Zombro 7 6 4
Scotch John, by Tomanco 6 5 7
Time— 2:09%, 2:12, 2:10*4-
Trotting, Park Amateur Club Race,
silver cup.
Reina Directum, by Rey Direct. 1 1 1
Siesta, by Iran Alto 2 3 2
Plumado, bv Advertiser 3 2 3
Time — 2:23, 2:22*4. 2:23*4-
Trotting, two-year-olds, purse $400.
Pal, by Palite 1 1
Agnes Carter, by Nutwood Wilkes. 2 2
Yu Tu, by R. Ambush 3 3
Time — 2:21, 2:1S.
Pacing, 2:20 class, purse $2000.
Adam G., by McKinney 1 1 1
Grace R., by Demonio 2 2 3
Cora, by Del Coronado 4 4 2
Freelv Red, by Red Medium.. 3 3 4
Time — 2:10*4, 2:09*4, 2:13.
Pacing, 2:15 class, purse $750.
Moortrix. by Azmoor 1 1 1
Milton Gear, by Harry Gear ..2 2 3
Alto Genoa Jr., by Alto Genoa. 3 3 2
The Judge, by Bonnie Direct. .4 4 4
Time — 2:18, 2:lS, 2:17*6.
Trotting. Amateur Cup Race.
Plumado, bv Advertiser 1 1 1
Wenje, bv Zolock 2 2 2
Hulda C bv Dexter Prince.... 3 3 3
Tme — 2:16*6, 2:15, 2:16.
Capitol Hotel Cup, amateur drivers.
Joe Dick 2 1 1 1
Economizes 1 2 3 2
Lady Bird 3 4 2 ro
Buster Brown 4 3 4 ro
Time — 2:23, 2:21*6\ 2:25, 2:22%.
Falrose Stake for two-year-old pac-
ers.
Zomrosa, by Falrose ...1 2 1
Rosemaw. by Falrose 2 1 2
Time — 2:31, 2:29. 2:25.
Stanford Stake, three-year-old trot-
ters, value $1300.
Easter, bv Monocrat 1 1 1
All Style, by Stam B 2 2 2
Complete, by Palite 3 3 3
Time — 2:19*4, 2:19, 2:17.
Trotting.' 2:10 class, purse $1000.
Era, by Zombro 1 1 1
Goldenut, bv Neernut 4 2 2
Delia Derby, by Chas. Derby.. 2 4 4
Zammell, by Zombro 3 3 3
Time— 2:10, 2:12*4, 2:13%.
Cup race, amateur drivers.
Harold B., by Kinney Lou 1 1 1
Kermit 2 2 3
Briarwood 3 4 2
Natoma 4 3 4
Time — 2:12, 2:13. 2:13.
Trotting, 2:13 class, purse $2500.
Zombronut. by Zombro 1 1 1
Katalina, by Tom Smith 2 3 2
Crvlia Jones, by Capt. McKinney.4 2 5
Wenja, by Zolock 3 4 4
Queen Knight, by Knight 5 5 3
Time— 2:12*4, 2:12*6, 2:15.
Pacing, 2:11 class, purse $2000.
Oueen Derbv. by Chas. Derby.l \ 1
Dan S„ bv Athablo 2 2 3
Lady R., by Col. K. R 4 4 2
Dawn o' Light, by Searchlight. 3 3 4
Little Dick, bv Dictatus 5 5 5
Time— 2:12*6, 2:10*4, 2:12*6-
Free-for-all pace, open to all driv-
ing clubs in California, cup.
Joe McGregor, by Fergus Mc-
Gregor 1 1 1
Diodens. by Diablo 2 2 2
Teddy, by Diablo 3 3 3
Time— 2:14, 2:12, 2:12.
Pacing. 2:07 class, purse $1000.
Josephine, by Zolock ....3 3 1 1 1
Hymettus, by Zombro ...1 1 3 2 2
Solano Boy, by Father
McKinnon 2 2 2 ro
Delilah, by Zolock 4 4 5 ro
Rav o' Light, by Search-
light 5 5 4 ro
Time — 2:07*4, 2:08*4, 2:11, 2:16, 2:15.
Trotting, free-for-all, cup race for
amateurs.
Wild Bell, by Wildnut 1 1 1
Charlie T., by Zombro 2 3 2
R. W. P., bv Welcome 3 2 3
Time — 2:16, 2:13, 2:13.
SALEM, ORE., SEPT, 13-1S.
Trotting, two-year-olds, Breeders'
pu/rse, $400.
Bonaday, by Boy Voyage 1 1
Listerine, by Zom Norte 2 2
Woodlock, by Zolock 3 3
Time — 2:39*6. 2:39*4.
Pacing. 2:12 class, $800.
Moortrix, by Azmoor 1 1 1
Dan S., by Athablo 4 2 2
Whitehall, by Chopper King. .2 3 3
A. R. E., by Zombro 3 4 4
Judge Dillard, bv Hal Dillard..5 dis.
Time — 2:09%, 2:10*6. 2:12*6.
Trotting, 2:25 class, $800.
Paul W., by Zombro 1 1 4 1
Lady Malcolm, by Malcolm. 4 2 16
Zomzell, by Zombro 5 3 3 2
Nellie Mars, by Couier 6 6 2 3
Gloria O'Neil, by Parole ...2 4 6 4
Zomoak, by Zombro 3 5 5 5
Rastus, by Oro Guy dis.
Time— 2:14*6, 2:16*4, 2:20*6. 2:20.
Trotting, three-year-olds, $500.
Easter, by Monicrat 1 1
Harry A., by Zombro 3 2
Tortoise Shell, by Bozeman 2 4
Zomdell, by Zombro 4 3
Florodora Z., by Zombro 5 5
Time — 2:23, 2:21*4-
Pacing, 2 :25 class, $500.
Mack N., by McKinney 1 4 1 1
Bonnie Tangent, by Tangent.2 15 5
Capt. Apperson 5 5 2 2
Lord Sidnev Dillon 4 2 3 4
McCloskey Wainwright 3 3 4 3
King Lovelace 6 6 dis.
Time— 2:15, 2:17*4, 2:17*4, 2:16*4-
Trotting, 2:15 class, $1000.
Lady Sirius, by Sirius 1 1 1
Zombronut, by Zombro 2 2 2
Henry Gray, by Zombro 5 3 3
Blacksmith, by Ben Johnson... 3 6 7
Crylia Jones, by Capt. McKin-
ney 4 5 5
Cherry Diamond, by Bozeman. 6 7 4
Belle N., by Bonnie Direct ....7 4 6
Time— 2:14*4. 2:11*6, 2:10*4-
Pacing, 2:08 class, $5000.
Lord Lovelace, by Prince
Lovelace 5 1 2 2 1
Hymettus, by Zombro ..2 9 1 1 4
Queen Derby, by Chas.
Dehby 1 3 5 3 2
Josephine, by Zolock ....6 3 5 3 2
Gen. Heurtis, by Alexis ..9 13 6 5 3
Delilah, by Zolock 7 6 7 7 5
Solano Boy, Adam G., Dan Z., Moor-
trix, Whitehall, Bushnell King, Ray o"
Light and Tommy Grattan also started.
Time— 2:06%, 2:07*6, 2:07*6, 2:08%.
2:11*4-
Trotting, 2:30 class, $500.
Lady Malcolm, by Malcolm. . . .1 1 1
Dolly McKinney 3 2 3
Nelly Mars 2 3 4
Velma Z 5 4 2
Shamrock 4 5 5
Time — 2:20*4, 2:20*4. 2:20*4.
Pacing, three-year-olds, $500.
King Seal, by Red Seal 1 1
Admiral Evans, by Conroy's AIta.3 2
Rosa, by Senator 2 3
Time — 2:19*4, 2:20*4-
Pacing, two-year-olds, $400.
Mussel Shell, by Bozeman.. 2 12 1
Waverly B., by Tidal Wave.. 3 3 12
Sable Hal, by Hal B 1 2 dis.
Time — 2:27*4. 2:22*4, 2:23*6, 2:23*4.
Trotting, 2:12 class, $5000.
Lee Crawford, by Leigh
Crawford 3 4 1 2 1
Zombronut, by Zombro. .117 4 4
Henry Gray, by Zombro. .10 7 4 1 2
Era, by Zombro 2 3 2 3 3
Kid Wilkes, Dr. Munday. Sophia Dil-
lon, Charley T., Goldennut, Lida Car-
ter, Delia Derby, CVylia Jones and
Easter Bells also started.
Time— 2:12*4. 2:11*4. 2:13*4, 2:14*4,
2:12*4.
Pacing, 2:20 class, $800.
Demonio Wilkes, by Demonio. 1 1 1
Esther B 3 2 2
Lord Sidney Dillon 2 3 3
King Lovelaec distanced.
Time— 2:19*4, 2:17*4. 2:20*4-
Pacing, 2:0S class, consolation, $1000.
Adam G., by McKinney 1 1 1
Solano Boy 3 2 3
Delilah 2 3 5
Ray o' Light 3 5 2
Gen. Hurtis 4 4 4
Time— 2:09*4, 2:08*4.
Trotting, 2:20 class. $800.
Paul W., by Zombro 1 1 1
Cherrv Diamond 4 3 3
Stalene 3 4 4
Time — 2:18*6, 2:15*6. 2:18%.
Pacing, 2:05 class, $1000.
Hymettus, by Zombro 1 1 1
Josephine 2 4 2
Sherlock Holmes 3 2 3
Sir John S 4 3 4
Time— 2:09, 2:07%. 2:09%.
Pacing, 2:15 class, $1000.
Glendora, by Red Melium.3 2 111
Bushnell King, by Norval
King 1 1 2 2 2
Nellie Chimes C 4 4 3 3
Lou Miller 5 5 3 4 4
A. R. E 2 3 5 dr.
San Lucas Maid dis
Time— 2:10*4, 2:10%, 2:11*4, 2:13*4, 2:17
Trotting, 2:12 trot, consolation, $1000.
Kid Wilkes, by Stanton
Wilkes 7 1 1 1
Charley T., by Zombro 1 2 2 3
Goldenut ...3 3 3 2
Delia Derby 2 4 7 6
lida Carter 6 7 4 4
Crylia Jones 4 6 6 5
Doc Monday 5 5 5 dr.
Time— 2:13*4. 2:13*6, 2:13%, 2:15*4-
PORTLAND — SEPT. 20-25.
$800. Last beat
.1 1
4 dis.
2:20.
1
and
Trotting, 2:25 cl;
Tuesday.
Gloria O'Neil, by Parole.
Paul W., by Zombro 2 2 1 2
Nellie Mars, by Courier ..3 3 2 3
Time — 2:21*4, 2:21*6, 2:23*4, 2:20.
Pacing, 2:12 class, $800. Last heat
Tuesday.
Moortrix, by Azmoor 2 1 1 1
Dan S.. by Athablo 3 2 2 2
Whitehall, by Copper King. 4 3 3 3
Judge Dillard bv Hal Dil-
lard 1
Time — 2:14, 2:14*4, 2:24*4,
Trotting. 2:15 class, $S00.
Capt. Apperson, by Zombro..
Mack N 'Z 'l
McClosky Wainwright 3 3
Time — 2:18*4, 2:18*4, 2:23*4-
Pacing, three-year-olds, $500.
Admiral Evans, by Conroy's Alta..l
Sadie T., by Shamrock 2
Rosa R., by Senator 3
Time — 2:22*4, 2:26.
Trottinfi, 2:15 class, $800.
Zombronut, by Zombro 1 1
Lady Sirius, by Sirius 2 2
Cherry Diamond, by Bozeman. 3 3
Crylia Jones, by Capt. McKin-
ney 4 4
Time — 2:11*4, 2:17*4, 2:15.
Trotting, 2:20 class, $500.
Paul W., by Zombro 1 1
Zomack, by Zombro 2 2
Nellie Mars, by Courier 3 3
Tortoise Shell also started .
Time— 2:16*4. 2:19*4, 2:19.
Pacing, 2:08 class, $2500.
Adam G., by McKinney 1 1
Lord Lovelace, by Prince Love-
lace 2 3
Hymettus, by Zombro 6 2
Josephine, by Zolock 7 7
Solano Boy, by Father McKin-
non 3
Gen. Huertes. Queen Derby
Whitehall also started.
Time— 2:06*4, 2:06*4, 2:06%.
Pacing, two-year-olds, $400.
Mussell Shell, by Bozeman 1
Bailey S. Wave, by Tidal Wave 2
Sally Younger 4
Waverley B., by Tidal Wave 3
Time — 2:23*4, 2:27*4-
Trotting, 2:12 class, $2500.
Henry Gray, by Zombro.- 9 S 1 1
Lee Crawford, by Leigb
Crawford 1 1 8 2
Sophia Dillon, by Sidney
Dillon 7 2 5 3
Lida Carter, by Stam B..2 4
Charley T., by Zombro ..5 i
Zombronut, by Zombro ..4 9
Era, by Zombro 3 3
Goldenut, by Neernut ...6 5
Kid Wilkes, by Stanton
Wilkes 10 6
Doc Munday, by Zombro. S dr
Time— 2:11*4, 2:12, 2:12*/4, 2:13*4.
Pacing, 2:20 class, $500.
Demonio Wilkes, by Demonio. 1
Dan Z 2
Esther B 3
Time — 2:11*4. 2:14*4, 2:14%.
Pacing, 2:0S class, consolation, $500.
Solano Boy, by Father McKin-
non 1 1 1
Gen. Heurtus, by Alexis 4 2 2
Queen Derby, by Chas. Derby. 2 3 4
Whitehall, by Copper King.... 3 I 3
Time— 2:07%, 2:08*4, 2:09*4-
Trotting, 2:20 class, $800.
Belle N., by Bonnie Direct.2 12 11
Cherry Diamond, by Boze-
man 1 2 1
Velma Z., by Zombro -.3 3 3
Time 2:19*4. 2:14*4. 2:18, 2:20*4-
of last heat not taken.
Pacing, 2:05 class, $1000.
Sherlock Holmes, by Zolock. .111
Hymettus, by Zombro 2 2 2
Josephine, by Zolock 3 3 3
Time— 2:06%, 2:07*4, 2:08.
Trotting to beat 2:30*4-
Bonaday, bv Bon Voyage Won
Time — 2:27%.
Pacing, 2:15 class, $800.
Bushnell King, by Norval
King 3 1 1 1
Lou Miller, by Blacksmith. 1 3 3 3
Nellie Chimes, by Christmas
Chimes 2 4 4 4
McClosky Wainwright and Atabel also
started.
Time— 2:14, 2:15, 2:16*4.
Trotting, 2:12 class, consolation, $500.
Era, by Zombro 1 1 1
Charley T., by Zombro 2 2 3
Goldennut, by Neernut 3 3 2
Time— 2:14*4, 2:15*4, 2:16*4-
PHOENIX, ARIZ. — NOV. S-13.
2:27 trot, purse $1000.
Zombretta, by Zombro 1 1 3 1
Zommell, by Zombro 4 4 2 2
Zolock, by Zolock 3 5 4 3
Silverstein, by Silver Coin.. 5 3 5 4
Prodigal Baroness, 2-2-1-dis.; Prince
Zombro, 6-dis.
Time — 2:15*4, 2:16%, 2:16*4, 2:16.
2:08 pace, stake $5000.
Queen Pomona, by Pomo-
na 2 1 1 2 2
Miss Castle, by Harvest
Prince 4 o 3 3 1
Brewer's Kid, by Riley
Medium 1 3 5 4 5
Major Ganz, by Iowa Sen-
tinel 7 7 4 5 3
Josephine, 6-6-6-6-4; Dick Allen,
5-4-2-1-dis.; Delilah, 3-2-dis.; Hal
Raven, dis.
Time— 2:06*4, 2:05*4. 2:06, 2:08*4,2:10*4
2:12 pace, purse $1000.
Donline, by Online 2 1 1
Lulu Hurst, 1-3-dis.; Demonio Wilkes,
3-2-dis.
Time— 2:12*6, 2:15*4. 2:12*4.
Arizona trotters, purse $400, half
mile heats.
Miss Arizona 1 1
Counsellor's Queen 2 2
6 3
5 6
4 5
\ 7 dr
» 8 dr
■ dr
2:14.
1 1
2 2
3 3
2 3
3 2
Time
Miss Leonora 3 3
Pack 4 4
Navajo Girl, 5-5; Clytona, 6-6.
Time — 1:24, 1:25.
2:25 pace, purse $1000.
Tommy Lawson, by Leland D.2 111
Nettie Oh So, by Oh So 1 2 2 3
Maggie Barkley, by Leland D. 4 4 3 2
Big Boy, 3-3-dr.; Lillian Zolock,
5-dis.; R. B. and Mar Kinney, dis.
Time— 2:14*4, 2:14*4, 2:17*4, 2:16i4.
2:19 trot, stake $5000.
Margin, by Time Onward 1 1 1
The Pickett, by Pactolus 3 2 3
Escobado, by Escobar 2 3 4
Rapidan Dillon, by Sidney Dil-
lon 5 4 2
Johnny G., 4-5-5.
Time— 2:11%, 2:10*4, 2:08*4.
Three-year-old trot, purse $400.
Creme de Menthe l l
Sunlight 2 %
Joe Galloway, Maxwelton Braes and
Helen J„ dis.
Time — 2:40*4, 2:37*4.
Match race.
Dan Patch, by Joe Patchen 1
Minor Heir, by Heir-at-Law 2
Time — 2:03*4.
To beat 1:59*4, pacing.
Minor Heir, by Heir-at-Law 2:01*4
2:05 pace, purse $2000.
Gif tline. by Online 1 1 1
Queen Pomona, by Pomona. .2 3 2
Delilah, by Zolock 4 2 5
Dick Allen, by Ben Hur 3 4 3
Josephine, 5-5-4.
Time — 2:06*4, 2:07*4, 2:0S*4.
Special trot, pur.se $2000.
Carlokin, by McKinney 1 1 1
Richie Baron, by Baron Wilkes.2 2 2
Queer Knight, by Knight 3 3 3
Goldennut, by Neernut 4 4 4
Time — 2:13, 2:11, 2:13%.
Special pace, purse $1000.
Queen Derbv, by Charles
Derby 1 1 2 3 3
Demonio Wilkes, by De-
monio 3 4 3 1 1
Miss Castle, by Harvest
Prince 2 2 1 2 2
Lulu Hurst, by Lord Elm-
hurst 4 3 4 4 4
Time, 2:11*4, 2:10, 2:09*4, 2:10%, 2:14*4.
Two-year-old pace, purse $400, half
mile heats.
Count Modjeska 1 1
Baby, 2-2; Minnie D., 4-3; Ted, 3-4.
Time — 1:39*4, 1:30.
Exhibition pace, to beat 2:02.
Copa de Oro, by Nutwood Wilkes. 2:01*4
2:15 pace, purse $1000.
Nancy C, by Constenaro .12 2 11
Demonio Wilkes, by De-
monio 2 1 1 3 3
Donline, by Online 3 3 3 2 2
Capt. Dawson, by Jack
Dawson 4 4 4 4 4
Richard B., 5-dr.; Alzama, dis.
Time— 2:12*4, 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:11*6,
2:14%.
2:12 trot, purse $1000.
Richie Baron, by Baron Wilkes.l 1 1
Kitty Royal, by Red Royal 2 3 2
Myrtle O., by Warren 0 4 2 3
Goldennut, by Neernut 3 4 4
Queer Knight, dis.
Time — 2:15, 2:13%, 2:15%.
Three-year-old pace, purse $400.
Jessie Oh So, by Oh So 2 1 1
Robert D 1 3 2
Russell Kid 4 2 4
Friday ' 3 5 3
Ned C, 5-4-5.
Time — 2:41*4, 2:34*4. 2:37.
2:23 trot, purse $1000.
Zommell, by Zombro 3 5 1 1 1
Johnny G., by Alcantara.2 3 2 3 3
Prodigal Baroness, by
Prodigal 5 4 4 2 2
Silverstein, by Silver Coin. 4 2 5 4 4
Zombretta, 1-3 -3 -5 -dis.; Almaden,
Time— 2:15*4, 2:15*4, 2:14%, 2:14%.
2:16*4.
To beat 2:25 pacing.
Lillian Zolock, by Zolock 2:22%
Near Kinney 2:27*4
2:18 pace, purse $1000.
Demonio Wilkes, by Demonio. 5 111
Nancy C, by Constenaro ... 1 2 2 2
Zolita, by Zombro 2 3 3 3
Tommy Lawson, by Leland D.3 4 4 4
Nettie Oh So, 4-5-dr.
Time — 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:13%.
2:15 trot, purse $1000.
Margin, by Time Onward 1 1 1
Escobado, by Escobar 2 2 2
Charm P., by Bernal 3 3 3
Rapidan Dillon, by Sidney Dil-
lon 4 4 4
Myrtle O., 5-5-5.
Time— 2:09, 2:11*4, 2:06*4.
Free-for-all pace, purse 2:06*4-
Copa de Oro, by Nutwood
Wilkes 1 1 1
Giftline, by Online 3 2 2
Highfly, by Nearest 2 3 4
Queen Pomona, by Pomona. ... 4 4 3
Time— 2:04*4, 2:05*4, 2:04%.
2:29 trot, purse $1000.
Hope So, by Oh So 1 1 2
King Cyrano, by Silver Sim-
mons 2 2 1
Lady Boydello, by Boydello . .3 3 3
Time— 2:27%, 2:30*4, 2:27.
Declared finished.
Exbibition, pacing.
Dan Patch, by Joe Patchen 2:02*4
To beat 1:59*4, pacing.
Minor Hier, by Heir-at-Law:
*4 % % Mile.
Time: :29 :59 1:29 1:59*4
If hens are kept for egg production
only they must be fed twice daily with
a variety of the best egg producing
feeds, and they must be cared for in
other ways so that their feed will
bring results. They must be fed and
cared for in a similar way to dairy
cows, for their products are similar.
26
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
! The Pacific Coast 2:10 Sires. 1
•:■:•:•'•'•
• ■ •:•:•:•:•:•-•:•-•-••:•••:••:
Herewith is the list of all 2:10 performers that have been
sired by, or produced by daughters of stallions that were
bred or have ever stood for public service on the Pacific
Coast. Of the various letters in parenthesis prefixed to rec-
ords . (n) signifies new 2:10 performer in 1909; records re-
duced in 1909 are marked (r) ; rejected records are marked
(R) ; (w) signifies wagon record.
Abbottsford 2:19%. by
Woodford Mambrino 2:21%.
Poindexter 2:09%
dam of
Chester Abbott, p 2:09%
Adbell. 1, 2:23, by
Advertiser 2:15%.
Hiss Adbell, 3 2:09%
Rowellan 2:09%
Miss Adbell, p 2:06%
Admiral 4SS, by Volunteer 55,
sire of dam of
Adam G (n) 2:06%
Nance O'Neil, p 2:09%
Alban 2:24, by
Gen. Benton 1755,
sire of dam of
Tou Bet, p 2:07
Albert W. 2:20, by
Electioneer 125.
Little Albert 2:10
dam of
Icon 2:10
Alcantara, Jr.,
by Alcantara 2:23.
sire of dam of
Sir John S., p 2:04%
Alexander Button 2:26%,
by Alexander 490,
sire of dam of
Ray o' Light, p. 3 2:0S%
Alexis, p., 2:18, by
William L. 4244.
General Heuertus, p.. .2:09%
Alfred G. 2:19%,
by Anteeo 2:16%.
Charley Herr 2:07
Sister Collette 2:09%
Annie Lee. p 2:07%
dams of
Margin (n) 2:05%
May Bird (n) 2:0S%
Algona, 11543. by Almont 33.
Flying Jib. p 2:04
dams of
Anaconda, p 2:09%
Anaconda, p 2:01%
Kelly Briggs, p 2:0S
Altamont 2:26%, by Almont 33.
Alameda 2:09%
Altao 2:09%
Chehalis, p 2:04%
Del Norte, p 2:08
Ella T„ p 2:08%
Doc Sperry, p 2:09
Pathmont, p 2:09%
dams of
The Zoo 2:09
Bellemont 2:09%
Oregon Maid, p 2:08
Mary K. p (n) 2:0S%
Altimont 965, by Almont 33.
sire of dam of
Jasper Avres 2:09
Altoona 8850, by Almont 33.
sire of dam of
Berta Mac 2:08
Anteeo 2:16%
by Electioneer 125,
sire of dam of
Sonoma Girl 2:05%
Directum Kelly, 4 2:08%
Gray Gem 2:09%
W. "Woods, p. 4 2:07
Anteeo, Jr., 2:25%,
by Anteeo 2:16%,
sire dam of
Judge Green 2:09
Auteros 6020,
by Electioneer 125.
Ed S., p 2:08%
dam of
Prince Ross, p 2:09%
Antrim 5918, by Aberdeen 27.
Anzella 2:06%
dams of
Vision, p 2:09%
Gen. Heurtus, p 2:09%
Arion 2:07%, bv Electioneer
125.
Lord Roberts 2:07%
Nico, 4 2:0S%
Prazee (n) 2:09%
dam of
Sadie Mac 2:06%
Arthurton 305.
by Hambletonian 10,
sire of dam of
Lesa Wilkes 2:09
Athadon 2:27,
by Matadon 9392.
The Donna, p 2:07%
Athasham 2:09%
Atto Rex 2:21%,
by Attorney 1005.
Rex Atto, p 2:07%
A. W. Richmond 10S7.
by Blackbird 401,
sire of dams of
Italia, ..p 2:04%
New Richmond, p.... 2:07%
Waldo J., p 2:08
Silver Dick, p 2:09%
Aznioor 2:20%,
by Electioneer 125.
Moortrix, p. 4....(n) 2:07Vf.
Betonica, p 2:09%
dam of
Rowellan 2:09%
Balboa, thoroughbred,
by Norfolk,
sire of dam of
Velox, p 2:09%
Kid Wilkes (n) 2:09%
Hay Roue 2:20%,
' by Sutan 2:24,
sire of dam of
Ruth Dillon. 4 2:06%
Bnyswnter Wilkes,
by Sable Wilkes 2:18.
Filly Briggs. p 2:08
Belt Boy 2:19%,
by Electioneer 125,
sire of dam of
ontriflc, p 2:09
:04%
.2:08
.2:09%
.2:10
Bisniarch 2:29%,
by Index 2S56,
sire of dam of
High Fly, p
Bob Mason 2:27,%
by Echo 462.
Waldo J., p
Virginia, p
Fred Mason, p
Bob Mason, Jr., 2:27%,
by Bob Mason 2:27%
sire of dam of
Bystander, p 2:07%
Bonnie Direct, p. 2:05%,
by Direct, p. 2:05%.
Bonalet, p, 3 2:09%
Boodle 2:13%, by Stranger
3030.
Ethel Downs 2:10
Bow Bells 2:19%,
by Electioneer 125.
Beauseant, p 2:06%
Billy Andrews, p, 4.. 2:0614
Matin Bells, p 2:06%
Bellwood A., p 2:07%
Bradtmoor 2:26%,
bv Fallis 2:23.
Ben F„ p 2:07%
Buccaneer, 2050,
by Iowa Chief 528,
sire of dams of
Dr. Leek 2:09%
Daedalion, p 2:08%
Bull Pup, by St. Lawrence,
sire of dam of
Hulda 2:08%
California 4132,
by Sultan 2:24,
sire of dam of
Ida Highwood . . (w) 2:09%
Capt. McKinney 44253,
by McKinney 2:11%.
Lady Jones 2:07%
Cascade, p, 2:14%,
by Guy Wilkes 2:15%.
Zaza 2:07%
Caution 2:25%,
by Electioneer 125,
sire of dam of
Helen Norte 2:09%
Magladi, p 2:07
Ceeelian 2:22,
by Electioneer 125.
Dewitt 2:08%
dam of
Alcelia, p 2:07%
Charles Derby 2:20,
by Steinway 2:25%.
Derby Princess 2:08%
Don Derby, p 2:04%
Jim Logan, p, 3..(n) 2:05%
Capt. Derby, p 2:06%
Queen Derby, p..(n) 2:06%
Much Better, p, 4 2:07%
Diablo, p, 4 2:09%
dam of
Brilliant Girl 2:08%
Chieftain 721,
by Hiatoga (Old Togue)
sire of dam of
Goshen Jim, p 2:0S%
Chime Bell 5380,
by Electioneer 125.
Van Zandt 2:09
Chimes 5348,
by Electioneer 125.
The Abbott 2:03%
The Monk 2:05%
Fantasy, 4 2:06
Chime Bell 2:09%
Shadow Chimes, p...2:05
Council Chimes, p 2:07%
Dandy Chimes, p 2:07%
Merry Chimes, p 2:08%
Ed Easton, p 2:09%
dams of
Dare Devil 2:09
Lady of the Monor, p. .2:04%
Ess H. Kay, p...(n) 2:05%
The Friend, p 2:05%
Rex Guard, p 2:07%
Prelatic, p 2:08%
Christmas 13253.
by Strathmore 408,
sire of dam of
Hazel Kinney 2:09*4
Clay 2:25.
by Electioneer 125.
Edwin C. p 2:07
Exploit, p 2:08%
Commoneer 9522,
Electioneer 125
Pauline G., p 2:06%
Conductor 2:14%,
by Electioneer 125.
Walnut Hall 2:0S%
Contractor 1084 by Ajax 40,
sire dam of
Myrtha Whips, p.... 2:09
Cornelius 11335,
by Nutwood 600,
sire dam of
Emily W (n) 2:10
Creole, p, 2:15,
by Promptor 2308.
Javelin, p 2:08%
Crcsco 4908,
by Strathmore 408,
sire of dam of
Tom Carneal, p 2:08%
IJosliwood 14902,
by Legal Tender 1784,
sire dam of
Dr. Book 2:10
Jennie Mc, p 2:09
Dawn 2:18%,
by Nutwood 2:18%,
sire of dam of
Robert I., p 2:08%
Del Coronado 2:09%, by Mc-
Kinnev 2:11%.
Cora, p, 4 (n) 2:08%
Dclmar 2:10%,
by Electioneer 125.
Major Delmar 1:59%
Copeland 2:09%
Del Norte, p, 2:08,
by Altamont 2:26%.
Helen Norte 2:09%
Magladi, p 2:07
Oregon Maid, p 2:08
Delphi, p, 2:12%,
by Director 2:17.
Toppy, p 2:10
Demonio, p, 2:11%,
by Chas. Derby, 2:20.
Mona Wilkes, p 2:03%
Memonia, p 2:09%
Demonio Wilkes, p (n) 2:09%
Dexter Prince 11303,
by Kentucky Prince 2970.
Lisonjero 2:08%
Eleata 2:08%
James L 2:09%
Edith, p 2:10
dams of
Directum Lass 2:09%
Toppy, p 2:10
Dexterwood 20502, by Dexter
Prince,
sire of dam of
Cora, p, 4 (n) 2:08%
Diablo, p, 2:09%.
by Charles Derby 2:20.
Sir Albert S., p 2:03%
Sir John S., p 2:04%
Jno R. Conway, p.... 2:07
Daedalion, p 2:08%
Diablito, p 2:08%
Tom Carneal, p 2:08%
Dick Flaherty 2:29%,
by Flaherty's Fearnaught,
sire of dam of
Alameda 2:09%
Dictatus, p, 2:17,
by Red Wilkes 1749.
.2:08%
.2:08%
:0S%
Funston. p
Dictatress, p. . .
Direct, p, 2:05%,
by Dictator 2:17.
Directum Kellv, 4....
Direct iVew 2:08?_
"Ward M 2:09%
Ann Direct (n) 2:10
Directly, p 2:03%
Direct Hal, p 2:04%
Bonnie Direct, p, 4... 2:05%
King Direct, p 2:05%
Prince Direct, (Fred-
2:07
2:07%
2:08%
2:08%
2:09%
2:10
05%
09
03%
05%
08%
09%
:04%
die C), p...
Direct Wood, p, 4
Daphne Direct, p
Trilby Direct, p.
Easter Direct, p.
Rey Direct, p. . . .
dam of
Maggie Winder, p, 3
(n) 2:06%
Director 2:17,
By Dictator 113.
Directum, 4 2
Dorothy Redmond ...2
Nathan Straus, p 2
Direct, p 2
Direction, p 2
Director Joe, p 2
dams of
Jno. A. McKerron
Sterling McKinney(r) 2:06%
Ozanam 2:07
Lady Jones 2:07%
Leonardo 2:08%
Little Thorn, p 2:07%
Directum 2:05%,
by Director 2:17.
Ethel's Pride 2:06%
Consuela S 2:07%
Judge Green 2:09
Directum Lass . ." 2:09%
Gulvallis Directum, 4. .2:09%
Directum Miller, p...2:05%
Blackdart, p (n) 2:09%
Dr. Hicks, bv Durfee 11256.
Edwin S., p 2:08
Dolphin,
sire of dam of
Cricket, p 2:10
Doncaster, by Seal's Elmo,
sire of dam of
Charlie Mc 2:07%
Don Derby, p, 2:04%,
by Diablo, p, 2:09%,
.2:09%
.2:03?
:07
:10
Castanada,
Durfee 11256,
by Kaiser 2:28%,
sire of dam of
Sir Albert S., p
Jim Logan, p, 3..(n) 2:05%
Duroc Prince 18651,
by Mes. Duroc 106,
sire of dams of
Prince Direct (Fred-
die C). p 2:i
Lord Lovelace, p 2:
Echo 462,
by Hampletonian 10,
sire of dams of
Direct, p 2:05%
Capt. Derby, p 2:06%
Rex Atto, p 2:07%
Loupe, p 2:09%
Eclectic 11321 by Electioneer,
sire dam of
Tom Murphy, p 2:09%
Effingrham,
by Speculation 928.
sire of dam of
El Milagro 2:09%
Egotist 2:22%,
by Electioneer 125.
Pulsus 2:09%
Egozen, p 2:06%
Electioneer 125,
by Hambletonian 10.
Arlon, 4 2
Sunol 2
Palo Alto 2
dams of
Dolly Dillon (w) 2
Baron May (n) 2
Esther Bells (n) 2
Lisonjero 2
Wild Bell 2
Klatawah, p, 3 2
Cavaliero, p 2
Crafty, p 2
Electioneer2:17% ( Camp-
bell's), by Electioneer 125.
Symboleer, p 2:09%
Elector 2170,
by Electioneer 125,
sire of dam of
Mush, p 2:08%
Electric Bell 10529,
by Electioneer 125.
Captor 2:09%
Electricity 2:17%,
by Electioneer 125.
Serpol 2:10
07%
08%
06%
07%
08%
0S%
08%
05%
09%
09%
.2:06%
.2:09%
Eros 2:29%,
by Electioneer 125.
Dione 2:07%
dam of
The Roman 2:09%
Eugene Casserly,
by General Taylor,
sire of dam of
Tungston 2:08%
Expedition 2:15%,
by Electioneer 125.
Exalted 2:07%
Bi-Flora 2:09%
dam of
Jack Leyburn 2:04%
Fallis 2:23,
by Electioneer 125,
sire dams of
Janice 2:08%
Falrose, p, 2:19,
by FalHs 2:23.
Don, p 2:10
Father McKinnon,
by Demonio, p, 2:11%,
Solano Boy, p....(r) 2:07%
Fnustino 2:12%,
by Sidney, p, 2:19%.
Bonnie Ailse, p 2:08%
Firetail, thoroughbred,
by Norfolk,
sire of dam of
Miss Logan, p
Forest Clay, Jr.,
by Forest Clay,
sire of dam of
Miss Idaho, p
Gen. Benton 1755,
by Jim Scott 836,
sire dams of
Sunol 2:04%
Serpol 2:10
Lena N., p 2:05%
Gen. Booth 2:30%,
by Geo. M. Patchen 2:23%,
sire of dam of
Delilah, p (r) 2:06%
Gen. Hamilton,
by Tilton Almont 2:26,
sire of dam of
Zomalta 2:08%
Gen. Logan 2:23%,
by Alexander Buton 2:26%.
Miss Logan, p 2:06%
Gen. McCIelian 144,
by North Star,
sire of dam of
Mack Mack 2:08
George W. McKinney 2:14%,
by McKinney 2:11%.
Silver Dick, p 2:09%
Glenelg 3183,
by Belmont 1027.
Josie, p 2:08%
Billy Red. p 2:10
Gossiper 2:14%,
by Simmons 2:28.
Tom Murphy, p 2:09%
dam of
Zephyr :
Zolock, p '■
Grand Moor 2374,
by The Moor 870,
sire of dam of
Joe Wheeler, p, 4...
Guide 2:16%,
by Director 2:17,
sire of dam of
Castanada, p
Guy Corbit 11726,
by Guy Wilkes 2:15%,
sire of dam of
Marveletta 2:09%
Guy Wilkes 2:15%,
by Geo. Wilkes 2:22.
Fred Kohl 2:07%
Hulda 2:08%
Lesa Wilkes 2:09
Seymour Wilkes, p 2:08%
dams of
Guy Axworthy, 4 2:08%
Solano Boy, p (r) 2:07%
Hal B., p., 2:04%,
by Hal Dillard, p. 2:04%.
Hal Raven, p (r) 2:03%
Hal R., p 2:07%
Hallock M., p 2:09%
Hambletonian 725 (Whipple's)
by Guy Miller,
sire of dam of
Azote 2:04%
Georgena 2:07%
Hambletonian Chrisman 1017S,
bv Whipple's Hambletonian
725,
sire of dam of
Alone, p, 4 2:09%
Hambletonian Wilkes 1679,
by George Wilkes 2:22.
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08%
Phebon W 2:08%
Robert I, p 2:08%
dams of
"Wilkes Heart 2:06%
Thelma 2:09%
Stella, p, 4 2:09%
Hamilton Chief,
sire of dam of
Edith, p 2:10
Hanford Medium, p, 2:11%,
by Milton R. 2:31%,
sire of dam of
Jonesa Basler, p 2:05%
Happy Prince 10546,
by Bayonne Prince 2939,
sire of dam of
Sherlock Holmes 2:06
Hawthorne 19035,
by Nutwood 2:18%.
Little Thorn, p 2:07%
dam of
"Welcome Mac. p 2:07%
Homeward 2:13%,
by Strathway 2:19.
George G 2:05%
Hummer 6112, bv Electioneer.
Bouncer 2:09
Interna, p. 2:15%,
by Diablo, p, 2:09%.
Inferlotta, p 2:04%
Ingrahani 24678, by Volunteer,
sire of dam of
Josie. p 2:08%
Billy Red, p 2:10
Iris, by Eros 2:29%.
Jasper Ayres 2:09
James Madicon 2:17%,
by Anteeo 2:16%.
Brilliant Girl 2:08%
Tuna, 4 2:08%
Emily W (n) 2:10
John A. McKerron 2:04%,
by Nutwood Wilkes.
Jack McKerron . . (n) 2:07%
:07%
:05%
.2:07%
.2:09%
.2:10
.2:10
John Sevenoaks 24350,
by Nutwood 2:18%.
Loupe, p 2:09%
J. T. 2:12%,
by Dive Oak Hero 29369.
Lillian R 2:04%
Junio 2:22,
by Electioneer 125.
Athanio 2:10
dams of
George G 2:05%
Athasham 2:09%
Kentucky Volunteer 27S4,
by Volunteer 55,
sire of dam of
Rey Direct, p
Killamey, p, 2:20%,
by Black Ralph 106
sire of dam of
Don, p
Knight 2:22%,
by Woodford Wilkes 2528.
Anaconda 2:09%
Anaconda, p 2:01%
LnHarpe, p, 2:17%,
by Egmont 1828,
sire of dam of
Edwin S., p 2:08
Lang-ton 2:21%,
by Alfred 2:25,
sire of dam of
Aristo 2:0S%
Lee Wood 113S9,
by Dexter Prince 11363,
sire of dams of
Direct Wood, p, 4 2:07%
El Red, p, 4 2:08%
LeGrand 28GS, by Almont 33.
sire of dam of
John R. Conway, p...2:07
Lottery Ticket 2:21%,
by Dexter Prince 11363.
Mush, p 2:08%
Lynwood W. 2:20%,
by Guy "Wilkes 2:15%.
Sonoma Girl 2:05%
Charley Belden 2:08%
McKinney 2:11%,
by Alcyone 2:27.
Sweet Marie 2:02
Sterling McKinney (r) 2:06%
Charlie Mc 2:07%
Kinney Lou 2:07%
Berta Mack 2:08
Mack Mack 2:08
Carlokin 2:08%
El Milagro 2:09%
Hazel Kinney 2:09%
Lady Mowry 2:09%
Del Coronado 2:09%
The Roman 2:09%
Dr. Book 2:10
Coney, p 2:02
China Maid, p 2:05%
Zolock, p 2:05%
Adam G., p (n) 2:06%
Charley D.. p 2:06%
Tou Bet. p 2:07
Walcome Mac. p 2:07%
Miss Geirgia, p 2:08%
Jenny Mac, p 2:09
dams of
Sally Pointer, p 2:06%
Tidal "Wave, p 2:06%
Irish, p. 4 2:08%
Silver Coin, p 2:10
Mambrino 17S9 (Carr's)
by Mambrino Patchen 58
sire of dam of
Sweet Marie 2:02
Marengo King 2:29%.
by McKinnev.
Marie N (n) 2:08%
May King 2:21%,
by Electioneer 125,
Bingen 2:06%
Memo, 15907,
by Sidney, p. 2:19%,
sire of dam of
Charley D., p 2:06%
Mendocino (Monaco) 2:19%,
by Electioneer 125.
Monte Carlo 2:07%
Idolita 2:09%
Mendolita. p 2:07%
Menlo 2:21%,
by Nutwood 2:18%,
sire of dam of
Tom Murphy, p 2:09%
Mercury, p, 2:21,
by Sidney, p, 2:19%.
Kruger, p 2:04
Twinkle, p 2:05%
Milton Medium 2:25%,
by Happy Medium 2:25%,
sire of dam of
Cuckoo, p 2:09%
Monbells 2:23%,
bv Mendocino 2:19%.
Esther Bells (n) 2:08%
Monterey 2:09%,
by Sidney, p. 2:19%.
Irish, p, 4 2:08%
Morookus,
by Altamont 2:26%.
Klamath 2:07%
Moses S. 2:19%.
bv Hawthorne 10935.
Goshen Jim. p 2:08%
My Bmld 2:21%,
bv Guv Wilkes 2:15%.
Fanny P 2:09%
Xaubue 504,
by Toronto Chief 85,
sire of dam of
Directly, p 2:03%
Nearest (Wilkes Direct) 2:22%
bv Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%.
High Ply, p 2:04%
Alone, p. 4 2:09%
Neernut 2:12%,
by Albert W. 2:20.
Neeretta 2:09%
Nephew 1220,
by Hambrino 2:21%,
sire of dam of
Eleata . . ~
Nephew (Dorsey's).
by Nephew 1220.
Ottinger
F. W., P
Newton N.
sire of dam of
Josephine, p, 4
Norrls 2:24,
by Ansel 2:20.
sire of dams of
Hedgewood Boy, p...
Lady Maud C, p..(r)
Memonio. p
Norton, Thoroughbred,
by Norfolk,
sire of dam of
Reflector, p (?)
.2:0S%
.2:09%
.2:09%
:07%
02%
02t4
09%
.2:07%
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
27
Norval 2:14%,
by Electioneer 125.
W. J. Lewis 2:06%
Countess Eve 2:09%
Flowing Tide, p 2:09%
Norvin G., p 2:09%
dam of
Demarest (n) 2:08%
Xusbagab,
by Sable Wilkes 2:18.
Aristo 2:08%
Vutford, p, 2:13,
by Abbottsford 2:191/4,
sire of dam of
Neeretta 2:09%
Nutwood 2:18%,
by Belmont 64.
Lockheart 2:08%
Manager, p 2:06%
dams of
Jack McKerron. ..(n) 2:07%
Arion, 4 2:07%
Consuela S 2:07%
Fred Kohl 2:07%
Clatv Latus 2:08%
Beatrice Bellini 2:08%
Tokio 2:09
Alice Carr 2:09%
Roberta 2:09%
Alliewood 2:09%
Ethel Downs 2:10
Allanwood, p 2:04%
Custer, p 2:05%
Eyelet, p 2:06%
Nutwood Gratton, p.. 2:07%
Bellwood A., p 2:07%
Sunland Belle, p 2:08%
Nydla Wilkes, p 2:09%
Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%,
by Guy Wilkes 2:15%.
John A. McKerron ..2:04%
Copa de Oro, p . . (r) 2:01%
Tidal Wave, p 2:06%
Miss Idaho, p 2:09%
dams of
San Francisco 2:07%
Lady Mowry 2:09%
Mona Wilkes, p 2:03%
Miss Georgie, p 2:08%
Moortrix, p, 4 (n) 2:07%
Demonio Wilkes. .(n) 2:09%
Opuir, by Skenandoah 926,
sire dam of
Klamath 2:07%
Oresoa Fathfiuder 10981,
by Morrill 380,
sire of dam of
Altao 2:09%
Pathmont, p 2:09%
Ovryhee 2:11,
by Chas. Derby 2:20.
Owyho, p 2:07%
Parkville 0050,
by Electioneer 125.
Quadriga, p. 4 2:08%
dam of
Country Jay (n) 2:07%
Kentucky Todd, 3 2:08%
Pasha 2039,
by Sultan 2:24,
sire of dam of
Toggles 2:08%
Pilot Priuee 2:22%,
by Dexter Prince 11363. ■
Nance O'Neill, p 2:09%
Playmate,
by Mike 3703.
sire of dam of
Seymour Wilkes, p...2:08%
Pomona 7466,
by Lawrence 2826.
Queen Pomona, p.... 2:07%
Prompter 2305,
by Blue Bull 75,
sire of dam of
Gratt, p 2:02%
Raymond 2:27%,
by Simmons 2:28,
sire of dam of
Billy K., p 2:08%
Redlae, 2:07%,
by Allerton 2:09%.
El Red, p. 4 2:0S%
Redwood 2:2114,
by Anteeo 2:16%.
Judex, p 2:04%
Re-Kleetion 2:27%,
by Electioneer 125.
Reflna, p 2:08%
Refero 2:24%,
by Guy Wilkes 2:15%.
Day Book, p 2:09%
Robert Basler (Contention, p,
2:20,
by Antevolo, 2:19%.
Jonesa Basler, p 2:05%
Dr. W., p 2:08%
Robin 2:22%,
by Live Oak Hero 27369.
sire of dam of
Bonalet, p, 3 2:09%
Kate Dillon (n) 2:10
Roy Wilkes, p, 2:00%,
by Adrian Wilkes 6560.
Pearl C, p 2:06%
Royal Victor, p 2:08%
Sable Wilkes 2:18,
by Guy Wilkes 2:15%,
sire of dams of
Lauretta, p 2:08%
Trilby Direct, p 2:08%
Sacramento,
by Monroe Chief 2:18%,
sire of dam of
Dr. W., p 2:08%
St. Bel 2:24%,
by Electioneer 125,
sire of dam of
Cornelia Belle 2:10
Sam Pnrdy 2:20%,
by G. M. Patchen, Jr., 2:27.
Miss Woodford, p 2:09%
dams of
Mosul 2:09%
Jubilee, p 2:06%
Santa Claus 2:17%,
by Strathmore 408.
"William Penn 2:07%
Saraway 14324,
by Steinwav 2:25%,
Winfield Stratton, p.. 2:05%
Soarehlisbt, p. 2:03%,
by Dark Night 285S.
Ray o' Light, p. 3 2:08%
Senator 2:21%,
by Echo 462.
Jib, p 2:09%
Senator L., '
by Woolsey 5337
sire of dam
of
Davy K., p
.2
08%
Senator Rose 2:1$,
by Sultan 2:
84
Senator C, p. . . .
. 2
07%
N Milium i. p, 'J: III' .,,
by Sidney, p. 2
:19%.
Bob Madden, p. .
.2
08%
Sidney, p, 2:19-%.
by Santa Claus
2:17%
Monterey
'rl
09%
■ «
i)9i~
Lena N., p
. 2
0 .-,»',
Metropole, p. . . .
2
os%
dams of
Shadeland Faustalear.2
09%
Al Bock, p
J.
(IS
X
OS %
Birdina, p
.2
hSi',
«
09"-
Helen D., p
.2
09%
Sidney Arnett,
by Sidney, p., 2:19%.
Joe "Wheeler, p, 4 2:07%
Sidney Dillon 23159.
bv Sidney, p. 2:19%.
Lou Dillon 1:58%
Ruth Dillon, 4 2:06%
Dolly Dillon (w) 2:06%
Stanley Dillon
2:07%
Custer, p 2:05%
106%
2:08%
~:10
.2:03%
Mary Dillon, p. . (n)
Fleeta Dillon, p. . (n)
Kate Dillon, p. . . (n)
Sidney Prinee 2:20%,
by Sidney 2:19%.
Mary Ann, p, 3.
Sidney 5eho, s. t. b.f
by Sidney, p, 2:19%,
sire of dam of
J. J. J., p 2:06%
Silas Skinner 2:17,
by Alcona, Jr., 2:24,
sire of clam of
Charley Belden 2:08%
SilkTrond, p, 2:07,
bv Blackwood Mambrino 12324
High Ball, p 2:08%
Beechwood, p 2:08%
dam of
R. Ambush 2:09%
Silver Bow 2:10,
by Robert McGregor, 2:17%,
sire of dam of
Hvmettus. p (r) 2:07
Silver-threads 1SC53,
by The Moor 870,
sire of dam of
Oakland Baron -2:09%
Simmocolon 2:13%.
by Simmons 2:28.
Dan Q., p 2:07%
Simmassie, p 2:08%
dam of
Tony Swift, p 2:05%
Judge Lee (n) 2:08%
Singleton 20880,
by Willie Schepper,
sire dam of
Harry J., p 2:09%
Sky Pointer 34567,
by Brown Hal, p, 2:12%.
Sally Pointer, p 2:~06
Soudan 2:271/>,
by Sultan 2:24,
sire of dam of
Diablito, p 1 2:08
Speculation 92S,
by Hampletonian 10,
sire of dam of
Dione 2:07
Sphinx 2:20%,
by Electioneer 125.
Sphinx S-. p 2:05
Capt. Sphinx, p 2:06
Frazier, p 2:07
Sphinxetta, p 2:08
dam of
Green Pilot (n) 2:05
Stanton Wilkes, p, 2:10%.
by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%.
Kid Wilkes (n 2:09
Cavaliero, p 2:09
Star Pointer, p, 1:59%.
by Brown Hal, p, 2:12%.
Morning Star, p. . (n) 2:04
Joe Pointer, p 2:05
Alice Pointer, p 2:05
Ding Pointer, p 2:07
Sidney Pointer, p.... 2:07
Schlev Pointer, p.... 2:08
Star Sultan 12030,
by Sutan 2:24,
sire of dam of
High Ball 2:0S
Steinway 2:25%,
by Strathmore 408.
Thornway, p 2:05
Klatawah, p, 3 2 :05
Bonnie Steinway, p...2:06
W. Wood, p, 4 2:07
Agitato, p. 4 2:09
Cricket, p 2:10
sire of dam of
Stanley Dillon 2:07
Tuna, 4 2:08
Ben F., p 2:07
Strath way 2:19,
by Steinwav 2:25%.
John Caldwell 2:08
Toggles 2:08
Cuckoo, p 2:09
Sultan 2:24,
by The Moor 870.
Stamboul (R) 2:07
Mosul 2:09
Saladin, p 2:05
dam of
Nico, 4 2:08
Thistle 2:13%,
by Sidney 2:19%.
Buddy-Me-Pal, p. . (n) 2:09
sire dam of
Star Patchen, p..(n) 2:04
ThomaH Rysdyk 10649,
by Rysdyk 653,
sire of dam of
Del Coronado 2:09
Tilton Almont 2:20,
by Almont 33,
sire of dam of
Monte Carlo 2:07
Tom Benton 15705,
by Gen. Benton 1775,
sire of dam of
Kinney Lou 2:07%
Tom Vernon,
sire of dam of
James L 2:09%
Ulster Chief 18001,
by Hambletonian 10,
sire of dam of
Clipper, p 2:06
Velpeau 2:29%,
by Nephew 1220.
Terrace Queen, p 2:06
Venture 2:27%,
by Williamson's Belmont, thor.
sire of dam of
Directum. 4 2:05%
Vermont 322,
by Independence,
sire of dam of
Saladin, p 2:05%
Dictatress, p 2:08%
Wayland W. 2:12%,
by Arthur Wilkes 2:28%.
Bolivar, p 2 :00 %
Nelly R., p 2:10
Whippleton 1883,
by Hambletonian, Jr., 1882.
sire of dam of
Nelly R., p 2:10
Will ds 2:27%,
by Electioneer.
Azote 2:04%
Myrtha Whips, p 2:09
dam of
Baron Whips, p 2:08%
Wild idle, thoroughbred,
by imp. Australian,
sire of dam of
Betonica, p 2:09%
Wildnnt, 13472,
Wild Bell 2:08%
William Harold, p, 2:13%,
by Sidney, p, 2:19%.
Janice 2:08%
Yosemite 4065,
by Egbert 1136,
sire of dam of
Easter Direct, p 2:09%
Yonng Iv is liar 4623,
by Kisbar 1273,
sire dam of
Doc. Sperry, p 2:09
Yoong Steinway <Reavls*>
by Steinway 2:25%.
Harry J., p 2;09%
Zoloek, p, 2:05%,
by McKinney 2:11%.
R. Ambush (n) 2:09%
Sherlock Holmes, p.. 2:06
Bystander, p 2:07%
Delilah, p (r) 2:06%
Josephine, p, 4 2:07%
Velox, p 2:09%
Zombro 2:11,
by McKinney 2:11%.
Zephyr 2:07%
San Francisco 2:07%
Zomalta 2:08%
The Zoo 2:09
Bellemont 2:09%
Era (n) 2:10
Italia, p 2:04%
Hymettus, p, 3...(r) 2:07
Mary K„ p (n) 2:08%
BREEDING BIG HORSES FOR BUYERS.
Every high class big horse that finds his way
to market has several reasons for appearing in
that perfection of type and grandeur of size that
stamps him worthy the honor of a long price.
Chief among the forces that made him good is the
legack from a good sire. The best of care of the
colt and the most skilful feeding in preparation for
market give size and a full round form on a horse
that can respond to feed. A big strong mare is
essential to the production of a heavy draft colt,
but the main responsibility in determining that a
colt may be a market topper devolves upon the
sire. The breeder who does not put this responsi-
bility on the stallion has a shortsighted view of his
own financial interests. He is making progress back-
ward.
There are few mares in this country that are as
well bred as the best stallions, but there are
thousands of grade mares, some of them very ex-
cellent drafters, that only await the aid of the
best sires to stamp their foals with the type for
which the market yearns. Even among the pure-
bred mares there are very few whose offspring
could not be perceptibly improved in size and
quality by a wise selection of a stallion. The mare
is worth hundreds, perhaps a thousand dollars. One
cannot afford to have her produce a colt less drafty
than herself. Deterioration must be assiduously
avoided for the present perfection of our best draft
horses has been so lately established that careless
breeding trends rapidly downward. The stallion
that does not as an individual and in pedigree give
promise of a better colt than the mare is not worthy
of mating with her.
There is usually room for some selection among
stallions available for any stable of mares and the
matrons should be given the very best opportunity
wtihin reach and certainly one from which progress
is anticipated. It is a small matter to drive a mare
ten miles or ship her ten times that far if that will
give her the opportunity to return only an extra
$25 or $100 in her colt. Ten dollars more on the
service fee may mark the difference in cost between
a fair draft stallion and a top one. The difference
is often less and frequently is merely the matter of
convenience. This will probably amount to $100
or more in the increased value of the colt. The top
stallion should certainly be given an opportunity to
extend his influence.
What acceptable draft stallions do for the mar-
kets is frequently illustrated in very striking form.
It is a significant fact that whenever horses of dis-
tinctive size and quality make their appearance
at the horse market their breeding is easily inferred.
No mongrel stock is good enough to elicit favorable
comment from salesmen and buyers. The really
good horses carry the unmistakable ear-marks of
some one breed or another. A load of the thick
powerful big-boned kind was shipped to Chicago
last week by George K. Young of McLean county, 111.,
and as they were the first really high-class horses
to reach that market since the opening of the year,
buyers were anxious to secure them. Horses there
have been a-plenty for urgent requirements for plain
workers, but these were the first horses that could
fill a place as genuine finished drafters. This load
was composed of grade Belgians and right well did
they demonstrate that prices this spring for high
class horses will he on a lofty level.
Most of these horses were geldings but there were
a few choice mares. There was one chestnut geld-
ing of the very wide deep-middled kind, big and
powerful and compact, with the cleanest of strong
bone and good feet. He was mated with a horse
of similar type and the pair brought $7S5. Another
pair, both roans of the same serviceable stamp, sold
for $7S0 and attracted many admirers. A number
of other roans, chestnuts, bays, browns and grays
brought prices nearly as high. The average for
the twenty head, matched mostly in size, color and
build, was $700 a pair or $350 a head.
This sale was unusual from the fact that it was
the first consignment of really choice drafters re-
ceived at Chicago this year. The horses were not
sensational in size or quality, but the heaviest ones
weighed a ton and the average was about 1,850
pounds. Every horse in the load was a good one
and every one stood on big bone and sound feet.
Eastern buyers were looking for just such horses
and quickly took them. The cream of the consign-
ment was bought by J. P. O'Riorden for use in his
own teams on the heaviest trucks on the streets of
Boston. As he handles the most extensive trucking
business in New England he has found by experi-
ence that weight mounted on big smooth bone and
sound feet is absolutely essential in moving big
loads; and he has found weight and power cannot
he maintained with horses that do not have middles
that show them to be good feeders.
Whatever the breed, these powerful enduring
characters must be plainly stamped on the horse for
heavy hauling. Buyers look for indications of what
is under the hide and hair; they read between
the lines as it were in the attempt to measure the
extent and length of a horse's usefulness. Good
fitting enhances prices- by showing a horse at his
best and giving a foundation on which he may
start hard work without losing strength, but frame
and underpinning must be there or prices will not
mount upward. A good top will not sell a poor
bottom as readily as a grand set of legs and feet
will draw a long price for a horse that is a little
plain above.
The breed is inconsequential with the majority of
buyers. They pay high prices and are intent on
getting dollars back from them in actual work.
That is the reason Percherons, Clydesdales, Bel-
gians and Shires have all at various times in the
past year brought the extreme prices at Chicago.
It should not be necessary in a country of horse-
men to legislate against inferior stallions in order
to prevent them from literally doing a pickpocket
business. The added expense for the service of the
sound stallion of draft type is but a trifle in com-
parison with the cost of raising a colt to working
age. Even if the fee is double that of an inferior
horse, it will certainly add several times its amount
to the value of the colt and may even double his
price. It takes no argument to convince men who
have compared their $250 horses with the $400 kind
that it is only in a number of small changes here
and there that the difference lies.
The time to plan for those little advantages in
feet, legs and build is a year before the colt is born.
While a good foundation may be spoiled by bad
feeding, no amount of subsequent care can over-
come the ruinous effects of a bad legacy from an
inferior stallion. But the choice of a stallion even
for a grade mare must be made with regard to the
breed of her prevailing blood. If that is impossible
the nearest approach to it in breed resemblance and
relationship should be chosen. Some bad misfits
result from violations of this rule and horses bred
by rank crosses sometimes resemble no breed even
in the essential common draft horse characteristics.
The high-priced horses are almost invariably those
that portray the concentration of blood from one
breed or another and by that token give evidence
of a well defined purpose in their breeding.
A continuance of this steady persistent systematic
plan by which the best pure-bred and grade draft
horses in this country have so far been produced
cannot fail to be permanently profitable. In no
other line of stock breeding do results depend more
fully on the capacity of the breeder as a judge of
animal form and the inheritance of characteristics.
The man with an aptitude for handling horses and
possessed of approved draft mares has before him a
most interesting and remunerative prospect. At
present every kind of a horse is in urgent demand
to such an extent that profits accrue to all breeders,
but it is the added dollars that bring the price of
a well-bred horse up above average values which
amount to clear profit. The man who is able and
shrewd enough to turn his judgment into cash in
this way by producing only horses of unusual excel-
lence has a natural right to large returns for his
work. By the laws of commerce his reward cannot
be denied him. He will always have just the horses
that every buyer desires and top prices are the cer-
tain result. — E. T. R., in the Breeders' Gazette.
"HE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Pebruray 26, 1910.
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His Methods.
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Did it ever occur to you that tame is about as
commonly misplaced as a monkey-wrench on the
premises of a shiftless farmer — that great reputations
are often as outlandish misfits as the skins of new-
born lambs?
It looks that way to me lots of times, and occa-
sionally I get to feeling that there's a power of
greatness stalking up and down the earth that is
simply a coarse but plausible quality of unshrunk
egotism. And one of the things which is surest to
give met the feeling that the whole Hall of Fame is
a monumental collection of misfits is to recall that a
certain lanky, grizzled, loose-jointed man from Mait-
land, Mo., isn't occupying as much space and red ink
in the newspapers as Cook and Peary, isn't being
banqueted by every association of commerce, booster
club and commercial association in the country; that
railroads are not rubbing elbows to see which shall
be first to haul him about in a private car; that his
portrait isn't hung on the walls of every schoolroom
in the land and that a National holiday is not ob-
served in his name. But the depressing fact re-
mains that 1,000,000 men know the names of Count
Boni, Jeffries and Hans Wagner who have never sus-
pected the existence of this unsung man from Mis-
souri, who has really done something.
On the other hand, there's a whole heap of hard-
headed farmers and their familes, to say nothing of
doctors, preachers, teachers and autolsts, who are
getting joyfully acquainted with the work that he is
doing, and their number is bound to increase, like
weeds on an untraveled roadway, until there will be
precious few traveling the highways of this country
to whom his name will not be as familiar as that of
William Jennings Bryan or smiling "Bill" Taft.
His name is D. Ward King, and his lien upon laurel
wreath fresh from the hand of Fame is the fact that
he has done more than any man, living or dead, to
make possible good country roads at a cost far below
that of any other known method. Folks who live on
farms and in country towns and villages, and who
know the cost in money and comfort of a mud quar-
antine, will not need to be told what this means to
those who live next to the soil. But to those who
seldom stray from city pavements or get out of ear-
shot of a street-car gong, it may be hinted that this
means a direct saving of millions of dollars every
year to the rural population of this country, and, in
addition to that, it means to the women and children
of the farms freedom from long periods of isolation,
the assurance that mud will not be able to imprison
them for months at a time; that a heavy rain will
not exile them from their friends and from church,
the school, the sociable, the lecture and all the privi-
leges of social intercourse.
Perhaps you are saying, "But I'm 'from Missouri'
as well as Mr. King; the honors you are handing out
to him would be tall credit to a United States Sena-
tor with a fighting record, and you'll certainly have
to show me." Right! Being from the commonwealth
of the perpetual interrogation-point, Mr. King is al-
ways pleased to meet home folks and make good on
home grounds. He likes the "show me" clause, and
the past nine years of his life have been given
almost exclusively to the showing process.
King was born in Springfield, O. He had an unde-
fined hankering for the soil in him, and when pressed
into close quarters by a college career he hit the
read leading toward the sunset and didn't stop until
he had landed near what is now Maitland, Mo., 25
miles from a railroad station. Up to that time he had
never washed his face out-of-doors or put a collar
on a horse. But he was keen for the life of the soil,
and lapped it right up out of the saucer like a hungry
kitten. It was the life for him! About two years
later a railroad cut through his farm and located a
town three miles from his house. He celebrated
his good luck by getting married. But the roads
over which he took his bride were the worst that
could be puddled from rain and rich black prairie
soil. Right then and there his interest in good roads
was born. Having grown up in a city, he thought
that a macadam road was the only road, and he
began to fight for it. His neighbors gently intimated
that they had no ambition to impoverish their farms
for the sake of driving to town over a pulverized
stone quarry, and that he'd have to wait and fight
a long time before he'd be able to saddle the expense
of a country boulevard on them. When the first child
came, the problem of the Demon Mud became more
acute to the plucky and progressive young farmer.
To see his wife shut in and exiled from all inter-
course with her friends for four or five months of the
year stirred the young man mightily, and he could
look ahead far enough to see what limitations this
quarantine of impassable roads would impose upon
the education and development of his children as
they grew older. Being of the temper to which
obstacles and opposition are a spur, he straightway
made up his mind to find a way out — to get a good
road to town at a cheap cost if his fellow-townsmen
would not stand for one at the regular rates. Then
he begs i to study the road problem as he had studied
the farming problem. He bought all the good-roads
literatire he could lay his hands on, and began to
read and dig. The longer he dug, the clearer became
the unwelcome conclusion that the united wisdom of
all the road experts held no hint of how a good road
could be built on rich, softly-crumbling prairie soil
without making a hole in the town tax fund as big
as a young gravel pit.
He said to himself: "There must be a way to get
a good road without filling the mudholes with dol-
lars, and I'm going to think it out! And when I get
it and it solves my problem, it will do just as much
for thousands of others who are in the same fix as
for me and mine."
This was the spirit in which the "King split-log
drag" was born. Bells in 1,000 steeples have rung
wildly and whole nations have gone mad with joy
over births that mattered infinitely less to mankind
than this. Not only did a rut-ridden world neglect
to welcome King's infant prodigy with joy-bells and
other acclaim, but a grinning row of Missourians
perched themselves on the fence and prepared to
have great sport over the antics of the "crazy
dummy." They spat and grinned and handed out
their best brand of Missouri sarcasm, but farmer
King was too much interested in the working of his
invention to pay attention to the good-natured taunts
of his neighbors.
"Seems to do the business all right," was the in-
ventor's silent comment, "but the next rain will tell
the story! Time enough to do any crowing then."
The judges on the fence couldn't provoke a word
from him, beyond the statement that he called the
"dufunny" a split-log drag and that it had cost him
a trifle over two bits and about three hours' work.
But the odd part of the story is: How did King
come to think of such a simple and primitive contrap-
tion as this tool by which to revolutionize the coun-
try roads of America? What were the mental pro-
cesses by which he traveled from the determination
to get something which would make bad roads good
and do it at a "dirt-cheap cost?" Here's the answer,
and I know it's right, for he told me himself:
"It isn't the water that falls on a road that hurts
it, but the water that stands on it — that's what does
the damage!" That brought his problems down to
this: What is the cheapest means, method or tool,
by which a road may be worked so that it will shed
the next rain? And along with this came other ques-
tions: How can the road be treated so that the traf-
fic will be distributed all over the face of it? In
other words, how can temptation be removed from
the rut-followers at both ends of the reins — the
horses and their drivers — to establish hooftracks and
wheel-tracks and thus cut the road to slices to hold
water instead of helping to pack the entire surface
into a convex line that will shed rain like the roof of
a prairie-schooner? Because mud or moist earth
hardens into a sort of plaster that will shed water if
its surface is su..ciently smooth. King had con-
cluded that the thing to do was to smooth the sur-
face of the road while moist and crumbly so that it
would offer to the next rainfall a gently convex con-
tour, hard enough to shed water with no ruts or holes
to act as troughs to hold the water. Simple? Almost
absurdly so! And yet King found that his rude "con-
traption" made of a split log did the smoothing-
plane act as perfectly as if it had cost $1,000.
The half a mile of road which he dragged from his
own gate to his neighbor's gate, toward town, shed
the next rain. The downpour left it only moist and
more workable. He quickly got out his drag again
and dressed it over- neatly. It had no ruts and no
mudholes, and wagons that had mired on other sec-
tions of the road found every foot of the dragged
strip firm and passable. Those who had scoffed at
the split-log "dufunny" stopped swearing at their
teams, put up their whips and forgot that they were
"from Missouri" when they struck the "King strip."
And the fame of that little stretch of road spread
abroad until it finally reached the ears of Hon.
George B. Ellis, Secretary of the Missouri State
Board of Agriculture, and a hustler who was out with
a lantern looking for new road ideas! He straight-
way sent a man to inspect the "King strip" and re-
port his findings to the annual meeting of the Board
in Chillicothe, in December of 1900. Also, he sent
for King and asked him to talk before the meeting.
When King came into the hall where the Board
was in session, a man was speaking, and he seated
himself in the nearest chair to listen. His mouth
opened in astonishment as he heard the speaker say
that if the whole bunch of Road Supervisors in the
State of Missouri could be turned over to D. Ward
King and taught how to make split-log drags and use
them, it would be worth $100,000 annually in ready
money to the commonwealth. This took a good deal
of King's breath away, but he had enough left to tell
the story of his invention and the practical results
it had shown. He came to that meeting personally
unknown to anybody there and "feeling like a cat in
a strange garret": he left it a public character with
a public "call," a man with a real, live mission. On
the way home he did a heap of solid thinking, for he
had been urged by the Board of Agriculture to go
out through the State preaching and teaching the
gospel of "good roads without money." On the other
hand, he could make more money and have an easier
and pleasanter time by sticking tight to the farm
and the family.
But again the clear vision of the great need came
before his eyes: How had he felt about the mud
quarantine himself? How had his wife felt about it?
He multiplied their individual case and saw a great
multitude — millions — of country dwellers suffering
under the dominance of the Tyrant Mud. Then there
were the schools, the churches, the lectures, the pub-
lic and social gatherings that spell Life to all the
members of the farm household! King was too keen,
too thoughtful not to realize that barred from these
things the children of the American farmer might
just about as well be peasant children in some re-
mote European principality, so far as their mental
and social future was concerned.
Again, there was the money side of the question.
He tried to figure out what it would mean to the com-
merce of this Nation if the bad country roads could
be made into good roads; he started with the Govern-
ment figures that, of the 2,000,000 miles of country
roads in the United States, only 153,000 miles were
"improved"; but his calculations of this economic
gain so quickly leaped into billions of dollars that he
stopped — dizzy and dumfounded.
But his vision brought him sharply to the point
of decision; he could not bring himself, from con-
siderations of private advantages and comfort, to
withhold from the farmers of this Nation the intel-
lectual, the spiritual, the moral and the commercial
gains that would follow in the wake of transforming
half the unimproved roads of the country into good
raods, open and passable 12 months of the year.
From that time until now D. Ward King has been
going from county to county, from State to State,
carrying the "gospel of good roads without money."
Part of the time he has taken a split-log drag along
with him and acted on the principle that all men were
from Missouri when it came to the "show me" atti-
tude. He traveled the country from Maine to Texas
and has delivered fully 1.S00 talks.
When King goes into a community to start the
good work going, he falls right back to Methodist-
revival methods, and, after he calls upon them to
crowd right up around the anxious seat and put them-
selves on record. "How many of you men," he asks,
"have faith enough to be willing to back it with
works? How many will make a standing pledge
to make a drag and drag the road from your gate to
your neighbor's gate in the direction of town — or to
drag a mile of road anywhere?"
King's theory is that the road proposition is over-
organized, that what we need is more work on the
roads and less on paper. At every meeting he tries
to get men to pledge themselves that they will make
a drag and do work with it, and this method gives
him the name and address of every man who has
promised to do work, so that he may oe checked up
on his pledge later. With a roadmaking machine so
cheap that a hobo can afford one, the excuse of ex-
pense is eliminated, and the main thing is to get
the individual out on the road.
"A piece of dragged road," declares King, "will do
its own talking. If I can get one man in any com-
munity to drag the road from his gate to his neigh-
bor's gate, he doesn't need to worry about what the
other fellow will do. He can just keep his mouth
shut tight and the road wi!l do all the urging needed.
To a new convert, I always say, 'Don't pester the
other fellows, just drag, and the road will do the
rest.' "
In drilling away at the dragged-road problem for
nearly nine years, King has learned a heap of things
he didn't know at the start. When he was last in
my office, I said to him, "What is the greatest thing
the King drag has turned up — the latest harvest of
wisdom you have gleaned from the roadbeds of coun-
try highways? Cut loose and talk it straight from
the shoulder!"
"Making the farmers take a pride in their roads,"
was the quick answer. That's the biggest thing the
drag has done. Before it came, everybody was will-
ing to grant, without argument, that the poorest
thing in our civilization was the average countn-
road. And everybody got even with everybody else
by blaming it on the road boss. Now a piece of road
that a farmer has dragged is his road, and instead of
taking the Sunday visitor out to see the blooded bull
calf or the prize colt, he shows him the dragged
road. That very thing has actually happened. After
the stretch of road is dragged, the farmer sees that it
would show up better if the weeds were cut, so he
mows both sides of the roadway. Then the defects
in the fence show up clearer than ever, and he fixes
the fence. And after he has gone that far, he sel-
dom stops short of fixing up the barns and out-build-
ings and painting the house.
"Another very important development: Most in-
ventions merely furnish the basis for improvements;
they are perfected by others and their usefulness
multiplied. Only a few are so simple and so prac-
tical that improvements do not improve them. I
didn't quite expect that the split-log drag belonged
to the improvement-proof class, but I 've had exper-
iences which seem to prove that it does. Here is
one: About a year ago I attended a Road Parlia-
ment at Corning, la. Some two years before, I had
been there and stirred things up. This time I was to
help award prizes offered by merchants for the best
pieces of dragged road. Frankly, I was disappointed
at the exhibits over which we first drove: they
seemed rough and gouged. Suddenly" we came upon
a drag built by a blacksmith — an improved drag.
Later we struck a smooth piece of roadway. I told
the other judges it was certainly entitled to the first
prize, and they agreed to that. Still later we came to
another smooth, even piece. That took the second
prize — without dissent. Then the local men told me
that all the prize-taking pieces were dragged with an
old, original King split-log drag, and the rough pieces
were the work of the blacksmith's 'gouger,' as they
called it. About the most effective tool in the world
is an ax — just an edged chunk of iron with a stick in
it. It has been the means of reducing the wilderness
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
to the abode of civilization. Hundreds of men have
attempted to improve it, and every time produced a
special tool and destroyed its usefulness for general
purposes. So with 'improvements' on the old split-
log drag, they become special tools suited to special
conditions only. It's safest to stick by the original
model.
"Then I've learned that the split-log drag has a
work to do on macadam and other hard roads, as on
the dirt and gravel roads of the Middle West. I
found farmers down in Maryland, right in sight of the
Capitol building complaining about bad roads. The
drag was used on their shell roads with just as good
effect as I ever had at home. This astonished me,
and it will surprise many to know that the spread of
dragged roads throughout New England has become
almost general.
"In a word, the drag gives the right contour to a
hard road as well as to a soft one. Down in Stand-
ish, Me., a man by the name of Sanborn tried the
drag on one of the worst stretches of road in his
county. The results put Sanborn in such demand as
a roadmaker that he did little else. The split-log
drag has its work in the rocky, stumpy East, as well
as in the prairie and gumbo soil of the Mississippi
Valley. That is amply proven, and it is important,
for it was hardly expected at the start. Give me a
plow and a good split-log drag and I can do anything
in the way of roadmaking that can be done with an
expensive grader. I'm not saying this to knock road
machinery, but because there are thousands of men
who sit through a mud blockade, months out of every
year, waiting for the time when the township can
afford to get machinery and fix the roads. If they'll
take a day off, go into the back yard, knock together
a split-log drag and get out and drag, they will have
the semi-annual mud blockade on the run while
they're waiting for the machinery. This is happening
all over the country. Mr. Pierce, at Helena, Ark.,
dragged a piece of 'buckshot' road leading to his cot-
ton-gin. That road was accounted absolutely impass-
able certain months of the year. The first year of
dragging it was never so bad that a load of ten hales
of cotton could not be hauled over it, and the second
year they could haul 12 bales. Formerly the winter
limit was two or three bales. And never before had
there been so little moeny spent on the road. Go
back to the theory of the drag a moment. The drag
doesn't put enough dirt in the middle to drive traffic
to one side; it doesn't force tracking and ruts, but
distributes traffic over its whole surface, which re-
sults in packing and solidifying the road all over.
Smoothing the road leads to packing the surface, and
the longer it is kept smooth, the harder it packs.
Men have asked me why not use a road-roller. I
answer: Because it costs money and doesn't move
any traffic. If you can get the one-and-one-fourth-
inch tires of farm-wagons loaded with corn or produce
to do your rolling, instead of acting as road-slicers,
as they do under the old method of road treatment,
what's the use of buying a roller and hiring somebody
to run it?"
Making a Split-Log Drag.
The drag should be made of light wood. It is easy
to build a good, stiff drag strong enough to stall a
good team of horses and yet have it so light that an
able-bodied man can easily lift it off the ground. For
ordinary teams (horses of 1,200 pounds weight) the
slabs should never be over seven feet long. The
logs or planks may be from eight to 12 inches across.
If a man has a heavy team (horses of from 1,400 to
1,800 pounds), he may nse a drag eight or nine feet
long.
Don't be so particular about the character of the
stuff you use that you fail to build because you
haven't the desired kind of material on hand. Any
kind of log put together in the shape of a King drag
will work miracles on earth or gravel roads. A red-
cedar log is perhaps the best. It should be carefully
split, and the largest and most solid slab selected
to be used in front. Have the heavy ends placed to
travel in the ditch, and 18 inches from the end bore
a two-inch auger-hole in the center of the face of the
slab. Then go to the other end of the slab, and, if
the wood is solid, bore a hole three or four inches
from that end in the center of the slab's face. Now
stretch a string from center to center of these two
holes, and halfway between them bore a third hole.
Bring up the other slab and place it so that the
first hole bored will be opposite a point about four
inches trim its right-hand or ditch end, then bore the
three holes. In boring all of these holes, be careful
to have the auger perpendicular, or at right angles to
to face of the slab, and, of course, have each stake
parallel with the others. In making stakes, shave
them and don't make any shoulder. This gives them
elasticity. There is a trick about putting in the
brace. Bring the slabs together on the stakes until
the slabs are about 30 inches apart. Then wedge the
stakes into the front slab. Next mark the point on
the stakes to which the rear slab comes and drive
it back an inch or so. Then fit ii* the brace to the
ditch end of the drag as shown in cut, fitting it in the
mark. Drive the slab snugly into place against the
brace then and wedge securely.
By performing the operation in this manner, it is
not difficult to get the brace so firmly into position
that it will never get away. For earth roads use
three and a half or four feet of iron on the ditch
end of the front slab. For gravel roads it is best to
put a piece of iron almost the full length of both
slabs. The platform should not be nailed to the
stakes, but should he nailed to cleats, which should
be dropped between the stakes so that the platform
will not move endwise.
It seems a small matter to speak of, but it is of
very great importance: Cut cleats for this platform
an inch shorter than the distance between the slabs.
Make the platform of at least three boards, and in
placing the outside boards, nail them one-half inch
from the ends of the cleats. The third board should
be two inches narrower than the space left between
the two boards already nailed, and it should be nailed
into the center of this space, thus leaving four open-
ings an inch wide running the full length of the plat-
lorm. These openings permit the loose earth, which
will come in sometimes over the top of the front slab,
to sift through. Without these opening the platform
is sure to accumulate a load of loose dirt. It is quite
a lift to get this load off, and it makes a bad bump
in the road.
I find that a trace-chain affords the most conven-
ient mode of adjustment — about a trace-chain and a
half is the right length for an ordinary drag. The
trace-chain should be lapped around the stake that is
furthest from the ditch end of the drag, brought over
the slab, carried to the ditch end and placed through
the hole bored in the center of the slab within two or
three inches of its end. An old bolt may be dropped
into one of the links to hold it there. This is the
cheapest method of attachment, and it is the most
convenient, because by slipping the chain back and
forth and changing the place of the nolt in the links
a longer or shorter hitch may be obtained.
The distance that the doubletree is attached from
the drag has much to do with the amount of "bite"
that is given the drag. If the doubletree is a consid-
erable distance from the drag, the latter will gather
and move more dirt.
The beginner should fasten the clevis from his
two-horse evener at such a point on the chain as
will make the drag follow the team at an angle of 45
degrees when it is not loaded. He can, by shifting
his weight on the drag, make it do a great many dif-
The Split Log Drag.
ferent things. The point at which he hitches, in
combination with the place he stands on the drag,
governs the slant of the drag. One may, by sharp
ening two feet of the ditch end of the steel enforce-
ment and by hitching to it properly and standing at
the extreme ditch end, make the drag throw a furrow
like a 12-inch plow. The steel ought to stand only
half an inch below the edge of the slab at the ditch
end of the drag, and at its other end should come up
flush with the slab. — Forrest Crissey in Farm and
Fireside.
MENDEL'S LAW OF HEREDITY.
In many of the essays on horse breeding refer-
ence is frequently made to "Mendel's Law."
The famous law of heredity, originated half a cen-
tury ago by an Austrian monk, is familiar to all men
in the scientific world, but is not so well known to
those in other vocations. A clear description of it
with a story of how the United States government
has proven the truth of the monk's discovery, is
here reproduced from an article in the Sunday Maga-
zine of December 3, written by W. A. DuPuy. The
article is as follows:
In the case of everything that has in it the spark
of life, animal or vegetable, there is a law of heredity
that is everywhere the same. The law sets down
in definite figures the qualities of each parent that
will appear in the offspring in the first, second,
third and all the generations that follow. The ex-
istence of such a law has been suspected, but it has
remained for the government, after years of inves-
tigation, to declare it a fact and place back of it the
weight of its authorized scientists.
Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, fifty years ago
was pottering about his cloistered garden and breed-
ing plants together that had strange and distinctive
characteristics. The peculiarities of the- genera
tions that followed certain crosses and their repeti-
tion in mathematical accuracy, led him to lay down
a law that has since borne his name and made him
famous wherever scientists talk of heredity.
Mendel held that where two strongly contrasting
strains were crossed, one would be likely to prove
itself dominant. The resulting first generation or
offspring would be all like the dominant strain.
Members of this generation would beget offspring
three-fourths of which would follow the dominant
strain; but one-fourth would react to the weaker
grand-parent and show the characteristics of that
member that had appeared absolutely absent in
the first generation. In the third generation these
characteristics of the weaker member would reap-
pear in the descendants of those that had shown
it in the second, and remain fixed, reproducing them-
selves indefinitely. So would the characteristics of
25 per cent of the dominant strain in this genera-
tion become fixed. This would leave an unfixed 50
per cent that would breed another generation with
the characteristics partly fixed and partly unfixed
and in the same proportions as the previous gener-
ation. All the generations that followed from this
unfixed division would be like the third generation
in their characteristics and proportions.
Since the time of Mendel, investigators have
checked the law back and forth and found it to
their liking; but it remained for this government
to give the greatest demonstration of them all and
finally set upon it the seal of its approval. This
it has done and in rather an odd way.
At Bethesda, in the outskirts of Washington, is
located the experiment station of the bureau of ani-
mal industry, department of agriculture, where are
carried on the breeding investigations of the gov-
ernment. The proving of the correctness of the
Mendel law is a part of these.
Under the direction of Dr. E. C. Shroeder, rats
were selected as the objects of these particular ex-
periments. There were the two plainly marked mem-
bers of the rat family, the plain gray and the hooded.
The first of these was of solid color, and the second
was white with a black head. The colors were the
distinctive points — it was no trouble to tell which of
the parents the offspring resembled.
Of the first generation resulting from the cross,
every member was sodily gray like the dominant
strain of the parents. This was as Mendel said it
would be. Two members of this generation were
crossed, not necessarily brothers and sisters, as
other lines had been started simultaneously. In
this case the two gray rats of the first generation
produced part gray and part hooded. The hooded
rat that had failed to make itself felt in the first
generation, showed in 25 per cent of the second.
The hooded rats bred hooded in the following gen-
erations. A portion of the grays, 25 per cent, bred
all grays, and a remaining portion still having the
unset characteristics repeating the proportions of
the second generation.
The number of the families of rats in which the
experiment was followed out was increased. At the
station one entire building was given over to the
establishment of the law of heredity. Cage was
piled upon cage, until all the walls of it were filled,
and the lineage of every family was definitely known,
together with the resulting traits of its members.
This has been outlined, year after year, and the fig-
ures kept in the minutest detail. It is still going
on and the figures are still being kept; hut the length
of it is already so great as to leave no doubt as to
the findings, and they agree with those of the
Austrian monk. Mendel's law is correct.
This does not mean that the proportions of these
qualities are absolute and unvarying; but that they
are in this proportion on an average. Neither does
it mean that all qualities wil remain independent;
for in many cases the offspring will be a compro-
mise between the two parents.
A Black Minorca chicken crossed with a White
Leghorn will produce all white in the first generation.
The second generation, however, will be 25 per
cent as the original Minorca, despite the fact that
both parents are pure white in color. The white
was the dominant color, but the black was released
in the second generation, and thereafter produced
its like. Frizzled chicken crossed with those that are
plain feathered will produce all frizzled in the first
generation and 25 per cent plain in the second.
In certain strains the crossing of the white and
black results in a mottled white and black chicken
or in a blue. This results when neither peculiarity
is able to establish its supremacy and where a com-
promise is possible. These results would not follow
where a four-toed and a five-toed chicken were
crossed; for in such cases the supremacy of the one
or the other would be established and would be com-
plete. There are exceptions to the rule also in indi-
viduality; for some mark their offspring strongly,
while others fail entirely to do so. A recent ex-
periment of a tailless game cock failing to produce
a single tailless bird when crossed with tailed hens
is notable. Yet another cock of the same family
produced 50 per cent tailless progeny from the same
hens.
We have all seen many evidences of the working
of Mendel's law. A rose in the garden may develop
characteristics that were not indicated by its par-
ents. Horses and cattle revert to a submerged an-
cestor. Black-haired couples are parents of blonde
or red-haired children. A man of unusual intellect
is developed in a family where all others are stupid.
Rheumatism and a tendency toward consumption
recur here and there in families.
This general law is intended as a guide for the
farmer, the stockraiser, and the father of a family.
From it he may forecast the future and prevent the
recurrence of the undesirable. LTpon it he can
build an ideal in breeding and intelligently work
toward that ideal. With it in mind we can under-
stand what has always been known as freaks of na-
ture and attribute them to the elements that ac-
tually cause them. It has more of interest and im-
portance to it, if intelligently used, than have many
of the discoveries that have set the world agog;
for the life of tomorrow springs from that of today,
and an inteligent reckoning would do much toward
thei improvement of plant and animal life, even to
that of the all dominant creature, man himself.
Market quotations in the Boston papers January
20th were as follows: First-class heavy draft horses
sold at $350@450; medium weight draft horses
at $250@350; general delivery horses of all
types at $150@250; in these classes there were
plenty of serviceable horses going at $150@175; high
class driving and combination horses sold at $300 up-
ward to fancy prices; medium to good drivers at
$150@250.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
NATIONAL RIFLE TOURNAMENT, 1910.
As a result of the recommendations of the Na-
tional Board for promotion of rifle practice, which
have been approved by the Secretary of War, the
national rifle matches at Camp Perry, O., to be held
next August, beginning Monday, August 22, will pre-
sent manv new features of great interest to the
shooting profession. The National Board met in
Washineton in January, with 19 of the 21 members
present. Thev were: Assistant Secretary of War
Robert Shaw Oliver, president; General William P.
Hall. TJ. S. A.; Captain H. G. Leonard, TJ. S. A., re-
corder; Lieutenant Commander Leigh C. Palmer,
D. S X.; General Bird W. Spencer and General P.
Farmer Wanser, New Jersey; General Lawrasen
Riggs, JIarvland; General George H. Harries, D.
C; General Carl A. Wagner, Michigan; General
George W. Wingate and General Charles F. Roe,
New York; General C. A. Kelley, Colorado; Gen-
eral James A. Drain, Washington; General Elliott
C. Dill, Maine; General E. C. Young, Illinois; Colonel
A B. Critchfield, Ohio; Colonel John Caswell, Mas-
sachusetts; Colonel Roy Hoffman, Oklahoma, and
Major Claude E. Goddard, Pennsylvania.
It was agreed that the restriction in regard to pre-
liminary shooting on the range, in force last year,
should be rescinded. The matches of the Ohio State
Rifle Association and the National Rifle Association
of America, will be held prior to the national matches
under arrangements to be made between these asso-
ciations and the War Department. The Ohio author-
ities tendered the use of Camp Perry range and
equipment, and the board gave a vote of thanks to
the governor for the same. The equipment includes
the mess hall, and this year it is expected the mess
will be placed under the direction of a regular army
officer, Congress appropriating $12,000 for the mess-
ing of the competitors.
Colonel R. K. Evans, who has been executive offi-
cer of the last three national matches, has been se-
lected by Secretary Dickinson as executive officer for
1910 and the rules were amended to provide for
two assistant executive officers, one of them to be
from the organized militia.
The National Board sustained the action of the
executive officer in disqualifying the naval academy
team at Camp Perry last year, but incorporated in
its proceedings, a paragraph from his report, in which
Colonel Evans says: "The executive officer avails
himself of this opportunity to state that there is
nothing in this incident which can reflect in the
slightest degree on the honor or good faith of the
naval academy team." Colonel Evans also paid a
high compliment to the. team. The resolutions and
quotations were forwarded to the Secretary of the
Navy.
To prevent any possibility of a similar misunder-
standing in the future, the rules relating to the arms
used in the matches were revised so that "the trigger
pull must always be at least three pounds. Rifle
to be issued by the ordinance department, without
alteration or modification of any kind or character
whatsoever. A violation of this rule in any respect
shall disqualify a team or competitor." A new pro-
vision authorizes the ordinance department to select
star-gauged rifles "of as high grade as can be pro-
duced," for the use of teams and individuals in the
national matches.
All the ammunition companies have been invited
to submit bids for purchasing 1,000,000 rounds of 30-
caliber and a competitive test will be had, and the
ammunition which is the best will be selected for
the matches. The ordnance department will com-
pete with the private companies, as last year. The
allowance for preliminary practice was slightly in-
creased.
A great advance was made in the rules governing
the distances and the shooting in the matches. The
800-yard range was cut out entirely from the national
team and individual matches. Instead of the rapid fire
being on a bullseye target, target "D" will be substi-
tuted for target "A". Target "D" carries the figure
of a man prone and a shot in the figure will count
5, a shot below the figure 4, and others 3 and 2.
The competitors will be lined up and fire by odd and
even numbers, the former firing first. The pieces
will be loaded, and when all are ready a signal will
be given and the targets will rise and remain in po-
sition for 20 seconds and then disappear. As the tar-
gets come up the competitors will sink to the ground,
with one knee on the ground and an elbow on the
other knee. The five shots must be fired, or other-
wise each unexpended cartridge will count as a miss,
and firing may be continued from the time the target
appears until it disappears. Any competitor hav-
ing a defective cartridge, a disabled piece or more
than five hits on his target must fire again. Only
"little sights" may be used in rapid fire.
A similar change has been made in the rules for
the skirmish runs. The skirmishers will be assem-
bled at a point more than 600 yards from the targets.
The magazines will be filled and one cartridge loaded
therefr im. Firing will begin at 600 yards and the
target:- will be run up and continue in sight for 30
secon's. during which two shots are fired, the com-
petitor firing at will. The targets will then be with-
drawn and the competitors advanced to 500-yard line
and two more shots will be fired, the targets appear-
ing and disappearing as before. Three shots will be
fired at the 400-yard and 350-yard firing point, and
at the 300 and 200-yard points five shots are to be
fired. At all ranges except 600 yards the battle
sights will be used. As this will be the first time
that disappearing targets have been used in the na-
tional matches, the innovation will attract wide-
pread attention in this and other countries, as it will
furnish an unusually severe test of marksmanship.
The match will be the more interesting from the
standpoint of the spectators because of the changes.
The use of permanently affixed micrometers, or-
thoptic eyepieces, telescopic sights, spirit levels,
temporary shades, or other devices is forbidden, but
competitors may use field glasses or small telescopes
such as might reasonably be carried as a part of a
soldier's equipment. They maj- also use a microme-
ter and individual scorebook. The use of such lubri-
cants as are not injurious to the rifle will be per-
mitted.
An important change of a technical character has
been made by the National Board in substituting the
word "revolver* for the word "pistol" wherever
found in the rules. This marks the passing of the
"pistol" from military shooting. The ammunition
for the national revolver match will be selected on
the same lines as that for the rifle matches.
The classification in the national team match will
be the same as last year, but based on the results
of 1909. No change was made in the prize list,
but the provision requiring the team making fifth
place to drop two men and the sixth team to drop
one man wras stricken out.
RULES FOR REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS.
Secretary-Manager Elmer E. Shaner of the Inter-
state Association has given out for publication the
revised rules of the Interstate Association, an inti-
mation of which was given in the account previously
published, of the annual meeting of the association.
On and after February 1, 1908, clubs may hold
tournaments, which shall be known as "registered
tournaments," under the auspices of the Interstate
Association for the encouragement of trap shooting.
Registered tournaments with the Interstate Asso-
ciation may be obtained under the following condi-
tions as enumerated below:
(1) The secretary or other officer, duly authorized,
shall, respectively,
(2) Make application to the secretary-manager of
the Interstate Association, upon a blank furnished
by the Interstate Association, not less than forty-
five days in advance of said tournament opening
date.
(3) State on said blanks the name and address
of the applicant club, and the name of the manager
or names of the managers of said tournament.
(4) State on said blank the system of money divi-
sion, the amount of money to be added (if any) for
prizes or trophies, and how same is to be applied.
(5) State in relation to said tournament what hotel
accommodations and rates therefor have been ar-
ranged for shooters.
(6) Deliver a printed program of said tournament
to the secretary-manager of the Interstate Associa-
tion at least fifteen days before the opening date of
said tournament.
(7) Agree that the applicant club shall comply with
all rules of the Interstate Association.
(8) Agree that at the close of said tournament the
secretary, or other officer, duly authorized by the
club, shall mail promptly to the secretary-manager
of the Interstate Association a full report made out
on blanks furrnished by the Interstate Association,
and signed by the club's secretary or other duly
authorized officer, showing specifically the names and
addresses of all the contestants, the full number of
targets shots at and the scores made by each con-
testant, one event with another, with the full scores
of the amateurs and professionals arranged separ-
ately.
This application on receipt thereof shall be forth-
with submitted by the secretary-manager to each
member of the tournament committee of the Inter-
state Association for a mail vote. Upon receipt of
a favorable reply from a majority of the members
thereof said tournament shall be registered by the
secretary-manager.
No tournament shall be registered without full com-
pliance with the foregoing requirements.
Management — The management of the Interstate
Association concedes to the management of any reg-
istered tournament the Interstate Association powers
as set forth in Rule 1, Sections Nos. 1 and 2 of the
Trap Shooting Rules, as revised in 1909, in respect
to said registered tournament.
The management of the Interstate Association has
the authority and power to inquire into and deal
with any registered tournament, and to bar any per-
son or persons concerned in any fraudulent prac-
tices.
At any registered tournament where shooting
names (assumed names) are allowed, the real names
of those using assumed names must be forwarded
with the other records to the Interstate Association
management.
Any club holding a registered tournament must
pay all money and prizes as announced therewith
Failing therein, any club so offending will be dis-
barred till the default is cleared.
Season's Average — The season's average for ama-
teurs shall be computed on two thousand (2,000) or
more single targets shot during a calendar year from
the standard distance fixed by the Interstate Asso-
ciation (the distance at this time being 16 yards),
and this only at registered tournaments and tourna-
ments directly given by the Interstate Association.
The season's average for professionals shall be
computed on two thousand (2,000) or more single
targets shot from the standard distance fixed by the
Interstate Association (the distance at this time be-
ing 16 yards), and this only at the Southern Handi-
cap, Grand American Handicap, Eastern Handicap,
Western Handicap, Pacific Coast Handicap and Post
Series tournaments given by the Interstate Associa-
tion. If a Post Series tournament is not given, the
season's average for professionals shall then be com-
puted on twelve hundred (1,200) single targets shot
at the handicap tournaments named.
The records of said tournaments shall be com-
piled in detail under the supervision of the secre-
tary-manager of the Interstate Association, whose
records for amateurs and professionals shall be the
official average for the year.
It shall at a registered 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
by him in every event in which he participates at
said tournament shall count in his season's aver-
age. If a contestant voluntarily withwraws from an
event after starting in it and does not shoot at the
total number of targets called for by said event, un-
shot targets shall be scored as "lost targets."
Status of an Amateur — Whenever a shooter's ama-
teur standing is questioned in writing by a stock-
holder or by a representative of a stockholder of the
Interstate Association, the secretary-manager shall
communicate with the manufacturer or manufactur-
ers whose product is used by said shooter and obtain
from said manufacturer or manufacturers the facts
concerning the statements ret forth in said certifi-
cate. In case full information is not given by said
manufacturer or manufacturers, the secretary-man-
ager, if he deems it proper so to do, may strike said
shooter's name from the list of amateurs. This ar-
rangement shall be effective as of January 1, 190S,
and thereafter, but shall not be retroactive.
Advertising Rates in Tournament Programs —
Stockholders of the Interstate Association may take
advertising space not exceeding one page in pro-
grams of registered tournaments at the following
rates as a maximum:
One-day tournaments, $5.00 per page.
Tournaments of two or more days, $7.50 per page.
State tournaments of two or more days, $10.00 per
page.
Stockholders of the Interstate Association may take
advertising space not exceeding one page in pro-
grams of tournaments not registered at the follow-
ing rates as a maximum:
One-day tournaments, $3.00 per page.
Tournaments of two or more days, $5.00 per page.
State tournaments of two or more days, $5.00 per
page.
Stockholders of the Interstate Association may take
advertising space not exceeding one page in season's
programs, that is to say, programs covering a series
of tournaments given by any one club in any one
year, at a maximum rate of $10.00 per page, it being
understood, however, that league tournament pro-
grams are not classed as season's programs.
Stockholders of the Interstate Association may take
one-half page of advertising space in programs of
tournaments at one-half of the foregoing rates as a
maximum.
Miscellaneous Rules — Not more than two tourna-
ments of any one club shall be registered in any one
year.
No tournament shall be registered for a Sunday
only. A tournament which includes a Sunday may be
registered, but the scores made on week days only
shall count in Interstate Association records.
A club holding a registered tournament shall print
in the program a copy of the certificate of registra-
tion issued by the Interstate Association.
A club holding a registered tournament shall re-
quire contestants to give in full their names and ad-
dresses on Interstate Association blanks, furnished
by the Interstate Association, which shall be returned
to the secretary-manager of the Interstate Association
with the report of the tournament.
A club holding a registered tournament shall use
Interstate Association Trap Shooting Rules, as re-
vised in 1909, and shall conduct said tournament
strictly in accordance therewith, under penalty of
forfeiting all advertising contracts and consideration
therewith. .
All two-day tournaments shall be- started in the
morning before 11:00 o'clock, and the time of start-
ing shall be stated. The hour shall be reasonably
governed bv the scheduled time of arrival of trains
or trolleys at the place where the tournament is held.
The program shall clearly state the location of the
shooting grounds.
Scores made bv contestants, whether amateurs or
professionals, who stand at the 16-yard mark in handi-
cap events shall not be counted in the season's aver-
Scores made by contestants, whether amateurs or
professionals, in strictly merchandise events or plun-
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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cter events (so-called) shall not be counted in the
season's average.
All scores shall be 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 of the
other contestants and the management is given.
No contestant, whether amateur or professional,
shall be allowed to shoot any event or events in ad-
vance of the regular order of scheduled time for the
competititon as designated in the program.
No contestant, whether amateur or professional,
shall be 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 originally
scheduled.
All scores shall be officially certified by the secre-
tary, president, or other authorized official, before
they are forwarded to the secretary-manager of the
Interstate Association, as hereinbefore provided.
NEW WINCHESTER SELF-LOADING RIFLE.
The Winchester model 1910 self-loading rifle is a
five shot, hammerless take-down of .401 caliber. It
shoots a heavier bullet and hits a harder blow than
any other recoil-operated rifle made. It also sur-
passes all other rifles of this type in the strength
and simplicity of its action and in the rapidity
with which it will shoot a series of shots. It han-
dles equally well, without change or readjustment,
cartridges loaded with either 200 or 250 grain bul-
lets. The former develops a greater striking energy
than the .30 U. S. army cartridge, whose ability
to stop the biggest of big game is well known.
Despite the fact that the .401 caliber cartridge with
the 250 grain bullet develops less striking energy
than the cartridge with the 200 grain bullet, it hits
a much harder blow than the bullet handled by any
other recoil-operated rifle.
Some idea of the stopping power of the .401 caliber
is given by circular illustrations. They show how a
soft pointed bullet of this caliber mushrooms to four
times its original size upon impact with animal tis-
sue, and the size hole which one of these bullets will
make in a steel plate. The knock-down, shocking
power of either of the .401 caliber cartridges with
their heavy bullets of large diameter, driven with
high velocity, is tremendous; and the combination
of such power with the rapidity of fire which the
Winchester self-loading system permits, makes the
model 1910 rifle unusually desirable for hunting the
biggest of big game. There is no rifle made which
equals the model 1910 for delivering five as powerful
b'ows in as few seconds.
Compared with the popular .45-70 government or
the .30 U. S. army, the more modern favorite of
big-game hunters, the .401 cartridge looks small.
In bulk it is only about half as large, but when
it comes to hitting a knock-down blow or tearing
a great big hole in animal tissue, it easily distances
these two less modern cartridges. The .401 caliber
cartridge with its little bulk, yet great power, is the
result of Winchester experience and knowledge in
ammunition making, which led to taking advantage
of the advancement in the art of manufacturing
smokeless powder when it produced a very dense
powder giving great velocity, yet generating pres-
sures not unsafe for arms constructed to handle it.
Cartridges of the .401 caliber type represent as great
a step forward in ammunition making as did the sup-
planting of skin cartridges by rim-fire, or pin-fire
by center-fire shotgun shells. The .401 caliber cart-
ridge is lighter and more compact to carry, and
costs less than old style cartridges that look bigger,
but which in reality do not possess the killing power
that it does.
The following table shows the velocity, energy
and penetration of .401 caliber cartridges.
For the purpose of comparison the same ballistic
data of the .30 U. S. army and .45-70 government
cartridges are given :
.401 self-loading, 200 grain, soft point bullet, veloc-
ity at muzzle: 2142 foot seconds; energy at muzzle:
2038 foot pounds.
.401 self-loading, 250 grain, soft point bullet, veloc-
ity at muzzle: 1875 foot seconds, energy at muzzle:
1952 foot pounds.
.30 U. S. army, 220 grain, soft point bullet, veloc-
ity at muzzle: 2000 foot seconds, energy at muzzle:
1964 foot pounds.
.45-70 government, 405 grain, soft point bullet,
velocity at muzzle: 1361 foot seconds, energy at muz-
zle, 1666 foot pounds.
The model 1910 self-loader is not only a power-
ful rifle, but a strongly constructed one. The work-
ing parts throughout and the receiver, guard and
barrel are made of nickel steel, which gives them
the necessary strength and elasticity to withstand
the strain of such a heavy cartridge without increas-
ing their weight or size.
The model 1910 rifle is loaded by recoil, it being
only necessary to pull the trigger for each shot. The
recoil of the exploded cartridge ejects the empty
shell, cocks the hammer and feeds a fresh cartridge
from the magazine into the chamber. This places
the complete control of the rifle under the trigger
finger and makes it unnecessary to take the eye
off the sights when shooting rapidly. A positive
trigger lock, conveniently located in the trigger
guard permits carrying the rifle at full cock with
safety. The position of this lock can be readily
determined either by sight or feeling. When the
lock is off, it shows a red band as a warning.
A particularly desirable feature of the model 1910
rifle is its detachable magazine. This style of maga-
zine not only makes it unnecessary to work the un-
used cartridges through the action when unloading,
but it permits the use of extra magazines by means
of which a large uumber of shots can be fired with
great rapidity. The detachable magazine of the
model 1910 rifle, handling as it does cartridges with
bullets of two different weights, allows the substitu-
tion of one cartridge for the other easily and quickly.
As an extra magazine loaded weighs comparatively
little, one or more can be carried in the pocker
without inconvenience. This advantageous feature,
found only in Winchester recoil operated rifles, is
thoroughly appreciated and strongly endorsed by
many experienced hunters.
The two-part take-down system used on this rifle
is simple and strong. By turning the take-down
screw, found at the rear of the receiver, a few times
the rifle separates into two parts, the stock and
guard being in one part and the barrel and receiver
in the other. When the rifle is taken down the
working parts are accessible for cleaning. The rifle
can be put together as easily as it is taken down,
there being nothing about the action of the bolt or
other parts to interfere with this process.
The Winchester self-loading system is positive,
safe, strong and simple. The working parts are few
and strong and there is nothing complicated about
the rifle, and it will not get out of order with any
reasonable use. The barrel is stationary like on an
ordinary rifle, and the sights are attached directly
to it, as is necessary for the greatest accuracy. The
receiver is as "e'ean as a hound's tooth," being free
from pins or screws to jar out or shake loose. There
SPORT IN INYO COUNTY.
In speaking of the Inyo hunting grounds I should
like to include the strip of country known as Long
Valley, it being only a very short distance from our
northwestern boundary line, it possesses a great
variety of game, as well as game fish, writes Dep-
uty Fish Commissioner E. H. Ober to the Owens
Valley Herald. Deep Springs is another splendid
locality for the duck hunter, it being due east
of here some twenty miles. The writer upon many
occasions of late years has seen thousands of duck's
in that country. I shall not attempt to name the
more favorable localities for duck shooting, they are
to he found all along Owens river, as well as on
the upland marshes.
I name Deep Springs because it is known and less
visited by our hunters.
The enumeration of the wide variety of species and
the description of the hunting grounds conveys but
a poor idea of the good duck shooting which our
sportsmen enjoy. For to properly estimate the
quality of their sport there must he added to the
quantity and variety of their game the peerless con-
ditions under which the sport is to be had.
I shall speak briefly of the grandest of all game
birds, the little quail, whose pursuit behind a good
dog quickens the blood of the sportsman's heart as
no other form of recreation has ever been able to
do. Properly speaking we have no quail in America,
all of our socalled quail being partridges hut the
use of the word quail has become so common that
they will in all probability be known as quail for
all time.
The largest and the most beautiful of the Inyo
varieties, though the least hunted and the least
gamey are the mountain quail. There are three
species of this beautiful bird, and their range is
from Oregon to the high range of the peninsula of
Lower California. While a good many of the sports-
men of the country are conversant with the gen-
Yosemite Valley Bears.
are no moving parts on the outside of the rifle to
catch in the clothing or tear the hands. The model
1910 is a handsome, well-balanced gun that is easily
loaded and unloaded, easily shot with great rapidity
and easily taken down and cleaned. Its strength,
power and compactness make it a desirable, handy
and handsome rifle for big game shooting.
The standard guns are equipped with sporting front
and rear sights. It measures in length over all 38
inches. The pistol grip stock, finished with a rub-
ber butt plate, is 13% inches long and has a drop
of 1% inches at the comb and of 2% inches at the
heel. Only 20-inch round nickel steel barrels can
he furnished on these rifles; but fancy stocks,
checked or unchecked, or stocks of special dimen-
sions, can be furnished at the same list prices
charged for such extras on other models.
Trapping Profitable — Shingle Springs, EI Dorado
county, boasts of a trapper, Harvey White, who is
deemed a benefactor to the sportsmen of that county.
For several years he has made it a profitable prac-
tice to destroy many predatory animals that prey
principally upon quail.
White is not particularly exterminating these ani-
mals for the sake of preserving quail for hunters to
shoot, but is in the business for the money there is
in it. During the last few months he has averaged
about $3 a day from his trapping.
He drove into town recently and shipped a pack-
age containing the skins of seventy-five skunks, five
bobcats and a dozen nice foxes. He has about 200
traps out and keeps busy gathering in the animals
and preparing their pelts for shipping. He sends the
skins East to market.
A few more trappers like White might improve
quail hunting in that part of the State.
An L. C. Smith Won.
The Pinehurst mid-winter handicap attracted the
usual string of expert shots this year. Dr. Culver,
of New York City, carried off the laurels from a
field of keen competition, scoring 94 out of 100 tar-
gets from the 18-yard mark. He shot a Smith gun
with the Hunter one-trigger attachment.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
eral character and colorization of the mountain
quail, I believe but few have ever seen the more
beautiful species that inhabit the mountains and the
foothills of Inyo couuty. Generally speaking there
is not much sport in hunting the mountain quail,
hut be it said for Inyo, that before they were pro-
tected some few years ago the bag limit of twenty-
five was a very common thing, especially so around
Big Pine foothills. The mountain quail are about
one-half larger than the valley quail, and as a table
bird much more succulent. Nevertheless it has a
wider range than any other one species of our game
birds.
But of all the game birds of America the little
California valley quail is the most resourceful and
characterized by the greatest cunning, we must give
them credit for knowing more tricks and being able
to concoct more scemes of deception than all the
rest of the Tetraonidae combined. Give a valley
quail cover in which to hide and it can and will out-
hide anything except a needle in a haystack.
It has been said by writers that should know bet-
ter, that a dog is no use in hunting them because of
their disposition to run, any bird with more game
then a fool hen will either flush or run where there
is no underbrush in which to hide, and the valley
quail being so often found in dry open places, devoid
of undercover, will either fly or run until it finds
suitable hiding grounds. Truly speaking the voice
of the quail is heard everywhere in this favored land
of little rain. Personal investigation is cordially
solicited as to these facts. Before closing I wish to
mention the doves of this region, open season July
15th, finds thousands of the innocent birds through-
out this country, along about August the doves fly
from the nearby foothills to the grain fields in the
valley, and in so doing afford splendid wing shooting
for those who enjoy such sport. Whatever may be
the sentiment regarding dove shooting or using them
as an article qf food, it can not be denied that they
furnish one of the most difficult targets that the
sportsmen encounter. Dove shooting on a pass
where the birds come with the speed of the wind
offers a sport which requires a good deal of senti-
mentality to resist, as the season for these birds
opens in midsummer when there is no other wing
shooting and the fact that they are so plentiful may
be taken as our advantage over many counties in
this State.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
IN ALASKA WITH CAMERA AND RIFLE.
Harry E. Lee, for fifteen years hunter of big
game in all parts of the United States, down through
Old Mexico and up through Alaska clear to Bristol
Bay, near the Straits on the Bering Sea, has made
three trips to Alaska in the pursuit and study of
Alaskan game with rifle and camera at all seasons
of the year. He has also given much attention to
the movements of glaciers with the end in view of
publishing material data.
While Mr. Lee might talk most entertainingly of his
hunting trips in many sections of the United States,
in an interview, particularly relating to his first two
trips to Alaska, he gave the following interesting
notes:
He was very successful in getting photographs of
large game in Alaska, and has fine negatives of the
white mountain sheep of the Kenia Peninsula, the
first, it is said, that have ever been secured. These
sheep are very wary and it is almost impossible for
a man to get close enough to them to use his camera
to good advantage.
Photographs of great value also were secured of
moose, cariboo, Siberian wolves, grizzles, brown
and black bear, and many rare varieties of birds.
Of the bird life of Alaska, Mr. Lee secured eighty
roots that hung from the rocks that had sheltered
them."
Lee secured a record caribou, one of the largest
known, a magnificent specimen, weighing 650 pounds.
It was black and of a variety that is almost extinct.
It is claimed that a new prong grows on the cari-
bou's horns for each year of his life, and this one
had fifty-seven prongs. It was shot seven miles
from a settlement, and the greatest difficulty was
experienced in getting it to the camp.
"I would many times rather have shot it with a
camera,' said Mr. Lee, "but I had left my camera at
camp and knew that this was the chance of a life-
time, so I had to kill the animal. I carefully cared
for the hide and horns, and have them now, prop-
erly mounted, in my collection at Chicago. Many
museums want this specimen, but I will not part
with it."
Prior to his last trip, for several few months Mr.
Lee had been hunting in the Rocky Mountains, and
perfecting himself in the practice of certain new
wrinkles in outdoor photography from which he ex-
pected to get even better effects on his last Alaskan
trip than he secured on the former ones. The Colo-
rado Midland placed a special car at his disposal, and
there, as in Alaska, both gun and camera brought
rich trophies.
Camp on a River Bar, Alaska.
five species. He says that many birds known there
come from the west coast of Japan, migrating from
one country to the other, according to the seasons.
As to the larger animals, Lee has no fear of them.
He believes their proneness to attack men has been
greatly exaggerated by writers and makes these de-
ductions from his own experiences.
"In all my hunting of big game," said he, "I never
received an injury from an animal. It has been my
observation that they will very seldom attack a
hunter. I had but one case in my Alaskan ex-
periences of this sort. At that time two bears tried
to get at me, but lucky shots keeled both of them
over. I have noticed that if you shoot a bear before
be sees you, he will attempt to run away, even
though he sees you afterward; but that if he sizes
you up before the bullet strikes him, he is then
more inclined to show fight.
The Alaskan gray wolves travel in pairs and
never attack a man unless they are famished. The
black Siberian wolves generally travel in packs of
thirty or forty, with one leader that utters sharp,
piercing yelps, and all the others in the pack keep
silent.
I saw a most interesting contest while on the
Kenia Peninsula between a pack of seven
Siberian wolves and two white sheep. I was
completely astounded to see these apparently de-
fenseless sheep come out victorious over their seven
opponents. It was such a remarkable thing that
later I took a company of hunters to the spot and
showed them the carcases of the wolves.
These sheep keep to the mountains. Whenever
they do wander down to the timber they are easily
the prey of the wolves. But on the steep cliffs and
rugged cliffs they have au advantage that they know.
I was traveling up a canon one day, and on the
opposite side, about a quarter of a mile away, I saw
two magnificent specimens of the white sheep rush-
ing up the ravine, until they finally stopped in a
little cove on a ledge, to reach which it was neces-
sary to pass around a narrow path just wide enough
for one animal at a time. The cove in which they
stepped was eight or ten feet broad.
I watched their actions with deep interest, and
saw them back up closely against the wall of rock,
with their heads lowered toward the narrow path.
Soon there came the yelp of the black wolf; and
a pack of seven of these animals wheeled up the
narrow path. As soon as the first one bounded
from the path to the little tableland, biff! one of
the sheep butted him over the cliff; then came an-
other, and the charge was repeated; and still an-
other, with the sheep bringing his battery to work
in great syle, until actually all seven of the wolves
lay at the foot of the great cliff.
I could scarcely believe my eyes. It was about
the cleverest thing I ever saw in fights among ani-
mals. Both sheep cautiously moved to the edge of
the cl'rl, looked down on the wolves below, and then
leisu.ely turned back and began to browse on some
AN ARIZONA HUNTING GROUND.
An apostle of Arizona, the unknown, is Dr. George
P. Sampson, formerly United States army surgeon,
now of Winslow. Next to his home and his profes-
sion, the doctors most loyal devotion is given to the
Territory and wherever he goes he is an enthusiastic
booster for the section where he has resided for the
last twenty-seven years. He pictures the White
Mountains, southeast of Winslow, as a paradise for
artist, sportsman and nature-lover.
"For scenic grandeur and fine climate, for hunt-
ing and all our-of-door enjoyment, the White Moun-
tains cannot be equaled in any part of the country,"
he claims. "The wonder of it is that they are so little
known. Few persons, even among Arizonians,
know that one of the largest unbroken forests in the
world extends from the Grand Canon through the
southeastern part of the Territory into New Mexico.
Outsiders think of all of Arizona as an arid, sun-
scorched region, with a climate of unbearable heat.
The fact is that one-sixth of the area of the Terri-
tory is heavily timbered and these wooded mesas
have a temperate climate, delightfully mild and
health-giving."
and are to be found all the year around on a lake
on 'Old Baldy,' a peak easily accessible."
The air is so clear and pure and so free from
moisture, that when an animal dies it mummifies in-
stead of decaying. That is the reason, the doctor
explained, that the buzzards, those graceful scaven-
gers of the upper air, are so rarely seen there.
To the geologist and the naturalist, the White
Mountains offer a new world to explore. Not to men-
tion the petrified forests, the pottery caves, the ruins of
the cliff dwellings, the Indian inscriptions, then there
is the meteoric basin, a mile and a quarter wide and
600 feet deep. At the bottom, scientists state, lies
buried an immense meteor that flashed, a whirling
fragment, from some planet, ages ago, to fall ex-
tinguished, in a vast pit made by its own weight.
Pieces of the meteor that have been picked up near
the rim of the hole contain unknown metals, and are
so hard that a rifle ball fired at five paces will make
no other impression than to cause a slight discolora-
tion. Very small diamond chips also have been
found in these meteoric fragments. A government
appropriation has been made to excavate for the
meteor, a work that is to begin soon.
With a wagon or an automobile, one can very
easily penetrate the very heart of the White Moun-
tains. And the ascent is so gradual that an eleva-
tion of 6000 feet can be reached without climbing
steep grades. The way lies over the wagon road
built by the government from Holbrook, the Santa
Fe station, to the Apache Indian reservation, in a
remote part of the White Mountains. It is a pictur-
esque and interesting drive.
On the way are passed three prosperous Mor-
mon villages, Snowfiake, Taylor and Shumway. The
first is a beautiful little place with wide, straight,
tree-shaded streets, laid with almost geometrical
precision. On either side of the roads run irrigating
ditching, flowers blooming on their grassy banks.
The thrifty inhabitants are well-to-do and very hos-
pitable. The name of the settlement came from
two Mormons, Snow and Flake, pioneers in that
section.
Taylor, farther on, is very similar, but not quite
so decorative. It is more of a "string-town." Along
the road one catches enchanting glimpses of the
valley. Shumway, backed up against the cliffs, has
an old water-power mill and is surrounded by or-
chards of fine fruit, apples, peaches and plums, with
fields of alfalfa and vineyards.
A bunch of houses a few miles farther on is Show-
low, the last settlement passed before plunging into
the forests of the White Mountains. Showlow's rea-
son for existence is that it is a forage station for the
Apache Indian reservation. Its population consists
of fifty or sixty souls, kindly mountain-folk, full of
interest in the travelers that pass that way and with
many a good tale to regale those that please them.
This old name also has a history. Years ago, two
cattlemen located there decided that the range was
getting too small for them both. They agreed to
cut cards, the one showing low to move on. It was
done and he of the low card passed on with his herds,
leaving the other in sole possession. From that in-
cident the place took its name.
When Dr. Sampson attended the British Medical
Association Convention held at Toronto, Can., he
aroused great interest among the assembled physi-
cians by his address on the success of the open-air
treatment for tuberculosis as demonstrated by the
United States army sanatorium in the White Moun-
tains, just over the line from Arizona in New Mex-
ico. Soldiers afflicted with the disease have been
sent there from the Philippines and from nearly
every place in the world where there are United
States army stations, and have been cured.
Down the Alsek River, Alaska.
According to Dr. Sampson, game abounds in these
Elysian woods. No section of the country offers
more diversified hunting. Wild turkeys and ducks
are plentiful and the larger game, bear and deer,
can be found deeper in the mountains. Lower in the
canyons, herds of antelope roam, but these are pro-
tected by Territorial law until 1911. In secluded
places mountain sheep are found; and the bobcat, a
species of mountain lion, and an occasional porcu-
pine.
The story believed since childhood about the per-
cupine being able to cast his quills when hungry
is branded as another nature fake by Dr. Sampson.
He says the little animal can no more throw his
quills than he can his shaggy grayish-brown hair
through which they are sparsely sprinkled. The
animal is stupid and dull and sleeps a great deal.
Dr. Sampson is of the opinion that there is no
fowl in the world to compare for eating with the
wild turkey of those parts. "The meat is mostly
white, and of delicious flavor," he says. "This is
also the case with the smaller birds.
Ducks are thickest in the fall, winter and spring
It is a commcn pleasantry in Winslow, Dr. Samp-
son said, to say that the population of the place
is made up of one-time "lungers" who recovered
their health in the White Mountains.
Danger in the Abalone — A serious warning to all
lovers of abalones has been sent out by Leonard
Knox, who has made a study of the molluscs and
knows their haunts along the coast.
Knox states that the abalones are rapidly dying
at all the favored localities of the toothsome morsel
on the coast from San Diego northward, their taking
off being presumably due to the prevalence of oil
in the waters of the ocean, this probably being the
waste from the oil-burning steamers, which are now
so numerous.
Campers in the neighborhood of Bolinas, as well
as at other points not far south from San Francisco,
have been accustomed to bake the abalones and
make a great feast of them. The warning of Leon-
ard Knox is directed particularly to these persons,
who, he says, are in great danger from eating the
shellfish.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
33
BEAR AND DEER PLENTIFUL IN OREGON.
Hunting in one section of Oregon is said to lie at
its best in October and November by sportsmen
who have enjoyed outing trips in particularly the
Rogue river country. During the summer months
the quality If sport is mediocre. Then the crops of
wild fruits in the Cascades is generally bountiful,
with the result that the bears remain in the moun-
tain regions feasting upon the plentiful supplies of
fruit. In the fall the animals come down into the
lower regions where the Nimrod and his gun await
them.
Sherman J. Powell, the sportsman-writer, has spent
several seasons in that country and gives interest-
ing information concerning the possibilities of sport
of various kinds in Oregon.
California sportsmen who journey to Oregon be-
fore the bears come down from the mountains, he
claims, miss much sport, for generally by the mid-
dle of October there is a light fall of snow in the
upper ranges which stops bruin in the gathering of
fruit. Then the bears, almost in droves, will leave
for the acorn country along the lower Coast ranges.
Mr. Powell refers to a party, consisting of three
New Yorkers who were in company with Col. Roose-
velt in Colorado in 1905, who brought a Colorado
guide and a large pack of hounds with them. They
outfitted at Grants Pass with four additional guides,
and it is related by those in the vicinity that they
went into the bear country with forty pack horses
and $400 worth of provisions to make a special
hunt for bear and panther. The hunters traveled
the high mountain ridges on horseback while their
guides used the hounds in the canons on either side,
and when a bear was brought to bay the signal was
given by the guides by firing a shot, then the hunters
dismounted and went down the mountain side and
shot the quarry.
"They had killed thirteen black and cinnamon,
bears when I came out that season," states Mr.
Powell, "and in all probability they killed many
more afterwards. This sounds like a big killing, but
Frank Fry, who lives on the Rogue River and still-
hunts without dogs, killed nine bears in one day.
He is thoroughly acquainted with their habits and
when the animals came down the mountain he lay
in wait in one of their 'runs' and shot them as they
attempted to go by."
It was the hunting of big game which first led Mr.
Powell to visit the wild mountain regions of Oregon,
but the wild and undisturbed beauty of nature in-
duced him one year, to build a comfortable log
cabin in the great forest alongside a beautiful
stream, where the merry music of the rippling ice-
cold waters from the mountain snows is attuned
to the soft soughing of the wind through the yellow
pines and fir trees towering above the woodland
palace. The place lies twenty-five miles east of the
town of Glendale, Ore. Good deer and bear hunt-
ing abounds in the neighborhood, aud the trout
fishing is ideal, so Mr. Powell and his family have
everything they can wish for in their forest home.
They even transported a piano to this out-of-the-way
place, probably the only one in the United States so
far away from civilization.
"A piano so far back in the mountains is quite
a novelty," said Mr. Powell, and we had some
pretty good music too. Some of our Cali-
fornia friends, who camped near us, were musical.
Part of the time we had piano, violin and cornet
music, and I tell you it sounded fine out there in
the woods. But after all, I believe I am a hunter
before a musician, for the finest music in the world
to me is the whistle of a blacktail deer or the silver
trumpet of a bull elk.
I am delighted to find that big game, so far as I
am able to discern, is not diminishing, a state of
affairs that is almost miraculous, considering the
increase of the sportsmen with their modern wea-
pons and the amount of illegal killing constantly
carried on in Oregon. One year, within a radius of
eight miles from my cabin, 120 deer were killed.
Fifty of these were slaughtered by a couple of hide
hunters, who live a few miles down the creek. They
shoot and skiu, carrying out the pelts for buckskin
and leaving the meat to waste or to feed the car-
nivorous beasts of the forest; at least that has been
Iheir custom for a number of years. That fall the
game warden succeeded in surprising them in their
camp and captured one. The other escaped and is
still in hiding. The warden seized the fifty deer
skins as evidence. There is now and always has
been much of this illegal killing in that State. The
sel tiers all through the mountains, live the year
around upon venison, many of the children not know-
ing the taste of any other kind of meat. So you
see that Oregon must be a great deer country to
held her own against this constant drain.
I bfgan to hunt in Oregon more than thirty years
ago, and after hunting in the State, on an average
of every other year, since, have decided that the
Cascade Range of mountains is the breeding place
and home of both deer and bear. The deer on the
eastern slope never cross the summit. They are
the mule deer aud do not use the same ground or
associate in any way with the blacktail. All the
blacktail deer that range, during the summer, on
the summit of the Cascades, around Mt. Pitt, Upper
Klamath Lake, Pelican Bay, Crater Lake, and as far
north as the North Fork of the Umpqua, where they
are very plentiful in summer, migrate like the geese,
in the fall of the year. They travel in strings of
from five to ten, perhaps but a few miles a day,
but always to the westward. Many drop out as they
reach the lower lands and find a suitable place for
winter quarters, the rest train on, a hundred miles
or more, until they strike the Coast Range. In the
spring, as the snow recedes from the high western
slopes of the Cascades, they return to their summer
home.
Taking advantage of this custom of the blacktail,
and standing on a point overlooking these trails,
which are as well defined as the cow paths of our
childhood days, one can see more deer in a day than
a dozen men will see, in tUe same time, still-hunting
through the gulches and over the ridges."
large fishes of the upper Sierras this shade sometimes
appears. In little streams the rainbow is mature at
six inches, but in larger streams and in the estuaries
it reaches a weight of six to eight pounds.
Brook specimens are usually most profusely spot-
ted, hut in the sea these spots are more or less ob-
scured by a silvery sheen. In coastwise streams it
runs up the streams in March to spawn, like a salmon,
being able to leap over small waterfalls.
The rainbow on the whole is probably the gamiest
of the trout, taking a fly eagerly and responding also
to the lure of a grasshopper or a salmon egg. The
Truckee River Rainbow Trout.
RAINBOW TROUT.
- Tie trout par excellence of California, found in
almost every permanent brook, is the one to which
Professor David Star Jordan gave, in 1878, the name
of rainbow trout, this name being a translation of
Sailmo iridia, given it in 1S54 by Dr. W. P. Gibbons,
of Alameda. Gibbons wrote the name "iridia," and
perhaps that form of the word ought to stand, but
irideus, as it is usually spelled, is better Latin. Gib-
bons's specimens came from San Leandro creek, near
Alameda.
The rainbow trout has larger scales than the others,
usually one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred
and thirty, in a lengthwise row. The dorsal fin is
high, having usually seven to ten rows of black spots.
The dorsal fin is high, having usually seven to ten
rows of black spots. The old males show a good
deal of bright red along the side. There are no teeth
on the middle line of the tongue. The head is larger
than in any other of these trout, its length being con-
tained from three and one-half to four times in the
length of the body, measured along the side from the
tip of the snout to the base of the caudal fin. There
is usually no red behind the lower jaw, although in
range of the rainbow trout extends southward to
San Luis Rey river in Southern California and even
across the Mexican line into Lower California. Per-
haps even more than any other trout this species
varies with its surroundings.
Trap Shooters at Tucson — Harry Hoyt, represent-
ing the Winchester Arms Company; H. E. Poston of
the Peters Cartridge Company and Dean W. King, rep-
resenting the Ballistite and Empire powders, were
in Tucson recently, the guests of the Tucson Blue
Rock Gun Club.
Desperate Poachers — Six Gilroy youths were air
rested last week for invading the preserves of the
Soap Lake Gun Club. Heretofore club keepers have
been accustomed to ejecting poachers and swearing
out a warrant for arrest is a new order of things.
They started right but went at the sport the wrong
way.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
The San Lorenzo, a Santa Cruz Trout Stream.
34
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
FOX TERRIERS— HEADS AND FEET.
In an admirable article, in the form of an open
letter to the breeder of Oxonian, in the Fox Terrier
Annual of 1907, occurs this passage — "Legs and feet
of the highest class were in evidence at all our best
shows, but that most fascinating characteristic of the
ideal terrier, a good head with real fox terrier expres-
sion, was very much the exception. Just when
breeders were wondering how heads could be im-
proved without jeopardizing legs and feet, Oxonian
made his appearance," states "Peeping Tom" in the
Asian. "That legs and feet, the latter especially,
must be looked after, is evident to us all, and if
only suitable bitches, those possessing not only
absolute legs and feet themselves, but bred from a
strain in which there is no "if" in this important
point, are put to this great sire, we need not trouble.
But unfortunately many breeders think that they have
only to mate a bitch to Oxonian to breed a winner,
quite forgetting the fact that a dog, bred as he is,
and with the rather doubtful feet that generally
accompany the perfect head, is more likely to beget
thin and rather open feet than otherwise." And
again — "all breeders should bear in mind, by gaining
the beautiful characteristic of the Foiler strain — viz.,
a beautiful head— we shall be filling the benches with
the undesirable 'feet' associated with this blood."
The object of this article is to discuss why breeding
for the perfect head with the fascinating expression
of the true terrier should be inimical to feet, and
vice versa.
What, we may ask in the first place, is the special
form of foot desired? The Fox Terrier Club standard
of points says that the feet 'should be round, compact
and not large. The soles hard and tough. The toes
moderately arched, and turned neither in nor out."
No objection can be taken to this description, but the
apostles of "feet" go much further than anything
Sabine Rarebit.
warranted by the definition in their aim for what is
known as the "cat-foot." This form of foot is not
natural to the dog as a race, and it is not at all clear
why the point should be made so insistent. That it
is a point of beauty is not to be denied. The cat-foot
is undoubtedly more attractive in appearance than
the hare-foot; but most points rest on a basis of use-
ful purposes, and what is so remarkable is that we
should insist on a foot for the fox terrier that nature
never intended. Does it make the dog more useful?
If so, why is it that the various members of the genus
canis in their wild state do not possess it? Neither
the wolf, nor the jackal, nor the fox has anything
approaching the cat-foot, and they can all gallop and
stay. If the cat-foot had been of any advantage to
them, on the survival of the fittest principle, those
possessing more nearly this characteristic would have
survived; but this is emphatically not the case. That
the feet should be, comparatively speaking, round;
that is, not open and splay, that the soles and nails
should be hard and tough; that is, not weak and
tender, and that the toes should be moderately
arched; that is, not flat and shelly, is reasonable
enough; but, why, in all conscience, the cat-foot?
The dog is not a cat and was never intended to be.
The vocation of one is not that of the other, and if
we could succeed in breeding the absolute cat-foot
on the terrier, although the dog might be a wonder
at shows, who can say that the point would possess
any sort of advantage for the work the terrier is
called upon to perform? The fact is that the foot in
question is a mere breeders' usage.
The old doggrel given by Juliana Birners of the
properties of a greyhound says, it is true, that this
hound should be "footed like a catte." but who ever
saw a greyhound with a foot like a cat? I venture
to think that no greyhound with cat's feet would
stand a chance of winning the Waterloo Cup. The
definition of the feet for a greyhound is "round, well
split up, and with strong soles." The "round" is
comparative, the "strong soles" are essential, and the
■.veil split up" is anything but the cat characteristic.
It is quite certain that a terrier with the form of
foot of a good greyhound would have no chance of
winning in the English show ring. There is, however,
the foxhound. The description of this hound's feet
is th".t they "should be round and cat-like, with well-
aeveioped knuckles, and strong pads and nails are of
the -itmost advantage." Generations and generations
of careful breeding in the hands of men who would
have made this mark in any business of life they had
chosen to adopt, have given to the foxhound a foot
as like that of the cat as a dog not intended to
possess that form of foot can possibly possess. The
point is one of beauty, but I am not at all convinced
that a hound with a really good dog-foot, as round
as a dog's foot should be, with well-developed
knuckles and strong pads and nails, would not do its
work equally well, or even better.
Mentioning the hound brings us, however, to the
point. The modern fox terrier has often been de-
scribed as a composite creature, the result of the
breeders' art from all sorts of foreign elements. The
idea has no doubt been overdone. Terriers have
existed from very early days, and from these early-
day terriers of a certain type our modern fox terriers
have decended in direct line. But doubtless, also,
there has been some process of manufacture in the
introduction of alien blood, and in this process the
blood of the beagle plays a part. The beagle, like
the hound, possesses a foot more cat-like than any
true terrier ever has; and consequently the terrier
with the so-called beautiful feet has the liability to
the bad head and expression, to which the article
quoted calls attention. The better the feet, from the
show point of view, the greater the reversion to the
foreign blood and the worse the terrier head. The
better the terrier head, the more characteristic the
terrier expression, the more will they be accompanied
by terrier feet, which are not cat's feet.
In the very best articles on fox terriers ever
written, the late Mr. Doyle remarked: "Though 1
am not one of Buffer's thoroughgoing detractors, I
have always suspected an infusion of beagle blood
somewhere." The type of the Buffer strain is beau-
tiful legs and feet, accompanied by heavy, dead-look-
ing ears and a sour expression. The ears and the
would be defective in essentials if it do not exhibit
terrier character and expression. A terrier which is
not a terrier has little to recommend it. A terrier
which is a terrier from stem to stern, with that wear-
and tear, cut-and-come-again expression which
every terrier man loves to see, has much in its favor,
even if it fail in points of detail. Therefore strive
for the perfect foot by all means; but if it entails a
loss of terrier character it is a poor recompense,
except in the eyes of the one-point faddist. The fox
terrier that is perfect from nose to heel has yet to
be bred; the gentleman who wrote to a breeder for a
dog with the head of Champion Oxonian, the feet of
Champion Captain Double, and with quarters better
than either, did not, it is needless to say, obtain what
he wanted. Between the Scylla and Charybdis of
faults on one side and the other, the breeder has to
steer his course in accordance with his special
fancies. All that is intended here is to remind the
breeder that the aim is a terrier.
Portland Kennel Club — Dr. George B. Story was
elected president of the Portland Kennel Club at
an enthusiastic meeting of that organization held
in the offices of E. A. Parsons, the retiring president,
two weeks ago, and plans were adopted for the
holding of another and more successful bench show
in April.
After a lengthy discussion the club adopted a
change in the amount of entry fees for dogs listed
in different classes. Heretofore it has been custom-
ary to charge $2 entrance fee for each dog shown,
and an additional $2 for each additional entry. The
additional entries will now be but $1.
The Portland bench show will be held April 27 and
v/ill be conducted for four days. The hall at First
and Washington streets, where last year's show was
held, will be secured once more if possible and all
of the members are enthusiastic over the prospects
Warren Remedy.
expression are as foreign to the terrier proper as the
beautiful legs and feet. Mr. Doyle adds that while
the Buffer blood has its merits, it must be very spar-
ingly used. The faults of other strains may be
eliminated by careful crossing, but the heavy ears
and bad expression of the Buffer re-appear again and
again when it was believed that they had been com-
pletely eradicated. Fox terrier breeders should bear
these remarks in mind; they are expected — if they
desire to win handsomely — to breed a terrier's head
and outlook on to a miniature foxhound's feet and
legs; and it is obvious, from the first principles of
breeding, that from reversion to original type the
two will not usually be found together. The more the
desired feet and legs are obtained, the less character-
istic the head; or if the true terrier head is secured,
with it the terrier feet.
Mr. Redmond, the greatest apostle of legs and
feet, was proud of expatiating on the merits of the
legs and feet of his terrier Doricles. There was no
gainsaying their merits. The legs and feet were
superb, they were the legs and feet of a hound, and
Doricles was a large, coarse dog with the sort of head
that might have been expected; a detestable head.
Oxonian possessed the splendid terrier head and ex-
pression, but because he also possessed the normal
terrier's feet, breeders were cautioned against him.
The very best feet and legs I have seen in the course
of some 30 years' experience were those of a bitch
who was totally unlike her parents and her brothers
and sisters of the litter, and her head possessed in a
marked degree all those defects which were alluded
to by Mr. Doyle. She was a hound-marked little
bitch with beautiful body points, but the head and
expression were not those of a terrier, and, in addi-
tion, she had not the terrier disposition. With an
admirable nose and a keenness for hunting, she would
not kill a rat, and appeared to be devoid of the
ordinary terrier instincts. This was a very pro-
nounced case, but most breeders of experience will
have noticed that with especially good feet and legs,
strong bone, and the general make and shape of the
hound in miniature, is liable to come the faulty head
with the large, low-hung ear, and the sour expression.
The question may then fairly be asked — which of
the twain is the most objectionable a defect? The
answer, it seems to me, ought to be obvious. The
dog concerned is a fox terrier, and a so-called terrier,
although it may possess the best feet in the worla.
Sabine Renegade.
for a greater show than ever.
In addition to choosing Dr. George B. Story as
president, the club elected the following additional
officers: Vice-president, Dr. Alan Welch Smith; Sec-
retary-Treasurer, J. C. Harralson, re-elected; Direc-
tors, W. B. Fechheimer, E. C. Dick, E. J. Tyler and
Joseph D. Wiley.
Coursing Club Disbands — It is announced that the
Hollister Coursing Club disbanded, following the
unfavorable weather conditions for holding the dog
races at the O'Oyley field last Sunday. The condi-
tion of the ground would not admit of the sport.
Dave Johnson, however, who has shown considerable
interest of the game, will undertake to give the
races every other Sunday and in so doing hopes to
have the support of the leashmen. At this season
of the year when there are few other sports on the
calandar the dog races awaken considerable en-
thusiam.
The Fresno Black Bass Club was recently organ-
ized at Fresno.
The Tacoma Kennel Club have asked for dates
for a show — April 21 to 23.
Camels on the Protected List — Arizona is the only
State or Territory in the Union in which camels are
protected by law, and there are actually wild camels
in Arizona, or were within a year.
It seems that years ago the government intro-
duced a herd of camels into Arizona for use in
transporting government supplies across the desert,
but the scheme proved impracticable, the project
was dropped, and the camels were turned loose to
roam at will. The Territorial Legislature passed
an act protecting them and so far there is no record
of the law having been violated.
Jesse Hartley, an old trapper and prospector, re-
ports that he found three, a male, cow and calf, in
a box canyon in the Mogollon mountains last spring,
but this is the only report from the lost herd in
years.
-o
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.1
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
35
BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
[By Harriet Williams Meyers.]
California is rich with her heritage of wild birds,
notwithstanding that one often hears the complaint
from tourists that there are so lew birds in the
State. This may be accounted for, to a certain ex-
tent, by the lack of such familiar eastern birds, as
the robin, blue jay, house wren and English sparrow.
To be sure, we have as winter visitors, the western
robin and the western bluebird, species which differ
only slightly in plumage from their eastern cousins,
but in habits are quite different, seldom coming
about the yards in a friendly way. The blue jay of
the East is not found in California, but in his place
we have several jays, most of them flat-headed hirds
who frequent canyons and arroyos rather than the
dooryard. There are, also, jays with crests — beau-
tiful deep, blue birds, but the ordinary tourist will
not see them because they prefer the mountains and
higher altitudes rather than the residence districts.
The western house wrens we aiso have as summer
visitors, but they are not the neighborly birds that
their eastern cousins are, preferring canyon and se-
cluded spots to the dooryard. There are several
species of wrens in the State, but none of them seem
to care for human companionship.
The visitor to Southern California will not see the
English sparrow, at least not commonly. He may see
an individual, but these hirds are being killed wher-
ever reported, and, as yet, are not making much
headway. In the north, however, they are all too
numerous, in some places constituting the largest
per cent of the bird life.
But though the robin, bluebird, Jenny wren, and
blue jay are not so common as we could wish, we
have in their places many beautiful and interesting
species who, because of favorable climatic conditions,
are with us all times of year. Prof. Joseph Grinnell
tells us in his "Check List" that we have in Cali-
fornia 491 species of birds besides thirty-three others
that are placed in a hypothetical list because of lack
of positive proof of their presence. Of these 491
birds, many are only sub-species which if pruned
from the list would make it much smaller. For in-
stance, in California we have thirteen sub-species
of the common song sparrow, that Jovial bird that
is known the country over. Just what the difference
in all these sub-species is, I am not prepared to say,
more than that in the dry, barren stretches of the
State the birds are light in plumage to match their
environment; while in their moist, shady habitats
they are dark in coloring.
While the song sparrow does not differ so mater-
ially from his eastern relative as to be unrecogniza-
ble, there are many birds that are common residents
in California which are just a little different from the
bird in the East with which they correspond, and
others who have no counterpart the other side of
the Rockies. In this latter class may be placed the
towhee, or chewink. He is a dull brown in color, a
patch of rufous on his under tail coverts being the
only relief to his somber robe. In his friendly way
of staying about the dooryard he has sometimes
been likened to the robin, and called "ground robin."
"Brownie" and "chippie ' are familiar names given
him by the children.
We have another towhee which is the western
representative of the common towhee of the East.
This is a gorgeous black-and-white bird having bright
rufous sides, white breast, and red eyes. He is
called the spurred towhee and differs chiefly from his
eastern cousin in having more white patches on
wings and tail. This bird is a dweller of canyons
and arroyos, though he comes freely into the yards
that are near his favored haunts.
Another common bird which is a little different
from its eastern cousin is the black phoebe. This
little fly-catcher has black plumage save for the lower
part of his breast, which is white. The bird raises
his head feathers to make a slight rounded crest.
The call note is not so pronounced a "phoe-be" as
that of his eastern cousin, the simple -"phoeb" being
his usual note.
The Arkansas and willow goldfinches are dainty
members of the finch family that are more com-
monly known as "wild canaries." The willow rep-
resents the thistle bird of the East, but is not so com-
mon as the latter, frequenting the willow bottoms
rather than the dooryard. The Arkansas goldfinch,
however, is most abundant at all times of year,
building freely about the yards in the summer time
and gathering in flocks in the winter time while they
forage for seeds.
One of our most interesting residents is the Califor-
nia thrasher, which has several sub-species. This
bird is larger than a mocking bird end is dull brown
in plumage. His legs and tail are long, but his bill
is his distinguishing trait. It is over an inch long
and curves downward — sickle shaped. This bird fre-
quents moist thickets, and with his long bill probes
into the soft earth or thrashes among the dead
leaves for grubs and insect life which he relishes.
He is an exquisite singer. In many ways his song
resembles that of the mocking bird, and the novice
might easily mistake the two; but though the
thrasher lacks the varied repertoire of the famed
gray minstrel, his tone is far sweeter, and more
liquid. In midwinter and early spring he may be
seen mounted on some low tree singing as though
.his life depended upon it. At such times I have
heard him mock the three-note falsetto call of the
valley quail, as well as the "Ja-cob, Ja-cob" of the
California woodpecker, proving that he has some
ability as a mocker of his neighbors. The brown
thrasher of the East is a handsome bird, having rich
brown uppers and a white breast spotted with
brown.
One of the most interesting of our western birds
is the tiny bush-tit, a small gray bird measuring
about four inches in length, nearly half of which
is tail. These midgets go about throughout the win-
ter in large flocks foraging together, one bird leading
the way and the rest following leisurely. They keep
up a constant tinkling note which enables them to
keep track of each other. Such veritable little acro-
bats as they are, swinging from a twig head up,
head down — it matters not. Though so tiny in form,
the nests they build are architectural wronders, being
often ten inches in length as they swing from their
twig supports. The opening to this long gray pocket
is a round hole placed on one side near the top.
The nest is made of plant fibers, oak tassels, some-
times strings, and rags felted together and lined
with downy material and quantities of feathers. At
the bottom of this long nest from five to nine eggs
are laid, the birds raising as many as three families
in one season, and using the nest a second year.
These jolly little bush-tits have a curious cousin,
who, like themselves, is essentially a western bird
and who lives in the brush-covered hillsides and
canyons away from mankind. This is the wren-tit, a
brown bird much larger than the little tit, having a
head and face like the latte" and a body like the
wren. In call notes and curiosity he resembles the
wren, though his song is quite different. It is a
clear whistle which is given three or rour times,
slowly, followed by a rapid whistle in the descending
scale. It is most musical and thrilling in the quietude
of the canyon or sage-covered hills.
The plain titmouse is another interesting member
of this family. Like the other two mentioned, he is
dull of color, being a somber brown, which enables
him to slip about unnoticed among the trees where
he forages. The high pointed crest is his distinguish-
ing feature. The call is a metallic "See-day-day,"
that reminds one of his cousin the chickadee.
In Southern California we have not the cat bird,
but in his place we have, as a resident bird, that
matchless mimic, the California mocking bird.
Though this bird sometimes persists In singing at
night, thereby bringing upon himself the vengeance
of those whom he keeps awake, California bird lore
would lose much of its charm were this bird of many
moods taken from it. Surely I should hate to keep
house without this irresistible fellow who is ever
about, filling the whole neighborhood with his good
cheer, flooding the orange-scented air with his song
which he has taken from all the uther birds of the
neighborhood and woven into a varied medley.
No mention of California bird lore would be com-
plete without those daintiest of featnered mites — the
humming-birds. While east of the Rockies there is
only one species, the ruby throated, California has six
that are known to nest within her borders. Of these
the Anna, the largest of them all, is a resident. This
bird is sometimes mistaken for its eastern cousin,
sip from a near-by flower.
but the gorget is of a rosier hue, and the top of the
head has the same metallic color, which the ruby
throat lacks. Another distinguishing thing about this
little midget is his song, for this bit of animated
feathers attempts to sing. To be sure, the noise he
makes is more like the grating voice of an insect,
but the musical ability which he lacks is made up
by the enthusiasm he puts into it. I nave watched
one of these birds sit for hours and sing over-and-
over this squeaky song, stopping only long enough to
The tiny rufous hummer is the most healthful of
all of these dainty birds. He is a migrant, only, in
the greater part of the State, and his passage might
well be likened to that of a shooting star, so dazzling
is he in his rufous-red, metallic-green plumage with
gorgeous orange-red gorget, and so rapid are his
movements.
Of all the birds, the linnet is, perhaps, the com-
monest, and one seen by the most people. The male
is a handsome fellow with his gray robe brightened
by much rose-madder, which in individuals becomes
quite red. His song is a most jovial one, but because
of his propensity for nibbling fruit, he has been
denied the protection which all but eight species
have in California.
The western meadow lark is an aoundant resident
bird who differs chiefly from the eastern species in
its song, which is sweeter, more liquid, and longer.
The Pacific yellow throat, shrike, blackbirds, and
several interesting woodpeckers are resident birds
which lack of space forbids me to more than men-
tion.
One might think in this favored mild climate all
birds might remain at all times of year, but we have,
as do other sections of our country, our summer and
winter visitants and our passing migrants.
Of the summer birds most commonly seen are the
two orioles. Arizona hooded, and Bullocks, both
gorgeous orange-and-black birds resembling in gen-
eral coloring the Baltimore of the East, though dif-
fering in markings. The hooded oriole it is who
builds such beautiful nests of palm fibers.
The black-headed grosbeak is one of our most beau-
tiful summer visitors. In California he takes the
place that the rose-breasted does in the East. The
black head, bright cinnamon-brown breast, rump,
and collar, black wings and tail, which have white
markings, make this bird a most showy fellow. To
add to his charm, he has a most exquisite song. In
fact, he is one of our choicest singers. In the spring,
his clear "Whit-we-a, whit-we-a. Sweet Marie," rings
out in loud accents that all may hear. Later in the
season, I have often heard a song which is made up
of trills, whistles, and warbles which for pure musi-
cal excellence is hard to excel.
The Arkansas kingbird takes the place of the com-
mon kingbird of the East. The western bird is the
handsomer of the two, having soft drab upper plu-
mage, lemon-yellow beneath, and a black tail. These
kingbirds are not so common as I would like them,
since they are most interesting in their family rela-
tions and being fly-catchers, most beneficial.
The western wood pewee, several of the vireos, the
lazuli bunting and long-tailed chat are all interesting
visitants, but perhaps the most distinguished sum-
mer visitor that we have, and one that is essentially
western is the painopepla, a bird belonging to the
same family as the waxwings, whom we have as win-
ter visitants, only. This phainopepla in size and
shape resembles the mocking bird, being somewhat
smaller and more slender. The male's plumage is a
most lustrious iridescent black, the only relief being
large white patches on wing which show only in
flight. The thing, besides his graceful form, that
gives him his distinguished appearance is a high
crest which tips forward and gives him a most jaunty
look. The female has a crest, but it is a somber gray
in color. Both birds have red eyes. But aside from
this beautiful plumage and graceful form, his habits
are so unusual as to make him of more than passing
interest. In the case of most species, the female does
all, or most, of the building, but with the phainopep-
las the male does most of it, and so delights in his
work that he often drives the female away when she
would take a hand in it. To be sure, she usually
manages to evade him and do something toward
building and shaping her home, but if she didn't wish
to help, it would not be necessary since her aristo-
cratic spouse is not above work, and knows how to
build nests. More than that, when the nest is fin-
ished and the eggs laid he does much of the brood-
ing. The female has the gray protective color, just
matching the nest and the tree crotch where it is
placed, and I should say that Nature, when she
formed the black male, did not mean that he should
assume brooding dut'es. He certainly is most con-
spicuous as he sits jauntily above the eggs. But
whether it was a blunder on Nature's part, or a de-
fiance of Nature's on the bird's part, brood the eggs
he will, and does. When they have hatched, this ex-
emplary father does more than his share of the feed-
ing. Altogether he is a remarkable bird, and it is to
be regretted that he is not found in the northern part
of the State.
Of the winter visitants we have in friendly flocks
white-crowned sparrows, beautiful birds having mot-
tled beaks, gray breasts, and heads striped, in the
case of the mature adults, with black and white; in
the first-year-birds, the stripes are black and brown.
Their song is most exquisite.
The ruby-crowned kinglet makes his appearance in
Southern California early in October, and throughout
the winter forages among the trees, Ms noisy chatter
marking his presence. He is a tiny fellow in olive
plumage, the red crown patch being usually con-
cealed.
The Audubon warbler is one of the very common
winter visitants. With his blue-gray mantle relieved
by five yellow patches on head, throat, rump, and
each side of breast, he is a handsome dude.
The dwarf hermit thrush in the winter time re-
places the russet-backed of the summer. Both are
modest-garbed birds, but true aristocrats in bearing
and exquisite vocalists. They are rather seclusive
and prefer the moist, shady places to the dooryard.
The pepit, varied thrush and say phoebe are also
interesting winter tourists.
Of the many transient birds who pass through
Southern California on their way to more northern
nesting-sites, the western tanager is, perhaps, the
showiest. His body is a canary-yellow, his wings and
tail black, and his head a brilliant red. He takes
the place of the scarlet tanager of the East, a bird
that we do not have.
o
Duel With Poachers — Deputy Game Warden Earle
Downing of Pleasanton recently fought a duel. It
was not exactly on the field of honor but, at the same
time, it was in support of the law. The other par-
ties to the duel were law-breakers and Downing
sought to make them realize the fact. They were
slaughtering ducks in fifties and in hundreds at Los
Banos by moving on the game under the shadow of
a trained cow. The ducks paid no attention to the
animal and when the bovine had been directed to a
certain point of vantage the hunters would open fire
on the ducks with a large bore shotgun and slaughter
them unmercifully. This kind of slaughter is a fla-
grant violation of the law and Downing caught the
fellows in commission of the violation. As soon as
they were discovered, they jumped on a buckboard
and drove away at a lively pace behind a fleet team
of ponies. As they fled they shot at the warden and
Downing returned the fire with interest, but the vio-
lators made their escape. The cow which was a
party to the transaction was locked up by her owner
to prevent her from further engaging in crime.
A Rare Bear Skin— C. F. Wernecke, of Seattle,
returning from a trip to Aalska, brought with him
the skin of the rarest species of bear known in
Alaska. The skin is of medium size, with very soft
fur, almost the color of that of a mountain lion, shad-
ing into dark bfown at the paws. The species is
known as Ursus Phoenix, and only one or two similar
skins have been seen in that city. It is something
like what are commonly called glacier bears, but
lacking the peculiar bluish tinge characterizing the
latter. The animal was killed in Central Alaska.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
THE FARM
INTENSIVE FARMING LEADS TO
SUCCESS.
All notable successes in farming,
which have been arrived at without
great initial outlay, may be traced to
intensive methods of farming. The
recent experiment conducted by a
Kansas City paper to demonstrate the
value of what an acre of land is capa-
ble of producing showed the astonish-
ing figures of $1,106.85 net profit. The
gross returns were something over
$1,600, thus leaving about $500 as the
expenses of growing and marketing
the crop.
This demonstration should awaken
the farmer who, with a 160-acre farm
and corresponding investment of ma-
chinery and livestock, hardly hopes
for a yearly profit averaging the
figures named. It must surely cause
him to think that something is wrong
with his methods of farming, and if
he goes far enough in his investiga.
tions he will soon conclude that, to be.
gin with, his soil is not fertile enough,
and he wastes the energy of himself
and team in plowing and cultivating
many acres to get the yield of one.
The average farmer, when he comes
to this conclusion, either resigns him-
self to a life of struggle with adverse
and often hopeless conditions, or else
he sells out, if he can, and seeks a
new location that seems to hold better
promise, where he enters on a new
campaign in depleting soil fertility.
The wise farmer, on the other hand,
seeks to better his condition by build-
ing up his soil to such a state of fer-
tility as will with proper efforts yield
him crops which pay not only for all
labor, but give good dividends on his
investment.
A close student of agriculture in
this and European countries says: "In
the hands of men, there are no un-
fertile soils." And, to prove his as-
sertion, he cites the high productive-
ness of the peat bogs of Ireland, the
craggy mountain sides bordering the
Rhine and the equally unpromising
stretches of sandy sea coast in other
portions of Europe. This should cer-
tainly afford encouragement to all who
feel dissatisfied with their present
prospects, showing them that they can
change conditions if they will.
The first step must be to reduce the
acreage of crops grown, so that better
cultivation can be given. This alone
would give a better yield to the acre,
because the frequent cultivation, by
exposing the soil particles to the ac-
tion of the air and water, would ren-
der the plant food contained in them
available at once, without waiting for
the slower processes of Nature to ac-
complish a like result.
This plan, however, would event-
ually exhaust the fertility of the soil,
if there were no means whereby we
could return the needed elements for
plant growth. Luckily, Nature has a
great storehouse of nitrogen in the air
waiting for leguminous plants to draw
on and deposit in their roots, stems
and leaves, and, in addition, the great
salt-petre beds of South America, the
vast potash deposits of Germany and
mines of phosphate rock in the United
States furnish the material which is
converted into the nitrogen, potassium
and phosphorus contained in commer-
cial fertilizers.
These commercial plant foods are
dependable aids to better and more
profitable farming. It is through their
judicious use that farmers who had
heretofore raised 30 bushels of corn
and 12 bushels of wheat to the acre
have increased the production to 100
bushels of the former and 40 of the
latter to each acre, making one acre
produce what three had before yielded.
This greatly lessens the labor of
producing a certain number of bushels
and thus increases the profits, some-
thing which should be the aim of every
farmer. Successful manufacturers in
all lines seek to reduce the cost of
their products by cheapening the cost
of production in order to be able to
meet competition without loss, or to
add greater profits. To do this they
avr.l themselves of all knowledge
wl ch they can secure which will
be lefit them, and they invest in the
best machinery suited to their needs.
Why should not the farmer follow
the same plan? Let him farm only
as many acres as he can bring to a
high state of fertility, and gave the
best of cultivation, and stop paying
taxes and wasting his labor on land
which brings no adequate returns. If,
for sentimental or other reasons, he
does not care to part with some of his
farm or cannot find a buyer, better let
a part lie idle till he can demonstrate
that it pays to fertilize and cultivate
and if the profits from better tillage
of a part of the farm do not the first
year enable him to extend the same
methods to all the fields, let him en-
large his operations gradually as his
means will admit.
The latest by-product coming from
certain creameries is buttermilk
cream as a substitute for old-fash-
ioned cottage cheese. The fresh but-
termilk is put in a water-jacketed vat
and heated to a temperature of 78
degrees and let stand at this temper-
ature from one and one-half to two
hours without stirring. Then it is
warmed up to 100 degrees F. by heat-
ing the water around the vat, after
which the curd can be strained from
the whey. This can be done with lit-
tle loss by drawing a large piece of
cheese cloth along the bottom of the
vat from one end to the other and
then lifting it up at the four corners
and sides so that the curd is sus-
pended in the cloth. As soon as the
cloth is in position the faucet in the
vat can be opened and the whey
drawn off from beneath. The curd
is allowed to drain in this cloth
strainer over night. The next morn-
ing it is found on the cloth in consist-
ency ready for sale. The yield varies
from twelve to fifteen pounds of but-
termilk cream for each 100 pounds of
buttermilk.
Warranted
to give satisfaction.
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As a HLTTMASf KEMEDT for Khen-
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Every bottle of Canntic Balaam sold is
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per bottle- Sold by drnpcists, or sent by ex-
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use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo-
nials, etc Address
THE LiWfiEFCK-WILLIAlS C0MPAHT, Cleveland, Oh''
SIRE OP SOLANO BOY 3:07% FOR
SALE.
The stallion FATHER McKIWOX,
by Demonio 2:11*4, sire of Mona Wilkes
2:03%, etc., dam Elorita by Alban 2:24,
sire dam of You Bet 2:07, second dam
Emma R. 2:2S%, dam of Rowena 2:29^
and Emaline 2:27 *£, by Electioneer,
third dam Emma Robson, thoroughbred,
dam of 4 trotters in 2:30, by "Wood-
burn, is offered for sale. Father Mc-
Kinnon is the sire of that good race
horse Solano Boy 2:07 ¥±- "Write for
price and particulars.
J. S. LOCKIE, Fairfield, CaL
FOR SALE — ROYAL EXVOY 2:2S%.
Registered in Vol. 16. No. 36447. By a
Wilkes Mambrino Patchen sire and his
dam Oakland Maid, a double producer
by Masterlode. Royal Envoy breeding
is an honor to any harem. He is a light
bay, weight about 1100, stands 15.3. and
is in his prime. Individually he is all
one can desire in the American — kind,
gentle*, city-broke, game and level-
headed. A two and three-year-old by
him were broke and are in training
and show speed of race horses. Two
reliable California horsemen will sub-
stantiate- my claims. For extended
breeding particulars and price, address
C. F. McFARLAND, Tulare, CaL, Box 191.
FOR SALE, TRADE OR LEASE.
Fine registered Percheron stallion,
weight 2200 lbs. Address
WEBSTER KJXCAID, Eugene, Ore.
FOR SALE.
A four-year-old Belgian stallion;
weight 1630 pounds. Apply to
R. BURCHELL, Box 363, Gilroy.
FOR SALE OR TRADE.
A handsome Star Pointer colt, dam
by Prince Nutwood 2:12%. grandam
Lucy L. This colt will be two years
old in March. Good size; a fine in-
dividual. Will sell cheap or trade for
two large draft colts. Address
J. J. McMAHOX, Modesto, Cal.
FOR SALE.
The well known trotting stallion
Klondyke, 15.2 hands high, weighs 1200
pounds; 10 years old, magnificent con-
dition, sound wind and limb. By Al-
cantara Wilkes, dam The Widow by
Lemont, he by Almont. "Will be sold
at a reasonable figure. Address
R. D. HAWAH, Merced, Cal.
FOR SALE.
The well-known and highly-bred trot-
ting stallion
KLONDIKE.
He is a splendid upstanding 15.2; 10
years old; weight 1200 pounds; in mag-
nificent condition. Bred and raised by
owner, R. D. Hanna, Merced, Cal. Sound
wind and limb. Come to Merced and
look him over. To be sold at a reason-
able figure. He is Alcantara Wilkes out
of The Widow by Lamont, he by Almont.
FOR SALE.
JAY DIRECT — 7-year-old black stal-
lion; by Direcho, son of Direct 2:05%;
dam by Judge Salisbury; second dam by
The Moor; third dam, Black Warrior.
Jay Direct is a splendid young horse
in every respect; handsome, intelligent,
good disposition, and a very promising
trotter. Has a matinee record of 2:1S;
has been in five matinee races and won
every time; been a half in 1:05%, quar-
ter in 31 seconds, and a full mile in
2:14. Barring accidents, is a sure 2:10
trotter or better.
For further particulars, address
owner, JAMES R. C. BURTOX,
1527 X. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal.
XAPA PRIXCE FOR SALE.
On account of continued illness which
confines me to my bed, I offer my stal-
lion, Napa Prince, for sale. He is a
very handsome horse, with as much
style and finish as any stallion, and is
a sire of fine carriage and road horses.
He is trotting bred, being by the regis-
tered stallion Grandissimo 2:23 % , and
out of a mare by "Whippleton 1SS3, one
of the best sires of carriage horses
ever in California. "Will be sold at a
bargain. Horse can be seen at my
place, corner of Fourteenth and Ade-
line streets, Oakland.
F. ROCHFORD.
FOR SALE.
Beautiful family carriage team, full
brothers, 4 and 5 years old, fully 16
hands high, weight close to 1200 lbs.
Blood bays, no white, heavy mane and
tail, black points. Sired by Stam B.
2:11*4, dam Mountain Maid. They have
never been trained but can trot a 2:40
gait to the pole. Great knee and hock
action and for style they have no equal.
Kind, gentle, fearless and safe for a
lady to drive single among cars and
automobiles. Absolutely without a
blemish, guaranteed sound in every
respect. They are as closely mated as
two peas and you can hardly tell one
from the other. Reason for selling them
is that owner was killed in a train acci-
dent.
Apply to or address
JEM JOHNSTON,
1420 Deering Ave., Melrose, Cal.
FOR SALE.
SISTER BESS, buckskin mare by the
champion long distance horse Senator
L. (four-mile world's record 10:12) by
Dexter Prince, sire of 4 in 2:10. Sister
Bess's dam is the champion broodmare
Nugget, dam of the great race mares
The Donna 2:07% and Queen Pomona
2:05%, winner of the $5000 stake at the
Arizona Fair last fall, and a winner
on the same track for three seasons,
defeating such noted sires as Delilah
2:06%. Josephine 2:07, Mona Wilkes
2:03%, Jonesa Basler 2:05%, Dick
Allen 2:07%, etc. This mare has as
much speed as her two great half sis-
ters and has proven beyond any doubt
that she is a race mare also, being a
cup winner in her first start, last sea-
son, three-quarters in 1:39 pulled up.
She has been a mile over the Oakland
track in 2:14, last half in 1:04, last
quarter in 31 seconds, when the track
was fully four seconds slow. She is
sound as a new dollar, has the best of
legs and feet, and is one of the best
headed race mares living. Has never
made a break in her life. Any one
wanting a good green racing prospect
should look this one over. Address,
P. DONNELLY,
929 Hayes Street, San Francisco.
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the best of profes-
sional services to all cases of veterinary
dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc-
cessfully. CallB from out of town promptly
responded to.
The best work at reasons dio prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Ootavla St., between Fulton and Grove.
Phone Special 2074. San Franoisoo, Cal.
DR. A. S. ALMEIDAS
Veterinary Surgeon
DIXON, CAL.
A Specialist on Lameness of Horses.
Dr. Almeidas' Gall Cure and Healing Salve.
Geo. Stienmiller. Dixon, Cal., Sole Agent.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLJDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade — 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino
— Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams —
Rams for sale at all times.
P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon, Cal. Address, Dixon, Cal.
PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS.
All guaranteed, broke dogs and puns. 400 red
fox cubs. Price list.
J. D. STODGHILL, Shelorvule Ky.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tacitie to let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat House,
Capt. F. Wa. Ehrke. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco. Cal.
Blake. Mofflt & Towne. Los Anareias.
Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland, ore.
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High-Class Art in
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141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
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Ore.; F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.;
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Cal.; Kirk. Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.;
Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Waah. i Spokane
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Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
37
Beef costs money, and if the dairy
cow puts some o£ her feed upon her
back instead of into the pail, she
would be an expensive producer, be-
cause no one can get anything for the
beef a cow carries around on her
back. Her function is to make milk
of the feed, and so she has no useless
appendages or blocky form to support
at the cost of expensive feed. She has
been made thin and spare, with a slop-
ing rib, made sloping, no doubt, by
the constant dragging down of the
heavy load of feed and water she car-
ries in her stomach and digestive
tract, in order that she may give lots
of milk.
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T TICKETS EAST
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April 6. 7 and S Omaha, $ 60.00
May 11, 12, 13, 14, 25,
26 and 27 Kansas City, 60.00
June 2, 3, 4, 24, 25, 26
and 30, Chicago, 72.50
Jul v 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 25,
26 and 27, Houston, 60.00
Aufiiist 1, 2, 3 and 4, New Orleans, 67.50
Sept. 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13,
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Boston, 110.50
Tickets sold on April dates for New
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Cor. A and Tulare Sts.,
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S. E. Jerald Sulky Co.
Manufacturers of
RACING SULKIES, PXEUMATIC AND
HIGH WHEEL JOGGING AND
SPEEDING CARTS, SPEEDING
WAGONS.
To secure a large number of orders in
the Pacific Coast States, we offer this,
our latest improved, long shaft, low
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good until April 1, 1910.
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Waterloo, Iowa.
As they
sometimes are
A« "Save-the-Horie"
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\
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DUNBRACK & BROWN,
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MONTEVIDEO, Minn., Jan. 8, 1910.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.:
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treatment? Please advise, and oblige,
WM. DUNBRACK.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 1909.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N, Y.:
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spring one of them developed a pair
of jacks and went quite lame. I bought
a bottle of "Save-the-Horse" and used
for six days and then stopped, and he
is going sound ever since. I drive him
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and he said the only thing to do was to
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guarantee to cure him; said it might
come back. I used "Save-the-Horse"
and I would not now be without it.
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NEWELL,
1108 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal
Closing Out Sale of Thorough-
bred Mares, Colts and Fillies
Belonging to John Mackey, Esq., will take place at
Grigsby's Salesyard, Woodland, Gal., Tuesday, March 1, 1910.
On account of selling my ranch, I have decided to close out my entire stock
of thoroughbreds. Many of the mares have been winners, or are the dams of
winners, and fifteen are bred to thoroughbred stallions, and about twenty are in
foal to a jack. These mares are all highly bred and will be sold with their
pedigrees, and will make general purpose animals, enabling farmers to improve
their future stock if they do not desire to raise thoroughbreds. Many of this
stock have been sold for buggy horses and are gentle and hardy.
FOALS OF 190S.
B. g. Imported Canopns-Atlantis ( Midlothian-Oceanlca) ; en. f. Sir Hampton-
Dnplex (St. Andrew or Rossenn-Golinda) ; ch. c. Bedeck-DIvinity (*Midlothlan-
Angeliqne); b. f. Sir Hampton-Kitten (*Cnnopas-Loma) ; gr. g. Sir Hampton-La
Reina (Hidalgo-Helen Scratch); b. g. Bcdeck-Middie Dwyer i ■ .Midlothian-Hindu
Dwyer); b. f. *Galveston or *Canopns-Mnrcia (*Star Ruby-Madrid); b. f. Bedeck or
Canopus-Ponapa (*Watercre**s-Clara Wilson); b. g. *Galveston-Snn Shower (Ap-
plegnte-Snnny Slope); b. g. *Canopus-Bedeck -Temblor (Cheviot -Vibrate); b. g.
Can opus -Trim (*St. Gatien-Mnmie B.) b. t. *Canopas-Torsina (Torao-Bergn W,);
b. f. *Canopns-Fleur de Marie (*Meddler-Mary C).
* Imported.
FOALS OF 1909.
B. f. Galveston-Divinity; b. c. Galveston-Hula; b. c. Galveston-Tlllie S.i b. f.
Canopus-Clara Wilson; b. c. Canopus-Galene; b. c. Canopus-Helen W.; b. t.
Canopns-Hlnminating; b. e. Canopus-Lohosina; b. c. Canopns-Oro Rose; b. f.
Canopns-Middie Dwyer; b. f. Cnnopus-Trim; b. f. Bedeck-Kltten; ch. c. Sir Hamp-
ton-Seco; b. c. Reyel Santa Anitn-IIa; br. f. Reyel Santa Anita-Game Hen.
I am also selling a few two-year-olds by Percheron stallions out of thor-
oughbred mares. JOHN MACKEY, Woodland, CaL
The First National Bank
Corner Post and Montgomery Streets
Complete Banking
Service
I. The First National Bank folly equipped for commercial business.
II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank,
pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal.
III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee
absolute protection for valuables.
Inspection Invited
Take the Breeder and Sportsman.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
A FUTURITY WINNER THAT SIRES FUTURITY WINNERS!
BON VOYAGE ffi*
Reg. No. 39813
As a two-year-old won $9,500
Champion two-year-old stallion and champion two-year-old
money winner of 1904. Rec.2:15.
As a three-year-old won $11,500
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 190o. Rec.2:12%.
THE GREAT YOUNG SIRE OF EARLY SPEED!
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BON VIVAXT (2) 2:16%
Fastest Two-Year-OId Stallion of 1000.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BONADAY (2) 2:27%
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1000.
VOVAGEBR (2) 2:2614
VIATICUM (2) 2:20
Matinee record to wagon.
BONALETTE (2) (trial) 2:20%
JEAN VAL JEAN (2) (trial) 2:21%
BON GUY (2) (trial) 2:24
PHYLLIS WY-NN (2) (trial) 2:26>,i
LE VOYAGE (2) (trial) 2:20%
BON McKINNEY' (1) (trial)..% in :35
% in 1 :15
Out of 20 foals (none over two years
old). 16 were broken to harness, 11 of
which had some training and showed
as above.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%,
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Eon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey Road,
SAN JOSE, CAL.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose, Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
trial
Delia Lou (3) - -
Armon Lou
Harold B.. p. Mat.
trial
Kinney G.. P
Debutante (3) trial
Kalitan (3) trial
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
Lolo B. (3). trial - ,, 2:28
Four Stockings (3). trial Vi 1:07
Princess Lou 12). trial H .-. :3o
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
thiB year.
2:16
2:27%
2:27%
2:13%
2:10
2:1ȣ
2:27
2:27
Diamond Mo - - 2:26% Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to S75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Park, where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. .Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal. For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, • or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
GOOD LOOKS-WELL BRED— CAME.
ALL W I L LaEi 4/Oa£^ Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
son in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
a good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, J§aya, was out of that famous old California
race mare Mary Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07%, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jenny, the dam of three fast and frequent race winners, viz.: Ned Winslow
2:1234, Shylock 2:15*6 and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
For further particulars address
RAGE TRACK, CHICO, Gal.
L. B. DANIELS, Chieo, Cal,
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:15^
3-y.-o. Record l:\\\
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight 2:03^; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16>$, sire of John A. McKerron 2:0lK,
Copa de Oro 2:01^, Tidal Wave 2:0654, Miss Idaho 2:09M. etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona WilKes2:03K and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trixy by Director 2:1, ; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2-\l%)
by Young Tucka-hoe 2:28%, son of Flaxtail; fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull : sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (.Thor.).
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE; $50 for the Season.
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of S and the dam9 of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living ana trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:0SV4, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1810 at Pleasanton. Fee $50 for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP OWES.
Demonio Speed 2:03^4
Gen. J, B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:ll^i, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2-13M sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2-28W
Vallejo Girl 2:10&, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
chief S9: second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17). by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited. black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13&.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
^t-„db,I0^1° ^J1%,i5 the slre of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Fllk?s„_2,:°9%, Miss Winn 2:12y4, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:0<i4 He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
7?o£Ts »°^spe?? ln t„hS.jyorid' Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
i?hSV? D,°?nI,?r.bvy,.2:0?^' °wJ,ho 2-°TVl, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
bST bVU,MnfaiCnairra "9' """ ^ ^'^ by Ba5'ard "' &t ta»
FEE FOR THE SEASON (no. For a limited number of approved outside mares
tak^TSnalmr»er»U0rn*Pfrivilese- E?J?'lent Pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & 1IAII.K, Snisiiu. Cnl.
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Zolock 2:05i "r;
Velox - -
Boton de Oro
Mc O. D. -
.etc,
2:09%
2:09%
2:10%
2:11%
McKinney's Fastest Entire Son
Sire of
Tprmc* Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush
I CI HIS. Delilah 2:06%
Bystander - - 2:07%
$50 Josephine - - 2:07%
By McKinney 2:11%, dam.' the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2 :11%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :0fi%.
Alceste 2:07%. Allerton 2:09%. Duke Jay 2:0!.%, Early Bird
2:10, Gitchie Manito 2:09%. Invader 2:10.Justo (3*2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locandu 2:02. Allerson
2:05%. Charley Hayt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes by Byron Wilkes {dam of Oakland
Belle 2:20%); 2nd dam Almeta by Almont 33; 3rd dam
Alma Mater by Mamb. Patchen 58: 4th dam Estella by
Imp. Australian (dam of S).
Terms; $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay is a handsome dark brown horse. 15.3
hands high. Foaled in 1905. He has a perfect set of limbs
and feet. His oldest colts are now two years old and all
show great trotting speed, and are large and handsome.
He represents a different strain of blood from any other
in t;ali forma and is a most suitable outcrossforany mare.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
^irp MntivnnH WilL'Pc ?'1n-l- sire of Copa de Oro 2:01%. John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
OI1C, 11UIWUUU WIIHC* i.IU2, damsof San Francisco 2 :07%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%, etc.
Ham Palita (1\ ?*./. dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of o; third dam Elaine 2:20.
Vdin, f ail la \i> J -.to, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete. second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14>2- Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season ZS&ffi^^SXgSX?™"* at my
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05% in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%, etc., etc.);
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05%, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter ; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanasl inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to set in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $-5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or WTestern Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cat.
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
"Will be in the stud at
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sport»man.
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones In 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 In 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records In 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Flspieroa St., Loa Ana;elea. Cal.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE STANDARD AXD REGISTERED STALLION
%
PALITE 45062
Sire of PAL (2) 2:17|, trotting.
PALITE is one of the best-bred young stallions, not only on the Coast, but
in the whole United States. He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, who sired Copa de
Oro 2:01%, fastest and greatest money -winning California pacer of 190S and
fastest of 1909; John A. McKerron 2:04%, the fastest trotting stallion of the
Wilkes tribe, and sired the dams of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, fastest California pacing
mare of 190S. Palite's dam is Palita 2:16, by Palo Alto 2:08%; second dam Elsie
the greatest speed-producing daughter that ever General Benton sired; third
dam. Elaine 2:20, dam of Iran Alto 2:12*4 and three others in the list, by Mes-
senger Duroc; fourth dam, the great Green Mountain Maid, dam of Electioneer
and eight others in the 2:30 list. Palite is a very stylish-looking chestnut trotter
and is sure to sire horses that will not onlv have size, style and beauty, but a
"world of speed." He stands 16 hands high and weighs about 1200 pounds now,
and is a remarkably sensible. Hiigh-headed colt, and has lots of speed. He was
worked sixty days as a two-year-old and easily trotted a quarter in 36 seconds
Only seven years old this spring, he has had but two of his get to start. The
three-year-old filly Complete was second to Volante in 2:13%, the fastest heat
ever trotted in an Occident Stake, being timed separately in 2:13%, while his
two-year-old colt Pal won two two-year-old trotting stakes in straight heats and
took a record of 2:17%. Everyone of the get of Palite that is broke to harness
shows speed at the trot.
Will Make the Season of 1910 at the Ranch of the I'nderMgned
Dixon, Cal.
Terms: $40,
Usual return privilege or money refunded at my option if mare fails to get
with foal. Excellent pasturage at $2.50 per month and the best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars, address
E. D. DUDLEY, Dixon, Cal.
Professor
Heald 41603
Record (3) 2:24
For particulars address
J. G. CUICELLO,
Agent,
Driving Park, San Jose,
Cal.
PROF. HEALD <3> 2:24 is a handsome chestnut stallion, stands 15.3 hands,
sired by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% (sire of 52 in the 2:30 list, including Copa
de Oro 2:01%. John A. McKerron 2:04^, Tidal Wave 2:06%. Miss Idaho 2:09%)
out of Daisy S. (dam of Vallejo Girl 2:10%, Tom Smith 2:13%, Gen. "Vallejo
2:20%, Professor Heald. 3, 2:24, Little Mac, 3, 2:27 and Sweet Rosie, 3, 2:28%)
by McDonald Chief 35S3 (sire of 4 in 2:30), second dam Fannv Rose (dam of
Geo. Washington 2:16% and Columbus S. 2:17) by Vick's Ethan Allen Jr.
Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% was by the great sire Guy Wilkes 2:15*4 out of Lida
W. 2:18% (dam of Lida Carter. 3. 2:2G. Zoe W.. 3. 2:22. etc.) by Nutwood
2:18%, the greatest of all broodmare sires; second dam Belle by Geo. M.
Patchen Jr. 2:27; third dam. Rebel Daughter by Williamson's Belmont. All
the sires in the pedigree of Nutwood Wilkes have figured as progenitors
of speed, he is the greatest and best speed producing son of the mighty Guy
Wilkes, also having more in the 2:10 list than any other. His dam, Lida W.
2:18%. was one of the first Nutwood mares bred to Guy Wilkes 2 :15 % and
the late Martin Carter, her owner, always regretted he did not give her a
much lower record as she showed him halves in 1:07. When put to breeding
she became one of the most successful matrons in California. She could not
help it, she had the breeding, conformation, and great nerve force, and never
was "raced to death." The dam of this fine horse, Prof. Heald 2:24, enjoys
the reputation of transmitting speed to her produce irrespective of the sire's
qualifications, and when a mare does this there is reason to believe she is
destined to found a family of great ones. McDonald Chief, her sire, was by
Clark Chief S9 (sire of Kentucky Prince, etc.) out of a mare by Berthune, son
of Sidi Hamet. grandam by McDonald's Copperbottom.
From the above it can be seen that Prof. Heald is as stoutly bred in trot-
ting lines as any horse in California; but. in addition, he comes from a line
on the maternal side which is certain to be productive in the way of trans-
mitting early and extreme speed. His dam was a remarkable mare in this
respect, and so was his grandam, and his great grandam. He is as handsome as
a horse can be, has a world of speed and will be given a low record this
year. His mark of 2:24, made when he "was a three-year-old, will be lowered
considerably ■whenever he scores for the word. Like John A. McKerron 2:04%,
Nearest 2:22%, Stanton Wilkes 2:10%, Chestnut Tom 2:15 and Tidal 'Wave
2:09%, sons of Nutwood Wilkes, that are sires of early and extreme speed.
Prof. Heald will undoubtedly equal or surpass the best of these. He
has everything in his favor, size, temperament, breeding, soundness, perfect
trotting action and speed. All of his ancestors were noted for gameness and
when racing were noted for their resolute way of going and soundness. Own-
ers of standard mares who want to get colts and fillies that will have all the
qualifications so much sought after by seekers after high class trotters today.
will make no mistake if they book their mares to this horse. The service fee
has been placed at $25 (for ten mares only) with usual return privilege. He
is at the San Jose Driving Park, where he will be prepared for the races
BREED TO THE BEST.
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DAN LOGAN 45155
Mutinee Record 2:12^.
FILL BROTHER TO JIM LOGAN <3> 2:03%:.
HALF BROTHER TO SIR ALBERT S. 2:03%.
DAN LOGA.\ is a beautiful dark bay stallion, foaled 1905. Stands 16.1 hands
and weighs 1125 pounds. As an individual he is as handsome as a picture
and as perfect in form as the most critical horseman could desire. His disposi-
tion is of the best, while his breeding is acknowledged to be on a par with that
of any other stallion in the United States. He was sired bv Chas Derbv 2:20
(sire of Jim Logan (3) 2:05%, Don Derby 2:04%, Capt. Derby 2:06%. Queen
Derby 2:06%, Much Better 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablo 2:09%, and 31 others
in 2:30). The Breeders' Futurity stakes have been won seven times by a daugh-
ter, a granddaughter, or a grandson of Chas. Derby, and second money has been
won four times by his descendants.
Dan Logan's dam was Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03% and Jim
Logan 2:05%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of 3) son of Kaiser 2:28% and Julie bv
Revenue 2:20% (son of Smuggler 2:15 and May Morning 2:30 by Daniel Lambert
102). Dan Logan's second dam was Ripple (sister to Creole 2:15) by Prompter
(sire of 5 in 2:30): third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:0S%, Creole 2:15, sire
of Javelin 2:0S% and Eagle 2:19%) by Buccaneer 2656 (sire of 12 dams of 27 in
list); fourth dam Mary (dam of Apex 2:26 and Sterling, a sire, besides the dams
of Welcome 2:10%, Wayland W. 2:12%. Maud Singleton 2:28%. Creole 2:15,
Daedalion 2:08% and Eagle 2:19%) by Flaxtail 8132; fifth dam by Bright Eyes,
son of Boanerges, thoroughbred.
Dan Logan has sired the fast colt St. Patrick, which, at 17 months old,
stepped a mile in 2:48, last quarter in 36 seconds, last eighth in 16% seconds, then
repeated the mile in 2:4S, last quarter in 33% seconds, last eighth in 16% seconds.
Terms $30 for the season. Good pasturage at $3.00 per month, but no respon-
sibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further information, address
CAREY MONTGOMERY, Owner, Davis, Cal.
THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION.
Tomonco 34197
"World's Reeord for Youngest Producer of Speed.
TOMOXCO 34107 was sired by Tokio 2:19% (sire of Tokamo 2:23%). he by
Alcyonium 2:24% (son of Alcyone 2:27 and Sister by Almont 33), out of Dinah
Doe by Legacy 3159; second dam Mary A. (dam of 1) by Dusty Miller 890; third
dam Nelly by Duroc. Tomonco's dam was Jeannie Winston by Altamont 2:26%
(sire of 52 in 2:30, including 8 in 2:10 list); second dam Silverthread. by Ham-
bletonian Mambrino 5241 (sire of 8 in 2:30) ; third dam by Henderson's Emi-
grant. Tomonco represents a line of breeding that makes him a valuable out-
cross for our Electioneer, Nutwood, Sultan mares. His grandsire was also the
sire of McKinney 2:11%, the great progenitor of speed, while Altamont's daugh-
ters have given us Oregon Maid 2:08, Mary K. 2:0S%, The Zoo 2:09 and Belle-
mont 2:0S%.
Tomonco is a beautiful bay horse, stylish, stoutly made and heavy boned.
He is good gaited, intelligent, and his progeny are noted for their good looks
and remarkable speed. Owners of good mares will regret it if they do not send
them to this remarkable sire of early and extreme speed.
TOMONCO at twenty-two months old was bred to a two-year-old filly and
the produce is the fast and game trotter
SCOTCH JOHN 2:11*4
TOMONCO 34I97 will make the Season of 19I0 at
WOODLAND, CAL.
FEE: $30 for the Season, with usual return privilege.
Good alfalfa pasturage at $2:50 per month. The best of care will be taken
of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further
particulars, address
C. R. HARRINGTON, Woodland, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
THE WILKES ELECTIONEER STALLION
£
W
KINNEY ROSE 2:132
Will make the Season of 1910 at
The Fair Grounds, Fresno, Cal.
Terms: $25 the Season,
$1 5 cash when mares prove with foal, $40 for insurance.
KINNEY ROSE 2:13% is a handsome dark bay stallion, 15.3 hands high, and
weighs about 1200 pounds. He has everything desirable in a stallion — size, color,
soundness, disposition, stvle, breeding and extreme speed. These qualifications
he transmits with great uniformity to his progeny. Sired by McKinney 2:1H4, the
greatest speed producer and typical sire the world has ever known (sire of 22
in 2:10 52 in 2:15, 70 in 2:20. 114 in 2:30. Sire of the sires of 98 in 2:30 — 19 in
2-10 and dams of 5 in 2:10). Kinney Rose's dam was Golden Rose by Falrose
2:19 made in the fifth heat he won to high wheel sulky. He was by Fallis 2:23,
one of the best bred sons of Electioneer and a sire of 11, 3 sires of 16, and 9 dams
of 9 in 2:30 list.
The dam of Falrose 2:19 was Roseleaf. also dam of Rosedale 2:19I/4 and
Velvet Bud 2-24^4, bv Buccaneer, whose descendants include Sir Albert S. 2:03%,
Jim Logan (3) 2:05y», Javelin 2:08%, Doctor Leek 2:09%, etc. He was by Iowa
Chief a son of Bashaw 15, who had 17 trotters to his credit. The second dam of
Falrose was Fernleaf. dam of Sidmont 2:10%, Gold Leaf 2:11%, Thistle 2:13%,
Ferndale 2:16, and the dams of 7 in 2:25.
The second dam of Kinney Rose was Lady Harper by Alaska 2:29 (son of
Electioneer); and the third dam was Algona (sire of Flying Jib 2:04, etc.), by
Almont 33; the fourth dam was by the thoroughbred Oddfellow by Chloroform.
There are very few, if any, McKinneys bred in as speedy lines as Kinney Rose
2:13%, and owners of broodmares who desire to raise the finest class of intelli-
gent horses that will have size, style and early and extreme speed cannot do bet-
ter than to breed their mares to him. For further particulars address
A. S. KELLOGG, Owner,
Cor. First ami McKenzie Streets, Fresno, Cnl.
The Standard Trotting
Stallion
Red IM 43766
Trial 2:19K
Will make the Season of
1910 at
W. R. Murphy's Stables,
752SanteSt.,
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Terms: $30 by Season.
Usual return privilege.
RED McK 43766 is a rich mahogany bay in color, 15.3% hands, weight 1175
pounds. He is sired by the great McKinney 2:11% (the greatest progenitor of
speed in the world) out of Bonnie Red (grandam of Bonaka 2:23^) by Red "Wilkes
(sire of Ralph Wilkes 2:06% and 196 others in 2:30); second dam Bonnie Bell (dam
of 4 and grandam of Fletta Dillon 2:08%, the champion two-year-old filly) by
Almont 33; third dam Alice Drake, dam of 3, by Norman 25; fourth dam Viley
by Pilot Jr. 12. Bonnie McK. has trotted a mile in 2:19%, quarters in 33 seconds,
eighths better than 16 seconds. He has only had three of his yearlings handled;
one trotted an eiehth in 18 seconds, one in 20. and one in 21 seconds, and none
of their dams being first class. Bonnie McK gets handsome colts from all
kinds of mares, they all trot. He is bred to be a sire, being a McKinney, and
his three dams all speed producers. He is a perfect outcross for mares carry-
ing Electioneer, Strathmore, Nutwood and Sultan blood. He will stand for
service at the above stables every day except Friday and Saturday, when he will
be at Whittier. W. R. MURPHY, Owner.
Charley D- 2:06
Sire MeKINNEY 2:11M, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 187. third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Plensanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
Agents and Correspondents wanted everywhere for the
Breeder and Sportsman
THE WELL-BRED TROTTING STALLION
California Guide 46163
Will Make the Season of 1010 at tho
Race Track, Fresno, Cal.
TERMS: $20 to insure; $5 down and balance when mare proves in foal; $15 with
usual return privilege.
CALIFORNIA CHIEF is a fine-looking brown stallion, foaled 1903. Sired by
Comora 46162 (formerly called Balzac), he by Dexter Prince, out of Thalia by
Anteeo 2:16^4; second dam Eurynome by Nutwood 2:18%; third dam the Ben
Holliday mare. Dexter Prince sired 57 in the 2:30 list and 7 of his sons sired 22
in the list. He was by Kentucky Prince (sire of 41 and 34 sires of 1S7 in 2:30
list), out of Lady Dexter, full sister to Dexter 2:17^. Dictator, sire of Director
2:17 etc., by Hambletonian 10; second dam Clara (dam of 3) by American Star,
14, Anteeo 2:16y2, was by Electioneer 125, out of Columbine (dam of 4) by A. "W.
Richmond 1687 (sire of 12 and the dams of 26 in 2:30). Nutwood 2:18%, sire of the
grandam of the sire of California Guide, is the greatest sire of broodmares in the
world, and he was by Belmont 64 out of Miss Russell (dam of 7 in 2:30, including
Maud S. 2:08%) by PiJot Jr. 12.
Miss Guide's sire, Guide 2:16%, was a very pure-gaited trotter by Director
2:17, he by Dictator out of Dolly (dam of Onward 2:25%, a great sire, Thorndale
2:22%, Czarina 2:21, etc.) by Mambrino Chief. Guide's dam is in the great brood-
mare 'list. She was by Norwood 522. a very choicely bred son of Hambletonian
10 and Lady Fallis (dam of 4) by American Star 14. etc.
California Guide's grandam was by Anteeo 2:16%, out of Amina by California
Chief (a son of Hamilton Chief) out of Mary Taylor (dam of Alameda Maid 2:27%)
by Biggart's Ratter. In California Chief's bloodlines we see a doubling up of
the stout blood of Dictator, Electioneer and American Star through some of their
greatest sons and daughters, and that he will prove a sire of good-sized, strong
and handsome horses, having the best of feet and legs, and with splendid trotting
action, is a certainty. Owners of mares will make no mistake when they send
them to be bred to this horse. For further particulars, address
F. B. STOCKDALE, R. F. D. No 1, Box 47, Fresno, Cal.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2:091,
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09%, Sue 2:12, Listerine 2:13% and 8
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10%,
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect In a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June 15th, at. Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACH ANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED MeKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Eecord 2:11%
Pacing Eecord 2:06%
By McKinney 2:11%, flam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam
Ci. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Henlfl of San Frnneisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
V. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
TOM SMITH 2:13
(Winning- Race Record)
Reg. No. 47700
Sire of Katalina (2) 2:22%, (3) 2:15%, (4) 2:11%. Tom Smith has four
2-year-old colts now in training at the Fresno track that are the fastest
lot of 2-year-olda by one sire ever in training on one track at the same
time.
Sire McKinney 2:11%, dam, the great brood mare, Daisy 8.
(dam of 6 with records of 2:10% to 2:28%) by McDonald Chief 3583:
second dam Fanny Rose (dam of 2 in 2:20) by Ethan Allen Jr. 2903.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the"
^- FRESNO FAIR GROUNDS
FEE: $35 the Season; $50 tO insure. Pasturage for broodmares $3 per month
For further particulars address
J. W. ZIBBELL, 103 Thesta St., Fresno, Cal.
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
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$
Great Winter Track
Home of
KINNEY LOU 2:07%
Fastest entire trotting son
of the world's greatest
sireMcKinney 2:11% on
the Pacific Coast.
Situated 2\ miles out of
the Garden City.
Electric cars from railroad
station to the gate. Fare
5 cents.
Shipping station :
"Hillsdale."
RAY MEAD,
Propr.
The Newly Built and Most
Perfect One Mile Training
and Racing' Track in the West
Stalls 12x14, with 12-foot shed running full length.
Home stretch and first turn 75 feet wide. Back stretch
and upper turn 60 feet. Perfectly drained with iron-
stone sewer; absolutely high and dry all winter. Water
supplied by a first-cla s pumping plant. Electric lights
in every stall. Shipping station less than one mile. Ten
miles macadamized road running by the grounds. An
abundance of fine pasturage adjoining the land. Hotel
and boarding house on the grounds
Well Built and Warm Box Stalls. Excellent Pure Water. The Best Accommodations.
Many of the Leading Horsemen are Already Stabled There.
Everything to Make It the Most Popular Track on the Coast.
- San Jose possesses unrivalled hotel accommodations. Upwards of twenty trains a day run
from San Francisco, rendering this track the most convenient and accessible for winter training
quarters in California. .........
Phone, State 511. For stall reservations, terms, etc., address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal. 2
THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION
Fastest Trotting
Stallion Standing
for Public Service
on the Pacific Goast
Kinney Lou 2:07
REGISTERED NO. 37621.
Will make Season of 1910
AT THE
San Jose
Driving Park,
San Jose, Calif.
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TERMS: $75 for the Season. Mares not proving with foal will be given return privilege next year or money refunded at our option.
All mares bred to Kinney Lou in 1910 will be nominated in the Pacific Breeders Futurity Stake No. 11 free of charge to
owners. Excellent pasture for mares at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address
Shipping Station HILLSDALE. RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal., or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
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Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
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Not a pocket edition. No more disputing of sires. No more mixing of dams where this
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This book contains 75 blank certificates to be given to owners of mares, certifying that
said mare has been bred to a certain stallion. Also 75 notes suitable for owner of mare giv-
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New Edition of John Splan's Book
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Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
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CARPUS 33918
Sired by Barondale 2:11%, son of Baron Wilkes 2:18: dam, Mitchella hy Lock-
heart 2:08%, son of Nutwood; second dam Cinch by Valentine Swigert 20,853.
This handsome bay stallion, grandson of the great Baron Wilkes, founder
of the greatest futurity winning family, stands 15 hands high and weighs 1050
pounds. He has only five colts that have been broken and every one of them
has proven good. One stepped a mile in 2:13%, another in 2:28, and the other
three stepped quarters in 34, 35 and 37 seconds. One of his yearlings paced a
quarter in the third workout in 40 seconds.
Will Make the Season of 1010 at
FULLERTOX, CAL.
Fee S2.% for the Season: S3-~ to Injure.
Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage and best of care taken of mare.
For further particulars address
McKAUGHAN & WINTERS, Owners, 915 Layton Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.
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on May 2, 1911. NO MORE PAYMENTS ARE DUE TILL YEAR OF RACE. Hop-
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trotter, a payment of $10 will be reauired on May 1. 1912, $20 on July 1, and $40
ten davs before the race. In the three-year-old trotting division a payment of
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race. In the three-year-old pacing division, a payment of $10 will be required
May 1. 1913. $20 on July 1. 1913. and $40 ten days before the race. In the three-
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third horse, $20.00 to nominator of dam of fourth horse. In the two-year-old
trotting division money will be divided $1,300 to first horse, $350 to second horse,
$150 to third horse, $100 to fourth horse, $50 to nominator of dam of first horse,
$25 to nominator of dam of second horse, $15 to nominator of dam of third horse,
$10 to nominator of dam of fourth horse. NO ENTRY WILL BE LIABLE FOR
MORE THAN THE AMOUNT PAID IN OR CONTRACTED FOR. With exceptions
herein noted rules of associations of which the track where the races will be
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
ti
1 The Fastest Trotting Stallion by the Great McKinney is STERLING McKINNEY 2:06^. He sold for $35,000.
His Full Brother UNIMAK 40936
Will make the Season of '10
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At Woodland
Yolo County, Cal.
McKINNEY 8318
Kccnnl 2:11%
Sold for ="<iiH:iiiit 17 years
of agre. Sire of *
AdamG ;.....2:06K
Sweet iUa.i.c t.uJ
Coney 2:U2
China Maid 'lSfr%
Zolot'k M:ty.y4
Charley I> 2:06%
Sterling McKinney 2:0GJ4
Von Bet :2:U7
Welcome Mae, 2:07>4
Kinn y Lou '2.:\il%
Charley Mac 2:07§4
Mack Made 2:0S
lieita Mac 2:>iS
Carlokin 2:oSK
Miss Geoigie 2:0S>£
Jennie Mac 2:09
Hazel Kinney 2:0!lJ4
El Mih-grro 2:(Mi
Lady Mo wry 'Jitm1*
Pel Coronado 2:U'Jl4
The Rinnan 2:09>4
Dr. Book 2:10
22 in 2:10; 120 in 2:30
His sons sired
Ha:' „ 2:0434
Sherlock Holmes 2:0fi
-Ze.phvr 2:07i4
Delihih .... ;. 2:0734
Bystander 2:07y2
San Franei-co. 2:07%
Hyniettus 1,3] 2:0S>a
Zomalta 2:0^
Bellcmont 2:0il14
Silver Dick 2:0uJ4
etc.. etc.
TWENTY-THIRD
Keg. Page 7G6
Vol. XI. A.T. R.
Dam of
Sterling McKin ley -:06;.'4
ALCYONE 732
Record 2:27
Sire of
Martha Wilkes 2:0<*
Bush 2:W%
Hiirrietta. 2:09%
Alcyo 2:10
and fit) others in 2:30
Sire dams of
Loeanda 2:02
Sandy 2:08K
Sylviaone 2:0934
.r>9 others in 2:30
ROSA SPRAGUE
Dam of
McKinney 2:1134
Grand am of
Fereno 2:05%
DIRECTOR 2:17
Sire of
Directum 2:05%
Direct 2:0534
Direction 2:0534
Ofi in 2 :30 and dams of
John A McKerron 2:01%
Nathan Strauss .2:0:134
Sterling McKinney 2:0t,"4
Ozanam 2:07
Little Thorne 2:0734
62 others in 2:30
NETTIE NUTWOOD
Dam of
Hillsdale 2:15
Fee: $40 the Season.
i" ka:.ibletoi;ijn id
GEO. WILKES 519 J g.g.g sire Qf
Record 2:22 Cresceus 2'02j4
Sire of sj in . :30 [ DGLLY SPANKER
103 sires oi :■; iu*
109 dams of 19S ( MAMBRINO PATCHEN
ALMA MATER < Sire of dams of 142 in 2:30
Dam of 8 in 2:30 ( ESTELLA by Imp Australian
7 producing sons
2 producing daughters
( RHODE ISLAND 2B7
GOV. SPRAGUE W4 Sire of 3 in 2:00
Record 2:20}4 ( BELLE BRANDON
Sire of 38 in 2 :30 Dam of
25 sires of 52 Amy 2:20J4
41 dams of Gl
ROSE KINNEY
Dam of
Chump, dam of
Leland Standford
Sire of 5 in 2:30 list
(MAMBRINO MESSENGER
1 KINNEY MARE
( HAMBLETOKIAN 10
DICTATOR 113 Sire of 40 in 2:30
Own brother to Dexter 2:1734 ( CLARA
and sire of Dam of
Jay Eye See 2:0634 Dexter 2:17j4
Impetuous 2:13
Phallas 2:13%
57 in 2:30. Sire dam of
Nancy Hanks 2:04
and 131 more in 2:30 ( MAMB. CHIEF 11
DOLLY I sire of 6 in 2:30
Dam of ' FANNY
Director 2:17
Czarina 2:21
Thorndale 2:2^34
Onward 2-2534
i BELMONT 64
NUTWOOD 2:18% sir* of 59 in 2:30
Sire of (MISS RUSSELL
Manager 2:00% Dam of
Lorkheart 2:0834 Maud S 2:03%
175 in 2:30
Sire dams of 320 in 2 :30 f ETHAN ALLEN JR. 2903
DAUGHTER GF Prince Allen60 2-27
I C..U. CF WILLIAMSON'S BELMONT
UNIMAK is a grand individual with a high rate of speed. Study his pedigree and look him over at the Woodland track.
All of his get are large, good individuals, stylish, pure gaited trotters and show speed.
C. H. WILLIAMS, Owner, Palo Alto, Cal. H. S. H0G0B00M, Manager, Woodland, Cal.
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5 Grandson of the Great McKinney 2:
:11|.
WASHINGTON McKINNEY, JR. 49593
Will make the early Season of 1910, to a limited
number of mares
AT OROVILLE,
BUTTE CO., CAL.
WASHINGTON McKINNEY' JR. 40503 is a grand
young stallion and the perfection of the trotting
type of the standard bred horse. He is a sure foal
getter as the mares he served privately last year
have all proved with foal. He is not only a grand
individual but is grandly bred in the most fash-
ionable lines, carrying the right cross of thor-
oughbred in the right place. His grandam, Mag-
gie Dale, was by Owendale. who was a great brood-
mare sire by Williamson's Belmont.
Due notice of standing at other places will be
given.
FEE *20 THE SEASON,
Payable at time of service. Mares not proving
With foal will be returned or money refunded at the
owner's option.
WASHINGTON McKIN-
NEY 2:17%
Sire of
Donnello 2:18%
Lady McKinney. 2:18%
McKinney Belle. 2:19
Fabia McKinney.2:19%
May Randall 2:22
Rex McKinney.. 2:22%
Belle of Wash-
ington 2:26>i
Ray McKinney.. 2:28%
HarrvMeKinney.2:29%
Reed McKinney . 2:29%
and 5 others in 2:30
HAZEL TURK
Dam of
l'abia McKinney.2:19%
5th dam
Eleanor Margrave
(g.g.d. of Silver Bow
2:16)
By Imp. Margrave
6th dam
Fanny Wright
By Silverheels
(See Am. Stud Book)
McKINNEY 2:1114
Sire of
Sweet Marie . . .2:02
Coney 2:02
China Maid . . . .2:05%
Zolock 2:05%
Charley D 2:06%
Adam G 2:06%
Sterling McKin-
ney 2:06%
Tou Bet . 2:07
Welcome Mac. . .2:07%
Kinney Lou. .. .2:07%
Mack Mack ....2:08
22 in 2:10; 120 in 2:30.
LADY' WASHINGTON
2:35
Dam of
Washington Mc-
Kinney 2:17%
(sire of 15)
Geo. W. McKin-
ney 2:14%
(sire of 4)
El Molino 2:20
SILAS SKINNER 2:17..
Sire of
Ole 2:10%
and dams of
Charley Belden..2:0S%
Fabia McKinney.2:19%
MISS BROWN
Dam of
Oaknut 2:24%
Dan Brown ....2:24%
Major Brown... 2:28
I GEO. YVILKES 2:22
ALCYONE 2:27 Sire of 100 sires of 3004.
Sire Of | ALMA MATER
Martha Wilkes. 2:08 By Mambrino Patchen
Bush 2:09% 58.
Harrietta 2:09% Dam of 8 in list.
and 56 others in 2:30.
Sire of the dams of
Locanda 2:02
Sylviaone 2:09% I GOV. SPRAGUE 2:20V.
ROSA SPRAGUE Sire of 38 in 2:30.
Grandam of | ROSE KINNEY'
Fereno 2:05% By Mambrino Messenger
Dam of
Chump, dam of 1 sire.
11%
11%
14%
WHIPPLE SD57
Sire of 2 in 2:30
and dams of
Chesterfield 2
Princess Yetive..2
Geo. W. McKin-
ney 2
etc.
LADY' MAY BERRY'...
Grandam of
Dubec 2:17
Qnetn Lil 2:18
Mista 2:29
ALCONA JR. 2755
Sire of
Silas Skinner . .2:17
Graceful George.2:23
FONTANA
Dam of
Flora Belle 2:25
Silas Skinner . .2:17
San Diego (a sire)
VOLUNTEER 175S
Record 2:27.
Sire of
Connemara ....2:30
Jackson Temple
sire of
Emma Temple. 2:21
Mattie P 2:26%
MAGGIE DALE
(Thoroughbred.)
HAMBLETONIAN 725
Sire of 15 in 2:30.
MARIA MINK
7 of her produce sold at
an average of $1377.
CHIEFTAIN 721
Sire of dams of
Goshen Jim ....2:08%
and 14 others in 2:30.
UN TRACED
ALCONA 730
Sire of 5 in 2:30.
MADONNA, bv C. M.
Clay, Jr.. 22.
ALMOST 33
Sire of 80 dams of 130
in list.
FANNY" WILLIAMS, bv
Abdallah 15.
Dam of
Bay Chieftain. ..2:28%
GEN. DANA 1757
Sire of dam of
Frank M. . . 2:17%
NOVATO DAMSEL, by
Novato Chief.
OWEN DALE
Sire of dams of
5 in 2:30.
MARGRETTA, by Lex-
ington.
WASHINGTON McKINNEY, JR., is a grand young stallion and sure foal getter. Study his pedigree and come and look him over
at Oroville. '
F. E. EMLAY, Manager, Oroville, Cal. s
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
45
1 i ■■ THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION ■■ ■
cADRIAN 45391
GUY' McKINNEY' 37625..
Sons of
McKinney sired
Italia 2
Sherlock/Holmes. 2
Delilah 2
Hymettus 2
Zephyr 2
San Francisco.. . 2
04%
06
06%
07
07 Vi
07%
McKIXNEY 2:11»4
Sire of
Sweet Marie . . .2:02
Coney 2:02
China Maid . . . .2:05%
Zolock 2:05%
etc, etc.
22 in 2:10 list.
120 in 2:30 list.
FLOSSIE D
Daughters of
Guy Wilkes produced
Guy Axworthy. .2:08%
Solano Boy 2:07%
Miss Stokes (1)..2:19%
etc., etc.
MAPLE LEAF.
ADRIAN 970
Record 2:26%.
OLL1E RAY" 2:39%....
.Dam of
Acclamation ...2:24?
I GEO. WILKES 2:22
ALCYONE 2:27
Sire Of | ALMA SIATER
Martha Wilkes.. 2:08
Bush 2:0S%
58 others in 2:30. I GOV. SPRAGUE 2:20%
ROSA SPRAGUE
Grandam of I ROSE KINNEY
Fereno 2:05%
I GEO. WILKES 2:22
GUY WILKES 2:15%...
Sire of I LADY BUNKER
Fred Kohl 2:07%
Hulda 2:08%
Lesa Wilkes. .. .2:09 I ONWARD 2:25
BI.ANCHEWARD
Dam of BLANCHE PATCHEN
China Maid 2:05%
RELIANCE 909
Record 2:22%.
Sire of
7 in 2:30 list.
ALEXANDER 490
MAUD
dam of
Magdaleah 2.23%
I SKENANDOAH 920 fi
ADRIANA SJ
| DAUGHTER OF BILLY S
HATCH &
I ALEXANDER 490 5
RELIANCE 909 jj
Record 2:22%. | MAUD 3
Sire of 7 in 2:30. dam of jS
Magdaleah 2.23%
MARY BLAINE I SIGNAL 3327
Will make the Season of 1910 at
STOCKTON, CAL.
Terms! $30 for the Season. Z<S'
9- Excellent pasturage and the best of care taken of mares in any manner that owner may desire, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes.
S For further particulars apply to or address
/ C. D. DICGES, Owner, 743 East Anderson St., Stockton, Cal.
xssssssssxs&es®^^
Breed to u Champion nnd Get a Champlou.
o
Champion Three-Y'enr-Old Paeer of the World. r**
Jim Logan -3- 2:051 i
Reg. No. 44997.
JIM LOGAN was foaled in 1906, bred by E. A. Mc-
Inerney of Honolulu. He stands 16 hands, 1 inch
high, weighs 1100 pounds. Is a beautiful blood bay
with black points, nice mane and tail, symmetrical
conformation throughout, best of legs and feet;
smooth-gaited, intelligent and excellent disposition.
In his two-year old form he started once in the
Breeders' Futurity at Chico and divided second and
third money with Teddy Bear and was separately
timed a mile in 2:151/£, Easter D. winning the race.
In his three-year-old form he started three times
and never was headed a heat.
Season of 1910 at PLEASANTON, CAL.
FEE: $50 for the Season.
Due when mare is served. If mare fails to get
with foal ?40 will be returned.
Excellent pasturage at $5 per month and the
best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility
assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares can be
shipped either via Southern Pacific or Western
Pacific Railroad to Pleasanton. For further par-
ticulars, call on or address
J. E. MONTGOMERY', Pleasanton, Cal.
CHAS. DERBY 4907
Record 6th heat 2 :20
Sire of
42 in 2:30 list
including
Jim Logan 2 :05$
Don Derby 2:041
Captain Derby 2 :06j
Queen Derby 2 :06j
Much Better (4) 2:071
Derbertha 2 :07}
Derby Princess 2 :08j
Diablo (4) 2:091
Rajah 2:10*
Owyhee 2:11
Delia Derby 2:11}
Christobel 2:111
Demonio 2 :lli
Little Better 2:115
Dr. Hammond.. 2:111
His sons sired
Mona Wilkes 2 :03i
Sir Albert S 2:03}
Sir John S 2:04*
etc., etc.
Sire dam of
Brilliant Girl 2 :08J
etc., etc.
IEFFIE LOGAN
(Reg. vol. 13. page 371,
A. T. R. )
Dam of
Sir Albert S 2 :03}
Jim Logan (3) 2 :05i
Dan Logan (Mat) ...2:12i
STEINWAY 1808
Record (3 ) 2 :25}
World's record when made
Sire of 40, including
Klatawah (3 )
Thornway 2
Bonnie Steinway. . . .2
W. Wood 2
Agitato 2
Cricket 2
His sons sired
Winfield Stratton. .2
Toggles 2
John Caldwell 2
Harry J
1151
(151
06}
07
09
10
OSi
081
08 +
no;
His daughters produced
Stanley Dillon
Ben F 2
Tuna 2
:05i
:14
:14}
:20
:25
:25
:29i
KATY Q
Dam of
Klatawah (3) 2
Welladay 2
Katrinka G 2
Chas. Derby 2
H. R. Covey 2
Sunlight 2
Steineer 2
Saraway, sire of 5
Carrie Malone, dam of
Cassiar 2
Came B..., 2
dam of
Ray o'Light (3). ..2
Katy G has
3 producing sons.
[DURFEE 11256
Sire of
Shecam 2 :12i
Sid Durfee 2 :20J
Billy M 2:22
Doctor Hicks Sire of
Edwin S 2:08
Doctor J 2 :12J
Sire dam of
Sir Albert S 2 :03}
Jim Logan (3 ) 2 :05*
RIPPLE
Sister to Creole 2:15
Sire of Javelin 2:081
Grandam of
Sir Albert S 2:03}
Jim Logan 2 :051
Dan Logan (Mat) ...2:12i
f HAMBLETONIAN 10
STRATHMORE 408 J
Sire of 89, including
Abbie Strathmore 2:071 LADY WALTERMIRE
Terrill S 2:081
and dams of
Citation 2:01}
Bumps 2:03}
Rythmic 2:06}
Strathline 2 :07i [ALBION
ABBESS j
Dam of
Steinway (3) 2:25}
Solo 2 :281
Soprano, dam of 10
Vivette, dam of 3
ELECTIONEER 125
Sire of 166 in 2 :30
including
Arion 2:07}
Sunol 2:081
Palo Alto 2 :08}
A son sired
Major Delmar 1 :59}
FANNY MALONE
Grandam of
Maud C 2:15
and nine more in list
By Marihal Ney
HAMBLETONIAN 10
GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID
NIAGARA
KAISER 2200
Record 2 :28i
Sire of
18 in 2 :30 list
Sons produced 3 and
Daughters produced
8 in 2 :30 list
including
Coney 2:02
W. D. S 2:091.
JULIE
Durfee her only foal
/ PROMPTER 2305
Sire of
Creole 2:15
and 4 others in 2 :30
2 producing sons
6 producing daughters
including dam of
Gratt 2:021
(GRACE •....
Dam of
Daedalion 2 :081
Creole 2:15
Eagle 2:19i
I FANNY WICKHAM
[GEORGE WILKES 519
LADY FAIR
REVENUE 1976
Record 2:221
JULIET
BLUE BULL 75
PRAIRIE BIRD
BUCCANEER 2656
MARY
Dam of
Apex 2:26
Lettie, dam of
Welcome 2:10i
Wayland W 2:12J
Sire of
Bolivar 2:0}0
a®smo®os3&Q!0i^ce^^
46
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Robert Direct 0883
There never was a horse that achieved a -world-
wide reputation in more impressive style than
Direct 2:05%. When Monroe Salisbury, his breeder
and trainer, affectionately called him •"that little
black rascal" everybody became interested in his
career, for he proved to be one of the gamest and
most consistent race horses ever seen on the
Grand Circuit. Over all kinds of tracks and in
the very best company he was proclaimed the win-
ner. This was not to he wondered at for he was
bred to be a racehorse and a sire, and during his
whole history proved his worth. His death created
a gap in the breeding ranks which never will he
filled. He has 85 in the 2:30 list, 13 of these being
in the 2:10 list, and what is still greater is the
ROBERT DIRECT 0883.
fact that nearly every one of his sons used as sires
have extremely fast trotters and pacers to their
credit. There are about 78 in the list to their
credit and all these are young. Direct 2:05% was
the greatest speed-producing son of Director 2:17
who has 72 to his credit. Director was the great-
est speed producing son of Dictator, and he was
one of the best bred sons of Hambletonian 10.
Echora 2:23%, the dam of Direct 2:05%, was the
greatest speed-producing daughter of Echo, an-
other well-bred son of Hambletonian 10. "With
such an inheritance on the sire's side let us see
how Robert Direct is bred on his dam's side. Daisy
Easier, his dam, was a full sister to Ethel Basler
(dam of 2) the greatest speed-producing daughter
of Robert Basler 2:20. by Antevolo 2:19% one of
Electioneer's best bred sons: his dam being Colum-
bine (dam of 4) the greatest speed producing
daughter of A. W. Richmond. The second dam
was Richmoor (grandam of 2 and 1 sire of 3)
by Pasha {full brother to Bay Rose 2:20%); the
third dam was Miss Rowland by A. TV. Richmond.
There is a double infusion of the blood of this
last named sire of speed and gameness in Robert
Direct.
As an individual, Robert Direct is in every "way
worthy of this rich breeding. He is one of the
largest and handsomest of the Direct family,
standing 16 hands and -weighing 1200 pounds. He
has size, style, substance, quality and intelligence.
His disposition is perfect. He has had very little
work, yet has shown eighths in 15 seconds and a
half in 1:04, on a half-mile track. His progeny
cannot be excelled. He has never had an oppor-
tunity to be bred to many standard-bred mares
because there are very few in the district where
he has been, nevertheless, he has Albert Derida
2:14^4, Irma Direct 2:24% and Andy Direct 2:25,
two of these entered the list in 1909. This places
Robert Direct in the position of being the greatest
speed-producing son of Direct that is in California
today. But his list of fast ones to get in the list
has only just commenced. All around Visalia are
to be found the finest looking horses by him, and
as his dam also came from one of the gamest, best-
limbed and most intelligent families, these quali-
ties seem to be transmitted to his progeny with
marvelous uniformity. His service fee has been
placed at the very low fee of $25 for the season.
Best Policy 42378
Mr. R- O. Newman, the owner of Robert Direct,
seeing the need of some representative of the great
Jay Bird family in California, purchased the hand-
some stallion Best Policy 423 7S, in Illinois, and
brought . him to his place, '"The Palms," Visalia.
Best Policy is one of the choicest and most fash-
ionablv-bred stallions in the tinted States. He
was sired by Allerton 2:09^ (sire of 194 in 2:30
list, including such great campaigners as Redlac
2:07%, Charley Hayt 2:06*4, Gen. Forrest 2:0S, and
5 others in 2:10 list), son of Jay Bird (another of
our greatest sires of speed and gameness with 131
in the list to his credit) and Gussie Wilkes (dam
of 2) by Mambrino Boy 846. Exine 2:1S}4. the
dam of Best Policy, was a sister to Exuenite 2:11*4
and Libby Queen 2:15*4, and was by Expedition
•2:15% (sire of Bon Voyage 2:12%. Exalted 2:07,
and 72 others in 2:30), son of Electioneer and Ladv
Russell (sister to Maud S. 2:0S%. etc.) by Harold.
Best Policy's second dam was Euxine (dam of 5
in 2:30) by Axtell (3) 2:12, another of the greatest
sires of earlv and extreme speed and he -was bv
William L. (full brother to Guy "Wilkes 2:15U) out
of Lou by Mambrino Boy. Russia 2:28 by Harold
was Best Policy's third dam; she -was the dam of
one and also full sister to Maud S. 2:0S% and Lord
Russell, sire of Kremlin 2:07%, etc.; the fourth
dam. Miss Russell by Pilot Jr. 12, is one of the
greatest speed foundation mares in the trotting
■world, having 7 in the list, including Nutwood
2:18a4, and 6 of her sons are speed producers,
while her daughters have 13 in 2:30 list. When
it comes to breeding -where is there a stallion in
California his equal? His first, second, third and
fourth dams are all producers of 2:30 performers
and the combination of Geo. Wilkes, Electioneer,
Mambrino Patchen (4 crosses). Harold and Pilot
Jr. blood founded on the very stoutest of thor-
oughbred families in his pedigree, makes him one
of the most valuable stallions ever brought to
this coast. His bloodlines are such that they
■will blend -well with that of any of our brood-
mares. Allerton, his sire, leads all other sires of
Jay Bird in the number he has in the 2:10, 2:20
and 2:30 lists. But Jay Bird's other sons are
making names for themselves also. Ed Winter
2:1234. Jay Hawker, Eagle Bird, Hawthorne, The
Tramp, Larabie the Great, Jack Daw and The
Night Hawk are all great sires. Allerton has
23 sons that are sires and therefore leads all these
Jay Birds in this respect, and none of these sons
BEST POLICY 42378.
is better bred than Best Policy. Best Policy has
all the qualities one could expect from such an
inheritance. He will be five years old this year
and from his splendid conformation, gait, dispo-
sition and determination to do his best, it is Mr.
Newman's intention to give him a record this year.
He is absolutely sound and perfect, is as kind as
a kitten and will make a name for himself second
to no other of his age in California as a sire.
Owners of good mares who -wish to get colts or
fillies that will always bring good prices and be
stake winners whenever given an opportunity
should not neglect this opportunity to breed to
Best Policy. His fee is only $50. Send for tabu-
lated pedigrees of both these stallions to R. O.
Newman, Visalia.
Saturday, February 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
47
6
Y
OF THE
Most Fashionably Bred and
Most Promising
oung
$ta!!i
ions
Ever Brought to the Pacific Coast
Have Been Consigned to
Chase's Pleasanton Sale
Thursday, March 3, '10
By MR. FRANK J. KILPATRICK.
BLACK HALL 48685
Sire, OZONO, son of Moko and
Ozama, (dam of Ozanam 2:07,
etc.), by Director 2:17, sire dams
of John A. McKerron 2:04^, etc.
Dam, MAGGIE YEAZER, dam of
Walnut Hall 2:08(4, sire of The
Harvester 2:06%, and grandam
of Hedgewood Boy 2:02(4 and
Lady Maud C. 2:02i/>, by Red
Wilkes.
Black Hall is eligible to the follow-
ing stakes:
American Horse Breeders' Fu-
turity ?10,000
Kentucky Futurity 21,000
Horse Review Purse 12,500
Horse World Stallion Stake... 7,500
Kentucky Stock Farm Purse.. 6,000
Champion Stallion Stake (est) . 15,000
Matron Stake (est) 10,000
GRANT GONSTANTINE 47666
Sire, CONSTANTINE 2:12/2, sire of
Royal R. Sheldon 2:04%, etc.
(son of Wilkes Boy, sire of York
Boy, (wagon) 2:08%, and sire dam
of Spanish Queen 2:07).
Dam, VIVACIOUS 2:27, dam of Bin-
gen Jr. 2:13%, and Bessie Wilkes
2:17!4, by Bernal 2:17, second
dam Viva (thor) by Three Cheers.
Grant Constantine is eligible to the
following stakes:
Kentucky Futurity $21,000
Matron Stake (est) 10,000
MOKO HALL
Sire, WALNUT HALL 2:08'4, (sire
of The Harvester (3) 2:08% (4)
2:06%), son of Conductor 2:144
and Maggie Yeazer, grandam of
Hedgewood Boy 2:02(4 and Lady
Maud C. 2:02(/2.
Dam, DAUGHTER OF MOKO, the
greaest sire of futurity winners;
second dam by Simmons; third
dam by Almont 33.
OLIVER TODD EUPble to registration
Sire, TODD 2:14%, son of Bingen
2:06(4, and Fanella 2:13 (dam of
Sadie Mac 2:06(4, etc.) by Arion
2:07%.
Dam, OLIVE BRADY (reg.) dam of
Miss Wiggins 2:17%, by Cyclone
2:23(/2, second dam Neoma C, dam
cf 6 in list, by Twilight 315.
Oliver Todd is eligible to the fol-
lowing stakes:
Kentucky Futurity $21,000
Horseman Futurity 15,000
American Horse Breeders' Fu-
turity 10,000
Horse World Stallion Stake 7,500
Kentucky Stock Farm Purse.. 6,000
Matron Stake 10,000
GOV. GONSTANTINE 47665
Sire, CONSTANTINE 2:12^/2, sire of
Masetto 2:08'/^ and six more in
2:10 by Wilkes Boy, sire of 3 in
8:10 and dam of Spanish Queen
2:07 and three more in 2:10.
Dam, NEVADA, dam of 2 in list,
second dam Belle Thome, great
brood mare by Hero of Thorndale,
sire dam of the five-mile cham-
pion Bishop Hero, third dam great
brood mare by Belmont 64, sire of
Nutwood.
btn ALU JAY Eligible to registration
Sire, JAY BIRD, one of the greatest
sons of Geo. Wilkes. Jay Bird has
six in 2:10, and his sons and
daughters are very prominent as
producers of 2:10 performers.
Dam, BLACK ANNIE (registered)
by Bourbon Wilkes, sire of 5 in
2:10 and dams of Audubon Boy
1:59|4. ar|d 6 rnore in 2:10; second
dam by Eastlight 5263, son of
Mambrino Patchen 58; third dam
the dam of Major Flowers 2:21|/4
by Caliban 394.
TERMS.
The above horses will be sold on the following terms:
Cash at time of sale or one-third cash and balance in two
equal payments secured by approved notes due in six and
twelve months. For further particulars address
FRANK J. KILPATRICK,
Hotel Fairmont, San Francisco.
Agents and Correspondents wanted everywhere for the
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Drew the " Mc Murray Sulky (illustrated below) in all
her wonderful performances, the greatest in the world.
The Great Colt Records of the year have proved this sulky to
be unequalled for speed.
Two-year-olds
Native Belle
(2) 2:07% won
the Kentuoky
Futurity; also
the Horse
Review F h-
turity. She
is the fastest 2-
year-old of any
sex in the world
Sue D. ( 2 )
2:15H won the
Classic Lexing-
ton Stake.
H i 1 brooke
Queen (2)2:17^4
won the Blue-
grass Stake.
on Yz mile track in 2:133^.
Baroness Virginia 2: OSJ4 pulled
the entire year on the 3^-mile tracks.
Yearlings :
Every year-
ling that beat
2:30 at Lexing-
ton this year
did so to a " Mc-
Murray" Sulky.
Miss Stokes
(1)2:1% is the
world's cham-
pion yearling of
any sex.
Three-year-olds
Al Stanley (3)
2:11^ ia the
fastest 3- year -
old stallion of
the year over a
mile track, also
a "ATcMurray*' Sulky
Road, Jog and Speed Carts, also Speed Wagons,
manufactured by us hold the same high reputation as our
sulkies. Send for large book (illustrated in colors).
Address
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MARION, OHIO,
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Breeder and Sportsman
$10 Due on Yearlings
Wednesday, March 2, 1910.
Nothing More to Pay Before 1911.
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 9™ $7250
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1908.
Foals born 1909 to trot or pace at two and three years old.
Entries Closed December 1, 1909.
$4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $450 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
93000 for Three- Year- Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two -Year- Old Trotter*.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two- Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
"Winner of Three- Year- Old Trot
■when mare was bred.
$1000 for Three- Year- Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year- Old Pace.
750 for Two- Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace
when mare was bred.
Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again In the three-
year-old divisions.
A Chance for Those Who Failed to Enter.
SUBSTITUTIONS — A few of the original nominators of Pacific Breeders'
Futurity Stakes for foals of 1909 have advised us that, because of barrenness of
the mare or death of the foal, they wish to dispose of their entries. If you own
one or more whose dams you failed to name when entries closed, by making:
the payments due to March 2, 1910, amount ?22, which covers payments to March
1, 1911, the few substitutions to be disposed of will be awarded in the order in
which remittances are received. Prompt attention will secure for you this rich
engagement. Address all communications to the Secretary. ___.
P. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 366 Pacific Bids?., San Francisco, Cal.
E. P. HEALD, President.
ADVERTISE IN THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Februray 26, 1910.
Geo. L. Warlow's Four Stallions
iTHtDOV 2:27, sire of The Donna 2:07%, Athasham 2
Calwa 2:15%, Daken D. 2:16, Casey 2:17%,, „Athby
09 hi. Sue 2:12, Listerine
:21%, Athamax 2:2_2_%_,
dam
Hot
tjispositi
take the lead." is not an idle one and owners of good mares are neglecting
splendid oportunity when they do not send them to him.
ATBABIO 3*1% was by that wonderful sire of spe e d Diab ^*j0»* <**«?$
SHhssz fe js .« as «SS?S
and r«markably level headed. He is bay in color, stands 15% hands and weigns
1100 a.unds.
I-S3HB
of
Gen
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173 is by McKinney 2:1114. out of Avena 2:27 ^ (dam
, f. Mil bT Palo Alto 2:0S%: second dam Astoria (dam of Avena 2.J7) D>
, Benton l?55:th?rd dam Asthore by Kentucky Prince: fourth dam Sheba by
HambleTonian Yo,' fifth dam Queen (trial 2:26) by Hambletonian 2 He is a wt-
nificent reDresentative of the IVilkes-Electioneer cross. He is bred to sire horses
?ha?will have everv qualification: size, color, style, finish, conformation, sub-
stance, gameness, the best of feet and legs and speed.
NOGI 2:10% by Athablo 2:24% out of Cora Wickersham (dam of Athasham
'■09SV by Junto 2 22. bv Electioneer 125; second dam Maud Whippleton (dam of
Bolinas 2*24%) by TThippleton 1SS3: third dam Gladys by Gladiator; fourth dam
Crazy Kate. This is one of the best stallions from a breeders standpoint in
Cal' These' four stallions will make the season of 1910 at my farm, one mile north
of Fresno. G. L. WARLOW, Owner. TERMS, $25 EACH, or either one. Usual re-
turn privilege. Pasturage $3.00 per month.
SIR RODERICK
( "The Handsome." )
Sired by the Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 1380 pounds. Perfect
In conformation stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
c"ass in J?lrV respect If you want to breed a light cab. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
D. V. TRUAX, 1126 Park Ave., Alameda, Cal.
HANCOCK JOHNSON
15) : dam Bonnie Ella
Br Conifer (sire of Bonnie Russell 2:10%— trial 2 -Mfi— Johnnie Trouble 2:15)
dam of Bonnie Russell 2:10^1 by Bonnie McGregor 2:13% (sire of Planet 2:0454. etc.
Will make the Season of 1910 at my ranch. Wi miles north of
Gardon Grove and 3 miles southeast of Anaheim, Cal.
HAXCOCK JOHNSON stands 16 hands and weighs 1200 pounds. Is a hand-
some mahogany bay and is noted for his extreme style and action. A show horse
and a perfect specimen of the trotting bred carnage type. Carries the blood that
'"ts great race horses through ancestors that produced Maud S„ Nutwood,
Cresceus, etc.. backed up by The Moor and AW. Richmond.
Terms 520 for the season; usual return privilege. 530 to insure foal. Best of
care given to mares, but no responsibility for accidents or escapes. Address
A. G. BLOX,
Phone Snb. 321.
Anaheim. Cal.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20^
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:0514, Charley Belden
2-OSy. R W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15%, Sonoma
Boy "2:20, Clipper W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25,
Dennis 2:27%, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11. Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schley B. 2:13%. Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15%,
Jim V. 2:20. Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
PEE, $30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
Charles Whitehead's Stallions.
CLEAR VOYAGE (3) Brown horse by Bon Voyage 2:12% — Carrie Malone, dam of
1 Carrie B 2:18 (dam of Ray o' Light (3) 2:08%) and Mooreland Lass
(dam of Pinkey H. 2:18). (Full sister to Klatawah 2:05%, Wella-
day 2:14. Katrinka G. 2:14%. Chas. Derby 2:20, etc.) by Steinway 2:25%.
540 the season. _ , ,
MAIN GUY by Oro Guy 34192 bv Oro Wilkes 2:11, out of Roseate (dam of 1 sire
of 2) by Sultan 2:24, second dam Inez 2:30 (dam of 1) by The Moor S70,
third dam Katydid by Fireman. Main Guy's dam was Nina B. by
Electioneer 125: second dam Gabilan Maid (sister to Lady Ellen 2:29%
(dam of six) bv Carr's Mambrino). 525 for season.
DELPHI 2:12H< by Director 2:17. dam Etta by Dexter Prince 11363, grandam by
Priam by Hambletonian 725. 525 the season.
Stand at Salinas Race Track. CHAS. WHITEHEAD, Manager.
SQUIRREL MONTROSE 2139
SQX'IRREI, MOXTROSE was sired by Forrest Squirrel (801), World's Fair
first premium three-year-old saddle stallion. Sired by the best sire of saddle and
show horses in the world, Black Squirrel 5S, he by Black Eagle 74. Dam, Kittie
Hughes by Cromwell 73, he by Washington Denmark 64, he by Gaines Denmark 61,
by Denmark, the foundation stallion of the Denmark family of horses.
Squirrel Montrose will take the place of "Monroe McDonald," who won all the
honors at tire State Fair at Sacramento, 1909,
Will make the season in Merced.
SJ20 THE SEASON. Usual return privilege.
JAS. T. RAGSDALE, Owner, Merced, Cal.
ARNER 2:17
Registered No. 31300
ARNER 2:17%
Brother to 6 in 2:30 and 1 dam of 3.
handsome brown stallion by Chas. Derby 2:20 (sire of
Tim Locan (3> 205V> and 37 others in 2:30) out of Bertha {dam of Don Derby
* 0414 Owl 2-07 y4 Derbertha 2:07%. Diablo 2:09%. Demonio 2:11%, Elf 2:12%.
Ed. X^fferty 2:16%, Berenice 2:25%. trial 2:12 and Jay Eff Bee l . 2:26%) by
Alcantara 2:23, second dam Barcena (dam of Bayard Wilkes 2:11%, etc.) by
Bavard 53. son of Pilot Jr. 12: third dam Blandina (dam of 6 producing sons)
by'Mambrino Chief 11, etc. Arner is a full brother to Diablo 2:09% (sire) Der-
bertha 2:07%, Don Derby 2:04% (sire), Ed Lafferty 2:16% and Bertha Derby
(dam of 3 in 2:30 list). His breeding is on a par with any stallion in America,
in his veins is the blood of Electioneer. Geo. Wilkes and Strathmore, three of
the best sons of Hambletonian 10; also that of Katy G., Green Mountain Maid,
Alma Mater, Bertha. Blandina and Abbess, the queens of their respective fami-
lies. Arner has great natural speed, having size, color, style, disposition. Own-
ers of mares should not forget that Arner's sire, Chas. Derby, 2:20 has more
stake winners to his credit than any other stallion in California and his first,
second, third and fourth dams are all in the great broodmare list, so he cannot
fail to transmit the speed he naturally inherits. He "will make the season of
1910 at Chico Race Track. TERMS ?25. Address or apply to
G. B. SIMPSON. Chico Race Track, Chico, Cal.
THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION.
Chestnut Tom 43488
Race Record
4-y.-o. — Trial 2:14.
By Nutwood Wilkes, sire of such great race horses as John A. McKerron
2:04%, fastest trotting stallion in America; Copa de Ora 2:01%, fastest heat win-
ner in 1909, etc. His dam was by the great Director, next dam by the great sire
Nutwood 600.
Will Make the Season of 1910 at 566 Watt St., Emeryville, Cal.,
In care of Dennis Gannon.
Fee $30 for the Season with usual return privilege.
Chestnut Tom is a horse of wonderful strength, fine finish, perfect trotting
action and great speed. Handsome chestnut in color, short back, good bone and
extreme endurance, intelligent and of good disposition. Is a dead game race
horse and a sire of speed and beauty. I will be pleased to show him to intending
breeders at any time. Address
GEORGE T. \LGEO, 3S04 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, Cal.
Phones Piedmont 2372; Home A 1042.
FOR SALE-ZOLOCK 2:051, DELILAH 2:06i
The Administrator of the Estate of Ben Davies, of San Bernardino, Cal., offers
for sale the great stallion Zolock and the mare Delilah.
Zolock 2:05%, a handsome, beautifully proportioned, dark bay stallion, 16
hands high, weight 1200 pounds, is by the great McKinney 2:11%. His dam is
Gazelle 2:11%, by Gossiper 2:14%, bv Simmons 2:28, by George Wilkes 2:22.
Gazelle is dam of Zolock 2:05%, Zephvr 2:07% and Abe Miller 2:17%, etc. Dam
of Gazelle is Gypsie by Gen. Booth 2:30%, by Geo. M. Patchen 30. Gypsie is
dam of Delilah 2:06%, Gazelle 2:11%, Ed. Winship 2:15, Willett (mat.) 2:17 and
Dixie S. 2:27.
Zolock (No. 34471) is the sire of Sherlock Holmes 2:06, Delilah 2:06%, Jose-
phine 2:07%, Bystander 2:07%, R. Ambush 2:09%. Velox 2:09%, Boton de Oro (4)
2:10%, Mc. O. D. 2:11%, Prince Lock (2) 2:1S, Redlock (2) 2:27, and many others
in the list.
Delilah 2:06% is a very fast mare and can win in her class. Her race at
Woodland last year, where she won from Hymettus, Ray o' Light, Solano Boy and
Josephine in straight heats in 2:07%, 2:06% and 2:07% shows something of her
abilities when in condition and well handled. She should pace a mile in 2:02
under favorable conditions.
For additional information or private quotations address
N. A. RICHARDSON, San Bernardino, Cal.
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(Typewritten, Suitable for Framing.)
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete
tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on
back page.
Stallion Cards
Two sides, size 3J£ x 6J4, to fit exvelope.
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FOR SALE---Z0L0CK 2:05i, DELILAH 2:06i
The Administrator of the Estate of Ben Davies, of San Bernardino, Cal., offers
for sale the great stallion Zolock and the mare Delilah.
Zolock 2:05%, a handsome, beautifully proportioned, dark bay stallion, 16
hands high, weight 1200 pounds, is by the great McKinney 2:11%- His dam is
Gazelle 2:11%, by Gossiper 2:14%, by Simmons 2:28. by George "Wilkes 2:22.
Gazelle is dam of Zolock 2:05%, Zephyr 2:07% and Abe Miller- 2:173i, etc. Dam
of Gazelle is Gypsie by Gen. Booth 2:30%. by Geo. M. Patchen 30. Gypsie is
dam of Delilah 2:06%, Gazelle 2:11%, Ed. Winship 2:15, Willett (mat.) 2:17 and
Dixie S. 2:27.
Zolock (No. 34471) is the sire of Sherlock Holmes 2:06. Delilah 2:06%, Jose-
phine 2:07%, Bystander 2:07%, R. Ambush 2:09%, Velox 2:09%. Boton de Oro (4)
2:10%, Mc, O. D. 2:11%, Prince Lock (2) 2:1S, Redlock (2) 2:27, and many others
in the list. Immediate possession can be given.
Delilah 2:06% is a very fast mare and can win in her "class. Her race at
Woodland last year, where she won from Hymettus. Ray o' Light, Solano Boy and
Josephine in straight heats in 2:07%, 2:06% and 2:07H shows something of her
abilities when in condition and well handled. She should pace a mile in 2:02
under favorable conditions.
For additional information or private quotations address
X. A. RICHARDSON, San Bernardino, Cal.
ADVERTISE IN THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.
Saturday, March 5, 1910.]
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Gifford, Lewiston, Idaho
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
BODAKEE 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11& Rush & Haile, Suisun
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles
HARNESS RACING DATES.
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3-8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great "Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4-8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1-5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
HOLD SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION.
The convention was a success.
The credit is mostly due to Secretary W. J. Ken-
ney.
The county fairs will be revived. The horsemen
have said so.
Chas. Derby goes to Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lex-
ington, Kentucky.
Vallejo Boy, Mr. Thos. Smith's good trotter,
stepped a half at San Jose the other day in 1:05.
The Livermore Horse Show will be held next
Saturday, March 12th. A fine exhibition of horses
is expected.
Frank Ruhstaller, of Sacramento, now owns one
of the grandest bred young stallions in California —
Moko Hall.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of George Mar-
tin, brother-in-law of the late Lee Shaner, will he
please advise this office.
Don't fail to attend the Livermore Horse Show
next Saturday, March 12th. There will be a fine
parade of high class horses.
L. R. Palmer of Concord has leased the stallion
Stillwell, full brother to Diablo and Demonio for
the season of 1910, and will place him in service at
Concord.
Hymettus by Zombro took a new record of 2:07%
last year. He is still eligible to the 2:08 class.
Some papers have given his record as 2:07 which
is not correct.
Bonnie McKay, the handsome and fast son of Mc-
Kinney will be taken back to Walla Walla for the
season of 1910 by his owner, Geo. A. Kelly, next
week.
Mr. J. N. Anderson of Salinas has not sold his
mare Delia Derby, as is stated on another page of
this issue, but has simply arranged to send her to
Patchen Wilkes Farm to be bred to the stallion
Peter the Great 2:07%.
Horsemen Organize the California Harness Horse and
Stock Breeders' Association.
The convention of harness horsemen called to meet
in this city on Wednesday of this week by President
W. J. Kenney of the San Francisco Driving Club,
was not only well attended but it was the most rep-
resentative body of horsemen that has met in this
State for years. Delegates were present from as far
south as Los Angeles and as far north as Oroville,
and when called to order in the hall of the Mission
Promotion Association at Sixteenth and Valencia
streets, there were about 75 active delegates in their
seats.
Mr. Kenney called the meeting to order in a brief
speech and read the call for the convention. The
election of temporary officers being in order, Mr.
Kenney was unanimously chosen presiding officer
and Mr. P. S. Higgins elected temporary secretary.
After a little discussion as to the objects of the
meeting, the chair was finally instructed to appoint
a committee of five on permanent organization.
The chair appointed Hon. Geo. L. Warlow of
Fresno, Hon. Ben. F. Rush of Suisun, Sampson B.
Wright of Santa Rosa, F. Matthes and Dr. I. B. Dal-
ziel of San Francisco.
The committee retired and during the interim
Chairman Kenney read a letter he had received from
Mr. A. W. Scott, president of the American Hard-
ware and Steel Association of this city, setting forth
that gentleman's views in regard to the horsemen
and breeders of this State organizing for the pur-
pose of securing legislation that would provide for
the renewal of the county fairs. After reading this
letter the chair called upon Mr. Scott to address the
convention and the gentleman responded at some
length, strongly advising the horsemen to aid the
promotion of good county fairs and good clean horse-
racing without gambling, as the main feature. His
remarks were received with applause.
The committee reported a constitution and by-laws,
which were read and with a few minor changes
adopted. After some little discussion the name of the
organization was decided upon as the California Har-
ness Horse and Stock Breeders' Association. The
initiation fee was placed at $1 and the annual dues
at $1, both payable in advance.
During the discussion of the constitution, remarks
were made by Messrs. A. L. Scott, P. H. McEvoy,
F. J. Kilpatrick, S. B. Wright, Thos. Smith, William
Leech, W. Higginbottom, Frank Liezinger, Geo. L.
Warlow, and several others.
Having adopted the constitution, and the rules to
govern the meetings an adjournment was taken until
8 p. m. for the election of officers and other business.
When the convention reassembled in the even-
ing there was an attendance of over one hundred,
and the business was promptly executed. Officers
were elected as follows:
President, Mr. A. L. Scott of San Francisco.
First Vice-President; Mi. Geo. L. Warlow of
Fresno.
Second Vice-Pres;dent, Mr. W. A. Clark, Jr., of
Los Angeles.
Third Vice-President, Mr. Sampson B. Wright, of
Santa Rosa.
Traesurer, Mr. T. L. Mattheas of San Francisco.
Temporary Secretary, Mr. W. J. Kenney of San
Francisco.
The Executive Committee, which is to transact
the business of the organization is to be composed
of one member from each harness horse associa-
tion or livestock association affiliating with the or-
ganization.
The objects of the organization which were set
forth in the preamble to the constitution are as fol-
lows:
"We, the undersigned, horsemen and stock breed-
ers of California, being aware of the great benefit
bound to accrue to us from united action in the
matter of legislation and otherwise, do hereby asso-
ciate ourselves together for the purpose of foster-
ing our particular interests where possible, obtain-
ing favorable legislation, righting wrongs and guard-
ing with zealous care every feature of the horse in-
dustry.
We believe that proper recognition of our rights
can only be continually secured by such organiza-
tion, and that by it all claims for consideration,
emanating from an authoritative source representa-
tive of our industry, will alone secure such benefits
for it as we believe it to be justly entitled to.
We believe further that such organization will
strengthen a deserving cause, State wide in its in-
terests, and enable it to obtain such legislation as is
required to insure the active growth and develop-
ment of such interests to and for the benefit of all
concerned in this organization.
In consequence of which belief as above ex-
pressed, we do hereby voluntarily adopt a consti-
tution and by-laws, rules and regulations for the
government of this association, and do hereby pledge
our co-operation therein and agree to abide by them."
Over two hundred persons have already signed the
roll, paid the initiation fee and annual dues and
become members of the organization.
The California Harness Horse and State Breeders'
Association starts 'out determined _'to accomplish
something, and as the charter members are men who
are earnest and determined, it is certain that the
objects aimed at will be accomplished. The officials
of the organization expect to have a thousand mem-
bers within a month and five thousand within a year.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
The last two days we have enjoyed real summer
weather and things at Agricultural Park are boom-
ing. The trainers as well as the horses seem to be
experiencing a new lease of life, and are working
with a snap and vim that has been lacking for a
long time. There is quite a gallery every morning
watching the horses work and not a quarter, let
alone a mile, escapes them. One can almost hear the
click of the watches as a horse comes to the wire.
J. B. Tiffin of Vancouver is a constant visitor, not
only in the morning when the horses are working
but in the afternoons as well, in fact whenever he
can find an hour to spare. He is the gentleman
that bought Explosion, Neer Girl and Tough Nut last
year and took them north.
C. A. Canfield the president of the Los Angeles
Driving Club, has been confined to his home by ill-
ness for the last few days but is now on the
straight road to recovery and it will not be long
before he is again seen watching El Volante and
his other colts at work.
I understand that a matinee will be given on the
17th of this month (St. Patrick's Day) and judging
from the one on Washington's Birthday it should be
the best of the season. The horses are rounding to
now and from the number seen every day working
there should be no trouble in getting a large entry
list, including some of the best now in training.
W. R. Murphy is now jogging his stallion. Red
McK. every day on the road and bringing him out
once or twice a week to Walter Maben to work. That
this system suits the son of McKinney and Bonnie
Red by Red Wilkes, is shown by his stepping a nice
smooth mile in 2:17% the week before last and
last week one in 2:18, with the last half in 1:07%.
It will be only a week or two more when the watch
will catch him in 2:15 flat for he has a world of
speed in spots, and the spots are in the last part
of his miles. Several of his get are nominated in
the Canfield-Clark stakes for two-year-olds to be
trotted this fall and they also are doing well.
J. S. Stewart worked W. A. Glascock's filly also
named in the above stake, a mile in 2:42 and the
pacing two-year-old Atlantic Fleet, owned by the
same sportsman, a mile ten seconds faster.
John W. Nickerson's Zombro filly Ethel G. stepped
a mile last week in 2:20%, a drop of four and a
half seconds in her work.
If any trainer deserves credit for his work, it is
Charlie Nickerson, who trains G. M. Vail's string.
Two more unpromising propositions that Pedro and
Belle Pepper when they were turned over to him
ever kept a trainer awake nights worrying. Pedro,
the trotter, was a great big gelding that no sulky
made would fit and a sprawling gaited horse at that
The other, a pacer, had no gait at all, not even
a decent walk, but by systematic work and constant
experimenting with bits, checks and shoes, Nicker-
son has been a mile with the trotter in 2:17%, with
quarters in 31% seconds, and in 2:13% with the
pacer and halves in 1:02%. If he does the same
stunts with Mr. Vail's big touring car, which he also
trains around town, the city will surely be better
off by about a hundred dollar fine.
C. A. Holcomb, who campaigned Phyllis D. through
the Missouri Circuit last season, has an eight-year-
old mare that looks as if she would make a useful
member of his string, in Bonnie Susanne by Conifer
out of Bonnie Ella. She is a big, rangy, up-headed
bay mare with two white hind ankles and is tramp-
ing quarters in 35 seconds and doing it right.
Walter Maben got busy last week and sold to Dan
Finn, an old-time horseman from Wisconsin, the
four-year-old bay gelding by Zombro that I men-
tioned a week or two ago in my letter as such a
good prospect, and his full sister, a year younger,
that has not been broken yet. The four-year-old
showed a quarter in 37 seconds to cart, before he
sold him and looked as if he could have knocked
another one off if he had been asked to. The re-
ported price was $500 for the two. Then Maben
took a pass down the line to where Mrs. Bessie
Hardy had -a mare and some colts stabled and came
back with the whole bunch, the brood mare Bay
Leaf by Telephone and her weanling by Del Coro-
nado, a yearling by the same horse out of Azeto
by Dick T, he by Inca Jr., a two-year-old filly by
Kenneth C. and a two-year-old bay colt by R. Am-
bush 2:09%, dam Azeta. This fellow Maben con-
siders the best two-year-old at the track today and
he certainly has a great speed inheritance on both
sides for Gipsey, Delilah 2:06% and Zephyr 2:07 are
all close up on his dam's side, besides all this he
is a most attractive individual. A condition of the
sale is that the Kenneth C filly shall be named
Bessie B. It is said that when Maben got back
to his barn with them he still had a hundred left
of the $500 he got for the Zombro youngsters.
Jas. S. Stewart's good mare Easter D. 2:13% (at
25 months of age) foaled a bay filly to Zolock last
night. It is a little early to comment on him but
Stewart likes what there is of him.
At last everything is in shape for work to begin
on the improvements at Agricultural Park. The
lease of the track, stand and stables to C. A. Can-
fie-ld, representing the Los Angeles Driving Club,
and Wm. A. Clark, Jr.. representing the Los Angeles
Harness Horse Association, those two gentlemen
to choose a third, is all drawn up and awaiting their
signatures which will be affixed as soon as Mr.
Canfield gets down town again. The maitnee on the
17th will wind up racing over the present track and
by April 1st all the horses will be stabled out at
Santa Anita till the new track and buildings are
completed. JAMES.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 5, 1910.
LUTE LINDSAY RECALLS OLD TIMES.
Recollections of numerous good horses that came
to the Willamette Valley in early days, and their
influence on the horses of Oregon up to the present
time, have come to me as the result of reading a
communication by George H. Himes in a recent num-
ber of the Rural Spirit, writes the veteran trainer,
Lute Lindsay, in the Portland Oregonian.
Mr. Himes, at the close of an article that was
very interesting to me, and in which he goes back
to the days of Lewis and Clark, suggests that some of
the other old settlers give their recollections of the
horses that came to Oregon with the early settlers.
As I came to Oregon in 1S52 and have lived in the
State a great deal of the time since, and have
trained and raced a great many Oregon bred horses,
I fancy I know something about them.
A preference and liking for the horse over other
dumb brutes, I think, was natural to me as long as
I can recollect anything. My father nicknamed me
"horse" and always called me that. It was a habit
of my father to name his horses, cattle, dogs, etc,
from some individual peculiarity about them, so I
think it was because I showed so much interest in
horses was the reason he called me "horse."
I think it is an erroneous notion that some people
seem to have that there was no good blood in the
horses of Oregon at or about the time of the first
settling of the country. There were several thor-
oughbreds, of very nearly thoroughbreds, came to
Oregon in the '40s and '50s. There was Lumox,
Tamarlane, Marshal. Humboldt. Savage's George and
there were some others I don't quite call to mind
now of about the same line of breeding. That is the
kind of blood Kentucky and some other States
started with that are now to the front as producers
of the fastest and best harness horses in the world.
The acknowledged, real fountain head of our "great
American trotter" that is being sought after now by
many foreign countries was Messenger, a strictly
English thoroughbred. I don't advocate going back
to the thoroughbred to get the high-class harness
horses we have today, but the thoroughbred was the
fountainhead of them just the same. I merely want
to emphasize what I think is a fact — that consider-
able of that blood was a good thing to start with in
Oregon 40 or 50 years ago.
Along in the 60s there were several Morgan stal-
lions that were good ones came to the State. I refer
to Vermont, Paul Jones, Fly-by-Xight, Emigrant,
Comet, Challenge, Pathfinder. Champion Knox and
Eph Maynard. The last horse I brought here, raced
him two seasons and gave him a record of 2:40 in
1872. He was the first horse to get so low a record
as that in Oregon.
I drove Parrott to a record of 2:26. He was by
the Morgan horse, Vermont, dam by Comet, another
Morgan. Parrott was the first horse in Oregon to
beat 2:30 — his record of 2:26 was made in the ninth
heat in a race.
The first Oregon horse to trot in 2:20 was Jane L.
by Hambletonian Mambrino. Her first dam was by
Paul Jones, second dam by Oregon George. I took
Jane L. to California and raced her one season. She
beat all the horses racing in California that year.
She won a nine-heat race at San Jose. I also won a
nine-heat race at Oakland, Cal., with Blue Mountain
Boy, over 30 years ago. He was sired by the Morgan
horse Vermont.
I mention the winning of those nine-heat races with
Oregon-bred horses that had the blood of the old,
early day Morgan horses in them. Jane L. and Par-
rott had the blood of the early day thoroughbred
blood that came to Oregon, mentioned above. Par-
rott's grandam was by Lumox. Another credit mark
for the Oregon Morgan horse Vermont is that he
sired the grandam of Sweet Marie, with a record
of 2:02. Pathfinder sired the dam of Altao that
was a sensational horse back East 10 or 12 years
ago, taking a mark of 2:0914 and winning many
hard fought races.
Pearl Fisher, 2: IS, took her record here in Oregon
a long time ago in the hands of Samuel Casto, when
a mark as low as that was considered sensational
in Oregon. Her grandam was by Patchfinder.
As I am taking up much valuable space in this ram-
bling history of old-time Oregon horses. I will close
by reference to one other Oregon horse that came
from the old-time Oregon Morgan Fly-by-Xight,
through the female line. His name was Vision. He
was a remarkable horse for stamina and endurance.
He won three three-in-five races with him in four
days at Boise City, Idaho, some five or six years
ago. What is remarkable, he got his record for the
year in the last heat of the last race, 2:12%, which
was the record for the track up till this fall, when
I believe it was beaten by some other horse.
In the last 20 or 25 years there have been a great
many finely-bred horses in the direct male line from
"Hambletonian 10." Some stallions that have stood
here in the last few years are as good as there are
in the United States, and when we say that, it is
equivalent to saying as good as there are in the
world. McKinney, Zombro, Diablo, Alexis, Antrim,
and many others of the most fashionable breeding.
Oregon should from this time on, have as good
horses as there are anywhere. The State of Wash-
ington, too, should be right with us. In order to
bring this industry out as it should be the manage-
ment of the different fair and racing associations
should arrange their programs and announce what
they p-opose to do for the coming season as soon
as possible, so that owners and trainers of harness
horse? in Oregon can get ready to meet the many
good worses that are pretty sure to come here to
contend for the large purses that will probably be
offered again this year.
I predict that the Washington State Fair will be
a record-breaker the coming season. My principal
reason for making this prediction is this: I under-
stand that J. W. Pace, who was so very successful
in managing the Montana State Fair for several
years, will be in charge.
It is almost sure that the great Spokane Fair will
be in the circuit again this year. The people that
manage that fair surely know how. They have now
at that place one of the best, if not the best, half
mile track in the country. The half-mile tracks are
becoming very popular now with the horsemen, as
they always have been with the general public. I
believe if the Oregon State Fair would build good
half mile tracks inside of their racing mile ones, and
do most of the racing on them at their fairs, they
would be reimbursed the first season for the ex-
penses of making them.
In conclusion I will say that I think the manage-
ment of the Oregon State Fair makes a great mistake
in not allowing horses to be kept and trained on
their track during the winter season. If I had the
space and time I think I could give reasons that
would even convince the Oregon State Fair manage-
ment that it would be best for all concerned to allow
that privilege to all free of charge.
FRESNO CITY DRIVING CLUB.
With favorable weather, a good track and a fair
attendance the Fresno City Driving Club held an
afternoon of harness racing last Sunday which fur-
nished excellent entertainment for those who at-
tended. Five races were finished and while no very
fast time was made, the speed shown was very cred-
itable for horses that have not had anything but mild
work thus far in the season. Each race was mile
heats, best two in three. Dr. D. L. Bachant captured
the leading honors by driving the fastest heat of
the day, when he won the Class A pace with David
St. Clair in straight heats in 2:17% and 2:19. The
only split heat race was the Class B pace which
went to Georgie Z, a daughter of Lynwood W. driven
by J. W. Zibhell, after Mr. Eberhart had taken the
first heat with Dolly T. The results of the races
were as follows:
First, race, Class A pace:
Lady R., br. m. by Colonel K. R. ( M. B. Sweeney) 2 2
David St. Clair, blk. g., by Howard St. Clair (D.
L. Bachant) 1 1
Time 2:17,%, 2:19
Navajo, ch. s., by Dexterwood (J. Boling) 1 1
Miss French, b. m., by Teheran (J. B. Frineha-
boy) 2 2
Ateka, b. m., by Athasham (Bachant) 3 3
Time— 2:26, 2:26.
Third race, Class B. pace:
Georgie Z., b. m., bv Linwood W. (J. W. Zib-
bell) 2 1 1
Oleander, b. m. (S. C. Walton) 3 3 2
Dollie T„ b m., by Stormy John (C. G. Eber-
hart) 1 2 3
Anona, r., bv Prince Almont (W. O. White).. 4 4 dr
Time— 2:20, 2:19, 2:20.
Rocky, r., Strathway (O. A. Longley) 3 3
Don W., by Easton March (F. Guy Waterman) . .2 2
Foxy, s„ by Boodle (John Suglian) 1 1
Athablo Chief, b. h., by Athablo (W O. White) . .4 4
Time— 2:46, 2:46%.
Fifth race, two-year-old trot:
Buster, b., by Tom Smith (John Suglian) 2 2
Sister, b., by Tom Smith (J. W. Zibbell) 1 1
FROM MARYSVILLE.
The Yuba and Sutter Driving Club held its annual
meeting last Saturday evening and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Dr. J. L. Sullivan; vce-
president, H. H. Dunning: secretary, Frank Poole:
treasurer, J. Stewart. Drectors, Geo. Magrudder,
Judge E. P. McDaniels, John Giblin, B. L.Gregory, W.
Welch.
It was deeded to try and get a date on the Cali-
fornia Circuit this year. The opinion of the club
members is that the dates in this northern section
should permit Marysville. Chico, Woodland and Sac-
ramento to hold their meetings in the order named.
Marysville does not want the week just before the
State Fair.
The club decided to hold a two days meeting on
July 2d and 3d, in addition to the meeting on the
circuit.
When the Yuba and Sutter Driving Club took hold
of Knight Park they undertook a pretty good sized
job, for the track was in poor condition and the
grounds and buildings were going to the bad rapidly.
This association has spent a lot of money in bring-
ing the park up to a state of perfection and today
there is no better racing park in the State of Califor-
nia. The buildings have been repaired and the club
sees to it that every thing is kept in apple pie order.
The track is constantly being worked and a number
of horsemen daily use the track for speeding.
Mr. M. A. Henry has sold his colt William S., trial
2:14% on a half mile track as a two-year-old, for
about $2500 to Mr. William Brittenfield of Wichita,
Kansas, who has marked three horses below 2:10 on
half mile tracks. He wiil race this son of Sir John
S. 2:04% this year and expects to give him a low
mark.
PATCHEN WILKES FARM GETS DELLA
DERBY 2:11i/2.
Mr. J. N. Anderson of Salinas has sold his black
mare Delia Derby to Mr. W. E. D Stokes, proprietor
of Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, and
she will soon be shipped there and bred to Peter the
Great 2:07%
Delia Derby is a young mare, being but seven
years old this spring. She was bred by Mr. Anderson
and foaled at Salinas.
Chas. Whitehead took her to train for the Pacific
Breeders' Futurity, and she started in the division
of that stake for two-year-old trotters in 1905. She
was a sick filly, but got second money. The follow-
ing year she won the three-year-old division of the
same stake, defeating Lida Carter, Prince McKin-
ney and Silver Hunter, her fastest heat in 2:17%.
The following week she beat Silver Hunter, Prof.
Heald and Red Blossom in the Occident Stake in
slower time, her winnings out of her two starts that
year being about $2500. Chas. Whitehead drove her
in all these races. In 190S Mr. Whitehead raced her
on the Pacific Coast circuit and gave her a mark of
2:11% in a race at Salinas.
While a mare of a highly nervous disposition when
in training, she was not so when used on the road.
Her best races were when the heats were split and
there were few that could trot longer or faster than
she without tiring. She has two minute speed at
times, and as she is perfectly sound and her game-
ness proverbial, she should be a great brood mare
when sent to the court of Peter the Great.
Delia Derby's breeding is very choice for a brood-
mare. Her sire is Charles Derby 2:20, her dam
Nora D. 2:22% by Del Sur (son of The Moor and
Gretchen by Mambrino Pilot) second dam Juana by
Crichton, thoroughbred son of imported Glencoe. Her
purchase by Mr. Stokes was effected through Mr. F.
J. Kilpatrick, who, while he conducted the negotia-
tions from a sick bed, has secured what should prove
to be one of the best brood mares that ever left Cali-
fornia. The picture on the front page of this issue
was made from a photograph of Delia Derby, taken
in 1907 when she was a four-year-old.
SAN BERNARDINO HORSEMEN BANQUET.
Subscribe for The Breeder and Sportsman.
After the very successful matinee held at San Ber-
nardino on the 22d of last month, a report of which
was printed in this paper last week, the San Ber-
nardino Driving Club gave a banquet at which horse-
men from Hemet, Riverside, and other cities were
present.
During the evening there was considerable talk
of organizing a circuit to race at Redlands, Riverside,
Hemet, San Bernardino and San Diego each year.
This was proposed for the reason that it has been
demonstrated that it is almost impossible for either
of these towns to make a success of a grand circuit
meet on account of the great expense, but it is
thought that a smaller circuit for smaller purses
could be handled in good shape and that the best
horses in the counties named would in that way
be called out.
Many other things were proposed that will go a
long way in rousing interest in the contests, but no
official action was taken, as the affair was purely a
social function prepared by the local horsemen in
honor of the visitors.
The banquet itself was a delightful one, the menu
being of the kind to tempt the least hungry. The
tables were arranged into one long board and was
prettily decorated with violets and red carnations,
while music was furnished all through the repast. At
the conclusion of the many courses President J. H.
Kelley called on a number of the visitors for short
talks, and also on Secretary Thomas Holmes of the
local association. Mr. Holmes was highly compli-
mented, both by the visiting and resident horsemen,
for the way in which he handled the meet on Tues-
day, as well as others in the past.
The following were at the banquet: J. H. Kelley,
Thomas Holmes, W. A. Shaw, W. F. D. Allen, George
Rathbun, R. A. Brouckman. J. L. Miller, Al McRae,
J. H. Poole, Opie L. Warner, Edward Wall, William
Rourke, J. H. Barton, E. Rittler of San Bernardino,
H. G. Stanley, Axel Nelson, B. E. Stephenson, F. S.
Pond of Riverside, C. H. Thomas, J. E. Fairchild, G.
W. Bonnell, Redlands; J. A. Senteny, F. H. Hollo-
way, William Stewart, Hemet
o
The Horsemen's Association of San Diego held
matinee racing at the Sweetwater half-mile track on
February 22d which was attended by at least 1000
people. While the horses were in no condition to go
along very fast, there was some good racing and sev-
eral close finishes. Results:
Free-for-all trot:
Wanna G. (H. Gilman) 1 1
Wild Girl (J. C. Wallace) 2 2
Time— 2:35%, 2:35%.
Free-for-all pace.
Ebony W. (H. Fenters) 1 1
Dewey (J. Stratham) .-; 2 2
Trix (E. Pidgeon) 3 3
Time— 2:27%, 2:42%.
2:50 class trot:
Hod Carrier (S. Brown) 1 1
Loki (C. T. Chadwiek) 2 2
Time— 2:50, 2:49%.
Green Pace:
Robert W. (R. Brown) 1 4 1
Leola M. (A. McKibben) 3 1 3
Alert W. (J. Cross) 4 2 2
Bill Bailev (F. Edwards) 2 3 4
Time— 2:38%, 2:45, 2:39.
Saturday, March 5, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
| NOTES AND NEWS I
A two-year-old filly by Peter the Great brought
$1500 at the Chicago sale.
The Kentucky winter auction of trotters, pacers,
and saddle horses was held February 14-19, at Lex-
ington. Altogether 427 head sold for an average of
$331.50. - '
Col. Price of this city, has recently sold to Dr.
Calmes of Melrose, a very handsome three-year-old
by Kinney Lou 2:07%, dam Palo Belle by Palo Alto
2:08%.
Golden Gate 2:1S%, he of the ability to race at
either gait, was sold at auction at Lexington last
month and brought $270. He is by Bay Bird and
is now thirteen years old.
Mr. H. C. Ahlers of this city has purchased from
Mr. Martin a mare by Gossiper 2:14%, dam by
Wyoming Chief, and will drive her on the road. She
is a fast natural trotter.
The Michigan State Fair and races will be held
at Detroit, September 19 to 23. A purse list totaling
$28,000 will be given, writes Secretary I. H. Butter-
field, with classes to suit the campaigning horsemen.
There was a big falling off in the list of nomi-
nations to the California State Fair Futurity this
year. Stake No. 1 closed February 1st, 1909, with
265 nominations, while Stake No. 2, which closed
the first of February this year, had but 142.
We have received word from Mr. Thos. Holmes,
Secretary of the San Bernardino Driving Club that
the time made in the 2:25 class trot won by Larry
Kinney on February 22d was 2:20% and 2:22. The
report printed gave the time of the first heat as 2:30.
The 7000 acres owned by W. E. Gerber, the Sacra-
mento banker, located on Battle creek, and Paynes
creek in Tehama county, will be devoted to horse
and mule breeding in the future.
O. E. Folk, of Boone, Iowa, has located at Albu-
querque, New Mexico, and will engage in breeding
and training trotting horses. He took the stallion
Pactolus 2:12% with him.
Elmo Montgomery has the fast pacer Solano Boy
2:07% in his string at Pleasanton. If there are
classes enough this pacer will be raced on the coast
this year again. He is owned by Mr. C. J. Uhl, of
Vacaville.
Livermore will have its annual horse show again
this yeaT, and there should be an especially strong
showing of yearling and weanling draft colts, as
several high class horses have stood in that valley
during the past two years.
The exports of horses from the United States for
1909 reached a total of 23,428 valued at an average
of $142 or a total of $3,334,455. Most of the horses
went to Canada, "the valuation on them reaching a
total of $2,442,708. Mexico was second with a valua-
tion of $312,862 on horses from the United States and
Great Britain third, taking horses valued at $239,977.
A. C. Pennock arrived in New York City from Lon-
don, England, on February 15, with the racing stable
owned by the well known sportsman, Louis Winans.
Among the horses was the American Trotting Derby
winner, Allen Winter 2:06%, and he attracted a lot
of attention from the crowd of horsemen present to
greet Trainer Pennock on his return to his native
land.
Secretary H. J. Kline announces that early closing
purses amounting to $19,000 have been decided upon
by the Furniture City Driving Club for the meeting
at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 19 to 22, as follows:
The Furniture Manufacturers' purse, $10,000, for 2:12
trotters; the Comstock purse, $5000, for 2:06 class
pacers; the Grand Rapids Street Railway purse,
$2,000, for 2:20 class trotters; the I. M. Smith purse,
$2,000, for 2:14 class pacers.
In the catalogue of the Chicago Sale, the mare
Belle MeKinney 2:25 was given as by McKinney
2:11%, dam Mission Bell by Memo. Mr. John Rowan,
of Stockton, who bred Belle McKinney, writes us that
Mission Bell is by St. Nicholas, and not by Memo.
St. Nicholas and Memo are both sons of Sidney.
Mr. Rowan has just sold a half sister of Belle Mc-
Kinney to Mr. F. Malcolm of Fresno, who consigned
Belle McKinney to the Chicago Sale.
The Sonoma Valley Driving Club held a meeting
last week to arrange for a spring race meeting at its
track near the historic old town of Sonoma. After
several committees had been appointed to take the
matter up and report fully at the next regular meet-
ing, the club members, about thirty in number, sat
down to a banquet that was most thoroughly enjoyed.
M. E. Cummings presided as toast-master, and every
member responded to a toast during the evening.
Eva Thompson, a three-year-old filly by J. J. Au-
dubon, dam Tillie Thompson, dam of the world's
champion yearling Miss Stokes 2:19%, brought $725
at the Chicago sale last week. Walter Moore, of
Charleston, Illionis, is her new owner.
Quite a number of California trainers have ex-
pressed the intention of racing on the tracks east of
the Rocky Mountains this summer. Those who may
go if their horses are fast enough are W. G. Durfee,
Fred Ward, Walter Maben, Chas. De Ryder, Henry
Helman and one or two more. May they all come
back with big fat pocket books.
Our imports of horses in 1909 are shown by the
report of the Treasury Department to have reached
a total value of $2,905,929. This is more than twice
the total value of horses imported in 1908, when the
official valuation was $1,435,315, and shows a great
advance over the high prosperity year of 1907, when
the valuation was placed at $1,835,535. Last year
the horses coming from France were valued at 34
per cent of the total, those from Great Britain at 19
per cent, Canada 21 per cent and all other countries
26 per cent.
Ed Benyon has severed his connection with the
Dromore Stock Farm, Port Huron, Mich., and will
train a public stable again this season. For some
time it has been known that Benyon would probably
not work for George Moore another year, but it was
not until recently that the former Lexington trainer
made it known that he had started out on his own
hook. Roy Miller of Lexigton will succeed Benyon
and has signed a contract to wrork for three years.
The beautiful Ingleside race track property, which
has been used since the fire of 1906 to house the
sick and needy that were formerly cared for at the
San Francisco County Hospital, is soon to be cut up
into lots and placed on the market. It is understood
that the club house will be left in its present loca-
tion and that the grand stand, stables, fences, etc.,
will all be removed at once. It will make a fine resi-
dence district
A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., proprietor of Newbeek
Farm, should be a futurity winner this or in coming
seasons. For the American Horse Breeders' Futurity
he has nominated The Leading Lady 2:07, Tuna
2:08%, Hazel Kinney 2:09%, Electric Maiden 2:12,
American Belle 2:12, Grace A. 2:12%, Ettie L.
2:12%, Twenty-third, dam of Sterling McKinney
2:06%, Excella, sister to Esther Bells 2:08%, all in
foal to Zombro 2:11, and Miss Griffith 2:14% by
Bonnie Direct 2:05%, in foal to Moko.
Larry Kinney, the trotter owned by William Rourke
that won the last race of the day at the San Bernar-
dino matinee, trotting a heat in 2:20%, is a full
brother to the mare Hazel Kinney 2:09%, being by
McKinney 2:11%, dam Baby Gift by Christmas.
Larry Kinney has come to his speed fast and his
win in such fast time was quite a surprise. Hazel
Kinney is now owned by Mr. A. B. Coxe af Paoli, Pa.,
and is being used as a broodmare. She, like her
full brother, is a very handsomely proportioned trot-
ter, and in her racing days was considered a much
faster mare than her mark implies.
Charles Dean, the well known trainer of Palatine,
111., sold last week for a patron the trotting stallion
Dulce Jay 2:09%, to a resident of Vienna, Austria,
the horse starting for his new home at once. Dulce
Jay is a big horse, roan in color, taking after his
sire, Jay Bird. The dam of Dulce Jay, a daughter
of Baron Wilkes, also produced the grand circuit
trotter, Dulce Cor, 2:08%, and it was the combina-
tion of fashionable blood lines, added to the speed
that enabled the horse to take a record under 2:10
the first season he was campaigned, that attracted
the foreign buyers. Dulce Jay is sound, and his ex-
portation adds one more to the already long list of
classy American trotters that have gone to Austria.
Mr. W. E. Rushing of Dinuba, Tulare County, has
leased the stallion Major Dillon 39588 from Frank
Turner of the Santa Rosa Stock Farm and will place
him in the stud at the Sultana race track, near Di-
nuba, where he should be a very popular horse.
Major Dillon is by Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon
l:5Sy2, etc., and his dam is Maud Fowler 2:21%, dam
of Sonoma Girl 2:05% and several others, by Anteeo
2:16%, son of the great Electioneer, second dam
Eveline, the great broodmare by Nutwood. This is a
combination of the greatest producing blood in the
country and Major Dillon should sire extreme speed
with proper opportunity. There is a good track at
Dinuba that is something more than a half mile in
circumference, and about thirty-five good box stalls.
Macaado & Costa, proprietors of the Kings County
Stables at Hanford, have purchased from R. O. New-
man, the pacing stallion Robert Direct and expect to
race him this year. Robert Direct is now nine years
old, having been foaled in 1901. He is standard and
registered and a very well bred horse. His sire is
Direct 2:05% and his dam Daisy Basler by Robert
Basler, grandam by Pasha. Robert Direct is the sire
of Albert Direda 2:14%, Andy Direct 2:25 and Irma
Direct 2:24%. As a three-year-old Robert Direct
paced a half mile in 1:04%, snowing he has plenty of
speed, but he has never been trained regularly or
raced.
Unable to secure stall room at Macon, Jim Gat-
comb will take his string of Audubon Boy colts to the
Jewettville covered track for late winter and early
spring training.
The Woodland Driving Club is arranging for a big
floral festival and race meeting on Saturday, April
23d. It is proposed to hold the floral festival and
parade in the forenoon, prizes to be given for the
best decorated horses, carriages, automobiles, etc.,
and to have harness and running racing at the Wood-
land track in the afternoon, the day's festivities to
wind up with a grand ball in the evening.
There are signs that the California State Fair will
this year be greater than ever. The board of direc-
tors have already started at work in earnest and are
providing many attractions and aiming to have a big
exposition of all the State's products. There will be
many new attractions this year, not the least of which
will be the bird men with their flying machines, the
Sacramento valley being an ideal place for them to
maneuver. The speed committee propose offering a
fine program of harness races and there are many
person who would like to see purses offered for run-
ners too.
The Monterey Agricultural Association has decided
to hold a fair and race meeting again this year and
at a meeting held at Salinas last Saturday, which
was attended by about twenty-five members of the
organization, it was agreed that premiums would
be offered for a display of livestock and other pro-
ducts of the county, and that a program of harness
and running races would also be given. Messrs. A.
J. Zabala, W. E. Norris, Robert Garside, Conrad
Storm and J N. Anderson were appointed as a com-
mittee to revise the by-laws of the association and it
was decided to increase the membership roll by the
admission of twenty-five new life members. A sub-
scription committee was appointed to raise funds
for the fair this year. Those appointed on this com-
mittee were G. S. Abbott, J. R. Hebbron, C. Z. Hebert,
J. P. Nichols and Iver Cornett.
There are nearly two hundred head of trotters and
pacers in training at Los Angeles, and quite a num-
ber are threatened with speed. Will Durfee has
about thirty head at work, among which are Copa
de Oro 2:01%, Carlokin, public exhibition, 2:05%,
record, 2:08%; Margin 2:05%. Directum Penn
2:12%, Zulu Belle 2:16%, winner of last year's
Futurity, and others. The conditions for training
have been exceptionally good at Los Angeles this
winter and the green horses and young prospects are
pretty well along in their work. Two green pacing
mares worked from the half home in 1:02 Saturday
last. The Del Coronados are showing especially well;
this horse has three green trotters at the track that
have been quarters in 31 seconds or better this win-
ter. Two of these horses are four-year-olds and
impress all horsemen as the making of really great
trotters.
The Chico Driving Club propose holding a matinee
meeting on the 17th instant, St. Patrick's day. As
the horses have had very little work at this season
of the year, half mile heats will be the rule. Among
the horses that will probably start in the fastest
race of the day will be Chiquito, driven by W. J.
Miller, Seymow M., driven by Sanborn. The Ice
Man piloted by E. A. Jackson, and W. S. Kerr's un-
named pacer, driven by Wesley Bennett. All these
horses are pacers and can cover a half mile in better
than 1:05 almost any day. In addition to this race
there will be a special trot between J. G. Wannok's
Gladys Moore and W. J. O'Connor's Lady Alice, also
a race for buggy horses in which Messrs. Ivan Bell,
Wesley Bennett, C. Helphenstine, J. B. Webber, Al-
bert Wahl and Thomas Stiles will drive their own
horses. A running event at a half mile may also
be given. The Chico track is in fine order at the
present time.
BAKERSFIELD ITEMS.
Dr. Sears, the well known veterinarian of Bakers-
field, states that his Washington McKinney stallion
Donello has wintered well, has grown and rounded
out into fine form and is a handsome horse. Two
very tempting offers for him have been declined,
and his owner firmly believes he will reach a mark
of 2:10. Donello knows nothing but trot and can
show very fast. Dr. Sears' old Nutwood mare Evi-
line, dam of Ole 2:10% and many others, and also
grandam of Sonoma Girl 2:05%, etc., is in foal to
Donello. She is in fine order this winter.
Mr. E. M. Roberts, a retired cattle man of Tulare
county, has three fine prospects that show speed
and will be fast trotters when fully broken.
Dr. Sears has about twelve head in training in
charge of the old veteran "Whispering" Johhny Don-
ahue, who has as assistant J. P. Kelly, who was
formerly in the employ of the late Martin Carter at
Nutwood Stock Farm.
•The Doctor's mare Belle W.. dam of Bolivar 2:00%,
is being stinted to Henry Helman's Jay Bird stallion
Alconda Jay this spring. She did not foal to Way-
land W. 2:12% last year.
Mr. Chas. Ruedy, a well-to-do dairyman of the
Panama District, Tulare connty, has recently pur-
chased from Blair & Lawton of Kansas City, Mis-
souri, an imported "Blue Bird" Jack, paying $1500
cash for him. This jack is a splendid type, a good
large-boned fellow, and was imported from the island
of Malta.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 5, 1910.
FROM SAN JOSE.
In Jack Phippin's stable is Debutante, three-year-
old trial 2:19% by Kinney Lou 2:07%, dam Athene
2:22, by Director Prince, that Mr. Crippen trained
as a two and three-year-old. This young mare ran
out during her four-year-old form, is now big and
strong, greatly improved in looks and way of going,
has lots of speed and looks to me like a coming
2:10 trotter, for her sire, Kinney Lou. Her two-year-
old half brother by Bon Voyage also in the same
stable is a likely youngster and has been a quarter
in 37% seconds. Their dam, Athene, has a yearling
full sister to Debutante that is much better looking
and better developed at the same age than were
the others. This daughter of Dexter Prince should
make a great brood mare as she was a fast trotter
herself, as was also her dam, Athena 2:15%, by
Electioneer, her next dam was Ashby, also dam of
Aria (3) 2:16% (winner of the Occident) by Gen.
Benton, next dam a thoroughbred daughter of Ash-
land, son of imported Glencoe. Athene is now in
foal to Alconda Jay.
Jack has a three-year-old colt by the Palo Alto
Stock Farm's McKena. son of McKinney 2:11%, and
Helena 2:11%, by Electioneer that is not only a
great bred colt but will make a fast trotter; his
dam is a daughter of the great Nutwood Wilkes,
second dam Novelist (2) 2:27, dam of Novelo 2:19%
by Norvel 2:14%, third dam Elsie, dam of 5, by Gen.
Benton, fourth dam Elaine 2:20, dam of 5, by Mes-
senger Duroc, fifth dam the great mother of trot-
ters, Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9. This colt's
dam I consider the best bred young brood mare in
the state in great brood mare lines and early speed
producing lines. Mr. Phippen's fast pacing gelding
El Sidelo, by Owyhee 2:11, dam by Diablo 2:09%
is in fine form and with no bad luck this year
will be a 2:07 pacer without boots or straps. In the
same stable is a five-year-old black stallion called
Bonnie Derby by Bonnie Direct 2:05% dam by Chas.
Derby 2:20, that is a nice young trotter and is
bred to make a fast horse and is a very handsome
one. I am sorry to state that Jack's health is not
good and while he is able to do his training, like
the rest of us, he don't feel well when he's sick.
There are many good Bon Voyage colts in the
country. Everybody knows that Ted Hayes has
several in his stable, all good ones; but there is one
and his name is Bon McKinney; he is Ted's own
property. If he were mine I would not give him
for all the rest of the two-year-olds I have seen
this year, or all I haven't seen. He is a beautiful
cherry bay with black points, no white, smoothly and
strongly made in every particular, with the best
of limbs and feet, trots in a 6 ounce shoe in front
and is a perfect gaited, rapid going line trotter, that
is bound to make a sensationally fast one. The
other day Mr. Hayes jogged him a couple of miles,
turned him around and let him step down to the
half in 1:14, pulled him up and jogged home. He
then jogged to the half slow, pulled open the valve
at that point and the best son of Bon Voyage simply
romped home in 1:12%. With all his other high
class qualities I do not think I can excite an argu-
ment with anyone when I state that this precocious
youngster is also the best bred son of his sire. His
first dam is Daphne McKinney, full sister to Yo-
landa 2:14%, by the great McKinney; his second
dam is La Moscovita, dam of Tolanda 2:14% and
W. E. Detels' great colt Bon Guy (also by Bon Voy-
age) that trotted a mile last summer as a two-year-
old in 2:24, and a half in 1:07 barefooted, by Guy
Wilkes 2:15%, sire of 4 in 2:10 and the dam of the
world's champion yearling trotter Miss Stokes
2:19%; third dam Moscova 2:28%, dam of Mamie
R. (3) 2:15% and Ora Belmont 2:15%, by Belmont
64; fourth, fifth and sixth dams are by Woodford
Mambrino 2:21, Edwin Forest and Tom Teemer and
are all producers of trotting speed. There never
was a great trotting sire that did not sire one or
more colts superior to himself and in Bon McKin-
ney, Bon Voyage has sired a colt that is a better
gaited trotter, will make a faster trotter, a better
looking horse and as he is also better bred should
make a greater sire. There are many of the get of
the great Zombro in the State, there is hut one at
San Jose. Ed Dowling is working him and some
day when the signs are right he will show the rail-
birds (there are not many of those birds at San
Jose) that he is a worthy son of a great sire. He is
a big slashing 16-hands, four-year-old out of Ella
J., full sister to Waldo J. 2:08 by Bob Mason 2:27,
next dam by A. W. Richmond and third dam by Gen.
Taylor. Although his breeding on the maternal side
is not the most fashionable up to date, it is very
strong and there is no danger than San Felipe will
even stop by the wayside.
A new addition to the ranks of trotting horse men
in this section of the State is Mr. Henry Imhof, for-
merly of San Francisco, now a resident of San Jose.
Mr. Imhof is the owner of two very handsome and
highly bred sons of Kinney Lou 2:07%. They are
a three-year-old and yearling, full brothers, and are
registered as Prince Del Monte and Prince Malone.
Nothing but bad luck will ever prevent these young-
sters from making fast trotters. Their dam is Prin-
cess Bessum by Egyptian Prince, sire of Elsie P.
2:24, next dam Carrie Malone, sister to Klatawah
2:05% and Chas. Derby 2:20. Mr. Imhof owns this
mare as well as the five-year-old mare Delia Lou (3)
2:27%, the first of the get of Kinney Lou to take a
record; t'.is young mare has shown enough to justify
the belie* that she would make one of the fastest and
best of t'le get of Mr. Doble's great horse.
i Mi Doble's stable is a fast pacer that was not
sired by Kinney Lou, but by the mighty race horse,
Searchlight 2:03%; his dam was Ruth C. by Guide
2:16%, son of another mighty race horse and sire of
race horses, the great Director 2:17. Red Light has
been a mile in 2:10 last half in 1:02%, last quar-
ter in :30%. He was bred by Lou Crellin of Pleas-
anton who in 1903 bred five mares to Searchlight,
four of them proved in foal and the produce were four
colts that have been miles in 2:07, 2:10, 2:12 and
2:20 respectively and some people say that breed-
ing for speed is a lottery. Mr. Doble has not given
the stars of his stable, Diamond Mc. and Kinney de
Lopez, any fast work yet, but both sons of Kinney
Lou are in the pink of condition and the veteran
trainer of world's champions expects to ride very
fast behind them both during the coming season.
Ray Mead's three-year-old filly Lovelock by Zo-
lock 2:05%, dam Carrie B. 2:18, dam of Ray o' Light
(3) 2:08%, by Alex Button, is a real pacer and does
not require the aid of the Indiana pajamas or any
other mechanical contrivance to make her pace.
Carrie B.'s yearling filly by Bon Voyage is a very
elegant little miss and her owner turned down a
very nice offer for her recently. Carrie B. is now
heavy in foal to Kinney Lou.
Joe Cuicello is busy with a long string of horses
and set a record for a half mile the other day that
will probably hold the other fellows a while when
he stepped Vallejo Boy a half in 1:05. This big
gelding is by Tom Smith 2:13%, and appears to be
the making of a right good trotter. Joe has several
that I like but none better than a brown three-year-
old filly by Wayland W. 2:12%, dam Hattie Fowler,
by Robin 2:22%, sire of Roblet 2:12, etc.), second
dam, Maud Fowler 2:21%, dam of Sonoma Girl
2:05%, etc., by Anteeo 2:16%; third dam the great
broodmare, Evelyn, dam of six in 2:30, by Nutwood
2:18%, the greatest of all brood mare sires. This
filly is a straight going, four-cornered trotter that
puts her feet in the right place and if she don't trot
fast enough to be a winner this year she will in time
make a very fast and valuable trotter. She was
bred by S. B. Wright of Santa Rosa, who bred So-
noma Girl 2:05%, Charley Belden 2:08% and other
fast ones.
There is talk of holding races on St. Patrick's day.
There could be a nice program arranged with the
horses that are at the track and other that would
come from San Francisco and other places, and if
entertaining sport properly conducted can be as-
sured the people will attend, enjoy it, and go home
satisfied and come again. C. C. C.
THE PLEASANTON SALE.
LOU DILLON TO BE BRED TO BINGEN.
Horsemen will be interested to learn that Mr. C.
K. G. Billings has decided upon Bingen 2:06% as
the stallion with which Lou Dillon will be next mated.
Since the trotting queen retired from the racing
game she has been bred to John A. McKerron, and
it is to vary his assortment of foals that Mr. Billings
will make the world's champion trotter to some other
horse this spring.
The selection of Bingen cannot help but be con-
sidered a wise move on Mr. Billings' part. No more
popular stallion lives today. He is the sire of Uhlan
2:02%, Mr. Billings' candidate for 2:00 honors. Lou
Dillon has produced two fillies, both sired by John
A. McKerron, and is due to produce her third foal.
Her present foals, Lou Billings, a three-year-old, and
Gretchen B., a two-year-old, both have shown them-
selves to be fast trotters. They have been turned
over to John Dickerson to train and are at present
with his string at Macon, Ga. Neither are being
prepared with the intention of racing them this year,
but they have been placed in Dickerson's charge
simply for educational purposes. As soon as possi-
ble Lou Dillon will be shipped to Ardmaer Farm,
Raritan, N. J. — Chicago Horse Review.
LIVERMORE HORSE SHOW.
Next Saturday, March 12th, the horsemen of the
Livermore valley will hold their annual horse show.
This has been a feature of the opening of the breed-
ing season in that draft horse center for years, and
especial effort is being made by the committees to
have this one a big success. There will be a parade
of stock in the forenoon, ribbons to be awarded to
the most meritorious exhibits. Mr. William Mc-
Donald, the draft horse pedigree expert of the valley,
will be on hand to announce the breeding of each
horse as it passes the judges. The people of Liver-
more have made ample preparations to entertain a
large crowd of people, and will make the occasion a
gala day.
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GET YOUR NAME IN.
A book that all horsemen will prize highly, and one
that will prove very instructive as well, is the book
of photographs containing 95 pages, and over a hun-
dred illustrations of famous horses, and especially
famous races and heats that were raced on the Grand
Circuit last season. These views can never be dupli-
cated.
This book also shows in colors all the latest designs
in Racing Sulkies. Jog and "Workout Carts. Road and
Speeding Wagons, etc. In fact, is a valuable book for
any horseman.
This book will soon be off the press, and a copy will
be reserved for you. You can have it free, if you
write at once for it, and have your name entered. If
you want to figure on anything in the nature of a
Sulky. Cart or Wagon, mention what you want, and
they will send you prices. Address
THE McMTJRRAY SULKY CO., Marion. Ohio.
W. J. KENNET, 531 Valencia St.. San Francisco, Cal..
Agent.
What can be called the poorest sale held by Chase
& Co. in years took place at Pleasanton on Thurs-
day of this week. There was a large crowd present,
but the bidding was very slow and small prices ruled
— not a horse being sold for $1000. Many of the
owners had reserve bids on their horses which were
not raised, and there seemed to be little demand
for trotting stock, and this is not to be wondered
at as there is not a purse in sight so far on the
coast this year, as not an association has as yet
advertised a meeting or a purse of any kind.
Four of the six young stallions brought from the
east last year by Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick and consigned
to this sale were sold, Mr. Geo. L. Warlow of Fresno
getting Black Hall by Ozono for $800, Mr. Frank
Ruhstaller getting Moko Hall at $500, Mr. J. G. Tay-
lor buying Gerald Jay for $400 and Mr. J. B. Garrat
of San Jose securing Grant Constantine for $300.
The grand old stallion Chas. Derby, 2:20, aged
25 years, was knocked down to Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick
for $310. The purchase was made for Mr. W. E.
D. Stokes and Chas. Derby will spend the rest of
his days on the famous Patchen Wilkes Farm, where
he will be mated with some choice young fillies by
Peter the Great and other sires. He will have a fine
home and that is one consolation.
Owing to the sale being held so late in the week
we will not be able to give a full report of it until
our next issue, as this journal tries to report all
sales correctly and where so many horses were bid
in we will not give the summary of the sales until
we can get the correct list from Messrs. Chase & Co.
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SALE OF KAVALLI 2:07%.
The remarkable trotting speed and strong inclina-
tion to stick to the trotting gait shown by the get
of the trotting bred pacer Kavalli 2:07% has at-
tracted the attention of many horsemen and some
prominent breeders. A two-year-old colt by him
trained by Henry Titer last season was one of the
fastest trotters of his age handled at the Readville
track last year. It seems somewhat remarkable that
a horse so strongly bred in trotting lines as is Kav-
alli should be a natural pacer, but the trotting ele-
ment in his ancestors is so much stronger than the
pacing element, that he is liable to get a larger pro-
portion of trotters than pacers.
It is announced that Kavalli 2:07% has recently
been purchased for stock purposes by Major P. P.
Johnston, Lexington, Ky., president of the National
Trotting Asociation. Kavalli 2:07% at eleven years
of age was credited with one trotter and three pacers
that had made records in standard time. His fast-
est performer is the trotter Kassona, race record
2:14%, separately timed in 2:07% in a race. Ka-
valli 2:07% was but two years old when he got
Kassona 2:14%. We would like to see some high
class thoroughbred mares from four-mile race win-
ning ancestors produce a few foals by this speedy
son of Kremlin 2:07%.
Kavalli 2:07% is a 15.3 hand, 1100 pound, bay
horse, bred by William Russell Allen, Pittsfield,
Mass., and foaled in 1898. His sire is Kremlin 2:07%
by Lord Russell 4677. His dam is Almira (dam of
four trotters and two pacers with standard records)
by Kentucky Prince 2470; second dam Alma 2:28%,
a full sister of Dexter 2:17%, Dictator 113, etc. Alma
2:28% is a producer of standard speed as well as
a standard performer. Her sire was Hambletonian
10 and her dam, Clara, was the best daughter of
Seeley's American Star 14 as a progenitor of ex-
treme speed. Kavalli 2:07% is very strongly bred
in producing lines and should do well as a sire in
Kentucky. — American Horse Breeder.
ARMY REMOUNTS,
The cavalry horse, writes Capt. Walsh of the U.
S. Army, in the Breeders' Gazette, must be sound,
well bred, of a superior class, and have quality;
gentle and of a kind disposition; well-broken to the
saddle, with light and elastic mouth, easy gaits, and
free and prompt action at the walk, trot and gallop;
free from vicious habits, without material blemish or
defect. A gelding of specified color must be in good
condition; from four to eight years old, weighing
from 950 to 1100 pounds, depending on height, which
should be from 15 to 15% hands.
For light and horse batteries of artillery the speci-
fications are similar to those for cavalry horses. The
horse must be broken to harness and the shoulder
be long, oblique, well-packed with muscle, not too
heavy, smooth, rounded and so formed as properly
to support the collar; age four to eight years, height
15% to 16 hands, weight 1150 to 1250 pounds. Mares
not in foal may be accepted.
The artillery horse for light and horse batteries
is required for quick draft purposes, and should be
heavy enough to move the carriage, ordinarily, by
weight thrown into the collar rather than by muscu-
lar exertion. Long-legged, loose-jointed, long-bodied,
narrow-chested, coarse, and cold-blooded horses, as
well as those which are restive, vicious or too free
in harness, or which do not, upon rigid inspection,
meet requirements in every respect, will be rejected.
A horse under five years old should not be accepted
unless a specially fine, well-developed animal. Light-
draft horses are required to be from five to seven
years old, height 15% to 16 hands, weight 1100 to
1200 pounds; while a medium-draft horse is required
to tip the scale beam at from 1200 to 1400 pounds.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, March 5, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
ON THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY.
[Harvey Warde Peek].
The other night I was idly looking over the various
publications temptingly displayed on a news stand,
when my eye caught the head and neck profile of
a white horse, in an open bridle. Underneath, in
color work, was "Breeder and Sportsman." The
trostispiece bore such striking resemblance to my old
time mare Kittie Richmond, that I, lor the moment,
could hardly believe it other than she. I bought
the paper, and two hours later went through its pages.
"The Old Bay District Track," by that clever writer,
Wm. G. Layng, brought back a flood of memories — ■
most of which had been all but forgotten, in the
hurry and scurry of a modern business career. Very
many of the men whom Mr. Layng mentioned were
well known to me and some of them were my per-
sonal friends. They were all older than myself,
and many of them have gone to "that bourne from
which no traveler returns."
As the darkey said. "De world do move," and the
trotters have kept pace with everything else. I was
always an admirer of the light harness horse, but
every horseman remembers the days when the trot-
ter went up like a rocket and came down like a
stick. "When $105,000 was paid for Axtell as a three-
year-old, after he marched a mile in 2:12, and when
it was currently reported that Williams refused $150,-
000 for Allerton, it certainly did look rosy for the
breeder of the high class trotter. When Anteeo sold
for $60,000, Stamboul for $50,000, and many other
for slightly lesser sums, it seemed that the mil-
lenium in horse business had arrived. Some of us
remember the final denuement, when the genuflec-
tions we passed through would make a Japanese tum-
bler green with envy.
It has been many a year since I tried to put a
crimp in the bank roll of a bookmaker, and it would
have to be an awful bad counterfeit that I'd pass
up to one of them. They are a hard-working lot —
who live by the sweat of the sheet-writer, and they
dwell in constant fear that some well-played long
shot may be served up hot, and their cashier an-
nounce that the money in his possesion is "not suf-
ficient funds." They are welcome to the money,
but not to my money.
The old Bay District Track! Isn't that a name to
conjure by? Where it lay beneath the sky, -the paved
streets and cosy homes of Richmond lie. When the
denizen of Fourth avenue sits on his veranda, watch-
ing the moon rise over the city, he little knows,
that if the ground beneath his feet could only talk,
he would hear the voice of a great throng, some
cheering, some in quiet talk, while over all comes the
thud of horses' hoofs, sounding more and more dis-
tinct as they near the wire.
I remember the duel between Arab and Guy Wilkes,
and it was all the writer depicts. The eastern crowd
got the turkey and the westerners the feathers.
I recall a great race day on that same track, some
years later. It was the coming together of the horses
entered in the National Stallion Stake, and those en-
tered in the Junor National Stallion Stake. In the
first event were Woodnut, owned and driven by By
Holly, Stamboul, owned by L. J. Rose, and driven
by the late John A. Goldsmith, and Antevolo, owned
and driven by the late Jos. Cairn Simpson.
In the second race were Direct, owned by Salis-
bury, and driven by McDowell ; Strathway, owned and
driven by Henry Helman, and I think a big colt called
Balkan, owned by a Mr. Hinds. These were all three-
year-olds.
The day was a dream. The sun shone down like a
benediction, on club house, grand stand and stall.
Everything and everybody was bathed in a golden
sheen. On the Park Heights, to the south', hundreds
of people stood silhouetted against the sky, many
of them with field glasses, 15,000 people sweged
through the grounds, and Killip & Co. took the money
with both hands.
In the first race both Stamboul and Woodnut had
staunch supporters, while Autevolo was well liked
by many. I remember distinctly that I pinned my
faith (and money) to Stamboul. It was a great race,
where the whips rang out like pistol shots, the driv-
ers cheered their horses, and tlie crowd yelled itself
hoarse. I remember, also distinctly, that Stamboul
didn't win, and that Woodnut did.
In the Junior National, the supporters of Direct
and Strathway were about equally divided. McDowell
said Direct couldn't lose, while Helman said it was
a cinch for Strathway. I strung my money on Strath-
way, just as if he was already in. After a couple of
heats, won by Direct by a scant margin, Helman got
Goldsmith, who had been a persistent buyer of
Strathway, to drive the next heat. John made a great
drive, but the little black horse was a trifle too good,
and I joined Helman in singing, "I had a good home,
and I lost it."
On both these races the money went into the box
like sand through a seive, to say nothing of those
speculators who were "betting their Angers."
After it was all over, the band began playing that
old and plaintive melody, "Silver Threads Among the
Gold." You could have searched me and not found
much of either. As the sun sank like molten gold,
into the western sea, I climbed in behind my good
horse Pacheco, and breezed through the park toward
the old Cliff House. I overtook some long-haired
chap with quite a trotter, and after considerable in-
dustry on the part of both of us, we were going a : 30
clip, which we kept up until a couple of mounted
police waved at us frantically. As the speed limit
was 10 miles an hour, and we were going about 25,
it will be seen that, as "Mr. Dooley" would express it,
"there was not anyone had anything on thim."
Again, later on, a great running meet was held
at the Bay District. About a dozen bookmakers lined
up; the book conducted by Henry Schwartz getting
the biggest play. A new man, Modegan by name,
had just blown in from Denver. He wanted to make
a record — and so he did. He perched his stand in
front of the balcony and he divided his time between
oggling the ladies and stroking a handsome reddish
moustache. In the third race, at a mile, among many
other good horses, was entered the great old mare
Laura Dunbar. She had been patched up for this
special occasion. Matt Storn said to me, "I'd have
a little money on Dunbar, if she stands up she has a
chance — just car fare, my boy." While we were
talking, we got a glimpse of Modegan's board. He
was trying hard to get a share of the money. In this
laudable endeavor, and to attract attention, he kept
advancing the price of Laura Dunbar, until he had
gone from 30 to 1 to 300 to 1. At this juncture Storn
and I bet him $3 each — just for fun, as we expressed
it.
Laura won by five lengths, and we collected $1800
from Modegan. He twirled his moustache no more
that day, and when he smiled at the ladies it didn't
look real. But he was a good sport, at that. Coming
back to town I hitched on to the pacing mare Ivy,
driven by the late Joe Harvey, and although she beat
my horse for a short distance, I went by her after
awhile, for Ivy had a streak of canary in her a mile
long.
Heigh-ho! it's a far cry from "what am I offered
for choice" to the staid realms of the legitimate —
but its safer. They were dear, delightful days, with
many a warm friendship made with many a manly
man, and I don't remember that anybody ever
wrecked a bank, trying to beat the trotters. They
were a different type of men from the present "fol-
lowers of the ponies," as the running horse people
phrase it. The trotter was not simply a vehicle for
betting, but he was held in high esteem. He was
cheered to the echo, as long as he raced, and was
driven on the road after he was outclassed.
Not long since, I crossed the bay to Emeryville.
The day was diabolical; rain came down quietly and
dismally and the wind seemed never weary. The
"memory" betters were as busy as bees. Six races
were carded, and they were pulled off on schedule
time. I picked up a plain envelope which contained
three verses that it would be a crying shame to
withhold from the public. Here's my love to the
author — and may he win. A fitting caption might be
The Pikers Soliloquy.
I want to be a "memory" man
And with the "memories" stand;
A program of the day's events
Grasped firmly in my hand.
I want to string a memory bet
Three ways, across the board;
I want to drag, some bookies bag.
As hollow as a gourd.
I want to make an awful plunge
On a stake horse "meant" to win.
I want to be right down in front
When they come zipping in;
I want to cash a "one best bet"
And when I get the dough,
Just glance sideways, at all the jays
That played my horse "to show."
But me! oh, my! I'll tell you this:
I must not get in wrong —
But if I do, I fade from view
Among the motley throng.
And when my bookie looks about
(As only a bookie can),
I'll not only be a memory.
But one who "also ran."
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THE CHICAGO SALE.
The big sale at Chicago last week was quite a
success, and while there was no horse sold for over
$3500 the average of the sale was very good. Every
horseman in California will be more than pleased to
know that Chas. De Ryder's consignment brought
good prices, Belle McKinney topping the bunch with
the price of $1600. The result of the more important
sales during the week follows:
Lady Agile 2:11%, br. m. (9) by Belsire 2:18,
dam Jewry by Jay Bird; Joe McLaughlin,
Waterloo, Iowa 1000
Santolina, b. h. (6) by McKinney 2:11%, dam
Tellmea by Axtell (3) 2:12; Charles Dean,
Palatine, 111 1000
Will Todd, br. h. (5) by Todd 2:14%, dam May
Belle Chimes 2:29%, by Chimes; Otis Gregg,
Sullivan, 111 900
Baronline, bl. h. (5) by Baronmore 2:14%, dam
Ataline (1) 2:33%, by Woodline 2:19; Lee-
mon Stock Farm, Hoopston, 111 625
Joe Clifton 2:22%, b. g. (5) by Prodigal 2:16,
dam Laurel B., by Sable Wilkes (3) 2:18;
John E. Conley, Saginaw, Mich 620
Cochineal, b. f. (2) by Cochato (3) 2:11%, dam
Fannie Lewis, by Expedition 2:15%; Bowler
& Wernert, Jersey ville, 111 600
Red and Black 2:10%, bl g. (6) by Red Me-
dium 2:23%, dam Janie Hazelton, by Alcy-
mont; J. D. Smith, Butte, Mont 550
Anna McKeel, b. m. (4) by Amerigo 2:18%,
dam The Maid by Oneida; L. R. Robinson,
Robinson, 111. . 525
Thomas Stokes 2:25, b. h. (5) by Peter the Great
(4), dam Cocoon 2:15, by Cyclone 2:23%; C.
A. Hutton, Provo, Utah 1900
Miss Millis, br. f. (2) by Peter the Great (4)
2:07%, dam Cocoon 2:15, by Cyclone 2:23%;
J. T. Thornton, Minneapolis, Minn 1500
Peter Enfield, gr. c. (2) by Peter the Great (4)
2:07%, dam Susie Onward, by Onward
2:25%; David Shaw, Cleveland, Ohio 825
Pass All 2:27%, br. c. (3) by Crystallian 2:14,
dam Miss Julie Deane, by Guardsman 2:23%,
J. O. Karrick, Pueblo, Colo 750
Peter Watson, b. c. (2) by Peter the Great (4)
dam Minnie Jay, by Jay Bird; Asa Dan-
forth, Washington, 111 750
Jay W (3) 2:23, br. h. (6) by Jay McGregor
2:07%, dam Carol W., by Caralloid 2:14%;
Kavanaugh Bros., Manchester, N.H 750
Eva Thompson, b. f. (3) by J. J. Audubon 2:19,
dam Tillie Thompson, by Guy Wilkes
2:15%; Walter Moore, Charleston, 111 725
Mightellion, ch c. (2) by Mighty Onward 2:22%,
dam Mary Axtellion 2:16%, by Axtell (3)
Clark Green, Jacksonville, 111 610
Empress P., b. f. (2) by Peter the Great (4)
2:07%, dam Empress Josephine, by Empire
Wilkes 2:29%; J. H. Dalziel, Missoula,
Mont 600
Miss Ismailoff, b. f. (2) by Peter the Great (4)
2:07%, dam Madam Thompson, by Guy
Wilkes 2:15%; George Biler, Monroe, Wis. 600
Potamia, b. f. (2) by Peter the Great (4) 2:07%,
dam Mesopotamia, by The Bondsman;
George Stambaugh, McDuffy, Ohio 600
Mr. Templeton, b. c. (2) by Peter the Great (4),
2:07%, dam Maud Freeman, by Freeman;
J. Johnson & Son, Lincoln, 111 570
Josephine L. Patch 2:26%, br. m. (8), by Dan
Patch 1:55, dam Daisy, by Altemus; N. W.
Johnson, Assumption, 111 500
Queen Grattan, ch. m. (7) by Grattan 2:13, dam
Paula, by Robert McGregor 2:17%; Patchen
Wilkes Stock Farm, Lexington, Ky 360
Harriet Grattan, blk. m. (9) by Grattan 2:13,
dam Molly B. 2:29%, by Willie Schepper;
John L. Browne, Oshkosh, Wis 360
Princehs, ch. m. (8); Fred Seacord, Galesburg,
111. 335
Libertyville, ch. c. (2) by Grattan 2:13, dam
Natuska by Robert McGregor 2:17%; H. J.
Marbold, Greenview, 111 330
Roxyattan, b. m. (4) by Grattan 2:13, dam Rox-
ane 2:12%, by Robert McGregor 2:17%;
W. F. Jones, Knoxville, 111 325
Ferricka, ch. f. (3) by Grattan 2:13, dam Fricka,
by Bingen 2:06%; Patchen Wilkes Stock
Farm, Lexington, Ky 300
Colletta 2:06% b. m. (9) by Coleidge 2:05%,
dam Nettie, by Highland Golddust; Mrs. L.
Clark, Wellsville, N. Y 560
Colonel Arno 2:29%, ch. h. (4), by Arino 2:17%,
dam Maud Crum, by Colonel Cochran;
2:10% Will Walker, Golconda, 111 560
Kim, 2:30 ch g. (7), by General Alger 2:17%;
Connelly & Shotwell, Pittsburg, Pa 420
Bruce Buckner, bl h. (5) by Governor Buckner,
dam Camiola, by Dictator; Wilbert Mc
Henry, McLeansboro, 111 350
Oakland Linwilk, b. h. (5) by Oakland Baron
2:09%, dam Relinda, by Favorite Wilkes
2:24%; W. J. McTaggart, Elkader, Iowa.. .310
Kid Knapp 2:21%. b. g. (5) by Colonel McCoy
Silver Bard 2:21%, b. h. by Onward Silver, dam
Golden Rule, by Happy Medium; V. L.
Shuler, Indianapolis, Ind 3,250
Belle McKinney 2:25, b. m. (7), by McKinney,
dam Mission Belle, by Memo; C. E. Fitch,
Wheaton, 111 1,600
Ollie B. 2:13%, ch. m. (8), by Nutwood Wilkes,
dam Babe, by Long Branch; W. J. Thubron,
Pittsburg, Pa 1,000
Jess McKinney, b. m. (8), by McKinney, dam
Nike, by Antinous; W. J. Thubron, Pitts-
burg, Pa. 875
Santa Rosa Girl, b. m. (9), by Lynwood W.,
dam Hilarity, by Montana Wilkes; Dick
McMahan, Libertyville, 111 500
John Caldwell 2:08%, br. g. (11), by Strath-
way, dam Annie, by Kentucky Hamble-
tonian; C. R. Shepherd, St. Louis, Mo 500
Prince D., b. g. (6), by Diablo, dam Bessie
Rankin, by Altamont; J. M. Kavanaugh,
Harrisonburg, Va 500
Sonoma Belle, ch. m. (4), by Lynwood W., dam
Arion, by Mendocino; M. W. Johnson, As-
sumption, 111 450
Lady Alice, ch. m. (6) by Iran Alto, dam Prin-
cess Dawn, by Dawn; Charles Owens, Brad-
ford, 111 425
Searchlight, Jr., b. h. (5) by Searchlight, dam
Minnie Alto, by Iran Alto; Frank P. Ken-
ney, Chicago, 111 275
Elsie B., b. m. (4) by Birdman, dam Joyful, by
Alexis; John Bangert, Chicago, 111 310
GEORGE GANO CHANGES HANDS.
M. W. Savage, proprietor of the International
Stock Food Company, and already the owner of the
great Dan Patch 1:55 and Minor Heir 1:59%, has
added another great pacing star to his holdings, and
his new accession is no less than the celebrated
George Gano 2:03%, which he purchased a few
days since for $20,000 at Cleveland, Ohio. Tommy
Murphy, the celebrated reinsman, will retain this
great pacer in his stables until September 20 and
will race him through the Grand Circuit this season.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 5, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
TRAP SHOOTING RULES.
Interstate Association, Revised 1909.
Following are the inanimate targer and live bird
rules of the Interstate Association for the encourage-
ment of trap shooting. Copyrighted 1910, by the
Interstate Association. Committee on Rules, Bernard
Waters and Elmer E. Shaner:
Definitions of Terms. — These definitions are also
interpretations of the terms to which they refer.
Minimum Number of Contestants. — A tournament,
to be recognized by the Interstate Association, shall
have not less than eleven contestants in each event
(See Rule 15, Section 2, of the Target Rules.)
Broken Target. — A broken target is one which has
at least a visible piece or pieces broken from it, or
which is completely reduced to dust, or which has n
visible section broken from it even though such
section is broken into dust by the contestant's shot.
Dusted Target. — A dusted target is one from which
more or less dust is detached by the contestant's
shot, but which shows no visible diminution in size
therefrom. A dusted target is not a broken target.
Double Targets. — A contestant, in double target
shooting, shall shoot only once at a target. To shoot
twice at the same target is simply single target
shooting with the use of two shots.
Duly Notified. — A contestant is duly notified to
compete when his name is called out by a Referee,
Scorer or other person authorized to do so by the
Management. If a "squad hustler" is furnished, it is
a matter of courtesy only, and does not in the least
relieve the contestant from responsibility. It is the
duty of each and every contestant to be promptly on
hand to compete when called to do so. Failing
therein, he is responsible for his acts of negligence.
Balk. — Any extraneous occurrence which materially
interferes with the equity of the contestant after
he calls "Pull," constitutes a balk, if it deters him
from shooting, or if it coincidentally interferes with
him when he actually shoots. If he shoots after the
balk occurs, he must abide by the result. Misfires
(under certain limitations as set forth in the rules),
a partly opened trap, etc., are balks. Only the con-
testant directly interested can claim a balk, which,
when allowed, restores him to a new inning.
Disqualification. — Disqualification carries with it
a forfeiture of all entrance money and rights in the
competition to which it relates.
Jarring Back. — Jarring back denotes that from the
concussion of the first shot the safety has been slip-
ped back to "safe." Whatever may be the cause or
slipping the safety back to "safe," the contestant
must abide by the result.
No Target or No Bird. — After a Referee declares
a "no target" or a "no bird," it is thereafter no part
of the competition and is irrelevant to it.
Widely Different Angle. — When a target varies
more than twenty degrees either way outside the pre-
scribed limit of the angles in single target shooting,
the contestant may refuse it.
Simultaneous Discharge. — A simultaneous dis-
charge is one wherein from any cause both barrels
are discharged together or nearly together.
Dead Bird. — A bird is scored as "dead" if it is
gathered according to the requirements of these
rules.
Lost Bird. — A bird is lost when it escapes through
or falls beyond the boundary. (Except as provided
in Rule 9, Section 1 (d), and Rule 12, Section 8, of
the Live Bird Rules).
Inning. — The term "inning" denotes a contestant's
time at the firing point, commencing with the call of
"pull" and ending as specified in these rules.
Magazine Gun. — The term "magazine gun" applies
alike to automatic guns, pump guns (so-called), and
all other guns not directly dependent on hand
loading.
Class Shooting. — Class shooting denotes that the
contestants who tie for first are in tne highest class,
and are winners of first. Those who tie for second
are in the second class and are winners of second,
and so on with the other classes. (See Rule 18, of
the Target Rules, and Rule 19, of the Live Bird
Rules.)
High Guns and High Scores. — High guns and high
scores signify that the contestants who make the
highest scores take, in the order of superiority, all
the cash or prizes in such ratios as are set forth in
the conditions governing the competition. In case of
ties, the high guns are determined by shooting off,
miss and out, in which event the gun which stays
the longest is first; the one which stays the next
longest is second, and so on.
Targets.
Rule 1. The Management. — Section i. The Man-
agement of the Interstate Association reserves the
authority to reject any entry relating to any of its
tournament competitions without giving any reason
therefor, and to disqualify, in whole or in part, any
contestant who acts ungentlemanly or disorderly, or
who handles his gun dangerously.
Se ... 2. The Management of the Interstate Asso-
ciation or its authorized representative shall for each
tournament appoint a Referee or Referees, or a
Re ree and Judges, and a Scorer or Scorers, and a
Trap Puller or Trap Pullers, and such other assist-
ants as it may deem to be necessary.
Sec. 3. The Management of the Interstate Asso-
ciation reserves the right to make any alterations
and amendments to these rules whenever it deems it
for the best interests of all concerned to do so.
Rule 2. — The Referee — Section 1. Besides attend-
ing to the special duties as set forth hereinafter, the
Referee shall adjudicate the competition. He shall
distinctly announce the result of each shot by calling
out "dead" or "broke" when the target is broken,
and "lost" when the target is unbroken. He shall
decide all other issues which arise in relation to the
direct competition. His decision in all cases shall be
final.
Stc. 2. If the Referee is negligent or inefficient,
impairing thereby the equity of the competition, the
Management may forthwith remove him.
Rule 3. — The Referee and Judges. — Section 1.
When a Referee and Judges are appointed, the latter
shall adjudicate the competition. The Referee's duty
then is to decide any disagreement between the
Judges, pending which the competition shall be sus-
pended. Any Judge's disagreement shall be sub-
mitted to the Referee forthwith.
Sec. 2. If the Judges are negligent or inefficient,
impairing thereby the equity of the competition, the
Management may forthwith remove them.
Rule 4. — The Scorer. — Section 1. The Scorer shall
keep an accurate record of each shot of each con-
testant. Accordingly as the Referee calls "dead,"
"broke," or "lost," the Scorer shall promptly respond
with the call "dead," "broke," or "lost." He shall
mark the figure 1 for "dead" or "broke," and a 0 for
"lost." When possible to do so, he shall keep the
scores on a score sheet or blackboard, plainly in view
of the contestants. His record of the competition
so kept shall be official, and shall govern all awards
and records of the competition to which it relates.
Sec. 2. If the Scorer is negligent or ineffcient, im-
pairing thereby 'the equity of the competition, the
Management may forthwith remove him.
Rule 5. — The Puller. — Section 1. The Puller shall
have charge of springing the traps. He shall spring
the trap or traps instantly in response to the con-
testant's call of "Pull."
Sec. 2. The Puller shall have an unobstructed
view of the contestants at the firing points.
Sec. 3. If the Puller is negligent or inefficient, im-
pairing thereby the equity of the competition, the
Management may forthwith remove him.
Rule 6. — Contestant. — Section 1. A contestant may
hold his gun in any position.
Sec. 2. A contestant may load his gun only when
at the firing point facing the traps. In single target
shooting, he shall place only the cartridge in the gun,
removing it or the empty shell before turning from
the firing point. The Referee or the Management
may fine a contestant from $1.00 to $5.00, or may
disqualify him, for violating this rule.
Sec. 3. When at the firing point ready for com-
petition, the contestant shall distinctly give the com-
mand "Pull" to the Puller, and thereafter such con-
testant is unqualifiedly in the competition.
Sec. 4. A contestant must be at the firing point
within three minutes after having been duly notified
(see definition) to contest. Failing therein, unless he
can show important cause for the delay, he may he
fined $1.00 by the Referee or the Management, or he
may be disqualified.
Sec. 5. Shooting on the grounds at any place other
than the firing points is prohibited.
Sec. 6. A contestant fined for a violation of these
rules is ineligible further to compete until the fine
is paid, and if the fine is not paid before the end of
the tournament, such default carries disqualification
with it.
Rule 7. — Challenge and Protest. — Section 1. A
contestant may challenge the load of any other con-
testant under Rule 12 (b). On receipt of a written
challenge, with $5.00 forfeit, the Management shall
obtain a cartridge from the challengee and if, after
public examination of it, the Management finds the
challengee violated Rule 12 (b), he may be disqualified
or not, accordingly as the offense was wilfully com-
mitted or otherwise. In case the challenge is wholly
mitted or otherwise. In case the challengee is wholly
it shall be returned to the challenger.
Sec. 2. A protest concerning a score or scores
must be made before or immediately after the close
of the competition to which it or they relate. A pro-
test can be made only by a contestant or contestants.
All protests must be in writing.
Rule 8. — Broken Target. — The Referee or Judge
shall declare the target "broke" or "dead" when it is
broken in the air under the conditions prescribed by
these rules. Shot marks in a "pick up" shall not be
considered as evidence of a broken target. (See
definition.)
Rule 9. — Lost Target. — Except in the cases other-
wise provided in these rules, the Referee shall de-
clare the target "lost," respectively,
(a) When the contestant fails to break the
target.
(b) When the contestant fails to shoot because
his gun was unloaded or uncocked, or because the
safety was faultily adjusted or jarred back, whether
from his own oversight or not; or because of any
other cause chargeable to his own oversignt or neg-
lect. (See Rule 12 [c] ).
Rule 10. — No Target. — It is a "no target," and the
Referee shall allow another target, respectively,
(a) When a contestant shoots out of turn.
(b) When two contestants, or when a contestant
and a non-contestant, shoot at the same target.
(c) When there is a misfire caused by the con-
testant's gun, or a misfire of the cartridge (except
as provided in Rule 9 [b], and Rule 12 [c]).
(d) When (whether shot at or not) a broken
target is thrown.
(e) When a contestant is balked. (See defini-
tion.)
(f) When there is any other reason not provided
for in these rules, if, in the opinion of the Referee,
it materially affects the equity of the competition.
Rule 11. — No Target, If Refused. — If a contestant
does not shoot, in any of the instances herewith
specified, the Referee shall declare a "no target";
but if the contestant shoots the result shall be
scored, respectively.
(a) When the trap is sprung at a material interval
of time before or after the call of "Pull."
(b.) When the trap is sprung without any call of
"Pull."
(c) When, in single target shooting, two targets
are thrown at the same time.
(d) When the target is thrown at a widely dif-
ferent angle. (See definition.)
Rule 12. — Guns and Loads. — A contestant shall not
use, respectively,
(a) A gun whose bore is larger than a twelve
gauge.
(b) A load of shot greater than one and one-
quarter ounce, any standard measure, struck.
(c) A reloaded cartridge, or a gun or cartridge
after it has once misfired in the competition. The
contestant must thereafter abide by the result if he
uses such. (See Rule 9 [b] ).
Rule 13. — Traps, Flights and Angles, Pits and
Screens, Firing Points. — Section 1. An automatic
trap, or three traps Sergeant System, shall be used.
Sec. 2. The automatic trap (See Diagram I)
throws targets at unknown angles.
Sec. 3. Three traps, four feet apart, constitute the
Sergeant System (See Diagram II). The targets are
thrown from unknown traps, at unknown angles.
Sec. 4. Targets, whether singles or doubles, shall
be thrown not less than forty-five yards nor more
than fifty-five yards, with a flight between six and
twelve feet high at a point ten yards from the trap.
Except in double target shooting, the flight of targets
shall be at unknown angles, thrown within an area ot
forty-five degrees right and left of an imaginary
straight line drawn through the center of number
three firing point and prolonged through the center of
the central trap, or through the center of the single
trap when only one trap is used. In single target
shooting, to aid in distinguishing between targets
within and without bounds, four stakes, not less than
three feet in height, shall be placed in the arc of a
circle whose radii are fifty yards, and whose center is
the center of the central trap, or the center of the
single trap when only one trap is used- Respectively
right and left of the aforementioned imaginary
straight line, two of the stakes shall be placed up-
right, one at forty-five degrees and one at slxty-flve
degrees in said arc. (See Definition of 'Widely Dif-
ferent Angle," and Diagram III.)
Sec. 5. Pits and screens shall be used to protect
properly the trappers. The screens shall not be
higher than is necessary for such protection.
Sec. 6. The firing points shall be three to five
yards apart in the circumference of a circle wThose
radii are sixteen yards. (See Diagram I.)
Rule 14. — Distance Handicaps. — The distance
handicaps when used shall be on prolongations ot
the lines given in Diagram I, commonly known as
"fan-shaped." The distance between the firing points
at sixteen yards shall then be nine feet. (See Dia-
gram IV.)
Rule 15. — Squads. — Section 1. Contestants shall
shoot in squads of five, except respectively,
(a) When there are less than five contestants
available for the last squad of any program event.
(b) When there are withdrawals from a squad or
squads after the competition has begun.
Sec. 2. The competition (except in handicap
events) shall begin with not less than five contest-
ants in the first squad of the first event, under
penalty of rendering void the whole scores or such
event in the matter of Interstate Association records.
Less than three squads shall not be considered a
tournament. (See Definition.)
Sec. 3. Each contestant, successively at each firing
point, shall shoot as follows :
(a) In 10-target events, at two targets.
(b) In 15-target events, at three targets.
(c) In 20-target events, at four targets.
(d) In 25-target events, at five targets.
Sec. 4. The members of any squad shall remain
at the firing points until the last shot of the inning
is fired.
Rule 16. — Double Targets, Misfire, Magazine Gun.
— Section 1. In double target shooting, there shall
be squads of five, at sixteen yards (except as pro-
vided in Rule 15, Section 1, [a] and [b]).
See. 2. Each double shall be thrown as a right
and a left quarterer, whose flights shall be limited
to the two areas between twenty and sixty-five de-
grees (marked D D B, Diagram V) right and left
of an imaginary straight line drawn through the
center of number three firing point and prolonged
through the center of the central trap, or through
the' center of the single trap when only one trap Is
used. To aid in distinguishing between targets
Saturday, March 5, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
within and without bounds, four stakes, not less than
three feet in height, shall be placed in the arc of a
circle whose radii are fifty yards, and whose center
is the center of the central trap, or the center of
the single trap when only one trap is used. Re-
spectively right and left of the aforementioned Im-
aginary straight line, two of the stakes shall be
placed upright, one at twenty degrees and one at
sixty-five degrees in said arc. (See Rule 13, Section
4, and Section 5 [b]of this Rule, and Diagram V.)
Sec. 3. If the contestant has a misfire or apparent
misfire, he, without removing the cartridge or car-
tridges, shall forthwith hand his gun to the Referee
for decision. (See Rule 9, [b] and Rule 12 [c]).
Sec. 4. The Referee shall declare "no targets,"
respectively.
(a) When only one target is thrown.
(b) When both targets are broken by one shot.
(c) When one target is a piece or both targets
are pieces.
(d) When both barrels of the contestant's gun
are discharged simultaneously.
(e) When there is a misfire with either barrel
(except as provided in Rule 9 [b], and rule 12 [c]
See Section 3 of this Rule).
Sec. 5. In case the contestant does not shoot, the
Referee shall declare "no targets" but if the contest-
ant shoots, the result shall be scored, respectively.
(a) When one target follows the other after a
material interval of time, instead of the two targets
taking flight simultaneously.
(b) When one target or both targets are thrown
at a wider or narrower angle or angles than is set
forth in Section 2 of this rule.
Sec. 6. In case of a magazine gun (see definition),
it is "no targets," and the Referee (except as pro-
vided in Rule 9 [b] and Rule 12 [c] ) shall allow
another pair, respectively,
(a) When, in ejection, the head of the empty
shell is pulled off, if it thereby prevents reloading for
the second shot.
(b) When, if the gun is opened properly, the
extractor fails to extract the empty shell of the
first shot.
(c) When the empty shell, although it be ex-
tracted from the chamber after the first shot, is not
ejected, thereby preventing the reloading of the gun
for the second shot. A contestant must abide by the
results of such failures thereafter.
Sec. 7. In case of a magazine gun, it is not "no
targets," and the Referee shall not allow another
pair, when there is any failure to shoot caused by
a cartridge too thick or too long, or any failure what-
soever caused by the reloaded cartridge, or a second
failure to eject.
Sec. 8. When the Referee declares "no targets"
the contestant shall have a new inning with the use
of two shots.
Rule 17. — Division of Moneys. — In the division,
unless otherwise provided, the moneys shall be gov-
erned by class shooting.
Rule 18. — Ties. — The ties shall be shot off and the
winnings divided as the Management shall elect.
Rule 19. — Unfinished Competition. — In cases that
darkness, bad weather, or other cause, interferes
with the competition, the Management may there-
upon publicly postpone it to a date not later than
two weeks. Any contestant who defaults in respect
to such postponed competition, forfeits all his rights
and standing therein.
Rule 20. — Official Decisions. — Every person enter-
ing the competition agrees to accept all official decis-
ions, and to abide by those rules.
Notes. — These rules additionally govern all Reg-
istered Tournaments.
The "Definitions of Terms" and the Diagrams, in
respect to targets and live birds, are a part of these
rules.
The cross reference or references in any rule are
supplementary to such rule, in so far as such refei-
ence or references are pertinent.
Live Birds.
Rule 1. — The Management. — Section 1. The Man-
agement of the Interstate Association reserves the
authority to reject any entry relating to any of Its
tournament competitions without giving any reason
therefor, and to disqualify, in whole or in part, any
contestant who acts ungentlemanly, or disorderly,
or who handles his gun dangerously.
Sec. 2. The Management of the Interstate Asso-
ciation or its authorized representative shall for each
tournament appoint a Referee or Referees, and a
Scorer or Scorers, and a Trap Puller, or Trap Pullers,
and such other assistants as it may deem to be
necessary.
Sec. 3. The Management of the Interstate Asso-
ciation reserves the right to make any alterations
and amendments to these rules whenever it deems
it for the best interests of all concerned to do so.
Rule 2. — The Referee. — Section 1. Besides attend-
ing to the special duties as set forth hereinafter, the
Referee shall adjudicate the competition. He shall
distinctly announce the result of each shot or shots
by calling out "dead" when the bird is gathered ac-
cording to rule, and "lost" when the bird escapes be-
yond the boundary (except as provided in Rule 9,
Section 1 [d], and in Rule 12, Section 8.) He shall
decide all other issues which arise in relation to the
direct competition. His decision in all cases shall be
final.
Sec. 2. If the Referee is negligent or inefficient,
impairing thereby the equity of the competition, the
Management may forthwith remove him.
Rule 3. — The Scorer. — Section 1. The Scorer shall
keep an accurate record of each shot or shots of each
contestant. Accordingly as the Referee calls "dead'1
or "lost," the Scorer shall promptly respond with the
call "dead"' or "lost." He shall mark the figure 1
to denote that one shot was used to effect the kill,
the figure 2 to denote that two shots were used to
effect the kill, and a 0 to denote that the bird was
lost. His record of the competition so kept shall be
official, and shall govern all awards and records or
the competition to which it relates.
Sec. 2. If the Scorer is negligent or inefficient,
impairing thereby the equity of the competition, the
Management may forthwith remove him.
Rule 4. — The Puller. — Section 1. The Puller shall
have charge of springing the traps. He shall spring
the trap or traps instantly in response to the con-
testant's call of "Pull."
Sec. 2. The Puller shall have an unobstructed
view of the contestant at the firing point.
Sec. 3. When a mechanical device is used to deter-
mine which trap shall be sprung, the Puller shall be
so placed and shall so act that any contestant who is
at the firing point cannot know in advance which
trap is to be sprung for him.
Sec. 4. The Management may appoint an assistant
Puller to take charge of the mechanical device, and
to require that the traps be sprung accordingly as
determined by it.
Sec. 5. The Puller shall not spring the trap or
traps until the trapper and retriever are back in
their places, even though the contestant calls "Pull.'"
Sec. 6. If the Puller is negligent or inefficient,
impairing thereby the equity of the competition, the
Management may forthwith remove him.
Rule 5. — Contestant. — Section 1. A contestant may
hold his gun in any position.
Sec. 2. A contestant may load his gun only when
at the firing point facing the traps, and he shall re-
move from his gun all cartridges or empty shells
before turning from the firing point. The Referee
or the Management may fine a contestant from $1.00
to $5.00, or may disqualify him, for violating this
rule.
Sec. 3. When at the firing point ready for competi-
tion, the contestant shall, to the Puller, distinctly
call out, "Are you ready?" When the Puller re-
sponds "Ready," he thereby signifies that he Is ready
to spring the trap or traps promptly to the con-
testant's command. Wlien ready for the bird, the
contestant shall distinctly give the command "Pull"
to the Puller, and thereafter such contestant is un-
qualifiedly in the competition.
Sec. 4. After a contestant fires his first shot, he
must fire his second shot immediately or leave the
firing point.
Sec. 5. When firing the contestant's feet shall be
behind the firing mark assigned to him.
Sec. 6. A contestant may stand back of the mark
assigned to him at the firing point if he chooses to
do so, but the mark assigned to him shall be the
official mark.
Sec. 7. A contestant must be at the firing point
within two minutes after having been duly notified
(see definition) to contest. Failing therein, unless
he can show important cause for the delay, he may
be fined $1.00 by the Referee or the Management,
or he may be disqualified.
Sec. 8. If the contestant has a misfire, or apparent
misfire, he, without removing the cartridge or car-
tridges, shall forthwith hand his gun to the Referee
for decision. (See Rule 9 Section 1 [h], [o] and
[p], and Rule' 14 [c]).
Sec. 9. Shooting on the grounds at any place other
than the firing points is prohibited.
Sec. 10. A contestant fined for a violatnon or
these rules is ineligible further to compete until the
fine is paid.
Rule 6. — Challenge and Protest. — Section 1. A con-
testant may challenge the load of any other con-
testant, under Rule 14 [b]. On receipt of a written
challenge, with $5.00 forfeit, the Management shall
obtain a cartridge from the challengee, and if, after
public examination of it, the Management finds the
challengee violated Rule 14 [b], he may be dis-
qualified or not, accordingly as the offense was will-
fully committed or otherwise. In case the challengee
is wholly innocent, the forfeit shall be paid to him;
otherwise it shall be returned to the challenger.
Sec. 2. A protest concerning a score or scores
must be made before or immediately after the close
of the competition to which it or they relate. A
protest can be made only by a contestant or con-
testants. All protests must be in writing.
Rule 7. — Dead Bird. — The Referee shall declare
the bird "dead" when it is gathered within bounds,
under the conditions prescribed by these rules. (See
Rule 9, Section 1 [b] ).
Rule 8. — Lost Bird. — Except in the cases otherwise
provided in these rules, the Referee shall declare the
bird "lost," respectively,
(a) When the bird is once outside of the boun-
dary (except as provided in Rule 9, Section 1 [d],
and in Rule 12, Section 8.)
(b) When the bird dwells, even for the briefest
moment, on the top of the boundary enclosure,
whether it perches thereon or not.
(c) When the contestant fails to shoot because
his gun was unloaded or unlocked, or because the
safety was faultily adjusted or jarred back, whether
from his own oversight or not; or because of any
other cause chargeable to his own oversight or neg-
lect. (See Rule 14 [c] ).
(d) When the contestant, after leaving the firing
point, returns and shoots again at the same bird,
or when, after firing one shot, he opens and closes his
gun, and shoots again at the same bird.
[Concluded next week.]
PROJECTED RECLAMATION OF DUCK
HUNTING MARSHES.
The continuance of the Suisun marshes as a duck-
shooting preserve will end if a project promoted by
San Francisco real estate operators, and backed by
Eastern capital, is brought to a successful issue. The
famous shooting resort and breeding place for many
years past of mallard, sprig, teal and other varieties
of the wild duck family may soon be a matter of
tradition among sportsmen, some of whom have for
a quarter of a century past shot wild ducks, geese
and snipe on club preserves in this marsh. The hand-
some and comfortable clubhouses may be turned
eventually into the homes of truck farmers.
The agents of the proposed reclamation scheme
have been negotiating recently with the owners
of marsh lands in the vicinity of Suisun, and it is
reported, have already secured options at from $20
to $35 per acre upon several thousand acres.
Rumor couples the name of W. C. Murdock, who
shoots on the Jacksnipe preserve, as being one of the
promoters of this movement.
These negotiations have been conducted secretly
for some little time past. These lands are undoubt-
edly rich and available for reclamation purposes.
Analysis of many samples of the marsh soil has
proven that the land is remarkably fertile for nearly
every variety of vegetation. It is intended to devote
the vast tract of reclaimed marsh land to the culti-
vation of potatoes, onions, celery, asparagus and
other garden truck upon a large and systematic scale.
Reclamation of similar overflowed marsh tracts in
the Sacramento and San Joaquin basins have proven
very remunerative investments. The reclamation
of the Suisun will be a most gigantic undertaking
— miles upon miles of levees and the filling and dam-
ming of numerous sloughs and creeks. The location
of the proposed truck patches is most convenient
being within easy reach of the city markets. Daily
communication can be established by the main line
of the Southern Pacific, which runs through the mid-
dle of the tract. Water transportation is also avail-
able.
The system of necessary levees, although costing
enormously at first, will eventually be far less ex-
pensive to keep intact, as compared with the cost
of mainentance of the up-river levees. The tidal
overflows are rarely very high, and much of this land
is overflowed to but a slight extent, and levees would
not have to be very high away from the main creeks,
Cordelia and Goodyear's.
It is estimated that it will take probably two or
three years to drain the land properly and render it
fit for cultivation after the salt or brackish waters are
leveed out.
The project is a colonization scheme. The pro-
moters, who do not desire their names made public
at this time, claim that they represent Eastern cli-
ents. It is the intention to eventually secure the
entire tract of marsh land lying between Suisun and
Benicia, containing thousands of acres. It is re-
ported that the prospective purchasers are ready
with plenty of capital to buy and carry out the re-
clamation and colony scheme.
If the present owners will sell at a reasonable
price there is a strong probability that the project
will go through. The commercial interests of that
section will of course be materially enhanced, the
population will be increased and the assessed valua-
tion of the county will be boosted. Many new homes
would be established and the business interest gen-
erally of the community would be greatly advanced
and the glory of a great duck-shooting marsh would
remain only a memory.
Several thousand acres of the tract in question are
owned by San Francisco sportsmen. The Allegre
preserve, for instance, several hundred acres, repre-
sents the largest part of an investment of about $40,-
000. The Harriman preserve (formerly owned by the
late Herman Oelrichs) was purchased for $60,000.
Green Lodge preserve, over 200 acres, stands for an
outlay of $25,000. The Harvey place, formerly owned
by the late Charles L. Fair; the Family Club, worth
at least $15,000; Marsh Club, and a tract of 250 odd
acres, the last piece of a domain of 120,000 acres
(formerly known as the Chamberlain tract), recently
purchased by local sportsmen; the holdings of Franl;
Maskey and many others may be bought by the col-
onization captains, but not for any $20 or $35 aD
acre. The average cost to most of the present hold
ers was over those figures. The Ibis, Teal, Cordelia
and other gun clubs have leaseholds that cover a few
years to come.
There is no question as to the economic value of
the proposed reclamation scheme, nor is there any
argument as to its gigantic features. The main issue
before finality will be the construction of the term
"reasonable price."
Chicago Gun Club — Charles Antoine was elected
president of the Chicago Gun Club at the annual
meeting held this month, Edward Harpen was chosen
vice-president, while C. P. Zacher was voted into the
secretary-treasurership in Chicago.
Plans for the holding of the grand American hand-
icap next June were also discussed, but nothing
definite was done. The date was not decided upon,
but will be when Elmer Shaner, secretary of the
Interstate Association, arrives. He will also have the
task o fmaking the final arrangements for the big
shooting event.
Tucson now has an enclosed coursing park, in
which Arizona leashmen will run dogs.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 5, 1910.
AT THE TRAPS.
The prospect for a local campaign, this coming
season, at blue rock trap shooting is rapidly assum-
ing tangible shape. An eligible site for a shooting
ground in San Mateo county is now available. This
location combines the favorable conditions of being
easily and conveniently reached by the local shot-
gun experts, and has also a desirable "background";
that is, the traps can be set so that the targets
will be thrown against a clear sky background.
This last condition is one that every trap shooter
knows the value of when trying to crack out a good
score. A hitch between the wing shots and clay
bird devotees has been happily smoothed over. Sep-
arate grounds will enable both factions to shoot at
the traps according to selection. Heretofore, both
styles of the sport were indulged in on the same
shooting ground. Now the blue rock will be shat-
tered down the peninsula, where the air is balmy
and the strong sea breezes are eliminated. The
"white flyers" will be liberated from traps installed
on the Contra Costa shore. The San Mateo loca-
tion will also receive the support and indorsement
of quite a shotgun following in that county.
A proposed plan to enable the fitting up and in-
stallation of a proper blue rock trap shooting plant
is that individual shares in an association of sports-
men to run the proposed new grounds be subscribed
for at a nominal figure. This suggestion is not only
feasible, but one that already bears the earmarks
of acceptance. A subscription list with a respectable
number of signatures has been started.
To Alameda county will go the honor of being the
scene of the opening shoot of the bay counties trap
shooting season of 1910. The Bay View Gun Club
shoot will take place on the club grounds, Bay Farm
island, at the foot of High street, Alameda, Sunday,
March 6th. The club grounds are readily accesible
and well fitted up for inanimate target shooting. The
roll of membership musters forty names. The regu-
lar club shoots will take place the first Sunday of
each month, March to September inclusive. In past
years these meetings were jolly affairs and always
well attended.
The club program for this season is the following:
Event 1. — Club race at 25 targets, $56 in cash and
prizes. Class shooting, 4 classes, entrance free.
Event 2. — Team shoot for refreshments. This race
was a pleasant feature of past club trap seasons.
The number of contestants is not limited. Each side
will shoot unde a captain, the losing team to pay
for the lunch.
Event 3. — 6 double rises, 25 cents entrance. Shoot-
ers will be classed under a sliding scale. High gun
will receive $5 in merchandise.
Event 4. — Miss-and-out. Re-entry shoot, 10 cents
entrance, high guns, two $5 prizes. Special prizes
of $3 and $2 to two highest runs during the season.
On Sunday, September 3d, the closing club shoot
will be at 100 targets.
The officers of the club are: A. L. Foster, presi-
dent; F. L. Parke, vice-president; H. H. Ricklefsen,
secretary-treasurer; W. B. Hodges, Percy Fox and M.
Ulrichs, directors.
The California Wing Club, for the first time in over
a decade, will open the "white flyer" trap-shooting
season outside of San Francisco county. Club shoot-
ing grounds have been secured near Stege, in Contra
Costa county. The first club shoot will take place
Sunday, March 13th. The club trap season will con-
clude in September. The shooting grounds can be
reached by the regular Southern Pacific 9:40 a. m.
train or by taking the Key Route to San Pablo ave-
nue and Fortieth street, Oakland, and thence to
Stege by street cars which run every fifteen minutes.
Several changes have been made in the announced
club program. There will be two twelve-bird events
for each of the seven monthly shoots. One race will
be the club race for a $50 purse, high guns. The
afternoon match will be the medal race, at twelve
birds. Three medals will be awarded the three high
average guns at the close of the club trap season.
Instead of a fifty-yard boundary fence, the bounds
will be, this year, forty yards from the center trap.
The dead line will remain at thirty-three yards.
The principal Pacific Coast trap-shooting tourna-
ments already scheduled, and which are always fol-
lowed with interest by the majority of local shooters,
are the following: The "Boosters' " three-day tour-
ney at Butte, Mont.; the Spokane Rod and Gun
Club's, Washington State Sportsmen's Association
shoot at Spokane, July 19th and 20th; the Pacific
Indians' tournament at Nelson, B. C, July 26th-2Sth.
Clarence A. Haight, Otto Feudner, E. Hoelle, H.
E. Poston, Clarence C. Nauman. Hip Justins, Dick
Reed, Fred Willet, George D. Morss and Dean W.
King, prominent local trapshooters, are members of
the Pacific Indians, an organization of the most ex-
pert trap shots west of the Rockies.
The fifth Pacfie Coast Handicap, under the auspices
of the West Seattle Gun Club, is programmed for
Seattle, August 2d-4th. The added money purses will
amount to $1000.
The Walla Walla tournament will take place this
year May 17th-19th.
The Tucson Gun Club has arranged to hold another
three-day tournament this season, dates to be an-
nounced lated.
six years — the Achille Roos trophy, the Hunter Arms
vase, Du Pont cup, Ballistite cup, Selby trophy,
Peters trophy, Sorenson medal, "Grand" cup and
Dick Reed trophy. Each trophy must be won three
times by the same contestant before individual own-
ership ensues. Several local experts have "two
legs" on one or more of these prizes. The chances
for permanent possession of several of the trophies
will probably induce keen competition this season.
These contests are open to all amateur trap shooters.
The Oakland Gun Club will start the club trap sea-
son on Sunday, March 13th, on the Alameda side near
the Webster-street bridge. The regular club shoots
will come off the second Sunday of each month there-
after until September. This organization, it is re-
ported, will hold a big three-day tournament later
on. Prizes and purses to the value of $2000 will be
the inducements for smokeless powder burning.
The Pastime Gun Club, composed of San Francisco
duck hunters, with a preserve located near Alvarado,
propose to install a set of blue rock traps and prac-
tice on clay pigeons this summer. George Thomas
and his accomplices intend to do things to the
"spooneys" next winter.
The San Joaquin Trap Shooters' Association will,
it is reported, soon be organized by gun clubs of
Stockton, Madera, Modesto, Fresno, Hanford and
Coalinga.
Modesto is in line for a tournament the end of this
month, open to all amateurs. Madera will probably
be the scene of the second valley tournament in
April.
Henry Allison of San Bernardino, a member of
the Urbita Gun Club, at a recent Sunday trap shoot
made the excellent score of 21 out 22, shooting at
doubles.
The Carnation Gun Club will conduct an active trap
season at the Guadalupe valley grounds.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
Although the duck shooting season is over, wild
game hunters still find opportunity to use their
fowling pieces. Wild geese and English snipe are
still in season.
Wild geese are plentiful as ever, but scattered
throughout the country in all of the many overflowed
districts where they And feeding grounds. In some
farming districts of Colusa county the birds did so
much damage, feeding at night, that skyrockets and
other fireworks were resorted to successfully to
scare the birds away from cultivated land.
Near Norman, Glenn county, the wild geese, which
had temporarily deserted that vicinity, are now re-
ported to be plentiful again in flocks of thousands.
One party that went out with J. G. Greenleaf last
week shot 149 geese of different varieties.
J. B. Kenniff, A. Blum, Martin Joost and F. Jost
recently bagged over 100 geese shooting with Hanson
brothers of Rio Vista.
E. R. Cuthbert and a party last week had a very
successful goose hunt near Willows, being in charge
of Frank Burgi.
The Raisin City Gun Club members and guests to
the number of 250 two weeks ago held a "mudhen"
slaughter on the club grounds at Oxalis, near Fresno.
This was the second annual gathering for a like
purpose. It is estimated over 2000 mudhens were
shot.
The Newman Sportsmen's Gun Club propose to
have a big mudhen shot and barbecue on Sunday,
March 6th.
The mudhen is usually regarded as a non-game bird
and pest. As a devourer of duck bait during the
hunting season the mudhen is in a class by itself.
The flesh of the mudhen, contrary to general belief,
is exceedingly palatable, that is, early in the sea-
son before they take to a fresh grass diet. After
the birds have been feeding for a while upon fresh
green vegetation the flavor of the meat gets a bit
oy. Wise mudhen shooters get the best birds by
working through the tules and picking out birds
that are slow and heavy in flight. These birds are
fat as butter and make up a variety of dishes that
are worth while eating.
Rumor has it that "poule d' eau," or water-hens,
are now served in some of the Southern California
hotels and also on some of the dining cars.
There are nine valuable and handsome prizes that
local trap shooters have been striving for these past
Wild ducks, and particularly the canvasbacks, blue-
bills and other deep water ducks that frequent San
Francisco and tributory bay waters, seem to under-
stand very quickly when the open season has ended
and pursuit by gunners is over.
But a few days elapsed after the 15th of February
before the birds, that had been so wary and high
flying, were to be seen daily close in shore on the
Berkeley and Oakland side of the bay, in large flocks
and apparently oblivious of the close presence of
man, their arch enemy. This exhibition of absence
of fear is a noticeable one every year as soon as the
close season is on. Where before it was impossible
to get within gunshot of the birds, now the contrary
prevails and will be so until mating is over and the
spring migration will take the ducks to northern
breeding grounds.
The opening of the steelhead trout season is close
at hand. April 1st is less than three weeks off, al-
ready the brothers of the angle are overhauling
tackle and rods and getting ready for the first day
of the season. Mountain, brook and lake trout will
not be in open season until May 1st.
A tour of observation, last week by a local angler,
that embraced three San Mateo county coast
streams, was productive of encouraging indications
for good fishing in Purissima and San Gregorio creeks.
The residents and ranchers of these sections of the
county are beginning to realize that protection of
these two streams is well worth while. Anglers
spend quite a bit of money in the county every sea-
son, and well taken care of trouting waters are now
regarded as a public asset. In consequence there
has been but little, if any, poaching during close
season on these two creeks.
Of the Pescadero, which used to be a fine early
fishing creek, we can not say as much. There has
been, and so for years, a disregard shown of the law
and the creek has been systematically poached. The
violators of the law are nearly all foreigners, ranch-
ers and their employees. It will probably take that
community some litle time to become properly edu-
acted to the value of having a paying trout stream
in their district.
Two weeks ago a Portugese rancher was arrested
and fined for spearing steelhead trout in Pescadero
creek.
When fair weather prevails the outing possibilities
at the various beaches within eash reach of our city
street cars tempt hundreds of salt water anglers and
their families to enjoy a day's modest fishing and
breathe the invigorating salt air.
Fort Point seawall and the rocky beach outside
proves a satisfactory fishing ground for a large gath-
ering of fishers of all ages and both sexes every
Sunday. Two weeks ago the extra low tide proved
advantageous for the catching of numerous salt
water eels. One catch weighing fifty pounds was
made by two men. Other eel catchers were also
well rewarded.
Three varieties of salt water eels are found on
the nearby Coast beaches. The largest sized, some-
times over two feet in length, is a black-colored
fish. Another eel is of the color and has some-
what the appearance of a huge dill pickle, in fact
is called the "cucumber eel." The third is a beau-
tifully spotted fish, the spots of several vivid colors.
All are remarkably well flavored.
Eel Ashing about the rocky ledges of the peninsula
is an art in itself and practiced by comparatively
few who find recreation in fishing along our beaches.
Needless to say that best results are obtained at
the time of lowest tides.
The outfit for the slippery wrigglers is simple and
somewhat crude. A six-foot length of telegraph wire
with a No. 2 or No. 1 O short-shanked eye hook
attached at one- end, either by a light copper wire or
fish line snell, and a handle or large loop at the
other end is usually the style of tackle used. The
hooks are baited with various tidbits that fish are
supposed to pay attention to. The best baits, because
the most durable and lasting for this kind of fishing,
are the "outside strip" of an abalone. Sea anemones
are also good baits; mussels and limpets have been
used successfully, too.
At low water the eel catcher betakes himself to
the rocks and reefs and probes around in crevices
and under the rocks, for the eel lies close and snug
in his retreat. The utility of the heavy wire comes
in when a shelving rock or ledge is to be prospected.
The wire can then be bent at any angle required,
and the innermost haunts of Brer Eel explored con-
veniently and effectively.
When the wriggling, slimy eel is securely hooked
there is no exasperating entanglement of tackle.
The fish is lifted out of the water and quickly thrust
into a gunnysack, hanging at the angler's side, in-
stead of the regulation basket. The eel is safely
poked into the bag with one hand, the enveloping
folds of burlap give a secure grip on the fish for the
other hand, the hook is then disgorged or simply cut
off and left in the eel's mouth.
A notable eel fishing resort is at Moss Beach,
where the rocky ledges are well populated with eels.
Here, and in that vicinity, the tackle used is some-
what different. A gaff about four feet long is used,
at the end of which is fastened a large-sized hook,
generally a No. 10 O. The gaff is prodded into
holes and seams; the eels are located by touch. When
the fish is felt a sharp turn is made and the hook
snagged into the eel's body.
The edible qualities of our eels are highly extolled
by some piscine gourmands. An eel chopino, gar-
nished with fresh mushrooms, is a gastronomic prize
worthy of the attention of the most fastidious diner.
Seawall fishermen, beyond Fort Mason, catch quite
a few fish, but find a disagreeable drawback in
handling tackle by reason of the refuse oil on an out-
going tide.
Sunset Engravings. — The half tones which appeared
in this department of the Stallion Edition of the
"Breeder and Sportsman," were courteously loaned
us by Sunset Magazine and are typical of the ex-
cellence of illustration that publication, among other
superior magazine qualifications, is noted for.
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Saturday, March 5, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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THE FARM
USE OF PEA VINES FROM PEA
CANNERIES.
In the early history of pea canning,
the pea vines were treated as a
waste product, the disposal of which
involved considerable difficulty and
expense. Most commonly they were
thrown out in piles to rot, the result-
ing marnie being used for fertilizer.
During recent years, the pea vines
have risen to the dignity of a by-
product, from which the factories de-
rive considerable profit. They are
now utilized for silage, or fed Ito
stock in a fresh state, or cured for
hay. They make a silage superior in
value to corn silage. They may be
preserved in silos the same as green
corn, or they may be put up in large
stacks in the open air. If these stacks
are well put up and the vines are well
tramped, decay will only affect the
surface to the depth of a few inches.
The TJ. S. Department of Agriculture
has recently made an extensive inves-
tigation of this subject and published
the results in a circular.
The pea vines can easily be cured
by spreading them on sod land. Pea-
vine hay is considered better than
clover hay.
Both the hay and the silage are ex-
cellent feeds for dairy cows. They
are also satisfactory feeds for beef,
cattle, horses, and sheep. The hay
sells at $3 to $5 a ton.
In some cases the pea vines are
hauled away from the factory by the
farmers who supply the peas; in other
cases they are sold in a fresh state;
and in still other cases the factories
either silo the vines, or cure them for
hay.
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GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
MISQUOTED.
The Department of Agriculture has
recently been informed that certain of
its publications dealing with eucalyp-
tus have been misquoted by several
companies interested in selling lands.
For instance, Circular 97, of the For-
est Service, has been misrepresented
as saying that California will in a few
years be the only source of hardwood
supply in the United States. Such a
statement has never been made in any
of the Forest Service publications and
is not considered a fact.
The Department experts believe that
there is promise of considerable suc-
cess in the cultivation of eucalyptus
trees in many parts of California, but
estimates of profit and of growth
have been attributed to the Depart-
ment which are unauthorized. There
are many uncertainties connected with
eucalyptus culture, the Government
experts say, which the inventor should
take into account.
In some cases statements falsely at-
tributed to the Forest Service in ad-
vertising matter have been corrected
when attention was called to the facts,
but not before the misstatements had
been widely circulated. Secretary Wil-
son says he does not intend to allow
the name of his Department to be
used as a means of victimizing the
public, and that in future any con-
cern which attributes to the Forest
Service unauthorized statements may
expect the statements to be publicly
disavowed.
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That boys are not leaving the farm
as they formerly did before the ad-
vent of the rural free delivery, the
telephone, the automobile, and several
other modern appliances, is apparent
in many States. A congressman in
one of the middle west states has
noticed the trend of things of late
years and is fully convinced that the
farmers' boys are a contented lot of
enterprising citizens. He expressed
his opinion in this manner: "While
attending a farmers' institute in my
district not long ago I was actually
surprised at the large number of
young men between the ages of 20
and 30 in attendance. They came to
every session and took an active part
in the proceedings. All paid undi-
vided attention to the debates and
several expressed themselves to me
that they had been greatly benefited.
I asked one or two of the boys if they
were an exception, or if boys general
were sticking to the farm better than
they did in my day. They said they
were not an exception, and they put
up a good argument to back up their
position. They said the farm of to-
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field for any boy. They stated the
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motion much better than in many
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MANAGEMENT OF CAMPAIGNERS— How to Keep the Race
Horse In Condition and Keyed Up for a Race.
CARE OF THE FEET— Booting and Shoelng-Bonner's
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CARE OF THE HORSE IN SICKHESS-Some Brief , Simple
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85 Percheron and Belgian Mares, 3 to 6 years of age, -weighing from 1,400
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DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
C0PADE0R0 2:011- $100
By Nutwood Wilkes 2:16^. dam Atherine
2:16% by Patron 2:16j£.
GARLOKIN 2:08]-$75
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By McKinney 2:llM. dam the (Treat
broodmare Carlotta Wilkes
The above horses will make the Season of 1910 at
Agricultural Park,
Los Angeles
For further particulars address
W. G. DURFEE, University Station,
Box 1. Los Angeles, Cal.
FOR SALE, TRADE OR LEASE.
Fine registered Percheron stallion,
weight 2200 lbs. Address
WEBSTER KINCAID, Eugene, Ore.
FOR SALE.
A four-year-old Belgian stallion;
weight 1630 pounds. Apply to
It. BURCHELL, Box 363, Gilroy.
WANTED TO BUY FOR CASH.
A trotter wtihout record; one that
can show three heats in 2:12 the same
afternoon over the Pleasanton track.
Address H. H. HELMAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
FOR SALE OR TRADE.
A handsome Star Pointer colt, dam
by Prince Nutwood 2:12%, grandam
Lucy L. This colt will be two years
old in March. Good size; a fine in-
dividual. Will sell cheap or trade for
two large draft colts. Address
J. J. McMAHON, Modesto, Cal.
FOR SALE.
The well known trotting stallion
Klondyke, 15.2 hands high, weighs 1200
pounds; 10 years old, magnificent con-
dition, sound wind and limb. By Al-
cantara Wilkes, dam The Widow by
Lemont, he by Almont. Will be sold
at a reasonable figure. Address
R. D. HANNAH, Merced, Cal.
FOR SALE.
JAY DIRECT — 7-year-old black stal-
lion; by Direcho, son of Direct 2:05%;
dam by Judge Salisbury; second dam by
The Moor; third dam, Black Warrior.
Jay Direct is a splendid young horse
in every respect; handsome, intelligent,
good disposition, and a very promising
trotter. Has a matinee record of 2:18;
has been in five matinee races and won
every time; been a half in 1:05%, quar-
ter in 31 seconds, and a full mile in
2:14. Barring accidents, is a sure 2:10
trotter or better.
For further particulars, address
owner, JAMES R. C. BURTON,
1527 N. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal.
FOR SALE: — ROYAL ENVOY 2:2S^.
Registered in Vol. 16. No. 36447. By a
Wilkes Mambrino Patchen sire and his
dam Oakland Maid, a double producer
by Masterlode. Royal Envoy breeding
is an honor to any harem. He is a light
bay, weight about 1100, stands 15.3, and
is in his prime. Individually he is all
one can desire in the American — kind,
gentle, city-broke, game and level-
headed. A two and three-year-old by
him were broke and are in training
and show speed of race horses. Two
reliable California horsemen will sub-
stantiate my claims. For extended
breeding particulars and price, address
C. F- McFARLAND, Tulare, Cal., Box 191.
FOR SALE.
Beautiful family carriage team, full
brothers, 4 and 5 years old, fully 16
hands high, weight close to 1200 lbs.
Blood bays, no white, heavy mane and
tail, black points. Sired by Stam B.
2:11*4, dam Mountain Maid. They have
never been trained but can trot a 2:40
gait to the pole. Great knee and hock
action and for style they have no equal.
Kind, gentle, fearless and safe for a
lady to drive single among cars and
automobiles. Absolutely without a
blemish, guaranteed sound in every
respect. They are as closely mated as
two peas and you can hardly tell one
from the other. Reason for selling them
is that owner was killed in a train acci-
dent.
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JEM JOHNSTON,
1420 Deering Ave., Melrose, Cal.
FOR SALE.
SISTER BESS, buckskin mare by the
champion long distance horse Senator
L. (four-mile world's record 10:12) by
Dexter Prince, sire of 4 in 2:10. Sister
Bess's dam is the champion broodmare
Nugget, dam of the great race mares
The Donna 2:07% and Queen Pomona
2:05V4. winner of the $5000 stake at the
Arizona Fair last fall, and a winner
on the same track for three seasons,
defeating such noted sires as Delilah
2:06%, Josephine 2:07, Mona Wilkes
2:03*4, Jonesa Easier 2:05%, Dick
Allen 2:07%, etc. This mare has as
much speed as her two great half sis-
ters and has proven beyond any doubt
that she is a race mare also, being a
cup winner in her first start, last sea-
son, three-quarters in 1 :39 pulled up.
She has been a mile over the Oakland
track in 2:14, last half in 1:04, last
quarter in 31 seconds, when the track
was fully four seconds slow. She is
sound as a new dollar, has the best of
legs and feet, and is one of the best
headed race mares living. Has never
made a break in her life. Any one
wanting a good green racing prospect
should look this one over. Address,
P. DONNELLY,
829 Hayes Street, San Francisco.
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Saturday, March 5, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A FUTURITY WINNER THAT SIRES FUTURITY WINNERS!
BON VOYAGE «M
Reg. No. 39813
As a two-year-old won $9,500
Champion two-year-o)d stallion and champion two-year-old
money winner of 1904. Rec.2:15.
As a three-year-old won $11,500
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905. Ree.2:12%.
FHE GREAT YOUNG SIRE OF EARLY SPEED!
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BON VIVANT (2) 2:1«}4
Fastest Two-Year-Olrt Stallion of lft09.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two- Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BONADAY (2) 2:27^4
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26%
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
BONALETTE (2) (trial) 2:20%
JEAN VAL JEAN (2) (trial) 2:21%
BON GUY (2) (trial) 2:24
PHYLLIS Wl'XX (2) (trial) 2:26%
LE VOYAGE (2) (trial) 2:29%
BON McKINXEY (1) (trial)..%in :35
%. In 1:15
Out of 20 foals (none over two years
old), 16 were broken to harness. 11 of
which had some training and showed
as above.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15% ,
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot. dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey Road,
SAN JOSE, CAL.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St.. San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07:
Reg. No.
37621
Sire oi
Diamond Mo - - -■-' H
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27 2
ArmonLou - - 2:2, ?
Harold B.. P.Mat. - 2:13%
trial - 2:10
Kinney G., p - - 2:2 IS
Debutante (3 1 trial - 2:19%
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney deLonez (3). trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (31. trial - 2:28
Four Stockings 13), trial Yi 1 :07
Princess Lout 2). trials - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
weVavTleased him tor a term "of ~years"from~"Mr.""Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P»rk where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
btlng trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale. Cal. For further particulars, address BAT.' MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511. or DB. J. P. NICHOLS. Salinas, Cal.
Will make the Season of 191 0 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
GOOD LOOKS-WELL BRED— CAME.
ALL STYLE 47622
By Stem B. 2:11%
Dam Ziiya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after- serving a sea-
son in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
3 good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya, was out of that famous old California
.■ace mare Mary Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07%, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jenny, the dam of three fast and frequent race winners, viz.: Ned Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15% and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, CHICO, Cal.
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chlco, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record V\\\
J-y.-o. Record 2:114
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight 2:03%; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkei 2:16%, sire of John A. McKerron 2:01%.
Copa de Oro 2:01%, Tidal Wave 2:06%. Miss Idaho 2:09%. etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona WilKes2:03% and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15:
second dam Trixy by Director2:17; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2:17%)
by Young Tuckahoe2:2S,12. son of Flaxtail; fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull ; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.l .
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season,
C. L. Gifford, Owner. E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:0514 in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2 :04%. Mona Wilkes 2 :03%. etc., etc.) :
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:0514 Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%. etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
J. E. MONTGOMERY.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship marea via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cat.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:031*
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:1114, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:1314, sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22 ■£, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:2814,
Vallejo Girl 2:1014, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief 89; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. "Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016 Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2;ll"/4 is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03',4, Memonio 2:09%. Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among thf greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07i4, Derbertha 2:07%, DiabK 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletonian 10.
PEE FOR THE SEASON *40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Sulsun, Cal.
Zolock2:05lR""°
•4
34471.
MoKinney's Fastest Entire Son
Sire of
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush -2:09%
Delilah 2:06% Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander 2:07% Boton de Oro 2:10%
Josephine 2:07% McO.D. - - 2:11%
etc., etc.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam. the great brood
mare, Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dee. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, GAL.
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
5ira IMiifwnnH WMLpc 7*l£i sire of Copa de Oro 2:01%, John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc., and
.3HC, HUIWUUU TTIIUCJ) i.IU2, damsof San Francisco 2:07%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc.
Ham Pallia (1\ ?'ln damof 2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20,
imill, railia yj, j i.iu, damof 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, damof 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%, and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
PAI ToriflC tAd fnr thn ^oaenn with return privilege, or money refunded at my
, UAL. leilllo. $4U IUI HID 0B(K>UI1 option if mare proves not in foal.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 in 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records In 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South FIgueroa St., Loa Anajelee, Cal.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:06%.
Alceste 2 :07%. Allerton 2 :09%. Duke Jay 2 :0'.-*?-i. Early Bird
2:10, GitchieManito 2 :i>.)%. Invader 2:10, Justo (3)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:05%. Charley Hayt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2 :18, sire of 12 in 2 :10 ; 2nd dam Almeta 2 :31
by Almont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30. including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%, by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella. dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, tsuai return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Amelia 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of 8 and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:08%. the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee $50 for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. ROMAN. Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
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[Saturday, March 5, 1910.
TOM SMITH 2:13
(Winniog Eace Record)
Reg. No. 47700
Sire of Katalina (2)2:22%. (3) 2:1554. (4) 2:llM. Tom Smith has four
2- year-old colts now in training at the Fresno track that are the fastest
lot of 2-year-olda by one sire ever in training on one track at the same
time.
Sire McKinney 2:1 1J£, dam, the great brood mare. Daisy S.
(dam of 6 with records of 2:l(£i to 2:28>£) by McDonald Chief 3583;
second dam Fanny Rose (dam of 2 in 2:20) by Ethan Allen Jr. 2903.
Will make the Season of 1 9 10 at the
FRESNO FAIR GROUNDS
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For further particulars address
J. W. ZIBBELL, 103 Thesta St., Fresno, Cal.
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DAN PATCH hm
81 Standard Performers— 10 in 1909—
Largest number for any stallion of his
age. Dan has 6 in the 2:10 list and I know
of 10 more Dan Patch Colts that can easily
enter the 2:10 list in 1910 barring injuries
or accidents.
Judging From Actual Breeding Results
I believe it is impossible to breed a high
grade mare to Dan Patch and not raise a.
2:10 to 2:05 pacer or trotter barring acci-
dents. Many of Dans fastest colts on my
farm are trotters.
I feel sure that Dan Patch will be the
greatest sire of 2:10 performers that the
world has ever seen. I HAVE UNE MARE
COSriNO ME 5150. THAT HAS RAISED ME
DAN PATCH COLTS COMMANDING $25,000
CASH. Your high class mare may raise a
525,000 to $50,000 colt if you breed to the
Great Champion of All Champions who
has gone more Extremely Fast Miles than
the combined miles of all the trotters and
pacers that have ever lived.
Dan Patch has paced one mile in 1:55
— one mile in 1:55J4 — two miles in 1:56 and
37 miles averaging 1:59 >£.
Dan Patch has every possible quali-
fication to build up the greatest harness
horse family on earth. He traces twice to
Geo. Wilkes, — three times to Hamble-
tonian 10,— three times to Mambrino Chief,
—twice to American Clay and back to Im-
ported Messenger 43 times. Dan Patch
mares are proving to be high class pro-
ducing mares and his colts rank high as
sires.
Dans Fee for 1910 is $300, cash or note,
with living foal insured— standard mares
with 2:10 records or 2:10 standard pro-
ducing mares bred on shares if desired.
A Large and New Picture of Dan
Patch, out of harness, mailed free if you
—Name This Paper— and tell me how
many mares you breed. Address,
M. W. SAVAGE. Minneapolis. Minn.
Or — International Stock Food Farm,
Savage, Minn.
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ADDRESS
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2;09j.
Reg. No. 45026.
A Came Race
Horse in the Stud
SJLJ
■Mr
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09%, Sue 2:12, Llsterine 2:13% and 8
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10%,
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June 15th, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Oal.
Charley D- 2:06
Sire McKINJiEY 2:11%, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 187, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
"Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cnl.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
SIR RODERICK
("The Handsome.'
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 1380 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a light cob. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
PEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRUAX, 1136 Fnrk Ave., Alameda, Cal.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20%
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Charley Belden
2:08%, R. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15%, Sonoma
Boy 2:20, Clipper W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25,
Dennis 2:27%, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%,
Schley B. 2:13%, Ayress 2:14. Sonoma Belle 2:15%,
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
FEE, *30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11}^
Pacing Record 2:06Ji
By McKinney 2:11%, dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Henld of San Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st
For further information, call at stable, or address
A. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08i
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03 4.
RAY O* LIGHT 2:0SM is a handsome brown horse, stands 15-3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Will make his first stud season after April 1, 1010, at
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
For further particulars address, after April 1st, E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds, Oregon.
Address before April 1st, E. S. TRAIN, Santa Cruz, Cal.
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FOR SALE- -Z0L0CK 2:051, DELILAH 2:06i
The Administrator of the Estate of Ben Davies, of San Bernardino, Cal., offers
for sale the great stallion Zolock and the mare Delilah.
Zolock 2:05%, a handsome, beautifully proportioned, dark bay stallion, 16
hands high, weight 1200 pounds, is by the great McKinney 2:11%. His dam is
Gazelle 2:11%, by Gossiper 2:14%i, by Simmons 2:2S, by George Wilkes 2:22.
Gazelle is dam of Zolock 2:05%, Zephyr 2:07% and Abe Miller 2:17%, etc. Dam
of Gazelle is Gypsie by Gen. Booth 2:30%, by Geo. M. Patchen 30. Gypsie is
dam of Delilah 2:06%, Gazelle 2:11%, Ed. Winship 2:15, Willett (mat.) 2:17 and
Dixie S. 2:27.
Zolock (No. 34471) is the sire of Sherlock Holmes 2:06, Delilah 2:06%, Jose-
phine 2:07%, Bystander 2:07%, R. Ambush 2:09%. Velox 2:09%. Boton de Oro (4)
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BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Turf and Sporting Authority of tha Pacific Coast.
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Gifford, Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BONNY' McKINNEY 41383 H Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
CHARLEY D. 2:06% Chas. De Rvder, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47870 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 w. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile. Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYNWOOD TV. 2:20%. .Lynwood Stock Co., Santa Rosa
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08% E. S. Train, Santa Cruz
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax. Alameda
TOM SMITH 2:13% J. W. Zibbell, Fresno
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles
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tion of Mr. A. L. Scott as president was a most
happy one. The honor came to him as a surprise,
and was the direct result of his remarks made to the
convention in the afternoon wherein he advised the
horsemen to work for the re-establishment of the
district and county fairs in California along lines
that would appeal to and meet the endorsement of
the best people in the State. He advised them to
avoid the gamblers and work to make the fairs what
they should be — good clean expositions of the re-
sources of each district, with racing as the amuse-
ment end of the fair, and the racing conducted in
the cleanest manner possible. Mr. Scott could not
attend the evening session of the convention, but Mr.
Geo. L. Warlow, the well known attorney and horse
breeder of Fresno, who was a delegate from that
county, had become impressed with Mr. Scott's re-
marks, and before the convention re-assembled in the
evening canvassed among the delegates suggesting
Mr. Scott for President. Mr. Warlow had never met
Mr. Scott, and did not make his acquaintance until
the following day. The members of the convention
felt that Mr. Scott would be the right man for the
position and he was elected by acclamation. With
Messrs. Geo. L. Warlow, Sampson B. Wright and W.
A. Clark Jr. as Vice-Presidents, W. J. Kenney as
Secretary, Mr. T. L. Mattheas as Treasurer,
and an executive committee that is to be
made up of one delegate from each organization in
affiliation with the association, the California Har-
ness Horse and Stock Breeders' Association will be
well officered. There will be much work to do be-
tween now and next winter when the Legislature
convenes, but when that body meets the association
will be prepared to have a bill introduced that will
provide for the establishment of district fairs on a
permanent basis, and will demand that they Teceive
financial aid. It is thought that the California Har-
ness Horse and Stock Breeders' Association will
have several thousand active members by that time
and as many associate members, all banded together
and working harmoniously for one purpose. With
the showing that can be made of the amount Oif taxes
paid by the stock breeder's interests of California, it
is certain that respectful attention will be given the
representatives of this organization when they ap-
pear before the Legislature next winter. The con-
vention which met last week has made an excellent
start, and as it placed the affairs of the organization
in excellent hands, there can be no doubt of the
success of the venture. Within a few days the
constitution and by-laws of the organization will be
printed and there will be a general movement put on
foot to secure a very large membership. In numbers
and unity there will be strength, and we hope every
person interested in the welfare of the harness horse
industry in all or any of its phases, will become
an active member of this organization and do every-
thing in his power to aid in the very important work
of restoring the district fairs to the people.
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THE SALE OF CHARLES DERBY 2:20, at the age
of 25 years to be taken from California and placed
on Patchen Wilkes Farm, at Lexington, Kentucky,
is an event of more than usual importance. Charles
Derby is one of the greatest, if not the greatest speed
producer ever foaled in this State, and as his get
are almost invariably large, handsome horses, he
can be truly said to have been a great horse for the
light harness breeding industry in California. He
was bred on the once famous Oakwood Park Stock
Farm, his breeder really being Samuel Gamble, who
owned the dam Katie G by Electioneer at the time.
Charles Derby was trained and raced, proving him-
self a game race horse, and his mark should have
been many seconds lower. He was a good gaited
trotter, but the majority of his fastest performers are
pacers, and his sons are siring pacers. He has sired
eight 2:10 performers, all but one, Derby Princess
2:08% being pacers. He sired Jim Logan (3) 2:05%
and is himself a brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05%, the
two fastest three-year-old pacers of the world. His
son Diablo 2:09% has sired seven in 2:10, his son
Demonio 2:11% has sired three in 2:10 and his son
Don Derby 2:04% has sired one in 2:10 out of only
two colts sired before he was gelded. A daughter
of Charles Derby produced that good trotter Brilliant
Girl 2:08%. Charles Derby enjoyed fair opportuni-
ties for a while, but during the last six or seven
years, when he should have had access to the best
mares in the land, he was neglected and few good
mares were mated with him. At a sale of a few of
the old horses left on the Oakwood Park Farm last
fall, Charles Derby was sold at auction for $125, being
in very poor condition and nearly 25 years of age.
He was purchased by Messrs. Abbrott & Meese of
Danville, who gave him good care and it was sur-
prising to see the old hero pick up and take on
flesh. When led before the auctioneer at Pleasanton
last Thursday he looked ten years younger than his
actual age, and it was reported that every one of the
fourteen mares bred to him last year were in foal.
Of course it could not be expected that there would
be much demand for a twenty-five year-old stallion,
but Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick bid $300 on him and the son
of Steinway was knocked down at that bid. It was
then announced that Mr. Kilpatrick had bought the
old fellow for Mr. W. E. D. Stokes, of Patchen Wilkes
Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, and there was a round of
applause as it was known the grand old horse will
get one of the finest of homes in which to spend his
declining years, and that he will be mated with a
class of young mares that in all likelihood will add
greatly to his already •excellent reputation as a sire
of early and extreme speed. May he live for several
years yet and bring added fame to the State which
gave birth to his illustrious sire.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, March 8, 1910.
The summer weather of last week is a thing of
the past and now we are having it cold and raw
with rain threatened every day, but threats that are
not made good, though we need rain badly. The
sudden change has affected a number of horses at
Agricultural Park and a great many are coughing
and several are sick with distemper, among them
James S. Stewart's good mare Easter D. 2:13%, who
has a week-old foal at foot, and George M. Vail's
fast pacer Belle Pepper.
The Pasadena Gentleman's Driving Club was or-
ganized last night at the Hotel Maryland. The
objects are to cultivate a taste for driving trotters
and to give a series of matinee races at Tournament
Park, the first one to take place on St. Patrick's Day.
The Los Angeles Driving Club has decided to give
two matinees this month, one on the 12th, instead
of on the 17th, and one on the 26th.
John McLane's fast pacing mare, Lady Mac, by
Zombro, is being shaped up for an exhibition mile
next Saturday and if it is a good day and track, it's
hard to tell how fast a mile she will go, but judging
from one the other day in 2:10, last % in 1:01%,
and the last % better than 30 seconds, she ought
to set a merry mark for the other green ones to
shoot at.
In Col. Mac, a bay 3-year-old, Mr. JYIcLane has
another good pacer, as evidenced when he stepped
a mile last week in 2:12%. Neither one of these
side-wheelers wears anything except the harness and
quarter boots.
The following payments will be due on April 1st:
The California Breeders' stake for foals of 1907, to
be raced as 3-year-olds in 1910, $25.
The Canfield stake for foals of 1908, to be raced
as 2-year-olds in 1910, $10.
The Canfield stake for foals of 1908, to be raced
as 3-year-olds in 1911, $10.
These last two stakes are with $400 added and
are not to be confused with the Canfield-Clark purse
of $1,000 for 2-year-old trotters to be raced this year
and again in 1911. The payments in them will not
be due till June 1, 1910.
Joseph Walker's attractive black 2-year-old filly,
Miss Murphy, by Red McK., is in J. H. Vance's hands
getting in shape for the Canfield-Clark stake and is
reported to be coming to her speed quickly. She
certainly is nice gaited and good headed.
I. M. McKeoghan has a nice-going chestnut pacer
that with 30 days' work is going miles round 2:25
and does not wear the straps.
Mr. C. A. Canfield's health is improving and he
is expected to be able to come down town to his
office next week.
JAMES.
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MARCH 17TH AT SAN JOSE.
There will be an afternoon of racing at San Jose's
new track on Thursday next, St. Patrick's day. There
will be two purse races as follows:
2:30 Pace — Jean Val Jean by Bon Voyage, Love-
locks by Zolock, Princess Lou by Kinney Lou.
2:30 Trot — Bon McKinney by Bon Voyage, Bon Vo-
lante by Bon Voyage, Cornelia by Beau B., Nathan
Frank by Nutwood Wilkes.
In addition to the above purse races there will be
four cup races with five entries in each.
All the above races will be two best heats in three.
During the afternoon the stallion Zolock 2:05% will
be driven a quarter of a mile in an effort to beat 30
seconds.
W. J. Kenney will do the starting.
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KEEP THIS IN MIND.
Next Tuesday is the day.
It falls on the loth of March.
You can get a square deal for a dollar on that day.
It is the date on which entries close for the Ameri-
can Horse Breeders' $11,000 Futurity.
You can nominate your mare bred in 1909 on that
day, at the cost of $1.
Next November you will only have to pay $3 to
keep the foal eligible to the stake.
On May 1st, 1911, you must pay $5 more and there
is nothing more to pay until the year of the race.
This is the best thing for the money there is in
sight — only $9 to keep a foal in a $11,000 stake until
the year of the race.
Read all about it in our advertising columns to-day.
Remember, the date of closing is next Tuesday.
SAN JOSE TRACK NOTES.
Princess Lou, a four-year-old pacing filly by Kinney
Lou 2:07%, recently stepped a mile in 2:20%, last
quarter in 33 seconds. She wears no straps.
Ted Hayes drove Ben Volante two-year-old trotter
by Bon Voyage, dam Missie Medium, by Rampart,
a half in 1:13% one day this week. Both Bon Vo-
lante and Bon McKinney another two-year-old son of
Bon Voyage can beat 2:30 now.
A. J. Clunie of Palo Alto has sent his mare, Bank-
er's Daughter 2:13% to be bred to Kinney Lou 2:07%.
Mr. Clunie is so well pleased with this mare's beauti-
ful yearling filly by Kinney Lou that he sent her
back to Mr. Doble's horse hoping to get another of
the same kind.
T. W. Barstow has bred the mare, Maud J. C, by
Nearest 2:22%, to Bon Voyage. This mare is the dam
of the promising young sire. Nearest McKinney, trial
2:15. Mr. Barstow will take twenty head of his
horses and colts to the San Jose track as soon as the
stalls now under way are completed.
Judging by the speed shown by some of the horses
the track must be fast. Last Saturday Ted Hayes
stepped his two-year-old trotter Bon McKinney by Bon
Voyage a slow mile with the last quarter in 34 sec-
onds and repeated another slow mile with the last
quarter in 33% seconds; in both heats he was ac-
companied by Jean Val Jean, a three-year-old by Bon
Voyage, out of She 2:12%, by Abbottsford 2:19, re-
cently converted from a trotter to a pacer. As a
two-year-old Jean Val Jean trotted a mile in 2:21%,
but as he did not go to suit his trainer this spring,
Mr. Hayes decided to try him at the lateral gait and
changed him from the trot to the pace less than a
month ago. The quarter in 33% in company with
Bon McKinney was the fastest he had shown up to
that time but half an hour later Mr. Hayes stepped
him in 31 seconds flat. This black son of Bon
Voyage wears nothing but the harness and if he is
never heard of again his performance last Tuesday
was a sensational one.
Last week Joe Cuicello drove Prof. Heald (3)
2:24%, the handsome trotting son of Nutwood
Wilkes, a quarter in 31% seconds.
Entries close in a few days for the big annual sale
at Portland. This is one of the best places to sell
horses or cattle on the Coast.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 12, 1910.
THIRD ANNUAL PLEASANTON SALE.
Of the 100 trotting bred horses catalogued for
F. H. Chase & Co.'s third annual Pleasanton sale,
which was held on Thursday of last week, 64 were
sold, nearly all the others being bid in by their
owners. The 64 head brought a total of $9,805, or
an average of a little over $153 per head, which was
a very fair average considering the kind of horses
that were sold. At least 15 head of the 64 were in
very poor condition, having been brought from pas-
ture direct to the sale without any conditioning
whatever. There was a large proportion of yearlings
and 2-year-olds in the sale and several very old
horses, but whenever a horse that had any usefulness
was offered the bidding was not slow.
As in all sales, several horses brought much less
than their true value, this being especially true of
the stallions offered, but for some reason there
were hardly any buyers of stallions in California.
The six young stallions consigned by Mr. F. J.
Kilpatrick were the feature of the sale, and without
them it would not have been much, as the four
sold averaged $500.
The seven Demonio yearlings from the Suisun
Stock Farm brought an average of a little over $95,
which was less than the yearlings from this farm
have brought when sold at Suisun, but they have
usually been sold a month or two later in the year,
and when in better condition.
The little mare Nada by Xushagak, consigned to
the sale by M. C. Keefer of Woodland, trotted a half
mile on the track in the forenoon in 1:05%, coming
the last quarter in 32% seconds. When she was
put up there was a legitimate bid of $575 on her,
but L. R. Palmer bid $600 and the bid was not raised.
Mr. Palmer was bidding for Mr. Keefer, who had in-
structed him to not let Nada go for less than $750.
Charles Derby 2:20 got a round of applause when
led before the auctioneer, and when he was finally
knocked down for $300, and it was announced that
he would go to Patchen Wilkes Farm in Kentucky
to spend his last days, there was another loud clap-
ping of hands. The trotting bred horses were all
sold on Thursday, and on Friday about 100 head ol
draft and work stock were offered. Halter broke
range horses weighing from 900 to 1100 pounds
brought from $50 to $125 each, while work horses,
the majority of them along in years and not any too
fat, weighing from 1300 to 1500 pounds, brought out
lively bidding and were sold at from $350 to $475
a span.
Following is a list of the trotting and pacing
horses sold on Thursday, with the name of the
buyers and the prices received.
Bav mare, 1902, breeding unknown; D. Mc-
Xally. $110.
Rosie Woodburn 2:16, bay mare, 1894, by Easter
W. 18457, dam Lady Beth by Goldnut; A. L
Scott, $130.
Bay filly, 1908, by Sir John 2:22, dam Rosie Wood-
burn 2:16; J. E. Ayer, $65.
Bay filly, 1908, by C. The Limit, dam La Moscovita
by Guy Wilkes; E. D. Dudley, $160.
Georgie Lecco, black filly, 1906, by Lecco 2:09%,
dam Martha Frasier by Rustic; R. Sehulken. $240.
Valpv, chestnut stallion, 1903, by Monterey 2:09%,
dam Silver Queen by Silver Bow; W. B. Kirk, $230.
Roan Hal, roan stallion, 1907, by Athablo 2:24%.
dam Carmen by News Boy; Charles de Ryder, $500.
Lovelv Dell 2:37, bav mare, by Prince Lovelace
32741, dam Alta Dell 2:16 by Holmdel 2:18%; J.
Geary, $145.
Zoe Dell, brown filly, 1907. by Zolock 2:05%, dam
Lovelv Dell by Prince Lovelace; E. E. Doyle, $190.
Eloise Dell, brown filly, 1908, by Alconda Jay
46S31, dam Lovely Dell by Prince Lovelace; H.
Struve, $100.
Bay colt, 1909, by Alconda Jay 46831, dam Lovely
Dell by Prince Lovelace; H. Struve, $60.
Ohio, grav mare. 1901, by Peveril 2:14, dam by
Whiteline Jr.; A. Urban, $120.
Mary Sweet, bay mare, 1906, by McKena 39460,
dam White Swan by Grover Clay 2:25%; M. J.
Murray, $140.
Alfred H., bay gelding, 1904, by Clay S. 2:13%, dam
Pussie by Major; M. F. Schallenbrandt, $195.
Peggie, gray mare, 1907, by McKena 39460, dam
White Swan by Grover Clay 2:23%; John Flint, $105.
Prince Hendrick, grav stallion, 1908, by McKena
39460, dam White Swan by Grover Clay 2:23%;
J. Thomas, $60.
Josephine, bay mare, 1906, by McKena 39460, dam
Tehachapi by coach stallion; F. Mass, $115.
Gabriel, brown gelding, 1905, by McKena 39460,
dam Tehachapi: H. Arendts, $105.
Torpedo, black gelding, 1899, by Malheur 2:27%,
dam Mamie Harney by Grand Moor; William
Vanatti, $200.
Dick Bowles, bay colt, 1908, by Baron Bowles 2:25,
dam Belle by Elector; cash $100.
Dorothy, chestnut filly, 1906, by Strathway 2:19,
dam Simona by Secretary; Phil Gundlach, $65.
Monierat 2:13%, black stallion, 1897, by Wood-
mon 2:2S%, dam Altacrat by Altamont Jr.; F. J.
Kilpatrick, $225.
Gerald Jay, bay colt, 1907, by Jay Bird 5060, dam
Black Annie by Bourbon Wilkes; J. G. Taylor, $400.
Black Hall, black colt, 1907, by Ozono 40480, dam
Maggie Yeazer by Red Wilkes; George L. War-
low, $800.
Moko Hall, brown colt, 1907, by Walnut Hall
2:08%, dam Daisy Wilkes by Moko; Frank Ruhstal-
ler, $500.
Grant Constantine 47666, bay colt, 1907, by Con-
stants 2:12%, dam Vivacious 2:27 bv Bernal 2:17;
J. B. Garrat, $300.
Leo Rex, bay gelding, 1908, by Searchlight Rex
42402, dam Leonet K. by Leo Corbett; J. Wil-
liams, $115.
Miss Knott, bay filly, 1908, by Knott McKinney
44083, dam Miss Mascot by Iran Alto 2:12%; Uni-
versity California Agricultural Station, $135.
Chestnut colt, 1909, by Demonio 2:11%, dam Nellie
T. by Dawn 2:18%; H. G. Smith, $65.
Brown colt, 1909. by Demonio 2:11%, dam Potrero
Girl by Prince Airlie 28045; Henry Struve, $75.
Bay colt, 1909, by Demonio 2:11%, dam Hannah bv
Le Grande; A. W. Longley, $S0.
Bay filly, 1909, by Demonio 2:11%, dam Rosebud
by Fallis 2:23; C. J. Uhl, $50.
Chestnut colt, 1908, by Demonio 2:11%, dam
Mamie Airlie by Prince Airlie: C. J. Uhl, $50.
Chestnut filly, 1909, bv Demonio 2:11%, dam Olita
by Bradtmoor 2:26%: T. J. Sexton, $100.
Bay filly, 1909, bv Demonio 2:11%, dam Minerva
by Guy Wilkes 2:15%; A. W. Longley, $250.
Miss Valentine, bay mare, 1902, by Bayswater
Wilkes 2:25%, dam Bee Sterling by Sterling; F. E.
Wright, $110.
Babe D., chestnut mare, 1894, by Dawnlight 214S4,
dam Bee Sterling by Sterling; L. Dobzrensky, $110.
Capalita, bay filly, 1909, by Palite 45062, dam Ima
Jones by Capt. McKinney 44253; E. A. Servis, $130.
Starrina, brown colt, 1909, by Star Pointer 1:59%,
dam Friskarina 2:13% by Bayswater Wilkes 2:25%;
A. W. Longley, $160.
Balite, chestnut colt, 1909, by Palite 45062, dam
Babe D. by Dawnlight 21484; J. B. Garrat, $110.
Der Teufel, chestnut gelding. 1905, bv Diablo
2:09%, dam Babe D. by Dawnlight; J. W. Bon-
ney, $200.
Leta, chestnut filly, 1907, by Palite 45062, dam
Babe D. by Dawnlight; J. E. Ayer. $130.
Zorah, bay filly, 1907, by Der Teufel, dam Zillah
by Bradtmoor, 2:26%; R. L. Miller, $95.
Rachel, chestnut mare. 1907, by Der Teufel, dam
Lady Cuba by Falrose; Lee Wells, $80.
Josephine, chestnut filly, 1906, by Strathway 2:19,
dam Maud by Diablo 2:09%; F. J. Kilpatrick, $115.
Brown gelding, 1908, by Palite 45062, dam Maud
by Diablo; J.' A. Little, $60.
Brown colt, 1909, by Palite 45062, dam Maud by
Diablo; J. E. Ayer, $35.
Carmeneita, black filly, 1907, by Zolock 2:05%,
dam Maud by Diablo; F. J. Kilpatrick, $175.
Maud, brown mare by Diablo 2:09%, dam Jennie
by Elector 2170; F. J. Kilpatrick, $80.
Star Lock 44559, bay stallion, 1906, by Zolock
2:05%, dam Fanny Gossip by Gossiper 2:14%; Dr.
F. X. Folsom, $130.
De Lecco, bay filly, 1906, by Lecco 2:09%, dam
Laurel Dell bv Boydell 5391; A. J. Martin, $105.
Laurel Dell', bay mare, 1898, by Boydell 5391, dam
Maud D. by Challenge 1698; Lee Wells, $95.
Ladv Wilkes, filly, 1907, by Nutwood Wilkes
2:16%, dam Lady Direct by Direct 2:05%; F. J. Kil-
patrick, $100.
Arthur W. 2:11%, brown stallion, 1894, by Way-
land W. 2:12%, dam Lady Moor by Grand Moor;
C. B. Fagan, $105.
Judge Gaddis 46439, chestnut colt, 1907, by Palo
King 2:28%. dam Diawalda by Diablo 2:09%; Joe
Thomas, $250.
Daken D. 2:16%, bay gelding, 1S97, by Athadon
2:27, dam Zadie McGregor by Robert McGregor 2:17;
C. C. Morris, $150.
Bonnie Searchlight, bay stallion, 1905, by Search-
light 2:03%, dam Rita B. by Boodle Jr.; C. B.
Creed, $100.
Chestnut colt, 1908, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%,
dam Palo Belle 2:24% by Palo Alto 2:08%; W.
Farnum, $110.
Bert Arondale 2:19%, bay gelding, 1900, by Sidney
Dillon 23157. dam Oakley Russell by Happy Russell;
J. F. Heenan, $160.
Clara Oakley, bay mare, 1910, by Sidney Dillon
23157, dam Oakley Russell by Happy Russell; F. J
Kilpatrick, $175.
Chas. Derby 2:20, brown stallion, 18S5, by Stein-
way 2:25%, dam Katy G. by Electioneer; F. J. Kil-
patrick, $300.
Bav stallion, 1908. by Best Policy 4237S, dam by
Robert Direct; J. O'Keefe, $80.
Marcel, bay mare. 1906, by Fay Wilkes 19572, dam
Mountain Hare by Young Venture; George W. Gray-
son, $40.
Bay filly, 1909, by McKena 39460, dam Marcel by
Fay Wilkes; George W. Grayson, $35.
A FEW NOTES FROM STOCKTON.
The State engineering department has begun the
work of surveying and laying out the beautiful court
in the space between the three pavilions at Agri-
cultural Park. Sacramento. There will be a lawn
with wide gravel walks laid in an artistic manner
and a number of flower beds and shrubs will be
planted. Trees will be planted around the margin
and on either side of the midway, known at the
last State Fair as "Gladway."' In the center of
the court a bandstand will be erected. The pres-
ent foundation will be torn out. The old board fence
entrance to the grounds will be replaced by a
modern entrance in pagoda shape. Ticket stands
will be built in front, and the entrance will conform
with the new buildings and improved grounds.
Frank Lieginger, the enterprising Stockton horse-
man and secretary of the Draymen's Association of
that thriving city, came down to the Pleasanton sale
last week and spent a day or two in San Francisco.
Mr. Lieginger always has a lot of horse news in his
head, and is ready to tell it if pumped a little.
While in the "Breeder and Sportsman" office we
got the following bunch of items from him:
J. M. Jones of Stockton has a nice mare in Lady
Irene 2:14% by Diablo, that took her record in a
• trotting race at Sacramento in 1908. Lady Irene is
due to foal in a few days to Charley D. 2:06%. Mr.
Jones also owns the Nutwood Wilkes mare Little
Branch 2:22%, that has worked a mile in 2:12% at
the trot. This mare is a full sister to Ollie B. 2:13%
the mare that sold for $1,000 at the Chicago sale
recently.
Jerry Aker of Stockton also owns a mare that
will foal to Charley D. 2:06% this spring. This is
the mare Lilly Ash by Derby Ash, that has a matinee
record of 2:22%, and is the dam of Blanche A that
has a matinee record of 2M8. Both are pacers.
Dan Lieginger is working the Nutwood Wilkes
pacer T. D. W. and lias him in fine shape. This
gelding has paced a mile in 2:10% for Dan and will
be heard from in the matinees this vear if Dan can
find time from his work raising fine chickens of
which he has about 1,000 on his place near town
Roy L., the gelding by Educator out of Thera by
Albion, is now owned by Frank Lieginger, who
intends keeping the hobbles off him and racing him
in the matinees.
A W. Cowell's Bonnie W. 2:22%, matinee record
2:15, is the dam of Bonnie Pointer, a fillv by Star
Pointer, that won a match race when a 2-ye"ar-old
Bonnie W. is by Delphi 2:12%.
Beauty Pointer, the property of M. Friedberger is
a. fine filly by Star Pointer 1:59% out of Black
Beauty, matinee record 2:29, by Booth.
C. Helms is jogging his horse Noble, matinee
record 2:13, on the roads about Stockton this winter
Noble is by Diablo 2:09%, dam bv Falrose ?-19'
and second dam by Alexander Button, consequently
comes by his pacing abilities naturallv. He has
never had any regular training, but is naturally
very fast.
McDougal, Jack Grigsby's gelding with a race
record of 2:19%, by Stam B. 2:11%, dam bv Falrose
is looking exceptionally well this winter and is
being touted as a 2:10 trotter for 1910 bv all the
club members, but Jack says wait and see how he
comes on before claiming too much for him.
T. F. Donovan, owner of the brown gelding Chappo
2: IS, reports his horse as coming along nicelv and
is only waiting for the track to open to begin work
on him.
Other horses that will be ready for the matinees
this season are McAdrian 2:24, Trix McAdrian
2:22%, one of his get; Bert Kelly, matinee record
2:24; Allan Pollak, matinee record 2:19%; Linden
Girl 2:22%, Royal McKinney 2:22%, Bob Ingersoll
2:14% (now in the wine business), Ben Walker, no
record: Guy Vernon, matinee record 2:20%, trial
2:14%, by Guy McKinney; Babe Kemp 2:28; Auget
Baron, the black gelding by Baron Wilkes; Will
Guthrie, Selah McKinney, Frank C, Headlight and
many others. The last four are owned by M. Henry
of French Camp, whose stallion Educator is looking
as fine as silk this year.
BONNY McKINNEY AT PLEASANTON.
H. Busing has placed his McKinney stallion Bonny
McKinney in the stud at the Pleasanton track again
this year, and the horse's book is nearly full already.
Bonny McKinney is a young horse and is not yet the
sire of any with records, but his get are such large,
handsome, good boned and well behaved colts that
there is a demand for the horse's services. Bonny
McKinney is standard and registered, stands 15.3,
is a solid black, as are all his colts, and a horse of
splendid proportions. He has a lot of speed, good
action and one of the best dispositions ever seen
in a stallion. The majority of his get trot and trot
fast, but he is the sire of a big black pacer that
Busing is training now at Pleasanton that is attract-
ing attention, as he acts like a race horse. He is
hardly well broke to harness yet, but stepped a
quarter in 36 seconds last Saturday, and can go
faster. Bonny McKinney is as well bred as the best
of them. He is by McKinney 2:11%, dam Martha
Frasier by Rustic (he by Whipples Hambletonian
out of the producing mare Lady Suffolk, dam of
two in 2:30 by Henry Belmont, son of Williamson's
Belmont). The second dam of Bonny McKinney is
Emma, a full sister to Cora Wikersham, the dam of
Athasham 2:09% and Nogi 2:10%. She is by
Whippleton out of Gladys by Gladiator, next dam
by John Nelson 187.
Bonny McKinney is a very sure foal getter and
a very uniform sire of color, size and speed. Mr.
Busing has excellent pasturage for. mares sent to
his horse and will take the best, of care of them.
Address him at Pleasanton.
Gil Curry gave Mr. R. J. McKenzie's pacer Joe
McGregor his first repeat of the season at Pleas-
anton last Tuesday. Both miles were in 2:55, as
Curry says, only a minute slowrer than Dan Patch's
record. Joe is admired by everyone, and those who
saw him race last year an easy second in 2:07%,
and close up at that, are certain he will be a
frequent winner this year no matter what company
he gets into.
Doc Tanner having stated that Uhlan 2:02% had
long toes and very heavy shoes when Mr. Billings
bought him last year, Bob Proctor, who trained
and marked the son of Bingen. says that is "all
bosh." that Uhlan had medium toes all around and
shoes much lighter than Tanner reported.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, March 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
NOTES AND NEWS
As Oliver Todd was not sold at the Pleasanton
auction, Mr. Kilpatrick will probably have him
trained for Lis engagements. He is eligible to six
of the leading colt stakes in America, aggregating
about $75,000.
What about a circuit?
Will some association please announce a few
purses?
There will be nearly twenty cups awarded at the
Livermore horse show today.
That story sent out from Frankfort, Ky., about
Charles Derby was a pipe dream.
The Riverside Driving Club will hold a green
ribbon matinee next Thursday — St. Patrick's day.
Dates for harness meetings in 1910 have already
been selected by over 600 tracks in the United
States.
California horses are the best and fastest on
earth, but they get few chances to show their speed
at home.
Phoenix 2:19%, otherwise known as The Pig, has
been gelded — a good thing for the improvement of
the breed.
Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick has about concluded to send
Charley D. 2:06% over to the Great Western Circuit
with Charles de Ryder this year.
Ed Parker has resigned his position on the Davis
farm, near Pleasanton, and contemplates going
north to Oregon and Washington soon.
George W. Ford of Santa Ana is closing out all
his horses at roadster prices and expects to have his
racetrack and pasture lands all in sugar beets next
year.
John Mackay, for so many years the superintend-
ent of the Haggin farm, near Sacramento, will not
go East to reside, but will reside at Sacramento,
where he has just purchased a home.
Dr. Oikawa, a veterinarian of the Japanese army,
purchased six yearlings and one 2-year-old thorough-
bred at the recent Mackay sale at Woodland and will
ship them to Japan for breeding purposes.
H. A. Carlton writes us that he has received a com-
munication from the United States Government for
a price on Lynwood W. and adds: ''Should he be
sold he will finish this season at Santa Rosa."
Charles de Ryder, the popudar Pleasanton trainer
who took a carload of horses to the Chicago sale,
was storm bound on the train in Nevada last week
and did not reach home until this week.
A shipment of work horses was recently made by
the E. Clement Horst Company from Tehama
county, California, to Canada, and it turned out so
well that another shipment *will be made this month.
"The best place to sell horses," says Fred Booth,
for so many years manager of the famous Oakwood
Park Stock Farm, "is right in San Francisco." Mr.
Booth is about correct.
All the horsemen who looked Alconda Jay over
at Pleasanton last week were greatly pleased with
him. He is in fine order for the stud season and
will do considerable business.
Frank Ruhstaller of Sacramento has a magnificent
young stallion in Moko Hall that he bought for $500
at the Pleasanton sale. Four mares at $50 each
were booked to the colt before Mr. Ruhstaller had
owned him three hours.
Charles de Ryder bought the little pacer Roan
Hal at the Pleasanton sale for $500. This pacer
showed well as a 2-year-old last year and could turn
a mile track better than 2:20 very handily. He is
about a 2:10 pacer at the present time and is im-
proving.
Star Pointer 1:59% held quite a reception at
Chicago, where he waited over at the Union stock-
yards during the sale on his way to Tennessee.
About every horseman at the sale had a look at the
old champion.
J. E. Montgomery has a couple of young Percheron
stallions for sale. They are both three-year-olds
and weigh about 1700 each. One is a black, the
other a bay. Write to Mr. Montgomery at Pleasan-
ton for particulars.
The Porterville Agricultural Fair Association was
recently formed with Dr. O. C. Higgins as president,
H. O. Smith, secretary, and L. M. Cornell, treasurer.
The association proposes to hold fairs and race
meetings.
Pandora B., the McKinney mare that Gil Curry
purchased at Los Angeles for Mr. R. J. McKenzie of
Winnipeg, is a very neatly turned mare — one of the
smoothest McKinneys we ever saw. Curry has this
mare and McKenzie's pacer Joe McGregor at Pleas-
anton. Both are in fine shape.
The first of the get of The Harvester (4) 2:06%,
winner of the "Triple Crown," is reported from the
Frank Farm, Memphis, Tenn. The filly, which it
proved to be, was insured for $2,000.
Joe Patchen II, ice record 2:17%, by Joe Patchen
2:01% is said to be a stallion of rare beauty, stands
16 hands high and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a very
fast, attractively gaited pacer and races with the
hopples.
Ed Geers broke a bone in his leg by being thrown
from a horse he was riding. The break is not a
serious one, but it will keep him out of the sulky
for awhile.
The colts that are entered in stakes in this coun-
try have a large earning capacity. There will be
more money hung up for trotting and pacing 3 and
2-year-olds this year than ever before in the history
of harness racing.
New roofs are being placed on the box stalls
located around the first turn at the Sacramento
track. These stalls have been heretofore used only
in the summer, but the big demand for stalls at this
winter track has necessitated their being made
waterproof so that they can be used during the
rainy weather.
Mr. Robbins of Canby, Ore., has leased the track
and grounds at Eugene, in the same State, and will
use the property as permanent training quarters,
and turn it over to the fair association for a week
during the fall, when a fair and race meeting will
be held. Mr. Robbins has the horse Bonnie Tangent
2:17% and several others that he will race this year.
Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick certainly picked up popular
California blood at the Chase sale at Pleasanton
last week — a daughter each of Diablo 2:09%,
Zolock 2:05%, Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, Stratbway
2:19, and Sidney Dillon, and all out of good dams.
They should be heard from later on, and Patchen
Wilkes farm is to be congratulated, and this is not
saying anything about grand old Charles Derby
2:20, who is certainly a prize for any stock farm
in the world if he lives through one season.
Romeo, a product of California and a trotter of
ability, the property of Mr. Garland, former owner
of Sweet Marie 2:02, will be in the hands of Alta
McDonald in 1910 and that capable trainer has re-
ceived instructions to enter him in all the big
stakes down the line this year. He has as yet no
record, but went a mile in 2:10 to wagon before he
left the Coast. He is reported to be in fine shape
and expects to make it interesting for the other
green performers in the rich early closing events.
Mr. F. H. Holloway, manager of the Hemet Stock
Farm, writes us that he has shipped the mare Hemet
Light to Fred Ward at Los Angeles to be trained
for the Coast races if there are any this year.
Hemet Light is by Searchlight 2:03%, dam Irvington
Girl by Nutwood Wilkes, and she worked a mile
over the Hemet Stock Farm half-mile track on
Wednesday of last week in 2:13%, with the last half
in 1:06 and the last quarter in 32% seconds. She
goes free legged and is good headed, consequently
should make a good race mare, as her breeding is
superb.
King Hill Farm, owned by Mr. John Donovan, has
issued a very handsome catalogue of its stallions in
service this year. King Hill Farm is located at St.
Joseph, Mo., and is the home of Constantine 2:12%,
Washington McKinney 2:17%, Capt. Aubrey 2:15%,
Edgecombe D. 2:15% and the elegantly bred 3-year-
old Grand Bingen. The pedigrees of these five
stallions are given very fully, with complete de-
scriptions of each, the catalogue being a very hand-
some specimen of high-class typographical work.
The well-known trainer, A. L. Thomas, is super-
intendent of King Hill Farm.
John Gurder of Grand Island recently bought of
E. W. Westgate Jr. a 9-months-old colt, paying the
handsome price of $200 for him. Mr. Gurder has
made a success of raising draft horses, and he
selected this colt after a thorough search through
the country for something to suit him, which speaks
well for Mr. Westgate, this being the second good
sale of young stock he has made lately for breeding
purposes. The colt was sired by McCormack Bros.'
Belgian stallion Gascar, and his dam is a mare that
Mr. Westgate considers his best broodmare, which
is saying a good" deal.
Normono 2:14%, as a 2-year-old, by Demonio, has
grown a lot since Charles de Ryder won the pacing
division of the Breeders' Futurity with her last
year. She will be a big strong 3-year-old this season,
and it looks now as if the winner of the stake would
have to beat 2:10 to take first money away from
her. She was the only one of the four starters in
the 2-year-old division of the stake last year that
wore no hopples. Mr. de Ryder thinks a great deal
of her prospects and so do all the horsemen at
Pleasanton. She is owned by Mr. James N. Blair of
Sacramento.
Bon Jour, the three-year-old colt by Bon Voyage
2:12%, owned by Mr. W. O. Bowers, the popular
hotel proprietor of Sacramento, is showing a lot of
speed in John Quinn's hands at the State track. Bon
Jour is out of a mare by Silver Bee 2:27%, second
dam Sadie Benton, a full sister to Mary Lou 2:17,
the dam of Kinney Lou 2:07%. Mr. Bowers still uses
Sadie Benton on his farm just out of Sacramento
and says the old mare, although about 20 years old, is
as game as they make them, and is always right
up in the collar when any farm work is done. With
Bon Jour Mr. Bowers has a great chance to win
the Breeders' Futurity and other stakes this year.
There is a movement on foot to organize the tracks
at Hemet, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego
into a circuit to give racing this summer or fall,
with a two or three days' meeting at each place.
If the managers of the tracks there can organize
such a circuit they should do so by all means. It is
certain that the horsemen in that section of the State
would be glad to race over such a circuit for $300
purses, and with a program arranged so as to secure
the entries of the horses owned there, the meet-
ing could be made financially successful. That the
people would turn out well to see the races goes
without saying, as harness horse racing is very
popular in all the towns named.
The Monterey Agricultural Association will hold
its fair and race meeting this year during the last
four days of the first week in August; in other
words, on August 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th. Good premi-
ums are to be offered for the best products of the
county and good purses for races. It is proposed
to eclipse any fair ever held in the county. The
fair grounds at Sherwood Park are just outside
Salinas and beautifully located. Monterey is one of
the most productive counties in the State, and a well
managed fair should not only secure a very fine
exhibit, but draw very large crowds to see it. Here's
success to the fair and its enterprising managers.
There was a crowd around the stall of the cham-
pion 3-year-old pacer Jim Logan 2:05% at Pleasanton
on the day of the big auction last week. His owner,
J. Elmo Montgomery, pulled the blanket off him at
least 50 times during the day that horsemen might
have a look at him. Jim Logan has grown broader
and rounder and is a grand looking 4-year-old. He
has already been bred to several mares, and will
get some very high-class ones this year. There is
not a spot or a pimple on him anywhere, his legs
being as clean and hard as nails. Everyone thinks
he will pace so close to two minutes next year
that there won't be any room for a fraction in the
record.
Mr. A. W. Longley of Chicago, who owns a beauti-
ful mountain farm of several thousand acres near
Bishop, Inyo county, attended the Pleasanton sale
last week and bought a couple of youngsters that
showed him to be a pretty good judge of young
horseflesh. One was a brown colt by Star Pointer
1:59%, dam Friskarina 2:13% by Bayswater Wilkes,
second dam Bee Sterling, dam of seven or eight
pacers with standard records; third dam Flash, dam
of four or five in the list, by Egmont; fourth dam
Lightfoot by Flaxtail and fifth dam Fanny Fern, dam
of six producing daughters. As a pacing bred colt
this fellow is about as high class as any yearling in
the country and he looks classy. He has a neck like
his daddy, but will be a handsomer horse, having
more finish. Another well bred one purchased by
Mr. Longley is the bay filly by Demonio 2:11% (full
brother to Diablo 2:09%, Don Derby 2:04%, etc.)
dam Minerva, dam of Solano Boy 2:07% by Guy
Wilkes, second and third dams producers by Sultan
and The Moor, fourth dam the thoroughbred mare
Lulu Jackson by Jack Malone, a son of Lexington.
Mr. Longley had to go to $250 to get this yearling
filly, but she is worth more than he paid for her,
as she is a great prospect.
A writer has dug from the files of that long de-
funct magazfpe, Wallace's: Monthly, (a st?/:ement
wherein the height of many of the noted horses of
trotting horse history are given as follows: Mes-
senger stood 16 hands, Abdallah was about 16 hands,
Hambletonian 10, 15% hands; Electioneer 15%
hands, Harold 15 hands, George Wilkes 15% hands,
Dictator 15 hands, Aberdeen 15% hands, Anteeo and
Antevolo 16 hands, Egbert 16 hands, Dauntless 15%
hands, Alcantara 15% hands, Masterlode 17 hands,
Abdallah 15, 15% hands; Victor von Bismark 15%
hands, Alcyone 15% hands, Robert McGregor 15%
hands, Belmont 15% hands, Almont 16 hands, Ken-
tucky Prince 15% hands, Daniel Lambert 15 hands,
Phallas 15% hands, Nelson 15% hands, Sunol 16
hands, Belle Hamlin 15% hands, Maud S. 16 hands,
St. Julien 16 hands, Stamboul 16 hands, Jay Eye
See 14.3% hands. Goldsmith Maid 16 hands, Flora
Temple 14% hands, Rarus, Lady Thorn and Ameri-
can Girl 16 hands, Prince Wilkes 15% hands. Di-
rector 15% hands, Bonnie McGregor 15% hands,
Harry Wilkes 14% hands. Guy 15 hands, Dexter
15% hands, Wilkes Boy 16 hands.
Helen Stiles, the 5-year-old mare by Sidney Dillon,
dam Silver Haw by Silver Bow 2:16, second dam
by Hawthorne, son of Nutwood, marched a quarter
in 33 seconds at Pleasanton last Saturday and came
the last eighth of it in 15% seconds, a 2:04 gait.
She did it so easily that only those who held
watches knew she was trotting so fast as she passed
the grandstand. Charles Durfee was driving her,
and he is now pretty certain that he made no mis-
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 12, 1910.
take when he gave Mr. Stiles ?2,000 for a halt
interest in her after seeing her perform as a lame
filly in the Breeders' Futurity that year at Chico.
Helen only got "fifth money" out of that race,
although she was fourth in every heat in a field of
10 starters, and it was a fast race of four heats.
Don Reginaldo won the first heat in 2:15%, then
Cleo Dillon took the next three in 2:13%, 2:14%
and 2:15%, a pretty good race for 3-year-olds.
Helen Stiles was dog lame, with a splint on one
leg, and the way she marched by Durfee's colt, Dr.
Lecco, in the last heat and beat him down the
stretch made Mr. Durfee think she was some trotter,
and he soon after got Stiles to sell him a half
interest in her. That was Helen Stiles' only start,
as her lameness increased. Last year as a 4-year-
old she was not raced, but allowed to run out a
good part of the time. This winter and spring she
has been getting easy work at Pleasanton, and thus
far no signs of lameness have made their appear-
ance. She is a wonderfully well made, smooth
turned mare, just the right size, and as beautifully
gaited as any trotter ever was.
According to the Chicago Horseman and also the
Horse Review of the same city, the chestnut mare
Ollie B. 2:13% brought $1,600 at the Chicago sale
instead of $1,000, as was reported in nearly all the
other papers.
Easter (3) 2:15% is one of the "sure enough"
trotters at Pleasanton track. Henry Helman says
he is a pretty good horse, and hopes he will get a
chance to race him.
Happy Dentist 2:11%, the Nutwood Wilkes pacer
owned by Dr. Nash of San Jose, is working so
nicely for Henry Helman at Pleasanton that every-
one is saying he is good enough for the Grand, the
Great Western or any old circuit. There is no
smoother going side-wheeler than this gelding, and
that he is game and fast was fully demonstrated
last season.
One of the handsomest fillies in California is
Myrtha Pointer, a daughter of Star Pointer 1:59%
and Myrtha Whips 2:09. She is a bright bay with
both hind and the right front ankle white, is of good
size and very neatly turned. She is in Henry Hel-
man's string and is a fast natural pacer. Nothing
but sickness or an accident will prevent her getting
a low mark.
The dam of China Maid 2:05% is due to foal to
Aleonda Jay next month. Out of 31 mares bred last
season to this son of Jay Bird, but three are barren.
Thomas Ronan, former proprietor of the Pleas-
anton track, is breaking a yearling by San Francisco
2:07% that is marked something like his sire and
can show a lot of speed at the trot.
Two years ago Henry Struve, of Watsonville, leased
from Mr. J. B. Iverson, of Salinas, the mare Princess
2:13% by Eugeneer and bred her to Aleonda Jay.
The union resulted in a bay filly now a yearling,
which is showing so much speed at the trot that Mr.
Iverson wants one like it, and has sent the mare
back to the same stallion this year.
The owner of a couple of fine young stallions de-
sires to trace the pedigree of their dam Little Miss
so that he can get them registered if eligible. Little
Miss was once owned by George Martin, a brother-
in-law of the late Lee Shaner. If any of our readers
know where George Martin is now located, they will
confer a great favor by sending the information to
this office.
Sister Bess, a half sister to Queen Pomona 2:05%
and The Donna 2:07%, is offered for sale. She is
by the long distance champion Senator L. See adver-
tisement.
A meeting is to be held this afternoon at San Ra-
fael to take steps toward the holding of a Marin
County fair at the Kentfield stadium this summer.
This project should meet with every encouragement
from the residents of Marin County.
The Livermore Horse Show takes place to-day.
The parade starts at 1:30. Trains leaving San Fran-
cisco at 7:40 and 9 a. m. will reach Livermore in
time for the parade.
The Portland Horse Sale will be held during the
week of April 25-30. There is no better place to sell
trotting bred stock or fine cattle. Entries for the
sale closes next week. If you want good treatment
and a good price for your horses or cattle make a
consignment to this sale.
McAdrian, the registered son of Guy McKinney
(one of the best bred of all the sons of the great
McKinney) is one of two grandsons of McKinney that
have sired standard speed. McAdrian has a record
of 2:24 and his two-year-old Trix McAdrian a record
of 2:22%. McAdrian is a very popular horse in San
Joaquin County where he is owned by Mr. E. D.
Digges, who resides at 743 East Anderson street,
Stockton.
W. G. Durfee is negotiating with a number of asso-
ciations in the west to give speed performances with
the great pacing stallion Copa de Oro 2:01% this
summer. Copa now weighs 1220 pounds and is in
perfect condition. In 1908 he returned to California
sick, and remained out of condition until almost time
to return to winter quarters in 1909, but not how-
ever until he had demonstrated bis ability to pace
in two minutes. He is now 250 pounds heavier than
last year at this date, and is pretty well along, having
been jogged from five to eleven miles every day since
last November. He was bred to twelve mares, and
those that have not actually foaled are heavy with
foal. Nine conceived the first cover, a truly remark-
able showing for potency. He is absolutely sound
and is one of the handsomest horses in America to-
day. With a record of 2:07% in 1907, 2:03% in 1908
and 2:01% in 1909, what should his record be in 1910
after a special preparation and in his greatly im-
proved condition?
Soisetta is the name of a good looking five-year-old
trotter in Fresno. She is owned by Geo. L. Warlow.
She is by Guy McKinney (son ot McKinney 2:11%
and Flossie D by Guy Wilkes 2:15%) second dam
Blanehward by Onward 2:25, etc.) out of Narcola by
Athadon 2:27 (son of Matadon he by Onward 2:25),
the second dam was Lustrine by Onward 2:25; third
dam Minnie Wren by Challenge; fourth dam Valencia
by C. M. Clay Jr. 22, fifth dam by Abdallah 15. There
are very few mares carrying as much of the blood
of Onward as Siosetta and as she also traces three
times to Mambrino Patchen she should prove a valu-
able mare to breed to some good Electioneer stallion.
One of the finest trotters at Fresno is owned by
Geo. L. Warlow. He was sired by Stamboulet 2:10%
out of Strathalie by Strath way 2:19, second dam
Athalie (dam of Athadon 2:27 and 5 others in 2:30)
by Harkaway 2:28%. Horsemen who have seen him
on the track predict a great future for him. His sire
was the fastest son of Stamboul and was as game a
horse as ever started.
A "Natural Trotter" is the youngster pictured on
our front page this week. He was bred by Mr. P. W.
Bellingall, of Oakland, who presented the youngster
to his friend James Smith of Oakland, who is now
having the little fellow broke at Pleasanton. The
colt is not a year old yet. He was sired by a son of
Nutwood Wilkes that was out of a mare by Secre-
tary, and the colt's dam is by Secretary.
Robert S. Brown, of Petaluma, has sent his mare
by Dictatus, dam Nina B. by Electioneer, to be bred
to Henry Helman's stallion Aleonda Jay this year.
CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR FUTURITY NO. 2.
Following is a list of nominations made in California State Fair Futurity
No. 2, which closed February 1st. This stake has a guaranteed vaule of $5,000,
of which $2,S50 is for trotters and $2,150 for pacers:
Entered by
Entry
Sire of Entry
Bred to
Alley, Frank E Oniska by Nutwood Wilkes Bonaday.
Alley, Frank E Fuschia Mack by McKinney Sonoma Boy.
Alley, Frank E Addiola Mack by McKinney Sonoma Boy.
A
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Allev.
Allev.
Alley,
Alley,
" lien.
Bachant,
Bachant,
Barstow,
Bars tow,
Bigelow,
Blair, J.
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
E Lady Lemo by Memo Diawood.
E Diabella C. by Diablo LynwoodW.
E Welladay by Steinway Sonoma Boy.
E Fortuna G. W. by Guy Wilkes Diawood
E Grace Spears by Waldstein Sonoma Boy.
E Gussie J. W. by Jud Wilkes Sonoma Boy.
Frank E Maud Stambourect by Stamboul Diawood.
Frank E Aileen by Anteeo Sonoma Boy.
Frank E Minnie H. by Mulligan Diawood.
Frank E Angelina Boswell by Hart Boswell LynwoodW.
Frank E Julia S. by Daly Sonoma Bov.
Frank E Maud Grenear by Greco B Diawood.
Frank E Ruby D. by Sam Ford Sonoma Boy.
R. E Baroness Bonnie by Baron Wilkes Zombro.
Armstrong, H. E... .Alma Mac by McKinney AlcondaJay.
Bachant, D. L Maud Sears by Wayland W Athasham. *
D. L Corinne Neilson by Clarence Wilkes ...Athasham.
D. L Allena by Nutwood Wilkes Athasham.
Mrs. S. V. .Mrs. Weller by McKinney Alto Express.
Mrs. S. V. .Aunt Joe by Iran Alto Nearest McKinney.
C. B Lucy B. by Alex Button Prince Ansel.
N Louise by Welcome Demon io.
Bollinger, Geo. T. . .Guidon by Directum Nearest McKinney.
•Bonfilio, Elizabeth. .. Beatrice Zomhro by Zombro Carlokin.
Bonfilio, Elizabeth.. . Atherine by Patron Del Coronado.
Borden, I. L I^a Belle Altamont by Altamont Barney Barnato.
Brents, Thos. H Saffrona by Antelope Cotosca.
Brents, Thos. H Laurelia by Caution Bonnie McK.
Blown, Alex Serpolo by Mendocino Prince Ansel.
Brown, Alex Lauress by Mendocino Prince Ansel.
Brown, Alex Lottie by San Diego Prince Ansel.
Brown, Alex .Arista by Nushagak Prince Ansel.
Burke, Frank H.... Wanda by Eros Bon Voyage.
Burke. Frank H. . . . Vallejo Girl by McKinney Bon Voyage.
Canfield, C. A Mamie Elizabeth by Red Regent Walter Barker.
Canfield, C. A Chloe by Conifer Walter Barker.
Canfield, C. A Sue by Athadon Walter Barker.
Canfield, C. A Dixie W. by Zolock Walter Barker.
('lark, J. M Diarina by Diablo Palo King.
Clark, J. M Diabitine by Diablo R. Ambush.
Conroy, E. M Frances C. by Wasatch Star Pointer.
Coulter, Thos Lou Onward by Onward. Lijero.
Co well. S. H Dione by Eros Kinney Lou.
Cowell. S. H Charmion by Nutwood Wilkes Henry Nutwood.
1 >ahl, A. G Rosie Caution by Caution Vassar.
Dahl, A. G ludith by Wm. Harold Vassar.
Daniels. L. B Dorothy Tennant by Clay Sir John S.
Daniels. L. B Nocha by Nushagak On Voyage.
Draper, R. L Lady Halpet by Gerome Copa de Oro.
Drais, Thos. J. Jr. . .Blancheward by Onward Aleonda Jay.
Dudley.
Dudley,
Dudley,
Dudley,
Dudley,
Dudley,
Dunn, I
Durfee, W
Durfee. W .
Durfee, W.
Durfee. W.
Durfee, TT.
D Bee Sterling by Sterling Palite.
D Paprika by Oro Belmont Palite.
D Babe D. by Dawnlight Palite.
S. D Miss Valentine by Bayswater Wilkes. . .Fe Oro.
3. D Ima Jones by Capt. McKinnev De Oro.
5. D Truth by Searchlight Carlokin.
R Bonner Bell by Bonner N. B McKena.
G Subito by Steinway Del Coronado.
G Jessie Madison by Jas. Madison Del Coronado.
G Mowitza by Soudan Carlokin
G My Irene S. by Petigru Carlokin
G Lady H. by Del Coronado Ctrlokin
Hemet
Hemet
Hemet
Hemet
Hemet
Hemet
Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock
Hogoboom, H.
Farm. .
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Durfee, W. G Ola by McKinney Bon Voyage.
Durfee, W. G Lillie Mc by McKinney Stam B.
Evans, W. B Maebe by Del Coronado Stam B.
Evans, W. B Flora Alta by Altitude Jr Star Pointer.
Foley, W. E Still Better by Iran Alto Lijero.
Fosdick, A. M Athena bv Dexter Prince Nearest McKinney.
Galindo, J. V., Jr. . .Lady Glide by Ulster Chief Monteo.
Gammon, E. A Nita H. by Zolock Carlokin.
Glide, T. S Fannie G. by Nutwood Wilkes Bon Voyage.
Glide, T. S Josephine by Nutwood Wilkes Iran Alto.
Harlan, I. N Rita R. by Diawood Bon Voyage.
Hellwig, F. P., Es.. .Lady Dell by Prince Lovelace Derby Direct.
Helman, H. H Electress Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes.. .Derby Direct.
Helman, H. H Lady Mowry by McKinney Constructor.
Hemet Stock Farm. .Mamie Redmond by Nutwood Wilkes. . .Prince Ansel.
Farm. .Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes Prince Ansel.
Farm. .Muriel P. by Nutwood Wilkes Zolock.
.Louisa R. by Sterling McKinney Tom Smith.
.Lady Zombro by Zombro Nob Age.
.Nealy W. by Geo. W. McKinney Nob Age.
. Fiesta by Bob Mason Bon Vos'age.
.Beautiful Bird by Nutwood Wilkes ... .Charley D.
Hogan, John Lady M. by Rinaldo Pegasus.
Hogan, John Babe by Count Lionel Nearest McKinney.
Irvine. W. J Ever Green by McKinney Nearest McKinney.
Iverson, E. P .Queen Karen by Nutwood Wilkes Carlokin.
Iverson, J. B Ivoneer by Eugeneer Athadon.
Keelev, H. C Mattie B. bv Alex Button Stanford McKinney.
Kellogg, A. S Lillith by Secretary Tom Smith.
Keefer, M. C Nellie K. by Nutwood Wilkes Stamboulette.
Knowlton, E. S Lady Hermit by Hermit Athablo.
Leech. William Hiawatha by Baron Bretto Star Pointer.
Lyons, E. E Lady Mac by Codicil Tom Smith.
Marshall, J. W Trix by Nutwood Wilkes Lijero.
Marshall, J. W Ramona by Demon io Lijero.
Mead, Ray Carrie B. bv Alex Button Zolock.
Miller, W. J Lulu Mc by Arthur Wilkes Teddy Bear.
Montgomery, J. E...Effie Logan by Durfee Tom Smith.
McFeely. C. H Diana by Dialect Copa de Oro.
Nichols, A. L Silver Benton by Senator Boggs Copa de Oro.
Perkins, Dana Zaya by Bay Bird Enola.
Perkins, Dana Princess Eulalie by Tom Benton Vassar.
Putnam. Geo. W. .. -Jessie Tilden by Roy Wilkes Nearest McKinney.
Rea, Jas. W-, Jr. . .. Iran Belle by Iran Alto AlcondaJay.
Rea, Jas. W-. Jr Much Better bv Charles Derby Sidmore.
Renatti, John Madeline S. by Horace S Star Pointer.
Riggs, Chas. A The Blonde by Strathway Aerolite.
Schreiber, Mrs. L. B.Sadie Mason by Bob Mason Palite.
Schwartz. A. W Lorenzo Girl by Monterey Iran Alto.
Scott, A. L Cora by Ira Aleonda Jay.
Shippee, W. A Dolly D. by Temescal AlcondaJay.
Shippee, W. A Clara E. by Moses S Aleonda Jay.
Smith, J. A Daisy W. by Mambrino Chief Jr Geo. W. McKinney.
Smith, H. B Ayeress by Lynwood W Geo. W. McKinney.
Spencer, C. A Noraine by Nushagak Geo. W. McKinney.
Stewart, James Easter D. by Diablo Geo. W. McKinney.
Suglian, John Hazel Mac by Director Geo. W. McKinney.
Todhunter. L. H. . . .Zombowyette by Zombro Armond Lou.
Todhunter. L. H. . . .Zombelle by Zombro Geo. W. McKinney.
Todhunter. L. H Loma B. by Stam B
Twohig, J Melba by Nutwood Wilkes San Felipe.
Val. Stock Farm. . . -Puchachee by Dexter Royal Kinney de Lopez.
Vendome Farm Eva B. by McKinney McKena.
Vendome Farm Just It Sure by Nearest Kinney Lou.
Wadham, F. W Johannah Treat by Thomas Rysdyk .. .Kinney Lou.
Warlow, Geo. L Cora Wickersham by Junio Modesto Mc.
Warlow, Geo. L Narcola by Athadftn Athasham.
"Warlow, Geo. L Sextette by Athablo Prince Ansel.
Warlow, Geo. L Soisette by Guy McKinney Silk Cloud.
Warlow. Geo. L Donnagene by Athadon Star Pointer.
Whitman, G. W Violet by Abbotsford Jr R. Ambush.
Woy, M
Wright
Wright
Wright
Wright
Zibbell,
L Cora Dell by Junio Zolock.
~ Donnellv. Big Siss by Stanton Wilkes Palite.
Donnelly. Ebner by Fallis Kinney Lou.
Donnelly Pearl Sinclair by Hanford Medium Dan Logan.
Donnelly. Iadora by Jas. Madison Zolock.
W Kate Lumry by Shadeland Onward Bon Voyage.
Saturday, March 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A Quarter of a Century
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"THE SQUARE DEAL FOR THE ROUND DOLLAR"
American Horse Breeder Futurity
Open to Mares bred in 1909
Seventh Renewal
PURSE $11,000
For Foals of 1910
$i
Nominates
Mares
Second
Payment
$3
CONDITIONS. — $1.00 is due March 15, 1910, when name of mare, her color, age
and breeding-, and name of sire to which she'- was bred in 1909, must be given.
$3.00 is due November 1, 1910, when color and sex of foal must be given, and $5.00
on May 2, 1911. NO MORE PAYMENTS ARE DUE TILL YEAR OF RACE. Hop-
ples barred. Races mile heats, two in three". l*f you wish to start a two-year-old
trotter, a payment of $10 will be required on May 1, 1912, $20 on July 1, and $40
ten days before the race. In the three-year-old trotting division a payment of
$20 will be required May 1, 1913; $40 on July 1, 1913, and $100 ten davs before the
race. In the three-year-old pacing division, a payment of ?10 will be required
May 1, 1913, $20 on July 1, 1913, and $40 ten days before the race. In the three-
year-old trotting division money will be divided $4,000.00 to first horse, $1,000.00
to second horse, $400.00 to third horse, $200.00 to fourth horse, $200.00 to nominator
ENTRIES CLOSE MARCH 15, and will be
AMERICAN HORSE BREEDER, 161
of dam of winner, $100.00 to nominator of dam of second horse, $60.00 to nom-
inator of dam of third horse. $40.00 to nominator of dam of fourth horse. In pac-
ing division money will be divided $2,000.00 to first horse, $500.00 to second horse,
$200.00 to third horse, $100.00 to fourth horse, $100.00 to nominator of dam of win-
ner, $50.00 to nominator of dam of second horse, $30.00 to nominator of dam of
third horse, $20.00 to nominator of dam of fourth horse. In the two-year-old
trotting division money will be divided $1,300 to first horse, $350 to second horse,
$150 to third horse, $100 to fourth horse. $50 to nominator of dam of first horse,
$25 to nominator of dam of second horse, $15 to nominator of dam of third horse,
$10 to nominator of dam of fourth horse. NO ENTRY WILL BE LIABLE FOR
MORE THAN THE AMOUNT PAID IN OR CONTRACTED FOR. With exceptions
herein noted rules of associations of which the track where the races will be
held is a member, will govern.
published in the Breeder as they are received up to date ot closing.
HIGH STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 12, 1910.
TRAP SHOOTING RULES.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT.
(s) See Rule 12, Section 8.
(t) When there is any other reason not provided
for in these rules, if, in the opinion of the Referee,
it materially affects the equity of the competition.
"No birds" in case of b .f, g, h, 1, o, p, and q, shall
be paid for by the contestant.
Sec. 2. In case of a magazine gun (see definition!,
it is a "no bird" and the Referee (except as pro-
vided in Rule 8 [c] and. Rule 14 [c], shall allow an-
other bird, respectively,
(a) When, in ejection, the head of the empty shell
is pulled off, if it thereby prevents reloading for the
second shot.
Interstate Association, Revised 1909.
The following continuation from last week of the
Interstate Association trap shooting rules is the con-
clusion of the live bird rules and cuts of the dia-
grams referred to in the rules for both blue rock
and live bird trap shooting:
Rule 9. — No Bird. — When the Referee declares a
"no bird," it gives the contestant another inning,
with the use of two shots.
Section 1. It is a "no bird," and the Referee shall
allow another bird, respectively,
(a) When, in his opinion, the bird, being on the
ground and not having been shot at, cannot fly prop-
erly, whether it has been on the wing or not.
(b) When a bird is on the ground when a com-
testant fires his first shot, if the bird is afterward
gathered within bounds. If a bird is on the wing
when the first shot is fired, and it is killed on the
ground with the second shot, it is a dead bird.
(c) When the bird walks in one yard from the
traps, or when, after having been on the wing and
still being unshot at, it alights between the traps and
the dead line, and thereafter walks toward the con-
testant at all. (See Diagram VII.)
(d) When the bird, after being shot at, escapes
through any opening in the boundary, the same being
permanent or not, if, in the opinion of the Referee, it
could not have escaped otherwise.
(e) When the bird is shot at also by some one
other than the contestant, if, in the opinion of the
Referee, the bird could have been gathered had there
been no such interference, of if he considers that
such interference constitutes a balk.
(f) When a contestant, through his own fault,
shoots and kills from a mark which is nearer than
the one assigned to him. If he misses, the bird is
lost.
(g) When both barrels of the contestants gun
are discharged simultaneously.
(h) When there is a misfire caused by the con-
testant's gun. or a misfire of the cartridge (except
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DIAGRAM I
AUTOMATIC TRAP.
(See Rule 13. Section 2.)
—Firing Points. 1 to 5, spaced three to five yards
apart.
-Trap.
as provided in Rule 8 [c] and Rule 14 [c]. See Rule
5, Section 8).
(i) When the contestant, to avoid endangering
life or property, does not shoot
(j) When seven balls have been thrown at a bird,
whether it has been on the wing or not.
(k) When a contestant is balked. (See defini-
tion).
(11 When the trap is not sprung with reasonable
promptness to the command "Pull"; or when the
bird, not having been on the wing .refuses to fly
after the trap has been sprung, if in either Instance
the contestant declares "no bird."
(m) When the bird is caught in the trap and
there held long enough for the contestant to cover
such trap before the bird can take wing.
(n) When the bird is injured by a missile.
(o) When a contestant has a misfire with the first
shot, if he does not fire the second (except as pro-
vided in Rule 14 [c]. See Rule 5, Section 8.)
(p) When after firing his first shot, he has a
misfire with his second shot, if he does not kill the
bird with the first shot (except as provided in Rule
14 [c]. See Rule 5, Section S.)
(q When he has a misfire with both cartridges
(except as provided in Rule 14 [c]. See Rule 5,
Section 8.)
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tra ■ or traps are unfilled before the contestant shoots.
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SERGEANT SYSTEM.
(See Rule 13, Section 3.)
Firing Points, 1 to 5, spaced three to five yards
apart.
B — Traps, spaced four feet apart.
(b) When, if the gun is opened properly, the ex-
tractor fails to extract the empty shell of the first
shot
(c) When the empty shell, although It he ex-
tracted from the chamber after the first shot, is not
ejected, thereby preventing the reloading of the gun
for the second shot. A contestant must abide by the
results of such failures thereafter.
"No birds" in the case of a, b, and c, shall be paid
for by the contestant.
Sec. 3. In case of a magazine gun, it is not a
"no bird ' and the Referee shall not allow another
bird, when there is any failure to shoot caused by
a cartridge too thick or too long, or any failure what-
soever caused by a reloaded cartridge, or a second
failure to eject.
Rule 10. — No Bird, if Refused. — If a contestant
does not shoot, in any of the instances herewith speci-
fied, the Referee shall declare a "no bird"; but if the
contestant shoots the result shall be scored, respect-
ively,
(a) When the trap is sprung at a material interval
of time before or after the call of "Pull."
(b) When the trap is sprung without any call or
"Pull."
(c) When, in single bird shooting, two or more
birds are liberated at the same time. If a contestant
shoots at both birds, he shal be required to pay for
both, and he shall also be fined $1.00 by the Manage-
ment. The first bird shot at is the only one which
can be scored "dead" or "lost" under these circum-
stances.
DIAGRAM m.
SINGLE TARGET SHOOTING.
(See Rule 13, Section 4.)
A* — Firing Points 1 to 5, spaced three to five yards
apart.
B — Trap.
C — Fiftv yards from trap.
D — Stakes.
DCDB — Shaded section showing the area within
which targets should be thrown.
DEB — Merely assist in locating other lines.
B C — Imaginary straight line.
Rule 11.— Refusal to Fly. — Section 1. When, on the
trap being properly pulled, the bird refuses to fiy,
the Referee shall forthwith order to be exercised
such means as are provided by the Management to
make such bird fiy. A bird injured by a ball or by a
flush rope, shall be governed by Rule 9, Section 1
(nl. A contestant may not call a "no bird," after the
bird has been on the wing, but if he desires to make
such bird a "no bird," he may shoot it on the ground,
in which case it will be governed bv Rule 9, Section 1
(b).
Sec. 2. In case of possible doubt as to whether a
bird was "on the wing" or not when it flipped up,
the Referee when, in his opinion, it w-as "on the
wing," shall promptly so inform the contestant by
calling out "on the wing."
Rule 12. — Gathering — Section 1, To be scored
dead, the bird must be gathered within two minutes
after it falls to the ground or is legally killed on the
ground, excepting as provided in Section 4 of this
Rule. The Management may appoint or may permit
the contestant to appoint some one to gather the
bird; or a dog may be used for that purpose. The
moment the bird touches the ground, the Referee
shall order it gathered.
Sec. 2. Only one man or one dog may be used at
a time to gather any one bird.
Sec. 3. When the gatherer does not know the
whereabouts of the bird, the Referee or someone else
appointed by him may give the gatherer such infor-
mation as may be necessary to aid him in gathering
it, but no one other than the Referee shall be ar-
lowed to accompany the gatherer.
Sec. 4. When a dog is used to gather a bird and
he cannot find it, the time limit shall not apply.
Such dog shall be called in, and, after he is In con-
trol, the Referee shall appoint someone to gather the
bird, whereupon the time limit shall apply.
Sec. 5. In case of a dog pointing when gathering,
the time lost by such act shall not count as a part
of the time limit. The Referee may send someone
to urge the dog off the point, or he may direct that
the dog be called in, after which the Referee shall
proceed under Section 4 of this Rule.
Sec. 6. The bird, when once within the grasp of
the gatherer's hand, if the gatherer be a person, or
within the grasp of the gatherer's mouth, if the
gatherer be a dog, shall be scored as dead.
Sec. 7. The gatherer, when a dog, should go direct-
ly to the bird; but the gatherer, when a man, shall
go directly to the bird, without any prejudice what-
ever to the contestant's interests. It devolves upon
each contestant to so kill his birds that they can
be gathered without any extraordinary strategy or
effort.
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DIAGRAM IV.
DISTANCE HANDICAPS.
(See Rule 14.)
A* — Firing points 1 to 5, spaced nine feet apart at 16
yards.
B — Trap.
Sec. S. Should the dog break away or be liberatee
to gather the bird before it has touched the ground
and, while chasing the bird, it passes beyond the
boundary, the Referee may allow the contestant an-
other bird, provided he is of the opinion that the bird
would have been gathered within the time limit if the
dog had not interfered.
Rule 13. — Mutilation. — The mutilation of birds is
prohibited. Any contestant, who violao5= this rule,
or connives at its violation, shall forfeit all rights in
the contest.
Rule 14. — Guns and Loads. — A contestant shall not
use, respectively,
(a) A gun whose bore is larger than a twelve-
gauge.
ibl A load of shot greater than one and one-
quarter ounce, any standard measure, struct.
(ci A reloaded cartridge, or a gun or cartridge,
after it has once misfired in the competition. The
contestant must thereafter abide by the result if he
uses such (See Rule 8 [c] ).
Rule 15. — Shooting Out of Turn. — Whenever the
Referee deems it necessary to do so, for the purpose
of saving time, etc.. he may require any contestant
or contestants to contest, whether it is such contest-
ant's turn to compete or not. Shooting out of turn
does not affect the competitive standing of any con-
testant
Saturday, March 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Rule 16. — Traps. — Section 1. In all competition
there shall be used five ground traps, placed five
yards apart, in the circumference of a circle whose
radii are thirty yards; the center of said circle is the
center of the thirty yards firing point. A straight
line drawn through this center and the center of the
boundary circle, should pass through the center of
all the other firing points, whether more or less than
thirty yards. The traps are designated by numbers
from left to right, namely, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4,
No. 5. (See Diagram VI.) The Management shall
see that the traps are in working order and so kept
during the competition.
Sec. 2. When the overground system of trapping
is used, the Referee shall require that each of the
five traps contains a bird when the contestant is at
DIAGRAM V.
DOUBLE TARGET SHOOTING.
(See Rule 16, Section 2.)
A* — Firing Points 1 to 5, spaced three to five yards
apart.
B — Trap.
C — Fifty yards from trap.
D — Stakes.
D D B — Shaded sections showing areas within which
targets shall be thrown.
F — Arrows indicate the most desirable flights of tar-
gets.
D E B — Merely assist in locating other lines.
B C — Imaginary straight line.
the firing point. When the underground system is
used, the trappers are required to exercise their best
endeavor to keep the traps filled.
Rule 17. — Boundary. — Section 1. The boundary
shall be a dead line, and the circumference of a circle
whose radii are fifty yards and whose center is a
No. 3 trap. The dead line is the chord of the circle,
and its center is bisected by a line drawn from the
V, DIAGRAM VL ../
LIVE BIRDS.
(See Rule 16. Section 1, and Rule IT, Section 1.)
A B — Dead Line.
A B C — Boundary.
D — Traps, spaced five yards apart.
Firing Points, 25 to 33 yards.
The dotted lines are no part of the boundaries, but
assist in determining the centers.
cetner of No. 3 trap through the center of the firing
poinds. The center of the dead line is thirty-three*
yards from the center of No. 3 trap. See Diagram
VT.) The Management reserves the right to change
the boundary when occasion requires.
DIAGRAM VU.
LIVE BIRDS.
A B — Dead Line.
ABC D — In Balk. These lines show the boundaries
which refer to Rule 9, Section 1 (c) and a bird
under the conditions therein, is said to be "in
balk."
Sec. 2. When the boundary is marked by stakes,
or anything else which does not show the continu-
ous arc of the circle, the boundary shall be straight
lines from stake to stake, etc., consecutively. In case
such boundary is used, a bird, lying on the line or
touchiug it when gathered, is a dead bird.
Rule 18. — Division of Moneys. — In the division, un-
less otherwise provided, the moneys shal be governed
by class shooting.
Rule 19. — Ties. — The ties shall be shot off and the
wininngs divided as the Management snail elect.
Rule 20. — Unfinished Competition. — In case that
darkness, bad weather, or other cause, interferes
with the competition, the Management may there-
upon publicly postpone it to a date not later than two
weeks. Any contestant who defaults in respect to
such postponed competition, forfeits all his rights
and standing therein.
Rule 21. — Official Decisions. — Every person enter-
ing the competition agrees to accept all official decis-
ions, and to abide by these rules.
Notes. — These rules govern all Registered Tourna-
ments.
The "Definitions of Terms" and the Diagrams, in
respect to targets and live birds, are a part of these
rules.
The cross reference or references in any rule are
supplementary to such rule, in so far as such refer-
ence or references are pertinent.
A PECULIAR GUNBURST.
Washington Trout Law Defined. — Attorney-General
Bell has given an opinion, which, in a way, sets at
rest the fears of sportsmen in Spokane and other
parts of Washington that the law adopted in 1909
provided for no closed season on trout and other
game fiish. He says in part:
"During the last ten years there have been several
amendments to the law governing the salmon in-
dustry and the application of that law has never
been extended to any fish except salmon. During
the same time the Legislature has from time to time
issued special laws clearly recognizing the distinc-
tion between game fish covered by this special enact-
ment and other food fish covered by the act of 1899.
It would, therefore, seem too clear for argument
that the special laws governing hook and line fishing
for various species of game fish could not be im-
pliedly repealed by this general act regulating the
taking of salmon."
The amendment adopted by the last Legislature
gives white men and women similar privileges to
those heretofore limited to Indians in the taking of
salmon, and as prosecuting attorneys in Spokane
and other counties, and sportsmen in general in-
terpreted the law, it wiped out the closed season
on game fish. In amending the salmon law the
Lgislature struck out the word "Indian" and sub-
stituted the word "person," and provided that any
person might catch salmon or other food fish in
any way for his own use.
Arizona Season Closed — Tuesday, January 31,
marked the close of the 1909-10 quail season, as well
as that for grouse, pheasant, snipe and rail. Hunters
will now pack away their guns until October 15.
Although not many were out near Bisbee, on the
closing day. the previous Sunday the knolls and
mountains about the district presented an animated
appearance.
The quail, however, were generally very scarce,
the bark of the shotgun so frequent of late having
driven most of them to cover. In fact, the results
of the quest must have been unsatisfactory, the pre-
ceding few weeks hunters considering themselves
lucky if they obtained enough for one good meal.
Regarding the result of the season's hunt, how-
ever, everybody expresses satisfaction. The birds
were numerous at the beginning of the season, al-
though a little smaller than those of last season.
All were unusually plump, nevertheless, making up
for their lack of size in being luscious morsels when
put on the grill.
Will "Plant" Mountain Quail — County Game War-
den Gene Allison and Frank Rathbun, representing
the Ely Gun Club of Ely, New, have arranged to
secure twenty pairs of mountain quail, which will be
shipped to Ely at once, and will be kept in captivity
until early spring. As soon as the weather moderates
the birds will be liberated in the mountains. Be-
cause of their ability to multiply rapidly when pro-
tected, it is believed that it will be only a matter of
a few years until the nearby hills will be plentifully
stocked with the game and toothsome birds.
One dozen beautiful Mongolian pheasants are now
in captivity there, having been received recently.
They, too, will be given their freedom in a short time.
These birds were purchased by the Ely Gun Club.
Bear Hunting With An Ax — The orthodox way of
hunting a bear has been with the rifle. A Mendo-
cino county man, H. H. Peterson of Del Mar, had
the unique adventure of killing a bear with an ax.
Peterson was in the woods back of Fleming's last
week, he heard a peculiar noise, then a warm breath
fanned the back of his neck, and he whirled around
ust in time to escape being hugged by a large bear.
Now, Peterson is a bashful man, though courageous.
With his good right arm and a sharp axe, which that
arm fortunately held, he aimed a blow at bruin,
which sent it to the happy hunting ground in-
stantly. Its paw measured five inches long, and
yet the hero of the fray still wears the same sized
hat.
Wild Pigeons — Wild pigeons are said to be quite
plentiful in the Santa Cruz woods, driven down by
the extreme cold weather in the mountains. They
are more plentiful this season than for a long time.
Hunting accidents in which a bursted gun barrel
is a factor of more or less physical injury are un-
fortunately not too infrequent. Usually the bursting
of a gun is attributable to well known causes —
defective barrel, overloading, obstruction in the
barrel, etc. The latter causes of explosion are
many and diverse, but for originality the following
account of a recent blowup is rather out of the
usual run:
An Eastern sportsman, here on a visit, was the
guest a: a Suisun gun club for a day's duck shoot-
ing. As is often the custom, the guest was fitted
out by a club member with a hunting coat, gum
boots and all the necessary outfit for a morning's
shoot in a duck blind. The owner of the hunting
coat shoots with a 20-gauge gun. The guest was
loaned a valuable double-barreled 12-gauge gun and
provided with several boxes of No. 12 shells. As
after investigation proved, a couple of 20-bore shells
were left in a pocket of the borrowed hunting coat,
forgotten or overlooked, hut there they were in a
pocket, however. The guest emptied his 12-bore
shells in the pockets of the hunting coat, a way of
carrying ammunition that is commonly practiced.
That morning the left barrel of the guest's shot-
gun was blown out. A two-inch hole was torn
through the thick barrel about six inches from the
breech. The forend of the gun was destroyed, the
top rib blown off and the barrels widely separated,
a had blowup throughout.
Upon examination of the blown-out section of the
barrel there was plainly shown the outlined figure,
as if it were damascened into the metal, of the
brass base of a shell and its distinctive line mark-
ings. A later and further examination of the am-
munition pockets brought to light a 20-gauge
loaded shell. The only theory deducted, and ob-
viously the correct one, was that the shooter had
selected unknowingly one of the two 20-gauge shells,
placed it in the left barrel of his gun, and a 12-hore
shell in the right. Shooting at a duck with the
right barrel, upon opening the breech to reload that
barrel with another shell, he noticed that the left
barrel did not show the base of a shell. Believing
that he had either forgotten to load or dropped
the shell out, he also put a 12-bore shell in the
left barrel. The 20-gauge loaded shell in the left
barrel was of course resting loosely on top of the
regular load. When the left barrel was fired the
obstruction and explosion of the smaller shell shat-
tered the gun barrel. Luckily the shooter was a
long-armed man. Where he grasped the barrels with
his left hand was several inches beyond the blowout,
and his injuries happily were only slight.
The blowout was about two inches in diameter,
the nearby metal being bulged nearly two inches
out of alignment. The excellence of material and
workmanship in the gun, a high grade Clabrough,
saved undoubtedly the shooter from serious injury.
On the whole this is about one of the oddest blow-
ups within our observation for nearly 25 years.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.
The National Dog Breeders' Association has been
organized in this city by leading local fanciers. The
temporary board of officers elected were: J.
Hervey Jones, president; John B. Chase, first
vice president; George B. M. Gray, second vice presi-
dent; Phil M. Wand, secretary; Sydney St. L. Cavill,
treasurer. Directors — Fred P. Butler, D. P. Cress-
well, J. W. Matthews. Alex Wolfen, George W. Ellery,
Ed Attridge, Charles R. Thorburn, W. V. N. Bay,
Victor A. Kuehn, Carroll Cook, J. L. Cunningham,
Dr. L. W. Spriggs, William Ellery, W. H. Dennis,
William Blackwell, J. C. Bone
In the light of recent kennel history, this organi-
zation, it is claimed, means much for the advance-
ment of dog breeding in the West, the purpose of the
association being the encouragement and protection
of the breeder — the "one dog man" so-called, the
general improvement of all breeds of thoroughbred
dogs and the exhibition of the same
The advantages of this organization will be mani-
fest to all Western breeders who are striving for
improvement along the same lines. It will bring
breeders in closer touch with ,one another and
afford mutual protection against the professional
dog men by the elimination of kennel politics and
the dominance of any close corporation faction.
The announcement is made that Western breeders
will have the opportunity to be in a position to co-
operate in seeking to ameliorate certain unsatisfac-
tory conditions now impending in relation to the
present rules and regulations governing shows and
breeders, express rates and the mutual support of
specialty and show giving kennel clubs toward their
individual interests.
The signs of the doggy" world, unless there is a
radical change in present conditions, point ultimately
to a break-away from the American Kennel Club and
an independent Coast jurisdiction for some 15 or 20
kennel clubs.
This spirit of dissatisfaction is not confined to
Coast affairs, if current reports are reliable, for a
sinrilar movement on the part of Easteu fanciers
was contemplated recently and temporarily quieted
by certain concessions granted by the ruling powers
in American dogdom at New York.
The recent proceedings by the Pacific Ad-
visory Committee, which threatens the existence
of the franchise of the San Francisco Kennel Club
as an American Kennel Club member, is regarded
as a menace to the life of other kennel clubs. The
action of the American Kennel Club in suspending
the club officers, and also of suspending William
It
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 12, 1910.
Ellery and making $30,000 worth of collies look like
30 cents in so far as recognition by the American
Kennel Club is concerned, has raised a storm of
protest and indignation in dogdom circles through-
out the whole country.
blockade in the smooth running of affairs that Sec-
ond Vice President H. H. Hunnewell and Secretary
A. P. Vredenburgh will be in this city nest week
to unravel the tangle. This particular tangle will
probably put the American Kennel Club to an ex-
pense of $2,000, including local attorney's fees, $500.
Mr. Vredenburgh was here last year in conference
with the Pacific Advisory Committee and met but
few of the Coast fanciers. Since that time there has
been a development that is no credit to the Advisory
Committee's executive abilities. The expenses cre-
ated by the present clumsy muddle are an unneces-
sary financial loss to the A. K. C. for which the
eminent secretary of the Committee is entitled to a
blue ribbon.
The Pacific Advisory Commiitee represents the
American Kennell Club on the Coast and has the
power .practically to perpetuate its own personnel,
subject, of course, to the approval of the home of-
ficials. Coast fanciers want something to say in
the selection of the members of the Advisory Com-
mittee. The kennel clubs desire direct representa-
tion by delegates. It is estimated that the Coast
fancy is "milked" annually to the extent of $2,000 by
the American Kennell Club system. One-half at
least of this amount is desired for "home rule."
Every kennel club on the Coast has been notified
of the impending movement, and when the Eastern
representatives arrive it is intimated that matters
will be exceedingly lively in the zone under the
influence of the dog czar.
The foregoing story appeared in The Chronicle
last Wednesday morning and while intimating a pre-
vailing sentiment of rebellion against the A. K. C.
doctrines as prescribed on the Coast by the official
representatives is a bit premature in premise.
One of the largest gatherings of representative
fanciers and breeders ever convened in this city, at-
tended a meeting held on Wednesday evening. The
formation of the National Dog Breeders' Association
was solidified. Permanent organization will take
place at a meeting to be held Thursday evening.
March 17th, probably at the St. Francis Hotel in
this city.
.Due announcement will be made and every kennel
organization and fancier on the Coast whose ad-
dress is available will be notified as to time, place
and the purpose of the new organization. It was
formally decided, Wednesday evening, to start in
harmony with the American Kennel Club. What the
future may bring forth depends upon circumstances
and conditions.
The Committee on constitution and by-laws is:
Hon. Carroll Cook, Fred P. Butler, Wm. Ellery, W.
V. N. Bay and Wm. Blackwell
The committe appointed to meet and confer with
Messrs. Hunnewell and Vreedenburgh is: Hon. Car-
roll Cook, W. E. McMahon, D. P. Cresswell, Dr. L.
W. Spriggs and Victor A. Kuehn.
So far as the present working of the Pacific Ad-
visory Committee is concerned, the dissatisfaction
is universal with the Coast fancy. It is the deter-
mination that the atmosphere must be cleared,
whatever may happen. Kennel politics, the influence
and manipulation of professional parasites in our
Coast kennel affairs must be eliminated. There is
no fight on against the A. K. C, nor is there any
individual agency or cabal which prompts the recent
movement for the betterment of kennel affairs and
the mutual legitimate interests of breeders. It is
simply action tending to the mutual benefit of the
best elements of the fancy and the elimination of
existing local impedimenta.
Resolutions adopted by the National Dog Breeders'
Association, the Oakland Kennel Club and the Cali-
fornia Cocker Club are significant signs of the times
and in a way reminiscent of comment the writer made
when the Pacific Advisory Committee was first es-
established. The resolutions are as follows:
"The American Kennel Club — Mr. H. H. Hunnewell,
Vice President; Mr. A. P. Vredenburgh, Secre-
tary.
Gentlemen: On March 7th, 1910, the following
resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, that the (clubs mentioned) protest
against the present method of electing members of
the Pacific Advisory Committee, and demand of the
American Kennel Club, that the members of that
Committee for the present year, and hereafter, be
elected by the kennel clubs in the jurisdiction of the
Committee, representation to be based as follows:
Clubs that are members of the American Kennel
Club in California shall be entitled to three mem-
bers; the clubs of Oregon and Montana shall be en-
titled to one member; the clubs of Washington shall
be entitled to one member; the clubs of Colorado
rind Utah shall be entitled to one member: and one
member shall be elected at large by the combined
vote of all clubs, and shall be a resident of San
Francisco, California — said Committee shall be
composed of seven members, and four shall be a quo-
rum; and be it further
Resolved, That it is the sense of this club that
the Pacific Advisory Committee shall be entitled to
one-half of all fees paid within its jurisdiction per
the schedule of the American Kennel Club, and that
said Committee shall pay all expenses of its own
operation: and be it further
Resolved, That said Pacific Advisory Committee
shall have the power to adopt such rules and regula-
tions, occasioned by local conditions, as shall not
conflict with the rules of the American Kennel Club."
The v roviso relative to a quorum seems to be a
necesary one in the light of current report that
past meetings of the Committee have been hatched
under the secretary's hat, the published accounts
of which are embellished with full-grown plumage
and bear the leg-band marks of authenticity and
conventional procedure.
Among those present Wednesday evening were:
J. Love Cunningham, W. V. N. Bay, Thomas J.
Blight, Sidney St. L. Cavill, J. Hervey Jones, Car-
roll Cook, Fred P Butler, D. P. Cresswell, Melville
Cresswell, J. X. De Witt, William Ellery, Thomas
Murray, J. W. Matthews, W. G. McMahon, V. A.
Kuehn, A. Walker, Dr. L. W. Spriggs, A. L. Cress-
well. Alex Wolfen, W. E. Chute, A. E. Drendell,
William Blackwell and others.
With but one exception, a gentleman who was
called away, the above named fanciers have signed
the roll of membership of the National Dog Breed-
ers' Association. Other signatures are those of:
W. H. Dennis, Al. H. Coney, D. C. Brown, A. L. Stuart,
Chas. R. Thorburn, Rev. John Hemphill, Dr. J. Au-
burn Wiborn, Max Taft.
This movement took practical shape within a
week although formation of the association has been
a mooted one for nearly two years past.
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AT THE TRAPS.
For the first time in thirty odd years San Fran
cisco sportsmen are without a local trap shooting
ground. With the refusal of a lease renewal of the
Ingleside grounds a suitable location within the
county limits was unavailable.
Nothing daunted, however, the local shooters went
across the bay and attended the opening shoot of
the Bay View Gun Club in Alameda at the bay end
of High street.
The initial 1910 shoot of the Alameda Club was
an auspicious beginning of the season, about 50
shooters were present and participated in the regu-
lar events and a series of impromptu races after the
regular program was concluded.
Harry Ricklefson and other members of the club
are entitled to much praise for their efforts in run-
ning a successful club shoot and entertaining the
visitors.
During the day's shoot, something like 5,000 tar-
gets were used. Three traps, Sergeant system, were
kept busy all day long and everything ran smoothly
from beginning to end.
The general average of shooting was good, taking
into consideration a heavy wind which blew across
the line of flight, making left quartering target very
difficult to hit. Morss, Posten, Haight, Feudner and
Seaver were high guns in the club race at 25 targets.
Among the Alameda club members are a number of
good shots, others again are new beginners at the
sport.
The team shoot was won by Captain Otto Feud-
ner's team over Captain Morss' team by a margin of
5 birds, 156 to 151. Tony Prior was high gun in this
race, he broke 15 straight, the only clean score shot
during the day.
At doubles, Haight and Prior each broke 11 out of
12 targets thrown. Jacobsen was high man in a miss
and out shoot. The scores follow :
Event 1— Club race, 25 targets—
G Morss 1110111111111113111111111—24
H E Poston 1111101111110111111111111—23
T Prior ....10111 11111 11111 Hill 01111—23
C A. Haight 11110 11111 11111 11100 11111—22
W A. Seaver 11011 10111 11111 11101 11101—21
M O. Feudner.... 11111 11011 10110 11111 01111—21
\ Foster 11100 11110 11110 11110 11111— 20
S W Parker 11111 01111 10011 11010 11111—20
J H. Jones 01111 10111 11101 11100 11111—20
E Holling 10111 11110 11011 11111 10101—20
E Hoelle 11101 01111 11111 11011 10011—20
H Swailes 11111 11011 01111 10111 00111—20
H Swailes 11111 11110 11110 10110 11010—19
G Thomas 11001 11111 11100 11011 11101—19
H Wobber 11101 OHIO 10110 10111 11111—19
p Fox Hill HllO 10111 00101 01011— IS
M Ulrichs 01101 10111 11101 10010 11111— IS
W Price 11011 00111 11111 10111 00101— IS
Xelson 11000 11010 11110 11101 01111—17
Dick Reed 11111 00110 OHIO 00111 10111—17
H Wobber 01101 10111 11111 11001 01000—16
L Rink 10100 11011 11011 11001 10101—16
E Painter OHIO 10001 10101 Hill 01110—16
L Vosburgh 00001 11001 11100 11110 01111—15
R Moran 01000 10111 11101 11010 11010—15
J Vosburgh 01101 00001 11011 11010 01111—15
H Jacobsen 11110 10100 11110 01010 00111—15
J Hardin 00101 OHIO 11101 00111 11100—15
F L Parker 00001 00101 11011 01101 01110—13
G Killam 01011 00010 00111 01101 01011—13
H Harmes OHIO 10000 00111 01101 01101—13
J. Connellev 11110 00111 10001 11100 00000—12
R Moon...' 00111 00101 10001 01111 00000—11
H C Peet 00010 10000 10100 11000 00100— 7
G. Ward 00000 00010 00000 OHIO 10000— 5
Event 2 — Team race, 15 targets —
Prior Hill Hill 11111—15
Poston 10111 Hill 11111—14
Feudner (Cant.) 11011 11111 11101—13
Holling 10111 11H0 11111—13
S. W. Parker 10111 11111 00111—12
E. C. Hammond Hill Hill 00101—12
Jones 10111 10111 00111—11
Swailes 11011 00011 11011—10
Fox 10010 11011 01111—10
Seaver 11111 00001 00111— 9
Jacobsen 01111 01100 11100— 9
J. Vosburgh 11010 01001 11000— 7
Moon 10001 01000 11110— 7
Harmes 00000 01000 10010— 3
Killam 00000 00000 00001 — 1
Morss (Capt.) 11111 00111 11101—12
Hoelle 11111 Him 10101—12
Foster 11101 11010 11111—12
Reed 11111 11100 11101—12
Haight OHIO 01011 11011 — 10
F. L. Parker 01111 10111 01100—10
Ulrichs 11001 11111 01100—10
Price 11110 00111 11010—10
Hardin OHIO 11110 01110—10
Painter 01111 00111 01110—10
L. Vosburgh 11101 10101 01001— 9
Thomas 01011 10101 11001— 9
Moran 00101 11101 01100— S
Connellev 00010 OHIO 01011— 7
Rink 11000 10110 00100— 6
Peet 00100 00010 00100— 3
Event 3 — Six double rises —
Haight 11 11 11 10 11 11—11
Prior 11 11 11 11 10 11—11
Swailes 11 01 11 11 11 10 — 10
Holling 11 01 11 11 10 11—10
Thomas 11 10 00 11 11 11— 9
Fox 10 10 11 11 11 10— 9
Morss 11 11 10 10 10 10— S
Price 10 10 11 11 11 00— 8
Foster 10 11 00 11 10 10— 7
Feudner 00 11 00 11 10 11— 7
Seaver 10 10 00 11 10 11— 7
Jones 11 10 10 01 11 00— 7
Rink 01 11 01 01 10 01 — 7
Hoelle 10 11 10 11 10 00— 7
Reed 11 10 01 10 10 01— 7
Ulrichs 00 00 10 11 10 11— 6
F. L. Parker 11 10 00 11 10 00— 6
S. W. Parker 11 10 10 10 00 10— 6
Jacobsen 11 11 00 10 10 00— 6
Poston 10 10 10 10 10 00 — 5
J. Foster 00 10 10 00 11 10— 5
Killam 11 10 00 01 00 10— 5
Hardin 10 10 00 10 10 10— 5
Connelley 00 10 00 10 10 10 — 4
Moon 00 10 00 11 10 00— 4
Moon 00 10 00 11 10 00— 4
Moran 11 10 00 00 00 00— 3
J. Vosburgh 00 10 00 10 00 01 — 3
Peet 10 00 01 00 01 00— 3
Harmes 00 10 00 10 00 00 — 2
Event 4 — Miss and out — Jacobsen, 11, 6. 1, 0, 4;
Hoelle, 9, 7, 4; Morss, S; A. L. Foster, 7, 0; Price t>,
1; Poston 6, 4; Prior 5, 2; Swailes 5. 5: Holling 4, 2:
Haight, 4, 1; J. R. Foster, 1, 2, 0; Moon 1, 0; Jones
2, 1, 0; Thomas 1, 1, 0; Wobber 1; Rink 0; Harmes 0;
F. L. Parker 3, 0; S. W. Parker 1, 0; Reed 1. 0; Fox 1;
Moran 1; Conelley 0, 0.
The California Wing Club members will open the
live bird season on the new grounds at Stege to-
morrow. The first match at 12 pigeons will start
promptly at 10 o'clock a. m. The afternoon race at
12 birds will begin at 1 p. m. A $50 purse will be
hung up for high guns in each event. The shooters
will be handicapped from 24 to 34 yards. Future
handicaps will be imposed on a sliding scale — con-
testants scoring straight will be set back one yard,
shooters who miss one bird out of the twelve re-
main at the handicap shot from, shooters who score
only ten birds will go up one yard. The schedule of
handicaps will be arranged separately for the two
matches each month. The forenoon shoot will decide
the ownership of three gold medals to the three high
guns in that event for the season of seven monthly
shoots. Club shoots will hereafter take place on the
first Sunday of each month.
For the convenience of shooters the 8:20 a. m.
train (by ferry from the foot of Market street, this
city) will stop at Stege, the returning train at 4 p. m.
will stop at Stege. The 9:40 train stops regularly at
Stege. San Pablo avenue cars in Oakland, running
10 minutes apart, are also available for transporta-
tion to Stege and the shooting ground.
Secretary Henry Garrison of the Owl Rod and Gun
Club, Modesto, announces the Club's fourth annual
two day tourney for April 2nd and 3rd. The shoot
will be open to all, amateurs and professionals alike,
entrance free, merchandise prizes, targets 2 cents.
McCrea traps are installed on the grounds and the
Club management promises a "general good time,"
and that goes with the Modesto boys without saying
so. There will here be an opportunity of judging the
merits of the McCrea traps, they have been very
favorably commented upon and if current report is
true will become popular on the Coast as they are in
the Middle West and other sections.
The preliminary shoot of the season under the
auspices of the San Luis Gun Club of San Luis
Obispo was held February 27th.
A number of old-time members did some good
work, Estudillo making a Garrison finish in the fourth
event by scoring straight. The scores were as fol-
lows in a ten and three 20 target events:
Fred Soto 6, 14, 13, — ; H. A. Martin 7, 15. 13, 13;
E. Taylor 7, 14, 18, — ; J. C. Hill 7, 12, 12, 15; C. T.
Greenfield 7, 13, IS, 11: J. E. Van Shaick 7. 11, IS. 19;
P. J. McCaffrey 6, 15, IS, 16; J. V. Estudillo 5, 17, 11,
20: Thomas Rhodes 5, 13, 7, 11: George A. Brown 6,
13, 14, — ; Jas. Brown 6, 13, 12, 9; Ed. N. Kaiser, — ,
— , — . 11.
\
Both live birds and blue rocks will be trapped at
the weekly shoots of the Porterville Gun Club this
season.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, March 12, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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THE FARM
As the science of feeding is better
understood, breeders will be com-
pelled to breed hogs of a type that
will fatten easily and acres of clover
and alfalfa, soy beans, rape and the
like will rotate with corn and help
the farmers to grow a hog possessing
size and quality at a very low cost.
The time is coming when the ideals
of the packer and breeder will be
similar. The nests where the pigs
sleep should be slightly elevated so
that no dampness will accumulate,
or they are sure to be afflicted with
rheumatism, soreness of the feet and
joints, and lack of thrift. If the
nests are made in this manner the
pigs will keep them clean for a much
longer period than when they are once
allowed to become foul and damp.
The pig gets discouraged in trying to
keep neat if his pen is allowed to be-
come foul and damp.
While it is true that the fat in milk
is a very important factor, it is also
true that skim milk, containing little
or no fat, has yet a very high food
value. It has practically the same
composition as whole milk, with the
exception of the butterfat which has'
been removed in the cream.
Milk furnishes all the constituents
necessary to nourish the body, keep-
ing in repair and supplying warmth
and energy for work. A quart of aver-
age milk yields about the same
amount of nutrition as 12 ounces of
meat; and if its true food value were
truly appreciated, milk would be used
much more freely than it is, to the
advantage of both the health and the
economical sustenance of the people.
Many who understand that milk
varies in composition think its food
value is based entirely upon the
amount of butterfat which it contains.
It is not possible for the owner of
pigeons to control the food of the
squabs, for they are fed by the old
birds, and they, in turn, use their in-
stinct in the selection of the food. It
is wise to allow plenty of good, nour-
ishing food in the yard or lofts, and
the parents will utilize the best of it
for the growth of their young. The
younger the squabs the lighter the
meat, and after they begin to fly the
meat becomes gradually darker. The
food should be supplied generously,
and thus the birds will grow faster ac-
cording to age than they would if the
food were given scantily and the older
ones did not have a variety to select
from. The squabs that are fattest and
have the whitest meat are those which
bring the highest price. It is the duty
of the squab raiser to make every ef-
fort to have his squabs attractive.
o
The farmer, above all men, is in a
position to make twice as much clear
money from poultry as the special
poultrynian, and yet he seldom does.
When a few cows are kept on the
farm, the farmer can raise absolutely
all the best poultry feeds and thus
make a profit on them over selling
them on the open market. Besides
this, on the farm poultry pick up about
half of the necessary feed, which is all
clear gain. If farmers would keep
the best of stock and give them the
best of care they would have no com-
petitors in the poultry business.
LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES.
FOR THE
Annual Spring Auction
TO BE HELD AT
PORTLAND, ORE.
Week of April 26-30, 1910.
High class trotting bred horses have been consigned by
the leading breeders of the northwest.
Splendid Shorthorns from the W. 0. Minor, A. D. Dunn
and other well-known prize. winning herds.
Oregon offers the best market for horses on the Pacific
Coast. All our sales have been successful and prices will be
good this year.
Make Your Entries Immediately.
Entries will close next Saturday, March 19.
Portland Horse Sale Co.,
373 Yamhill St., Portland, Ore.
Now Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter"
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
"" Life With the Trot6er yivea us a clear inaijrht 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 jjjd Sportsman, p, O. Drawer 447, San Francisco Cal
Pacific Bids;., Cor. Market and Fourth 8te.
PAYMENT ON 3-YEAR-OLDS
#10 Due April 1, '10
$7,000 — Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 7
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
Foals of 1907 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old
Entries Closed November 1, 1906.
$4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $200 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
S30OO for Three-Year-Old Trotters,
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three-Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Y'ear-Old Trottera.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Two- Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot
when mare waa bred.
31000 for Three- Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three-Year-Old Pace.
750 for Tito- Year-Old Facera.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-OId Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three -Year-Old Pace
when mare was bred.
STARTING PAYMEXTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-OId Pace; 935 to start in
the Two-Year-OId Trot; ?35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; 350 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.
Address the Secretary
F. W. KEM.EV. Secretary, 306 Pacific Dldir.. San Francisco, Cal.
E. P. HE.VLD. President.
AUCTION SALES.
385 Head
AT AUCTION
385 Head
DRAFT MARES AND COLTS
Complete dispersal sale of Stallions. Brood Mares, 1. 2 and 3 year old Fillies
and Weanlings from the H. H. Van Valkenburg ranch of Klamath county, Ore.
85 Percheron and Belgian Mares, 3 to 6 years of age, weighing from 1,400
to 1,900 lbs., in foal to one of the best imported Belgian stallions ever brought
to America.
80 head of good blockv made range mares from 3 to 6 years old, weighing
1,200 to 1,400 lbs.
50 head of the famous Horseshoe Bar brand of horses, weighing 1.200 to
1.500 and 4 to 6 years old. all broken to work.
100 head of heavy Utah Draft Horses, the finest lot ever brought to this city.
100 — We shall also sell 100 head of range stock from 1,000 to 1,400 lbs., broken
and unbroken.
100 Range Horses will be sold at 10 a. m.
50 Horseshoe Bar brand Horses will be sold at 1:30 p m.
100 Draft Horses will be sold at 1:30 p. m
100 Mares and Colts will be sold at 8 p. m.
We shall also sell the famous Belgian Stallion, weight 2,000, considered the
best and finest ever brought to this country. You can see his colts at the sale.
Ine sale will begin at 10 a. m., Tuesday, March 15 1910.
Western Horse Market
297 Valencia St., at 14th.
E. Stewart & Co.
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5l.o00.00 f. o. b. San Francisco.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta Mac 2:08,
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bav with black points,
standing lo.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
Pr'5e-winner m tne show ring. He was sired by McKinnev 2:11>4, dam Alberta
2:2b, the dam of Berta Mac 2:0S. by Altoona SS50, sire of S. son of the great
ilmont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 5558. sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
andoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
°"JeaI an(^ Dotn have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address
W. PARSOXS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
Pedigrees Tabulated
(Typewritten, Suitable for Framing.)
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete
tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on
back page.
Stallion Cards
Two sides, size 33^ x 6J^, to fit exvelope.
Stallion Cards for Posting
Size, one-half sheet, 14 x 22; size, one-third sheet, 11 x 14.
STALLION SERVICE BOOKS, $1.
Address, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
360 Pacific Bldg. , San Fram
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 12, 1910.
The only way to obtain readily,
easily and accurately the knowledge
ot a cow's production is by the use o£
the scales. Many people object to the
use of the scales, saying that it re-
quires too much time, but actual ex-
perience shows that a half-minute, 30
seconds, will be ample time to weigh
and record the production of each cow
at a milking. By watching the record
sheet one can tell readily whether
or not the cow is producing an amount
in proportion to the feed given, and
if she is doing so the feed can be
increased until the maximum profit-
able production is attained. Another
big advantage of the daily milk record
is that it will allow the herd owner
to observe any threatened approach
of sickness, for any kind of physical
disturbance of the animal Immedi-
ately shows itself at the pail. The
kinds of grain fed will be determined
by the grains in the market and their
cost, together with the roughness and
grains raised on the farm.
o
It is my judgment, writes a cor-
respondent of Field and Farm that
every load of manure I spread on a
field is worth at a very low estimate
$1.50 a load the first year. It will be
worth at least one-third more than this
the second year. Just how long the
effect will be felt I am not prepared
to say. Of so great value is this ma-
nure that I would always advise the
use of a spreader. One man with a
spreader can do more than two the
old way. Furthermore the manure is
distributed evenly and we can put
on just the amount desired. This is
hardly possible when a man does it
with a fork. The time saved by the
spreader is certainly worth something
to every man during the busy season
but I notice that it is only the best
farmers who have such things but
others might get into this class by
buying a spreader.
One of the greatest advantages
with alfalfa as a hog pasture is the
fact that it affords fresh growth all
through the pasturing season. The
alfalfa hog pasture should be mowed
at least three times each season, thus
taking off all the matured stems and
giving opportunity for the sending up
of a new growth of tender, fresh
grass, just the quality the hog delights
to feed on. It is this new, fresh al-
falfa that makes this variety of pas-
ture so generally preferred .by the
hog and so highly satisfactory as a
flesh former. The importance of a
good hog pasture of alfalfa or red
clover is so urgent in matter of health
and growth of the hog that the hog
owner cannot afford to substitute an
exercise lot for it, and then hope to
grow hogs in profit eqqual to his
neighbor who is properly fixed.
THE HORSEMAN'S HANDBOOK
contents:
CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF STALLIOHS-Tne Stall— Pad-
lock— Food — Diseases — Exercise — Grooming
— Serving Mares — Amount of Service.
CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF BROOD MARES-Getting mares
in foal— Care during Pregnancy— Abortion-
Foaling— Time "When Mare is Due— In Season
Again— "Weaning Colt— Period of Gestation
Table.
BREAKING AND DEVELOPING OF COLTS— Care of Colt-Ed-
ucating— Feeding— Care of Growing Feet-
Breaking to Drive— Developing, Shoeing and
Booting.
MANAGEMENT OF CAMPAIGNERS— How to Keep the Race
Horse In Condition and Keyed Up for a Race.
CARE OF THE FEET— Booting and Shoeing— Bonner's
and Berry's Views.
CARE OF THE HORSE IN SICKNESS-Some Brief, Simple
Rules and Remedies.
GAITING AND BALANCING— Correction of Faulty Gaits
etc,
«NIMAL TAMING AND TRAINING— Methods Employed by
Gentry in Overcoming Wild Instincts of the
Horse and Teaching Him to Learn.
STATISTICS— Championship Records of every class
—Leading Sires of 2:ao speed— Time of Fastest
Mlli>s by Quarters— List of High Priced Horses
—List of Horse Associations and Registers-
List of Horse Journals— List of Books on the
Horse— Table of all stake winners. Conditions
and Dates of Payments on ah Futurities, etc.
AMERICAN TROTTING RULES— The Complete Rules gov-
erning Harness Racing with Inaex.-OfncHtlly
Signed by Secretary W. H. Knight, also the
betting rules.
USEFUL INFORMATION— Rules for Admission to Stan-
d rd Registers. Rules for Laying out Tracks—
-'Treatment of Horse's Teeth— How to Groom
a Horse— About Clipping Horses— "Where to
Huy Specialties for Horsemen, etc.
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arSDER AND SPORTSMAN. - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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ROBT. P. MILLER, M. D.,
Hopewell, N. J., Dec. 16. 1909.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
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Lameness. No scar or loss of hair.
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Send for copy of this contract, booklet
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S. E. Jerald Sulky Co.
Manufacturers of
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To secure a large number of orders in
the Pacific Coast States, we offer this,
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For catalog and price list on sulkies,
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S. E. JERALD SULKY CO.,
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DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
C0PADE0R0 2:01]- $100
By Nutwood Wilkes2:lG}-j. dam Atherine
2:10?'4 by Patron 2:1634-
CARLOKIN 2:08i — S75
Reg. No. 36548. Exhibition mile 2:05',
By McKinney 2:\\%, dam the great
broodmare Carlotta Wilkes
The above horses will make the Season of 191D,at
Agricultural Park,
Los Angeles
For further particulars address
W. G. DURFEE, University Station,
Box 1. Los Angeles, Cal.
FOR SALE, TRADE OR LEASE.
'Fine registered Percheron stallion,
weight 2200 lbs. Address
WEBSTER KINCAID, Eugene, Ore.
PERCHERON STUD COLTS FOR SALE
The undersigned offers for sale two
high-grade Percheron -Norman colts,
three years old, a black and a bay,
weighing about 1700 pounds each. For
prices .and particulars, address
J. E. MONTGOMERY, PleiiMnuton, Cal.
FOR SALE.
The well known trotting stallion
Klondj'ke, 15.2 hands high, weighs 1200
pounds; 10 years old, magnificent con-
dition, sound wind and limb. By Al-
cantara Wilkes, dam The Widow by
Lemont, he by Almont. Will be sold
at a reasonable figure. Address
R. D. HANNAH, Merced, Cal.
FOR SALE.
The trotting bred stallion Silver
Prince by Prince Almont 2:13%, he by
Almont Medium 2:18*4, he by Happy
Medium 400; dam Silver Maid by Silver
Bow; second dam Linnette 2:20 by Lyn-
wood; next dam Lady Bird bj' Sken-
andoah. Nine years old, solid bay in
color. 16 hands high, weighs 1150
pounds. Stylish, sound and good dis-
position. His colts all have size, style
and speed. Address
C. AY. BOURNE, Lytton Springs, Cal.
COACH STALLION
For Sale or Trade.
Registered, imported French coach
stallion; handsome, stylish, sound, of
good disposition; li hands high; weight
about 1400 pounds; beautiful bright
bay, color running back 10 generations
on both sides without a break; sure,
splendid sire; colts of fine form, color,
style and action. Will sell or trade for
good work or driving horses. For par-
ticulars and price, address
L. S. CULLEN, Gilroy, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Beautiful family carriage team, full
brothers, 4 and 5 years old, fully 16
hands high, weight close to 1200 lbs.
Blood bays, no white, heavy mane and
tail, black points. Sired by Stam B.
2:lli4, dam Mountain Maid. They have
never been trained but can trot a 2:40
gait to the pole. Great knee and hock
action and for style they have no equal.
Kind, gentle, fearless and safe for a
lady to drive single among cars and
automobiles. Absolutely without a
blemish, guaranteed sound in every
respect. They are as closely mated as
two peas and you can hardly tell one
from the other. Reason for selling them
is that owner was killed in a train acci-
dent.
Apply to or address
JEM JOHNSTON,
1-120 Deering Ave., Melrose, Cal.
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July 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 25,
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August 1, 2, 3 and 4, New Orleans, 67.50
Sept. 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13,
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Boston, 110.50
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Veterinary
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Every facility to srlve the beat of profes-
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responded to.
The best work at reasonable prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Ootavia St., between Fulton and Grora.
Phone Special 2074. Ban Franeiaeo, Cal.
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PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS.
All guaranteed, broke dogs and duds. 400 red
fox cubs. Price list.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A FUTURITY WINNER THAT SIRES FUTURITY WINNERS!
BON VOYAGE «m
Reg. No. 39813
As a two-year-old won $9,500
Champion two-year-ola" stallion and champion two-year-old
money winner of l'JO-l. Rec.^:15.
As a three-year-old won $11,500
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion :>-year-old money
winner of 1905. Rec.2:12%.
THE GREAT YOUNG SIRE OF EARLY SPEED!
At Seven Years of Age.
Sire of
BON VIVANT (2) 2:t«V,
Fastest Tivo-Yenr-Old. Stnllion of 11109.
SWEET BOW <2) 2:17%
Winner of Two- Year-Old Trotting
Division, Paeiflc Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BONADAY (2) 2:27%
Winner of Oregon Futurity Slake
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR t2) 2:20%
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee reeord to wagon.
BONALETTE I2> (trial) 2:20%
JEAN VAL JEAN (2) (trial) 2:21%
BON GUY (2) (trial) 2:24
PHYLLIS WYNN (2) (trinl I 2:2«V,
LE VOYAGE (2) (trial) 2:29%
BON McKINNEY (1) (trial). «4 in :35
% In 1 :15
Out of 20 foals (none over two years
old), 16 were broken to harness, 11 of
which had some training and showed
as above.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%,
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey Road,
SAN JOSE, CAL.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose, Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07:
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mo - - 2:2BJS
trial - 2:16,,
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27K
ArmonLou - - 2:27>5
Harold B., P. Mat. - 2:lS!i
trial - 2:10
Kinney G.. P - - 2:'il|2
Debutante (3) trial - 2:1<>;2
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial 2:27
lohn Christensen (3) trial 2:2S
LoloB. (3). trial - 2:28
Four Stockings (31, trial 7z 1 :0/
Princess Lou (2). trial >i-_ :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to S75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed,, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Park where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale Cal For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
GOOD LOOKS-WELL BRED-GAME.
ALL STYLE 47622
By Str.ni B. 2:11 ,
Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
eon in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
a good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya, was out of that famous^old California
/ace mare Mary Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07%, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jennv, the dam of three fast and freouent race winners, viz.: Ned Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15^ and Mary Lou 2:17.'
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, GHIGO, Cal.
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS. Chico, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:l5i
3-y.-o. Record l\\\\
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight 2:03%: dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16K. sire of John A. McKerron 2:01%,
CopadeOro 2:0134. Tidal Wave 2:06%. Miss Idaho 2:09M, etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona YVilKes 2 :03Vi and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trixy by Director 2:17; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2:17j<)
by Young Tuckahoe 2:2^, son of Flaxtail ; fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffier's Consul (Thor.).
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season.
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05H in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list: sons sired Sir
Alberts. 2:03%. Sir John 8.2:01%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc., etc.) :
dam Erne Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:0334. Jim Logan (3)
2:0534 Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2 :l'Jj^, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan standa 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:033)
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:llVi, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10): dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13%. sire
of Katalina 2:ll'/i. General Vallejo 2:22 Vs, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28«,
Vallejo Girl 2:10Vi, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief SO; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2393. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:11'/, is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03>4, Memonio 2:09y., Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%. Miss Winn 2:12Vi, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire" of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2-20
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%. Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandma by Hambletonian 10.
PEE FOR THE SEASON »40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at ?3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Sulsun, Cal.
Zolock 2:052 -"■
Velox - - 2:09%
Boton de Oro 2:10%
McO.D. - - 2:llJ4
etc.
McKinney's Fastest Entire Son
Sire of
Tprme* Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09%
I CI lift. Delilah 2:06% "
Bystander - - 2:01%
<tl*Q Josephine - - 2:07%
"""■ etc.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:li%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, GAL.
Monterey Road.
Address, N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Dam, Palita (2) 2:16,
SirP Nllt\vnn<1 WilkfK 7'ln-3- sireofCopa de Oro 2:0lM. John A. McKerron 2:04%, etc., and
OIIC, HUIWUUU minCS £.IU2) damsof San Francisco 2:07%. Mona Wilkes 2:03^, etc.
dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of 6; third dam Elaine 2:20.
dam of 4 : fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old tilly Com
plete. second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL, Terms: $40 for the Season SsSSSS*- atmy
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
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Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 in 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records in 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
3727 South Flgueron St., Lob Angeles, Cal.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:0G%,
Alceste2:07%. Allerton 2:09%. Duke Jay 2:0!i;%, Early Bird
2:10, GitchieManito2:ii'.'%. Invader 2:10, Justo (3)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02. Allerson
2:05%, Charley Hayt 2:00%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:18. sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33. sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%. by Mamb. Patchen 5S; 4th dam Estella.dam of
S. by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, rsuai return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 100.T and bred by Elm hurst Stock Farm, Paris,
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet ; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts 01 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of 8 and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:08%, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee $5Q for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
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Sireof Katalina (2)2:22%, (3) 2:15K. U) 2:11%. Tom Smith has four
2-year-old colts now in training at the Fresno track that are the fastest
lot of 2-year-olds by one sire ever in training on one track at the same
time.
Sire McKinney 2:1 1%. dam. the great brood mare. Daisy 8.
(dam of 6 with records of 2:10% to 2:2?>2i by McDonald Chief 3583;
second dam Fanny Rose ( dam of 2 in 2 :20) by Ethan Allen Jr. 2903.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
FRESNO FAIR GROUNDS
FEE: S3 5 the Season; $50 tO insure. Pasturage for broodmares $3 per month
For further particulars address
J. W. ZIB BELL, 103 Thesta St., Fresno, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:ll}-4
Pacing Record 2:06J£
Bv JIcKinnev 2:11%, dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam f
G. 2:0614, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Henlcl of San Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
A. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Fsual return privilege.
Dam, Martha Frasier bv Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
"Vwckersham. dam of Nogi 2:10%, Athasham 2:09*4. etc., by Whippleton 1SS3; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator S336; fourth dam Kate bv John Kelson IS*. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. His colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturage
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSING. Pleasanton, Cal.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08^
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:034.
RAY O" LIGHT 2:OSM is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Will make bin first stud season after April 1, l!UO, at
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
For further particulars address, after April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds, Oregon.
Address before April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Santa Cruz, Cal.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
Agents and Correspondents wanted everywhere for the
Breeder and Sportsman
Athasham
Race Rec, 2:09i.
Reg. No. 45026,
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired,
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%.
Athasham 2:09*4. Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13^ and 8
others in -:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17^, (4) 2:10*4.
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year) , by Junio 2:22^ (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05H, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06?4 in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June loth, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
Charley P- 2:06
Sire McKIXXEY
sire of 22 in 2:10.
Dam, Flewv Flewv, bv Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 1ST, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
SIR RODERICK
\ "The Handsome. '
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16i4 hands: solid black; weight 13S0 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a light cob. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
PEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRTJAX, 1126 Part Ave., Alameda, Cal.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853 Rec.
2:20V
of
Sire
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Charley Belden
2:08>i. R. W. P. 2:13%. Sonoma May 2:15%, Sonoma
Bov 2:20. Clipper W. 2:24%. Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27V., Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11. Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schley B. 2:13%, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15%,
Jim V. 2:20. Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
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SEASON" 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
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FOR SALE-ZOLOCK 2:05], DELILAH 2:06i
The Administrator of the Estate of Ben Davies, of San Bernardino, Cal., offers
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Zolock 2:05%, a handsome, beautifully proportioned, dark bay stallion, 16
hands high, weight 1200 pounds, is by the great McKinney 2:11%. His dam is
Gazelle 2:11%, by Gossiper 2:14%, by Simmons 2:28, by George Wilkes 2:22.
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2:10%. Mc. O. D. 2:11%, Prince Lock (2) 2:1S, Redlock (2) 2:27, and many others
in the list. Immediate possession can be given.
Delilah 2:06% is a very fast mare and can win in her class. Her race at
Woodland last year, -where she won from Hymettus, Ray o' Light, Solano Boy and
Josephine in straight heats in 2:07%, 2:06% and 2:07% shows something of her
abilities when in condition and well handled. She should pace a mile in 2:02
under favorable conditions.
For additional information or private quotations address
N. A. RICHARDSON, San Bernardino, Cal.
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEHOLITB (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Giftord, Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L. Baehant, Fresno
BONNY McKINNEY 41383 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
CHARLEY D. 2:06% Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47S70 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05%. . . .J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYNWOOD W. 2:20y2. .Lynwood Stock Co., Santa Rosa
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 *. E. D. Dudley, Dixon
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08% ....E. S. Train. Santa Cruz
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax, Alameda
TOM SMITH 2:13% J. W. Zibbell, Fresno
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 31-Sept. 3
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1.
Spokane. Wash Oct. 3-8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 26"2?
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville ! Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5-9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne J-u!y„J",f
Terre Haute July «-£»
Grand Rapids i July 1»-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1-5
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3-8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
FLYING JIB, that in 1893 held the world's record
in conjunction with Mascot 2 : 04 as the fastest pacers
in the world, died at Pleasanton about three months
ago from old age. For many years past the old
fellow had heen a familiar sight on the streets of
that town, the late George A. Davis having used
him as a runabout horse for several years and
after Mr. Davis' death Lee Wells, the popular liverj
man of Pleasanton, drove Flying Jib once in a while
to the track and return (a round trip of not over a
mile) and gave him a big box stall for a home.
During the fall Flying Jib was given the run of a
pasture on the place of his owner, Mr. C. L. Griffith,
being stalled at night; but time finally brought
about the natural end, and the once great race-
horse succumbed early in the winter. Flying Jib
was a wonderful horse, and long after he had passed
his twentieth birthday he was able to come through
the stretch of the Pleasanton track in 31 seconds
pulling a cart. No whip or even word of voice
were needed to urge him on to this feat; it was
only necessary to take him up the stretch to the
three-quarter pole, turn him around and give him
his head. He would do the . rest and would prob-
ably have died trying to pace a full mile at speed
had he been permitted. Flying Jib was foaled on
the celebrated Rancho del Paso, the property of
J. B. Haggin, in 1885, consequently had lived to be
nearly 25 years of age. In 1891 he was the property
of the late Captain Millen Griffith of San Francisco,
who drove the dark bay gelding with the grey pacing
mate White Cap, by Peacock. Captain Griffith found
that the pair was able to pace a half-mile on the old
Bay District track in about one minute, and in 1892
Monroe Salisbury took Flying Jib and entered him
all through the Grand Circuit. The horse made a
wonderful campaign. He started first on July 5,
1892, at Grand Rapids in the 2:35 class for a purse
of $400, winning in straight heats, the fastest of
which was 2:22y2. His second start was at Saginaw
July 14th. Here he met a field of eight for $1,000,
and after Mary Centlivre had won two heats in
2:18% and 2:16%, Flying Jib took the next three in
slower time. July 19th, at Detroit, Flying Jib started
in the 2:24 pace for a purse of $2,000, winning in
straight heats, the fastest of which was the third
in 2:15, and three days later won another $2,000
purse, lowering his record to 2:14. At Cleveland,
July 28th, he met a field of seven in the 2:19 pace
for a purse of $1,500. Expert Prince, a son of
Egbert won the first heat in 2:13%, then Flying Jib
took the next three in 2:16, 2:15% and 2:16. Buffalo
followed Cleveland that year, and here Flying Jib
had a battle royal in a race for $3,000 with Robert
J., but won three heats to Robert's two, Flying Jib's
fastest heat being 2:10%, while Robert J. paced one
in 2:09%. The horses then returned to Grand Rapids
and on August 12th Flying Jib met Wisconsin King,
Robert J. and Atlantic King for a purse of $3,000,
winning in straight heats in 2:08%, 2:16, 2:14%.
Then came the Chicago meeting, and Flying Jib
started here twice, winning first money in the
purses, $1,500 and $1 000 respectively, in straight
heats, but not reducing his record, as 2:09% was the
best he had to do. Independence, Iowa, was the next
place on Flying Jib's itinerary that year. He started
twice, each time the purse being $5,000, and won in
straight heats in both races, reducing his record
to 2:07 in the second race. At Richmond, Ind., he
won the 2:17 class, the purse being $1,500, and his
fastest heat 2:08% and then at Terre Haute, Sep-
tember 29th, met Guy and Mascot in a $1,000 free
for all, and here he met his first defeat, Mascot
taking the first heat in 2:04, a world's record. Flying
Jib the second in 2:05%, a new record for him,
while the gray horse won the next three in 2:06%,
2:08% and 2:08%. This finished Flying Jib's first
campaign. He had started twelve times, won eleven
races and been once second, while his winnings
were over $16,000. This campaign was a very hard
one for a horse his first year out, and the follow-
ing year Flying Jib began to display a little temper.
He was again taken through the circuit, but lost
the majority of his races, being distanced often
after winning a heat. At Chicago September 13,
1893, at the great World's Fair meeting, he won the
free for all purse of $5,000, beating W. W. P., Man-
ager, J. H. L., Prima Donna and Hal Pointer in
straight heats in 2:10%, 2:09% and 2:07%, and two
days later in an effort to beat 2:05%, paced a mile
in 2:04, which remained his record until his death.
It was at Chillicothe, Ohio, in October of the follow-
ing year that he obtained a record which has never
been lowered to this day. Hitched with a running
mate he paced a mile in 1:58%. Flying Jib was a
bay gelding, with a long slender neck, and had a
tremendous amount of nerve force. He was sired
by Algona, son of Almont, his dam the Middletown
mare by Middletown 152 (son of Hambletonian 10),
second dam Emblem by Tattler 300, a son of
Jilot Jr.
At the death of Captain Millen Griffith several
years ago, Flying Jib passed to the ownership of his
son, Mr. C. L. Griffith of Pleasanton, who always
saw that the old pacer had a good home and good
care. For years he permitted the late George A.
Davis to use Jib as a roadster, Mr. Davis taking
great pride in keeping him in the finest of condition
and using him solely to jog to Pleasanton, a dis-
tance of about a mile, once or twice a day. Mr.
Davis was an almost daily visitor to the Pleasanton
track, and Flying Jib would stand with his nose
against the rail looking at the horses in their work,
but giving no evidence that he noticed what was
going on. But take him on the track and he was a
different horse. All the fire of his old racing days
returned, and it took a strong man to prevent him
pacing a quarter slower than 32 seconds when he
was turned for the wire. Flying Jib is dead and
Pleasanton has lost one of its greatest attractions
for horsemen. Peace to the old fellow's ashes.
week from Hamburg Place, Lexington, Ky., which is
the property of Edward and Joseph Madden, sons or
John Madden. The book contains 148 pages of beau-
tifully printed statistical matter, there being 32
full page engravings of horses and scenes on the
farm. The stallions on this farm are The Native
(full brother to Native Belle (2) 2:07%), Peter Ley-
burn, Royal Hall, Brighton, Vice Commodore and
Winans. Among the broodmares are such great ones
as Nancy Hanks, Fanella, Silicon, Rose Leyburn
and many others. Hamburg Place now comprises
2,000 acres of the finest bluegrass land in Kentucky.
Hamburg Belle 2:01% while bred in New York,
was foaled on Hamburg Place and sold from there
for $50,000. The breeding of trotters on Hamburg
Place will be directed by John Madden, who says
that "those who would be progressive breeders
should select the fastest and best looking stallions
of good breeding to cross on mares possessing the
natural trotting gait and the inheritance to carry
it. By adopting such a course they will get a greater
percentage of winners. So long as like produces
like or the likeness of an ancestor, those who con-
fine their breeding to lines tracing to mares that
were speed producers and whose daughters have
produced racing speed and whose sons have sired
racing speed, the chances of failure through casting
back to unknown or unsuccessful crosses are reduced
to a narrow margin, and become less and less at
each remove." The catalogue contains a wealth of
tabulations that will interest every student of breed-
ing, and those who are lucky enough to secure a
copy are fortunate indeed, as it, was not printed for
general distribution. We return thanks to Mr. John
Madden for the copy sent to the Breeder and
Sportsman.
o —
VOLUME 25 of the Year Book, containing sum-
maries of the races of 1909, has reached us. The
book is about one hundred pages larger than the
previous volume and is compiled in the same man-
ner. The table of new standard performers for
1909 shows that 1,135 trotters entered the list or
reduced their records during that year, making a
total of 25,448 trotters that now have records of
2:30 or better. There were 1,338 new pacers to re-
duce their marks or take standard records during
the year, the total number in the list now being
17,531. The records thus show that 2,473 horses
were either given new or reduced their former
records during 1909, and as the proportion of record
horses to those that start is not over 1 to 3, a little
multiplication will show that about seven thousand
trotters and pacers were raced in the United States
last year. As it cost at the very least $200 to
train and race each one of these horses it is safe
to say that they cost their owners about a million
and a half dollars in the aggregate, which shows
that the sport of harness racing puts a great deal
of money into circulation. The new Year Book will
be sent from this office at the regular price, $5.
STATE FAIR DATE CHANGED.
Sacramento, Cal., March 16, 1910.
Breeder and Sportsman — The executive committee
on Monday night, March 14, 1910, by authority of a
majority of directors of the State Board of Agri-
culture obtained by letter, changed the dates of the
State Fair from September 9th to 17th to September
3d to 10th. This was done in deference to the horse-
men and certain exhibitors who desire to take in
the Oregon State Fair as well as the California State
Fair, and to avoid conflict with the San Jose Food
Show, some exhibitors of which would like to show
at the State Fair and have time to move their ex-
hibits to San Jose by the 17th.
I will kindly ask you to give this matter promi-
nent notice, as it is of considerable importance, both
to the breeders and trotting horsemen, and we trust
will prove satisfactory to all interests.
Very truly yours,
J. A. FILCHER, Secretary.
FRESNO MATINEE.
THE FINEST CATALOGUE we have ever seen
sent out from a stock farm reached this office last
Breeder and Sportsman: Had some very good
races at the matinee Sunday, March 13th. Mr.
Bachaut, as usual, won the No. 1 pace, with David
St. Clair. Frinchaboy won the special race with his
mare, Miss French. No. 3, a mixed race, was a very
hot one. Dr. Otis Longly won first heat, Johnny
Suglian won second heat, then J. W. Zibbell was
put tfp behind C. O. White's little colt and he won
the next two heats, and stepped both heats about 20
seconds faster than he had ever shown before. We
had a very good crowd and everything went off
smoothly. Expect to have these matinees every two
weeks. Yours truly,
JOHN STOUT.
Fresno, Cal., March 15, 1910.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 19, 1910.
NATIONAL CHAMPION STAKE.
Five Californians Guarantee $1,000 Each Toward Giv-
ing It a Total Value of $20,000.
About a year or so ago in Xew York Mr. Frank
J. Kilpatrick suggested to the American Association
of Trotting Horse Breeders there assembled the idea
of a national champion trotting stake for 3-year-olds.
It was suggested that entries be open to the
world and that the stake should have a guaranteed
value that would make it worthy of its name.
Another suggestion, and the one that would make
the stake a most popular one, was that the country
he divided into three districts, in each of which a
preliminary race should be given, the four money
winners in each then to be eligible to start in a
final race for the championship.
Mr. H. K. Devereaux of Cleveland, president of
the Breeders' Association; Mr. W. E. D. Stokes of
New York, proprietor of the great Patchen Wilkes
Farm in Kentucky; Senator J. "W. Bailey of Texas,
John Donovan of St. Joseph, Mo., and many other
leading and prominent horse breeders viewed the
suggestion most favorably, and when Mr. Kilpatrick
came back to California last fall he began making,
plans to give the stake a good endorsement on this
Coast, but a sudden painful illness put him to bed
last December and compelled him to devote his
energies to getting well instead of working up the
details of this stake.
Now that he is on his feet again and able to he
out, Mr. Kilpatrick has again started in to promote
this, the greatest scheme yet devised to encourage
the breeding and training of trotting horses.
The idea occurred to him that to make the stake
a certainty and to attract the patronage of breeders
generally, it should have a guaranteed value of at
least ?20,000, and before he was permitted by the
doctors to leave his bed, he wrote to Mr. Stokes
that he would agree to get four gentlemen here in
California who, with himself, would each guarantee
$1,000 of the stake money, thus making California
good for $5,000, or one-quarter of the guaranteed
value of the stake.
Mr. Kilpatrick thereupon corresponded with
Messrs. C. A. Canfield and W. A. Clark Jr. of Los
Angeles and Mr. I. L. Borden of San Francisco. All
three of these gentlemen immediately replied and
each agreed to be one of the required five California
guarantors. Greatly pleased with these favorable
replies from the only three persons approached on
the subject, Mr. Kilpatrick mentioned the fact to
Mr. F. W. Kelley of the Breeder and Sportsman,
and that gentleman offered to be the fourth person
to guarantee $1,000 of the stake money. "Then,"
said Mr. Kilpatrick, "the entire $5,000 necessary
from this Coast is subscribed," and he wrote his
Eastern friends to that effect this week.
That it will be easy for Mr. Stokes, Mr. Devereux
and the other gentlemen in the East to secure the
remaining $15,000 necessary to give the stake a
guaranteed value of $20,000, Mr. Kilpatrick is con-
fident, and when it is all subscribed the greatest
trotting colt event in the history of the country
will have been inaugurated.
If this stake is well advertised and properly
boomed its actual value should reach $50,000 and
probably $75,000.
The proposition is to make the entire entrance
and starting fee not over one per cent of the guar-
anteed amount of the stake. This would make It
the cheapest and therefore the nust popular stake
ever devised and if the total value of the stake
reached $40,000, this fee would be only half of one
per cent.
The concensus of opinion among those who are
mostly interested in the giving of this stake is
that it should be for 3-year-old trotters only, no
provision being made for 2-year-olds or for pacers.
There would be three preliminary races, one on
the Pacific Coast and the other two in different sec-
tions of the East, the amount set aside for these
races to be proportioned according to the number
of entries from each section.
The four money winners in these three races
would then be eligible to start for the main part
of the stake in the final championship race, without
the payment of anything additional.
If the total amount of stake money reached
$40,000, which is not too great an amount to expect,
it would be divided about as follows:
Pacific Coast preliminary $ 6,000
Eastern preliminary Xo. 1 8,000
Eastern preliminary Xo. 2 8,000
Final championship 18,000
The colt that would win first money in the Pacific
Coast race and also in the final championship would
have the neat sum of $12,000 to his credit, on which
his owner would only have paid $200 entrance fee,
whereas in any purse race at the usual entrance,
the sum of $300 would have to be paid before the
horse could start in the preliminary and $900 to
start in the final.
And the most attractive feature of the stake is
the fact that the sum of $50 will keep a colt eligible
to this stake up to a few days before the preliminary
race, and there will be nothing additional to pay
unless he starts in it, and not a cent more after
he qualifies for the main event.
Mr. Kilpatrick has done much for the trotting
horse interests of California. He has purchased
many horses here, given them records and dis-
tributed them throughout the East. He has brought
to California a half dozen of as royally bred young
stallions as the Eastern farms can produce and
sold .hem at auction for whatever they would bring,
and at a loss to himself. He has spent a great
deal of money here in the sport of matinee racing
and now he has devised and inaugurated a stake
that will do more to encourage the breeding and
training of trotters than any stake ever suggested.
We hope he may have the pleasure of seeing this
stake duly launched and that he may be able to
see the champion 3-year-old trotter of 1913 win it
amid the applause of the enthusiastic thousands
who will certainly be there when the race comes off.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
STAR TILDEN 48627.
On the front page of this issue of the Breeder
and Sportsman is a picture of the standard and
registered 2-year-old stallion Star Tilden. 'When
this colt was let out last Saturday for the Breeder
and Sportsman representative to make a "snapshot"
of, Charles De Ryder remarked: "This is one of
the best bred and one of the most promising sons
old Star Pointer ever sired." Star Tilden is owned
by Mr. George W. Putnam, one of the leading tailors
of Salt Lake City, and as he is a foal of the mare
Jessie Tilden, that was for several years Mr. Put-
nam's favorite road mare, it is easy to understand how
Star Tilden is the apple of his eye, and when one
hears the praise Mr. De Ryder bestows on the
youngster, one knows that Mr. Putnam is not wast-
ing his admiration on something that is just a
horse. As the picture shows (and it does not do
the colt full justice by any means), Star Tilden has
been endowed with a goodly share of good looks.
He is large for his age, very racy looking and can
step along at the pacing gait in a manner that
causes De Ryder to pin a whole lot of faith in
his ability to win a share of the $55,000 worth of
stakes that Star Tilden is eligible to. "He not only
shows a lot of natural speed," says De Ryder, "but
he tries," and when that is said, the main qualifica-
tion of a racehorse is mentioned. It is the colt
that "tries" that develops into the race winner.
Star Tilden is one of the best bred colts on the
Pacific Coast, and he and his produce can be ex-
pected to pace and pace fast. His sire, Star
Pointer, was the first horse to pace a mile below
two minutes, and although that feat was accom-
plished 13 years ago, but one pacer, Dan Patch,
"has beaten that record and but two, Audubon Boy
and Minor Heir, have equalled it- The dam of Star
Tilden is the very handsome mare Jessie Tilden by
Roy Wilkes 2:06%, sire of Pearl C. 2:06%, Royal
Victor 2:08%, etc., and Roy Wilkes was by Adrian
Wilkes, a son of George Wilkes, that produced sev-
eral 2:10 performers, and the dams of L. L. D.
2:08% and many more fast ones. The second dam
of Star Tilden is Bo Peep by Mark Field, another
son of George Wilkes, that sired Daisy Field 2:08%
and the dams of Alice Pointer 2:05% and Red Seal
2:10. The third dam of Star Tilden is Shepherdess
by Lakeland Abdallah, a full brother to the great
sire Harold that sired Maud S. 2:08%. The fourth
dam of this colt is Puzzle by Mambrino Chief 11. A
study of this breeding will show Star Tilden to be a
very highly bred colt, and as his individuality is
superb and his speed natural and of a high rate, he
should be a sire as well as a race winner.
Of course, little has been done as yet with Star
Tilden. He is now well broken, but his training
has only begun, yet he stepped an eighth in 20
seconds one day last week, and it was so easy for
him that Mr. De Ryder confidently expects him to
show a very high rate of speed within a few
months. In looks, quality, breeding and natural
speed, Star Tilden stands as well as any 2-year-old
stallion on this Coast, and Mr. Putnam certainly
has a prize in him.
Dan Hoffman, proprietor of the Columbia Stables,
who is one of the most active members of both the
Park Amateur and the San Francisco driving clubs,
is getting three horses ready to have fun with at
the matinees this summer. For a trotter he has
"the gray ghost," Dr. O'Brien 2:14%, that is now
his sole property, he having purchased him from
A. Ottinger of this city. Mr. Hoffman will hav«,
two pacers, Dictatum, the gelding by Dictatus out
of a Charles Derby mare, that he drove in 2:15
last year as a 4-year-old, and the 3-year-old Yankee
Boy that is by the pacing horse Hal Hennessey out
of Mary K. 2:08% by Zombro. This colt is one
of the handsomest youngsters in California, although
not very large.
"WILL DO ALL CLAIMED."
Mr. William Fitzgerald, prominent breeder at Cresco.
la., writes: "I have used Quinn's Ointment for the
past three years with "wonderful success. Have re-
moved bunches and also cured a bog spavin in four
weeks. It has no equal for curbs and will do all you
claim." This is the general expression of horsemen
who have given Quinn's Ointment a trial. For curbs,
splints, spavins, windpuffs and all bunches use this
wonderful remedy. Price $1.00 per bottle delivered.
Address W. B. Eddy & Co.. Whitehall, N. T., if you
cannot obtain it from druggist.
WHY "SAVE-THE-HORSE" IS SOLD WITH A
CONTRACT.
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great medicine Save the Horse I didn't think it worth
while for me to give you one. but I have been using
it and am so well pleased with the results that I
couldn't help from writing one myself. I have cured
one bone spavin, one fistula, blind splints, one bunch
on cows udder, and think I have cured the sweeney
on a voung draught horse but have got another bottle
to make sure. Now this is four different animals. I
have had twenty years experience with stock in vari-
ous ways but have never found the equal of "Save-The
Horse" Liniment-
I can recommend it with great pleasure. Tours
Ver5' UUly' FRANK HATES.
Los Angeles, March 15, 1910.
The long-threatened rain came at last, and there
has been nothing doing at Agricultural Park for a
day or two, still no one is grumbling, as it is' very
badly needed here to save the crops.
There was a matinee last Saturday of the Los
Angeles Driving Club, but owing to the small num-
ber of starters (five in all), the program was reduced
to two races. In the first Director Robert B. Moore-
head earned winning brackets for the second time
this season with his mare Leonora M. after D. W.
Thomas took the first heat in 2:24% with his bay
stud Bonnie Ted. The summary:
Special class, trotting —
Leonora M., b. m. (R. B. Moorehead) 2 1 1
Bonnie Ted, b. h. (D. W. Thomas) 12 2
Jules Clay, ch. m. (L. C. Mosher) 3 3 3
Time— 2:24%, 2:25%, 2:27.
The 2:18 class pacing —
My Dream, g. m. ( S. R. Corona) 2 1 1
Dotty, blk m. (C. Linebarger) 1 2 2
Time— 2:19, 2:19%, 2:16.
Another matinee is promised this month before
the horses leave for Santa Anita and the track here
is torn up, and it is to be hoped that it will be a
more successful one, as it will be the last at Agri-
cultural Park for some time. The difference of
opinion between the owners and drivers on one side
and the classification or speed committee on the
other as to the relative ability of the different horses
accounts for the small number that face the starter
here in the different events and until some system
is adopted, as in professional races, where the horse
classes himself, and is not classed by the judgment
of two or three men, the same lack of entries may
be expected.
C. C. Price of Grand Junction, Colo., has one of
the nicest 3-year-old fillies at the track and one that
looks as if she would do to race some of these days.
She is a handsome big brown with white hind ankles
and a star, by Zombro, dam the pacing mare Miss
Williams 2:09% by Combat by Dictator. She has
had hardly any work, yet I saw her step a nice easy
mile in 2:33, with the last quarter in 35 seconds.
She carries a nice head and is a natural trotter, as
all she wears is 6-ounce shoes in front and 5-ounce
behind. Red Gerrity has the credit of getting her
going, as Mr. Price turned her over to him for her
first lessons.
. F. D. Meyers has shipped his mare Margin 2:05%
to Lexington, Ky., to be bred to Peter the Great,
after which she will be turned over to Tommy
Murphy to campaign over the Grand Circuit this
year.
James S. Stewart's mare Easter D. 2:13% is get-
ting over her distemper nicely and her 2-weeks-old
colt was not affected at all, but he has now two
very sick ones in his 2-year-old pacer Buster by
Zolock and a yearling filly he bought a few weeks
ago by McKenna that is one of the very best pros-
pects at the track.
Frank Wood sold his black pacing stud Boton de
Oro 2:11% to a buyer from Salt Lake City, Utah.
The reported price was $750.
Walter Maben has sold the 2-year-old colt by
R. Ambush 2:09%, dam Azeta, that he bought a week
or two ago, with three other youngsters and a brood
mare, to J. B. Tiffin of Vancouver for $800. That
made a nice return, as he only gave $400 for the
above-mentioned bunch. Mr. Tiffin now has what is
generally considered the best 2-year-old in this part
of the State and one that Maben could undoubtedly
have sold for $1,200 or $1,500 with three or four
months' work on him. He certainly has more ex-
treme speed inheritance than any colt in the State,
and as much as any in the country, besides having
three crosses to McKinney and three to Woodford's
Mambrino. Mr. Tiffin surely got a bargain, for not
only has he breeding, but the colt has almost
phenomenal speed, and with it all, one of the best
looking youngsters I've seen in a long time. He la
a big dark bay without a white hair except a few
on one front heel, carries a good head and tail and is
very strongly built all over, with noticeably good
back and quarters.
E. A. Canfield's two 2-year-olds by Walter Barker,
Modesta, a bay trotting filly, worked a mile for
Maben in 2:24. last half in 1:10, and Charlie A. C
a pacer, a mile in 2:26. I did not get the last half,
but he came through the stretch at a much faster
clip.
J. J. Stewart worked W. A. Glascock's 2-year-old
pacer Atlantic Fleet by Murray M. a mile in 2:25,
last half in 1:10. This colt is entered in several
stakes and certainly looks as if he would do.
C. A. Holcomb has added Oreno, a horse that
W. A. Glascock matineed several times, to his string.
W. G. Durfee has driven him a mile in 2:20.
W.'G. Durfee has a string of 25 head at the track
and every single one of them bred in the purple
and good individuals. A number of them are for
sale, and a man with the money could hardly make
a mistake in an investment. Durfee has no idea of
making them presents to anyone, but will "sell
worth the money."
E. A. Montgomery has turned his 2-year-old colt
Victor Mc. by Red McK. over to Walter Maben to
fit for his stake engagements and that trainer let
him step a half the other day in 1:22%. The sire,
Red McK.. worked a couple of miles in 2:20 since
his mile in 2:17% and next week will be asked to
knock about five seconds off. JAMES.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, March 19, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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NOTES AND NEWS
Plying Jib 2:04 died several months ago.
The California State Fair has changed its dates
to September 3d to 10th.
The North Pacific Circuit will announce its purses
and stakes for 1910 by the first of April.
The California State Fair will he be held the
week before the Oregon State Fair this year.
Zombro 2:11 will be shipped to Columbus, Ohio
April 1st. He has over 60 mares booked already.
Sir John S. 2:04% is being trained for the races
this year, Mr. Vance hoping there may be a few
classes for him on the Coast.
All Style 47622 by Stam B. will be a very popular
sire with Butte County breeders this year. A better
bred or handsomer stallion is hard to find.
With the *usual showers during the remainder of
this month and early in April, bumper .hay, grain
and fruit crops will be assured in California.
If some enterprising association will try to ar-
range to get the fastest trotters on the Coast in a
race this summer it could get quite a crowd to
come out to see the sport.
Thomas Ronan is just breaking a roan yearling
filly by San Francisco 2:07%, dam Birdie by Jay
Bird. She is a natural trotter with a nice open gait.
Tom Smith 2:13%, full brother to the fast trotting
mare Vallejo Girl 2:10%, is in the stud at Fresno.
The first of his get to start is the filly Katalina
2:11%, and his colts are all fast.
Bon Guy William Detels' fast Bon Voyage colt,
is in fine order this spring, and Detels has been
asked three or four times recently to put a price
on him. This colt will be able to take a low mark
this year.
Lou Dillon 1:58%, the fastest trotter ever foaled,
has produced her third foal and it is a colt. The
other two were fillies. All are by John A. McKerron
2:fl4%. Lou Dillon will be bred to Bingen 2:06%
this year.
We are very sorry to hear that the well-known
trainer, Frank Williams, is suffering from rheu-
matism and will not be able to train this spring,
consequently Mr. William Morgan will not race his
mare Era 2:10 or any of his horses this year.
The Winnipeg Trotting Association has appro,
priated $25,000 for purses at the next annual race
meeting to be held in that city in July. The races
will be conducted under the rules of the American
Trotting Association.
The meetings that are pretty certain this year in
California are the Salinas Fair, Woodland Driving
Club, P. C. T. H. B. A. meeting and the California
State Fair. The Breeders' Association has not yet
selected its time or place.
Henry Busing's stallion Bonny McKinney is get-
ting a reputation for siring the useful kind of horses
that bring good prices at any sale. They bring over
$200 as soon as they are grown, and all are good
looking, solid blacks and with good feet and limbs.
They have speed, too.
Ray o' Light 2:0S% as a 3-year-old holds the
fastest record of any of the get of Searchlight
2:03%. He will be in the stud this year at Salem,
Ore., beginning April 1st. Oregon breeders cannot
find a better bred pacer to mate their mares with.
D. V. Truax of 1126 Park avenue, Alameda, is
standing the handsome horse Sir Roderick for serv-
ice this year. Sir Roderick is by the prize winning
German coach horse Y. Adonis and is out of a mare
bred at the Corbett Farm, and doubtless a well
bred trotter. He weighs 1380 pounds, is extremely
stylish and has fine action. Fee $25.
Charley D. 2:06% never wore the hopples, but
is a pure gated pacer — one of the best that ever
turned for the word. He is by the great McKinney
and out of a high bred mare by Memo, son of Sidney.
He is in the stud at $50 for the season and should
get a good class of mares. Charles de Ryder has
him in charge at Pleasanton.
Athasham 2:09% is one of the best bred horses
standing for service in California; 2:10 trotting stal-
lions are not numerous in this State just now, and
he is one of the best. His service fee for the season
is only $25. See his advertisement.
The 4-year-old black filly by Kinney Lou 2:07%
out of a very fast mare by Secretary that Charles
de Ryder is training for Mr. P. W. Bellingall, looks
very much like a fast trotter. She has size, good
looks, good gait and everything else in her favor,
and can trot a 2:20 gait very handily.
By the misplacing of a handful of linotype metal
in the list of entries in California State Fair
Futurity No. 2, as published in this journal last
week, the names of the stallions bred to were all
wrong in the second column of that list. We print
the list correctly on page 7 this week.
George Wood superintendent of Palo Alto Farm,
writes: "The black mare Zorilla by Dexter Prince
foaled a very handsome filly by the McKinney stal-
lion McKena on the 21st of February at Palo Alto
Farm. This mare and filly are owned by F. Gommet
and the filly is eligible to Pacific Breeders' Futurity
stake No. 10."
An effort is being made to organize a matinee
racing circuit with the driving clubs at Oroville,
Chico and Marysville in membership. These towns
are only about 30 miles apart and are connected by
both steam and electric roads. There is a thriving
driving club in each town and intercity matinees
would certainly be popular.
The directors of the Kings County Fair Associa-
tion are at work on the details for a county fair
this fall at Hanford that will exceed anything of
the kind ever held in that county. There is an ex-
cellent fair ground with a fast half-mile track for
racing at Hanford.
A daughter of Sidney 2:19% was taken to Europe
several years ago and was there mated with Wilburn
M. 2:27, a son of Wilton 2:19%. The result is a
trotting stallion named Willy that was the largest
winner in the Winans stable last season, and will
be campaigned in this country the coming season.
Horsemen who have seen him say he looks like a
race winner.
William Higginbottom sold two of his horses last
week. He sold the 5-year-old pacer by Nearest
2:22, dam Lady Falrose 2:23% by Falrose 2:19, to
Mr. H. C. Ahlers of this city, who will use him as a
road and matinee horse. This pacer wears nothing
but a harness and is naturally very fast. Mr. Higgin-
bottom also effected the sale of the stallion Byron
Lace 2:15 during the week, the buyer being Mr. M.
Fitzpatrick of Vancouver, B. C.
Copa de Oro 2:01% is in shape to begin train-
ing for record breaking this summer. Western
tracks that want an attraction should correspond
with W. G. Durfee in regard to performances by
Copa de Oro. He can certainly break the record
of any track in California, Oregon or Washington,
and Mr. Durfee thinks the son of Nutwood Wilkes
can. pace a mile in two minutes under favorable
conditions.
Old Prince Gift 2:12 is in training again, and if
he stands the training will be out for the money
again this year. His legs look as if they would
carry him as fast as he ever trotted, and we hope
his owner, Uncle Jim Iverson, may have the pleas-
ure of seeing the old gelding reduce his record
this year. Prince Gift is now 17 years old, about
the same age as Goldsmith Maid 2:14 when she
was driven to a world's record by Budd Doble.
There is a yearling mule down in Kentucky that
is attracting considerable attention from being out
of the dam of Amy Brooks 2:05%. The youngster
is owned by J. J. Neal of Richmond and shows
unusual speed for one of his species; in fact, can
trot faster than any other mule on the farm can
run, so the report says, and Mr. Neal is quoted as
saying that he will develop and train the long-eared
animal for exhibition purposes and will go for a
"mule" record.
John E. Madden has placed an order with Charles
Cary Rumsey a noted sculptor of New York, for a
model of a statue of Nancy Hanks 2:04 that will
be erected in an equine graveyard that Mr. Madden
will establish at Hamburg Place, and later deed the
plot to the city of Lexington and provide a mainte-
nance fund for its preservation for years to come.
The noted mares Hamburg Belle 2:01%, Imp, Ida
Pickwick and others that have died will be buried in
a semi-circle, but the former champion trotter has
been reserved the place of honor when she passes
away.
Dick MeMahan has booked Mona Milkes 2:03%
to Major C. 2:04. In writing to Float Jolly of Tip-
ton, Ind., in regard to booking the mare, he said:
"I wish to breed her to a horse capable of going
a mile in two minutes, and I have seen times when
I believed that Major C. was capable of doing the
trick." Major C. 2:04 earned his record in 1903.
He was sired by Coastman 12423 (son of Bourbon
Wilkes) dam Pearl Hanson, dam of four in the list,
bv Roger Hanson 19S5, grandam Kate by Blue
Bull 75.
As the first day of May falls on Sunday this year,
the annual May Day celebration, a time-honored
custom of the people of Dixon, Solano county, will
be held on Saturday, May 7th, this year. There
will be the usual picnic and a program of harness
races at the excellent half-mile track. Great prepa-
rations are being made for the holiday, arrange-
ments for several excursion trains having already
been made. The purses and classes for the har-
ness races will be duly announced.
Captain E. G. Davis, U. S. A. (retired), who
resides at Samaria, Oneida County, Idaho, recently
came to San Francisco and purchased from Captain
Langdon of the field artillery at the Presidio a bay
stallion 5 years old by Owynex 2:21, dam Atherine
2:16%, dam of the famous pacer Copa de Oro 2:01%.
This young stallion has never had any regular
training, but he is a very speedy horse at either the
trot or pace.
Princess Ethel, the very handsome pacing mare
with which trainer William Brown has won quite a
large sum of money at half-mile heat races, is one
of the best looking pacers in training at Pleasanton.
She is a sorrel, and although she has just been
clipped, is looking especially handsome just now.
She will be raced this year if there is a circuit in
California and should get a low mark, as she is
very fast and can go mile heats and several of
them.
"Pop" Sutherland was working a very smooth
going black filly to a big Petaluma cart on the
Pleasanton track last Saturday, and on inquiry it
was learned that she is a 3-year-old by Bon Voyage
out of Ruth C. by Guide. The filly has been given
the pretty name of Bonnie Jean by her owner, the
popular Livermore wine man, D. C. McNally, but
the stable hands call her Black Mary. She is show-
ing a lot of speed and looks like good goods.
Dreamona is the name that Tim Sexton of Oakland
has selected for the yearling filly by Demonio 2:11%,
dam Olita by Bradtmoor 2:26%, he purchased at the
Pleasanton sale on the 3d instant. This filly Is a
very promising youngster and is entered and paid
on to date in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity. There
is a lot of speed in Dreamona's pedigree. Her sire
has three 2:10 performers to his credit; her dam is
by the sire of Ben F. 2:07% and her third dam
is the dam of Ben F. Mr. Sexton has a 2-year-old
pacer by Dictatus in training at Pleasanton that is
another good prospect.
Few trotting stallions live to be 30 years old.
Regalia 14S6 that died at Decatur 111., recently, was
one of them, as he was registered and it is stated
in the pedigree that he was foaled in 1874. His
sire was Jay Gould 2:21%, the fastest stallion got
by Rysdyk's Hambletonian and the champion trot-
ting stallion of his day. The dam of Regalia was
Belle of Fayette by Ethan Allen 2:25%, also at
one time the champion trotting stallion. His second
dam was by Black Bashaw, a son of Young Bashaw,
the sire of Andrew Jackson, who got Henry Clay 8,
founder of the Clay trotting family.
Charley D. 2:06% and Adam G. 2:06% made a
very pleasant sight at the Pleasanton track last Sat-
urday morning as they were wrorked out together
a few slow heats. Charley D. was driven by his
owner, Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick, who takes great pleas-
ure in spending the week-end at his Pleasanton
bungalow and driving his horses at the track. Adam
G. was driven by his trainer Charles de Ryder; he
is owned by Mr. D. L. Bachant of Fresno. Both
these pacers are by McKinney 2:11%, and while
they are not alike in looks except in color, they
have the same mark and go at the same gait. Both
are in perfect condition for this season of the year.
Gil Curry has been busy this week making ar-
rangements for the shipment of Mr. R. J. McKen-
zie's three horses East, where they will be turned
over to Havers James. Pandora B. by McKinney,
Joe McGregor by Fergus McGregor, and a gray by
Lynwood W. comprise this string. The McKinney
mare and Joe McGregor are both very high class
horses the mare being a very fast trotter without
a record, while Joe McGregor is one of the fastest
pacers in the country that is eligible to the slow
classes, his record being only 2:21%. The horses
will be shipped today or tomorrow, and three in
better condition never left the State.
Among the pacers that should make a fair show-
ing at the races this year is the Demonio mare
Grace R. in Charles de Ryder's string. Grace R.
was raced a little last year, and while she won no
heats, she was pretty close to the winner in some
of her races. She won third money at Pleasanton
in the race won by Happy Dentist in 2:11%, 2:12%
and 2:12% and fourth money in the record-break-
ing race won by Jim Logan, in which that 3-year-
old beat Adam G. 2:06%, the third heat in 2:05%.
At Sacramento Grace R. was second to Adam G.,
two heats in 2:10% and 2:09%. She beat 2:10
two or three times in heats that she lost. She is a
good looking, sound and well mannered mare that
has improved since last year, consequently may be
expected to give a good account of herself this year.
Mr. J. McDade of Vancouver, B. C, has purchased
from W. T. Russell of San Bernardino the pacing
mare Josephine 2:07% by Zolock 2:05%, dam Lady
May by Newton N., grandam by Silver Heels.
Josephine was bred by William Amen of San
Bernardino and is now 6 years old. She began
racing as a 3-year-old in 1907, starting eight times
that year and getting a record of 2:20% at Peta-
luma, and paced in the same notch in a heat on
the Hanford half-mile track that year. As a 4-year-
old she started on the Pacific Coast circuits 16
times, winning eight races, being twice second, twice
third, twice fourth and twice unplaced. She re-
duced her record to 2:07% that year, winning a
majority of her heats in 2:10 or better. Last sum-
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 19, 1910.
mer she was again raced on the Coast, Homer
Rutherford again campaigning her. She got off
just about' the time the racing began, but she started
in 11 races, winning one, getting second money
three times, third money twice, fourth money twice,
and being just outside the money in three races.
She should be good for several years' racing, and
her new owner has a valuable mare in this daughter
of Zolock.
Dixie M. the pacing mare owned by Mr. D. C. Mc-
Cullum of Oroville, is showing great speed at the
Pleasanton track, where she is being trained by
Sutherland & Chadbourne. She broke this spring's
record for the track by pacing a quarter in 30 seconds
one morning last week.
Ira B. Dalziel, the popular veterinarian of this
city, is always active in anything that promotes the
welfare of the horsemen. The day after the horse-
men's convention of last week he went to Pleasanton
to the Chase sale and actively canvassed for new
members to the newly organized Harness Horse and
Stock Breeders' Association. He secured 75 new
members during the day and turned over the neat
sum of ?150 to the treasurer of the organization as a
result of his efforts.
Henry Helman has not found that green trotter
that can show three heats the same day in 2 : 12. This
sort of a horse is hard to find, but Helman is willing
to pay a fair price for one.
Volume 25 of the Tear Book, containing all the
races of 1909 and the lists of standard trotters and
pacers, together with much other valuable informa-
tion, has been published. The price is 55 and the
book can be supplied from this office.
Mr. J. H. McKowen, a prominent insurance
adjuster of Portland, Ore., passed through San Fran-
cisco this week on his way to Los Angeles, where
he expects to reside in the future, his health requir-
ing a change of climate. Mr. McKowen is a great
lover of the light harness horse and has been a
breeder of them for years. He now owns three or
four young horses, which have been shipped to Los
Angeles, and he will find pleasure in seeing them
in training. Among them is a 3-year-old, the first
foal sired by the stallion Sherlock Holmes 2:06.
Silver Haw, Mr. S. S. Stiles' fine mare by Silver
Bow 2:16, foaled a fine big colt by Henry Helman's
stallion Alconda Jay March 15th, and will be bred
back to him this season. Silver Haw is the dam of
that fast unmarked trotter Helen Stiles, that trotted
an eighth in :15% at Pleasanton last week.
Mules are in great favor with the farmers of the
Imperial Valley. One dealer at Calexico has sold
648 head of mules to the farmers of that section
during the last four months.
The Valley Driving Club of Hemet, Cal., will give
a matinee April 1st.
Captain Charles P. McCan, who recently pur-
chased some fine ranch property near Hood River,
Ore., expects to devote a portion of the land to the
breeding of fine horses. He will bring several trot-
ting bred mares and stallions from Missouri and
will build a half-mile track on which to train his
horses.
The Board of Directors of the Pacific Coast Trot-
ting Horse Breeders' Association will meet next
Wednesday to arrange a program for its summer
meeting of 1910.
Mr. J. R. Stadtfeld of Vacaville owns the first
grandaughter of Bon Voyage. She arrived on the
14th instant and is a bay filly that measured 41
inches in height and built in proportion. Her sire is
Mr. C. J. Uhl's colt Ulatis, son of Bon Voyage 2:12%,
and a mare by Demonio 2:11%, second dam Elorita
by Alban 2:24, third dam Emma R. 2:28 by Elec-
tioneer, fourth dam Emma Robson, dam of four in
the list by thoroughbred Woodburn fifth dam by
Williamson's Belmont, The dam of the filly is the
black mare Fabiola by Grand Moor 2374, second dam
by Winthrop 505, third dam by Williamson's Bel-
mont. This first foal by a son of Bon Voyage is cer-
tainly well bred.
Several driving clubs in California held matinees
on Thursday of this week, St. Patrick's day, our
hour of going to press preventing them being re-
ported in this issue. Reports and summaries will be
given next week.
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FROM YOLO COUNTY.
Woodland, March 10, 1910.
Breeder and Sportsman: Have had my working
clothes on since returning from the convention.
Have stepped Virginia Lee a mile in 2:23%, Queen
Alto a half in 1:07, Beautiful Morn (2) a quarter in
:35%, Zella Lee (2) a quarter in :40 and Jim Davis
(2) a half in 1:20. The above are all by the old
horse Iran Alto 2:12%. I have another one of his
get, B-isy Body, an 11-mcnths-old filly which is the
very fastest trotter of her age that I have ever
handled. Am also working three Palo King colts
that are rather promising, one a 2-year-old pacer,
went the mile today in 2:23%, the last half in ten,
and yes.erday we worked the 2-year trotter a half in
fifteen fiat. The yearling can trot an eighth in
twenty-two.
Both Unimak and his filly are going along nicely
and seem to be the making of exceptionally good
racehorses. As you may infer from the foregoing
that the Woodland track for winter training pur-
poses is not so very far behind some of the much-
touted ones, or that I am in possession of a whole
bunch of racing "phenoms."
It would be well to keep your eye on the two
Prince Ansels training here, Prince Lot and Dorothy
Ansel, for should they hit the track right when the
bell rings, the other boys will think that they have
struck a cyclone.
Yours respectfully,
H S. HOGOBOOM.
LIVERMORE HORSE SHOW.
Another correspondent at the Woodland track has
the following to say of some of the trainers and
horses there:
Hiram Hogoboom holds the track record for the
season here, having worked Virginia Lee by Iran
Alto a mile in 2:23%.
Det Bigelow worked Dorothy Ansel (2) by Prince
Ansel in 2:30 last half in 1:10; Diablo Jr., pacer, in
2:35; Lady Sutter, trotter, in 2:36, last quarter in
:34; a green pacer by Wawland W. in 2:34, and
has just commenced working Joe Brown, trial
2:08%, and a green 3-year-old by Diablo.
Charles Marley worked Nusta 2:24% by Nushagak
in 2:40, last quarter in 36 seconds, and Sir Poleon
(2), her full brother, a half in 1:15, quarter in :35.
Mell Keefer worked Trueheart by Nearest in
2:35%, last quarter in :34%, and has begun work-
ing Advosta 2:20%, his favorite road mare.
Charles Spencer worked Prince Lot in 2:46%;
Wesos by Prince Ansel in 2:37 last half in 1:15,
last quarter in :36; Georgie K. (2) by Prince Ansel
in 2:47, last half in 1:17, last quarter in :37; Anjella
by Prince Ansel in 2:40, last quarter in :36; Frances
C. (3) by Prince Ansel in 2:31%, last half in 1:10;
Nuristo (3), full brother to Aristo 2:08%, a mile
in 2:39%, last half in 1:16, last quarter in 35%
seconds.
AT THE STATE FAIR TRACK.
Sacramento, March 16, 1910.
The track could not be any better, and to prove it
John Quinn stepped the 3-year-old Sweet Bow,
through the stretch in 35% seconds, and several
others at a 2:20 gait. Moko Hall, the young stallion
purchased at the Pleasanton sale by Mr. Frank
Ruhstaller, is now stabled in Quinn's barn and is ad-
mired by all who have seen him. Charles de Ryder
let him step a quarter in 38 seconds a few days
before shipping him up here.
William Ivey stepped Expedio, Dr. Weldon's 3-year-
old filly by Lijero, through the stretch in 34 seconds
and stepped Lijero a quarter in 36.
Al McDonald has some colts that can fly. He
proposes shipping a few horses to the Portland sale
next month.
W. A. Hunter has quite a trotter in a 3-year-old
that is a big fellow, but he came through the stretch
in 44 seconds a month after breaking.
Walter Tryon has quite a number of horses in his
barn, and several have a high rate of speed.
James Thompson is very busy. He has about 18
head and is just beginning to let them go along
a little.
Walter Mastin has Money Mac at the track and
the stallion is in fine shape as was shown by the
way he came the last quarter in 35% seconds the
other day.
The Sacramento Driving Club met and elected
officers for 1910. They are: President, Thomas
Coulter; vice president, George Vice; secretary, Sam
Smith; treasurer, Frank Ruhstaller; collector, John
Silva. It was left with the president to appoint the
committees for the year. There will be another
meeting in a few days to discuss a ribbon parade
and select a date for a matinee. The meeting was
well attended and everyone seems interested. The
members have resolved to make this a banner year.
Several of the members went to the Chico matinee
Thursday.
A SIGNIFICANT SALE.
The disposal sale of the Schildwachter Carriage
Company, held last week under Mr. Francis M.
Ware's management at the old Exchange Building,
savored of the palmiest days of the carriage trade,
and brought renewed courage to the dealers and
speculators in vehicles who attended the sale in a
body, but were hardly able to secure a carriage,
so "brisk and aggressive was the bidding, and so
large was the attendance of the general public. It
certainly looks as if a most active spring was at
hand for the horse and carriage trade, when one
realizes what an off-season February has always
been for these commodities, and how prices have,
in all former years, fallen off 40 per cent at this time,
regaining staple values only in April; and when one
finds that an hundred carriages find eager buyers,
while thrice as many more bidders find competition
hopeless. Would one hundred motors offered at auc-
tion have found a better proportionate market or
realized as total a clearance? Such sales as object
lessons to the faint-hearted have their distinct value,
and that really first class offerings, equine or vehicu-
lar, will not realize their worth in 1910, or for many
another year, is as improbable an outcome as can be
imagined. — Rider and Driver.
The enterprising town of Livermore contained a
big crowd of people . last Saturday, who came from
a radius of one hundred miles to see the annual
horse show or rather horse parade. In this annual
event there is simply a parade of horses, no prizes
being awarded in any class, the breeders living in
the valley bringing their animals to Livermore for
this occasion and parading them through the main
streets of the town, halting for a few minutes before
the reviewing stand, where each horse's name, breed-
ing and ownership is announced by William Mc-
Donald.
Livermore Valley, some years ago, was one of
the leading draft horse breeding centers of the
Pacific Coast, and San Francisco buyers for the
big drayage firms found it one of the best localities
in which to secure horses for their business. During
the hard times and low prices of 1893-97 the breed-
ing of horses almost stopped entirely in that valley,
and when the demand for heavy horses became
active a few years later, the farmers who owned
draft stock could not resist the prices offered, and
soon they had sold off all their best, even to the
mares, and now when horses of the draft breeds
are in great demand at big prices, the supply is very
meager.
During the past few years, however many fine
stallions have been brought into the community and
some of the stock breeders have purchased good
mares for breeding purposes, and if they will eo^.
tinue along these lines, Livermore Valley will, within
a very few years, regain its lost prestige, and the
heavy horse crop will be the most valuable of the
annual resources of that section.
The people of Livermore are most hospitable,
and last Saturday visitors were received with open
arms, treated to a fine dinner at the hotels and
made to feel at home. Editor A. L. Henry of the
Livermore Herald looked after the newspaper repre-
sentatives and saw that they had the best the town
afforded, while the reception committee, D. C. Mc-
Nally, J. O. McKowan, L. C. Schoene and I. J. Cal-
lahan, rounded up all the visitors coming by train
or auto from outside points and invited them to
dinner at the different hotels.
The parade started at 1:30 p. m. and about 150
horses were led past the stand. As the procession
started ex-Assemblyman James Clarke delivered an
address on the value, of the horse interests of the
State, and of the Livermore Valley in particular,
which was scholarly and very interesting. After
this the horses passed the stand once more each
stopping for a minute while William McDonald intro-
duced him or her to the vast audience. For fully
an hour Mr. McDonald stood there and named each
horse as- it came up, giving its name and full breed-
ing on both sides, stating whether the animal was
in service or for sale and other interesting particu-
lars. Mr. McDonald possesses a wonderful knowl-
edge of the horses of the Livermore Valley, whether
they are of draft, trotting, coach or thorough
breeding.
The entire proceedings were successfully carried
out, and the only disappointed persons present were
the numerous buyers who could not induce the draft
horse owners to part with very many of their horses.
The officers of the day were: H. M. Christensen,
president; Max Berlin, vice president; Theodore
Gorner, secretary; John Sweeney, treasurer; Frank
Fennon, marshal; William McDonald, announcer.
The committees having arrangements in charge
were: Press, A. L. Henry and H. G. Gallaghan;
reception, C. L. Crelin, D. C. McNally, J. O. McKown
and L. C. Schoene; committee on stallion entries
J Reimers, Max Berlin and Ed Hansen.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Concord Subscriber — Gibraltar, register number
1185 record 2:22%, was sired by Echo 462 son of
Hambletonian 10. The dam of Gibraltar was the
Tiffany mare, whose pedigree is not known. Gib-
raltar is registered in Volume 4. He sired Our Dick
2:10%, Homestake 2:14%, Lottie G. 2:21%, Pat
Reddy 2:27% and Dora 2:29. He also sired the
dams of Our Lucky 2:13%, Royana 2:19%, Black
Bess 2:26% and Monroe 2:29%.
F. A. Ramsey, Riverside — We do not find Juliet
D. 2:13% registered. She is by McKinney 2:11%,
dam Katie by Crichton, son of imported Glencoe.
second dam by Hock Hocking. Juliet D. is the dam
of Irish 2:08% pacing by Monterey 2:09%. Under
the present rules there is no way by which she
can be registered unless she produces two standard
trotters.
PICTURES OF XOTED HORSES AND HORSEMEN"
FREE.
If you want over 100 pictures of famous horses and
noted drivers and a large 95-page book showing ali
the up-to-date sulkies, carts and wagpns, write to the
McMurray Sulky Co., Marion, Ohio, and they will send
the books of pictures to you for nothing. It will only
cost you a postal card or a two-cent stamp. Mention
this paper.
California Chief 48500, a 2-year-old colt by Don
Reginaldo (3) 2:15%, is being handled by F. A.
Ramsey of Riverside and can trot a quarter in 40
seconds right handily. Don Reginaldo will make a
good season this year and is a great favorite with
the horsemen of Southern California. He has been
mated with 11 mares already and his book will
probably fill with about 60.
Saturday, Marco 19, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
STALLION LAWS OF VARIOUS STATES.
The following is a brief extract from the stallion
laws of various States:
Colorado.
1. All stallions kept for service, sale, or exchange
or transfer and represented to be pure bred, must be
registered in a recognized stud book and a State
certificate obtained.
2. State certificate costs $5. Address James B.
Pearce, Secretary of State, Denver, Colo.
3. State certificates must be tacked on door of
stable or stall where animal is kept.
4. All stallions without a State certificate may
stand for service by being advertised as "grade
stallions" and have these words in type not smaller
than one inch in height on hills posted in a con-
spicuous manner where stallion is kept for service.
5. Penalty maximum for violation is fine of $200,
imprisonment of 60 days, or both.
Illinois.
6. All stallions kept for service must stand
veterinary examination by State Stallion Registra-
tion Board and must have State certificate as pure
bred, cross bred or grade. If pure bred must be regis-
tered in a recognized stud hook.
7. State certificate costs $2. Address J. K. Dickir-
son, Secretary Stallion Registration Board, Spring-
field, 111. Transfers of ownership cost $1.
8. Copy of State certificate must be posted in a
conspicuous place on outside and inside of main
door leading to stallion's stable.
9. Every bill, poster or newspaper advertisement
shall show enrollment certificate, number and state
whether it reads "pure bred, grade or cross bred."
10. Punishment for violations fine of $25 to $100.
Iowa.
11. Same as paragraph 1.
12. Certificates cost $1. Address Secretary of
State Board of Agriculture, Des Moines, Iowa.
Transfers cost 50 cents.
13. Same as paragraph 3.
14. Same as paragraph 4.
15. Penalties — Fine of not over $100, imprison-
ment not exceeding 30 days, or both.
Minnesota.
16. Same as paragraph 6.
17. State certificates cost $2.
year cost $1. Transfers, 50 cents,
of Animal Husbandry, College of Agriculture, Uni-
versity of Minnesota.
18. Printed copies must he posted as in para-
graph 2.
19. Copies of license certificate shall appear on
every bill or poster or in every advertisement.
20. Punishment, a fine of $25 to $100.
Nebraska.
21. Same as paragraph 1.
22. Certificates cost $1. Address Professor of
Animal Husbandry, University of Nebraska. Trans-
fer certificates, 50 cents.
23. Same as paragraph 3
24. Grade stallions must have the two words
printed on their bills in just as large type as the
name of the horse.
25. Penalties — Fine not exceeding $100, imprison-
ment not exceeding 30 days, or both.
Pennsylvania.
26. Same as paragraph 6.
27. State certificates cost $1 and must be renewed
annually. Transfers, 50 cents. Address State Live-
stock Sanitary Board.
28. Same as paragraph 8.
29. Same as paragraph 19.
Violations — Fine not exceeding $50.
South Dakota.
Same as paragraph 6.
State certificates cost $2; annual renewals,
$1; transfers, 50 cents. Address Professor of Animal
Industry, State College of Agriculture.
33. Printed copies must be posted as in para-
graph 8.
34. Same as paragraph 19.
35. Violations— Fine of $25 to $100.
Wisconsin.
Same as paragraph 6.
State certificates cost $2,
cost $1, and transfers, 50 cents.
State College of Agriculture.
38. Same as paragraph 8.
39. Copy of certificate must appear on each bill
and poster. Each advertisement must show enroll-
ment certificate number and state whether it reads
pure bred, grade, cross bred, non-standard or mon-
grel or scrub.
40. Violations — Fine of $10 to $50, imprisonment
for 60 days, or both.
30.
31.
32.
36.
37.
annual renewals
Address Dean of
MINOR HEIR AND GEORGE GANO.
Renewals every
Address Division
Mention was made in our issue of last week that
Mr. M. W. Savage was negotiating for the fast pacing
stallion, George Gano 2:03%, and naturally the fact
of his purchase will not come as a surprise to those
acquainted with this buyer of champions. Mr. Sav-
age has, in the past, made it a point to generally
carry to satisfactory conclusions anything he under-
takes, and this case has proved no exception.
The price of $20,000, reported to have been the
means of effecting the exchange, is indeed an extra
large one, and totally out of proportion to his earn-
ing capacity as a racing proposition, but to the
use he will now be put, all that remains for his
proving a satisfactory investment is that his life be
extended a reasonable number of years.
The new acquisition will indeed furnish Mr.
Savage with a pair of wonderfully fast pacing stal-
lions and the coming year, barring accidents, they
will do some interesting feats and prove great
attractions all over the country, at the meetings
so fortunate as to secure them. Minor Heir, late
last year, showed himself to be faster than ever
when he paced to his record of 1:59% and indeed
the same can be said of Gano, as in his final ap-
pearance, which was in the Tennessee stake at the
Lexington meeting, he secured the mark now follow-
ing his name.
George Gano, [as a two-year-old, was given a
time record of 2:24% at Danville, Ky., the next
year he was started once at Indianapolis, where he
secured third money, finishing second the final heat,
which was in 2:10%. In 1907 he appeared in six
events, being in the money five times and at Colum-
bus was three times third in 2:04%, 2:04% and
2:06%; being consigned to the Kentucky sales the
following February, he proved the main attraction,
as he was known to be a 2:05 pacer, while his record
of 2:24% gave him access to start in all of the rich
stakes.
At $7,500 he went into the stable of Walter Cox,
the New Hampshire trainer, and in his 1908 cam-
paign was naturally successful, although not win-
ning but three events and a record of 2:12%. That
year he unquestionably paced faster than last season,
possibly due to the fact that he was not obliged
to extend himself to his limit in 1909, but his races
will indeed demonstrate the fact, as he was three
times second at Kalamazoo, two heats being in 2:03
and 2:02%; at Poughkeepsie, second in 2:02%; at
Syracuse, close third, 2:04%, 2:02% and 2:03%, and
at Columbus twice second in 2:02% and 2:02%,
beating Minor Heir in this race, he was in wonder-
tul form and possibly fearing later consequences,
was not started either the second week at Columbus
or during the Kentucky meeting.
The past year he was in the stable of Tommy
Murphy and in his twelve starts was ten times first,
once second and once third, winning The C. of C,
The Friedman, Edwards, Nutmeg, Onondago, Board
of Trade and Tennessee Classics and $14,300 in
money.
It is to be hoped that he will prove extremely
satisfactory to his new owner and bring still greater
fame to the stable of Mr. Savage. — American Sports-
man.
o
Ostrich races are to be one of the amusement
features of the California State Fair this year.
CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR FUTURITY NO. 2.
Following is a list of nominations made in California State Fair Futurity-
No. 2, which closed February 1st. This stake has a guaranteed vaule of $5,000,
of which $2,850 is for trotters and $2,150 for pacers:
Entered by
Entry
Sire of Entry
Bred to
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Alley,
Allen,
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank
Frank E Oniska by Nutwood Wilkes Bonaday.
Frank E Fuschia Mack by McKinney Sonoma Boy.
E Addiola Mack by McKinney Sonoma Boy.
E Lady Lemo by Memo Diawood.
E Diabella C. by Diablo Lynwood W.
E Welladay by Steinway Sonoma Boy.
E Fortuna G. W. by Guy Wilkes Diawood.
E Grace Spears by Waldstein Sonoma Boy,
E Gussie J. W. by Jud Wilkes Sonoma Boy.
E Maud Stambourect by Stamboul Diawood.
E Aileen by Anteeo Sonoma Boy.
E Minnie H. by Mulligan Diawood.
E Angelina Bos well by Hart Bos well Lynwood W.
E Julia S. by Daly Sonoma Boy.
E Maud Grenear by Greco B Diawood.
E Ruby D. by Sam Ford Sonoma Boy.
R, E Baroness Bonnie by Baron Wilkes Zombro.
Armstrong, H. E....Alma Mac by McKinney Alconda Jay.
Bachant, D. L Maud Sears by Wayland W Athasham.
Bachant, D. L Corinne Neilson by Clarence Wilkes ...Athasham.
Bachant, D. L Allena by Nutwood Wilkes Athasham.
Barstow, Mrs. S. V. .Mrs. Weller by McKinney Alto Express.
Barstow, Mrs. S. V. .Aunt Joe by Iran Alto Nearest McKinney.
Bigelow, C. B......Lucy B. by Alex Button Prince Ansel.
Blair, J. N Louise by Welcome Demonio.
Bollinger, Geo. Y. . .Guidon by Directum Nearest McKinney.
Bonfilio, Elizabeth.. .Beatrice Zombro by Zombro Carlokin.
Bonfilio, Elizabeth.. .Atherine by Patron Del Coronado.
Borden, I. L La Belle Altamont by Altamont Barney Barnato.
Brents, Thos. H Saffrona by Antelope Cotosca.
Brents, Thos. H Laurelia by Caution Bonnie McK.
Brown, Alex Serpolo by Mendocino Prince Ansel.
Brown, Alex Lauress by Mendocino Prince Ansel.
Brown, Alex Lottie by San Diego .Prince Ansel.
Brown, Alex Arista by Nushagak Prince Ansel.
Burke, Frank H. . . .Wanda by Eros ' Bon "Voyage.
Burke, Frank H. . . .Vallejo Girl by McKinney Bon Voyage.
Canfleld, C. A Mamie Elizabeth by Red Regent Walter Barker.
Canfleld, C. A Chloe by Conifer Walter Barker.
Canfleld, C. A Sue by Athadon Walter Barker.
Canfleld, C. A Dixie W. by Zolock Walter Barker.
Clark, J. M .Diarina by Diablo Palo King.
Clark, J. M Diabitine by Diablo R. Ambush.
Conroy, E. M Frances C. by Wasatch Star Pointer.
Coulter, Thos Lou Onward by Onward Lijero.
Cowell, S. H Dione by Eros Kinney Lou.
Cowell, S. H Charmion by Nutwood Wilkes Henry Nutwood.
Dahl, A. G Rosie Caution by Caution Vassar.
Dahl, A. G Judith by Wm. Harold Vassar.
Daniels, L. B Dorothy Tennant by Clay Sir John S.
B Nocha by Nushagak On Voyage.
L Lady Halpet by Gerome Copa de Oro.
J. Jr. . .Blancheward by Onward Alconda Jay.
T> Bee Sterling by Sterling Palite.
D Paprika by Oro Belmont Palite.
D. ... ...Babe D. by Dawnlight Palite.
D Miss Valentine by Bays water Wilkes. . .De Oro.
D Ima Jones by Capt. McKinney De Oro.
D Truth by Searchlight Carlokin.
Dunn, E. R Bonner Bell by Bonner N. B McKena.
Durfee, W. G Subito by Steinway Del Coronado.
Durfee, W. G Jessie Madison by Jas. Madison Del Coronado.
Durfee, W. G Mowitza by Soudan Carlokin.
Durfee, W. G My Irene S. by Petigru Carlokin.
Durfee, W. G Lady H. by Del Coronado Ccrlokin.
Daniels, L.
Draper, R.
Drais, Thos.
Dudley, E.
Dudley,
Dudley,
Dudley,
Dudley,
Dudley,
E.
E.
E.
E.
E.
Durfee, W G Ola by McKinney Copa de Oro.
Durfee, W. G Lillie Mc by McKinney Copa de Oro.
Evans, W. B Maebe by Del Coronado Enola.
Evans, W. B. Flora Alta by Altitude Jr Vassar.
Foley, W. E Still Better by Iran Alto Nearest McKinney.
Fosdick, A. M Athena by Dexter Prince Alconda Jay.
Galindo; J. V., Jr. . .Lady Glide by Ulster Chief Sidmore.
Gammon, E. A Nita H. by Zolock Star Pointer.
Glide, T. S Fannie G. by Nutwood Wilkes Aerolite.
Glide, T. S Josephine by Nutwood Wilkes Palite.
Harlan, I. N Rita R. by Diawood Iran Alto.
Hellwig, F. P., Es. . .Lady Dell by Prince Lovelace Alconda Jay.
Helman, H. H Electress Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes.. .Alconda Jay.
Helman, H. H Lady Mowry by McKinney Alconda Jay.
Hemet Stock Farm.. Mamie Redmond by Nutwood Wilkes. . .Geo. W. McKinney.
Farm..Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes Geo. W. McKinney.
Farm.. Muriel P. by Nutwood Wilkes Geo. W. McKinney.
Farm.. Louisa R. by Sterling McKinney Geo. W. McKinney.
Farm.. Lady Zombro by Zombro Geo. W. McKinney.
Farm..Nealy W. by Geo. W. McKinney Armond Lou.
Farm., /iesta by Bob Mason Geo. W. McKinney.
S. . . . Beautiful Bird by Nutwood Wilkes
Hemet Stock
Hemet Stock
Hemet Stock
Hemet Stock
Hemet Stock
Hemet Stock
Hogoboom, H.
Hogan, John Lady M. by Rinaldo San Felipe.
Hogan, John Babe by Count Lionel Kinney de Lopez.
Irvine, W. J .Ever Green by McKinney McKena.
Iverson, E. P .Queen Karen by Nutwood Wilkes Kinney Lou.
Iverson, J. B Ivoneer by Eugeneer Kinney Lou.
Keeley, H. C Mattie' B. by Alex Button Modesto Mc.
Kellogg, A. S Lillith by Secretary Athasham.
Keefer, M. C Nellie K. by Nutwood Wilkes Prince Ansel.
Knowlton, E. S Lady Hermit by Hermit SilkCloud.
Leech, William Hiawatha by Baron Bretto Star Pointer.
Lvons, E. E Lady Mac by Codicil R. Ambush.
Marshall, J. W Trix by Nutwood Wilkes Zolock.
Marshall, J. W Ramona by Demonio Palite.
Mead, Ray Carrie B. by Alex Button Kinney Lou.
Miller. W. J Lulu Mc by Arthur Wilkes Dan Logan.
Montgomery, J. E...Effie Logan by Durfee Zolock.
McFeely, C. H Diana by Dialect Bon Voyage.
Nichols, A. L Silver Benton by Senator Boggs Bon Voyage.
Perkins, Dana Zaya by Bay Bird Stam B.
Perkins, Dana Princess Eulalie by Tom Benton Stam B.
Putnam, Geo. W Jessie Tilden by Roy Wilkes Star Pointer.
Rea, Jas. W., Jr. . . . Iran Belle by Iran Alto Lijero.
Rea, Jas. W.. Jr Much Better by Charles Derby Nearest McKinney.
Renatti, John Madeline S. by Horace S Monteo.
Riggs, Chas. A The Blonde by Strathway Carlokin.
Schreiber, Mrs. L. B.Sadie Mason by Bob Mason Bon Voyage.
Schwartz, A. W Lorenzo Girl by Monterey Iran Alto.
Scott, A. L Cora by Ira Bon Voyage.
Shippee, W. A Dolly D. by Temescal Derby Direct.
Shippee, W. A Clara E. by Moses S Derby Direct.
Smith, J. A Daisy W. by Mambrino Chief Jr Constructor.
Smith, H. B A veress by Lynwood W Prince Ansel.
Spencer. C. A Noraine by Nushagak Prince Ansel.
Stewart, James Easter D. b v Diablo Zolock.
Suglian, John Hazel Mac by Director Tom Smith.
Todhunter, L. H. . . .Zombowyette by Zombro Nob Age.
Todhunter, L. H Zombelle by Zombro Nob Age.
Todhunter. L. H. . . .Loma B. by Stam B Bon Voyage.
Twohig, J Melba by Nutwood Wilkes Charley D.
Val. Stock Farm. . . .Puchachee by Dexter Royal Pegasus.
Vendome Farm Eva B. by McKinney Nearest McKinney.
Vendome Farm Just It Sure by Nearest Nearest McKinney.
Wadham, F. W Johannah Treat by Thomas Rysdyk ...Carlokin.
Warlow, Geo. L Cora Wickersham by Junio Athadon.
Warlow, Geo. L Narcola by Athadon Stanford McKinney.
Warlow, Geo. L Sextette by Athablo Tom Smith.
Warlow, Geo. L Solsette by Guy McKinney Stamboulette.
Warlow. Geo. L Donnagene by Athadon Athablo.
Whitman, G. W Violet by Abbotsford Jr Star Pointer.
Woy, M L Cora Dell by Junio Tom Smith.
Wright & Donnelly. Big Siss by Stanton Wilkes Lijero.
Wright & Donnelly. Ebner by Fallis Lijero.
Wright & Donnelly Pearl Sinclair by Hanford Medium Zolock.
Wright & Donnelly . Iadora by Jas. Madison Teddy Bear.
Zibbell, J. W Kate Lumry by Shadeland Onward Tom Smith.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 19, 1910.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION NOTES.
General John C. Bates U. S. A. (retired), the
new president of the Association, has appointed the
following State secretaries for the year 1910:
Alabama — Major Lucien C. Brown, Ala. N. G.,
Birmingham, Ala.
California — Captain George A. Schastey, Cal. N. G.,
San Francisco.
Connecticut — Captain Earl D. Church, Conn. N. G.,
Hartford, Conn.
Colorado — Captain D. W. Strickland, Colo. N. G.,
Denver, Coio.
Delaware — Colonel J. G. Ewing, Del. N. G.
Wilmington, Del.
District of Columbia— Major J. E. Bell, D. C. N. G.,
Washington, D. C.
Florida — Captain John W. Blanding, F. N. G.,
Gainesville, Fla.
Georgia— Major M. E. Laird, G. N. G., Atlanta, Ga.
Indiana — Lieutenant H. W. McBride, I. N. G.,
Indianapolis Ind.
Illinois — Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Whigam,
I N. G., Chicago.
Iowa — Captain Claude M. Stanley, Iowa N. G.,
Corning, Iowa.
Kentucky — Captain Jackson Morris, K. N. G.,
Frankfort, Ky.
Louisiana — Lieutenant D. W. Eddy, La. N. G.,
Lake Charles, La.
Maine — Major Gilbert M. Elliott, M. N. G., Bruns-
wick Me.
Maryland — Major S. J. Fort, M. N. G., Ellicott
City, Md.
Massachusetts — Major John M. Portal, M. N. G.,
Woburn, Mass.
Michigan — Captain Earl L. Stewart, M. N. G.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Minnesota — Major Orris E. Lee, M. N. G., Still-
water, Minn.
Missouri — Major W. Lionel Chambers, Missouri
N. G. Jefferson City, Mo.
North Carolina — Captain S. Cohen, N. C. N. G.,
Goldsboro, N. C.
New York — Major Fred A. Wens, N. Y. N. G.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Oklahoma — Captain Arthur L. Edington, O. N. G.,
Watonga, Okla.
Pennsylvania — Major W. P. Clark, Pa. N. G., Wil-
liamsport, Pa.
Rhode Island — Lieutenant Colonel Arthur V. War-
field, R. I. N. G. Providence, R. I.
Tennessee — Captain Robert S. Henry, Tenn. N. G.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Texas— Colonel O. C. Guessax, T. N. G,, San.
Antonio, Texas.
Utah— Captain William C. Webb, U. N. G., Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Virginia— Major Alfred B. Percy, Va. N. G., Lynch-
burg, Va.
Wisconsin — Lieutenant Frank H. Fowler Wis.
N. G., La Crosse, Wis.
The school hoy marksmen of the United States
will have their innings during the week of April
11th to 16th, when the second contest for the Astor
cup, which represents the school championship of
the country, for the year, will be shot. The event
is open to all schools, public and private, which do
not confer degrees.
Each school will be represented by ten marksmen,
who will shoot ten shots standing and ten shots
prone at 50 feet on a gallery range, usin-g .22-ealiber
rifles and the N. R. A. target, which has a %-inch
bullseye.
The National Rifle Association appoints judges to
supervise the firing of each team, and the targets
used in the match are sent out from the office of the
N. R. A.
There are now over 60 schools having N. R. A.
rifle clubs. All of these will probably enter teams,
so that a most interesting competition is looked for.
Last year 30 schools entered the competition.
One hundred and thirty entries have been re-
ceived to date for the trials to determine the per-
sonnel of the United States team in the interna-
tional small bore rifle match which will be shot
with Great Britain and Australia the week ending
April 2d. Twenty-three cities have so far been
designated as places where the trials are to be held
under the supervision of judges appointed by the
N. R. A. These trials were held during the week
March 7-12. The cities designated are: Birming-
ham, Ala.; Boston, Mass.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Buf-
falo, N. Y.; Butte, Mont.; Denver, Colo.; Elizabeth,
N. J.; Los Angeles, Cal.; Manchester, N. H. ; New
Haven, Conn.; New York City; Philadelphia; Pitts-
burg, Pa.; Portland Me.; Rochester, N. Y.; Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich.; Schenectady, N. Y. ; Seattle,
Wash.; Staunton, Va.; St. Louis; St. Paul, Minn.;
Warren, Pa., and Washington, D. C.
The conditions of the match and also the trials
call for each man firing 50 shots at 75 feet, using
.22-caliber rifle on which the telesdope may be
used if desired.
An in.eresting situation has developed in the
Intercollegiate League matches which are now going
on. Tliij defeat of the Columbia College team makes
a triple tie between that college and Washington
State College of Washington and the University of
Iowa, each with six wins and one defeat to their
credit. All three teams are almost certain to win
the balance of their series of matches. To decide
the winner of the league series will require the
holding of a shoot-off between the three leaders
which will result in a most interesting match, as
all three teams are shooting very evenly, and it
will be hard to pick the winner.
In addition, the 10 colleges and universities com-
peting in the Intercollegiate League, no less than a
dozen other institutions are in training for the inter-
collegiate indoor championship match of 1910, to be
shot the week ending March 26th. Dartmouth Col-
lege of Hanover, N. H. ; New Hampshire College of
Durham, N. H., and Simpson College of Indianola,
Iowa, have organized rifle clubs and affiliated with
the National Association.
The National Rifle Association has recently
elected to membership the following Government
civilian rifle clubs: Warrensburg Mo., Rifle Club;
Tarrytown, N. Y.; Rifle Club; Hastings, Colo., Rifle
Club; Park Club, Bridgeport, Conn.; Santa Ana, Cal.
Rifle Club; Adrian, Mich., Rifle Club; Danbury,
Conn., Rifle Club, and the Public Athletic League of
Baltimore.
The following school boy rifle clubs have recently
been elected to membership in the National Rifle
Association: Ogden, Utah, High School Rifle Club;
Charleston W. Va., High School Rifle Club; Mitchell
School Rifle Club of Billerica, Mass.; Saratoga
Springs, N. Y. High School Rifle Club, and the
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Rifle Club.
Through the courtesy of the ordnance department,
U. S. A., the National Rifle Association is now able
to procure for its rifle clubs and individual mem-
bers Krag rifles at a greatly reduced price. In the
opinion of many of our best riflemen, these rifles
are as good shooting arms as the new Springfield.
One feature which appeals to the civilian shooter
is the economy in the cost of ammunition and in
the reloading of same.
Similar arrangements have also been made with
the ordnance department for the sale to school boy
and university clubs of .22-caliber Krag rifles, a
limited supply of which were on hand when the new
model was adopted. These are excellent shooting
arms and are preferred for school boy work on
account of not having to use a holder, as in the
Springfield.
The annual report of the Association for 1909 is
now on the press and will be ready for distribution
on or about April 1st.
The rifle club bill now pending in Congress, pro-
viding for the free issue of arms and ammunition
to rifle clubs and an appropriation of $100,000 to
carry on the work, has been reported favorably by
the sub-committee of the Committee on Military
Affairs of the Senate.
The report was so strongly in favor of the bill
that there is hardly a doubt but what the entire com-
mittee will report it favorably. The House com-
mittee has not yet taken up the bill, Mr. Hull, the
chairman being exceedingly busy with other impor-
tant affairs.
Of the many letters forwarded to the secretary
of the National Rifle Association from members of
the House and Senate, there has not yet appeared
a single unfavorable note. At the present writing
the bill does not seem to have a single enemy in
Congress, though there is no reason why such a
patriotic measure should have.
Mexican Lobsters — Any individual who enters a
fish market under current conditions and purchases
a lobster is a lobster of the richest and reddest hue,
says the Sacramento News. The last Legislature
passed a protective law on the shellfish and for the
next five years no one dares to take one from Cali-
fornia waters, so the Ashman to meet the demands
of his customers has to send to Mexico for his lob-
sters, and in consequence they are worth nearly their
weight in gold. Not only do the native fishermen
of that Republic place a round figure on the shell-
fish, as they have to be paid to catch them, but
Uncle Sam steps in when the fish reach the border
and charges ten cents for stamping a letter "S" on
their tails. The transportation companies charge for
bringing them up in cold storage and the local fish-
monger does the rest. The result is that a man
becomes a lobster when he buys one.
Wild Turkeys — The foothills of Placer county are
soon to be stocked with a varied assortment of wild
turkeys, partridges and quail by the State Fish and
Game Commission, as that body has been assured
protection for the birds from the guns of the hunt-
ers for the next five years by the North Fork Game
Protective Association, who have leased a tract of
12,000 acres for a period of five years, with the idea
of trurning it into a great game preserve. It may
be possible that the tract will be turned into a State
game farm.
Fish and Game Commissioner M. J. Connell of Los
Angeles, who attended a recent meeting of the Board
of Fish and Game Commissioners in this city, is
quoted by the Los Angeles Express as follows:
"I brought up the question of the present steel-
head trout law with the view of having an interpre-
tation placed upon it by the Board," said Mr. Con-
nell in an interview. "It is necessary that instruc-
tions be issued to all deputies in accordance with
the ruling of the Board.
"It was agreed that beginning April 1st, steelhead
should be allowed to be taken wherever found,
irrespective of the distance from tidewater. Sports-
men, however, should clearly understand the range
of these fishes, and they will be expected to observe
faithfully the general provisions of the law relating
to all other varieties of trout."
Heretofore, steelhead generally were thought to be
found only in coast streams and sportsmen have ob-
served the laws in this regard. The opinion of the
Commissioners opens all streams for steelhead fish-
ing. February and March is the closed season for
steelhead.
As the first day of April approaches, the question
of most absorbing interest to steelhead anglers is,
Will the pleasant weather continue long enough to
leave the coast streams in good fishing condition?
A rain and freshet before the opening day will send
the trout off to salt water aud leave the streams
denuded of fish. Reports from many waters state
that steelhead are plentiful and that, barring a heavy
freshet, the sport will be the best in years. Gentle
rains, on the contrary, will not make any particular
difference in angling prospects.
Another matter of travail to the local Waltonians
is the fact that the season for steelhead in both San
Mateo and Santa Cruz counties will not open, by
reason of restrictive ordinances, until May 1st.
While this date is agreed upon as proper and
seasonable for other trout, it is claimed it is entirely
unnecessary — in fact, radically wrong — when applied
to the protection of steelhead trout. The best fishing
for this variety in coast streams is to be had during
the month of April. By the 1st of May many
streams have either been well fished out or the trout
have descended for their outing in saline waters.
Efforts are being made to induce the San Mateo
authorities to rescind the present county law and
allow steelhead Ashing in the county waters during
the month of April.
The benefit of such action, it is believed, will
he an expenditure of at least $10,000 in the county
by anglers. This condition is well worthy of con-
sideration.
It is estimated that there are more than 150 miles
of available trout-fishing waters in the county.
Forty anglers daily in these creeks would total 1,200
rods on the streams during the month. The general
average of expenditures for hotels, carriage hire,
etc., would possibly go over the amount of disburse-
ment first mentioned. The time is at hand when the
presence each season of sportsmen in different
shooting and angling districts can he regarded as a
valuable asset annually for each particular district.
In properly cared for territory this asset will be
an increasing one each year.
Russian river is reported to be full of steelhead
up as far as the headwater tributaries. The water
in the river is rather roily at present possibly water
from the Eel river tunnel inlet. The big steelhead,
however, are spent fish and will hardly be in good
shape until the end of May. Louis Gotthelf has sev-
eral hundred big trout, "regular palpitators," staked
out in a "hole" way up the river. He proposes to
get in the initial spinner cast at them on the first —
there is an army of rodsters, for that matter, who
fondly delude themselves with the idea that the
secret of plethoric fishing pools is known to each
individual split-bamboo wielder. This conceit is a
spring ailment peculiar to the angling fraternity.
San Bernardino streams will not be open until
May 1st, the season having been shortened one
month by the County Supervisors.
"Doc" Wilson, Hugh Draper, Andy Forman, Steve
Simmons and Frank Marcus have filed pre-emption
claims on a wide field of trout-fishing territory. By
automobile to Cloverdale and thence to Booneville,
where the Rancheria creek bridge spans the pretty
stream, their rods will then whip the water until
Navarro river is reached. Over the grade to the
Garcia and down the coast to the Guallala river is
an itinerary for a five days' trouting trip that will
make many a stay-at-home city angler turn green
with envy.
Deputy Fish Commissioner W. J. Hunter arrested
a Portuguese ranche'r early Friday morning for
operating a hidden fish net trap in Pescadero creek.
The trap and five large steelhead trout in the
poacher's possession were evidence that induced
Judge McCormack of Pescadero to impose a fine
of $100.
Salt water fishermen had an excellent day's Ashing
two weeks ago. The low tide during the middle of
the day was the condition that made the bay Ashing
good at slack water.
Saturday, March 19, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Fishermen's outing excursions along the line of
the Ocean Shore Railway will, it is reported, be ar-
ranged in the near future by Traffic Manager E. T.
Charlton. It is proposed to send out an early train
in the morning, making stops at a few points. This
will enable the anglers to have a full day at a favor-
ite beach for fishing, gathering abalones, mussels and
sea shells.
Turner, Charles H. Kewell, Ed Donallen, Chris John-
son, H. Huegle, G. Greene, Louis Armknecht, Charles
Bouton, Carl Sperling, Dr. Madsen and others.
MONTE CARLO NOTES.
Large numbers of abalones were gathered from the
Moss Beach reefs recently by outing parties. A party
of five — two men and three women folks — gathered
several sacks full of the univalves. This capture, it
seems, must have been in excess of the limit of fif-
teen to one individual in one day, imposed by a San
Mateo ordinance.
The reefs off Purissima beach are well covered
with fat mussels, abalones and "rock clams." This
beach is the only place on the Halfmoon bay shore
where this peculiar variety of clam is found. The
bivalves bore into the hard silt rock, and are fished
out with picks. Fred Sarcander, Charles F. Breiden-
stein and Herman Butz, during low tide two weeks
ago Sunday, garnered a crop of these shellfish.
Baker's Beach and Land's End have been favor-
ite resorts for salt water anglers for several weeks
past. James Watt, Moses Uri, W. A. L. Miller, Harry
Baker and other members of the California Anglers'
Association recently demonstrated handily that surf
fishing on these beaches could be enjoyed success-
fully with lighter casting tackle than the heavy and
cumbersome outfits that have been customary with
many surf anglers. The party landed a large number
of red-finned perch and tomcods. A few small-sized
striped bass were caught but were returned to the
water. There were over forty surf fishermen at
Baker's Beach last Sunday. Red-finned perch are
very plentiful, one angler caught twenty pounds one
Wednesday and another fisherman landed sixteen,
pounds of perch Thursday.
A matter that will interest striped bass anglers
is the report that two bass, twenty and sixteen
pounds in weight respectively, were caught during
the past week. Striped bass of goodly size have been
frequently caught with surf casting tackle at this
resort.
At Land's End good fishing has developed recently.
Louis Meyer and wife, Joe Springer, Joe Meyer,
Frank Smith and other local anglers have enjoyed
excellent sport at this resort.
Tomcod fishing has been in full swing. Rod
anglers and hand-line fishermen have been catching
these game and palatable fish at many resorts. There
has been Quite a run of tomcod for a week past at
Union, Vallejo, Lombard and Howard street piers.
In fact, at almost any dock along the water front of
this city good catches of nice-sized tomcods have
been reported.
Along the Marin shores salt water fishing has been
excellent. Og Sausalito rockcods and tomcods have
been plentifully caught. Louis Gotthelf, George Rob-
erts, Fred King and George Barnes were among the
lucky rod anglers. Tony Faria and George Mulford
fished off "The Cross," beyond Lime Point, rockcod
and sea trout bit well. Numerous launches returned
from Bonita cove down to Point Diavolo, with good
catches recently,
In lieu of trout, salmon and bass, some of the
Point Reyes hardshells find perch fishing attractive.
Frank Dolliver and Abe Banker caught forty pounds
of "redfins" at the "fill" a week ago.
Seat trout, capazoni and rockcod experienced a
sorry day when Frank Marcus, Harry Hook, Jack
Ledwitte, George Day Billy Finley, Jack Manning
and a red cross corps from the Merry Widow Com-
pany wet lines and things at Campbell's Point and
other Tiburon fishing resorts last Tuesday.
The Tiburon bulkhead wriggled into fish lore one
Sunday when a large catch of salt water eels was
made. The fish ran from one to three pounds in
weight.
At Bluff Point, James Watt, Joe Meyer, Harry
Baker, W. A. L. Miller, Al Baker, George Uri and
Joe Springer were all in the count for sea trout
and eels.
Bonita Point wharf was the favored position for
sea trout, rockcod and capazoni last Sunday, taken
advantage of by C. F. Breidenstein, Moses Uri,
Harry Baker and Charles Lehritter.
Striped bass fishing at the different bay resorts
and creeks is not yet in spring bloom, and but few
catches have been reported. Several small bass
have been caught at Baker's Beach and also on the
ocean beach between Sheehan's and Dibble's
resorts.
San Antone creek evidently has a known value
as a striped bass fishing water to the net fisher-
men. Notwithstanding more than a half-dozen ar-
rests recently, followed by convictions for illegal
fishing, on Thursday morning Deputy Commissioner
M. L. Cross- arrested two men for illegally using
nets in the creek. Reports of a few catches of fair
sized bass off Point Isabel recently are credible.
Crab-netting has been better since the season for
the crustaceans opened on the 1st inst. along the
waterfront and about the bay resorts than for many
years past. Howard street wharf and the American-
Hawaiian dock at the foot of Filbert street have
been apparently the best crabbing grounds. At
these two docks big catches of large sized crabs
have been made for over a week past. These crabs
were of the same commercial variety as are caught
outside the Heads. Contrary to general belief, the
big crabs — "cancer majesticus," the savants dub
them — are excellent swimmers and follow the ebb
and flow of the bay tides. Bay crabs, a smaller
variety, are also plentiful, particularly across
the bay.
Many crab fishers were on the Oakland mole a
week ago. W. Koch, Henry Miesner, Charles Erb,
Charles Koch and Guido Koch netted two bushels
of crabs, besides catching a goodly supply of sea
trout and rockcod.
The present crab season began rather inaus-
piciously for several "sooners," market fishermen
who anticipated the opening market and good prices.
Fish Commission deputies discovered under Fisher-
man's wharf at North Beach a large concealed crate
containing about 300 dozen crabs illegally caught
before the season opened. The crate was destroyed
and the crabs liberated, involving a loss of over
?1,000 to the unknown owners.
In the raid made on crab-netters by the Commis-
sioners' launch, while a number of boats were violat-
ing the crab-fishing law last month off the beach
near Mussel rock, over 150 crab nets were aban-
doned by the boats and subsequently sunk by the
deputies, who cut off the cork floats. The loss ot
this large amount of gear impeded the legitimate
operations of the owners for at least a week after
the season opened.
When the flotilla of crab boats was overhauled by
the State deputies incriminating evidence in the
shape of numerous sacks of crabs was tossed over-
board. Safe to state, however, that the crawlers
soon bit their way out of the flimsy burlap imprison-
ment.
The recent spell of warm weather gladdened the
hearts of Los Angeles fishermen, for the small fry
are again biting along the southern coast, and fairly
good catches of pompano, perch and surf have been
taken by the few regulars who have visited the
nearby resorts.
The erratic results obtained by the fishermen
would discourage an old-timer in midseason, but at
this time of the year are very satisfactory to the
anglers, for the fishing during the winter months
has been at a standstill, and the cold, cloudy
weather and occasional storms have prevented any-
thing but deep sea angling.
The tide table showed that last Sunday the high
tide was due at 10:42 o'clock, while low tide was at
4:40 o'clock in the afternoon. With the return of
pleasant days again the sport in general will get
back to normal conditions.
The fishing the previous week has been good in
several places, but the anglers will probably find
that the fish are running in streaks. Pompano have
been quite plentiful at the long wharf at Port Los
Angeles and several nice catches were taken by the
midweek fishermen The fact, however, that there
are plenty of the small fry close to shore indicates
that there are other varieties just outside in deeper
water, and the yellowtail and albicore should be
heard from soon.
Sea bass have furnished some good sport at San
Pedro, and last Sunday there were a dozen parties
out in rowboats who fished off the Point Firmin
kelp beds with quite good success. It's a long walk
out to the end of the big stone reef, but on a day
when the stone heavers are not working some fine
sport is to be had.
Surf and perch have been biting at spells at
Ocean Park and the municipal pier at Santa Monica.
Good catches have been registered by the beach
regulars during the early mornings and evenings.
At Playa del Rey the sport has been confined to
occasional catches of pompano and perch. A few
pompano have been caught at intervals in San Pedro
bay, although the deep churning of the waters by
the big twin screw propellers of the coastwise pas-
senger steamers are driving the small fry farther
south along the coast.
The regular fishermen are getting their lines
ready and supplementing last year's outfits with the
necessary extras. The Los Angeles outfitters have
been kept busy during the last week providing for
the needs of the anglers, and with fair fishing to
be had the resorts will soon be entertaining their
regular squads of fishermen.
Deputy Fish Commissioner Hunter arrested last
week three men for shooting quail in Tunitas Glen,
San Mateo county. The culprits each paid a fine
imposed by a San Mateo Justice of the Peace.
Pacific Striped Bass Club members and guests cel-
ebrated Washington's birthday with a fish dinner at
a downtown resort. Those present were: Hugh
Draper, Charles P. Landresse, Al Newman, Al New-
man, Jr., George A. Wentworth, J. S. Tnurner, Will
Ed. R. Tull, an old market hunter, now a resident
of Yuba City, Sutter county, has been appointed
a deputy fish and game commissioner and will work
in conjunction with Deputies Carpenter and Ricketts.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
January 31 — Grand Poule D'Essai, with 120 sov-
ereigns added to a sweepstakes of 4 sovereigns each
and a gold medal for the winner. Second to receive
20 sovereigns and 25 per cent of the entries, third,
15 sovereigns and 20 per cent; fourth, 8 sovereigns
and 15 per cent; the balance of the entries to the
winner. One bird at 26%. metres. Ties at 27%
metres. The weather was fine but cloudy, and
there was scarcely any wind. Though the birds
were good, they did not get away. Many Italians
competed in the important events, and the number
of competitors was 113, or three less than last year.
There were 30 misses in the first round, 20 in the
second and third, and seven in the fourth, leaving
45 to shoot off on Tuesday. Among the survivors
were Messrs. Watson, Plevins, Lawton, Spalding,
Erskine, Ker and T. Thellusson. The prizes amount
to 6,326 francs for first, 3 204 francs for second, 2,403
francs for third and 1,822 francs for fourth, in addi-
tion to a gold medal for the winner.
Shooting was resumed on Tuesday in fine, bright
weather, with a good light westerly breeze. In the
fifth round of the Grande Poule D'Essai there were
eight misses, in the sixth 10, and in the seventh 12,
including Mr. Plevins, who thus left England to be
represented only by Mr. Lawton. By the time the
twelfth round was reached only six competitors were
left — Mr. Lawton (England), Count Lazzara and
Signori Viganego and Bordoni, M. Struve and Herr
Gemander, all of whom killed the possible 13. In
the next round Mr. Lawton failed with a very dif-
ficult bird from the left-hand trap, and Herr
Gemander and Signor Bordoni also failed to score.
Count Lazzara, Signor Viganego and M. Struve were
therefore the only three left in. Both the Italians
killed at their next shots, but the Russian's birds
got away. The determining shot was the seven-
teenth, with which Signor Viganego missed and
Count Lazzara killed the latter thus winning.
February 7. — The Grand Prix du Casino, a work of
art and 800 sovereigns added to a sweepstakes of
8 sovereigns each; second receives 30 per cent, third
25 per cent, fourth 20 per cent, fifth 10 per cent, and
sixth, seventh and eighth 5 per cent each out of the
entries. Twelve birds were shot at, three at 26%
metres, nine at 27 metres. Last year's winner had
to stand back one metre. Three misses out.
Shooting began on Monday in very fine weather.
The light was all that could be desired, the birds
were fast, but there was no wind. Betting for the
big event ruled 25 to 1 each against Percy Thellus-
son, Lawton, Grasselli and Schianini; 33 to 1 each,
F. Thellusson and Passerat; 40 to 1, Roberts, Mon-
corge and Journu; 40 to 1, Beresford, Riva, Eramedo,
Sani, Count Hangwitz and Marquis de Longueil; 100
to 1 against the others. There were 181 shooters,
and owing to the large number of entries, only two
of the dozen rounds could be decided. Result: 85
of the competitors killed two, 76 killed one, and 20
missed the first two birds. Mr. Lawton and the
Messrs. Thellusson missed their first bird, as did
also Schianini.
Shooting for the Grand Prix was resumed ou Tues-
day, and again there was no wind to assist the birds.
There were no fewer than 57 misses in the third
round and 53 in the fourth. The committee there-
fore decided that those who had missed two birds
should not be eligible to shoot on Wednesday.
Among those who killed all their birds were Lord
Rosslyn, Messrs. Crozier, Campbell, Blake and Ker.
Messrs. P. Thellusson, Robinson, Roberts, J. Watson,
Lawton, Denny and Captain Stratford accounted for
three kills out of four.
The weather was again fine on Wednesday, but
the sky was overcast, and although the birds were
all that could be desired, there was practically no
wind to help them along. In the opening round
Mr. Ker failed to stop a very difficult bird, and
Messrs. Walter, Blake and Crozier both missed in
the sixth round. Lord Rosslyn's eighth bird fell
outside the boundary, which left him in company
with Messrs. Campbell, Blake, Ker, P. Thellusson,
Crozier and Captain Stratford. The Italian team,
consisting of Messrs. Grandi, Vigani, Morasso, Mene-
golli, Sacchi, Perego, Dianin and Flagino, with
Messrs. Rolide and Gemander (Germany) and
Messrs. Chamlis, Roger, Journu, Count Gramedo and
Baron Thoger (France), were left to contend against
M. C. de Wott (Belgium), Count Czernin and Count
Trauttmansdorff (Austria), Herr Hans Marsch
(Hungary) and M. Max Bouillon (Russia), all of
whom had a clean score at the close of shooting.
Competitors to the number of 133 have retired,
and the struggle for the Grand Prix will be fought
out between the 20 shooters who have killed eight
out of eight birds, and the 28 with seven out of
eight to their credit.
February 11. — The weather was gloriously bright,
but there was again very little wind to assist the
birds when proceedings for the Grand Prix were
resumed with the ninth round. Messrs. Sacchi,
Rohde and Journu each missed their ninth bird, and
in the following round only 12 shooters were left in,
viz.: Messrs. Menegolli, Morasso, Vigano and Perego
(Italy), Gemander (Germany), Max Bouillon (Rus-
sia), De Plagino (Roumania) and Dechamps
(FranceJ, Count Gramedo, Baron Gourgaud and
Baron C. de Wott (Belgium) and Count Trauttmans-
dorff (Austria). Messrs. Max Bouillon and Perego
were beaten by their eleventh bird after the first
named had been shooting remarkably well. Upon
the deciding round being called, Dechamps, Mene-
golli, Vigano and Baron C. de Wott scored; Morasso
and De Plagino missed. The first four places were
now shot off. Dechamps, failing to kill his sixteenth
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[Saturday, March 19, 1910.
bird, took fourth place with a score of 15 birds out
of 16; Menegolli missed in the nineteenth round and
De Wott and Vigano were therefore left with 19 each.
They agreed to divide the first and second mony
and shoot for the championship trophy. The first to
shoot was De Wott, and his bird fell on the wrong
side of the boundary. Vigano, however, killed his
pigeon and thus claimed the championship with a
clean score of 20 against De Wott's 19 out of 20.
The ties for the fifth, sixth and seventh places were
next shot off by 20 competitors. Count Czernin
(Austria) and Viccari (Italy) having killed 20 out
of 21, agreed to divide the prize money for the fifth
and sixth, while the seventh honor was carried off
by Captain Stratford (England), who had 19 out of
20 to his credit. Averdu, with IS birds out of 20
was classed eighth.
February 13. — Match des Nations, a sweepstakes
of 8 sovereigns each, 27 metres rise, 25 birds. The
selection of competitors in this event was limited to
two shooters for each distinct country represented,
whose choice by ballot would permit them to enter
the sweepstakes. Sunny weather, with a fair east-
erly breeze blowing across the ground, attracted a
good attendance. Messrs. Roberts and P. Thellusson
represented England, MM. Journu and Lawson,
France; Count O'Brien and Mr. Achoa, Spain;
Counts Czernin and Trauttmansdorfl, Austria;
Messrs. Schoriguine and Max Bouillon, Russia;
Grasselli and Fadini, Italy; Baron Talkenhausen
and Herr Gleim, Germany, and Barons De Wott and
C de Wott, Belgium. The management offered a
valuable marble statuette for the best individual
score, while the sweepstakes went for division be-
tween the representatives of the winning country.
The Englishmen were the first to retire, Roberts
with nine kills out of 17, and Thellusson with eight
out of 17. The Germans and Belgians led from the
commencement. The twenty-fourth round decided
the result in favor of the Germans, who scored 43
kills out of 48 birds. Gleim, with 23 kills, and
Talkenhausen, with 20, took the statuette and half
the pool. Belgium came second with 40, C. de Woot
21 out of 24 and M. de Wott 19 out of 24. Italy
and France tied for third honors, Fadini 19 out of
24 and Grasselli 17 out of 24. Journu and Lawson
scored 18 each for France, beating Spain by one
point. Russia scored 33 points against Austria's
32, while England came last with 17 points.
February 14. — Prix de Monte Carlo (handicap),
with 160 sovereigns added and a gold medal for the
winner, together with a sweepstakes of 4 sovereigns
each; second receives 35 per cent; third 25 per cent;
fourth 15 per cent of the entries; balance to the
winner. One hundred and nine entries were re-
ceived for this event. The birds were good, and
assisted by a strong wind, required a good deal of
stopping. In the sixth round only 20 competitors
remained, and that number was reduced to seven in
the tenth round. At the close of the twelfth round
but five competitors remained, and Leo and Galetti,
with 11 out of 12, agreed to divide fourth money.
Schoriguine, who was beaten by his thirteenth bird,
took third money, while H. Thorier and De Plagino,
after killing their fourteenth, divided first and
second money and shot for the medal. Results:
Thorier (France), 25 out of 25, gold medal and
5,404 francs; De Plagino (Roumania), 24 out of 25,
5 404 francs; Schoriguine (Russia), 12 out of 13,
2,095 francs; and Leo and Galetti (Italy), each 11
out of 12, divided 1,572 francs.
February 21. — The Tenth Triennial Championship,
with 400 sovereigns added to a gold medal and £4
sweepstakes; second to receive 35 per cent of the
entries; third, 25 per cent; fourth, 15 per cent; bal-
ance to the winner. Twenty-five birds at 27 metres;
five misses out. The commencement of the shoot-
ing took place in brilliant weather, but at 4:30 the
sky was overclouded and shooting was stopped for
the day. This event attracted 113 subscribers, 23
of whom missed in the first round, 42 in the second
and 32 in the third. Forty shooters were, therefore,
left in with a clean score, 50 with two out of three,
32 with one out of three, while one missed all three
birds. Among those with a clean score were
Messrs. Plevins Roberts, Crozier, Campbell, Blake,
Ker and Captain Stratford.
Shooting was continued on Tuesday. The weather
was anything but bright in the morning, but im-
proved towards afternoon, the wind being light.
Thirty-seven misses were recorded in the fourth
round, 33 in the fifth and 29 in the sixth, the score
thus being: Seventeen shooters with six out of six.
34 with five out of six, 32 with four out of six and
18 with three out of six. Captain Stratford, Messrs.
Roberts, Campbell and Crozier again made clean
scores, while Messrs. Blake and Ker failed to kill
their sixth and fifth birds respectively.
The weather continued fine on Wednesday, with
a light breeze to assist the birds, which were excel-
lent. Owing to the number of competitors only three
further rounds were decided. Nine gunners retained
a clean score, among them Messrs. Crozier and
Campbell, who killed 9 out of 9. Twenty now remain
with 8 out of 9, 32 with 7 out of 9 and 22 with 6
out of 9. Those who made four misses were not
called up.
February 26. — The Tenth Triennial Championship,
with 40 sovs. added to a gold medal and £4 sweep-
stakes: second to receive 35 per cent of the entries,
third 25 per cent, fourth 15 per cent, balance to win-
ner.— Shooting for this event was brought to a con-
clusion today. Signor Galletti, a son of the 1892
champion, won for the first time, with a maximum
number of kills, viz., 25. The winner received 12,723
fra'.cs and a gold medal; Count Trauttmansdorf and
Signor Selliannini divided the second and third
prizes; Mr. Robinson (America) and Count Vaccari
shared the fourth prize. — English Shooting Times.
G. S. Thurman, 78-100.
6,-W. P. Thurman 67, G. S.
AT THE TRAPS.
The California Wing Club season opened serenely
at the new grounds, near Stege in Contra Costa
county, on Sunday, March 13th.
The new location is well adapted for the sport,
the background excellent, the grounds being several
yards faster than the Ingleside grounds. Weather
conditions were favorable and the birds supplied
were a general averaging strong lot of flyers.
There was a strong turnout of shooters. Among
the guests were: Tom Barclay of Walla Walla, Dr.
R. T. Woolsey, Dr. Hutton, E. Hoelle, Henry Stelling
and C. Burgrave, a Belgian sportsman.
H. E. Poston, Dick Reed and Fred Willet wero
elected to membership in the club during a meeting
held on the grounds.
Will J. Golcher scored the first bird shot at on
the new grounds. Golcher is one of the oldest mem
bers of the club, and to him fell the honor of dedi-
cating the club's new location.
In the forenoon medal race Golcher, who scored
the only straight, won first money; Haight, Nauman,
Tony Prior, Ashlin, Turner, Neilsen, Munday and
Willet with eleven kills divided the balance of the
purse.
In the afternoon shoot nine straight scores were
shot. Golcher lost his eighth pigeon, a straightaway
bird from No. 2 trap, one of the hardest birds trapped
during the day.
The handicaps were the same in both matches.
Six bird pools followed the regular club events.
Club medal race, 12 pigeons, $50 added, one money
for each 4 entries, high guns, distance handicap —
Nauman 32 1*111111222 2 — 11
Prior 30 2 2 2 12 2 2 2 2 2 2 0—11
Webb : ......30 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2*220—9
Haight 29 02222212222 2—11
Golcher 29 12222111112 2—12
Walsh ..: 29 122*111221* 1—10
Terrill ...29 11112101220 2—10
Ashlin 28 01212111222 2—11
Murdock .. 28 2*012121222 2—10
Turner 26 01112112121 2—11
Haas 26 22210011222 2—10
Nielsen 27 22112111221 *— 11
Munday 27 21112122 2 02 2—11
L. Prior 26 02012022222 2—9
Poston 30 '22221210 220 — 9
Reed 30 22202020212 2—9
Willet 30 12221012211 1—11
Barclay? 30 12222222120 0—10
E. Hoelle? 30 22220222211 2—11
H. Stellingt 30 1222121*111 1—11
tGuest. *Dead out.
Club purse race, 12 pigeons, $50 added, one money
for every 4 entries, high guns, distance handicap —
Nauman 32 11111121121 1 — 12
Prior 30 22122122222 2—12
Webb 30 22021122221 2—11
Haight 29 2 0 2 2 11112 2 2 2—11
Golcher 29 22212220121 2 — 11
Walsh 29 11212211111 1—12
Ashlin 28 11221121022 1—11
Murdock 28 2120w
Turner 26 12122221121 1—12
Haas 26 12212222212 2—12
Neilsen 27 22211111111 1—12
Munday 27 21121111211 2—12
L. Prior 26 200*2*10020 0—4
Poston 30 2 2 12 12 2 12 11 2—12
Reed 30 22 2 12221122 1—12
Willet 30 1212212*222 1—11
Barclayt 30 122 222*1112 1—11
Hoelle? 30 0 1 1 w
Stellingt 30 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 w
Schultz 30 22222202222 2—11
McRae 30 21121222210 2—11
Dr. F. R. Woolsey t.. 30 2 0 w
Dr. Huttont 30 0 1 0 0 w
"Bur"t 30 2002222222W
tGuest. *Dead out.
The Empire Gun Club announces practically the
same program for this year as shot last year. There
will be no open events, the schedule is for members
only; visitors are welcome in practice and pool
shoots. The regular club shoots take place on the
Alameda Junction grounds the third Sunday of each
month, beginning March 13th and ending July 10th.
Crit Robinson, it will be observed in looking over
the Monte Carlo shooting notes, shot in several
events and was among the winners in one match.
Madera Rod and Gun Club members limbered up
their shooting-irons on Washington's Birthday. The
scores shot were:
Out of 175 shot at: H. E. Poston, 161; G. S. Thur-
man, 115; P. C. Thede, 112; W. B. Thurman, 111
Other scores were: F. A. Fee, 73 out of 100; J. G.
Roberts, 75 out of 100; A. E. Heavenrich, 82 out of
125; F. P. Roberts, 47 out of 75; W. C. Maze, 17 out of
50.
Doubles, 50 birds— Poston, 47; J. G. Roberts, 40;
Thede, 29.
Forty birds — Heavenrich, 27; G. S. Thurman, 25;
Fee, 21; W. B. Thurman, 17.
On February 27th the scores shot were: Thede,
109 out of 125; W. B. Thurman 95-125; Heavenrich,
77-100; Roberts, 80-100;
Doubles, 50 pairs — Thede
Thurman 62.
The Madera Rod and Gun Club will hang up, it is
reported, $1500 in cash prizes besides several trophies
for the three day tournament at blue rocks and live
birds, April 15th to 17th. A feature of the shooting
will be club team shoots.
At Roswell, N. M., the shoot of the Roswell Gun
Club on February 22nd was the biggest gathering in
the club's history.
R. B. House made the best score of the day and re-
ceived first prize. Homer Wilder of Lakewood, made
secand best score and received second money. Fol-
lowing are the scores of both live bird and clay
pigeon events:
Ten live birds — R. B. House, 7; H. P. Saunders, Sr.,
8; B. H. Bassett, 10; I. S. Massie, 6; W. C. Winston,
9; W. T. Joyner, 3; R. L. Whitehead, 7; George Davis-
son, 9; Homer Wilder, 8; W. A. Johnson, 7; W. D.
Sweet, 9; Pearl Wilson, 7; Harry Kendall, 4; O. Y.
Tomlinson, 5; Woodlan Saunders, 6; E. P. Malone, 6;
E. B. Evans, 6; J. LaLaude grassed 14 out of 20.
Targets — House shot at 115, broke 100. Saunders
70-52; Bassett 115-95; Massie, 95-70; Winston 50-29;
Joyner 75-51; Whitehead 90-52; Davisson 130-81; La
Lande 150-100; Wilder 95-82; Johnson 50-38; Sweet
70-53; Wilson 100-76; Kendall 70-38; Tomlinson 90-
45; Saunders 110-76; Malone 70-54; Evans 95-72;
Gressett 85-68; Montgomery S5-61; Minter 60-36; Ross
Malone 80-47; Carter 20-8; Fred Welch 20-12; H. P.
Saunders, Jr. 20-14; W. E. Rogers 20-9; G. Hedgcoxe
15-3; Dr. Veal 10-6; Eccles 10-5.
At a recent shoot of the Urbita Gun Club, San Ber-
nardino, the scores shot in a team race at 25 targets
were:
Captain Rodden's Team — R. A. Brockman, 11 birds:
C. Jensen, 22; O. W. Kern, 22; Al McRae, 18; B.
Cathcart, 22; J. C. Draper, 21; Hal Rodden, 25; total
of 141.
Captain Thomas' Team — W. A. Reynolds, 10 birds;
Damon Cooley, 16; L. L. Lewis, 12; W. Schoenwolf,
20; Harry Allison, 18; Ben Thomas, 22; C. E. Man-
aghan, 25; B. E. Kavanaugh, 19; total of 135.
G. J. Naquin of Globe, Ariz., a trap shooter who
made a recrod at Coast traps last year, and a party
of friends recently made a duck shooting trip in
automobiles and bagged limits in the vicinity of
Roosevelt.
F. W. Armstrong, tne crack pistol shot is now en-
rolled in the corps of U. M. C. representatives. Wal-
ter Vinson will probably be identified with U. M. C.
metallic ammunition in Porterville shooting circles.
The Tucson Blue Rock Gun Club will arrange for
a series of six trophy shoots — including a Hunter
Arms Co., Eelby S. L. Co. and Ballistite trophy. The
season will end in August. W. A. Julian is the presi-
dent, Phillip Brannan, vice-president, and Firt L.
Hart, secretary.
Captain George E. Bartlett, when last heard from,
was giving fancy rifle shooting exhibitions in South-
ern California. He was dated for Whittier on the
18th inst.
The Puyallup Gun Club grounds at Tacoma had a
McCrea trap installed recently.
DOINGS IN DOGDOM.
Three important meetings were held in this city
on Thursday. Matters of most important effect for
the present and future welfare of Coast dogdom were
discussed.
The Pacific Advisory Committee, with Messrs.
Hunnewell and Vredenburgh present, held an exec-
utive meeting at the Palace Hotel.
The A. K. C. representatives afterwards met a
large delegation of fanciers and Coast Kennel Club
delegates. Here it developed that the sentiment of
the majority of Coast doggy interests is decidedly
against the Pacific Advisory Committee as now con-
stituted and as at present elected and continued in
office. The personal feeling against Secretary J. P.
Norman is intense in many quarters.
A preamble and resolutions were submitted to
Messrs. Hunnewell and Vredenburgh expressing
these views. A number of speakers went over the
field thoroughly.
Lack of space and time before going to press pre-
vents the extended notice the meeting should have.
This will appear next week.
The National Dog Breeders' Association was per-
manently organized this week, a constitution and
by-laws and a board of officers elected. Further
comment next week.
A greater shock to dogdom than the "resolutions,"
etc., was the appearance of Fried Liver Jack at both
meetings arrayed in a gorgeous green necktie! !
Rainbow Trout Fry — State Fish and Game Com-
missioner Frew W. Chambers, of Utah, reports that
conditions in the hatchery at Spring Creek are ex-
cellent. There are now about 2,800,000 fry of brook
and German brown trout there. Before the spring
planting there will be at least 4,000,000 in the hatch.
The hatching of rainbow trout has just been started.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, March 19, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
I THE FARM
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AYRSHIRES TO THE FRONT.
During the past few years, since the
Ayrshire Breeders' Association insti-
tuted official tests conducted by and
tinder the supervision of the experi-
ment stations, the Ayrshire cow has
made rapid progress in popularity as
the perfect dairy cow. This official
testing has brought to the front a
class of dairy Ayrshires, noted for
utility, and has more and more influ-
enced the breeders in trying to elimi-
nate any defects she might have, and
bring to the front her remarkable
qualities as a profitable dairy cow for
every day service. One hopeful fea-
ture of the breed is that she has built
herself up on all lines of dairy utility
in dairy conformation and dairy lines
of beauty, and the Ayrshire cow
stands today unique among the dairy
breeds, with no aristocracy of family
distinction, but maintains her popu-
larity from her individual and breed
qualities.
While there are minor differences in
her appearance, under different breed-
ers, and in different countries, the
Ayrshire is an Ayrshire wherever
found, and shows the same strong
breed characteristics, of shapely
udder, strong constitution and vigor*
ous appetite. She shows herself to be
a great dairy cow under any and all
conditions, and carries the type of the
breed in her every act.
In Scotland in Canada and in the
States she has been bred, not for fam-
ily booms, or individual phenomenal
excellencies, but all along the line she
has been pushed as a breed of uni-
formly dairy superiority.
This is, I believe, greatly to her ad-
vantage, and greatly to the advantage
of all purchasers of Ayrshire cows,
for the uniformity of her dairy excel-
lence makes all buyers pleased with
their purchases and maintains the
general good name of the Ayrshire
cow. In studying the results of the
testing for advanced registry the two
facts are strongly brought out that
there is great uniformity in the breed
in production at the pail, and while
we cannot boast of any world beater
in one or two individual cows, we re-
joice in the fact that there are none
very poor, the general run being from
good fair cows to very superior ones.
One very interesting feature shown
by the advanced registry test is the
quick response made to increased food
and care given. Some of the herds in
the test are fed on what would hardly
be called a profitable ration, but these
herds show good dairy production,
while the herds that are fed for high
production show a remarkable adapta-
tion to respond fully to the more
liberal feed. The dairy product in all
the herds seemed to follow closely to
the food and care bestowed, showing
that the Ayrshire could readily con-
form herself to whatever condition she
had to encounter, and would respond
accordingly and always with the
largest return possible for food con-
sumed.
The result of the last home dairy
test with nine herds of five cows
showed the average of the whole 45
cows to be 8,959 pounds of milk and
411 pounds of butter.
The best five herds with 25 cows
averaged 10,634 pounds of milk and
428 pounds of butter.
One herd of five cows averaged
11,562 pounds of milk and 588 pounds
of butter. The rounding up of the
herds at the fairs last fall showed the
effect of the labors of the association
in the pushing to the front the dairy
type of the breed, for at all the fairs
both East and West, so far as I saw
them, the general display seemed to
be for utility, and no one could look
over the lines of matrons in the ring
without being impressed with the ef-
fort of the breeders to produce a beau-
tiful dairy cow of great dairy ability.
Nearly all the cows shown at the
leading fairs both East and West dis-
played great square udders with long
teats and the uniformity of cows dis-
played showed what was very gratify-
ing to a lover of the Ayrshire cow, in
the fact that all along the line from
East to West, in Scotland, Canada and
the States, the breeders had the same
type in mind and were all trying to
breed the perfect cow, and that in that
perfection utility stood out promi-
nently at the front.
At the Iowa State Fair in the breed
contest at the pail, the Ayrshire won
first and second for butter and milk.
At the Maine State Fair the Ayr-
shire won first at the paid for dairy
product over other breeds.
At the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposi-
tion, in the sweepstakes for all breeds
the Ayrshire herds won first and sec-
ond for uniformity in breeding. Every
indication points to a gratifying future
for Ayrshire cattle, and all that is
needed is for breeders to strive to
bring out the best, always, and never
forget to strive for perfection in the
Ayrshire cow.
The quickest, surest and most sat-
isfactory way to improve the breed
and bring it to the highest perfection
is to use only strictly first-class bulls,
from the best cows to be found, cows
with great dairy capacity, shapely
udders and long teats, and to this
end all breeders of Ayrshires can do
great work for the breed by killing all
bull calves that are not from grand
cows, with shapely udders and long
teats. The breeders of Ayrshires are
the ones on whom rests the future oi
the breed. — C. W. Winslow, Bran-
don, Vt.
The farmers who are hauling their
produce to market over poor roads
are paying a heavy tax which is not
included in the lister's assessment.
This is indirect taxation, but it must
be paid — in time lost, in extra food
for the teams, in wear and tear on
the wagons and in money losses due
to the producer's inability to reach the
market when prices are the highest.
It is a fact beyond controversy that
poor roads cost the farmers of this
country many more dollars than are
expended annually in highway im-
provement.
Warranted
to give satisfaction.
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SISTER BESS, buckskin mare by the
champion long distance horse Senator
L. (four-mile "world's record 10:12) by
Dexter Prince, sire of 4 in 2:10. Sister
Bess's dam is the champion broodmare
Nugget, dam of the great race mares
The Donna 2:07% and Queen Pomona
2:05^4, winner of the ?5000 stake at the
Arizona Fair last fall, and a winner
on the same track for three seasons,
defeating such noted sires as Delilah
2:06^., Josephine 2:07, Mona Wilkes
2:03%, Jonesa Easier 2:05%, Dick
Allen 2:071/4, etc. This mare has as
much speed as her two great half sis-
ters and has proven beyond any doubt
that she is a race mare also, being a
cup winner in her first start, last sea-
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She has been a mile over the Oakland
track in 2:14, last half in 1:04, last
quarter in 31 seconds, when the track
was fully four seconds slow. She is
sound as a new dollar, has the best of
legs and feet, and is one of the best
headed race mares living. Has never
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PAYMENT ON 3-YEAR-OLDS
$10 Due April 1, '10
$7,000 — Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 7
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
Foals of 1907 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old
Entries Closed November 1, 1906.
$4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $200 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
93004) for Three- Year- Old Trottera.
200 for Nominator on whoae entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year- Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Year-Old Trottera.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of 'Winner of
Two-Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot
when mare was bred.
$1000 for Three- Year-Old Pacera.
200 for Nominator on whoae entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three -Year- Old Pace.
750 for Two-Year-Old Pacera.
200 for Nominator on whoae entry la
named the Dam of "Winner of
Two-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three-Year- Old Pace
when mare was bred.
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.
Address the Secretary
- F. W. KELLEV, Secretary, 366 Pacific Bldg-., San Francisco, CaL
E. P. HEALD, President.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Eerta Mac 2 :08,
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:11%, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:08, by Altoona 8850, sire of S, son of the great
Almont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 5558, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
andoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address W. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
Pedigrees Tabulated
(Typewritten, Suitable for Freming.)
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete
tabulated pedigTee on the two inside pages and description on
back page.
Stallion Cards
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Stallion Cards for Posting
Size, one-half sheet, 14 x 22; size, one-third sheet, 11 x 14.
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Volume 25. For 1909.
Contains I082 pages, with same complete tables as heretofore,
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If desired sent prepaid remit 35 cents additional. Please make all remit-
tances by draft on New York or Chicago, or money order.
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We have on hand a copy of Vol. 8, for 1892, and can supply other volumes;
also the volumes of the American Trotting Register.
Now Edition of John Splan'a Book
"Life With the Trotter"
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pace and preserve it when obtained. This work I* replete with interest, and should be read by all
section! of society, at it inculcate* the docfa-inai of kindness to the horse from start to finish.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 19, 1910.
A few years ago the open front
poultry house was practically un-
known. The tendency at that time
was to construct houses that were
very tight and ventilated by the open-
ing of windows and in many instances
by means of flues and cupolas. This
type of house as a rule was more or
less damp, and it did not take many
years for progressive men to realize
that damp houses meant cold houses
and an abundance of disease. The
result has been a gradual increase of
the amount of fresh air in the house
and less attention given to warmth
until today we have what is known as
the open or cloth front house. One
can still And, however, many types
of poultry houses, but the open front
house is fast becoming the standard
for every climate.
The eggs to be placed in an incu-
bator should be from well matured
one-.yeaiy-old pullets, or two-year-old
hens. The pullets or hens should be
yarded off, 15 hens to each rooster.
This method costs a little more than
the old custom of letting hens and
roosters all run together, but it in-
sures fertile eggs. Give the hens
plenty of charcoal, fresh water, grit,
clean quarters, alfalfa or other greens,
and you will have a flock that will
please you and everyone else. But
feed oyster shells sparingly to breed-
ing hens, as the egg shells will be
so thick that the chicks can't break
through. Eggs should not be over
seven days old for hatching for best
results. The brooder should be warm
to receive the chicks.
o
In a'n article on bees and ants by
Gaston Bouwer in the Revue Hebdo-
madaire, the writer contends that
these insects carry on conversation
among themselves and that, while
this is done by means of their feelers,
they are not entirely dependent upon
them. "A whole colony," says Mr.
Bouwer, "in an anthouse or a beehive
often responds instantaneously to a
signal which may have been given
without contact. It is interesting to
see an ant laborer for whom a burden
is too heavy, go to a fellow, make a
sign or give a certain touch with his
feeler, and then see the second insect
join the first in lifting or moving the
object.''
o — ;
Clover hay is a most excellent feed
for sheep, but alfalfa is ust as good as
clover. Alfalfa is not only higher in
protein, but is more relished. In the
way of a forage plant there is noth-
ing better than good alfalfa hay for
sheep. As pasture clover is safer than
alfalfa. In the fall of the year, how-
ever, sheep may be pastured on
alfalfa with little or no loss from
bloat. Any one who can grow alfalfa
successfully can make sheep-raising
very profitable.
o
After the horns of a calf are more
than two or three inches long, and for
older animals, they must be sawed off
with a fine-toothed, sharp saw. Con-
fine them in a strong chute where
neither the head nor body can be
moved, clip the hair away at the base
of the horn, and cut with the saw
slightly into the skin of the head so
that complete healing over will take
place without any stub of. the horn
showing. The work must not be done
after warm weather, as then maggots
from flies will infest the wounds.
o
Since bacteria do not develop at a
temperature below fifty degrees, 'it is
readily seen why the milk should be
cooled to this temperature immedi-
ately. The cooling process may be
carried on either in the well, tank or
cellar. If the cellar is used it is ab-
solutely essential that it be clean and
free from odorous material, such as
old vegetables, etc. The cellar should
be well ventilated and light. Dark-
ness is not necessarily associated with
coolness. At all times the vessel con-
taining the milk should be kept closed.
Rock salt placed in boxes in the
stables or in the lots is a good thing
for the cows and horses. We are apt
to forget to salt often enough when
granulated salt is used, but with a
lurr p of rock salt always before them
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A FUTURITY WINNER THAT SIRES FUTURITY WINNERS!
BON VOYAGE BM
Reg. No. 39813
As a two-year-old won $9,500
Champion two-year-old stallion and champion two-year-old
money winner of 1904. Rec. 2:1ft.
As a three-year-old won $11,500
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905. Rec. 2:12%.
THE GREAT YOUNG SIRE OF EARLY SPEED!
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BOX VIVAST (2) 2:18%
Fastest Two- Year-Old Stallion of 1009.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Wiuner of Two-Yoar-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BONADAY (2) 2:27%
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1009.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26%
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
BONALETTE (2) (trial) 2:20%
JEAN VAL JEAN (2) (trial) 2:2iy»
BON GUY (2) (trial) 2:24
PHYLLIS WYNN (2) (trial) 2:20%
LE VOYAGE (2) (trial) 2:29%
BON McKINNEY (1) (trial). .% In :35
% in 1:15
Out of 20 foals (none over two years
old), 16 were broken to harness, 11 of
which had some training- and showed
as above.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%,
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey Road,
SAN JOSE, CAL.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St.. San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07:
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mc - - 2:26 *
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27 K
ArmonLou - - 2:27J2
Harold B.. p. Mat. - 2:13!2
trial - 2:10
Kinney G.. P - - 2:2-1',
Debutante (31 trial - 2:19!^
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (31. trial - 2:28
Four Stockings (3). trial % 1:07
Princess Lou (2). trial H - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
thiB year.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to 575 00 to induceliberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P*rk where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal. For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, Son Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
GOOD LOOKS— WELL BRED— GAME.
•ALL* W I L La EL 4/Oa£a£ Dam Zayo by Bay Bird.
\LT. STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
son in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
a good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya, was out of that famous old California
/ace mare Mary Lou 2:17. the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07%, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jenny, the dam of three fast and frequent race winners, viz.: Ned Winslow
2:12%. Shylock 2:15^4 and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, GHIGO, Gal,
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS. Chico, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:l5|
3-y.-o. Record l:\\\
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight 2:03%: dem Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16)4, sire of John A. McKerron 2:0134.
Copa de Oro 2:01%. Tidal Wave 2:06%. Miss Idaho 2:09%. etc.
D&m Trix, dam of Mona WilKes 2:0334 and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trixy by Director 2:17; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brjlliantine 2:17%)
by Young Tnckahoe 2:2834. son of Flaxtail ; fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull ; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.) .
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season.
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05% in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list: sons sirea Sir
Alberts. 2:03%. Sir JohnS. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc., etc. t ;
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%, Jim Logan (3)
2:05%. Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:L2%, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter ; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanasl inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at &5 per month. Best of cere taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship marea via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:03' ...
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:1H4, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13%, sire
of Katalina 2:1144, General Vallejo 2:22>,i, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
Vallejo Girl 2:10"4, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
chief 89; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:11V1 is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09y2, Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:o0 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandma by Hambletonian 10.
PEE FOR THE SEASON *40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at %3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Solano, Cal.
Zolock 2:05i "" ~
MeKinney's Fastest Entire Son
34471.
Sire of
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:0934
Delilah - - - 2:06% Velox - - 2:0934
Bystander - - 2:0734 Boton de Oro 2:1034
Josephine - - 2:0734 Mc O. D. - - 2:llJ4
etc., etc,
By McKinney 2:1134. dam. the great brood
mare, Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address, N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
^IfP Nlltwnnfl WllkPC 7*16-2- sireof Copa de Oro 2:01*4. John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
OI1C, IIUIWUUU TTllACa £.l»2i dams of San Francisco 2:07%. Mona Wilkes 2:0334, etc.
Ham Pali ta (1\ l'\(k damof 2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of 5:third dam Elaine 2:20.
I/am, rama yi> ) i.iu, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, damof 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:1734. and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:1334. and timed separatelyin 2:14J4. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terns; $40 for the Season l$£ff^^£*T£x?ma*"aT
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
ZOMBRO 2:11,
The Great Sire of Trotters,
Will be in the stud at
Los Angeles until April 1, 1910
TERMS: $100 to insure. Money' refunded if mare proves not in foal.
ZOMBRO has 14 new standard performers for 1909, 12 new ones in 2:20, 7 in
2:15 and 2 In 2:10. Ten of his get reduced their records in 1909. He now has 59
standard performers, of which 39 have records of 2:20 or better, 22 have records
of 2:15 or better, and 9 have records of 2:10 or better. No other horse living ever
made such a showing except Zombro's sire, McKinney. Get a Zombro while you
have the opportunity. Address GEO. T. BECKERS,
3737 South Flgneroa St., Ixm Angela, Cal.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:0634.
Alceste 2:0734. Allerton 2 :0934. Duke Jay 'l$sWA, Early Bird
2:10, Gitchie Manito 2:0934. Invader 2:10, Justo 13)2:1034-
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:0534. Charley Hayt 2:0634, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd da"m Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30. including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:1134. by Mamb. Patehen 58; 4th dam Estella, dam of
8. by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usu&i return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse, 15.3 bands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of S and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the pwest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:08%, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee *5Q for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 19, 1910.
3 U. S. R. A. Indoor Records!!
Mr. J. E. Gorman, using Peters .22 Long Rifle Semi-Smokeless Cartridges, on Dec. I, 1909, at Shellmound Pistol and Rifle Range, at 20 yards on Stand-
ard American target, time 40 minutes, scored:
192 out of 200
283 out of 300
471 out of 500
!
Thereby establishing a new indoor record for 20, 30 and 50 shots,
proof of the uniformity and extreme accuracy of
This not only shows most excellent holding by Mr. Gorman, but adds further
AMMUNITION
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TOM SMITH 2:13
(Winning Race Record)
Reg. No. 47700
Sire of Katalina (2) 2:22%. (3) 2:15>£. (4) 2:11^. Tom Smith has four
2-year-old colts now in training at the Fresno track that are the fastest
lot of 2-year-olds by one sire ever in training on one track at the same
time.
Sire McKinnay 2:1 1'4 dam, the great brood mare. Daisy S.
(dam of 6 with records of 2:103^ to 2:28%) by McDonald Chief 3583;
second dam Fanny Rose (dam of 2 in 2:20) by Ethan Allen Jr. 2903.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
FRESNO FAIR GROUNDS
FEE: $35 the Season; $50 tO illSlire. Pasturage for broodmares $3 per month
For further particulars address
J. W. ZIBBELL, 103 Thuta St., Fresno, C.I.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:1134
Pacing Eecord 2:0654
By McKinney 2:11%. dam Nona T. 2:25. dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Heald of San Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and "will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
.V. J. Gil, LETT. Modesto. California.
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam. Martha Frasier by Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
"Wickersham, dam of Nbgi 2:10%, Athasham 2:09*4, etc.. by Whippleton 1883; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator 8336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson 1S7. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. His colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
■will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturago
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSING, Pleasanton, Cal.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08^
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03%.
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08J,4 is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being- producers of 2:10 performers.
Will make hi*} first stud season after April 1, 1010, at
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE. ■•^•^•&J^&«
For further particulars address, after April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Owner. Fair Grounds. Oregon.
Address before April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Santa Cruz, Cal.
J B PUMPHREY 9.1Q1 By Pamell5n9, Bee. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
w. u. rwi¥ir[-inci t.lS4 1-XSA and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12>J) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino Chief 11.
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2:091,
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09*4. Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13% and 8
others in 2:30) ; dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10%.
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June 15th, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
Charley P. 2:06
Sire McKINNEY 2:11M, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 1S7, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPA TRICK, Owner.
SIR RODERICK
( " The Handsome. " i
Sired by Y. ADONIS.
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 1380 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a light cob, heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
FEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRUAX, 1126 Park Ave., Alameda, Cal.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20.
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05%. Charley Belden
2:0Sy., R. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15%, Sonoma
Boy 2:20, Clipper W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27V-, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schley B. 2:13%. Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15^4.
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
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FOR SALE --Z0L0CK 2:051, DELILAH 2:06^
The Administrator of the Estate of Ben Davies, of San Bernardino, Cal., offers
for sale the great stallion Zolock and the mare Delilah.
Zolock 2:05%, a handsome, beautifully proportioned, dark bay stallion, 16
hands high, weight 1200 pounds, is by the great McKinney 2:11%. His dam is
Gazelle 2:11%, by Gossiper 2:14%. bv Simmons 2:28, by George Wilkes 2:22.
Gazelle is dam of Zolock 2:05%, Zephyr 2:07% and Abe Miller 2:17%, etc. Dam
of Gazelle is Gypsie by Gen. Booth 2:30%. by Geo. M. Patchen 30. Gypsie is
dam of Delilah 2:06%, Gazelle 2:11%, Ed. Winship 2:15, Willett (mat.) 2:17 and
Dixie S. 2:27.
Zolock (No. 34471) is the sire of Sherlock Holmes 2:06. Delilah 2:06%, Jose-
phine 2:07%. Bystander 2:07%, R. Ambush 2:09%. Velox 2:09%, Boton de Oro (4)
2:10%. Mc. O. D. 2:11%, Prince Lock (2) 2:18, Kedlock (2) 2:27. and many others
in the list. Immediate possession can be given.
Delilah 2:06% is a very fast mare and can win in her class. Her race at
Woodland last year, where she won from Hymettus. Ray o' Light. Solano Boy and
Josephine in straight heats in 2:07%, 2:06% and 2:07% shows something of her
abilities when in condition and well handled. She should pace a mile in 2:02
under favorable conditions.
For additional information or private quotations address
N. A RICHARDSON, San Bernardino. Cal.
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BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
(Established 1882.)
F. W. KELLEY. Proprietor.
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OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
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STALLIOXS ADVERTISED.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Giftord, Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L- Bachant, Fresno
BONNY McKINNEY 413S3 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
CARLOKIN 2:08% W. G. Durfee. Los Angeles
CHARLEY D. 2:06% Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
COPA DE ORO 2:01% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47S70 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAG 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY' LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYTSTWOOD W. 2:20%. .Lynwood Stock Co., Santa Rosa
GEO. "W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19% J. H. Donaldson, Topaz
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08% E. S. Train, Santa Cruz
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax, Alameda
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
"Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, "Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
"Walla "Walla, "Wash Sept. 19-24
North Yakima. "Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane. "Wash Oct. 3-8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1-5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept-,5",?
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort "Wayne July 4- £
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
♦Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. S-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-la
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
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THE FIRST PROGRAM of the proposed harness
racing" season on the Pacific Coast is announced in
this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman by the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association.
It provides for eight liberal purses ranging from
$2,000 down to $600. The program has been pre-
pared so as to provide as many races as possible
for the better classes of horses, those that can beat
2:20 trotting or pacing. The two stake features
of these purse races, the California Stake for $2,000
for 2:20 class trotters and the Pacific Slope Stake
for 2:20 class pacers, were established several
years ago and are renewed. These races give the
owners of green horses an opportunity to win a
goodly sum if their horses are fast enough to win
these stakes and since they were inaugurated they
have done much to increase the values of trotters
and pacers on this Coast, as the idea of liberal
stakes has since been taken up by the California
and Oregon State Agricultural Societies and other
associations that give race meetings in California,
Oregon and "Washington. The breeders' program
this year is a liberal one throughout and should
attract large entry lists to all the races advertised.
It will be noticed that the two $2,000 stakes and the
free for all event entries close May 1st, but in all
the other races entries will not close until July 1st,
which will give those having horses in training for
the class races plenty of time to find whether they
have speed enough to justify spending money on
them for entrance fees. Now that the breeders'
association has taken the lead, it is hoped that other
associations contemplating meetings this year will
soon announce their programs that the horsemen
may get some idea as to what horses they will put
in training.
BREEDERS ANNOUNCE PURSES.
A Total of $15,400 to Be Distributed During the
P. C. T. H. B. A.'s Twenty-First Annual Meeting.
BELLINI 2:14%, a good race trotter, and a great
sire, died March 2d at the Hillanddale Farm, New
York, where he was bred and owned during his
entire life by Mr. W. B. Dickermann. Bellini was
a very handsome horse, black as a crow, with hind
ankles white and a star in his forehead. He" was
one of the few stallions that achieved greatness in
spite of rather poor opportunities. His owner never
made any particular effort to secure outside patron-
age for him, and it is said that while he was foaled
in 1SS7, he had become the sire of but 118 living
foals in 1905, when he was IS years old. Since then
he has been used more, but it cannot be said that
he has had a large patronage in any one year. In
spite of all his handicaps Bellini has sired more
2:10 trotters than any stallion except McKinney,
having eight to his credit, as follows:
Leonardo, dam bv Director 2:17 2:06%
Beatrice Bellini, dam by Nutwood 2:1S% 2:08%
Soprano (3). dam by Elyria 2:25% 2:08%
Carlo, dam bv Pilot Medium 2:08%
Tokio, dam bv Nutwood 2:18% 2:09
Ora Bellini, dam by Sprague Golddust 2:15% ... .2:09%
Albert O, dam by Highland Grey 2:09%
Farfalla, dam by Alcantara 2:09%
Bellini had neither Wilkes nor Electioneer blood
in his veins, but he was a very fashionably bred
colt when he was foaled. His sire was Artillery
2:21%, that was by Hambletonian 10 out of a mare
by American Star 14. His dam was Merry Clay, a
mare by Harry Clay 2:29, the horse that sired Green
Mountain Maid, the dam of Electioneer. Merry Clay
produced Masetto 2:08% and was a great broodmare.
The second dam of Bellini was Ethelberta by
Harold, the sire of Maud S. 2:08%, and sire of the
dams of Beuzetta (4) 2:06% and four more in 2:10.
Ethelberta was a sister in blood to the wonderful
broodmare Ethelwyn, the dam of Ecstatic 2:01%,
etc. The third dam of Bellini was by Pilot Jr., con-
sequently Ethelberta was also a sister in blood to
Maud S. Bellini made his record in a race. He
was campaigned but one year, when he was a 6-year-
old. He started 11 times, winning six races and
was outside the money but once. Last year three
new 2:10 trotters by Bellini entered that list, a
record which no other stallion but McKinney ever
made. Eva Bellini, a 2-year-old filly by him, was
second to Native Belle in two of that filly's fastest
races.
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the Blue Ribbon meeting, together with a great pro-
gram of other events, aggregating about $50,000 in
value. " After this August meeting you will surely
want to come back to the Michigan State Fair races
in September, also to be held at the Detroit track.
The main events at this meeting will be the Michi-
gan Stake $5,000 for 2:17 class trotters, and the
2:15 pace for $5,000. The entrance fees at both
these meetings are easily paid, being in installments.
Read all about them on page 7 of this issue.
AN EASTERN TRAINER SUGGESTS that letters
instead of numbers be used on the arms of drivers
in harness races. He holds that a letter is quicker
to discern than a number, and that the use of letters
would do away with the double numbers such as 10,
11, 12 and 13, especially the last named, which a
majority of drivers always protest against using. By
omitting the letters C, G, O and Q, which look much
alike at a distance, there would be enough letters
for the largest field that could possibly be started
in a race. The idea seems a good one and will
doubtless be adopted by some of the more progres-
sive associations this year.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
E. L. N., City. — The four fastest trotters trace to
sons of Hambletonian in the male line as follows:
Lou Dillon 1:58% by Sidney Dillon, he by Sidney,
he by Santa Claus, he by Strathmore, he by Ham-
bletonian 10.
Major Delmar 1:59%, by Delrnar, he by Electioneer,
he by Hambletonian 10.
Hamburg, Belle 2:01%, by Axworthy, he by Axtell,
he by William L, he by Geo. Wilkes, he by Hamble-
tonian 10.
Sweet Marie 2:02, by McKinney, he by Alcyone, he
by Geo. Wilkes, he by Hambletonian 10.
The directors of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association met in the Pacific building
on Wednesday afternoon of this week to arrange a
program for the twenty-first annual meeting of the
association to be held this year in August.
President E. P. Heald of San Francisco, Frank H.
Burke of San Jose Robert S. Brown of Petaluma,
A. J. Molera, John A. McKerron and T. J. Crowley
of San Francisco and C. A. Durfee of Oakland and
Secretary F. W. Kelley were present.
Mr. Ray Mead, proprietor of the new San Jose
Driving Park, appeared before the Board and pre-
sented the advantages of San Jose as a place to hold
the breeders' annual meeting this year. Upon
motion a proposition was made to Mr. Mead by the
Board and he was given until May 1st to consider
it. It was in effect that if San Jose would give
the association a bonus of $1,500 and supply a band
of ten pieces of music to play at the track during
the four days of the meeting, the Breeders' Associa-
tion would hold its annual race meeting at the San
Jose Driving Park.
The following purses for the meeting were then
submitted by the speed committee:
Trotting. Pacing.
2:20 class $2,000
2:12 class 800
Free for all S00
2:15class 600
2:20 class
$2,000
2:08 class
800
Free for all ... .
2:14 class
800
600
On motion it was ordered .that entries for the
2:20 trot, 2:20" pace, free for all trot and free for
all pace should close May 2d and entries for the
2:12 trot, 2:15 trot, 2:08 pace and 2:14 pace close
on July 1st.
The program for the meeting was arranged as
follows:
Wednesday.
2:20 class trotting $2000
2:12 class trotting S00
2: 14 class pacing 600
Thursday.
Breeders' Futurity, two-year-old trotters $1450
2:08 class pacing 800
Breeders' Futurity, three-year-old pacers 1300
Friday.
Breeders' Futurity, two-year-old pacers $ 950
Breeders' Futurity, three-year-old trotters 3300
2:15 class trotting 600
Saturday.
Free-for-all pacing $ 800
2:20 class pacing 2000
Free-for-all trotting S00
On motion President E. P. Heald was elected to
represent the P. C. T. H. B. A. on the Executive
Committee of the California Harness Horse and
Stock Breeders' Association.
The Board then adjourned.
DETROIT STAKES.
Blue Ribbon Program Headed by Classic M. & M.
and C. of C.
From Detroit comes the regular annual announce-
ment of the great blue ribbon meeting August 1st
to 5th, and the classic M. & M. $10,000 stake for
2:24 trotters is opened under the usual conditions.
Next in order is the Chamber of Commerce 2:13
pace for $5,000 and the third renewal of the 2:11
trot for $3,000.
For the sensational feature of the stake program
there is a 4-year-old trot for $3,000. The. Detroit
Driving Club is carding this event to find out
whether there is a genuine desire to race 4-year-
olds by themselves, and this purse has been opened
as the test. The same feature is on the program
of the Michigan State Fair September 19th to 24tn,
and if it is supported other associations will doubt-
less follow the lead.
Usual conditions prevail, 3 in 5 with the 5-heat
limit, first payments low — 1 per cent or less, and the
privilege of starting two or more horses from the
same stable.
Entries close Tuesday, April 5th, with Albert H.
Moone, secretary, 502 Bowles building, Detroit, Mich.
o
It is announced that Frou Frou, which lowered the
world's champion record for yearling trotters to
2:25% in 1891, has been booked to the McKinney
stallion Del Coronado 2:09% this season.
It is probable that the get of John A. McKerron
2:04% will be more prominent in races the coming
season than they have ever been in any one season
in the past.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 26, 1910.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY AT SAN JOSE.
Three Bon Voyage Colts Get New Records in
Purse Races.
In spite of the fact that it rained hard the night
hefore and that the sun did not show itself until
nearly noon of St. Patrick's day, the track at the
San Jose Driving Park was in excellent condition in
the afternoon and a crowd of several hundred spec-
tators turned out to see the harness races, which
consisted of two purse events and two amateur cup
races, as per summaries below.
The meeting was held under the auspices of the
San Jose Driving Cluh and conducted according to
che rules of the National Trotting Association, of
which the San Jose Driving Park track is a member,
and the records made in the purse events are tech-
nical records.
All the races were well contested, and in the ma-
jority of the heats the finishes were close and excit-
ing and thoroughly enjoyed by the spectators, who
enthusiastically applauded the results. Two of the
get of the great young sire, Bon Voyage, took stand-
ard records and another reduced his record. In the
first event, the 2:25 pace, the entries were W. A.
Clark's 3-year-old colt Jean Val Jean by Bon Voyage,
Ray Mead's 3-year-old filly Lovelock by Zolock, John
Mondiveldia's Princess Lou by Kinney Lou. Love-
lock was scratched and only Jean Val Jean and
Princess Lou faced the starter. The former had the
pole, and they were sent away on the first score to
an even start and not more than a length separated
the pair the entire mile, and Princess Lou's head
was on Jean Val Jean's wheel at the finish in 2:18.
It was a pretty sight to see those two smooth-
going youngsters pace that mile, as neither made a
bobble and finished strong and fast under a drive.
They were at the quarter in :35, to the half in 1:09,
three-quarters in 1:44 and the mile in 2:18 in the
fastest contested heat yet trotted or paced over
this track, and was faster than any one expected
to see. The winner has only been converted from
a trotter to a pacer 30 days and had never gone
but two miles better than 2:30 previous to his
race, but had shown remarkable speed by stepping
a quarter a few days before in 31 seconds. As a
result of the fast first heat, the second and final
heat was considerably slower, the black son of Bon
Voyage winning it and the race in 2:26.
The second event on the card was the purse race
for the 2:25 class trotters. Only three starters ap-
peared for this race. They were J. Groom's Cornelia
by Beau B. 2:16%, dam Lou Milton, dam of the
world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%; Le
Voyage, 3-year-old colt by Bon Voyage, dam Missie
Medium by Rampart, owned by A. L. Scott of San
Francisco, and Voyageur (2) 2:26% by Bon Voyage,
dam Lucie May 2:18 by 'Oakland Baron 2:09%,
owned by W. A. Clark Jr. Le Voyage had the pole,
Voyageur second place and Cornelia outside. They
were sent away by Starter Kenney on the third score
to an even start and trotted well bunched into the
back stretch, where Le Voyage indulged in a wild
break and lost all the -chance he had of winning the
heat. Voyageur took the lead and maintained it to
the finish, closely pressed by Cornelia, in 2:23%.
In the second heat Le Voyage took the lead at the
eighth and at the three-eighth was four lengths in
front, when another disastrous break lost him his
position, and at the half-mile pole he' was again last.
Rounding the lower turn Cuicello got his colt
squared away, and stepping fast at the three-quarters
he was within two lengths of the leaders, and a
race for home commenced in real earnest, both
sons of Bon Voyage responding gamely to the call
of their drivers and passed under the wire noses
apart at a furious clip amid the loud and enthusi-
astic cheers of the spectators. So close was the
finish that the opinion of the judges, as well as the
spectators, was divided, It finally being decided that
Le Voyage had won the heat by the smallest margin.
The winner trotted the last half in 1:11%, last
quarter in :34 and took a record of 2:2S%. Cornelia
was drawn in the third heat and only the two sons
of Bon Voyage came out to decide the race, each
having won a heat. This heat was closely contested
all the way, with Le Voyage leading until the turn
lor home was made, when Hayes brought Voyageur
up alongside his half brother, and another vigorous
drive for the wire began, and another exciting finish
was witnessed. Le Voyage made one handy break
in the stretch which lost him no ground, and under
Cuicello's vigorous teaming placed his nose first
under the wire only a few inches ahead of Voyageur
in 2:25%, a pretty fair third heat in a race for 3-year-
old trotters on the 17th day of March. The race
these two sons of Bon Voyage went can only be
fully appreciated by those who know of the amount
of work they have had this winter and spring.
Voyageur is the faster colt, but has not had as
much fast work as Le Voyage nor as many miles
better than 2:40, and by stepping three heats in
2:23%, 2:28% and 2:25% proved himself to be a
good, game colt and Le Voyage showed that when
he goes to the races they must not split up the heats,
as each succeeding heat finds him a better and more
reliable trotter.
The first amateur race, owners to drive, was the
2:40 class trot, and the starters were Marietta by
Scott McKinney, Kiss-Kee-Dee by same sire,, Nick
by St. Nicholas and Baldo by Ridley Wilkes. After
several scores they were sent away to a good start,
Baldo going out in front and staying there all the
■way, winning the heat in 2:36. Although Nick
trotted fast after a bad break in the first half and
finished second, Baldo won with such apparent ease
tba< it looked like her race. It was therefore a
great surprise when Nick took the lead in the second
heat and was never headed, pulling up the last hun-
dred yards and jogging under the wire in 2:36, Baldo
breaking badly and finishing third. The third and
last heat was a repetition of the second, the son of
St. Nicholas winning in a jog in 2:37%, after having
stepped to the half in 1:15. This horse has never
had any track work, but has won two amateur races,
the other being on Washington's birthday, when he
trotted two heats in 2:40. His sire, St. Nicholas, is
by Sidney, sire of Sidney Dillon, sire of the world's
fastest trotter. Nick's owner, Al Simpson of San
Jose, says Nick is a second cousin to Lou Dillon.
That accounts for his speed, so his owner says. Nick
is a big, good-looking bay gelding that can trot a
mile right off the road in 2:30 and needs no boots.
The amateur pacing race showed up two pretty
fair pacing prospects in Mike, a chestnut gelding by
Scott McKinney, and Jim, a brown gelding that
never had either sire or dam that anybody knows of,
but he is a well made, good-looking and good-gaited
horse that will surely pace fast if given a chance.
The other starter, appropriately named Ishmael, is
by an unknown sire out of Carrie B. 2:18, dam of
Ray o' Light (3) 2:08%, and while his sire is sup
posed to be a half-bred draft colt, he will prove the
potency of the racehorse blood that flows in the
veins of Carrie B. and take a standard record some
day. Both heats were won by Mike, but the finishes
were hot ones and much enjoyed by the spectators.
The last quarter of the last heat was made in 35
seconds, and the winner only gained the goal by an
eyelash. Both Mike and Jim are entirely green as
far as track work is concerned and both go without
boots or straps and both are liable to make fast and
useful pacers.
Summaries.
2:25 class pace, purse 5100 —
Jean Val Jean, blk. c. by Bon Voyage-She 2:12%
(Hayes) 1 1
Princess Lou, blk. m. by Kinney Lou by Charles
Derby (Villar) 2 2
Time— 2:18, 2:26.
2:25 class trot, purse $100 —
Le Voyage, b. c. by Bon Voyage-Missie Medi-
um (Cuicello) 3 11
Voyageur, b. c. by Bon Voyage-Lucie May
(Hayes) 1 2 2
Cornelia, br. m. by Beau B.-Lou Milton
(Groom 2 3 r
Time— 2:23%, 2:28%, 2:25%.
2:40 class trot, amateur, owners to drive —
Nick, b. g. by St. Nicholas (Simpson) 2 11
Baldo, b. m. by Ridley Wilkes (Riley) 1 3 4
Marietta, b. m. by Scott McKinney (White). 3 2 2
Kiss-Kee-Dee, b. g. by Scott McKinney
(Ferri) 4 4 3
Time— 2:36, 2:36, 2:37%.
2:40 c'ass pace, amateur, owners to drive —
Mike, ch. g. by Scott McKinney (Hubbard) 1 1
Jim, br. g. by unknown (Iverson) 2 2
Ishmael, b. g. by unknown (Montgomery) 3 d
Time— 2:33, 2:32.
George Theurkauf, P. Davey and Henry Imhoff
officiated as judges and timers and W. J. Kenney
ably did the starting.
T. W. Barstow has moved to the track with a
number of his horses, all that can be accommodated
until some more stalls are finished. He has others
that he will bring over as soon as he can get more
stalls. The bunch he has at the track is comprised
of that grandly bred young son of the great Mc-
Kinney, Nearest McKinney, that is not only a fast
trotter himself, but a sure sire of speed; four of
his get and a couple of others. The late Henry
Brace told me that he timed Nearest McKinney a
mile over his half-mile track as a 4-year-old' in 1907
in 2:15, last half in 1:04 and an eighth in 15 seconds.
The following spring the horse met with an injury
to one of his feet that has prevented him from
taking work since. All effects of that injury now
seein to have passed away, and Nearest McKinney
should add another to the long list of, his sires, 2:10
performers, thisj'ear. The youngsters by him in Mr.
Barstow's stable are a well bred, good-looking and
speedy lot. The one that has won my heart is a
2-yfar-old brown colt out of Aunt Joe by Iran Alto
2:12%, next dam Rose McKinney 2:28%, dam of
Alniaden (2) 2:22%, trial 2:10% and Rose Lecco,
3:year-old trial 2:25, by McKinney 2:11%. This is
one of the stoutest made and best developed 2-year-
old colts I have ever seen; he looks like a small
but fully matured horse. I don't know how fast he
can trot, as his owner has not yet asked him to
extend himself, but he can easily beat colts of his
age and older that have had months of track work.
But it is not the speed he can show that attracts
me, but the way he does it. He is most beautifully
gaited; every foot in the right place, his action
round and rapid and nothing hut trot in his head.
And he is an inbred McKinney; his sire is McKinney
and his second dam by that horse. Every inbred Mc-
Kinney that I know of that has been trained has
proven to be better than ordinary trotters. That
good trotter R. Ambush 2:09% is by a son of Mc-
Kinney, and like The Demon (that's Barstow's colt's
name), his second dam is by McKinney, and his
daughter, Yu Tu, with another cross of McKinney
through her dam, stepped a mile in a race in 2:19%
as a 2-year-old last year. P. W. Hodges' good
trotter, The Angelus, showed miles in races last
year better than 2:10. His sire and dam were both
by the great McKinney, so I think if I had a good
mare by McKinnejr, or by one of his sons, I would
not hesitate to breed her to another good son of that
wonderful sire of racehorses.
Another youngster by Nearest McKinney that is
bred to go fast, can. go fast and do it right, is a
2-year-old colt out of the game race mare Much
Better 2:07%. This fellow, like his dam, is a side,
wheeler, but unlike his dam, he does not require the
straps. A 3-year-old black filly by Nearest McKinney
out of that good mare True Heart 2:19%, by Nearest
2:22%, is another inbred one that is a very promis-
ing young trotter. Nearest McKinney's first foal is
a 4-year-old gelding out of Just It (3) 2:19% by
Nearest. He is a pacer, and although only broken
last fall, can step fast. Another good 2-year-old trot-
ting colt is a son of The Angelus out of Maud J. C,
dam of Nearest McKinney by Nearest. A 4-year-old
chestnut mare by Nearest out of Mormon Girl can
trot a 2:20 gait and do it right, and has learned it
all on the road. I have known Mr. Barstow for 20
years, have known all the colts and horses he hat
had within that time; many of them have obtained
records from 2:04% to 2:20, but he has never had
anything that would class with the youngsters he *
has by Nearest McKinney.
Joe Cuicello has a couple of recent additions to
his stable in Weatewater, trial 2:08 trotting, by
Sidney Dillon, dam Lady well 2:16 by Electioneer,
and the 3-year-old chestnut filly by Lord Alwin, dam
Louise Carter (3) 2:24 by Chestnut Tom, 2:15.
This filly was worked a little as a 2-year-old and
showed herself to be one of the kind that will pay
to train. Both the filly and Weatewater are owned
by A. L. Scott. Joe stepped the big brown son of
Tom Smith 2:13%, Vallejo Boy, an eighth better
than 15 seconds at the end of a slow mile the other
day. If this fellow is not a 2:10 or better trotter
before the season is' over it will be funny.
Jack Groom has that good race mare, Sophia
Dillon 2:11%, looking well, but has given her no fast
work yet. If it had not been for Kid Wilkes 2:09%
this fast daughter of Sidney Dillon would have had
nothing to stop her from winning all the slow classes
on the Coast last year. Jack has a half sister to
the world's fastest trotter in Cornelia by Beau B.
2:16%, son of Wildnut and Nellie Benton by Gen.
Benton. Cornelia is a handsome brown mare and
can step some, but it is not expected she will trot
as fast as her famous half sister, the incomparable
queen of the turf, Lou Dillon 1:58%. In the same
stable is a 2-year-old filly by Ed McKinney (full
brother to Adam G. 2:06%) dam by Eros 2:29%,
sire of Dione 2:07%, etc., that is a very promising
young trotter.
If Homer Rutherford didn't surprise himself last
Friday he did everyone else at the track when he
drove Al Greco, the 4-year-old son of Greco B. a
mile in 2:20 and a half in 1:08. A week previous
this colt had nothing left when he trotted two heats
in 2:29% and 2:30, and to drop from that kind of a
mile to 2:20 in one week is remarkable. His owner,
Al Pryor of Ben Lomond, was present and timed
the mile himself. To say that he was pleased over
the improvement in the colt is putting it mildly.
Mr. Rutherford has a 4-year-old colt by Kinney Lou
that has the right way of going to make a fast
trotter. His good trotting 3-year-old filly Yu Tu by
R. Ambush 2:09% is full of speed this spring,
although she has had but little work. She was
turned out last summer after she had fulfilled her
engagements, and when Homer returned from the
races in the fall he found her so poor that she had
to stand twice in the same place to make a shadow,
consequently he has been nursing her all winter
and did not put a harness on her until four weeks
ago, but she breezed an eighth the other day in 16
seconds like breaking sticks.
That small but fast and game daughter of the
game old Boodle 2:12%, Little Louise 2:17, is now
going sound for Budd Doble for the first time in
three years. The patience with which Mr. Doble
has nursed and treated this crippled mare since
she has been in his hands is characteristic of the
famous trainer and driver of world's champions.
Kinney de Lopez, the last and handsome chestnut
son of Kinney Lou, never steps a 2:40 gait or better
without exciting admiration and comment by his
pure, machine-like trotting action. I have had a
hunch that this young trotter will soon find a home
east of the Rockies where they have use for trotters
of his class.
Carrie B. 2:18, dam of Ray o' Light (3) 2:08%,
foaled on the 15th a fine chestnut filly by Kinney
Lou 2:07%.
Blanche Ward, dam of China Maid 2:05%, has been
sent to the court of Bon Voyage. She is heavy in
foal to Alconda Jay. This mare is one of the very
few daughters of the mighty Onward that has ever
been brought to the Pacific Coast and should prove
a golden cross for the sensational young Elec-
tioneer sire.
That fast and good race mare, Queen Derby 2:06%,
has been sent to be bred to the old hero, Zolock
2:05%. ' C. C. C.
Shetland ponies sold at fairly satisfactory but not
extreme prices at the combination sale at Chicago
March 2d. There were 115 ponies sold, mostly regis-
tered breeding stock. Stallions sold up to $310 and
down to $100. Mares and fillies changed hands at
$52.50 to $232.50. The sale enabled breeders to
secure good foundation stock at very conservative
prices. The ponies came from their winter quarters
in the rough and the offerings would have been more
attractive if the sate had been held a month later
after the ponies had shed their heavy winter coats. —
Breeders' Gazette.
The sensational pacing stallion Blacklock 2:04%,
that was sold for a large price a few years ago and
was retired after taking his record because of lame-
ness, has been sent to Bert Shank and an effort will
be made to race him this year.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, March 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
HOW SONOMA GIRL WAS SHOD.
[Dr. Jack Seiter in Horseshoers' Journal.]
I will try to illustrate the case of one sensational
trotting mare; how she was shod "down on the
farm," and the fast trials in this plain footgear; how
she was shod when she appeared in high-class so-
ciety; how a fancy pair of "swedged" shoes caused
her to act bad and lose her speed; and how, on drift-
ing back to the old plain principle of shoeing, she
regained her previous form.
In the fall of 1906 the trotting horse world was
astounded by reports of a sensational green trotting
mare, whose speed was out of the ordinary, espe-
cially so as it was late in the fall of the year; and,
to cap the climax, on a cold, raw Christmas day (in
Chicago) this wonderful piece of horse flesh trotted
a mile in 2:07.
Was it possible for an unheard-of green trotter to
show such a remarkably fast mile in the month of
December? But pardon me, kind reader, this hap-
pened not in Chicago, but in the land of sunshine
and roses, where people bask on the seashore the
year round, where nobody has to work, only the poor.
Its a great land this, and why would not such a
paradise produce wonders of all descriptions, even
horses? The horse papers and also the daily papers
contained articles throughout the entire winter re-
ferring to this speed marvel.
The wise heads all said, "Oh, it's just another
California freak, probably some speed-crazy mare
that never would repeat the performance; and as to
coming over the Rocky Mountains and winning races
among our crack Grand Circuit trotters, why, it was
ridiculous to entertain the thought. So by the time
spring was due in the Middle West, this speedy mare
was forgotten, at least in the East.
I was at the Libertyville, 111., track when this mare
.arrived from her far Western home. It was a typical
May day for the lake region — rain, sleet and snow,
so different from sunny California. Sitting in the
hotel office, I saw, coming from the depot, led by a
tall son of the Golden State, a medium sized animal,
covered with three or four heavy blankets, and limbs
done up in cotton and flannel bandages. Alongside
walked a tall, spare gentleman, straight as an arrow,
and wearing a neatly. -trimmed beard. Stopping at
the hotel to make inquiries as to the direction of the
race track, he, in true Western style, introduced
himself as Mr. Springer of California, and his mare
ag the much-heralded Sonoma Girl.
I believe all her owner did for the next month or
so was to pull her blankets off about ten times a day
and let some admiring critic look her over. Sht>
certainly looked like a thing of speed, beauty and
intelligence; but would her limbs stand the prepara-
tion necessary to enable her to go five or six fast
miles? They undoubtedly looked very second-handed,
especially her hocks, which were done up in iodine
and cotton, and which were encrusted with a heavy
scurf, caused by the irritation of the iodine. She was
also very sore, in fact she could hardly flex her leg
enough to enable one to work on her feet.
She wore, when I first shod her, a plain five-ounce
bar shoe, made of one-half by three-sixteenths toe
steel, and were worn quite a bit at the toe. She had
a very nice shaped foot, but very low at the heels.
The angle was 43; the length of the toe was three
and three-quarters. Behind she wore a plain four-
ounce shoe, no heel of toe calks. She simply had no
heels at all behind, in fact, the coronary band almost
came in contact with the heel of her shoe. I shod
her the first few times according to orders, not caring
to dictate to a man on such short acquaintance. But
on broaching the subject of a heel calk to him, he
said that she was such a low-going trotter, especially
behind, that he was afraid the heel calks would stop
her. But on convincing him that a slight elevation
of her heels would greatly aid her ailing hind legs,
and that they could be built in such a manner that
they would not interfere with her speed, he said,
"Well, I'm not from Missouri, hut if you can 'show
me,' go ahead."
It was a very simple matter to convince him of this
part of the program. He said she went quite a bit
freer and her legs also showed signs of improvement.
.Along about June Mr. Ed Geers and his stable ar.
rived from Memphis, Tenn. The star of his stable
was the bay gelding Highball, who had to his credit
several miles along 2:08. Right here I want to say
that never in the history of the trotting horse have
appeared in one season, or in the different seasons
for that matter, two such grand trotters as Highball
and Sonoma Girl. The enthusiasm when these two
trotters were pitted against each other was wonder-
ful. And why not? Highball. Who could imagine a
more noble and imposing picture when in motion —
that powerful, slashing stride, true as a piece of
clockwork? Grand and majestic are poor terms to
describe it. And Sonoma Girl, with her rapid gliding
gait, head carried low and swinging like a pendulum,
always eager to win.
Such bursts of speed were never before shown by
a pair of trotters. To make their performances the
more remarkable, one must not overlook the fact that
they had both been "broken down" before ever facing
the starter, horses that only constant attention and
nursing would keep going.
Highball and Sonoma Girl were practically in the
same stakes down the Grand Circuit.
On Mr. Geers' arrival at Libertyville he at once
started to show such wonderful flights of speed with
Highball that, being considered one of the world's
greatest trainers and drivers, it looked as if he had
the majority of the stakes at his mercy. As for Mr.
Springer, being only an amateur and never having
driven in a race in such fast company as our Grand
Circuit drivers, why, he would be mighty lucky with
second money. I guess he thought so himself when
he saw the fast work of his rival, but he kept right
on giving his mare slow, steady work. A mile in
2:12, I believe, was the lowest he dropped her before
their first meeting.
The day of the race was just ideal for such a
contest. A new record for green trotters was pre-
dicted; a mile in 2: OS or better was freely spoken of.
This, it was thought, would beat Sonoma Girl.
Figuring she had no real fast miles and allowing for
the difference in ability of the respective drivers, this
appeared to be the proper "dope" and of course the
"wise" money was bet that way.
But Mr. Springer was a cool head in that race, as
in all the others, too, and he forced Geers to drive
Highball in 2:06% to win. Highball won this race,
but the mare beat him the next two meetings. He
made her take a record of 2: 06% also. She also had
the honor of beating him in the classic Merchants
and Manufacturers' stake, valued at $10,000, at
Detroit, Mich.
The rest of their battles down the "Big Ring'
have helped to make turf history, and were decided
more on condition than speed; if one was a little
off, it would lose, and then probably redeem itself
the following meeting.
But to get back to my subject: When Mr. Geers
arrived at Libertyville he had Highball shod with a
seven-ounce swedged bar shoe and a vulcanized
leather rim pad and a five-ounce swedged hind
shoe.
On Mr. Geers' advice, Sonoma Girl was also shod
with swedged shoes. In fact, both horses were
shod alike, with the exception that Highball carried
one ounce more in each shoe and also a trifle longer
toe than did the mare. Both horses were shod once
a week, new behind and, unless the rim was worn
cr rolled off too much on the front toes, they were
reset and a fresh pad applied. If the toe was rolled
at all we would put on new shoes. Mr. Geers was
very strict in regard to having a good toe grab, and,
of course, Mr. Springer followed this part of the
program also.
Trotting horse history tells us that eventually
the mare got going to the bad, would not score up,
made breaks and acted bad and sore in general.
It was at this critical moment that she was sold to
Miss Lotta Crabtree, the well-known actress of
Boston, for $26,000 and turned over to that peerless
reinsman, Myron E. McHenry. He drove her two
races at Readville, Mass., and was beaten in both
events by Mr. Geers, once with Highball and then
again with Tempus Fugit. The mare was very un-
steady and McHenry thought that a little more
weight would be of some benefit, especially as her
feet, owing to low heels, had become badly bruised
and the extra weight would afford more protection.
I dressed her mouth and, after a short letup, he
started to work her again, but with little success;
several times I heard him remark that he had made
up his mind that she was "only another gold brick '
sold at just the right time. But he kept on trying
and by the time we got to Columbus it appeared
as though she was regaining her old form. The
shoes she wore had been on her feet for five weeks
and were reset only once, although they were fairly
well worn at the toe.
It was here we made the discovery that probably
saved the mare from being retired from the turf.
The faithful "Coxey," who had charge of the mare
in California and also in all her races up to Lexing-
ton last fall, brought her to our tent to be shod.
"Put new shoes on in front," he said, "as the grab
and crease is all worn off her toes; it's a regular
rolled toe now, and she can't get a hold that way."
Suffice it to say we shortened up her toes, her angle
now standing 4S in front and 52 behind, and then
shod her new all around. McHenry looked the work
over and remarked: "Well, boys, that certainly is
a swell job and if she can't trot in those shoes, why
she can't go in anything." She jogged the next day
and on the following day he was going to give her a
good stiff workout, letting her go a mile at her
limit. Well, when workout day came she could
hardly warm up, let alone trot. I had never seen
her so bad gaited and rank, she could not hit a trot
at all. Of course Mr. McHenry was disgusted with
the mare and said: "I can't understand it. She
worked so well before she was shod and now she is
worse than a green colt. And still she is wearing
the same style and weight of shoe that she has
worn right along." Here I butted in and said:
"Mac, I don't want to help you train your horse, but
I would like to suggest a slight change, one that
can be made in five minutes and undone in tbe
same length of time if not satisfactory." Well he
said he felt like the proverbial drowning man, and
would grasp at anything; that I should spring my
idea before it got away from me. I said: "Take her
back to our shoeing parlor and I will just slip those
old shoes back on her again and we will see how
she performs in them." To say that it wrought a
change would be putting it mildly. She was an en-
tirely changed mare and trotted a mile close to
2:04 that same afternoon.
Now this was the key to her speed, she could not
stand for any sort of grab or sharp edge on her toes.
The fol'owing year Dick McMahon raced her and
had the same trouble with her while racing in the
West. This was quickly remedied when I saw her,
with a gocd sharp file.
In her latter-day races I would make her a six-
ounce swedged shoe and after it was fitted to the
foot I would hot rasp and file it until it was about
worn out at the toe; in fact, just roll it from the
quarters to the toe.
We always saved her old shoes and on the day of
a race McMahon and Coxey would examine about a
dozen old shoes and then pick out the most worn
pair in the bunch and have them put on her, and
she certainly would be balanced right and her gait
would be as faultless as clockwork. ,
I saw her work a mile at Milwaukee last fall (and
this is far from being the fastest track in the world) ;
she trotted to the half in 1:05 and finished the mile
in 2:04, going the last half in 59 seconds without
even a slip.
This is an illustration of how little details often
upset big plans. Just the difference of a new and
an old, worn out shoe transforming a bad trotter, a
useless racing tool, into a well-mannered racing
mare.
AFTER WORLDS TEAM RECORD.
M. W. Savage is determined that there will be a
new world's team record before the end of the
1910 racing season and one that will stand for many
years to come. One of the Minneapolis horseman's
principal objects in recently purchasing George
Gano 2:03% was to bring this world's record to
Minnesota and the International Stock Food Farm.
Mr. Savage has been in the habit of getting what
he goes after, and this fact will lend added interest
lo that part of the campaign to be made this fall
with Minor Heir and George Gano in an attempt to
lower the world's team record of 2:02%, now held
by Lady Maud C. and Hedgewood Boy, and to re-
duce this record to two minutes.
"I believe George Gano will be the next two-min-
ute pacer and I also believe that before the end of
the coming season he, with Minor Heir, will be able
to reduce the team record materially. I hope to
place it at the two minute mark," declared Mr.
Savage a few days ago.
So nxed is Mr. Savage's purpose to get this record
that he has already given definite orders to his
farm superintendent, Harry Hersey, to make evert
preparation to reduce the team record to 2:00. Mr.
Hersey has already made arrangements for the
manufacture of special harness and wagon for these
pacers, and during all of the training season he will
overlook nothing that may help to prepare for a
world's record campaign. Some fair will probably
have the honor of holding the world's team record
lor many years.
Minor Heir and George Gano are wonderfully
mated in size, weight, gait and disposition. It seems
almost certain that the two speed merchants will
make a perfect going team and their phenomenal
speed will make their efforts to lower world's rei>
ords, both singly and in double harness, a sensa-
tional feature for race and state fairs. Both horses
are in remarkably good condition, and horsemen all
over the country are predicting a sensational season
for the Savage pair.
Dan Patch, champion of champions, is wintering
unusually well, and with him to introduce this great
pair of young pacers, Mr. Savage surely has an
attraction that is very hard to beat.
DEATH OF BELLINI.
Bellini 2:13% died at the Hillanddale Farm, Mama-
roneck, N. Y., on March 2d. Death was due to a
ruptured blood vessel. Bellini was the sire of 45
trotters and six pacers, and eight trotters were
members of the select 2:10 list. This is a remarka-
ble showing, for Bellini practically all of his life
has been a private stallion, and while his owner,
Major W. B. Diekerman, had a select lot of brood-
mares, he never had a large number.
Bellini was sired by Artillery 750, a son of Hamble-
tonian 10, and his dam was Merry Clay by Harry
Clay 45; second dam Ethelberta (dam of the cele-
brated broodmare Ethelwyn), by Harold 413. He
was bred by Major Diekerman, who owns the Hill-
anddale Farm, and has always been his property.
Bellini was foaled in 1SS7 and obtained his record
at Baltimore, Md., when he was 6 years old. •
John H. Dickerson has been identified with the
success, of Bellini as a sire. Since he has had
charge of the Hillanddale Farm horses, the latter
have been prominent on the Grand Circuit and have
won their fair share of the money in the hottest
company. Before Dickerson went to the farm there
was a saying that the Bellinis were not colt trot-
ters, but Dickerson showed that this was a fallacy,
and last year Soprano (3) 2:08% was counted one
of the best trotters of her age that there was out.
His 2:10 list up to the present time includes:
Leonardo 2:08%, Beatrice Bellini 2:08%, Soprano
13) 2:08%, Carlo 2:0S%, Tokio 2:09, Oro Bellini
2:09%, Albert C. 2:09y2 and Farfalla 2:09%. So-
prano, Oro Bellini and Farfalla were new 2:10 per-
formers last year. Dickerson has some youngsters
by his sire at Macon, Ga., and there is no question
but that they will be favorably heard from this year
and next.
Major Dickerson will have the sympathy of breed-
ers throughout the country in the loss of this great
sire. Bellini was a very handsome horse, as well
as a fast trotter and he sired colts of the horse show
order. — Western Horseman.
Among the record horses which Mr. C. K. G. Bil-
lings is using on the roads at his winter home in
Georgia are Uhlan 2:02%, Berta Mac 2:08, W. J
Lewis 2:06%, Peter Balta 2:12 and Turley 2:07%.
If you want Volume 25 of the Year Book send $5
to this office.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 26, 1910.
The breeders' program is out.
Fifteen thousand four hundred dollars is offered
in stakes and purses.
The 2:20 trot and 2:20 pacing events are for
$2,000 each, as usual.
Kalamazoo has made its $10,000 stake for 2:11
class trotters.
The Portland sale will be held during the last week
in next month.
Two 3-year-olds by Bon Voyage took standard
records March 17th at San Jose.
International Stock Farm will try to lower the
world's pacing team record with Minor Heir and
George Gano.
Chieo, Marysville, Woodland, San Jose and
Salinas are pretty certain to give harness meetings
this year.
It is proposed to hold the San Francisco work
horse parade earlier this year, and July 4th has been
suggested as a good day.
KJatawah (3) 2:05% now has 15 standard per-
formers to his credit, of which three are trotters.
His fastest performer is Illmo 2:13% pacing.
Dick Wilson visited F. E. Alley's Bonaday Stock
Farm recently, and pronounced Bonaday (2) 2:27%
a fine prospect for the three-year-old stakes this
year.
If any man has an idea that auto trucks have
driven the draught horse out of business, let him try
to buy a pair of big horses and he will reverse his
opinion.
There will be no Southern California Horse Show
at Pasadena this year, President Wilcox having
announced that the show has been declared off
officially.
The $10,000 Hoster-Columbus stake at Columbus
this year will be for 2:16 class trotters. The $5,000
Hotel Hartman stake, at the same place, will be for
2:14 class pacers.
Dick McMahan has leased the pacing stallion
Colonel Forrest (3) 2:13% for the racing season of
1910. Colonel Forrest worked a mile in 2:06% at
Lexington last fall.
Will Hogoboom's mare Lida Carter 2:18% by Nut-
wood Wilkes is booked to the stallion Blue Peter
2:16, a son of Peter the Great, owned by Chas. Bow-
man of Walla Walla.
The Woodland Driving Club announces that it
will make a discount of 20 per cent on all sums due
for entrance fees that are owing it, provided pay-
ment is made on or before May 1, 1910.
The rain of the past few days has been worth mil-
lions to California. The crops were not suffering,
but the rain came just as it was needed, and there
will be bumper crops from Siskiyou to San Diego.
Every horseman in California will be pleased to
know that Willard Zibbell of Fresno has a green
trotter that is very promising and that looks like a
2:10 prospect.
The Los Angeles Driving Club will hold a matinee
this afternoon. The last two horses will be the
last to compete over the old track, which is to be
replaced in a few months by a new and up-to-date
plant.
E. S. Train has shipped Ray o' Light (3) 2:08%,
Angie Malone, Nina B. by Electioneer and a colt by
Kinney Lou to Salem, Ore. Ray o' Light will make
the season of 1910 at the Fair Grounds track.
George T. Beckers will leave Los Angeles for
Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday next, April 1st, with
his stallion Zombro 2:11, the greatest sire of extreme
trotting speed ever bred on the Pacific Coast
Zombro's book for 1910 is already nearly filled.
P. W. Hodges is on his way to Oregon from the
East. He may locate at Salem or Portland. Mr.
Hodges is a very successful breeder of fast harness
horses, having bred Copa de Oro 2:01% pacing and
San Francisco 2:07% trotting.
The directors of the Chico Driving Club are to
make an effort to have the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association hold its annual meet-
ing at .'hico this year. Santa Rosa is also figuring
on the Breeders' meeting, and San Jose has a
propos ,tion under consideration which may secure
:. uual meeting of this organization for its new
park.
There will be two meetings at Detroit this year —
the Detroit Driving Club's meeting from August 1st
to 5th and the Michigan State Fair from September
19th to 24th. Both meetings announce their purses
in our advertising columns.
Matinee racing will begin in earnest in Golden Gate
Park next month. The three-quarter mile track is
being greatly improved by the Park Commission, the
turns are being thrown up and more clay placed on
the track. Several new stalls will be built immedi-
ately, so that the accommodations for horse owners
will be ample.
Henry Helman will probably campaign the Mc-
Kinney trotter Thomas M. 2:12% this year. Helman
has already put three McKinneys in the 2:10 list —
Berta Mac* 2:08, Mack Mack 2:08 and Lady Mowry
2:09%, and unless some accident happens he will
show Thomas M. how to step around the track in
2:10 before the summer is over.
Entries close Tuesday, April 5th, for the early
closing stakes offered by the Detroit Driving Club
for its Blue Ribbon meeting. The M. & M. and
the C. o£ C, with two other stakes of $3,000 each,
are the stakes in which entries close April 5th. The
full conditions will be found in our advertising
columns.
The Michigan State Agricultural Society will close
five rich stakes on Tuesday, April 12th. They are
the 2:17 trot, $5,000; the 2:15 pace, $5,00; the 2:12
trot, $3,000; the 2:06 pace, $3,000, and the 4-year-
old trot, $2,000. See the advertisement containing
full particulars in this issue.
The stock show held at Newman, Cal., on Sat-
urday, March 19th, was a great suceess. Hundreds
of people wTere in attendance, and the displays of
draft horses and cattle were especially fine. The
prize for the best standard bred stallion was won
by Mr. W. P. Eachus' Experiment by Sidmore 2:17%,
dam Ethel C. by Sidney.
W. G. Helman of Santa Rosa has sold his stallion
by Mendocino 2:19%, dam by McKinney 2:11%, to
Gravatt & Co. of Hanford, Cal., for $1,000. This
young stallion is one of the best looking young
horses in California and can show a high rate of
speed at the trotting gait. He is a 4-year-old.
Payments are due April 1st in three Los Angeles
stakes. There is a fourth payment of $25 due on
foals of 1907 that are to race this year as 3-year-olds
in the California Breeders' Stake; a third payment
of $10 is due on foals of 1908 that are to race as
2-year-olds in the Canfield Stake; a third payment
of $10 is also due on foals of 1908 that are to race
as 3-year-olds in 1911 in the Canfield Stake. All
these payments must be made on or before April
1st. Keep this date in mind if you have any entries
in either of these stakes and don't allow them to
be forfeited through negligence.
It has been officially decided that the May Day
celebration will be held at Dixon, Solano county, on
April 30th this year. As May Day falls on Sunday
it was first given out that the following Saturday
had been selected for the celebration and races, but
April 30th has finally been settled on as the day.
A grand street parade, barbecue, dancing, horse
races, baseball and other amusements will be pro-
vided as usual and the pretty town in northern
Solano will be thronged with people.
The sale of draft horses held by E. Stewart of the
Western Horse Market in this city last week was
the best sale ever held in this city. Auctioneer
William Higginbottom knocked them down so fast
that he sold 196 horses during the day and evening.
Draft mares brought as high as $350, a bunch of
yearlings averaged over $100, two-year-olds averaged
$165 and three-year-olds $200. The sale showed a
big demand for work horses and the supply not
equal to it. There was a big crowd present during
the day and evening.
The turns on the speedwa.v in Golden Gate Park
are to be raised and more sheds are to be con-
structed for the accommodation of the horsemen.
The Park Commission has found that the stadium
three-quarter track furnishes amusement for thou-
sands of people during the summer months and con-
sequently believe these improvements will be for the
benefit of the many. About $3600 has been appro-
priated for improvements. Matinee racing will com-
mence early in April and there is every prospect of
some extra fast racing this year.
Electress Wilkes 2:28%, the dam of Lady Mowry
2:09%, foaled a fine filly by Alconda Jay on the 17th
of this month, St. Patrick's day. There are great
blood lines in this filly, and if she don't trot fast there
is something wrong in breeding. Alconda Jay is one
of the best bred Wilkes stallions living, and Electress
Wilkes is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, one of Cali-
fornia's greatest speed sires, while the dam of Elec-
tress Wilkes is by a son of Electioneer and out of a
thoroughbred mare by Lodi, the great four-mile race
horse. If there is anything in the trotting horse
labratory that mixes better than Wilkes, Electioneer
and thoroughbred blood, we have yet to hear of it,
and this filly is a result of the mixture being made in
the proper proportions.
Nearly one-third of all the trotting stallions that
have made records of 2:10 or better have been
bought by foreigners and shipped abroad.
Budd Doble tells of a Kentuekian of his acquaint-
ance who described his promising colts as "the trot-
tingest youngsters you ever saw." Gil Curry was
down from Pleasanton this week and told about a
little eight months old colt that H. Busing has in
his string, describing it as "the wigglingest thing
one ever saw," and added that "it can fairly fly."
Curry is from Kentucky, too. The "wigglingest
thing" is by Bonnie Searchlight out of Sweet Hallie
by American Hal and is owned by A. Edstrom. It
paces like an old timer and doesn't want to do any-
thing else.
Gil Curry, who went to Los Angeles and purchased
the trotting mare Pandora B. by McKinney and the
pacing stallion Joe McGregor 2:21%, for Mr. R. J.
McKenzie of Winnipeg, took a trip to San Jose last
Saturday and made Budd Doble a very flattering offer
for his four-year-old trotter Kinney de Lopez by
Kinney Lou 2:07%, dam by Direct 2:05%. While
Mr. Doble thanked Curry for the offer he felt com-
pelled to decline it as he thinks Kinney de Lopez
worth more. The four-year-old is certainly a very
promising trotter and is looked upon by horsemen as
capable of trotting a mile in 2:10 or better this
summer.
The John S. Lackey sale held at Cambridge City,
Ind., March 9th to 11th, was quite successful. Two
hundred and thirty-nine head were sold for a total
of $56,647, an average of $232 per head. The
highest priced horses in the sale were Hawley, a
bay gelding by Harold, $1,135; Gipsey Woodland
2:07% by Woodland Boy, $1,700, and Baron Penn
2:24% by William Penn, $1,250. The young mare
Lola McKinney by McKinney 2:11%, dam Our Lady
by Nearest 2:22, brought $200. Emily Dillon, a
young mare by Sidney Dillon, out of Miss Bond, by
Allerton, sold for $550. Forest King (3) 2:18%,
the horse that forced Kentucky Todd to trot in 2:09
to beat him as a 3-year-old, was bid in bv his owner
at $1,000.
Denny Healey, of Petaluma, has sent to Henry
Helman to be trained and raced this season the Mc-
Kinney trotter Thomas M 2:12% and a full sister
to that horse. Thomas M. was a good race horse
and the last year he was out looked like a 2:10
trotter. Mr. Healey has not had him in training for
the past few years however. It was in 1906 that
Thomas M. took his record at Libertyville, Illinois,
the well known trainer Jos. Cuicello having cam-
paigned him that season. He started in sixteen
races in the Mississippi valley that year, winning
five, getting second money in four, wTas twice third
and once fourth, being outside the money in four
races. He was second to the fast mare Bi-flora 2:09%
when she took her record and was separately timed
in better than 2:10 on several occasions but had to
succumb to horses that could trot faster than he.
Thomas M. has been running out, but is in good shape
now and should do well in Helman's care. The
full sister is an unknown quantity as a race mare,
but possesses considerable natural speed.
There is one thing that the trotting associations
should do, says the National Stockman and Farmer,
and that is encourage the exhibition of light har-
ness horses at fairs and horse shows. Registry
associations of most other breeds do this in order
to advertise their horses and encourage those who
breed them. If the trotter were purely a race-
horse the racetrack would afford sufficient demon-
stration of his merits. He is, however, not only a
racehorse, but a pleasure and utility horse, and as
such needs to be kept before the public. If this
is not done the public sooner or later will get the
idea that the trotter is good for track use only, and
breeders will not have open to them a broad market .
for anything except speed. Speed is only one com-
modity that should be produced in breeding trot-
ters. Good pleasure and utility horses should be
produced in which, if they lack speed, can find a
market that will cover the cost of their raising at
least. To develop this market should be the object
of those who are in charge of trotting horse inter-
ests as well as to provide for track tests and regis-
tration of breeding animals.
MATINEES AND PARADE AT SACRAMENTO.
The horsemen of Sacramento are very thankful
for the recent rain, and as the weather is now
about perfect, all the horses are out working.
The Sacramento Driving Club met Wednesday
evening, this week, and decided to hold its first
matinee of the year on Sunday, May 1st, and the
second on June 7th. They have extended an invita-
tion to all the clubs in Northern California to take
part with them.
As the Hotel Men's convention will meet in Sacra-
mento during the last part of April, the driving club
will give a floral parade during that week, and it
will be the largest parade of the sort ever seen in
this section. There will be an automobile division,
driving club division, saddle horse division and gen-
eral vehicle divisions. Preparations are being made
to entertain five trainloads of visiting hotel men,
and as the past reputation of the driving club is to
be sustained, nothing will be left undone to make it
one of the grandest events of 1910.
CAPITALION.
Saturday, March 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
The Los Angeles Driving Club will give a matinee
at Agricultural Park next Saturday which will be
the final one over the old track, and it is to be
hoped that there will be a greater number of entries
and a larger crowd than at the last one, so that the
old plant may wind up in a blaze of glory, but it
is doubtful if this will be the case, as there were a
number of the matinee division sold last week and
have been shipped to their new homes.. Owing to
the rain Monday night, nothing but jogging has
been going on since, and most of that on the road,
but nobody is complaining, as they are all looking
forward now to cheaper feed next summer.
Among the horses sold last week were the pacing
mare Elloreta, owned by Joseph H. Torrey of Long
Beach; J. Linebarger's black pacing mare Dotty;
W. G. Durfee let Wicki Wicki go, and Joseph H.
Williams sold his good young stallion Arms, he
bringing the highest price, 51,500.
The fastest mile worked last week was by the
Zombro pacer, Zomwoolsey, in Will Durfee's string,
that tramped a mile in 2:09%.
J. S. Stewart worked W. A. Glasscock's 2-year-old
filly by Murray M. a quarter in 35 seconds on a
trot. Some of the watches had it faster. She is
in the Canfield-Clark stake.
Red Garrety is going to leave on April 1st and
make his headquarters at Wheaton, 111., for the sum-
mer, but will return in the fall and spend the winter
here as usual.
W. A. Clark Jr. leaves next Wednesday for New
York, from which city he will sail on April 30th
for Europe to be gone until next September. He
has instructed Bob Proctor, who has his Bon
Voyage colt Bon Vivant in training, to point him for
the 3-year-old stake at Detroit in August, as on
paper that looks to be the easiest stake for 3-year-
olds this year. Bon Vivant was the fastest 2-year-
old stud out last season.
John McLean, the owner of the matinee queen,
Lucy Mae by Zombro, and the fast 3-year-old pacer
Hal Mac by Hal B., has returned to his home in
Alberta, Canada, but has left his horses in charge of
James S. Stewart. The mare may be campaigned
up north this season, but nothing definite has been
decided on as yet.
Joseph S. tSewart's two colts that have been so
sick with distemper are improving; the 2-year-old
pacer by Zolock will be ready for work in a month
or six weeks, but the yearling filly by McKenna is
still very sick. Easter D.'s colt, now about a month
old, has the disease, but not as badly as the other
two.
FIVE RACES AT RIVERSIDE.
While no records were broken at the race meet
at the Riverside Driving Club's track St. Patrick's
day there were some close, fast and exciting races,
and neck and neck finishes were the rule. No cash
prizes were given, but each of the winners and
seconds received a souvenir prize, most of them
being bridles or boots.
R. G. Case of Hemet, Wililam O'Rourke of San
Bernardino and H. P. Herman of Hemet officiated
as timekeepers.
H. G. Stanley was starter and H. P. Zimmerman
was clerk of the course. The judges were W. L.
Scott, J. F. Backstrand and Thomas Holmes, the
latter of San Bernardino.
Following is the result of all the events!, by
heats:
2:40 trot-
Prince Valentine 1 2 3
Capt. Bell 2 1 1
Tanquitz 3 3 2
Time— 2:40%, 2:40%, 2:43.
Free for all pace —
Monk 2 1 1
Teddy Roosevelt 1 2 2
Time— 2:22, 2:20, 2:24.
2:30 trot-
Nearest l i
Buck 2 3
On Conn 3 2
Lena Howe 4 4
2:26%, 2:30.
2:30 pace-
Andy Carnegie 1 1
Lady Patrick 2 2
Time— 2:3214, 2:30.
Free for all trot —
Worth While 1 1
Lola Bell 2 2
Bolock 3 3
Time— 2:24%, 2:24%.
William Hogoboom of Walla Walla has a three-
year-old bay colt in his string, that is a most royally
bred youngster and is said to be quite a trotter.
Prince Axworthy 49343 is the way he is registered.
This colt is by Axworthy 2:15% (sire of Hamburg
Belle 2:01%), dam by Baron Wilkes 2:18, second
dam the famous producing mare Lemonade 2:27%,
dam of Petigru 2:10%, Bessie Wilton 2:09%, Lady
Wilton 2:11%, Lemonee 2:18%, etc., by Kentucky
Prince. If there is anything in breeding Prince
Axworthy will be a great sire of speed.
MARCH 17TH AT CHICO.
The Chico Driving Association gave an afternoon
of matinee racing on Thursday of last week, St.
Patrick's Day. The program was a good one, and
while the horses from the Sacramento Driving Club
failed to win a race during the day, the members of
the visiting club had a good time and thoroughly
enjoyed the sport. The crowd was the largest ever
seen at a matinee in Chico.
Mr. Frank E. Wright of Sacramento did the start-
ing and got the horses off well in every instance.
Mr. Wright has never missed a matinee given by
Chico Club since its new track was built.
The first race of the day was furnished by a trio
of runners who did a half-mile dash in 50 seconds.
L. B. Daniels' Estella D. took first money, with J. F.
Heenan's Kitty Canard second, and F. O'Brien's
Yevone third.
There "were four harness races on the card, two of
them furnishing good contests, but the special pace
and the buggy race were easy for the winners. The
summaries :
Special pace, half-mile heats.
A. T. Jackson's Iceman 1 1
W. I. Kerr's Jack 2 2
Time— 1:23, 1:24%.
Free-for-all trot, mile heats.
W. J. O'Connor's Lady Alice 2 1 1
J. F. Heenan's Joe Dick ' 1 2 2
John Wannop's Gladys Moore 3 3 3
Time— 2:23%, 2:23%, 2:23.
Free-for-all pace, half-mile heats.
Wendell Miller's Chiquito 13 1
J. B. Hall's Rockaway 2 1 2
Thos. Stile's Seymow M 3 2 3
Time— 1:04%, 1:04, 1:03%.
The race for buggy horses called out a half-dozen
good steppers, but Ivison Bell's Chico was the com-
plete master of the situation in both heats, winning
in 2:59 and 2:59%. Wesley Bennett's Lettie and
G. K. Gibson's Jerry made a good showing.
o
Jack Crabtree reports that Miss Lotta's famous
trotter, Sonoma Girl 2:05%, is wintering well in Dick
McMahan's stable at Libertyville, 111., and will be
ready to go against all comers the coming season.
He says that the trotter that he looks to give the
brown mare the hardest battle in her races this
season is Penisa Maid 2:04%, but there will be
plenty of money in sight to hack the Boston mare
when the two meet.
The 22 tracks which comprise the Grand and the
Great Western Circuits will hang up a total of
$800,000 in purses this year.
DETROIT
The Detroit Driving Club
For Its 26th Annual
BLUE RIBBON MEETING, August 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1910
Announces the following early closing purses:
NO. 1 — 2:24 CLASS, TROTTING, "MERCHANTS' AND MANUFAC-
TURERS' STAKE" $ 10,000.00
NO. 2—2:13 CLASS, PACING, "CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STAKE" 5,000.00
NO. 3— FOUR-YEAR-OLD CLASS, TROTTING 3,000.00
NO. A — 2:11 CLASS, TROTTING 3,000.00
CONOITIONS.
When IIorMeM Must Be Named
Entries Close Tuesday, April 5th
The Detroit Driving Club holds membership in the Grand Circuit, the
National Trotting Association, and the American Trotting- Association.
Rules of the National Trotting Association will govern except as other-
wise specified.
Two or more horses niider the same ownership or control
or trained in the same stable may start in any race, but
rales regarding assistance and interference will be rigidly
enforced.
Above races will be decided by the best 3 in 5 heats limited to a maximum
of five heats and all starters shall continue in the race to the finish unless dis-
tanced or drawn. In case of a tie for first place in the summary at the end
of the fifth heat, the horses so tied shall race an extra heat to decide the winner.
Money will be divided 50<#,, 25%, 15% and 10%.
Entrance is 5 per cent, of purse and 5 per cent, additional from winners
of each division of same, payable in easy installments as follows:
April 5. May 10. June 14. July 19.
M. & M. STAKE $75 $100 $150 $175
C. OF C. STAKE 50 60 65 75
FOUR-YEAR-OLD TROT, AND 2:11 TROT.. 30 35 40 45
Liability of Nominator Ceases when "Written Notice of "Withdrawal is
lodged with the Secretary.
Entrance must be paid on each Horse named and every Horse named is
Entitled to Start.
Horses not named April 5th cannot start.
When entries close April 5th you know exactly what horses can start.
There Is no opportunity to buy nominations for fast horses that show later.
The HORSEMAN and SPIRIT OF THE TIMES FUTURITIES g-uaranteed
$15,000 for Foals of 1907 and $3000 for Foals of 1908 will be raced at this Meeting.
Other events will be announced later to complete the racing program for
five days, August 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, with classes to suit campaigning stables, especially
those represented in the stakes. Fast classes will be 2 in 3. Horsemen are invited
to furnish lists of horses for which classes are desired.
The State Fair Grounds at Detroit will be open for trainers about the
middle of April. First class stabling, pure water, green grass, shade trees, cinder
paths, good jogging roads, and one of the best tracks in the countrv, afford Ideal
conditions for the preparation of race horses. Secure stalls early.
SEND FOR ENTRY BLANKS.
DETROIT DRIVING CLUB,
502 Bowles Building, DETROIT, MICH.,
W. W. COLLIER, President. ALBERT H. 1UOONE, Secretnry of Races.
This Meeting follows the New York State Fair at Syracuse, the Indiana State
Fair at Indianapolis, and the Wisconsin State Fair at Milwaukee,
with easy shipments on through trains.
The Michigan State Agricultural Society,
DETROIT
Announces the following early closing purses to be raced at the
61st Annual Michigan State Fair
SEPTEMBER 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1910.
NO. 1—2:17 CLASS, TROTTING, "THE MICHIGAN STAKE" $ 5,000.00
NO. 2—2:15 CLASS, PACING 5,000.00
NO. 3—2:12 CLASS, TROTTING . 3,000.00
NO. 4 — 2:06 CLASS, PACING 3,000.00
NO. 5— FOUR-YEAR-OLD CLASS, TROTTING 2,000.00
CONDITIONS.
Entries Close Tuesday, April 12th
"When horses must be named, but entries postmarked before noon of day following
will be accepted.
Rules of the American Trotting Association of which this Society is a
member will govern except as otherwise specified.
Two or more horses under the same ownership or control or trained in the
same stable may start in any race.
Races will be decided by the best 3 in 5 heats, limited to o heats.
Entrance is 5 per cent of purse and 5 per cent, additional from winners of
each division of same.
But in case two or more horses are entered by the same stable in the same
class, full 5 per cent, entrance is charged on only one horse, and for eaeb addi-
tional horse the entrance is only 1 per cent.
But full 5 per cent, entrance will be required from each starter.
Liability of Nominator ceases when written notice of withdrawal is lodged
with the Secretary.
Entrance is payable in easy installments, as follows:
Purse No. Apr. 12 May 17 June 21 Aug. 2 Sept. 6
ONE NOMINATION 1 and 2 $25 $40 $50 $60 $75
ADDITIONAL HORSES 10 10 10 10 10
ONE NOMINATION 3 and 4 15 25 30 35 45
ADDITIONAL HORSES • 6 6 6 6 6
ONE NOMINATION 5 10 15 20 25 30
ADDITIONAL HORSES 44444
Other Events will be announced later to complete the Racing; Program,
and no purse will be less than $1000.00.
Classes will be arranged to suit campaigning stables, especially those rep-
resented in the early closing purses.
Faster Classes will be 2 in 3. '
For Entry Blanks and Information, address the Secretary of Races.
MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Race Committee: i^RED POSTAL. President.
THOMAS E. NEWTON, Chairman; ALBERT H. MOONE.
EUGENE FIFIELD, Secretary of Races.
ARCHIBALD J. PEEK.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 26, 1910.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
NEW MEXICO A SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE.
Game Warden Thomas P. Gable of Santa Fe con-
tributes a very interesting article on the subject
of the protection of game and fish in New Mexico
in the March number of Field and Stream. Game
Warden Gable tells some things about the laws for
the protection of game and fish in the Territory
that are not generally known and the article is
herewith reproduced for the benefit of those in-
terested:
Dp to 1903 there was no effort to regulate hunt-
ing or fishing in Xew Mexico, and there was the
most reckless slaughter of game of all kinds, result-
ing almost in the extinction of several species ol
the finest game animals native to this country.
During the period from 1903 to 1909 various game
laws were tried, working with indifferent success,
the Legislature of 1909, however, passed an excel-
lent license law, . which is now in operation, ana
under which I was appointed game warden.
The law requires a resident license of $1 for big
game and $1 for game birds. No resident license
is required for fishing although we have a closed
season on trout of all species, which is rigidly en-
forced from October 15th to May 15th of each year.
■A"e have a non-resident big game license of $25 and
a non-resident bird license of $5, while a fishing
license of $1 is charged to non-residents.
Under our law the Territorial warden is author-
ized to appoint deputies, who receive a percentage
if the licenses collected. As a result we have been
able to obtain, even in the very short time this law
has been in operation, a very effective regulation of
both fishing and hunting and a very satisfactory
enforcement of the law. If the present law can
remain unchanged for a considerable number of
years, its enforcement will become naturally more
rvnd more effective, and the result will be to make
Xew Mexico a sportsman's paradise.
In the past efforts to protect the game have met
with opposition from the Pueblo and reservation
Indians. It has been difficult for us to convince
these Indians that the white man's law for the pro-
tection of game is just. Recently, however, we have
enlisted the aid of the superintendents and the
teachers in the various Indian schools and reserva-
tions with excellent results. The greatest publicity
possible has been given to our game laws. Thou-
sands of copies of the law in pamphlet form have
been distributed and posters have been placed in
almost every village and settlement in the Terri-
tory. The newspapers have also been of great
assistance, and as a result of this campaign within
less than a year we have built up a very strong
public sentiment in favor of the protection of
game, which is doing more than any other influence
to bring about its enforcement. Another influence
of great aid is the active co-operation of the United
States Forest Service. Under a general order of
the service, all forest supervisors and rangers are
required to assist in enforcing the game laws. Thus
this large force of men become, in effect deputy
game wardens, and the most useful ones we have.
When it is recalled that there are nearly 11,000 000
acres within the forest reserves In New Mexico,
and that these reserves almost without exception
cover the natural haunts of fish and game, it will
be seen how useful the assistance of the Forest
Service becomes. Already there has been a tre-
mendous increase of deer, wild turkeys and game
birds within the forest reserves. While protecting
this class of game forest rangers are also engaged
in killing bears, wolves and mountain lions, which
are destructive to game and livestock.
We have an open season on deer with horns from
October 15th to November 15th; limit, one deer to
each person. The deer are increasing quite rapidly,
and I do not believe that a shorter season is neces-
sary. In spite of the great slaughter extending over
many years, reports from deputy game wardens
show that the forest reserves and mountain dis-
tricts are already well stocked with deer, grouse
and wild turkey. This is particularly true in the
northern and western portion of the territory. For-
merly countless bands of antelope roamed the great
plains country in eastern and southeastern New
\Iexico. There was a terrible slaughter of these
mimals but they are now rigidly protected, and
-several bands have been reported this season in
their old feeding ground.
Prairie chickens and bob whites are rigidly pro-
tected until 1915, and these birds are increasing
very rapidly. Pheasauts have been imported into
Colfax, Bernalillo and Grant counties, where there
Ere private game preserves, and are doing very well.
There are still a few ptarmigan and wild pigeons
in i,e Taos mountain range, and these are carefully
protected. I also have reports of a band of moun-
tain sheep in the Guadalupe mountains near the
Texas and New Mexico line, while a few have been
seen recently in the north central part of the Terri-
tory. These are also rigidly protected. Sonora
white-.ailed deer are again becoming numerous in
the JT-mgoilon mountains.
Ne' Mexico is an ideal game country. Its nu-
s mountain ranges, heavily timbered and
- -•d by many streams, cover a very considerable
portion of our total area. We still have many dis-
tricts in the higher ranges and far removed from
any railroads which are practically unexplored, and
even partial protection will inevitably result in a
vast increase in all species of wild game. There
are already a number of private game preserves in
the Territory. Ideal opportunities are offered for
the private preserve here. There are numerous
large land grants which may be purchased at very
low prices. Often these grants include all char-
acters of land from rugged mountains to tracts along
streams, which may be irrigated and turned into
farms. The attention of sportsmen of means is
now being attracted to these properties, and with-
out doubt many of them will eventually be utilized
as game preserves, while our national forests, if the
present regulations continue will become great
public preserves.
There are dozens of ideal trout streams in New
Mexico, almost every mountain range having two
or three. Up to this time there has been no great
need of protection or propagation of trout. Within
the past few years, however, there has been a rush
each summer for the trout streams, both by residents
and non-residents. The result of several seasons
with very heavy catches has become apparent in
several of the more accessible streams. Consequent-
ly protection has become necessary, as well as
propagation. An effort is now being made in Con-
gress to secure the establishment of a government
fish hatchery in Xew Mexico. It is greatly needed.
In this we have the co-operation of Commissioner
Bowers of the Bureau of Fisheries, who is now fur-
nishing considerable quantities of fish for stocking,
not only our trout streams but also private lakes
and reservoirs, of which there are a great many.
The revenue from licenses for the first year has been
sufficient to more than maintain the department, and
also to leave some surplus; and we now expect that
there will be sufficient revenue next year to provide
means for beginning the construction of a small
hatchery in the territory.
Xew Mexico's resources in game and fish have
been little known outside of the Rocky Mountain
region. They have not been exploited as have the
game districts of Colorado and other States. The
same is true of our magnificent mountain scenery
little of which may be seen from the railroads.
MARIN COUNTY FISH HATCHERY.
A visit was made by us last week to the county fish
hatchery and trout farm at Inverness Park near Point
Reyes. The hatchery building taken over last month
by the county supervisors and subsequently placed
in the charge of the California Trout Farm, Inc., is
complete in every detail and is up to date in every
particular. The building has sixteen troughs with a
capacity of hatching 2,500,000 trout or salmon eggs.
At present there are 4<)0,000 quinnat salmon fry and
60,000 Eastern brook trout fry in the hatchery. The
salmon eggs were received by the hatchery from the
Federal government and the trout eggs from a pri-
vate hatchery in Colorado. Both the salmon and
trout are doing fine and speaks well for the skill
of those in charge. The hatchery buiding is located
in Lime Kiln Gulch, about a quarter mile from the
farm and is 35x50 feet in dimension. The Superin-
tendent states that a beautiful exhibit of specimen
fish in glass jars will soon be installed in the
hatchery for the interest of visitors.
The first feed for the young fry consists of curdled
milk. They are fed upon this three times a day for
about thirty days when ground fresh beeves' liver is
given. This latter feed is continued until the small
fry are about four or five months old when ground up
fish is given.
The company now have eleven large concrete ponds
holding some three or four hundred thousand steel
head trout, ranging from four to twelve inches in
length. Ground will be broken this coming week for
twenty more ponds. The company is expending a
large sum of money in the county and is giving all
of its work to the county. The farm and hatchery arc
strong attractions for the county. Fully one hundred
visitors visit the place on Sundays alone. A new
road is being constructed from the county road
through the farm and up the gulch to the hatchery.
This road will be used by the public in visiting the
farm.
In an interview with Mr. John Boedefeld, the general
manager of the company he said that the prospects of
bringing both trout and salmon to a marketable size
was excellent and that his company felt that what
was done in the eastern states in the raising of fish
could be done in Marin county. Visitors to the
hatchery and farm ^re welcomed at all times. The
hatchery work is in charge of Mr. F. M. Osborn.
a fish culturist of recognized standing. Mr. Marcel
C. Post, who has had much experience in hatchery
work at Tallac, is in charge of the pond work. The
farm was recently visited by a member of the Fish
Commission, who expressed great surprise at the
work done and the results already attained in rearing
steelhead trout to their present size. — San Rafael
Independent.
That the Santa Clara valley is too dry for the suc-
cessful propagation of Mongolian pheasants for
sporting purposes is the conclusion of prominent
members of the Santa Clara Fish and Game Protect-
ive Association.
Several pairs of Chinese pheasants were liberated
in that county seven years ago and a hunting season
has never been opened on them. It is estlimated by
game warden Kcppel that there are now aoout 1,000
birds in the valley. They have been nesting in the
grain fields in the vicinity of the Coyote marshes,
12 miles south of San Jose.
The birds require a damp country all the year
round and refuse to spread to other parts of the
county. Local sportsmen are not in favor of opening
a shooting season on them, as it is thought that they
all could easilv be killed off within a few days.
Sportsmen of every section of this State are much
interested in the results of the experiments of the
State Fish and Game Commission in liberating foreign
and non-native game birds in various favorable dis-
tricts of the State. Wild turkeys and Hungarian
partridges have been successfully bred and raised
on the State game farm near Haywards.
The wild turkey in particular has been the subject
of much comment among our sportsmen. In this
respect a recent report from Acting Superintendent
Walter Fry of the Sequoia and General U. S. Grant
Xational parks, located in eastern Tulare county,
will no doubt be of pleasing interest. In these two
national parks about thirty-six wild turkeys were
counted at one time last January, apparently in the
best of condition. They were the wariest creatures in
the domain under his supervision. The birds were
frequently seen, but were exceedingly difficult to
approach. It was no uncommon sight to see a wild
turkey take wing and fly off a mile or more before
lighting. The wild nature and habits of these par-
ticular birds here are in accord with their reputation
in other habitats.
Several weeks ago Fry found a nest with sixteen
wild turkey eggs in it. Some thirty eggs counted in
different other nests so far this season he claims is
pretty good evidence of the success of this experi-
ment in that territory.
In Tosemite Park forty-eight wild turkeys were
1'berated in the vicinity of Winona. The band will
be watched as closely as possible and results re-
ported. In the San Bernardino mountains twenty-six
turkeys were turned loose. Reports from the coun-
try they were put out in are favorable so far.
Reports are cumulative regarding the successful
planting of Hungarian partridges in many interior
sections.
A report from W. D. Reynolds, who is the owner
of a 2000-acre ranch at the head cf Sonoma creek,
states that in a. district, where eighteen partridges
had been originally turned out, there were counted
eighty Hungarian partridges in good condition and to
all apeparances thriving in a congenial habitat.
This particular section has been kept patrolled
and under close supervision. Ground vermin coy-
otes and wildcats have been trapped and hunted for
a long time past.
In Shasta county these birds have also found a
congenial habitat. On one large holding, where the
birds have been protected they have increased
numerously.
It can be stated almost positively that, within the
past three weeks, nowhere on the Pacific Coast
could be found tie splendid wild goose shooting
which prevails in Glenn, Colusa, Yolo and Solano
counties. For that matter taking the attendant
favorable circumstances and conditions of location,
transportation and other essentials, the districts
mentioned cannot be surpassed in this particular
sport anywhere in the United States.
Honker geese were to be found by the thousands
near Xorman and further north, near Gridley, by
this time, however, this variety has left those
sections. In the vicinity of Dixon the geese are
plentiful also. A shooting party left Rio Vista one
day last week and returned with 100 geese. A
party of Stockton hunters were not so lucky. A
broken propeller shaft kept ten hunters, under the
leadership of Frank and Charles Merrill, marooned
on a launch for twenty-four hours in the island tule
districts of the San Joaquin basin.
A late report this week states that large and small
brant, gray and white geese are very plentiful near
Xorman.
The birds have been very plentiful between Maine
Prairie and Dixon. Fred Feudner, T. D. Riley and F.
W. Scotford shot 80 brant near Maine Prairie one
day last week.
in the upland country the birds are now feeding
principally on "pickle grass." This diet soon fat-
tens the geese, making the flesh "a bit strong in
flavor. Some sportsmen, however, claim that the
breast portions' of these birds are delicious eating
after an overnight soaking in salt water.
The white and gray geese are in the best table
condition. At this time of the year these two va-
rieties confine their operations to the tule county,
where they find the young tule shoots a forage to
their liking.
Wild goose shooting will be nearly over about the
end of this month.
The open season on English snipe will close April
1st. Louis Rink and Al. M. Cummings of this city
Saturday, March 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
enjoyed excellent snipe shooting recently near Los
Banos.
Providing the weather holds fair until April 1st,
steelhead fishing in our nearby coast streams prom-
ises to be very gccd, despite the rather heavy rains
early this week.
Santa Cruz county has been definitely heard from
and steelhead fishing will be permitted in the county
streams on April 1st.
Dr. Blackburn, a San Mateo county Supervisor, :s
quoted as authority lor the statement that fishing
for steelhead trout in the tidewaters of San Mateo
county will be permitted during the month of April,
instead of beginning May 1st, in accordance with the
"fiat of a county ordinance which by this statement
is practically put to sleep for the time being.
The Marin trout streams will be the objective
point for many anglers when the close season is off
on April 1st. The following words of cheer from
a well known angler are most timely:
"I found the creek from the Lagunitas down to
the Xicasio alive with trout ranging from six to
eight inches in length. The fish were feeding on the
surface. If these conditions prevail on the opening
days good fly-fishing will be in vogue. Artificial
lures are seldom used in these waters on the first
days of the season. As a rule anglers here find the
trout feeding on the bottom and have to resort to
bait or spoon fishing at the beginning of the season.
"Large steelhead were very much in evidence. I
counted over fifty big fish in different holes along the
creek. These fish were in good condition. In the
big pool at Tocaloma, where so many large steel-
head were caught two seasons ago — jast above the
hotel — I saw from twelve to fourteen fish that will
weigh from six to sixteen pounds. About 100 yards
below the hotel there is another pool In which I
counted ten large fish; further down the stream to
the Garcia the holes were all populated by large
trout.
"The smaller trout were also very numerous. Just
below the riffles the water was low and clear and the
fish could be seen ven- plainly.
"If weather conditions do not materially change
by reason of heavy rains or a freshet, I would advise
the angler to bring along his fly book with the fol-
lowing patterns of flies in it: Gray hackle, brown
hackle with peacock body, red ant, royal coachman,
March brown, and cow dun, sizes No. 12 and No. 14,
snelled with the lightest gut; put the cast on a nine-
foot gut leader. For the larger steelhead use a red
fly tipped with shrimp or a No. 2 to No. 4 spinner
tied to a four-foot gut leader.
"If weather conditions change and the water be-
comes roilly and the stream rises, bait fishing for
both large and small trout will be in order."
According to the reports coming in from the
countryside, the trout season will be the best that
has been experienced in San Luis Obispo county loi-
many years.
The streams throughout the county are fall of
trout, and the fishermen are looking forward to a
good season and plenty of good sport.
Speaking of the trout fishing in the Cambria coun-
try, Supervisor Van Gorden says that the trout are
more plentiful than ever and they are larger in size
than in past seasons at this time of the year.
The beautiful Truckee river, which has its source
at Lake Tahoe and which flows down into Churchill
County, Nevada, where its waters are used in irri-
gating thousands of acres through Government
canals, was this week lined with sportsmen, all
angling for trout.
Since Judge Orr has declared the fish law of 1909
unconstitutional, at Reno 324 fish licenses have been
issued and hundreds of trout are being caught.
Tuesday afternoon two fishermen stood on the Vir-
ginia street bridge, in the heart of Ren--j, and caugght
a number of fine trout before more than a hundred
interested spectators. It is like this all along the
river and this week there is fish in nearly "every
home of Reno.
Citizens of Nevada and of Washoe county are only
chargegd ?1 to fish for the season, but foreigners
have to pay ?25. Despite this a number of English-
men stopping at the Riverside Hotel could not resist
the temptation after seeing trout caught from the
Virginia street bridge and immediately went to the
County Clerk's office and paid $25 apiece for the
privilege of fishing in the Truckee.
Twenty million little salmon have been taken from
the State hatchery at Sissons during the last few
weeks and released in the upper stretches of the
Sacramento and Pitt rivers and their tributaries.
The little fish now able to rustle for themselves
are about five months old, and vary in length from
one and a half inches to one and three-fourths in-
ches. All these baby salmon were hatched at the
hatchery from eggs furnished by the United States
fisheries in Shasta county and Tehama county, at
Baird, Mill Creek and Battle Creek-
Employes at the State hatchery are now busy
gathering eggs from the rainbow trout in the breed-
ing ponds. Several million eggs have atready been
taken from the Loch Leven and Eastern brook
breeders.
The new State building is full of baby trout in
various stages of development. There are fully five
millions of them.
The State Fish Commissioners' fish car will begin
its annual distribution of young fish all over the
State about the middle of June.
AT THE TRAPS.
River fishermen say that the work of the State
Game and Fish Commission in propagating salmon
is becoming plainly apparent in the vast increase
of these delicious fish each season. This year the
run is the greatest that has been known in many
years despite the fact that the fish have been
preyed upon by the fishermen the entire lenggth of
the river and had it not been for the State hatcheries
this fish would have long since become extinct. In-
stead, their numbers are steadily increasing. The
salmon taken from the waters of the Sacramento
have the reputation of far surpassing the flavor of
its kindred in any other waters of the globe, and Ihe
demand for Sacramento river salmon is growing in
all the large cities of the east.
Salmon are still running to a moderate extent, bit
recent launch trips for salmon trolling outside the
heads have been devoid of fish returns.
Silverside salmon of fair size are reported to be
numerous in the upper stretches of the San Lo-
renzo and its tributaries. It was supposed at first
that the fry liberated from the Brookdale hatchery
had in due course gone to salt water and returned.
Such theory is contradicted by observers who claim
that the fish have stayed in the stream and flourished,
ignoring a trip to saline waters entirely.
Of pleasing import tc many ocean shore anglers
is the intimation that from the 1st of April E. T.
Charlton, traffic manager of the Ocean Shore road,
will put on an early train leaving this city probably at
S o'clock in the morning and returning from the end
of the line at about 5 in the afternoon.
Salt-water anglers found tide conditions very fa-
vorable last Sunday. Low water on the ocean
beaches run at about 1 P. M. Inside the Heads the
tides run about one hour later. This tide came at a
convenient time for abalone and mussel gatherers.
Eel giggling was also enjoyed under favorable con-
ditions. The Fort Point beaches were visited by
a large party of local salt- wrater fishing enthusiasts.
Rockfish, sea trout, capazoni and tomcods still in-
vite fish ing parties at the Sausalito and Tiburon re-
sorts. Excellent catches were made last Sunaay and
during the week. A visit to the West tserkeley
wharves will result in good tomcod fishing.
Striped bass are beginning to show at various re-
sorts in rather encouraging style. The San AnLonc
and Wingo waters, however, are still dormant. The
trolling season for striped bass off Angel island and
in Raccoon straits is not yet ripe. The fish have
made their appearance in the San Pablo flats nea.-
Muller's. One party of anglers caught ten fish
within the week.. Charles Lehritter caught a six-
pounder on a No. 4 Wilson spoon. Another angler
who was rather unskillful, hooked seven fish, bat
lost every one save a four-pounder.
Louis Gotthelf caught fourteen bass last Wednes-
day and Thursday. Herman Griff landed six, and
several other local anglers also caught a few bass.
Most of these fish were small, many under size, none
running over ten pounds. A few bass were caught
last Sunday at San Pablo. At Point lsaoel bass
have been caught frequently. Near Stege. J. C. Jan-
sen and R. C. Staats landed six bass, the largest scal-
ing twelve pounds.
A few fish are caught daily at Baker's Beach. Lou
Meyer and brother hooked three bass last Thursday.
A six-pounder was the largest. Several large fish
were hooked, but escaped.
Frank Dolliver's striped bass weighed twelve
pounds and was caught at "the fill" near Point
Reyes station.
The large flocks of canvasbacks bluebills and
other deep water ducks that were so wary and hard
to approach during the shooting season are still to be
seen in various localities around the bay. These
wild fowls are now almost as indifferent to the
presence of their arch enemy, man, as ordinary
barnyard fowls. Trains running over the moles
and along shore do not appear to disturb the equa-
nimity, if ducks can be accused of indulging in such
a quality, of large flocks of full-plumaged canvas-
backs.
Reports from the Suisun country state that thous-
ands of sprig and teal are now taking life easy
on many of the preserve ponds.
Immunity from the hunter makes wild creatures
exceedingly tame. The ability of wild game to re-
coup itself is one of the wonders of nature. Take
for instance our valley quail. In some sections,
where ten years ago the birds were almost exter-
minated, they have now become so numerous as to
have become regarded by the farmers as a nuisance.
Deer in the Mendocino hills were last year so plen-
tiful that they were a menace to the orchadists and
hop growers.
An odd illustration of the non-disturbance atti-
tude of wild creatures is a recent report from bureau
sources that game in Asia Minor and Syria has in-
creased to such an extent, by reason of a long closed
season, as to be a trouble and damage to the peas-
entry in tilling their lands and growing crops. Wild
game had been hunted in those countries for cen-
turies.
A report from Spokane states: "The chances are
that there will be no Booster shoot in Butte this
year. President Chingren of the Spokane Club re-
ceived a letter from Anaconda from one of the
Montana members in which he stated that there is
considerable doubt about the Butte shoot.
"The dates of all the other shoots of the cham-
pionship circuit have been fixed, and it only re-
mained for the Butte club to announce the date of
the Booster shoot to complete the circuit.
"Should the Montana club decide that they will
not hold the shoot it will be a source of great disap-
pointment to the host of shooters throughout the
country, as the Montana boys are royal sportsmen
and fine entertainers.
"Anaconda had the big shoot last year, and the
cracks from all parts of the United States, both
amateur and professional, attended. Hugh McElroy
of Spokane won the Booster Handicap at this shoot
with the excellent score of 98 out of 100.
"The circuit as it now stands will have the fol-
lowing shoots: Spokane Rod and Gun Club cham-
pionship shoot, at Spokane, July 19 and 20; the Pa-
cific Indian shoot to be held at Nelson, B. C, July
26, 27 and 28, and the Pacific Handicap to be held
at Seattle August 2, 3 and 4."
The West Seattle Gun Club's weekly practice shoot
held on the 6th inst. was a record-breaking one; in
fact it was the best attended regular weekly shoot
ever held in the Northwest, fifty-seven shooters tak-
ing part therein. Four thousand six hundred and
ninety targets were shot at, including the extra
events, and many who came out with the intention
of shooting at a hundred targets went away without
doing so, preferring to forego the pleasure of finish-
ing their score to missing their dinner. The club
has ordered another trap and expected to have it
installed in time for the next regular weekly shoot.
The principal event of the day was the third one
on the program, being the contest for the Selby
watch. It was won by Guist, one of the Seattle men,
with a score of 19 out of 20.
This event is a handicap one and will be shot at
every regular club shoot, the shooter, winning it the
greatest number of times during the season becom-
ing the owner of the trophy.
The trade was represented by L. H. Reid. W.
liarkley, Jack Forbes, H. Ellis and Charley Logan.
L. H. Reid was high with 93 out of a possible 100;
Williams and D. Reid tied for high amateur with 89 ;
Fisher was second with 87 out of 100 shot at.
Dr. Spratley of Bellingham and J. and E. W.
Cooper, King, Dague and Lewis of Tacoma were
visitors, and all shot through the program, making
very creditable scores. All strangers and out-of-town
shooters are welcome to come and shoot with the
West Seattle Club at any time.
The crowd was a large one, the traps worked well,
it was all over with before dark, and when the third
trap is installed the shooters can get home to dinner
on time.
Suess. Kimball, Kellogg. Shields, Martin, Dr.
Johansen and Wald are new shooters. This shoot
was their first experience at the traps and the scores
they made are very creditable. They were encour-
aged by the old timers and they promised to come
again.
George Olson simply had to be dragged away from
the traps. After every one else was through he shot
twenty-five targets, and was not ready to quit even
then.
There were no double events shot. It takes longer
to shoot doubles than it does singles and on account
of the big crowd it was necessary to save as much
time as possible.
Ed Ellis, Robb, Babcock, Arnold and Miller did not
shoot anywhere near their usual average. It is hard
to account for this, too, for conditions were almost
ideal. The sun was bright and there was little or no
wind, but these usually reliable shooters had an off
day.
The interest shown in most weekly shoots augurs
wpell for the success of the Pacific Coast handicap,
the blue ribbon event of this Coast, which will take
place in Seattle August 2d, 3d and 4th next. Follow- -
ing are the scores:
Targets— |15|15j20|15|15|20||— I—
L. H. Reid |14 13I20|13|15|18||100|93
Dillon |llll3|l7H0|12|16||100|79
D. Reid |15|14;i6
1514 15|il00|89
11112
7 4
10 9
16 100;S4
S 100
15(1100
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Dr. Snratley 14113 18
Lewis |11|13 9
Peterson ' 6] 8 11
Scott |10!12|16|11|11|14||100
Smith ! 9!12|16|12|..[.. . 65
Poercel |llil2 17| 8|13|14|I100 75
Schram 9| 9|11[ 9| 9116: 100 63
H. Ellis 14 13 15 14 11 lSiil00|85
Barkley [15 13 19 14|13 . . SO 74
Dague 10 13 15 12 15 1S|100 81
J. Cooper 12 131514 14118 100 SO
N. Olson I Sill 13i S 8|14 100)62
Kelle'her |10|ll]13|10|13|16i|100|73
Ross 113113'ISI 9|..|..|| 65|53
Maltbie ' 9|13 16|11|15 14||l00|78
G. Olson 4 10 12 9 11 15|100|61
Kirschner 112112116! 8|11!14 100 7"
Berger 9 12 15 10 12 14!jl00|72
18| 100|72
50|32
50|30
17 100(81
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King 10illjl2[ll|10
Hopkins [12| 8|12|
Armstrong | 81 7 15
Miller |ll 11 16 13)13
Mottinger 10I14| . .1314
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 26, 1910.
Valleen ...
Suess
Paulry
Arnold . . .
E. Cooper .
Kimball . .
Kellogg . . ,
Shields . . .
Martin
Gardner . .
Robb
Ellis
Forbes
Babcock . .
Williams . .
Hanson . . .
Ernest
Logan
Fisher ....
Campbell .
McNealy . .
Cuist
Wald
Randlett . .
E. W
Gribble . . .
Lipsky
Madison . .
Hall
Deathridge
Delin
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11
12
12
12
18
13 17
13
11
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SAN FRANCISCO FLY-CASTING CLUB.
One of the results of Captain G. E. Bartlett's
recent visit to Warner's Springs, Cal., was the organ-
ization of a blue rock shooting club. A club house
has been erected and traps installed.
The Blue Rock Gun Club of San Diego held the
first of its six trophy shoots Sunday, March 13th.
Twelve members of the club were present. The day
was ideal for shooting and some very good scores
were made. W. A. Julian, the president of the or-
ganization, ran a straight score of 50. D. C. Wil-
liamson was second, with a score of 49, and Fred J.
Stewart and James Etchels tied for third place with
46.
Five shoots remain to he held, and they will take
place on the first Sunday of each month.
The scores were: W. A. Julian, 50; D. C. William-
son, 49; Fred J. Stewart, 46; J. Etchels, 46; H. A.
Smith, 45; J. M. Ronstadt, 45; John Steigler, 45;
Bradford Duncan, 44; R. Ronstadt 42; Phil Brennan,
41; Kirt L. Hart, 36, and Dr. Irvine, ,17.
Searchlight, Nev., shooters formed a gun club last
week. The initial shoot took place on the 6th inst.
The following officers were elected to serve during
the ensuing year: T. A. Brown, president; E. W.
Thurman, vice president; W. E. Record, secretary
and treasurer; J. W. Doran, field captain.
The following is a list of charter members to
date: Leon French, J. M. Albright, J. W. Doran,
C E. Burdick, S. T. Wilson, T. A. Brown, B. F. Mil-
ler Jr., Guy Corson, William Emrick, H. I. Fuller,
W. E. Record, W. L. Fuller, E. W. Thurman, E. M.
Beattie, W. H. Bradley, W. S. Ball, J. M. Foltz,
A. A. Wait, J. E. Emerson.
We find Charles Carr's name in the list of
shooters present at the first shoot. It strikes us
that it could have been no one else but "Pop,"
erstwhile of Monterey.
San Luis Obispo Gun Club scores for the 13th
inst. were the following in the regular 10 and 3
20-target events, respectively: F. Soto S, 12, 19, — ;
C. T. Greenfield, 7, IS, 18, 11; P. J. McCaffrey, 8, 12,
14, 14; J. E. Van Schaick, 8, 10, 13, 18; J. C. Hill,
5, 12, 14, 13; J. V. Estudillo, 5, 11, 13, 16; E. Taylor,
8, 11, 13, — ; Jap Brown, 6, 12, 12, 12; Thomas
Rhodes, 6, 9, 14, 13; W. B. Chappell, — , 16, 9, — ;
James Guthrie, — , 11, 9, — .
Roswell Gun Club members shot blue rocks on
the Roswell, N. M., grounds March 12th. Each time
the boys go to the trap improvement is shown.
Some good scores were made, and Woodland
Saunders made an excellent showing on doubles,
breaking 14 out of 16. First honors of the day were
carried off by E. F. Forsgard, who was in the city
at the time, and is representing the Winchester
Arms Company. Mr. Forsgard broke 97 out of the
first 100 blue rocks thrown, this being the singles,
which is a good record. Mrs. Percy Evans was also
in the field, and broke 10 out of 27. This is hoped
to be somewhat of an inspiration for other ladies to
join the club and learn to shoot. Her score was
better than has been made by some of the men
who have shot over the traps, and the club man-
agement hopes to get other ladies interested in the
snooting.
The scores were: E. Forsgard, shot at 144, broke
132; W. A. Johnson, 50—33; R. L. Whitehead,
60 — 41; Woodland Saunders, 75 — 52; H. P. Saunders
Jr., 60—34; H. P. Saunders Sr., 35—26; Carl
Saunders, .20—15; Dr. G. N. Hunsberger, 60—39;
John W. Rhea, 40 — 19; Mrs. Percy Evans, 27 — 10;
Percy Evans, 50 — 27.
An impromptu live bird shoot under the manage-
ment of the California Wing Club will take place
tomorrow at Stege,
Governor James N. Gillett will open the San Fran-
cisco Fly-Casting Club's initial tournament contest
for the season of 1910 at Stow Lake on Sunday,
April 3rd by casting the first fly. The Governor is a
member of the club, and a skilled angler as well.
The tournament contests this year consist of four
events — long distance, accuracy and delicacy fly
combined, accuracy fly, and accuracy lure-casting. It
is probable that a new event — long-distance lure-last-
ing— will be added to the schedule.
The first five Saturday and Sunday contests will
classify for position in the class series, which will
be the concluding five meetings. The contestants
will be finally segregated into four classes in each
event — champion, first, second and novice classes.
The standard of position in the respective classes
is the following: Long-distance championship, a
cast of 115 feet or over, or a record of 130 feet or
more in any contest; first class, 100 feet or over;
second class, 85 feet or over; novice class, under
85 feet. Delicacy casting championship, 99 per cent
or over; first class, 98 per cent or over; second
class, 95 per cent or over; novice class, under 95
per cent. Accuracy casting championship, 98 2-3 per
cent or over; first class, -97 2-3 per cent or over;
second class, 96 2-3 per cent or over; novice class,
under 96 2-3 per cent. Lure-casting championship.
98 per cent or over; first class, 96 per cent or over;
second class, 94 per cent or over; novice class,
under 94 per cent.
Gold medals will be awarded to the winners. Sat-
urday class winners will cast off with winners in
the Sunday contests. Two dates are set apart for
casting up back scores. Members can win but one
medal in each event, and previous medal winners
are under a handicap. They must win three times
before being awarded another medal in an event.
At the close of the season's tournament the fol-
lowing prizes will be awarded: Louis Titus trophy,
for best average long distance, 1909-10; Achille
Roos trophy, for best delicacy averages, 1909-10;
Golcher Bros, trophy, for best accuracy average,
1909-10; E. A. Mocker trophy, for best lure aver-
age, 1909-10.
The standard of class average scores above given
is probably the hardest schedule, saving in the
novice classes, laid down for any fly-casting con-
tests this season among the fly-casting clubs in the
United States and Canada. Scoring will be done on
the demerit system, which provides that a contest-
ant's shortage in each contest will be deducted
from the sum of the perfect score.
The dates for the club contests are as follows:
Saturday contests, commencing at 2:30 p. m.,
April 2d, 16th; May 7th, 21st; June 4th; classifica-
tion re-entry — June 18th; July 16th; August 6th,
20th; September 3d, 17th; class re-entry — Oc-
tober 1st.
Sunday contests, commencing at 10 a. m„ April
3d, 17th; May 8th, 22d; June 5th; classification re-
entry— June 19th; July 17th; August 7th, 21st; Sep-
tember 4th, 18th; class re-entry — October 2d.
HOME RULE WANTED.
Dr ik Jackson's Napa Soda.
A preamble and resolutions were submitted to
Second Vice President H. H. Hunnewall and Secre-
tary A. P. Vredenburgh of the American Kennel
Club at a meeting in the Palace Hotel on the 17th
inst. This document covers the situation pretty
thoroughly and does not mince words.
The meeting was attended by a representative
body of fanciers. It developed that, so far as the
A. K. C. itself was concerned, there was a har-
monious spirit shown, nor was it evident that there
was any intention to break away from the govern-
ing body of American dogdom. What may come off
in the future is another matter.
The preamble and resolutions were signed by the
representatives of seven kennel organizations. This
was supplmented afterwards by a telegram from
the Spokane Kennel Club endorsing the same.
The resolutions were signed by J. Hervey Jones
for the California Cocker Club, George B. M. Gray,
Oakland Kennel Club, Charles R. Harker, Henry
Berrar, Val J. Ruh, San Jose Kennel Club; Phil M.
Wand, Colorado Kennel Club; Dr. Gertrude A.
Spriggs, Ladies' Kennel Association of California;
Charles R. Thorburn, Tacoma Kennel Club; Victor
A. Kuehn, D. P. Cresswell, Sydney St. L. Cavill and
W. G. McMahon, National Dog Breeders' Association.
Resolutions of strong confidence in and extreme
appreciation of the work of the Pacific Advisory
Committee were submitted by Irving C. Ackerman
for the Western Fox Terrier Breeders' Association
and Charles K. Harley for the San Mateo Kennel
Club.
W. W. Stettheimer is president; Harley, vice
president, and Ackerman, secretary-treasurer of the
San Mateo Club. Unless we are mistaken, the of-
ficial personnel of the Fox Terrier Association is
practically the same.
The preamble and resolutions above referred to
follow:
"It is well known to the dog fanciers throughout
the country that conditions on the Pacific Coast for
many years have not been conducive to an increase
of the fancy here, owing in a great measure to the
distance separating the home body, the American
Kennel Club, from its branch on the Pacific Coast
It has been at times not only highly inconvenient,
but apparently impossible to adjust difficulties which
sometimes could have been most easily settled if the
kennel clubs, on the Coast had a representative body
here in which they had complete confidence.
"It is true that we have had, and now have, a
Pacific Advisory Committee of the American Kennel
Club, but this in no sense immediately represents
clubs of the Coast. Without going into the ques-
tion whether this committee adequately represents
the best interests of all the kennel organizations of
the Coast, we maintain that the clubs here are fairly
entitled to at least partial home government, duly
sanctioned and conducted according to the rules and
regulations of the parent body in New York. In
making this statement we are entirely governed by
what we conceive to be the best interests of dog-
dom here.
"At the present time, and for years past, it is well
known to you gentlemen that the fancy here has
been divided into two factions — one side the friends
of the Pacific Advisory Committee, and the other
more or less antagonistic. Personal considerations
have largely governed adherents to each side. It
is our desire to entirely eliminate this personal feel-
ing in the conduct of kennel affairs here. In cast-
ing about how best to accomplish this desired result
so as to build upon a lasting foundation something
that would grow strong and vigorous with the pass-
ing years, we have settled upon a plan which seems
best of all, everything considered, and that is the
broad American principle that every organization
concerned should choose its own representatives,
aud these combined delegates form the Coast gov-
erning body; in other words we believe that the
great principle of home rule is the only one which
will bring Coast kennel affairs permanently out of
all its difficulties, present and past.
"With this end in view, therefore, and without
considering personal quarrels and side issues in
the slightest degree, we present for your earnest
consideration the following resolutions, which have
been adopted by the undersigned kennel clubs and
are "here presented by their duly accredited repre-
sentatives :
"Resolved, That we disapprove of the present
method of electing members of the Pacific Advisory
Committee of the American Kennel Club.
"Resolved, That we favor the abolition of the pres-
ent Pacific Advisory Committee and the immediate
election of a new one, composed and elected as fol-
lows: Evedy kennel club and every specialty dog
club on the Pacific Coast which is a member of the
American Kennell Club to elect one delegate to rep-
resent it as a member of the Pacific Advisory Board
and all the said clubs combined to elect one mem-
ber at large of said Board, it to be composed only
of members so elected.
"Resolved, That it is our opinion that the Pacific
Advisory Board formed as aforesaid would be fairly
entitled to and should by the American Kennel Club
be allowed one-half of all fees collected within the
jurisdiction of said Board, and that from the fund
so formed all the expenses of the Board should
be met.
"Resolved, That the American Kennel Club should
empower the said Board to adopt such rules and
regulations for the proper government of kennel
affairs on the Coast as would not conflict with the
regular rules of the American Kennel Club.
"Resolved, That in the present crisis quick action
along these lines is highly desirable, we earnestly
request of the American Kennel Club that definite
action be taken at the earliest possible date on the
resolutions here presented."
Practically every one present took part in the dis-
cussion of affairs. During the meeting it was very
apparent that the members of the Advisory Com-
mittee were exceedingly loath to let go and allow
anyone but themselves to run Coast dogdom. Me.
Vredenburgh seemed extremely doubtful as to the
advisability of any change. Mr. Hunnewell, while
somewhat non-committal, did not seem to favor the
request for a change.
The Eastern representatives of the A. K. C. have
been made acquainted with a few facts that should
meet with the serious consideration of the directors
of the A. K. C.
The National Dog Breeders' Association was per-
manently organized Thursday evening, March 17th,
at a meeting held in the St. Francis Hotel, San
Francisco. A constitution and by-laws were
adopted, and the following officers elected for the
ensuing year:
President, J. Hervey Jones; first vice president,
Phil M. Wand; second vice president, George B. M.
Gray; third vice president, J. B. Chase; treasurer
George W. Ellery; secretary J. L. Parks; corre-
sponding secretary, J. D. Stelling; directors, Dr. J.
Auburn Wiborn, Carroll Cook, Jack Matthews, Wil-
liam Blackwell, Ed Attridge and W. V. N. Bay.
Membership jn the association will be of three
classes — charter members or founders, having two
votes, annual dues $5; members having one vote,
?10 initiation after closing of charter, and $5 annual
dues; associate members, without votes, but eligible
to competition for special prizes at association
shows, annual dues $2.50. Membership is open to
any reputable breeder or fancier in the United
States.
The object of the association will be for the
"good of the dog," the breeding of the best dogs,
the giving of shows under recognized rules, and
the protection of dog owners and breeders in their
property. The association will be incorporated under
the laws of this State. Monthly meetings will be
held on the second Tuesday of each month.
Saturday, March 26, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
ECONOMIC USE OF MEATS IN
THE HOME.
Discussion or the increasing cost of
living has brought to light quite gen-
erally that the cheaper cuts of meats
are more difficult to prepare for the
table than the more expensive por-
tions of the carcass, due to a lack ol
knowledge of how they may be made
appetizing and palatable. With a
view to providing the housekeepers of
the country with practical suggestions
along this line, the United States
Department of Agriculture has pre-
pared a manual of economy in meat
cooking that contains much valuable
information, which will be issued free.
It is known as "Economic Use of
Meats in the Home," and may be haa
by addressing a request to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, Washington.
D. C.
The contents cover a variety of
subjects, including 50 recipes of
savory dishes and much general in-
formation, such as:
General methods of preparing
meats.
Utilizing cheaper cuts of meats in
palatable dishes.
A simple but practical method of
clarifying fats.
Methods of extending the flavor of
meats.
The recrpes have been selected
from a wide range collected from
approved sources and are all simple
formulas calling for such items of
food as are generally to he found in
every household and requiring no
technical knowledge to compound.
PAYMENT ON 3-YEAR-OLDS
#10 Due April 1, '10
$7,000 — Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes Nu, 7
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
Foals of 1907 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old
Entries Closed November 1, 1906.
$4250 for Trotting" Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators
of Dams of Winners and $200 to Owners of Stallions.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$3000 for Three-Year-Ola Trotters.
200 for Nominator on wbose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year- Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two- Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot
when mare was bred.
$1000 for Three- Year- Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three-Year-Old Pace.
750 for Two- Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace
when mare was bred.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start In the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in
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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.
Address the Secretary ,
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E. P. HEALD, President.
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Boarding and Sales Stables,
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227 Arctic St., BRIDGEPORT, Conn.
Jan. 6, 1910.
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OFCOKXLsnA.OIlLV.
Oct. 28th, 1908.
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PORTERVILLE, Cal., Feb. 15, 1910.
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21st Annual Race Meeting
$15,400
In Purses and Stakes
-OF THE-
In Purses and Stakes
Pacific Coast Trotting Horso Breeders Association
PROGRAMME :
WEDNESDAY.
1 — 2:20 CLASS TROTTING, CALIFORNIA STAKES $2000
2—2:12 CLASS TROTTING 800
3—2:14 CLASS PACING 600
THURSDAY.
4— TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 8
(CLOSED DECEMBER 2. 1907) $1450
5—2:08 CLASS PACING 800
6— THREE-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 7
(CLOSED NOVEMBER 1. 1906) 1300
FRIDAY.
7— TWO-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 8
(CLOSED DECEMBER 2, 1907) $950
8— THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 7
(CLOSED NOVEMBER 1, 1906) 3300
9—2:15 CLASS TROTTING 600
SATURDAY.
10— FREE-FOR-ALL PACING 800
11—2:20 CLASS PACING, PACIFIC SLOPE STAKES 2000
12— FREE-FOR-ALL TROTTING 800
No. 1—2:20 CLASS TROTTING, CALIFORNIA STAKES
No. 10—2:20 CLASS PACING, PACIFIC SLOPE STAKES
No. 11— FREE FOR ALL PACING -
No. 12— FREE FOR ALL TROTTING -'.--■
close Monday, May 2, 1910.
$2000
2000
800
800
No. 2—2:12 CLASS TROTTING
No. 3— 2:U CLASS PACING
$800 No. 5—2:08 CLASS PACING
600 No. 9—2:15 CLASS TROTTING
600
Entries close Friday, July 1, 1910.
Entries to stakes Nos. 1. 10. 11 and 12 close Monday, May 2d. 1910. Horses to be named with entry. Entrance fee, 2 per cent due at time entries close. 1 per cent
additional if not declared out on or before June 1st, 1910, and 2 per cent additional if not declared out on or befo'rg July 1st. 1910.
Entrance fee on Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 9, closing Friday, July 1st, 1910, 5 per cent; horses to be named with entry. Usual 5 per cent additional from winners in all races
except Futurity Stakes.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. All races mile heats, best 3 in 5, except for two-year-olds.
Nominators have the right of catering two horses from the name stable in any race bj' the payment of one per cent for that privilege, doe when entry- In made.
Only one of the two hois,-* so entered to be started in the race and the starter to be named by -*• o'clock P. M. the day before the first day of the meeting at which the
race is to take place.
Member National Trotting Association.
For entry blanks and further information address the Secretary. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
E- P. HEALD, President. 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Ca!.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 26, 1910.
FOR SALE, TRADE OR LEASE}.
Fine registered Percheron stallion,
weight 2200 lbs. Address
WEBSTER K INC AID, Eugene. Ore.
PERCHERON STUD COLTS FOR SALE
The undersigned offers for sale two
high-grade Percheron-Norman colts,
three years old, a black and a bay,
weighing about 1700 pounds each. For
prices and particulars, address
J. E. MONTGOMERY, Pknsnnton. CaL
STAKE PAYMENTS DUE
APRIL 1, 1910.
California Breeders Stake— Foals of
1907, to be raced in 1910; fourth pay-
ment $25, due April 1, 1910.
Canfield Stake— Foals of 190S, to be
raced in 1910; third payment $10,
due April 1, 1910.
Canfield Stake— Foals of 190S to he
raced in 1911; third payment $10,
due April 1, 1910.
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The Reducine Co., New York, N. Y.
M
Dear Sirs: I used Reducine on a horse I purchased in the Garden Sale
that had naturally curhv hocks. Honestly. I don't think there was any
marked improvement in the size of the enlargements, but as he never went
lame, cannot say what would have happened if I had not used Reducine.
I used Reducine on enlarged tendons on a couple of other horses with the
best' results; also removed the curb from a filly that I was breaking. I be-
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for it. I think the enlargements in the case first alluded to could only be re-
moved with an a.\. Yours truly. DAWSON E. VAN SICKLE.
VAN WERT, OHIO, February 19. 1910.
The Reducine Co., New Ycrk, N. Y.
Gentlemen: I used Reducine. on the hind leg of a race mare which had
been badly hurt. It was filled up a good deal and there was a hard lump
on the outside of her leg just above the pastern joint. I gave the leg two
ten-day courses of treatment. I think it has done the work all right and
has left her leg in perfect shape. Yours, W. B. ODOR.
H. S. ALBERT.
Prnc*tienl Horseshoer, Carriage and Wngoii Rc-pairinpc.
NORTH WASHINGTON, PA., March 3, 1910.
The Reducine Co.
Dear Sirs: My mare Lucille 2:34%, while in training last summer, de-
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made her so very lame I had to retire her from racing about the first of
September. I saw Reducine recommended and used two ten-day treatments
of same. After the first treatment, she was absolutely sound and clean
and has sta>ed sound up to date. Since then I have seen Reducine used on
a three-year-old which was curbed. She is sound to-day.
Respectfully yours,
H. S. ALBERT.
RUSHVILLE, ILLINOIS, March 10, 1910.
The Reducine Co.
Dear Sirs: I used one can of your Reducine on a horse which had both
front legs enlarged, or rather a filling, and mostly on the inside of each leg,
just above the ankle where the wide tendon is so prominent. He has jogged
sound all winter for me and there is onlv a slight bit of filling- on the
inside of one leg and no fever. I believe that he will stand training this
season. Those legs came with him when I got him. Yours truly,
S. E. ARGO, Trainer.
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OTTO A. BEYER.
Sold by druggists, or sent
FOR SALE.
The trotting bred stallion Silver
Prince by Prince Almont '2:13 Vi, he by
Almont Medium 2:18 \\, he by Happv
Medium 400; dam Silver Maid by Silver
Bow: second dam Linnette 2:20 by Lvn-
wood; next dam Lady Bird by Sken-
andoah. Nine years old, solid bay in
color, 16 hands high, weighs 1150
pounds. Stylish, sound and good dis-
position. His colts all have size, style
and speed. Address
C. W. BOURXE, Lyttun Springs, Cal.
COACH STALLION
For Sale or Trade.
Registered, imported French coach
stallion; handsome, stylish, sound, of
good disposition; 17 hands high; weight
about 1400 pounds; beautiful bright
bay, color running back 10 generations
on both "sides without a break; sure,
splendid sire; colts of fine form, color,
style and action. "Will sell or trade for
good work or driving horses. For par-
ticulars and price, address
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GEO. W. IMINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:14^— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2:09M and 4 others
Service Fee: $30.
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
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Hemet. Riverside Co . Cal.
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Saturday, March 26. 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
k FUTURITY WINNER THAT SIRES FUTURITY WINNERS!
BON VOYAGE <m
Reg. No. 39813
As a two-year-old won $9,500
Champion two-year-old stallion and champion two-year-old
money winner of 1904. Ree. 2:15.
As a three-year-old won $11,500
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905. Rec. 2:12%.
THE GREAT YOUNG SIRE OF EARLY SPEED!
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BOX VIVANT (2) 2:16*4
Fastest Two-Year-Old Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Wiuner of Two-Year-OId Trotting;
Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BOXADAY (2) 2:27M:
Winner of Oregon Futnrlty Stake
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26*4
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
BOXALETTE (2) (trial) 2:20*4
JEAX VAL JEAN (2) (trial) 2:2iy2
BOX GUY <2) (trial) 2:24
PHYLLIS WYXX (2) (trial) 2:26V.
LE VOYAGE (2) (trial) 2:20M>
BOX McKIXXEY (1) (trial). M in :35
y2 in 1:15
Out of 20 foals (none over two years
old), 16 were broken to harness, 11 of
which had some training and showed
as above.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%, ■
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Eon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Season of 1910 at the
New Race Track, Monterey Road,
SAN JOSE, CAL.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose, Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
3
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mo - - 2-M14
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27 =
Armon Lou 2 :27J6
Harold B.. p, Mat. - 2:13%
trial - 2:10
Kinney G.. p - - 2:24!i
Debutante (31 trial - 2:19K
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3>, trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
Lolo B. (3). trial - ,2:28
Four Stockings (3), trials 1:07
Princess Lou (2). trial K - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
Will make the Season of 1 91 0 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reluced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
virced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Pffrk, where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead. Hills-
daJe, Cal. For further particulars, address RAY" MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. XICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
GOOD LOOKS-WELL BRED— GAME.
ALL STYLE 47622
By Stam B. 2:11%
Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
eon in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He .is
„\ good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya, was out of that famous old California
/ace mare Mary Lou 2:17. the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07%, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jenny, the dam of three fast and frequent race winners, viz.: Ned "Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15^ and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, GHIGO, Gal.
I, UIIIVU,
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chico, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:l5J
3-y.-o. Record 2:llj
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight &03K; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16K. sire of John A. McKerron 2:01%.
Copa de Oro 2:0134. Tidal Wave 2:06%, Miss Idaho 2:09%. etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona Wilses 2 :03>+ and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trixy by Director 2:17; third dam Mischief Idam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2:17%)
by YoungTuckahoe 2:2S?2, son of Flaxtail : fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffier's Consul (Thor.).
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season.
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05*4 in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sirea Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc.. etc.) ;
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan 13)
2:05%, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%. etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter: third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
( Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mare3 via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Plaaaanton, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:03%
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
P??d»soTe,„s.on °f McKinney 2:11%. greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
i i ? T-'i ?,a,m y"e gre.aL broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13%. sire
T-SSfw?!^ General Vallejo 2:22 hi. Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%.
X??i?J0.oGlrI ZAVAA and Pr»f- Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
»-l«! ™f™£n,2 =am,-^a1nyr-RuSe- .g,";eat nroolmare (dam of Geo. Washington
LJ.I1 •JzZ!,U'nbliS*S-J'1l}' *?y Ethan AIlen Jr. 2993. General J. B. Frisbie is hind-
some, good-gaited. black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
■^ ,,DE>J0™1° -,:}1Vl JS tne sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03 V4. Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Bov ?S07V 9KHeM,'f „7innf J^' Normono (2) 2:14%. and grandsire o! r sSfanS
Boy 2.07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2-20,
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Beftha
n?hS,°?n°°?(,I??r,b/^:l)iJ4' Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diabl. ™09%. and !
Blandlna byHamDleUnfin^O*^ "9' nMt dam EarCina by Bayard 53' next dam
FEE FOR THE SEASON' WO. For a limited number of approved outside mares
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taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & 11 AIM). Suinun. Cal.
Zolock 2:052 - "°
34471.
Terms:
$50.
SrEE OF
McKinney's Fastest Entire Son
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09?4
Delilah 2:06k Velox - - 2:09M
Bystander 2-.07H Boton de Oro 2:10j|
Josephine - - 2:07% McO.D. - - 2:11%
etc., etc.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam. the gTeat brood
mare, Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address, N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Sift1 Nlltwnnfl Wi1l(P«; 7'ln^ sireofCopa de Oro 2:01*4, John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc., and
OIIC, HUlffUUU irillVCS £.IU2, damsof San Francisco 2:07%. Mona Wilkes2:03K. etc.
Dam Palita (7} l'\fi dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of 5; third dam Elaine 2:20,
I/dill, railld \i,J 4.IU, dam of 4. foimh dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:1734. and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volatile in 2:13%. and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Eiectioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
N, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season ^£J¥£g^2gffi&?™M at mr
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
_____ E. P. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
THE STAXDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11J^
Pacing Record 2:06>£
Ey McKinney 2:11%. dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09V>, Adam
a. 2:06J4, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
< Owned by Professor E. P. Henld of San Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
V- J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :06*4.
Alceste 2:071-i. Allerton 'J :09V4. Duke Jay 2 iO-.i3^. Early Bird
2:10. Gitchie Manito 2:09*4. Invader 2:10. Justo (3)2:1034.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02. Allerson
2:0554. Charley Hajt 2:06%, etc.
Dam A!ma Wilkes Idam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:1S, sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33. sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%. by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella.dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, rsuai return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay. dark brown horse. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from anj- other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06 :-_..
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of S and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:08^. the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee $50. for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 26, 1910.
1 3 U. S. R. A. Indoor Records!!
Mr. J. E. Gorman, using Peters .22 Long Rifle Semi-Smokeless Cartridges, on Dec. I, 1909, at Shellmound Pistol and Rifle Range, at 20 yards on Stand-
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471 out of 500
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Athasham
Race Rec. 2:09^.
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, "weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%.
Athasham 2:09^, Sue 2:12, lasterine 2:13% and S
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
TViekersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10%,
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June loth, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam, Martha Frasier bv Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
Wickersham, dam of Nogi 2:10%. Athasham 2:09%, etc., by Whippleton 1SS3; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator S336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson 187. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. His colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturage
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSIXG, Pleasanton, Cal.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08i
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03K-
RAY O* LIGHT 2:OS34 is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Will make bis first stud season after April 1, 1910, at
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
For further particulars address, after April 1st, E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds. Oregon.
Address before April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Santa Cruz. Cal.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19!
By Pamell 5119. Rec. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
2:12% and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of ParnellJr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino Chief 11.
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
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G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta Mac 2:08,
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired bv McKinney 2:11^4, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:0S, by Altoona SS50, sire of 8. son of the great
AJmont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
endoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-3rear-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address W. PARSON'S, 320 Capital St., SalinaH, Cal.
Charley D- 2:06
Sire McKINNEY 2:1134, sire of 22 in 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy. by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 1ST, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will- make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
SIR RODERICK
( "The Handsome. " )
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 163£ hands; solid black; weight 13S0 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a light cob, heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will ffet one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
FEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRUAX, 1126 Park Ave., Alameda, Cal.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20';
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Charley Belden
2:08^4, R. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15Vi. Sonoma
Boy 2:20. Clipper W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27*4, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Xapa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schlev B. 2:13%, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15"*,
Jim V. 2:20. Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22.
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that "we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASOX 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
FEE, S30.
Address LYXWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
GOPA DE 0R0 2:011
GARLOKIN 2:081
Fastest Horse on the Pacific Coast. Registration applied for.
By Nutwood Wilkes 2 iinS.dam Atherine 2 :16^ by Patron 2:1634-
Service Fe» $100. Usual return privilege.
Registered No. 36518. Exhibition mile 2:05%.
By McKinney 2:1134. dam the great broodmare Carlotta Wilkes.
Service Fee $75. Usual return privilege.
The above horses will make Season of 1910 at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles
For further particulars address
Bos 1. W. G. DURFEE, T/mversity Station, Los Angeles, Cal.
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and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private
guarantee of good faith.
STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. GifEord, Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L- Bachant, Fresno
BONNY McKINNEY 41383 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
CARLOKIN 2:08(4 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles
CHARLEY D. 2:06(4 Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
COPA DE ORO 2:01% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles
DEMONIO 2:11(4 Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47870 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05(4 J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOD 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYNWOOD W. 2:20(4. .Lvnwood Stock Co., Santa Rosa
NEAREST McKINNEY 40698.. T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14(4 Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19(4 J- H. Donaldson. Topaz
RAY O' LIGHT 2:0S(4 E. S. Train, Santa Cruz
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax. Alameda
ZOLOCK 2:05(4 N. S. Young, San Jose
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett. Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland. Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
North Y'akima. Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort "Wayne July 4- 8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. S-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
THE SUPREME COURT of California rendered
a decision this week to the effect that it is not
illegal for a person to act as stakeholder for two
parties who may make an oral bet on a horse race,
provided said stakeholder receives no pay or com-
pensation of any kind for his services. This opin-
ion does not invalidate the Otis-Walker law as some
of the newspaper accounts infer, but is simply in
line with all previous decisions in regard to this
law. It has been held by the courts of this State
and of New York that there is nothing illegal in
one person laying a wager with another, provided
neither of the parties makes a business of betting.
The law was not aimed at individual bettors, but at
professional gamblers, and this decision of the Cali-
fornia Supreme Court to the effect that a person
may act as a stakeholder for two parties who make
a bet without committing an illegal act, is nothing
new in law.. The authorities at the Emeryville track
profess to believe, however, that this decision will
permit of a new plan of making wagers on races
that will not be illegal and will restore professional
betting on horse races to the position it occupied
before the Otis-Walker law was passed. Of course
the bookmakers may invent some scheme under
which it will be almost impossible to convict them
under the present law, but betting can never be car-
ried on in the open, public manner in which it was
conducted before the Otis-Walker law was passed.
That law makes professional gambling on contests
a crime and so long as the bookmakers cannot pur-
sue their vocations openly, they will be unable to
get anywhere near the patronage from the public
which they once enjoyed, and being curtailed in
their profits they cannot afford to pay the racing
associations as much for the privilege of booking,
and the associations in turn cannot pay as large
purses. There is no doubt but betting has been done
professionally by the bookmakers every day at
Emeryville since the opening of the racing season,
but being done under cover the play has fallen off
so badly that the bookmakers pay only about half
as much for the privilege as they formerly did, and
the association has in turn abolished many of its
rich stakes and cut down its regular purses so that
they are now only $200. Those who framed the
Otis-Walker law and the majority of those who voted
for it, saw no evil in the simple laying of a wager
on a horse race, but they did see an evil in the
long continued meetings where professional gam-
bling was the main feature, and they tried to curb
it by passing a law framed on the famous New York
law. Like the New York legislators they have seen
the law evaded quite successfully, and like them
they will probably attempt to amend this law so as
to make it more effective. If they would recognize
the right of the people to attend and bet on horse
races to a reasonable extent, they would repeal the
present law and in its place pass one that would
permit betting a few weeks in each year in any
one county. Such a law would greatly benefit the
breeders and all others except the professional
gamblers.
A HIGH CLASS HORSE.
CALIFORNIA'S STATE FAIR promises to draw
the greatest crowd to Sacramento this year that
has ever been seen in the Capital city. The citizens
of Sacramento have raised many thousands of dol-
lars to assist the State Agricultural Society in se-
curing extra attractions for the Fair this year, and
during the week of the fair Sacramento will hold a
great festival to be known as the Dawn of Go'.d,
commemorating the discovery of gold in California
and the "days of '49." The committee will expend
the entire amount to be raised on two special fea-
tures, both of which will continue throughout fair
week and will be the most elaborate of the kind
ever attempted. These features will be "Frontier
Days," and "Flights of the Man-Birds." Wild west
horsemen, Indians, bronco-busters and catt'.e-ropers
from Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona and Colo-
rado will be brought to Sacramento and substantial
prizes will be hung up for exhibition of feats of dar-
ing in approved wild-west style. At least $30,000 will
be spent on this feature and $12,000 of this sum will
be put up for arizes in order to attract the most expert
cowboys in the country. It is proposed to bring to
Sacramento at least half a million people, and the
object of the expenditure of this large sum is the
advertisement of the State Fair throughout the coun-
try, as unique for magnitude, with the ultimate pur-
pose of inducing the legislature to make oppropria-
tions that will give Sacramento and therefore Cali-
fornia the finest State Fair grounds in the world.
Aviators will be brought over from France. At
least two of the best of the French exhibitors will
be brought over with their swift and graceful ma-
chines, and daily flights will be held. Glenn H.
Curtis, the American aviator, will also be brought
here. Handsome prizes will be hung up for record
flights of all kinds.
THE California Harness Horse and Stock
Breeders' Association, which was organized in this
city last month for the purpose of restoring the
district fairs to this State, is meeting with success
everywhere. New members are coming in from all
sections of the State and there is a determination
on the part of the officials and members that the
object for which this association was organized
shall be accomplished. There will be such an or-
ganization, backed by several thousand active mem-
bers, all citizens and taxpayers, that the Legislature
will be willing to listen to its requests and pass
laws that will not only establish district fairs, but
appropriate money for their support. Every person
who becomes a member of this organization before
May 1st will be considered a charter member and
his name will be printed as such in the book contain-
ing the constitution and by-laws which will be pub-
lished about the middle of May.
Nearest McKinney 40698, whose advf-tisement ap
pears in our business columns to-dpy, is one of the
most perfect horses in California so far as looks and
conformation are considered. He is just the rigiit
si^e, (16 hands — 1200 lbs.) very handsome, a beau-
tiful brown and has elegant trotting action. He is
the style of horse that causes everyone to turn and
look at him as he goes by, and when he is speeding
on the track there is no more beautiful sight.
His breeding is very choice. His sire was the
famous McKinney, and his dam is a daughter of the
2:10 sire Nearest, the last named by Nutwood Wilkes
and an own brother to John A. McKerron 2:04%.
The second dam of Nearest McKinney is Fanny
Menlo, dam of Claudius 2:13%, by Menlo 2:21%,
son of Nutwood, the third dam by Anteeo 2:16y2, son
of Electioneer and sire of the dam of Sonoma Girl
2:05%, fourth dam by Geo. M. Patchen. Jr. 2:27.
Here is a combination of the Wilkes, Nutwood and
Electioneer blood, which is now reckoned the best
in the world.
Nearest McKinney trotted a mile in 2:15 and the
last half in 1:04 on a half mile track when a four-
year-old — he is now six. He is in the stud at San
Jose Driving Park at $50 the season. For further
particulars address Mr. T. W. Barstow, San Jose,
Cal., who will be pleased to send a card containing
a tabulated pedigree of this grand young trotting
stallion.
RICH PROGRAM FOR MICHIGAN STATE FAIR.
With the two big race meetings, Detroit will be
very much on the map this season. The Michigan
State Fair has decided to put on a racing program
that will attract the celebrities of the harness turf
and uphold the lofty standard established for De-
troit, by the famous "Blue Ribbon Meetings."
The stake program comprises five events; 2:17-
Trot, $5,000; 2:15-Pace, $5,000; 2:12-Trot, $3,000;
2:06-Pace, $3,000; and four-year-old trot, $2,000.
Conditions have been made very liberal. In case
of plural entries, additional horses pay only one per
cent (one per cent), and the scale of payments is
so arranged that the nominating fees are only one-
half of one per cent. Races are best 3 in 5 with the
5-heat limit. Faster classes will be 2 in 3, and no
purse will be less than $1,000.
The dates are September 19-24, following the New
York State Fair at Syracuse, the Indiana State Fair
at Indianapolis and the Wisconsin State Fair at
Milwaukee, with easy shipments on through trains.
Entries close Tuesday, April- 12, with Albert H.
Moone, Secretary of Races, 502 Bowles Building, De-
troit, Mich.
ORIGIN OF THE TERM "HACKNEY.'
The term "Hackney" was brought into use in
England in the twelfth century by the Normans, who
described as a "hacquenee" the active and useful sad-
dle horse which was ridden by knights and other
men of military rank on the march and at such
times as they did not wear their heavy armor. In
Bain's "Calendar of Documents Relating to Scot-
land" there is a curious and interesting record of
the "horses of the bannerets, knights, esquires and
vallets of the king's household" which were killed
at the battle of Falkirk in the year 1298, the value
of which horses being paid to the owners out of the
public purse. The list of horses killed and paid for
includes a great many hackneys.
It is interesting to trace the change of meaning
which the term hackney has undergone. Sir Walter
Gilbey, in his work on "The Harness Horse," says:
"The hackney being a saddle horse, men who hired
out horses for journeys were called hackney men."
Thus in process of time the name came to signify
a hired horse, and we have evidence that the
"hackney man," or jobmaster, kept an exceedingly
good stamp of animal. The word "hackney" having
come to mean a horse that could be hired, by one of
those curious perversions of language brought about
by popular usage, it was applied to means of con-
veyance other than horses that could be hired, and
thus in 1605 we hear for the first time of "hackney
coaches, and, in 1634, of "hackney" chairs.
"Hackney" and "palfrey" were terms applied to
the same stamp of animal — namely, saddle horses
of the best class ,the only difference — at one period
of history at least — being that the hackney was al-
lowed to retain its natural pace, the trot, while the
palfrey was very generally taught to amble or run,
that gait being the easier to the rider on a long
journey. From very early times the eastern counties
have been famed for the hackneys bred there. Four
hundred years ago Dame Margaret Paston wrote to
her husband: "There be three trotters bought for
you at St. Faith's fair, right fair horses — God save
them — and they be well keeped" (conditioned). It
is thought that Norfolk, Suffolk and Yorkshire
owe something of the merit of their trotting horses
to early importations of Norwegian stock by the
Danes. Mr. Euren says the fact that the trotting
horse was in the eighteenth century found most
plentifully in those districts of the kingdom where
Danish settlers had left indelible marks of occu-
pation and habitation, warrants the assumption that
to Norse horse stock they in great measure owe
their characteristic action." — London Live Stock
Journal.
Carrie B. 2:18, dam of Ray o'Light 2:08% was
bred to Bon Voyage on March 24th this year.
Mollie Markheim, full sister to Ottinger 2:09?
has been sent to the court of Bon Voyage this year.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 2, 1910.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Fast Time Made at the Final Matinee by a Daughter
of McKinney.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 29, 1910.
The rain put a quietus on any fast work at Agri-
cultural Park for the last two or three days, hut
the storm held off long enough for the Los Angeles
Driving Club to hold their last matinee over the
old track.
There was a fair attendance, 600 or 800 people,
considering the cold and threatening weather. The
races were a decided improvement on the previous
matinee, both in the number of entries and in the
quality of the racing. The feature of the afternoon's
sport was Will Durfee's trip against the watch with
the green pacer Leonora McKinney, that in spite
of a cold wind and not a fast track turned the track
in 2:08%, finishing good and strong.
The chestnut mare, Julia Clay, owned by Wm.
Nesmith, but driven by the veteran, I. C. Mosher,
won her first race, though she has been a starter
a number of times, taking the last two heats in 2:24
each, ■ after Christopher's mare, Direct Maid, cap-
turing the first in 2:29%, piloted by C. T. Hewitt.
Summaries.
Trotting, green horses:
Jules Clay, ch. m. (Mosher) 2 1 1
Direct Maid, b. m. (Hewitt) 1 2 3
Bonnie Ted, b. h. (Thomas) 3 3 2
Time. 2:29%; 2:24; 2:24. '
Trotting, special class:
Caruca, b. m. (Durf ee) 1 2 1
Leonora M., b. m. (Moorehead) 2 1 2
Time, 2:21%; 2:23; 2:21.
Trotting, special class:
Steve Bailey, ch. g. (Mosher) 1 1
Col. Ma, blk. g. (McLellan) 2 2
My Dream, scratched.
Time, 2:15%; 2:16%.
Pacing, 2:25 class:
John W., b. h. (Anderson) 1 1
Tabasco Sauce, br. m. (Maben) 2 2
Major Giflord, g. g. (Prescott) 3 3
Auctioneer, b. g. (Watkins) 4 4
Time, 2:24; 2:24.
Exhibition pace:
Rancho del Paso (Hewitt); time, 2:16.
Running, quarter-mile: Cow Boy (Hogan) won;
Joe (McLellan) second; time, 0:24.
Exhibition pace to beat 2:10; Leonora McKinney
(Durfee) won; time, 2:08%.
This at last winds up racing over the old track
that has seen Sweet Marie get her preparatory
work and the sensational mile of 2:07 that Sonoma
Girl negotiated on that memorable Xmas Day four
years ago. Notices are now being posted on the
grandstand and stables that bids for wrecking the
present buildings will be received on April 4th, so
it is fair to presume that work will be begun on the
grounds by the middle of the mcnth. As soon as
operations are started or definitely decided upon
the horses will all be removed out to Santa Anita,
arrangements having been made by President Can-
field to occupy that plant till the new track and
stablings are completed. As it is a long, long
"drill" from Agricultural Park to Arcadia, the
trainers will probably engage a number of cars on
the Southern Pacific and ship together, as the ex-
pense would be small and would avoid getting a
bunch of colts through the streets of Los Angeles.
Jos. H. Vance seems to have a mighty good pros-
pect in his stable now, in the green six-year-old by
Stanton Wilkes. He is credited with a mile over the
half-mile track at Hemet, where he is owned, in
2:20, with little or no work,. Even since his ar-
rival here, a couple of weeks ago, Vance has stepped
him quarters in 33 seconds, and an eighth in 16
seconds. He is a nice rangy upheaded chestnut
gelding that was not broken to harness till a four-
year-old. He is a good square-going trotter and
may turn out to be another Kid Wilkes, though he is
not so high-strung.
J. S. Stewart had the bad luck Sunday morning
to lose his very promising yearling filly by Mc-
Kenna from distemper. She had been desperately
sick for two weeks, but seemed on the mend toward
the last, but notwithstanding the most careful nur-
sing both night and day by her attendants she
finally succumbed to the disease. His other colt,
the very fast two-year-old pacer by Zolock, who was
also sick with the same thing, is now out of the
woods and will come all right in time. The little
suckling filly out of Easter D., owned by the same
trainer, is down with distemper but has not got it
very badly.
W. A. Glascock's bay two-year-old trotting filly,
Del Murray, by Murray M., has also contracted the
same trouble, but she has it lightly so far, though
enough to set her back in her training for her stake
engagements. She had just shown a quarter in 35
seconds be! ere she was taken ill.
The sensation of last week was the mile, or rather
the finish of the mile that Glascock's two-year-old
pacer, Atlantic Fleet by Murray M., stepped. Jas.
S. Stewart, his trainer, worked him in company
with another horse and he tramped the mile in
2:23 and came the last quarter in 31% seconds.
He is a strong, rugged easy-going fellow, and cer-
tainly looks now like a dangerous competitor in the
two-year-old pacing division of the stakes he is en-
tered ii .
Charies Chick is at work on a big bay colt that he
picked up somewhere that is beginning to act like a
Lough trotter, not only in the clip he shows
but the way he does it. Chick seems to have a
faculty for getting hold of this kind.
Joseph H. Williams has altered his Audubon Boy
1:59% colt, as he was getting too much of a handful
to train or take care of with any kind of comfort,
and when he gets back to work he undoubtedly will
develop soeed fast, for he has always had plenty
of it.
Mrs. C. S. Hasting has already begun wrecking
her private stalls in Agricultural Park, as she only
used them as cooling out stalls when her horses
were being worked out, as she has her own barn,
the home of Judge Dillon, within a block of the
park.
W. A. Clark Jr. leaves tomorrow for New York,
and from there for a trip to Europe, not returning
till the fall, so that he won't have the pleasure of
seeing his Bon Voyage colts fill their stake engage-
ments here or in the East. He was delighted with
the way they started off the campaign, however, at
San Jose on St Patrick's Day.
JAMES.
BIG STAKES TO RACE FOR.
PRINCE McKINNEY 2:29i/4.
Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Detroit and Cleveland,
the "big four" of the Great Western circuit, and also
of the Grand circuit, have announced their early
closing stakes and the list certainly gives horsemen
a chance for big money never before offered so early
in the season.
First on the list is Grand Rapids, Mich., July 19
to 23, which this year will be managed by the Chi-
cago journalist horseman, H. J. Kline. Their early
closing events include a $10,000 purse for 2:12 trot-
ters; a $5,000 purse for 2:06 pacers and $2,000 each
for 2:20 trotters and 2:14 pacers. Entries to these
events closed March 31.
Kalamazoo follows Grand Rapids and the events
and classes decided upon for the meeting at the
Celery City are:
The Paper Mills purse for 2:11 trotters, $10,000;
the United Railway purse for 2:15 trotters, $3,000;
the Kalamazoo Evening Te'egraph purse for 2:09
trotters, $2,000; the Rickman Hotel purse for 2:13
pacers, $5,000; the Columbia Hotel purse for 2:16
pacers, $2,000; the American Hotel purse for 2:06
pacers, $2,000. Secretary W. P. Engleman states
that the late closing purses will also be $1,500 or
$2,000 each.
From Detroit comes the regular announcement of
the great blue ribbon meeting, August 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5, and the classic Merchants and Manufacturers'
$10,000 stake for 2:24 trotters is opened under the
usual conditions. Next is the Chamber of Com-
merce 2:13 pace for $5,000, and the third renewal
of the 2:11 trot, worth $3,000. An added and novel
feature is a four-year-old trotting event for $3,000
and in addition to these will be the Horseman
Futurity, worth $15,000.
For the second week in August, Cleveland an-
nounces the following classes, together with their
value: Trotting — The Ohio, 2:14 class, $5,000; the
Fasig, 2:10 class, $2,000, and the Tavern, 2:16 class,
$3,000. Pacing— The Edwards, 2:12, $3,000, and the
Forest City, 2:08, $2,000. All but the Tavern are
to be raced on the three-heat plan, it being a three-
in-five affair. The Tavern is governed by novel con-
ditions, which are as follows:
Open to any trotter eligible to the 2:16 class, re-
gardless of ownership, or whether trained in the
same stable. ( Amateur matinee records not con-
sidered.) All horses must be driven by amateurs
(an amateur to be a man who has never accepted
wages or hired as trainer or driver). All drivers
must wear silk jackets and caps. The race will be
mile heats, best three in five to harness (sulky).
WILL DRIVE HIS OWN MARE.
Baroness Virginia 2:08%, winner of the six-heat
race for the Kentucky Futurity, at Lexington last
season, will have an amateur trainer this year.
General Brayton Ives, who owns her, says that his
trotters have had so many misfortunes in the hands
of professional drivers that he is going to train and
drive Baroness Virginia himself. General Ives was
a noted amateur athlete in his college days, and he
believes that a man who can condition and train
himself for a boat race can fit a trotter to go mile
heats. When he owned Monte Carlo, 2:07%, he
trained him and drove him in 2:08 in a race to
wagon at the Empire track, beating Swift, 2:07, in
one of the best races of his career. Whether
Baroness Virginia will start in any races to wagon
or to sulky has not been decided, her owner says,
but if she starts General Ives will drive her.
A STATUE OF NANCY HANKS.
John E. Madden has placed an order with Chas.
Cary Rumsey, a noted sculptor of New York, for a
model of a statue of Nancy Hanks, 2:04, that will
be erected in an equine graveyard that Madden will
establish at Hamburg Place and later deed the
plot to the city of Lexington and provide a main-
tenance fund for its preservation for years to come.
The noted mares Hamburg Belle 2:01%, Imp, Ida
Pickwick and others that have died will be buried
in a semicircle, but for the former champion trot-
ter has been reserved the place of honor when she
passes away.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
A son of McKinney that won the Pacific Breeders'
Futurity as a two-year-old and got third money out
of the same stake as a three-year-old, is Prince Mc-
Kinney, a well-bred and strcng going trotter, which,
with one of his get, is pictured on the front page
of the Breeder and Sportsman this week. Here is
a young horse that has had absolutely no oppor-
tunity in the stud thus far, but one whose breeding,
conformation, natural speed and other qualifications
should bring him a liberal patronage in the stud.
The well-known trainer, Charles James, proprietor
of the McKinney Stales on Thirty-sixfh avenue, near
Fulton street, in this city, is managing Prince Mc-
Kinney this year and will stand him for public ser-
vice at his stables. Several highly-bred mares
owned in San Francisco have already been booked
to this horse and city owners who have mares to
breed should not neglect this opportunity to mate
tbem with one of the very best-bred sons of Mc-
Kinney remaining in California. The opportunity of
breeding a mare this spring without sending her
to the country or losing the use of her on the road
should appeal to many city owners.
Prince McKinney is by McKinney 2:11%, the
greatest of all speed sires, and is out of Zorilla, a
daughter of Dexter Prince, one of the most success-
ful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Farm. Zorilla
was bred at that famous farm, her dam being Lilly
Thorn by the great Electioneer, and her second dam
Lady Thorn Jr., dam of that good racehorse Santa
Claus 2:17% that sired Sidney, grandsire of the
world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
As a two-year-old Prince McKinney won the
Pacific Breeders' Trotting Futurity, but did not have
to trot faster than 2:33% to win. In the three-year-
old division of the same stake the following year
he took third money, the race going to five heats
and Prince McKinney being a close second in the
fourth and fifth heats, showing his gameness. He
took his record of 2:29% as a two-year-old at
Fresno.
Prince McKinney is a dark bay or brown horse,
standing 16 hands and weighing 1150 or more
pounds. He has grand bone, a rugged constitution
and fine trotting acticn. Several of the best horse-
men in California have advised his owrner to train
him for the races on the Grand Circuit, predicting
that he will trot in 2:10 or better if given regular
training. He was foaled in 1903, consequently is
now but seven years o'd, and has had no opportuni-
ties in the stud. Mr. Gommet, his owner, bred him
to a few of his own mares, and the horse proved a
very sure sire. The two-year-o'd filly shown- on
the front page of this issue shows what sort of a
sire Prince McKinney promises to be. This filly
is now in Charles James' charge, and although only
a baby and but just fairly broken has trotted a
quarter in 35 seconds and handily at that. She is
one of the most promising young trotters in Cali-
fornia, having perfect action and being a filly of
fine finish and handsome proportions, is very much
admired and highly thought of. She is out of Ara-
wanna B. by Sidney Dillon.
Mr. James, since becoming the proprietor of the
McKinney Stables on Thirty-sixth avenue, has made
many improvements, and this is now one of the
best appointed stab'es in San Francisco. He has
at present twelve horses stabled, the property of dif-
ferent gentlemen.
He recently received from Mr. Lewis Pierce, of
Suisun, that gentleman's good trotter, Diablo Mac
2:21%, sen of Diablo 2:09% and Hazel Mac by
Director. This horse was campaigned in the Mis-
sissippi Valley in 1908 by Chas. DeRyder and won
several good races. Mr. Pierce, who expects to take
an active part in the amateur game this year will
drive Diablo Mac in the matinees at Golden Gate
Park.
Another good matinee trotter in the James string
is the handsome mare Reina Directum by Rey Direct
out of Stemwinder, the dam of Directum 2:05%.
She is owned by Mr. S. Christenson, and is one of
the handsomest pieces of horseflesh in California,
besides being a grand trotter and a frequent cup
winner at the matinees. She was quite lame last
vear, but Mr. James reports that her legs are in fine
shape now and look to be all right for the season.
This mare will trot in 2:10 some day when every-
thing is favorable. Reina Directum is a general
favorite with everybody, her disposition being abso-
lutely perfect and her track manners the same. Mr.
Christenson also owns a five-year-old by Stam B.
2:11% that is very promising.
Others in Mr. James' stable are a three-year-old
by Zolock. a five-year-old by Bonnie Direct 2:05%,
out of a Steinway mare that is owned by Dr. Cole-
stock of Pleasanton, and a four-year-old pacer by
Cupid 2:18 dam by Aptos Wilkes that is the prop-
erty of Mr. McCarty.
One of the favorites of the McKinney Stables is
a two weeks' old filly by Prince McKinney out of
Arrawanah B. by Sidney Dillon. This little miss is
a handsome youngster and is petted by everybody.
Those contemplating having their horses put in
shape for the season of matinee racing will find
that by intrusting them to Charles James they will
get the very best value for their money, as his
horses are all carefully attended to, worked regu-
larly and fed the best there is in the hay and grain
market. McKinney Stables are just opposite the
entrance to Golden Gate Park that leads directly
to the Stadium track, thus being very convenient
for those who drive over this excellent oval.
Saturday, April 2, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
141 IN STAKE NO. 9.
Fourth Payments Made on Many Yearlings in Pacific
Breeder's Futurity.
Fourth, payments of $10 fell due on March 2nd,
1910, on the yearlings entered in Pacific Breeder's
Futurity for foals of 1909. This stake has a guar-
anteed value of $7250 and the money is to be raced
for by the two-year-olds in 1911 and the three-year-
olds in 1912. That a large proportion of the owners
who made original entry in the stake are still inter-
ested is shown by the fact that fourth payments
were made March 2nd, on 141 of these yearlings as
follows:
Frank E. Alley's ch. c. Michael Angelo by Sonoma
Boy, dam Angelina Boswell by Hart Boswell; br.
c Minnehaha by Sonoma Boy. dam Gussie J. W.
by Jud Wilkes; ch. c. King Dixon by Sonoma
Boy, dam Ruby D. by Sam Ford.
J. E Ayer's br. c. by Palite, dam Maud by Diablo.
H E Armstrong's bl. c. Wahkiakum Patch en by Ore-
gon Patch, dam Jessie M. by Del Norte.
L. E. Barber's bl. f. Clara Louise by Alconda Jay, dam
Pink Tea by Monterey.
W. H. Beasore's br. c. Lucky Tom by Tom Smith, dam
Dolly by Junio.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bonhlio's b. f. by Copa de Oro, dam
Vela McKinney by McKinney; b. f. by Del Coro-
nado, dam Beatrice Zombro by Zombro.
Thos H Brents' ch. c. Norlock by Zolock, dam Mattie
Norte by Del Norte; bl. f. Ebonine by Zolock, dam
Miladi B. by Chehalis.
T. W. Brodnax's b. f. Sweet Chimes by Strathway, dam
Mary Chimes by Chimes.
Alex Brown's rn f. by Prince Ansel, dam Serpolo by
Mendocino; b. f. by Prince Ansel, dam Bonnie
Derby by Chas. Derby; b. f. by Prince Ansel, dam
Everette by Nephew; b. f. by Prince Ansel, dam
Josie D. by Nutwood Wilkes; br. c. by Nushagak,
dam Nosegay by Langton.
Harry D Brown's b. f. by Alconda Jay, dam Helen
Keys bv Sidney Dillon; b. c. Cole Pointer by Star
Pointer, dam Grace Cole by Nutwood Wilkes.
Dr. D. Bruce's b. c. Sir Valentine by Athasham. dam
Beauty N. by Nushagak.
Frank H Burke's f. by Birdman, dam Wanda by Eros;
i by The Limit, dam Grace Kaiser by Kaiser; f.
by Constructor, dam Lady Belle Isle by Eros.
H Busing's b. c. Bonnie Hal by Bonnie Searchlight,
dam Sweet Hallie by American Hal.
S Brolliar's b or br. c. Buster Brown by Star Pointer,
dam Nellie by Dyerwood. .
F. Barnett's br. c. Manrico by Moko, dam baluvian by
Mrs s' V 'Barstow's br. f. Belle Ammen by Nearest
McKinnev, dam Aunt Joe by Iran Alto.
J. N. Blair's b. c. Happy Jack by Demomo, dam Louisa
by Welcome. _, ,, „. ,
Jas. Campbell's foal by On Stanley, dam Nelly Bly by
J. M. Cl°ark?s b. f. Ruby C. by Palo King, dam Diorine
by Diablo; b. c. Ora C. by Dia Rose, dam Bird
Falrose by Falrose.
Cornell Bros', foal by Light Rose, dam Pet Junior by
A. W. Cowell's b. f. Bonnie Pointer by Star Pointer,
dam Bonnie W. by Delphi. .
S. H Cowell's foal by Lynwood W., dam Charmion by
Nutwood Wilkes.
J. Harris Cox's br. f. Queenle R- by Birdman, dam
Nellie L. by Alexis. T g.lu ,
A. G. Dahl's br. c. Zomjud by Zombro, dam Judith by
William Harold.
E D. Dudley's ch. c. Enchilada by Palite, dam Pap-
rika by Oro Belmont; b. c. Leonid by Aerolite, dam
Lorna Doone by Bayswater Wilkes.
E R Dunn's b. f. Abbie D. by The Limit, dam Bonner
Bell by Bonner N. B.
W. G. Durfee's b. c. by Carlokm, dam Lady H. by Del
Coronado.
H. H. Elliott's b. f Search Way by Wayland W., dam
Pitiless by Searchlight. ^
W. B. Evans' b. c. Alta Nola by Enolo, dam Maebe
bv Del Coronado. ,, w.
J. L. Field's bl. f. San Jose Belle by Nearest McKin-
nev, dam Cammaneer by Nearest.
A. Morris Fosdick's b. f. Lulu Kinney by Kinney Lou,
dam Athena by Dexter Prince.
A. R. Fraser's foal by Del Coronado, dam Rose of Peru
by Charleston. m „ .ii
J. B. Finchaboy's b. f. Jersey Smith by Tom Smith,
dam Miss French by Teheran.
Morris Friedberger's b. f. Beauty Pointer by Star
Pointer, dam Black Beauty.
Robert Garside's bl. c. Chanate by Alconda Jay, dam
Dora Mac by McKinney.
J. A. Garver's b. c. Best Nut by Best Policy, dam Four
Oaks by Nutwood Wilkes; b. c. Best McKinney by
Best Policy, dam Queen by Zombro; b. c. Best
Wav by Best Policy, dam Sissy Way by Stoneway.
T. S. Glide's foal by Greco B., dam Eva by Nutwood
Wilkes; foal by Greco B., dam Josephine by Nut-
wood Wilkes; foal by Greco B., dam Fannie G.,
by Nutwood Wilkes; foal by Greco B., dam Babe
by James Madison.
A. J. Gillett's b. c. Wright McKinney by Ed. McKin-
ney, dam Floracita by Red Cloak.
W. S. Harkey's b. f. Aeroletta by Aerolite, dam Devil-
etta by Diablo.
E. P. Heald's foal by Tom Smith, dam by Owyhee;
foal by Tom Smith, dam Nona Washington by Geo.
Washington.
H. H. Helman's bl. c. by Alconda Jay, dam Ada Mc-
Kinney by McKinney.
Willie Henry's b. f. Dixon Lassie by Diablo, dam
Sofala by Falrose.
J. L. Hodapp's br. f. Queen Demonio by Demomo, dam
Belle D. by Chestnut Tom.
John Hogan's br. f. Valentine Lou by Kinney Lou,
dam Sally M. by Rinaldo; ch. f. Ruby Mc by Dia-
mond Mac, dam Babe by Count Lionel.
H. S. Hogoboom's b. f. Busy Body by Iran Alto, dam
Diawalda by Diablo; foal by Iran Alto, dam OUIe
Mac bv McKinney.
F. H. Holloway's br. c. Hemet by Geo. W. McKinney.
dam Lady Zombro by Zombro; ch. c. Chestnut Lou
by Kinney Lou, dam Louise Carter by Chestnut
Tom; br. f. Helen A. R. by Lord Alwin, dam Mora
Mac by McKinney.
W. A. Hunter's b. f. Alice Dean by Prince Ansel, dam
Laiv B. by Stephen A.
Lewis Humphrey's b. c. Dude H. by Strathway. dam
Ladv by Billy Hayward.
Bert Helman's b. c. by Alconda Jay, dam by Mc-
Kinney.
J. B. Iverson's s. c. Salinas Star by Nutwood Wilkes,
dam Ivoneer by Eugeneer; br. c. Alcon Jay by
Alconda Jay, dam Amy I. by Diablo; b. f. Belle
Neer by Eugeneer, dam Die tat us Belle by Dic-
tatus.
Henry Imhof's ch. c. Prince Malone by Kinney Lou,
dam Princess Bessum by Egyptian Prince.
E. P. Iverson's ch. f. Ann Lisbeth by Highland C, dam
Queen Karen by Nutwood Wilkes.
Anton Jacobs' b. c. Atha G. by Athasham, dam Topsy
G. by Dexterwood.
M C Keefer's b. c. Lou Kinney by Kinney Lou, dam
Trueheart by Nearest; b. c. McAnsel by Prince
Ansel, dam Annie McKinney by McKinney.
J. C. Kirkpatrick's foal by Star Pointer, dam Flewy-
Flewy by Memo.
Mrs. Emily D. Knott's b. c. Ireneito by McKena, dam
Irene by Nutwood Wilkes.
William Leech's b. f. Agnes Pointer by Star Pointer,
dam Hiawatha by Baron Bretto.
A. W. Longley's br. c. Starina by Star Pointer, dam
Friskarina by Bayswater Wilkes; b. f. by De-
monio, dam Minerva by Guy Wilkes; b. c. by De-
monio, dam Hannah by Le Grand.
D. Lynn's b. c. Delzin by El Tesoro, dam Azina by
Azmoor.
W. S. Maben's foal by Walter Barker, dam Dixie W.
by Zolock; foal by El Volante, dam Sue by Atha-
don; foal by El Volante, dam Cleo by Conifer.
Chas. Main's b. c. St. Patrick by Del Coronado, dam
Kate Hamilton by Gen'l Hamilton.
Frank Malcolm's rn. i. Miss Bodaker by Bodakar, dam
by Athablo.
Chas. M. McCarthy's foal by Nutwood Wilkes, dam
School Belle by Prodigal.
H. C. McKay's b. g. Jack McKinney by Tom Smith,
dam Angelica by Day Break.
J. H. McKowen's b. f. Zoloteno by Zolock, dam Alteno
by Oneco.
Ray Mead's b. f. Bon Bonita by Bon Voyage, dam
Carrie B. by Alex. Button.
Carey Montgomery's b. c. by Lynwood W., dam Lady
Caretta by Nutwood Wilkes.
J. E. Montgomery's b. c. Logan Pointer by Star
Pointer, dam Effie Logan by Durfee.
William Morgan's b. f. Luna by Direcho, dam Una K.
by McKinney; b. f. May by Limonero, dam Sona
by McKinney.
A. B. Miller's b. c. Del Alto by Del Coronado, dam A.
Zeta by Dick T.; b. c. Dr. R. by On Stanley, dam
Belle Ray mo n by Raymon; bl. c. Del Corona by
Del Coronado, dam Gypsie Maid bv Menelaus; b. c.
Alex. W. by Oh So, dam Lillian Wellborn by St.
Vincent.
Mastin & Kerr's s. f. Queen Ansel bv Prince Ansel,
dam Nuvola by Nushagak.
I. C. Mosher's br. f. Fostena Todd by Baronteer Todd,
dam Zolahka by Zolock.
Dana Perkins' ch. c. Golden State by Stam B., dam
Zaya by Bay Bird; b. c. by Stam B., dam Princess
Eulalie by Tom Benton.
G. L. Pugh's br. c. Ardonda by R. Ambush, dam Birdie
Wood by Nutwood II.
C. C. Prices s. f. Fruita Girl by Hal McKinney, dam
Miss Williams by Williams.
Dr. H. O. Ramsey's b. c. St. Patrick by Bon Voyage,
dam Rosie O'Moore by Sidmore.
James W. Rea's b. f. Miss Aito Weller by Iran Alto,
dam Mrs. Weller by McKinney.
W. Herbert Samson's s. c. Corning Boy bv Herbert
Dillon, dam Electa bv Escort.
J. W. Storm's bl. c. Safety by Highland C, dam Nora
D. by Del Sur.
Henry Struve's b. f. Princess Jay by Alconda Jav,
dam Princess by Eugeneer.
John Suglian's bl. c. Booster McKinney by Tom Smith,
dam Foxey by Valentine Boodle.
H. G. Smith's ch. c. by Demonio, dam Nellie T. by
Dawn.
T. D. Sexton's ch. f. Dreamona by Demonio, dam Olita
by Bradtmoor.
Jas. Shera's bl. c. Kenneth Vane by Strathwav, dam
Babe by Black Diamond.
A. L. Scott's b. f. Louise by Nutwood Wilkes, dam
Cora by Ira.
L. H. Todhunter's f. by Almaden, dam The Silver Bell
by Silver Bow; foal by Almaden, dam Loma B.
by Stam B.; foal by Almaden, dam Zomitella by
Zombro; foal by Gerald G., dam Gladys bv Duden.
Dr. I. L. Tucker's b. f. Babe Russell by Dick Russell,
dam Babe T. by Rajah.
W. E. Tuttle's foal by Stam B„ dam Lula McAlto by
Mendocino.
J. Twohig's b. f. Katherine R. by Lord Alwin, dam
Melba by Nutwood Wilkes.
J. H. Torrey's br. c. Joe Todd by Baronteer Todd, dam
Bessie T. by Zombro.
C. J. Uhl's b. f. by Demonio, dam Rose Bud bv Fallis.
Valencia Stock Farm's b. c. by Copper King, "dam La
Belle H. by Derby Heir.
Horace M. Vance's b. f. Our Girl by Tom Smith, clam
Janice by Sidmoor.
Geo. L Warlow's br. c. Kinneysnam by Stanford Mc-
Kinney, dam Cora Wickersham by Junio; b. c.
Soison by Athasham, dam Soisette by Guv Mc-
Kinney.
Geo. W. Whitman's b. f. Starry by Star Pointer, dam
Violet by Abbotsford, Jr.; br. f. Oma Jay by Al-
conda Jay, dam Nushoma by Nushagak.
Capt. C. H. Williams' bl. f. by Unimak, dam Miss Mas-
cot by Iran Alto; b. c. by Unimak, dam Ellita by
Nutwood Wilkes.
T. D. Witherly's br. c. Valentine by T. D. W., dam
Jetta Richmond by Soudan.
F. E. Wright's b. c. Jas. H. Donnelly by Dijero, dam
Pearl Sinclair by Hanford Medium.
S. B. Wright's b. c. Larry W. by Larry Kinney, dam
Ziska by Zolock.
Zibbell & Son's foal by Tom Smith, dam Kate Lumry
by Shadeland Onward.
MILLARD SANDERS STRING.
THE FIRST FOAL BY CHARLIE D. 2:06'4.
The first foal sired by Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick's
McKinney stallion Charlie D. 2:06%, made its ap-
pearance at Ruby Hill on Easter Sunday as the fol-
lowing letter shows:
Ruby Hill Vineyard,
Pleasanton, Cal., 3-27-10.
Mr. J. C. Kirkpatrick, San Francisco, Cal. Dear
Sir: — To greet me on Easter morn was a fine large,
strong bay filly, dam a full sister to C. The Limit,
and sire, Charlie D. This filly I could not ask to be
changed in any way, not a white hair on her, and so
well proportioned.
My best wishes for Charlie D. to be a grand sire;
we know him to be a great race horse.
Yours truly,
C. L. CRELLIN.
The above shows that another grandly bred filly
has arrived in California. As many of our readers
know the mother of this filly is by Searchlight 2:03%,
out of Bertha, dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Derbertha
2:07%, Owyho 2:07% and Diablo 2:09%, by Alcan-
tara. Charlie D. is by McKinney 2:11%, dam Flewy
Flewy by Memo, a son of Sidney.
Andy McDowell, who has been wintering at Phila-
delphia, Pa., will be out with five head this year, as
follows: Bell Orator, b. g. 2:18%, by Oratorio
2:13%; Heutchell, br. c. (2), by Walnut Hall, dam by
AUie Wilkes; Dewey, br. c. (2), by Admiral Dewey
2:04%; Mabel M., b. m. 2:19%, by Wellahead, and
Belle Shevelin, b. m. (5), by Insanity, dam Omelta,
dam of Good Goods 2:09%.
Millard Sanders now has eighteen head in his
stable, and ten or more will soon be added. He has
three record horses, all trotters — My Gift, 2:26%,
that was a mile last year in 2:10%; Safeguard 2:11%.
champion four-year-old trotting gelding of 1909, and
Jeremiah 2:15%; another very consistent trotter that
has been campaigned with much success through the
West.
The others in his stable are mostly green prospects
which he will train and try out for their owners.
Among them is Lottstone, a two-year-old full brother
to Safeguard; Earlson, a two-year-old colt by The
Earl 2:17, dam Actuary, by Nutwood; Wiggetta, by
Wiggins 2:19%, dam by Alcantara, that rapid-going
trotter trained by Sanders last year; Kentucky Belle,
a four-year-old trotter by Peter the Great 2:07%,
that was a mile last year as a three-year-old in
2:08%; a green five-year-old trotting mare by Del
Sur, out of Wedding Bells, by Bow Bells; J. Quito,
a three-year-old colt by Jay McGregor, 2:07%, dam
by The Tramp, that was raced some as a two-year-
old last year and only beaten a head in a race in
2:26; Shelby Dillon, a four-year-old colt by Sidney
Dillon, dam by Rex Americus 2:14%, a good-going
trotter that showed a mile over a half-mile track in
2:27; New Moon, a three-year-old colt by The
Patchen Boy 2:10%; Dandy Dillon, a four-year-old
green pacer by Sidney Dillon; Jack Custer, a very
promising two-year-old by Ed Custer, (3) 2:12%, dam
by Bourbon Wilkes; two two-year-olds, a colt and
filly by Warner's Volunteer.
The three-year-old colt Baron Todd, by Todd
2:14%, out of a Baron Wilkes mare, which is also
a member of Sanders' string, is one of the very best
three-year-old Todds in training. He is a stout-made
colt of splendid conformation and substance, eligible
to $72,000 worth of stakes, and will undoubtedly be
one of the three-year-olds of the year that will have
to be reckoned with in the futurities.
The Maywood Stock Farm prospects, Fleta Dillon
(2) 2:08%, champion two-year-old pacing filly; Mar-
tha Dillon 2:10y2; Ida Dillon 2:27%; Emma Dillon
2:29%; Dorothy Dillon 2:26%, and several young-
sters, two and three-year-olds, will be added to the
Sanders stable in a few days. — Western Horseman.
MICHIGAN STATE FAIR.
Detroit has always been a favorite racing ground
with the horseman and the opportunity to make
two trips there this year is proving alluring, es-
pecially when the second meeting promises such
strong purse attractions. For the State Fair Sept.
19-24 the following programme of early closing events
is announced:
2 : 17 Trot $5,000.
2:15 Pace 5,000.
2:12 Trot 3,000.
2:06 Pace 3,000..
4-year-old Trot 2,000.
Liberal conditions permit additional horses to be
named for only one per cent after the first entry
Emd early payments have been made very low — one
per cent or less. Special interest attaches to the
endeavor to provide races for four-year-olds in both
Detroit meetings. The Fair grounds comprise one of
the best equipped racing plants in the country and
this meeting comes in a circuit of big Fairs the week
following Syracuse, Indiana and Milwaukee. Entries
close Tuesday, April 12, with Albert H. Moone, Sec-
retary of Races, 502 Bowles Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
H. A. C, Santa Rosa.— St. Just 4780 was a bay
stallion foaled 1881, sired by Electioneer, dam Fe-
delia by Volunteer. He has sired 6 trotters and 2
pacers that have taken standard records, and has
3 producing sons and three producing daughters.
We cannot find a stallion registered as St. Eric,
but believe there was such a horse brought to the
Alameda track about ten years ago by the late Dr.
Latham. If our memory is not wrong this horse
was by St. Just, but we do not remember how he
was bred on his dam's side.
L. L. Parker, Bishop, Cal. — Lone Fisherman is by
imported Candlemas, dam imported Evangeline by
Sir Bevys.
W. S. Killarney, Ukiah. — Alto Down is not regis-
tered. There is no penalty for advertising a stal-
lion as standard that is not standard in this State
at the present time but an effort will be made to have
the next Legislature pass a law that will make such
misrepresentation a misdemeanor.
-o
Andy Welch, the owner of the Charter Oak and
Readville trotting tracks, has made some poor invest-
ments in horseflesh but they did not make him sour
on the game. He once sent Directress by Director
to be bred to Arion 2:07% when that stallion's ser-
vice fee was $2500, and not long after when prices
had gone "down to nothing," sold mare and foal
for $600. The foal is Fanella 2:13, dam of Sadie
Mac 2:06%, Todd 2:14%, etc.
At the close of the London Shire Horse Show a
consignment of 157 Shire mares and fillies was sold
at auction. The highest price was $2,860 for a two-
year-old and the average for the entire lot was $518.
Such prices as these for so large an offering show
the active trade in horses in England.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 2, 1910.
NOTES AND NEWS
Pleasanton will probably be among tbe towns tbat
will bid for tbe Breeders' meeting tbis year.
A catalogue of Hamburg Place, addressed to Sam-
uel Gamble, bas been received at tbis office.
Tbe American Horse Breeder received very close
to 2000 nominations in its futurity wrhich closed last
month.
Ed Geers got out on crutches last week for tbe
first time since his accident. He hopes to be in the
sulky by May 1st.
The Rocklin Driving Club will hold races on Sun-
day, May 1st. There will be several harness events
and two or three running races.
$31,000 in early closing events has been bung up
by the Columbus, Ohio, Driving Association. Read
the advertisement in this issue.
The Hoster-Columbus Breweries purse for 2:16
class trotters is worth $10,000. Entries close April
20th. See the advertisement for conditions.
Among the choice mares that have been bred to
Bon Voyage this year is James W. Marshall's Made-
line by Demonio, dam Manrie Comet by Nutwood.
More money bas been hung up for harness racing
in the east than ever before. It promises to be
the greatest year in the history of the American
trotter.
Gil Curry went east last Monday with Mr. R. J.
McKenzie's three horses, Joe McGregor 2:21%, Pan-
dora B. by McKinney and the gray horse by Lyn-
wood W.
It is reported that Dick McMahan recently made
Curt Robinson an offer of $4;000 for R. F. D. 2:05%,
that finished close up to 2:02% last fall at Spring-
field, 111.
Very nearly 6000 mares have been nominated in
the Horse Reviews' $15,000 stake. This breaks all
records. These nominations were made by over
1600 breeders.
W. J. Andrews will locate at Detroit for training
this season. He bas three crack performers in his
string — Soprano 2:0S%, Nancy McKerron 2:10% and
Sister Frances 2:11%.
The three-year-old filly Shamatrine by Athasham
2:09%, owned by Mr. Geo. L. Warlow of Fresno,
will be raced in her stake engagements this year
by Mr. D. L. Bachant, owner of Athasham.
Lena Andrews, a mare by McKinney out of Stem-
winder, the dam of Directum 2:05%, owned by Mr
C. L. Ransom, of Mill City, Oregon, will be shipped
to San Jose soon to be bred to Bon Voyage.
Mr. J. L. Foley of Stockton, writes tbat his mare
Laura McKinney by McKinney, dam by Nephew, will
foal shortly to Bon Voyage. She will be sent to the
same stallion again this season.
There will be a big crowd at Dixon on the 30th
of April, when the annual picnic and harness races
are to be held. If the weather is favorable the
largest crowd ever seen in Dixon is certain.
Banker G., a five-year-old gelding, owned by O. H.
Wbitehouse, of Woodland, bas been placed in Det
Bigelow's hands for training. Banker G. is by
Greco B. dam Banker's Daughter 2:13% by Arthur
Wilkes.
Columbus, Ohio, is where the Great Western and
Grand Circuit will meet this year in the greatest
meeting ever held in Ohio. $31,000 is offered in
early closing events. The meeting will last two
weeks.
The record price for a span of mules is reported
from Fresno county, where a span of hybrids weigh-
ing 3200 pounds, changed hands last week for $1,000.
D. M. DeLong of Coalinga was the purchaser and
R. C. Ferris of Clovis, the seller.
W. J. Kenney has received a carload of new Mc-
Murray sulkies and speed carts and has them on ex-
hibition at bis place of business, 531 Valencia street,
San Francisco. The new patterns are very handsome
and up-to-date in every way.
D. L. Bachant's two fine mares, Corinne Neilson
and Maud Sears, presented him with filly foals dur-
ing March. Both foals are by Mr. Bachant's good
racehorse, Athasham 2:09%. Corinne Neilson is the
dam of the fast taare Perfection that Charles De-
Ryder worked a mile in 2:06% at the trot and sold
for $10,000. She is by Clarence Wilkes out of
Flossie Dy Prompter, Maud Sears 2:23 trotting is
by Wayland W. 2:12%, dam June Bug 2:25 by Pas-
"■■ora Hiyward 2:23%, second dam Electric 2:28 by
d's Hambletonian.
There are fewer harness horses in training than
usual in California this spring, but as only three or
four meetings have been announced thus far and
only one program published, this is not to be won-
dered at.
Of tbe thirty-five stallions that have sired three or
more trotters to secure records of 2:10 or better, but
sixteen are now alive, of these Gambetta Wilkes
2:19% is the oldest, being now twenty-nine and
Peter the Great 2:07;4 the youngest, having been
foaled in 1S95.
Harry Lewis, of Sacramento, has sent four mares
to San Jose to be bred to Bon Voyage. They are
Marie Direct by Bonnie Direct, dam Columbia by
Clipper, Miss Liberty by Zolock, dam Columbia, Lad."
Amelia by McKinney dam by Anteeo Jr., and Birdie
by Eclectic, dam Black Swan by Tenbroeck.
Purses aggregating $10,000 will be offered this
year by the Allentown Fair Association for its
meeting September 20-23. Tbis association has only
a half-mile track, but 80,000 people turn out in one
day to see the races, coming from points within a
radius of fifty miles.
A dispatch from Australia states that the big
auction of trotting bred horses from Allendale Farm,
Mentone, New South Wales, was very successful and
good prices prevailed. No prices were telegraphed,
but a full report will be received by the next steamer
from Melbourne.
The McKinneys are to the front as usual. Leo-
nora McKinney, a daughter of the leading 2:10 sire,
worked a mile in 2:08% in public last Saturday at
Los Angeles. She is a pacer without a record. Will
Durfee will probably race her in the East this year.
The Orloff mare that was shipped all the way
from Russia to be bred to Axworthy 2:15%, drop-
ped a foal on Washington's birthday at Mansfield
Farm, Lexington, Ky., where she now is, and her
foal, which is a colt, has been named Geo. Wash-
ington.
The first foal got by Zonibro 2:11 while in Penn-
sylvania last year, is reported from A. B. Coxe's
larm at Paoli, and is a bay colt out of Hazel Kinney
2:09%, dropped March 9th, and consequently is an
own brother of the fast green trotter The Angelus
that was raced by P. W. Hodges last season.
Inquiry has been made as to the breeding of the
dam of Thomas M. 2:12%. We understand she is by
Guy Wilkes 2:15%, dam by Ericsson, son of Mam-
brino Chief, second dam by imported Lapidist. Can
any of our readers give the information as to who
bred this mare?
Everybody can name the horse that went the
fastest mile last season, but few can say who went
the slowest mile. Tbis distinction belongs to Pump-
kin that raced a mile in 4:04 at Burns, Ore., while
a close second is Sidney Wilkes that went in 4:03%
at the same place. Both are trotters.
The fact of the two former track rivals, John R.
Gentry 2:00% and Star Pointer 1:59%, being again
rivals, this time in the stud, at Columbia, Tenn.,
has awakened considerable interest in that commu-
nity and plans for an open-air horse show are being
formulated to take place April 4th. Both the for-
mer stars will be exhibited.
Anne Kohl by Fred Kohl 2:07% that last season
as a three-year-old was second to Muda Guy (3)
2:12% at Allentown, Pa., when she placed the
world's record for half-mile tracks at 2:12%, has been
turned over to Walter Cox to be prepared for a trip
through the Grand Circuit. She will be staked in the
principal events open to trotters.
There will be two events for four-year-old trotters
given at Detroit, Mich., this season, one during tbe
Blue Ribbon meeting and the other during the State
Fair speed festival. The number and demonstrated
quality of the contestants, eligible to these events
was never equalled before.
As regards number of representatives in the stand-
ard list, Gambetta Wilkes 2:19%, with 210 ranks
first among the sons of George Wilkes 2:22; Aller-
ton 2:09%, with 202 first among his grandsons, and
Axworthy (3) 2:15% with 70, the same position with
regard to his great grand sons.
Woodland is to hold a big floral festival on Satur-
day, April 23d. Many beautiful prizes are to be
given for the best decorated rigs in a procession
to be held through the pricipal streets of the town
in the forenoon, and the afternoon is to be devoted
to harness races at the track. Five or six events
will be on the racing program.
A full sister to Sonoma Girl 2:05% arrived at the
farm of Mr. Sampson B. Wright of Santa Rosa on
Wednesday, March 30th. This filly is a nicely
formed, well developed bay, sired by Lynwood W.
2:20, dam Maud Fowler 2:21%, dam of four trot-
ters with standard records, by Anteeo 2:16%, son of
Electioneer, second dam Eveline, dam of five in the
list, by Nutwood. We hope tbis filly will be as fast
as her noted sister.
Thomas Sharkey, the former fistic star, and that
has successfully raced several trotters over the
half-mile rings, plans invading tbe futurity field
with youngsters of his own raising. He already
has a yearling by Bingen 2:06% from the good race
mare Lily Stranger 2:15%, by Stranger; second
dam, Lilian Wilkes (2) 2:17%, dam of Guy Ax-
worthy (4) 2:08%, etc., by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, and
another foa! is shortly expected from the same mare
and by Aquilin 2:19%.
J. H. Nelson of Hanford has recently sold to James
Leggett the mare Vera Hal for $1,000. This young
mare is by Expressive Mac 2:25% (son of McKinney
2:11% and Expressive (3) 2:12% by Electioneer)
her dam being Carmen by Newsboy. Carmen is the
dam of the fast three-year-old pacer Roan Hal by
Athablo, that is owned by Cbas. De Ryder. Vera
Hal bas been worked three or four times during
the past two years but has no record. She has been
showing great speed lately and is said to have worked
a mile in 2:11 with quarters in 30 seconds. It is
Mr. Leggett's intention to race her on the Pacific
Coast this year.
Charles David, of the Hawaiian Islands died sud-
denly at the Emeryville racetrack on the 19th of
February. David was well known to the turf of
this Coast and of the Islands. Many years ago he
trained horses for Prof. E. P. Heald, driving among
others Nona Y. 2:25, the dam of Adam G. 2:06%.
He also trained Gold Medal 2:14% and a pacer
named for him — Charles David 2 : 15 — and many
others. About fifteen years ago he went to the
Hawaiian Islands, where be became very prominent
as a driver of pacers and trotters. For the past ten
years he had devoted his time principally to tbe
runners and came to San Francisco often to race his
horses at Emeryville track. His health had been
very poor for several years past and his death
occurred very suddenly while he was in the betting
ring at the track.
Mr. H. T. Owen, of Kern, California, is greatly
pleased over the advent of a fine large colt at his
place on the night of March 22d, the youngster being
by Lynwood W. 2:20, sire of Sonoma Girl 2:05% and
Charley Belden 2:08%, and its dam the good mare
Irene Ayers is a full sister to Jasper Ayers 2:09
and May Ayers 2:23%, and is out of Babe by Alti-
mont 985, (son of Almont 33 and a mare by Black-
wood 74), next dam by San Francisco Patchen and
next by Owen Dale. There is good blood in this
colt, especially as his sire is the sire of 2:10 speed,
and his dam is not only a full sister to a 2:10 horse,
but has a high rate of speed herself, as she worked
a mile in 2:30 when a three-year-old after being
taken out of an alfalfa pasture and handled less than
three months. Jacob Brolliar, who broke her, said
she had 2:20 speed then. This colt by Lynwood W.
is Irene Ayers' first foal.
Among the foals of 1909 upon which fourth pay.
ments have been made in Stake No. 9 of the Pacific
Breeder's Futurity, are two fillies owned by Mr.
F. H. Burke, proprietor of La Siesta Stock Farm,
San Jose, that are noticeable by their breeding. As
they are only yearlings nothing can be said as to
their known speed but two better prospects never
were seen on this well known farm. One of the
fillies is out of Wanda 2:14%, dam of The Roman
2:09%, etc., and is by Birdman, Thos. Ronan's roan
horse by Antrim out of Birdie by Jay Bird. The
other filly is by The Limit (son of Searchlight 2:03%
and Bertha, dam of four in 2:10, by Alcantara) and
its dam is tbe great broodmare Grace Kaiser, dam
of Coney 2:02, etc. If there is anything in breeding
along producing lines, what a broodmare this last
named filly should be. Her sire has worked in 2:07
and is by a great race horse and out of the greatest
producer of extreme speed living; her dam has pro-
duced five in the list, one with a record of 2:02,
and in addition has a producing son and a producing
daughter. If there is anything better bred for a
two-minute pacer than this yearling filly out of
Grace Kaiser, it has not been reported up to this
date.
It is universally admitted that the contests of the
race track at all agricultural exhibitions are the main
attraction. Without these contests the receipts at
the gate would scarcely pay clerk hire. While this
department is catalogued among the sports, it is as
legitimately a part and parcel of fundamental pur-
pose and intent of agricultural fairs as the exhi-
bition of cattle and horses in the show ring. Tbe
test of merit of all trotting horses and trotting fami-
lies is the performance on the race course. There is
no denying the fact tbat the trotting horse, being the
greatest favorite, monopolizes the interest and car-
ries off the honors. Trotting contests are today as
they ever have been since they were first inaugu-
rated, supreme in the way of attractive sports. Noth-
ing can approach them in the way of popular exhi-
bition. While this is true, it is admitted on all sides
and by all concerned that they could be made even
more attractive by new features. The regular trot-
ting events should be varied by team races and
races under saddle if possible; by giving mile dashes
at various distances from one to three miles. In
short, tbe program should announce races under
changed conditions as much as possible. At all
events, vary the everlasting round of mile heats,
three in five, or two in three. Give the public a new
sensation in trotting if it can be done. — State Farm.
Saturday, April 2, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
MAMBRINO PATCHEN'S SIRE.
Concerning the recently published statement that
Lcgan Railey was among the old-time Kentucky
horsemen who attributed the paternity of the
famous trotting sire Mambrino Patchen to Gaines'
Denmark instead of Mambrino Chief, Charles L.
Railey has written a letter to the New York Herald
in which he asserts that his father never said or
believed such a thing, and, incidentally, has related
some interesting facts about the history of the horse
that has been justly called "the Rysdyk's Hamble-
tonian of the saddle-horse breed."
The statement that Logan Railey believed Gaines'
Denmark to be the sire of Mambrino Patchen rests
on the authority of Thomas M. Field, an old and
prominent horseman of Versailles, Ky. In a letter
to General John B. Castleman, president of the
American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association, in
1902, Mr. Field said:
"D. M. Ball, Mason Henry, Press Gray, Logan
Railey and others in Woodford County were pro-
nounced in the belief that he (Mambrino Patchen)
was sired by Denmark."
Referring to the meagre history of Gaines' Den-
mark, as published in the American Saddle Horse
Register, Mr. Railey says it is not true, as there
stated, that Denmark was used as an officer's
charger in the Confederate Army. His letter fol-
lows:
"Gaines" Denmark was not in the Civil War for
a single day. Willis Jones, whose farm was near
Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, and who
enlisted in the Confederate Army in the latter part
of 1862, had this horse in his possession, and in
order that he might escape being pressed into ser-
vice by either army he was sent to Woodburn Farm,
the estate of R. A. Alexander, that gentleman being
a British subject.
"One day some half-dozen guerrillas made a raid
on Woodburn, seized Abdallah, Asteroid, Gaines'
Denmark and one other horse and escaped with
them into the wilderness on the border line of the
counties of Nelson and Mercer. Warren Viley and
Zach Henry, neighbors and friends of Mr. Alexander
— one of the guerrillas being well known to those
two gentlemen — started in pursuit to recover the
horses, and they were overhauled at a blacksmith
shop in Nelson County, Abdallah having cast a shoe,
and they were persuaded to release the horses and
returned with them to Woodburn. Gaines' Denmark
then passed into the control of W. W. Adams, of
Versailles, under whose management he made sev-
eral seasons at that place, thus establishing the fact
that he could not have done service in the Confed-
erate Army.
"Another positively absurd claim is that there was
a striking resemblance between him and Mambrino
Patchen, the latter in no sense a fine horse. I knew
both horses well, and cannot conceive of two being
more unlike. The one was Mambrino, through and
through, therefore on the coarse side, while the
other bristled with beauty and "quality. The one
single feature of resemblance was in color, each
being black, and that was not pronounced. Gaines'
Denmark being a positive, glossy black, while the
other was of a dull shade.
"I should not take up the question of Gaines' Den-
mark being the sire of Mambrino Patchen save that
my father, Logan Rai'ey, is quoted as believing and
maintaining that such was a fact.
"No claim is well established if it rests on no bet-
ter foundation than by quoting what was said by
men long since dead and not here to confirm or
refute what is charged against them. I assume to
speak for my father and to affirm that he never said
he believed Gaines' Denmark to be the sire of Mam-
brino Patchen, for no man knew better than he that
such was not a fact. He was breeding to both
horses. I carried the mares to and fro for breed-
ing. I know that Willis Jones was a very proud
man and too high minded to have stooped to such a
fraud, and know also that the positive dissimilarity
in conformation and characteristics of the two stal-
lions refutes the possibility of such a thing.
"But few men had the privilege of seeing Mam-
brino Patchen in action. This because he could not
go, being long of stride, a sprawler and a dweller
and as poor an apology for a trotter as any horse I
ever saw harnessed. It is to discredit Gaines' Den-
mark to claim him as the sire of Mambrino
Patchen."
Mr. Railey's assertion that Mambrino Patchen
was a typical Mambrino, and therefore coarse, is a
matter of opinion on which not all horsemen will
agree with him. General Castleman has called
Mambrino Patchen a horse "of exceptional beauty,"
and this is likely to be the verdict of very many
others who look upon the photograph from life, made
in 1873 by Sehrieber & Sons, of Philadelphia. Head,
neck, shoulders, back, and especially the croup and
the high set, elegantly carried tail, "bristle with
beauty and quality," to borrow Mr. Railey's words
concerning Gaines' Denmark.
When General Castleman assailed the accepted
version of Mambrino Patchen's pedigree in a paper
read before the American Saddle Horse Breeders'
Association, a few years ago, he made no charge of
fraud against Willis Jones, the owner of Denmark
and Mambrino Chief, but stated tha.t Mr. Jones was
in the Confederate Army and that both stallions
were in charge of a negro stud groom when the dam
of Mambrino Patchen was sent to the Jones farm
to be bred to Mambrino Chief. General Castleman
also brought out the surprising, if not significant,
fact that Mambrino Patchen was the only black colt
that could be found in the Trotting Register credited
to Mambrino Chief. The latter horse was bay, while
Denmark was black, and many of his off-spring were
black. Mambrino Patchen also got many black
colts, but few bays.
[The statement that Mambrino Patchen got many
black colts and few bays is not borne out by the
Year Books. Of his 25 standard performers only
five are blacks, the majority of the remaining 20
being chestnuts.]
When the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders'
Association was importuned to change its great
futurity from three in five to two in three, one of its
directors said: "The fact that the futurity last fall
was probably the greatest race between harness
horses of any age ever seen on the Amrican turf,
and the further fact that no 3-year-old that ever
started in the 16 years of this famous race was
ever injured for future racing purposes by its con-
test in the futurity, was firmly fixed in the minds
of the stockholders. One of the members said after
the meeting: 'We may be wrong, but we do not
think we are. We want stayers, not sprinters. We
gave this race when others were afraid to open a
futurity or any other big race. We paid the deficits
without kicking or advertising the fact that we had
paid them. Now, if the trotting horsemen want to
turn us down for a lot of theorists, I reckon we
will have to take our medicine. But, I'll tell you
one thing: well die in front, and no association in
the world ever has or ever can equal our record as
a benefit to the trotting horse interests in America.' "
It is asserted that the total number of running
horses that started in races in England last season
is 3,850, and only 797 of them were mature animals.
The number of 2-year-olds that were raced was
1,420, nearly twice the number of mature animals
and more than one-third of the entire number raced.
There were 1,002 that were 3-year-olds and 631 that
wTere 4-year-olds, making a total of 1,428 4-year-olds
and over to 1,420 2-year-olds. The number of races
contested was 2,084, and the total value of stakes
equalled $2,486,000 of United States money, an aver-
age of about $1,200 to each race. The number of
running races in the United States reported in Good-
win's Guide of 1908 was 5,339 — more than twice as
many as are held in England in one year.
Andy Welch now says that the stakes, purses and
futurities at Readville will total considerably above
$70,000 for this season's Grand Circuit meeting.
$15,400
21st Annual Race Meeting
$15,400
In Purses and Stakes
-OF THE-
ln Purses and Stakes
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
PROGRAMME :
WEDNESDAY.
1—2:20 CLASS TROTTING, CALIFORNIA STAKES $2000
2—2:12 CLASS TROTTING 800
3—2:14 CLASS PACING 600
THURSDAY.
•4— TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 8
(CLOSED DECEMBER 2. 1907) $1450
5—2:08 CLASS PACING 800
6— THREE-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 7
(CLOSED NOVEMBER 1. 1906) 1300
FRIDAY.
7— TWO-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 8
(CLOSED DECEMBER 2, 1907) $950
8— THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 7
(CLOSED NOVEMBER 1, 1906) 3300
9—2:15 CLASS TROTTING 600
SATURDAY.
10— FREE-FOR-ALL PACING 800
11—2:20 CLASS PACING, PACIFIC SLOPE STAKES 2000
12— FREE-FOR-ALL TROTTING 800
No. 1—2:20 CLASS TROTTING, CALIFORNIA STAKES
No. 10—2:20 CLASS PACING, PACIFIC SLOPE STAKES
No. 11— FREE FOR ALL PACING -
No. 12— FREE FOR ALL TROTTING -
Entries close Monday, May 2, 1910.
No. 2—2:12 CLASS TROTTING
No. 3—2:14 CLASS PACING
Entries close Friday, July 1, 1910.
600
No. 5—2:08 CLASS PACING
No. 9—2:15 CLASS TROTTING
$2000
2000
800
800
$800
600
Entries to stakes Nos. 1. 10. 11 and 12 close Monday. May 2d. 1910. Horses to be named with entry. Entrance fee. 2 per cent due at time entries close. 1 per cent
additional if not declared out on or before .Tune 1st, 1910, and 2 per cent additional if not declared nut on nr before July 1st. 1910.
Entrance fee on Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 9, closing Friday, July 1st, 1910, 5 per cent; horses to be named with entry. Usual 5 per cent additional from winners in all races
except Futurity Stakes.
Money diyided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. All races mile heats, best 3 in 5, except for two-year-olds.
Nominators have the right of entering two horses from the same stable in any rare by the payment of one per cent for that privilege, doe when entry is made.
Only one of the hro horses so entered to be started in the race and the starter to be named by ."> o'clock P. SI. the day before the first day of the meeting at which the
race is to take place.
Member National Trotting Association.
For entry blanks and further information address the Secretary. F.
E. P. HEALD, President.
W. KELLEY, Secretary,
366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 2, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
DEATH VALLEY.
Death Valley has been the theme of many writers —
sportsmen, naturalists, prospectors and others and
much information, of greater or less value, has been
disseminated through the medium of the art pre-
servative.
For the lover of sport with rifle or shotgun this
region has not offered much inducement directly,
but at that there has been an indefinable allurement
and danger impregnated charm that has spurred
sportsmen from time to time to make visits to this
desolate region.
The following article, by Clarence E. Eddy in the
Los Angeles Times, descriptive of the Valley and its
chief characteristics is interesting and practical:
With all that has been said about Death Valley,
public ideas in regard to it are very peculiar and
often laughable. Death Valley is said to be nearer
hell than any other place on earth, so hot that the
devil himself will not stay there but prefers rather
to live in Chicago. It may have been the original
site of Eden; serpents are still there and fig trees
flourish to some extent, but the fig leaves are so full
of holes that no Eve could ever weave them into a
satisfactory apron.
I would like to be able to write an article on Death
Valley telling nothing but the truth in regard to it,
for it would be something new and never before ac-
complished by any one, but the public will not ex-
pect of me to succeed fully where all others have
failed.
Death Valley, the supreme bugaboo and great sub-
horizontal horror of Southeastern California, which
boomers use to inspire a wild awe and wTonderment
on the part of tenderfeet, is still, in itself a worthy
subject for any pen. If it could but be truly de-
picted in all its vast, solemn, forlorn desolation, it
would afford a stranger and more striking article
than any that has ever been written about it. As a
mineral zone, it, as a matter of fact, has much merit.
In addition to the alleged awful, death-dealing,
grewsome and ghastly attributes of Death Valley, it
is often represented as a vast and fabulous treasure
field, which if a man could successively traverse he
would become rich as the trusts, from the wealth
of precious metals to be picked up by the wayside.
In fact there is a general opinion prevailing that if
a man could only get on the other side of Death Val-
ley, he would get rich. A man once said to me: "If
you ever get on the other side of Death Valley,
I wish you would try and break me off a few pieces
of the formation over there, I always wanted some
free gold specimens."
Now I don't know which is '"the other side" of
Death Valley. I have been on all sides, in the middle
and back and forth a great deal, yet Rockefeller does
not seem to recognize me. I have crossed Death
Valley altogether fourteen times, but I would still
deign to pick up and pocket an ordinary $20 gold
piece if it seemed to be lying about, loose and lone-
some. It is a fact that I found plenty of precious
metals out there, but they were so mixed up with
other substances I have not got them successfully
separated.
When I first saw Death Valley I was very much
impressed with its wonders and could have written
manv pages about it, but soon its awful solitudes
palled upon me. Once wrhen I wTas 100 miles from
civilization and helpless with the heat I was repre-
sented in a long, alleged interview as saying that
.Death Valley, aside from its tremendous piles of
loose mineral treasures, was a fine place for a health
resort, presumably an instant cure for delirium tre-
mens and such other ills as flesh is heir to, but I
know7 it is not so, for delirium tremens are common
and contagious in Death Valley and all the deserts
thereabout.
Indians are not very numerous in Death Valley,
but they are an ignorant, suspicious, treacherous
looking lot, alwrays spying to see what strangers are
up to in their country. They did not make any open
demonstration against me, but were always anxious
that I should go away. They constantly reminded
me that it w-as their country and inquired about my
business.
Once when I lay out at night alone under some
trees on the higher mountains, I was suddenly awak-
ened just before morning by a gun being fired almost
in my face. I saw7 the flash as I came to my feet in
bewilderment. At first I thought it a practical joke
and pulling my revolver I fired in the air and called
but received no answer. It then occurred to me that
an Indian had crept up in the shadows of the thick
brush where I lay, and fired the shot, thinking to
stampede me out of the country.
I knew if they really wanted to shoot me they
would get me anyway, so I made careful not to look
about in the bushes or manifest any further alarm,
as Indians are superstitious about harming you if
they think you are brave. I lit a pipe of tobacco and
lay down again by my fire, not because I was brave,
but because I was bewildered and did not know
wrhat e'se to do in the thick, b'ack darkness of the
canon. But when the first gray light of morning
arose ■ ,nd I could find my way over the rocks, I made
i camp, and this incident is the most notable
adventure I had in this line during all my eight
months in and about Death Valley.
However I know of some peculiar and uncanny-
things happening out there, and when men are found
dead in Death Valley, as a dozen or so are every
summer, it is not always due to the heat. It is a
strangely haunted land, rife with unwritten tragedy.
When my partner and I began prospecting at John-
son's Canon on the w7est side or w7all of Death Val-
ley, we found many ledge croppings, some very large
and evidently never before explored by white men,
though the Indian* had dug on some of them as we
soon found, for we incurred at once their greatest
disfavor by locating these ledges.. We were but two
men against possibly a dozen Indians under "Chief"
Hungry Bill, and having but little ammunition for
our guns, we left a few days sooner than we had at
first calculated, and though our sampling of the
ledges was incomplete, our assay at Rhyolite, Nev.,
of $28 gold, per ton, from a 200-foot dyke of quartz-
porphyry, caused myself and two partners to rush
back for more samples. This second time the dyke
assayed $31.20 in gold, and 3S ounces silver.
We were followed back by several men and our
third samplings of the various ledges ranged up
as high as $98, which is fabulous for surface from
such large croppings. We said very little, but our
hasty trips were noticed, and as hundreds of men
in Nevada are always on the lookout for new strikes,
there was the wildest excitement and all kinds of
reports were sent out. The awful heat of the sum-
mer came on and men rushed pell mell into Death
Valley in the effort to reach the scene of the new
El Dorado in the cooler heights of the hills beyond.
Many of them traveled mostly naked, at night,
with trains of mules and burros belabored along
under loads of equipment. All were blanched by
the hot winds and the sun, which registered as high
as 136 degrees and caused the adventurers to fall
back from the sun-blackened western bars of the
great valley.
Bitter complaint was made by men returning, and
even my partners and I, after the task of acquiring
forty claims in the new field wras accomplished,
drew back ragged and weary to Ar.asta Springs, in
the higher Panamints. But later, approaching the
valley near Windgate Pass, on the southwest, we
found and located some big galena ledges, and again
in latter September, crossed the valley by way of
Tule Hole, with the heat still 11 S degrees in the
shade.
Out of the grat sweltering desolation we went
back again lor a breathing spell in the cool air of
Utah, and there with a mining company of various
Utah parties, we have planned for more thorough
and successful tests of our properties, during the
cooler months, when the conditions of Death Valley
are tolerable and it can be' more conveniently tra-
versed to the Pananiint mountains. These Panamint
mountains, snow-capped in winter, loom up out of
the desolate wastes west of Death Valley, like a
great oblong craggy, snow-capped island in an ocean
of dim and undulating deserts.
Death Valley itself is a vast, white, sunken rift,
between the walls of the Panamints on the west, ris-
ing to an elevation of eleven thousand feet above
the sea, and the dry, desolate Funeral range on the
east, where almost sheer cliffs stand six or seven
thousand feet above the valley's bed.
The descent into Death Valley from the west is
made through passes and canons of the Funeral
range, though it is easily accessible by autos and
wagons from several directions. A notable feature
of the valley is that wonderful and welcome little
oasis known as the Borax Smith Death Valley Farm,
at Furnace Creek, in the western edge of the valley,
ITS feet below the level of the sea. This farm is
maintained by Mr. Smith, the multi-millionaire of
borax fame, for the benefit of his borax industries
in and about Death Valley. By utilizing the waters
of Furnace Creek for irrigating purposes, at this
point, over 100 acres of the formerly wild, alkaline
soil has been brought under a fine state of cultiva-
tion. But to produce this little oasis has required an
expenditure of $50,000. In the beautiful meadows
of this farm, made seemingly more beautiful by the
surrounding barrenness, six fine crops of lucerne
are harvested each year, for the sun always shines
and there are gardens, orchards, vineyards, palm
and fig trees and fountains. There are all kinds of
poultry and live stock on this ranch. The overseer
hires mostly Indians to do the work, and picturesque
camps of these Death Valley red men are about the
waters and groves of the premises the year round.
Everywhere as you look beyond the Death Valley
farm, all is desolation. The Funeral Range is piled
against the east and the Panamints against the
west. But the Panamints do have snow on their
heights a part of the year and lots of scrubby tim-
ber and plenty of water at the heads of their big
canons. Aside from these few refreshing features
there is desolation and heat of hades.
[Concluded next week.]
NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROMOTION OF RIFLE
PRACTICE.
One of the most important orders in connection
with the National Guard ever issued by the War
Department has just been promulgated. It is the
first pronounced step in the formulation of the mili-
tary policy in the United States, and its materializa-
tion and realization are largely due to the work of
Secretary of War Dickinson. In his last annual re-
port Secretary Dickinson said: "The military system
of the United States contemplates a correlation of the
Regular Army with the National Guard. It neces-
sarily follows that the organization i of the
Regular Army and the militia in combination should
be such as to permit them to co-operate and practice
together in time of peace under conditions similar
to those which would obtain in time of war." Con-
tinuing, the Secretary recommended that the United
States should be divided into territorial and tactical
districts, so that the organized militia of the States
comprising the districts might be conveniently com-
bined with the Regular Army stationed therein into
permanent brigades, divisions and corps for instruc-
tion and tactical organization. In accordance with
the plan proposed by Secretary Dickinson, the country
has been divided into eight parts, each with a central
point for centration. The consent of the governors
has been sought and one division has been organized.
It will be known as the First Field Army and in-
cludes the States of Maine. New Hampshire, Ver-
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and
Xew York. It will consist of three divisions each
with three brigades of infantry, cavalry, field artil-
lery, engineers, signal corps, ambulance companies
and field hospitals.
Each regiment of the National Guard has been
assigned to a place in one of the three divisions, and
the regular troops have been assigned according to
the stations. Thus the regiment stationed at Fort
Porter, Buffalo, will always be in the First Brigade
of the First Division of the First Field Army as long
as this order stands, no matter what regiment is
stationed at Fort Porter.
Another departure is the designation of the cavalry
composed of the Regular and National Guard as the
"National Cavalry," and the field artillery as the
"National Field Artillery," when composed of Regu-
lar and National Guard artillery combined.
To bring the National Guard of the States inter-
ested in the First Field Army into closer relations
with the regular troops stationed in those States,
the Commanding General of the Department of the
East has been designated as the medium cf com-
munication betwen the headquarters of those States
and the War Department. He has been charged with
the duty of informing himself as to the status of the
State forces as to organization, equipment and train-
ing. "For this purpose," reads the order, "he will
enter into such intimate and cordial relations with
the military authorities of the States as may be
practicable. He will be charged with the detailing
of officers to make the inspections required by law
and regulations; he will scrutinize all requisitions
for military supplies forwarded through his head-
quarters by the military authorities of the various
States; he will keep himself duly informed by ar-
rangement with the State authorities and by such
personal examination and observation as may be
practicable as to the efficiency for field service of the
State forces; he will give such assistance in in-
struction and training as may be requested by the
State authorities and as may be practicable without
interfering with the instruction of the regular troops
in the Field Army District." He is also charged with
supervision over the care bestowed on United States'
property and will report annually on the fitness of the
States' forces for field duty. To enable him to per-
form this duty he is made the medium of communi-
cation between the Secretary of War and the ad-
jutants general of the States mentioned. To assist
him in this duty he is authorized to detail for duty
at his headquarters an officer of the line.
A feature which will appeal to the soldiers, both
regulars and those of the National Guard, who form
the First Field Army, is the fact that they will
have their own insignia in the shape of a badge in
the form of a shield with their division numeral
thereon. This will be worn on the left side of the
campaign hat, or on the left breast immediately
above the line prescribed for other medals and
badges. For division headquarters troops, and for
cavalry and field artillery, the background for the
division numeral will be red, white and blue; for
troops of the first brigade, it will be red; for those
of the second brigade, white, and for those of the
third brigade, blue.
Treating on this plan in his anuual report. Secre-
tary Dickinson said: "In time, at points of con-
centration in each corps district, there should be
established supply depots, so planned that upon the
assemblage of the corps or divisions there would be
available such equipment as might possibly be lack-
ing in the various States for the equipment of their
organizations, although it is contemplated that the
States themselves should carry all that is necessary
for at least the maximum strength required. At such
depots could also be carried the supplies for any
adidtional volunteer force, up to a moderate num-
ber, which might be necessary to complete in its
entirety the organization of any one of the various
corps. What is greatly needed is a decentraliza-
tion of the powers of supply and initiative. The
present centralization always breaks down 'the mo-
ment it is put to the test, and the peace organiza-
Saturday, April 2, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
tion of the army as it stands to-day is incomplete
and improper for military purposes."
Coupled with the organization of the First Field
Army is the announcement of the assignment of
the Coast artillery companies of the National Guard
to the stations where they will serve in time of
war. Because of the difficulties in the way of target
practice at certain forts the assignment is in some
cases of a temporary character, but as far as possi-
ble the companies have been assigned to the bat-
teries which they will handle or support if war
breaks out. On account of the present state of
organization and instruction of the coast artillery
reserves, it is considered best that they should be
linked with the regular companies as far as practi-
cable. Under the order every coast artillery re-
serve company is assigned to some fort and bat-
tery, except the Texas Corps, the 6th and 7th com-
panies in California and the 5th company in the
State of Washington.
WHERE THE TROUT ARE.
Fair weather this week has, to quite an extent,
modified the roily conditions of our nearby coast
streams for the steelhead trout fishing season that
opened yesterday. The recent rains have had the
effect of stirring up some streams almost to a pro-
hibitive condition for either bait or spoon fishing.
Fair weather for a week or two, however, will bring
on generally excellent fly-fishing in most of the trout
streams mentioned below.
To those who are familiar with the creeks, there
was the pleasing promise last Thursday of good
sport in pools and holes and in the clear streaks of
water along the banks, the "barnyard hackle" is now
conceded to be the lure that will be most effective
for the opening days.
The exodus of anglers this week was up to the
average of past seasons, tomorrow however will see
the main army or rodsters on many streams.
The following summary of the streams, most ac-
cessible to local anglers, while it is a theme that is
not entirely new, is of enough interest to warrant
publishing as a reminder of good times to the sea.,
soned angler and a guide to those who are on the
anxious seat.
The Marin county streams up to yesterday were
reported to be in fair condition, and for local anglers
are unquestionably the easiest of access. These
streams have been generously and carefully stocked
and offer alluring inducements to the angling fra-
ternity.
The Nicasio has a deserved reputation as a good
early stream. To reach its waters take the train
to Nicasio; walk over the hills to the north and
fish down to the Paper Mill. To whip the San Ger-
onimo, as the upper portion of the Nicasio is called,
turn loose with your rod at San Geronimo station.
Following the line of the railroad, the San An.
selmo is next in order. To fish this water go to
Fairfax, fish down stream and take the returning
train at San Anselmo. This creek usually receives
an early attention that is perceptible, in a short
time, to later anglers.
Lagunitas creek is a beautiful trout stream; its
upper waters flow through the preserve of the La-
gunitas Rod and Gun Club, the members of which
had every good fish tagged for the opening day's
sport. Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn, Charles K. Harley, •
Dr. Chipman. Howard brothers and other anglers
propose to put their favorite Leonard rods to good
use during the opening days.
The Paper Mill creek is accessible from several
stations along the California Northwestern Railway
and will, if indications promise anything, be visited
by a small army of anglers, who will drop off at
various points and fish down stream.
Olema creek is a fine early stream. Some anglers
go to Tocaloma station and ride over to Olema and
fish down stream. Other rodsters prefer to get off at
Point Reyes and fish up stream. Good fishing water,
several miles of it, will be found before reaching the
Country Club preserve. Beyond on the headwaters
there is also good fishing water.
The most popular fishing resort in Marin county
is the Paper Mill creek, in the vicinity of Point
Reyes. The tide water stretches from the "white
house" pool and up to the railroad bridge furnishes
excellent sport both early and late in the season.
Beyond Point Reyes station there are two streams
known as Salmon creek. The one near Tomales is
properly Mud creek. To reach this water leave the
railroad track just beyond the trestle at Tomales and
fish up stream.
Salmon creek proper is a beautiful stream that
empties into the ocean and affords several miles
of fishing. The lagoon at its mouth is a famous
steelhead water — with now and then a large-sized
striped bass to add variety to the sport. Most of the
available Ashing water of the creek lies within the
preserve boundary of the Salmon Creek Rod and Gun
Club. Among the members who proposed being
there on the opening days are: Phil B. Bekeart,
John B. Coleman, Ned Bosqui, "Black Jack" Lem-
mer. Will Golcher, Joe Harlan and other sportsmen.
There will be no change in the train service on the
California Northwestern Railway until April 15th.
The only afternoon up train during week days avail-
able for anglers is the 4 P. M. train Saturdays. Many
anglers therefore left the city on the early train
Thursday morning so as to be at a favorite pool
Friday morning.
To those who can spend several days the vicinity
of Duncan's Mills offers a choice of several good
streams. Austin creek is a fine stream, one that
clears up quickly after a rain. Kidd creek, a tribu-
tary four miles distant from Duncan's, is one that
usually may be depended upon for a nice mess of
trout. Old Bridge creek, a branch of the Austin, two
miles from Duncan's, is also a nice little stream.
Freezeout creek, a mile from Duncan's, has had the
reputation of being good for a trout, breakfast any
time during April. Willow creek, three miles south
of Duncan's, was always reckoned as a sure creek
for almost any season. Sheep House creek, which
empties into Russian river directly opposite Willow
creek, is another excellent water. Howard's creek,
three and a half miles north of Duncan's, empties
into the Russian at Russian river station, another
fine stream. Russian gulch, eight miles north of
Duncan's, empties into the ocean. This is quite
a large stream and will stand a deal of fishing.
A good creek, full of trout, is Jennie creek, four
miles south of Duncan's, and which flows into Rus-
sian river near its mouth.
All of the streams of this section are accessible by
county roads. What the condition of these highways
is at present for automobile parties is unknown
to the writer, this data being practically unattain-
able. Conditions of weather and water being fa-
vorable, steelhead trout, large and small, should be
plentiful.
From Cazadero good fishing streams can be
reached easily, the upper Austin and East Austin,
one of the best streams of that section. The Little
Guallala, a good early stream of fair size, is but
a six-mile drive away.
Among other streams in northern Sonoma county
may be mentioned a number of excellent early
trouting waters. Most of these creeks rise on moun-
tains form 2000 to 4000 feet high, and many flow
through canyons hundreds of feet deep. In many
ceses to whip the best places the angler must enter
canyons that must be fished through for from one to
two miles, as it is impossible to climb out. The
sceneryhere is grand, varied and awe-inspiring.
Your true trout angler is a great lover of nature
and will readily take compensation in wild and beau-
tiful environment while fishing perfoce down stream
for an opening to good walking on terra firma.
The headwaters of this region can be reached from
Healdsburg by a three hours' drive up Mill creek,
thence over to the Little Austin.
Big Austin rises on the south side of the divide
and the Guallala river on the north side near Stew-
art's Point. The Big Austin flows almost due south,
receiving many tributaries and enters Russian river
near Duncan's. Ward creek rises near the ocean,
flowing almost east, and joins the Big Austin near
Cazadero. Kidd creek, before mentioned, rises on
Mount Ross, 2200 feet high, flows southeast and
enters the Big Austin near Guerneville. Between
Ward and Kidd creeks are several small creeks
that furnish good fishing early in the season. The
Little Austin rises above Ingram's, flows south and
joins the Big Austin four miles north of Guerneville.
Several small creeks feed this stream, including
Grey creek.
The headwaters of Russian river can be reached
from Ukiah by driving twelve or fifteen miles. The
trip is worth it, for good fishing can be reached.
Across the bay, in Contra Costa county, Wildcat,
San Pablo and Walnut creeks have furnished nice
baskets of trout in past seasons, nor did last year
lead anglers that fished these two streams to believe
that past good reports had been exaggerated.
San Mateo county is on the available list of gc;od
fishing waters this season for- steelhead fishing in
tide waters only during the month of April. The
higher reaches of the county streams will not be
open until May 1st. This section is easily reached
by the Ocean Shore Road. The tidewater lagoons
are at the mouth of the San Gregorio, Pescadero
and Gazas creeks. The streams of this county are
worthy of brief description and are the following, in
the way of a hint for the future: Purissima creek
offers about fifteen miles of good fishing and has no
tributaries; the small branches dry up quickly. Take
the train to Purissima. This creek is rather brushy,
but affords excellent sport in places.
The San Gregorio is an excellent stream with a
half dozen confluents that can be fished the season
round. This stream can also be reached by auto or
team from Redwood City over the hills to the coast
on good roads and by driving from Purissima or
Halfmoon bay. La Honda, Ward and Harrington
creeks, all favorite trout streams, are on the same
road. These creeks are counted about fifty miles of
fishing water.
Further south are the Lobitas about twenty miles
long; Tunitas Glen creek, twenty miles; Clear creek,
Pompano creek, Pescadero creek, into which enters
the Big and Little Buteno, Alpine and several smaller
branches, all fine early streams, giving about fifty
miles of trout fishing.
Gazas creek and lagoon is between Pigeon Point
and Pescadero. The lagoon is a fine steelhead water,
two or three small streams enter the main creek.
Another early stream is Pilarcitos creek, which runs
from Pilarcitos lake through Spanishtown. All of
these streams were well stocked last fall with trout
fry, principally by members of the California Anglers'
Association.
Further south, emptying into the ocean, are Scott
and Waddell creeks. The former stream is open
to anglers only at its headwaters. The State Fish
and Game Commission have an egg-taking station
on the creek near its mouth and have closed the
stream to anglers. The Waddell is posted by the
owners of the lands through which the stream
reaches the ocean and is also closed to the fisher-
men. Baldwin, Wilder, Laguna, San Vicente and
Liddell creeks in Santa Cruz county can be reached
by the Ocean Shore road from Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz county streams will be open for steel-
head fishing on April 1st, so it has been announced
by District Attorney Knight of that county. Thirty-
two fine trout streams are open for the angler. Re-
ports were encouraging two weeks ago for splendid
sport fly-fishing should fair weather prevail until the
opening day. If bait conditions rule then the brown
hackle tipped with a crooked shrimp will be the lure.
A convenient train for local anglers for Santa Cruz
resorts will be the 3:40 P. M. train. A returning
train leaves Santa Cruz at 6:40, arriving at 9 P. M.
in the city.
Aptcs creek is an excellent early stream. The
angler should get off at Aptos the day before, so
claims a veteran fisher of that water, proceed up
stream three miles and camp out all night on Aptos
creek. Go up to the old lumber mill, follow the rail-
road track, in the morning, commence fishing a mile
above and fish up stream. One can get back in time
for the 5:20 P. M. train for this city.
To fish Soquel creek, go in from Capitola, the
east and wes_L_brancheS- of the creek offers seven
miles of good fishing all the way up.
The San Lorenzo is voted the banner stream of
the county. The angler can fish from Santa Cruz
all the way up and at intervals find excellent
branches to fish in. From Rincon up to the Big
Trees or from the powder mill, two and one-half
miles down to town, should furnish well filled creels.
Branciforte, or Hospital creek, runs into the San
Leandro near Santa Cruz. Start in fishing at Santa
Cruz and work all the way up stream.
Boulder creek is a fine stream, up or down, from
Boulder station. Good flies for this water are the
royal coachman, plain coachman, Katy May and
Mocker. This latter fly has a yellow body, peacock
tip and top, gray hackle and white wings, and is
said to be a great killer. Use but one fly on a six-
foot leader. This stream is rather too brushy for a
nine-foot leader. No. 12 hooks are the best size to
use. Bear creek can be reached from Boulder sta-
tion.
Judge Sam P. Hall and W. W. Richards were pro-
grammed to fish the San Lorenzo the first three
days of the season, making their headquarters at
Richards' bungalow near Brookdale.
Two good creeks, Bear and Zyante, run into the
San Lorenzo and can be reached from Felton. Coral-
litos creek, reached via Watsonville, is a fine early
fishing water, but has been poached recently, so it
is reported.
In Monterey county the Big and Little Sur and
the Carmel are reported to be plentifully stocked
with trout. San Luis Obispo county streams have
not looked so good to the angler for many past
seasons as they are reported to appear at present.
Recent reports concerning the condition of the
Santa Clara valley streams indicate that the rainy
weather has caused most of the creeks to become
very high and roily.
Notwithstanding, San Jose, Gilroy, Santa Clara
and other points will be well represented by anglers
on the streams of the higher foothill watershed
these opening days.
Reports from Southern California indicate that
there is an excellent trouting season at hand. Steel-
head fishing in the Ventura river, in the early days
of the season, it is stated will be excellent.
Some Fish Experiments. — An interesting experi-
ment is being conducted by the United States gov-
ernment at the Brookdale fish hatchery in Santa
Cruz county in an attempt to determine just what
effect temperature, climatic conditions, environ-
ment and food have upon trout.
It is said that the result of the experiments is
going to shatter theories advanced by scientists in
regard to the differences in the various species of
the fish. _,
Speckled beauties from Lake Tahoe, steelhead,
brook trout, cutthroats and other species have been
paired in separate glass cages and are reproducing.
It is claimed that many of the young are marked
differently from their progenitors. Steelhead parents
are in some cases surrounded by mongrel minnows.
Unexpected results are being secured from other
fish.
A Large Yellowtail. — Fishing with heavy tackle.
Mrs. M. Bates of Dallas, Tex., landed a yellowtail
weighing forty-eight pounds. This is the largest
species of this fish caught at Catalina island for
some time. Owing to the fact that it was not taken
upon the Tuna Club's standard light tackle the
angler was disqualified from competing in the win-
ter tournament. This is her first experience with
rod and reel fishing, but she expects to qualify for
membership into the club before leaving the island.
It is reported that yellowtail and barracuda are
biting freely off Long Point.
Salmon Run— A late report from Salinas states
that .down the coast, below the Los Banos mine,
salmon are running heavier than ever before this
year. Spawning season is beginning, and unusually
large schools of salmon are finding their way to the
headwaters of the San Antonio, Nacimiento and
other streams. The run is the largest in the history
of that section. Salmon will be correspondingly
scarce in Monterey bay it is believed.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 2, 1910.
ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
[By August Wolf.]
Between 1 500,000 and 2,000,000 trout fry will be
distributed in the lakes and streams in north, central
and southern Idaho by the State Fish and Game de-
partment this spring, the work beginning early in
May. Governor Brady, an enthusiastic sportsman,
is keenly interested in re-stocking the rivers and
planting new grounds and is desirous that the people
of the Gern state shall profit as much as possible by
the expense to which the department has gone in
establishing hatcheries and providing fry. B. T. Liv-
ingston, chief deputy warden, gave out this statement
in outlining the work:
"The Fish and Game Department has completed
a plan for the spring delivery of Eastern brook trout
This will begin not later than May 1. We are de-
sirous of making this distribution to all counties and
will make proper application. For the convenience
of parties wishing fish we have printed forms and
will furnish them to all who take an interest in this
work.
"Fish from the state fish hatcheries cannot be
planted in waters not available for the use of the
general public. In my judgment, great care must be
taken in selecting suitable streams in each county
as this means much to the future fishing in the State
of Idaho. Planting fish in small or muddy streams
that will not afford ample protection in low water
is simply a waste of time. When the fry is planted
it should be in very shallow water. I refer to the
little rivulets that run into the main streams.
"The department has carefully investigated the
methods adopted by similar departments in other
States, and it has been found by those states, after
yars of experience, that unless the fish were planted
in the shallow water where the larger fish cannot
pursue them, they will be destroyed.
"Full information and instructions with reference
to the planting of the fish will be furnished by the de-
partment at all times. We stand ready to help those
who are interested in the propagation and protection
of fish and game, and will gladly answer all corre-
spondence of this nature."
Frank Fromm of Spokane, who recently became
national indoor pistol champion by scoring 99 out
of the possible 100 at 20 yards, was the high man
in the three events of the United States Revolver
Association matches given by the Spokane Rifle and
Revolver club, in the State armory at Spokane, the
evening of March 25. He made a mark of 453 in the
revolver shoot. This is three points higher than the
score which won the championship of the United
States last year. In the pistol shoot Fromm scored
446, or 10 points below the mark with which he won
the event last year. He scored ISO in the rapid fire
revolver event.
In the pistol competition the other scores were
as follows: Bartholemew 417, Rush 412, Stansbury
386; Rapp 337. The pistol event ended with the
following scores: Stansbury 418, Rush 413, and
Rapp 391.
In the pocket revolver competition the contestants
finished in the following order: Bartholemew 123,
Finkelson 121, Barrier 116, Rapp 104, Dirking 83, and
Whitney 83.
Fred S. Merrill of Spokane, made the first perfect
score ever registered in Spokane, scoring 250 in 10
shots with a 22-caliber rifle. He shot off-hand. Mer-
rill also broke the club record for 100 shots by mak-
ing 2,464 out of a possible 2,500 in the limit number
of shots taken. Both marks are records for Spo-
kane.
Passengers coming into Wallace, Idaho, on the
Missoula train recently experienced a novel sight.
When Engineer Orville Adams rounded the curve
about a mile up the track from Henderson, running
at a 30-mile an hour clip, he spied three deer about
200 yards ahead of the train. He slackened his
speed to give the animals a chance to get off the
right of way.
The snow plow, which has been keeping the track
clear all winter, had piled the snow so high and
made it so deep that it was impossible for the
deer to get out of the cut. They made numerous
attempts to clear the banks but at each attempt
sank into the soft snow up to their backs.
"At one time the cowcatcher of the engine was
within a foot and a half of one of the deer and I
brought the train nearly to a standstill, notwith-
standing the fact that I was already a few minutes
late," said Engineer Adams.
"My fireman urged me to run them down, but this
I had not the heart to do. I chased them about two
miles, where there was an opening towards the
river. The old doe with its tongue hanging out half
a foot made the water and swam across the river.
"The two younger ones, yearlings, were too tired,
and stood within 15 feet of the train as it passed by.
"Game is always plentiful in the vicinity of Hen-
derson and Buford, but it is a wonder to me that
the coyotes had not captured the poor deer which
were driven from the high ridges by the deep
snow. The snow this season is the deepest we have
had for years."
to feel the first inipuse to be up and away; to enjoy
the journeys up the cold mountain streams or to bask
in the shallows of pools. Mr. Uhlig says that anyone
in the county is privileged to order several cans
of the wrigglers adding that a special deputy will be
sent along to see that they are properly settled in
their new home. Since the adoption of the re-
plenishing movement there has been a noticeable
increase in the number of fishing streams and small
lakes in the county where at one time fear was ex-
pressed that trout would become extinct.
Large numbers of fish were transplanted through-
out the county two years ago, and wherever they have
been placed in running water they have thrived evea
beyond the expectations of the officials.
Mr. Uhlig had occasion to note the rapid growth
in a small stream not far south of Spokane recently.
He caught trout more than six inches in length that
had been placed in the pond less than two years ago.
Tom Allison came into Grangevil'.e, Idaho, recently
from the country tributary to the South Fork of
the Clearwater, where he has been hunting cougar,
this winter. He brought in the pelts of six of the
big cats and as a result Idaho county will pay him
ninety dollars in bounty. Besides this the hides
are worth clcse to ten dollars each, so this will net
him §150 for his winter's hunting.
J. A. Uhlig, fish and game warden of Spokane
county, Wash., has completed arrangements to re-
plenifn the lakes and streams in his bailiwick with
Eastern trout. Spokane has a hatchery where the
tiny members of the finny tribe are just beginning
J. E. Gorman.
New Blue Rock Trophies.
Those readers of the Breeder and Sportsman who
follow the trapshooting notes and the advertisements
which have been appearing in this publication from
time to time, have no doubt noticed that more than
usual prominence has been made of the "long runs"
of 100 straight or better at clay targets during the
year past.
Certainly a shooter who makes 100 consecutive
breaks, or better, deserves hearty congratulations,
and if trap shooting honors are due to any one, they
are due the "Century" shooter.
In this connection, all trap shcoters will be inter-
ested in a special "Long Run" trophy which the
Du Pont Company intends to use during 1910.
The general rules governing these trophies which,
by the way, are open to amateurs and professionals,
are along the following lines:
An amateur to obtain the trophy must break 100
targets straight. A professional 125 straight. Only
scores in registered tournaments to count, and natu-
rally only when Du Pont powders are used by the
contestants. The runs to count must be made dur-
ing one shoot, but if in a two-day tournament a
shooter makes 100, or better, on the second day by
completing an unfinished run made on the first day,
it will be counted.
In order to have scores recognized it will be
necessary to have the secretary, or other officer of
the club holding the tournament, or one of the Du
Pont representatives attest same.
The trophy itself is to be a medal or badge of solid
gold, having as its design the head of a buffalo in bas
relief, on the reverse will be engraved the name of
the winner. Attached to this will be a gold bar indi-
cating that a run of 100, or better, has been made,
and engraved on the bar will be the score and place
where made. For each additional run of 100 in the
case of amateurs, and 125 for professionals, an addi-
tional bar will be engraved and sent to the winner.
The "Long Run" trophy with the "Century Bars"
is not a new idea, it having been used years ago by
wheelman, and similar trophies are now being used
by riflemen, but the application to trap shooting is
decidedly an inovation.
It is rather interesting to know that the expert
shooters representing the Du Pont Company itself
will be eligible to compete for these "Long Run"
trophies.
The slogan for 1910 is bound to be — "How many
Du Pont Long Run bars have you?"
DuPont Powder Won.
When Dr. W. G. Hudson broke the world's record
at 200 yards on the Standard American Target, on
February 22d, at Greenville, New Jersey, he used a
combination load of "Sharpshooter' and "Schuetzen"
Smokeless the well-known duPont brands. His sec-
ond shot was a nine, all of the rest being tens.
Dr. Hudson's score in the Standard American Rec-
ord Match was 916 out of a possible 1000, made up
of the following strings: 91 90, 91, 87, 91, 94, SS, 92,
99, 93—916.
Winchester Goods on Top Again.
The trap shooting season for 1910 was ushered in
auspiciously at Alameda on the 6th inst. at the
grounds of the Bay View Gun Club. Over fifty shoot-
ers were present and participated in the various
events scheduled. Of the shooters present over 85
per cent shot the time-tried and dependable Winches-
ter "Leader" shotgun shells, and a goodly number
used the Winchester "pump" guns. Mr. George D.
Mo.rss, shooting a Winchester gun and Winchester
"Leader" shells, carried off the premier honors of
the shoot, scoring 24 x 25, 12 x 15, 9 x 10, 10 x 12 in
the double-bird event.
Spencer Leading Shot for 1909.
The Interstate Association for the Promotion of
Trap Shooting has just announced the official aver-
ages for 1909. They show that Charles G. Spencer
of St. Louis, Mo., is still the leading trap shot of
the country. He shot at 8325 targets and scored S092.
giving him an average of 97.20 per cent, the highest
ever made. When Spencer won the season's aver-
age for 1908, with a record of 96.77 per cent., it was
not thought that it would ever be beaten; but his
phenomenal shooting last year shows that he did
not then reach the limit of his skill or of his equip-
ment. In all his shooting. Mr. Spencer used a stan-
dard grade Winchester repeating shotgun and Win-
chester "Leader" and "Repeater" shells — regular
stock loads — the kind any shooter can buy any-
where.
Indoor Revolver Records.
Some recent revolver shooting by the Pacific Coast
crack, Mr. E. J. Gorman, has made history in tar-
get records.
At the Shell Mound Pistol and Rifle range he
established, December 1, 1909, a new indoor revolver
record for 20, 30 and 50 shots.
At 20 yards distance, standard American target,
in 40 minutes he shot the following scores: 192 out
of 200, 2S3 out of 300, 471 out of 500.
He used Peters 22 long rifle semi-smokeless cart-
ridges. This feat not only shows most excellent
holding by Mr. Gorman, but adds further proof to
the uniformity and extreme accuracy of Peters' am-
munition.
Peters Points.
At the tournament given by the Iroquois Rifle Club
of Columbus, Ohio, February 22d, Mr. J. H. Snook
won the Peters' Cup, emblematic of the champion-
ship of Ohio and Indiana his score being 121 out of
a possible 125. A. D. Rothrock won the Class B
Peters' Cup, scoring 119; both gentlemen using
Peters' .22 Caliber Semi-Smokeless cartridges. Mr.
Snook also won the Iroquois Rifle Club Handicap
trophy with a total score of 238 out of 250. The fact
that a number of the contestants used Peters' am-
munition is very good evidence of the fact that these
goods, in point of accuracy, uniformity and cleanli-
ness, are superior to any others on the market.
At Lebanon, Ohio, March 2d, high amateur aver-
age was won by Captain G. W. Dameron of the
Northern Kentucky Gun Club, Dayton, Ky., his score
being 69 out of 75. The conditions were far from
ideal, the light being poor and the mud and water
a foot deep on the firing line from which it will
be readily conceded that Captain Dameron's score
was an exceptionally fine job of shooting. He used
Peters' factory loaded Ideal shells.
At Denver, Colo., on Washington's Birthday, A. J.
Lawton of Colorado Springs won the Post trophy
after shooting off a tie with Max Hensler, winning
by one target. J. W. Garrett, the prior holder of
the Post trophy, won the Spaulding medal held by
Lawton. In the Post trophy race, -Lawton, 20 yards,
and Hensler, 21 yards, each broke 94 out of 100.
Garrett, 21 yards, scored 93. In the medal race the
scores were: Garrett 9S, Lawton 94, Hensler 92,
Lawton 91.
The Catalina Gun Club was recently organized at
Avalon. Al Carrahar was elected president and
Louis Bristol, secretary-treasurer. Arrangements
are being made for several tournament shoots near
Avalon.
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Saturday, April 2, 1910.]
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Michigan State Fair.
This Meeting follows the New Tork State Fair at Syracuse the Indiana State
in Fair at Indianapolis, and the Wisconsin State Fair at Milwaukee,
with easy shipments, on through trains.
The Michigan State Agricultural Society,
DETROIT
Announces the following early closing purses to be raced at the
61st Annual Michigan State Fair
SEPTEMBER 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1910.
NO. 1—2:17 CLASS, TROTTING, "THE MICHIGAN STAKE" $ 5,000.00
NO. 2—2:15 CLASS, PACING 5,000.00
NO. 3—2:12 CLASS, TROTTING 3,000.00
NO. 4—2:06 CLASS, PACING 3,000.00
NO. 5— FOUR-YEAR-OLD CLASS, TROTTING 2,000.00
CONDITIONS.
Entries Close Tuesday, April 12th
When horses must be named, but entries postmarked before noon of day following
will "Ij^/^l^ne American Trotting Association of which this Society is a
mpmhpr will govern except as otherwise specified.
mem TW™ or more horses under the same ownership or control or trained in the
*?amp stable mav start in any race.
same staoie ma ^ ^ best 3 jn 5 heats 1|mitea to neats.
Entrance is 5 per cent of purse and 5 per cent, additional from winners of
each ^^"j"1^ °se ^™6or more horses are entered by the same stable in the same
class, full 5 per cent, entrance is charged on only one horse, and for each addi-
tional horse the entrance is only 1 per cent.
But full 5 per cent, entrance will be required fn-m each starter.
Liability of Nominator ceases when written notice of withdrawal is lodged
with the Secretary.
Entrance is payable in easy installments, as follows:
Purse No. Apr. 12 May 17 June 21 Aug. 2 Sept. 6
ONE NOMINATION 1 and 2 $25 $40 $50 $60 $75
ADDITIONAL HORSES 10 10 10 10 10
ONE NOMINATION 3 and 4 15 25 30 35 45
ADDITIONAL HORSES 6 6 6 6 6
ONE NOMINATION 5 ' 10 15 20 25 30
ADDITIONAL HORSES 4 4 4 4 4
Other Events Trill be announced later to complete the Racing Program,
and no purse will be less than $1000.00.
Classes will be arranged to suit campaigning stables, especially those rep-
resented in the early closing purses.
Faster Classes will be 2 in 3.
For Entry Blanks and Information, address the Secretary of Races.
MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Race Committee: FRED POSTAL President.
THOMAS E. NEWTON, Chairman; ALBERT H. MOONE.
EUGENE FIFIELD, Secretary of Races.
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[Saturday, April 2, 1910.
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The Reducine Co., 90 West Broadway, New York:
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Fine registered Percheron stallion,
weight 2200 lbs. Address
WEBSTER KIXCAID, Eugene, Ore.
PERCHEROX STUD COLTS FOR SALE
The undersigned offers for sale two
high-grade Percher*on-Norman colts,
three years old, a black and a bay,
weighing about 1700 pounds each. For
prices and particulars, address
J. E. MOXTGOMERY, Pleasanton, CaL
FOR SALE.
The trotting bred stallion Silver
Prince by Prince Almont 2:13%, he bv
Almont Medium 2:18*4, he by Happv
Medium 400; dam Silver Maid bv Silver
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C. W. BOIRXE, Lytton Springs, Cal.
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NUTWOOD WILKES MARE FOR SALE
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners !
BON VOYAGE ®>>g
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
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Season of 1910 at the
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BON" VIVAXT (2) 2:lCa4
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SWEET BOW <2> 2:17%
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BOXADAY (2) 2:27%
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1000.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26%
VIATICUM <2> 2:20
Matinee record to wacon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:1594-
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam. of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St.. San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
2:26%
2:16
Sire of
Diamond Mc
trial
Delia Lou (3)
Armon Lou
Harold B.. p. Mat.
trial
Kinney G., p
Debutante (3) trial
Kalitan (3) trial
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial
John Christensen (3) trial
LoloB. (31, trial - ,
Four Stockings 1 3 i. trial J4 1:07
Princess Lou 1 2) . trial % - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
If San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
2:l:5!i
2:10
2:245 2
2:19}|
2 "27
2:27
2:2$
2:28
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
virced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P»rk where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead. Hills-
dale, Cal. For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS. Salinas, Cal.
GOOD LOOKS—WELL BRED— GAME.
ALL STYLE 47622
By St am B. 2:11 %
Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
eon in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
jv good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya, was out of that famous old California
.-ace mare Mary Lou 2:17. the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07 34, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jennv, the dam of three fast and freouent race winners, viz.: Ned "Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15y2 and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, GHIGO, Gal.
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chico, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:15^
3-y.-o. Record 2:1 li
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight 2:03%; dam Trixby Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, sire of John A.McKerron 2:01%.
Copa de Oro 2:01%. Tidal Wave 2:06%, Miss Idaho 2:09%, etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona WilKes 2:03% and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trisy by Director 2:17; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2:17%)
by Young Tuckahoe2:2S?f|. son of Flaxtflil; fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull ; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuekahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.) .
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season,
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
s. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05S in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc., etc.) ;
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05%;, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%:) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%-. etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care tanen of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
Nearest McKinney 40698
-Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11%, dam Mnnd J. C. by Nearest
3:22 %•; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13%) by Menlo 2:21% (son
of Nutwood 600): third dam Nellie Anteeo, bv Anteeo 2:16V' (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05%, W. Wood 2:07. Directum Kelly 2:08% and Gray Gem 2:09%):
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1.200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: S-TO the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of J910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
For tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
Phone Black 2841. T. W. BARSTOW, Sail Jose, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO GOOD ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:03'.
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:ll1/4, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10): dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2-13M sire
of Katalina 2:1114, General Vallejo 2:22U, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
Vallejo Girl 2:10>4, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583. son of Clark
chief S9: second dam Fanny Rose, great broo Imare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:11V4 is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09% Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%. and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2-20
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletoman 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON S40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
Rl'SH « II A I I.E. Suiaun, Cal.
Zolock 2:05] "" "'
McKinney's Fastest Entire Son
34471.
Sire of
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09%
Delilah 2:06% Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander - - 2:07% Boton de Oro 2:10%
Josephine - - 2:07% Mc O. D. - - 2:llj|
etc.. etc.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Sire, Nutwood Wilkes 2:l6i, diar5,fo?°sfn^a0r<?
i Francisco 2:07%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%, etc.
Ham Palltfl (J\ 7*fn dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20.
vain, raiua \i, j *"IU» dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%, and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete. second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%. and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
GAL TPfflrV $40 for ttlfi Spa<tf]n with Te^Tn Privilege, ormoney refunded at my
, UHL, ICIIII&. *HU IUI UIU OCaSUIl option if mare proves not in foal.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11J£
Pacing Record 2:06M
By McKinney 2:11>4. dam Nona T. 2:25. dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Henld of San Frnncisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
V. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:06%.
Alceste2:07%. Allerton 2:09%. Duke Jay 2:09?-: i. Early Bird
2:10. GitCnieManito2:0'.)%. Invader 2:10. Justo (3)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02. Allerson
2:05%. Charley H;ij t 2:06%. etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%);by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33. sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%, by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella. dam of
8. by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual retu™ privilege.
Rood pasturage So per month.
Alconda Jay. dark brown horse. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris,
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06 .
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of S and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:08}&, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee $5Q for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. ROMAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 2, 1910.
$31, OOP— Early Closing Events
COLUMBUS OHIO DRIVING ASSOCIATION CO,
MEETING SEPT. 19TH TO OCT. 1, 1910.
Great Western Grand Circuit Meeting
ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1910.
FIRST WEEK, SEPTEMBER 19 TO 24.
No. 1. $10,000. The Hoster Cols. Breweries Purse 2:1G Class Trotting 3 heats
No. 2. 5,000. The Hotel Hartmau Purse. 2:14 Class Pacing 3 heats
No. 3. 3,000. The Columhus Purse. 2:11 Cluss Trotting 3 heats
No. 4. 3,000. The Board of Trade Purse. 2:06 Class Pacing 3 beats
The Kentucky Stock Farm Futurity Will Be Raced This Week.
SECOND WEEK," SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 1.
No. 3. $3,000. The King Purse. 2:03 Class Pacing 3 in 5
No. 0. 5,000. The Buckeye Purse. 2:10 Class Trotting 3 in 5
The Horse Jleviov Futurity Will Be Raced This Week.
Money divided No. 1 $3,333.33 to heat — $1666.67, $833.34, $500.00, $333.33
Money divided No. 2 1,666.67 to heat — 833.33, 416.67, 250.00, 166.67
Money divided No. 3 1.000.00 to heat — 500.00, 250.00, 150.00, 100.00
Money divided No. 4 1,000.00 to heat — 500.00. 250.00. 150.00, 100.00
Nos. 5 and 6 — $2,000 to the winner. $1,000 to the second horse, $600 to the
third horse. $550 to the fourth horse, $450 to the fifth horse and $400 to the sixth
horse in the summary.
PAYMENTS DUE.
No. 1 $50April20; $75May20; $125June20; $250 Aug. 1
Additional Nominations Pay.. 15 April 20; 35 May 20; 50 June 20; 100 Aug 1
Nos. 2. 5 and 6 25 April 20; 35 May 20; 65 June 20; 125 Aug. 1
Additional Nominations Pay.. 10 April 20; 15Mav20; 25 June 20; 50 Aug. 1
N?s. 3 and 4. 15April20; 20May20; 40June20; 75 Aug. 1
Additional Nominations Pay.. 5 April 20; 10 May 20; 15 June 20; 30 Aug. 1
Horses must be named with entry. No liability for entrance money bevond
the amount paid in, if the Secretary is notified in writing on or before the 'time
the next payment falls due, but no entry will be declared out unless the amount
is paid up in full to date of withdrawal.
Three per cent, deducted from money winners
loi S^.rLth.an ?1Z horse ma/, be named in a class from the same stable, but two
!,"?■ ?f the purse additional will be charged for each horse so named.
™it„ J , ' .' 3„anc' 4 Wl11 be raced on the Notch y Plan of Three (3) Heats, of one
mile each, to the race, with the distance rule of the American Trotting issocia-
marv atPt!hen?onceaCh he?V, Sh,°Uld tw0 or more horses stand alike in the sum-
wh^„ai„l h« conclus>on of the third heat, they must race the fourth heat to decide
who wins the race and to decide the betting. Should there be a dead heat be-
E" The°wtaner o?''rbe rl a"y ^ ^,e n?°ney will be divided equalfy between
the entire pm-se W'" be the horse winning the largest amount of
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL AND AMERICAN TROTTING ASSOCIATIONS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION RULES TO GOVERN.
Address all communications to
E. W. SWISHER, (j. D. SHEPARD, secretary,
President. New First National Bank Bldg., Columbus, Ohio.
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Athasham
Race Rec. 2:09^.
Reg, No. 45026,
It-
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
H,BaAy„fta,llion;-,sltand„?, 16-3 han<is. weighs 1150. Sired
A^,At„hadon, „(„V, 2i?7 (sire o£ The Donna 2:07%
Athasham 2:09%, Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13% and 8
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2-17y. (4) 210W.
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year) by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910. Feb. loth to June 15th. at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place.
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Oal.
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:194 Ey ?5rne" 51M- Eec- 2:23 <sire oi Parnell Jr.
W" "" r**,w,r"r»fc " ^-1^4 2:12^ and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam or Parnell Jr. 2:12K) by Little Wonder; second dam Molly by Mambrino Chief 11
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
GARLOKIN 2:08!
Box i ,
P0DA flC flOn OifM* Fastest Horse on the Pacific
UUTM UE UnU ZiUlt Coast Registration applied
■* for.
By Nutwood Wilkes 2:16K.dam Atherine 2:16% by Patron 2-16&
Service Fee $100. Usual return privilege.
Registered No. 36548.
Exhibition mile 2:05%.
By McKinney 2 :ll^,dam the great
broodmare Carlotta Wilkes.
Service Fee $75. Usual return privilege.
The above stallions will make the Season of 1910 at
AGRICULTURAL PARK, LOS ANGELES
For further particulars address
W. G. DURFEE, University Station, Los Angeles, Cal.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta Mac 2:08,
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. - He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:1114, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:08, by Altoona 8850, sire of 8, son of the great
Almont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
andoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and. both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address
AV. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
Charley P. 2:06
Sire McKINNEY 2:11^4, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 1S7, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Plcasantou, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
SIR RODERICK
("The Handsome.
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 13S0 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a light cob. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See thin grand young horse. Call or address
PEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRTJAX, 1128 Park Ave., Alameda, Cal.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20',
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:0514, Charley Belden
2:08%, R. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15%, Sonoma
Boy 2:20. Clipper W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25,
Dennis 2:27%. Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schley B. 2:13i4, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15%,
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
PEE, .130.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam, Martha Frasier by Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
Wickersham, dam of Nogi 2:10%. Athasham 2:09%, etc., by Whippleton 1SS3; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator S336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson 1S7. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. His colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturago
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSIXG, Pleasanton, Cnl.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08J
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03'4.
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08^4 is a handsome brown borse. stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Will make his first sind season after April 1, idki, at
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
For further particulars address, after April 1st, E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds, Oregon.
Address before April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Santa Cruz, Cal.
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STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
Saturday, April 2, 1910.]
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ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chlco
ALCONDA JAY 46S31 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Gifford, Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHAM 2:0914 D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BONNY McKINNEY 41383 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
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Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5-9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
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Terre Haute July 11-15
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Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
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OWNERS AND TRAINERS are probably getting
a little impatient because the California circuit, or
rather the associations that contemplate giving har-
ness race meetings in California this year, are so
slow to announce programs. It is rather tough on
an owner to he compelled to wait until May 1st
before knowing whether there will be even a chance
to race his horses in this State, but it should be
remembered that conditions are such in this State
that track managers cannot decide on meetings until
they know what the State Agricultural Society will
do. As soon as the State Fair program is out we
shall expect to see three or four good meetings ad-
vertised. It is pretty tough to force trainers to get
their horses ready without knowing what the classes
or conditions are to he, but by next year we hope
t") have a circuit of district fairs organized that
will announce dates and programs by March 1st.
Until then, we must all exercise as much patience as
possible.
AN INCREASING NUMBER of fine carriages and
family coupes are. seen every day on the streets
of New York, and especially in the shopping dis-
tricts. A well-known New York horse fancier re-
cently remarked: "The man who goes ahead now
to breed carriage horses is going to make a ten-
strike. It looks like a certainty that the fashion-
able families are going to come back to the horse
for their pleasure driving to a great extent, and if
they do there will not be one-quarter enough fine
horses five years hence. The automobile has scared
so many people out of breeding harness horses that
very few are coming on to supply the future de-
mand, and prices are sure to jump.''
THE MORTALITY among the high priced imported
draft stallions in this state is greater than it should
be. There is such a demand for the services of
horses weighing a ton or over that stallions are kept
in very high flesh and given little exercise. It is al-
most impossible to give a ton horse a proper amount
of exercise when hitched to a cart or led to halter.
He should be put to the sort of work for which he
was intended — pulling heavy loads. His weight is
such that trotting him on the hard roads will injure
his feet and legs, while walking exercise is of little
use. Draft stallions that are used at moderate draft
work live the longest and are the surest foal getters.
A stallion that is kept hog fat and in practical idle-
ness is not in shape to resist disease.
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MORE CALIFORNIA BLOOD FOR KENTUCKY.
IT IS SAID that the very handsome farm cata-
logue of the Madden Farm, which has been issued
under the title of "Stud of Light Harness Horses at
Hamburg Place, Lexington, Kentucky," was com-
piled by Secretary W. H. Gocher, of the National
Trotting Association, It is a credit to its compiler,
whoever he is,
On Monday last Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick went
up to Santa Rosa, and while there visited Mr. S. B.
Wright's ranch, to see Maud Fowler's "latest," a
most beautiful filly by Lynwood W., hence a full
sister to the great Sonoma Girl 2:05%. Mr. Kil-
patrick tells us he never saw a mare of Maud
Fowler's age look as youthful. The old mare was
a little suspicious of the visitors, and circled around
her little daughter, trotting a :40 gait, while the
youngster galloped around the "inner circle" like a
racehorse. Before leaving the farm Mr. Kilpatrick
had concluded the purchase of Maud Fowler and her
foal, Hattie Fowler, her daughter by Robin, and
Winfreda, a five-year-old daughter of Hattie Fowler,
by Lynwood "W., thus securing for Mr. W. E. D.
Stokes' famous Patchen Wilkes Farm another family
of great broodmares — as Mr. Madden would put it,
"The Eveline family." This grand old mare by Nut-
wood is the dam of five (including Maud Fowler)
and of three dams of seven trotters and two pacers,
and is bound to make trotting-horse history, as Maud
Fowler is already the dam of four, including Sonoma
Girl 2:05% and two or three more to hear from
yet. Hattie Fowler, her daughter by Robin, is the
dam of a three-year-old filly by Wayland W., which
Joe Cuicello drove a mile in 2:25 last Saturday at
the San Jose track, and her daughter Hattie Lyn-
wood trotted a trial last year in 2:26, and was then
bred to Wayland W. and will foal in a few weeks.
Mr. Stokes has purchased during the past year about
thirty of the very best bred mares in California,
to send to the court of the great stallions at Patchen
Wilkes Farm. Among them are the following:
Daisy McKinney by McKinney, dam March 5th
by Hawthorne, dam of Welcome Mac 2:07%; second
dam March 4th by Whipple s Hambletonian, dam of
3 trotters and 2 dams; third dam Feeny (dam of 1)
by Elect Moore; fourth dam by Williamson's Bel-
mont.
Moy 2:07% by Prodigal, dam Minnie by Clay
King; second dam Minnie Merrill by Young Jim,
dam of 2 and grandam of 8, including Judge Parker
2:10%, Kentucky Todd 2:08% and Country Jay
2:08%.
Laurel Leaf 2:13% by Stam B., dam Laurel 2:13%
by Nephew; second dam Laura C. by Electioneer,
dam of 4 and 2 dams.
Rose McKinney 2:29 by McKinney, dam of Alma-
den 2:22%, and of Rose Lecco 2:25; dam Queen
Bee by Forrest Clay; second dam Lovelia by Almont
Lightning.
Hulda 2:08% by Guy Wilkes, dam Jennie by Bull
Pup.
Belle of Washington 2:26 by Washington McKin-
ney, dam Dahlia by Daly, dam of 3; second dam
Cygnet by Steinway, dam of 2 and 2 dams; third
dam Leah by Woodford Mamb.; fourth dam by
Alexander's Abdallah.
Belle of Killarney by Washington McKinney, dam
Darien by Daly (full sister to Dahlia).
These mares, with the exception of Daisy Mc-
Kinney, were snipped to Kentucky last January, with
the two stallions, The Lord Dillon by Sidney Dillon,
dam Roblet 2:12 (dam of 3) by Robin, and By Mac
by McKinney, dam By By by Nutwood.
On Tuesday next Sam Norris starts across the
continent in an express car containing:
By Guy by Guy Wilkes, dam of 3, including Sophia
Dillon 2:11% and Martha Dillon 2:10%, dam By By,
dam of Marengo King 2:29 and Rapidan Dillon
2:12%; second dam Rapidan by Dictator.
Adioo, full sister to By Guy, dam of 2.
Guycara by Guy Wilkes, dam Biscara by Director,
dam of 10, 1 sire and 2 dams; second dam Bicari
by Harold, dam of 6, 4 sires and 6 dams.
Russie Russell by Bay Rose, dam of Ruth Dillon
2:06%, dam Oakley Russell by Happy Russell, dam
of Bert Arrondale 2:19%; second dam Oakley by
Orestes; third dam Belle Harris by Henry Clay Jr.
Mildred Russell by L. W. Russell, dam Lou Mil-
ton by Milton Medium, dam of Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Alix B. 2:24% by Nutwood Wilkes, dam of Al-
sandra 2:12, dam a daughter of Albert W., sister to
Little Albert 2:10; second dam Old Star by Am.
Star; third dam by Black Hawk.
Josephine by Strathway, dam Maud by Diablo;
second dam Jennie by Richards' Elector; third dam
Sugar Plum by Lodi.
Carmencita by Zolock, dam Maud by Diablo.
Maud by Diablo, etc.
Lady Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Lady Direct
by Direct, dam of Miss Derby 2:23% second dam
by Langford, son of Williamson's Belmont.
Clara Oakley by Sidney Dillon, dam Oakley Rus-
sell by Happy Russell, dam of Bert Arrondale 2:19%
and grandam of Ruth Dillon 2:06%; second dam Oak-
ley by Orestes; third dam Belle Harris by Henry
Clay Jr.
Maud Fowler 2:21% by Anteeo, dam of Sonoma
Girl, etc., dam Eveline by Nutwood, etc.
Hattie Fowler by Robin, dam Maud Fowler.
Winifreda by Lynwood W., dam Hattie Fowler.
Nushbrill by Nushagak, dam Brilliant Shine by
Chas. Derby, dam of Brilliant Girl 2:08%; second
dam Lydia Bright by Triumvir.
Chairon by Chas. Derby, dam Susie Mambrino by
Mambrino Boy; second dam by Simmons.
Monal by Demonio 2:11%, dam Elorita by Alban,
dam of Father McKinnon, sire of Solano Boy 2:07%;
second dam Emma R. 2:28% by Electioneer; third
dam Emma Robson by Woodburn, dam of 4 and 3
dams; fourth dam by Williamson's Belmont.
In the same car with the above mares wlil he
shipped Chas. Derby 2:20. This old monarch is still
as vigorous as a four-year-old and has covered eight
or ten mares since the Pleasanton sale. Mr. Kirk-
patrick will also send Oliver Todd to Kentucky, to
be trained for his stake engagements. We believe
no single car ever left California containing such
an aggregation of the most fashionable trotting
blood of the day, and that they will eventually bring
many new stars to the crown of Patchen Wilkes
Farm we firmly believe. They were selected by a
man who is thoroughly familiar with trotting-horse
breeding, and who is an earnest student of producing
blood-lines and entirely unprejudiced. We feel that
both California and Kentucky are indebted to Mr.
Kilpatrick for thus uniting the best blood of both
States, and we look forward with great confidence
to a successful result.
Especially interesting and pertinent, just now,
says the Kentucky Stock Farm, in view of the ex-
haustive review of the famous Mamie family as set
forth in the recently published "Stud Book of Light
Harness Horses at Hamburg Place," is the news
that comes from France of the achievement of Fred
Leyburn by which an additional lustre is lent to the
fame of the great matron Mamie. In speaking of
her in his book, Mr. Madden write: "Mamie had
but six foals, all fillies. All of them made records
of 2:30 or better. Four of them are speed pro-
ducers and * * * the sixth, Helen Leyburn, was
sold for export and had no foals in America." Mr.
Madden sold her a number of years ago to the
world-famous journalist and owner oi the New York
Herald, Mr. James Gordon Bennett. She has been
bred to a European sire, Kalmia, and a foal, now five
years of age, called Fred Leyburn, has just won
two important events at Nice. The first event was
the Grand Prix de Milan, having a value of 5,000
francs, and which he won in straight heats, defeat-
ing six other contestants. The other was the Grand
Prix du Trotting, having a value of 10,000 francs,
offered by the Society des Bains de Mer de Monaco,
in which Fred Leyburn defeated a field of eight
others, though losing the second heat to Vintimille.
Fred Leyburn is owned by Monsieur M. C. Rosseau.
No other mare in the American trotting register has
the wonderful record of Mamie in that all of her
produce have standard records and all of them speed
producers in the first generation but one, and she,
Alice Leyburn, is the grandam of one standard per-
former. The report is taken from the Race Track
Eulletin, issued by the Trotting Association of Paris,
and the achievement of Fred Leyburn is a matter of
congratulation and a distinct pleasure to Mr. Mad-
den.
Mr. J. F. Backstrand, president of the Riverside
Driving Club, was in San Francisco this week, and
while in the office of the Breeder and Sportsman re-
ported the good news that an effort is being made
to organize a county fair association in that county.
The Riverside Chamber of Commerce, Business
Men's Association and the Arlington Chamber of
Commerce have each appointed a committee of three
to attend to the details of organization. It is pro-
posed to lease or purchase a tract of land on which
a mile track and the necessary buildings will be
constructed, and to hold a genuine county fair every
year. There is no doubt but the proposition will be
carried to a successful conclusion. Mr. Backstrand
is the proud owner of a six-year-old mare by Stanton
'Wilkes, sire of Kid Wilkes 2:09%, dam by Harry
H., that is a very fast natural pacer. With little or
no training she has won matinee races hitched to
a road buggy, while her opponents drew carts or
sulkies. She has a matinee record of 2:30 at this
hitch and one of 2:27 to cart. She is a big, strong
mare, and, as Mr. Backstrand says, she is just what
he wants to have fun with. She is not for sale.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 9, 1910.
§ JOTTINGS. I
PORTLAND HAS OFFERED $10,000 for 2:12 elass
trotters this year and will receive a big list of
entries from California or cause the turning loose
of a bunch of excuses that would make Murray
Howe's complexion change to a bilious green, should
be hear them. With $10,000 for 2:12 trotters at
Portland and $5,000 for the same class at Salem the
following week, there is no reason why owners of
slow-class trotters should go East -n hope of earn-
ing fame and fortune on the Grans and Great West-
ern circuits. The horse that wins the 2:12 class at
Portland and Salem will have $6,000 to his credit,
and there will be $2,000 purse at Spokane for 2:13
trotters, one of $2,500 for 2:10 trotters at Boi3e,
Idaho, to say nothing of the many $1,000 purses
for the slow classes to be hung up at other places
on the Coast It will be possible fos- = irotter eligi-
ble to the 2:12 class to earn about $10,000 in purses
on the Pacific Coast this year, and when we reflect
that only seven trotters in the whole United States
won more than that amount in 1909 we can see that
it takes a very high-class horse to win ten thousand
dollars in any one year in the east. The only trotters
that won as much as ten thousand dollars in 1909 were
Margin 2:05%, Penisa Maid 2:04%, Baroness Vir-
ginia (3) 2:08%, Bob Douglas 2:06%, Jack Mc-
Kerron 2:07%, The Harvester 2:06% and the Read-
ville Handicap winner, Baron Alcyone 2:15%.
When one stops for a moment and thinks that to
win more than ten thousand dollars in one season
a trotter must be able to beat such horses as the
above seven, he will consider that the Pacific Coast,
with its ten and five thousand dollar stakes this year,
offers a much better chance than does the Grand
and the Great Western circuits, where all the 2:05
trotters will congregate. Portland and Salem are
only about 36 hours form San Francisco, but it's a
long haul and an expensive one across the country
to the Eastern racetracks.
* * *
THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS for the principal
Oregon and Washington meetings were printed in
last week's Rural Spirit, and the California horse
owners have been talking about them ever since.
The North Pacific races will open at Everett, Wash-
ington, August 30th, and end at Boise, Idaho, October
15th. These programs are as follows:
Everett.
August 30-September 3, 1910.
Tuesday.
1. 2:25 Pace, Everett stakes $500
2. 2:40 Trot, Breeders' stake 500
Wednesday.
3. 2:17 Trot, Merchants' stake 500
4. 2:14 Pace, Enterprise stake 400
Thursday.
5. 2:20 Pace, purse 500
6. 2 : 25 Trot, Manufacturers' stake 500
Friday.
7. 2:10 Trot, purse 500
8. 2:35 Pace, purse 400
Saturday.
9. 2:08 Pace, Lumbermen's stake 1000
10. 2:30 Trot, purse '. 500
Portland.
September 5-10, 1910.
Monday, September 5, 1910.
2-year-old, futurity trotting $ 900
2:10 Pace 1000
2:30 Trot (Riverside Driving Club) 1000
Tuesday, September 6, 1910.
3-year-old Pace (2:20 class) 500
2:20 Trot 1000
Special
Wednesday, September 7, 1910.
3-year-old Trot (2:25 class) S00
2:14 Pace (Hotel purse) 5000
2:24 Trot 800
Thursday, September 8, 1910.
2-year-old Pace, futurity 600
2:12 Trot, purse 10,000
Special
Friday, September 9, 1910.
2:16 Trot 800
2:14 Pace (Consolation) 1000
2:25 Pace 800
Saturday, September 10, 1910.
2:06 Pace 1000
2:12 Trot (Consolation) 2000
Special
Salem.
September 12-17, 1910.
Monday.
2-year-old Trot, futurity $900
2:12 Pace 800
2:25 Trot 800
Tuesday.
2:25 Pace 500
3-year-old, Pace 500
2:15 Trjt 1000
Wednesday.
2:20 Pace 500
2:10 Pace 5000
2:30 Trot 500
Thursday.
2-year-old Pace, futurity 600
2:20 Pace 800
2:12 Trot 5000
Friday.
2:20 Trot 800
2:06 Pace 1000
2: 10 Pace (Consolation) 1000
Saturday.
2:15 Pace 1000
2 : 10 Pace (Consolation) 1000
Free-for-all, Trot 1000
Walla Walla, Wash.
September 19-24, 1910.
Monday.
2:18 Trot $500
2:25 Pace 500
Tuesday.
2:25 Trot 500
3-year-old, Pace 400
Wednesday.
2:30 Pace 500
3-year-old, Trot 400
Thursday.
2:14 Trot 1000
2:20 Pace 700
Friday.
2:10 Trot 1000
2:15 Pace 500
Saturday.
2:10 Pace 1000
2:30 Trot 500
Spokane, Wash.
October 3-8, 1910.
Monday.
2:25 Pacing, stake $1000
Spokane Handicap 1000
Tuesday.
2:13 Trotting, stake 2000
2:18 Pace 500
Wednesday.
2:24 Trotting, stake 1000
3-year-old, Pacing, stake 500
Thursday.
3-year-old, Trotting, stake 500
Free-for-all, Pace 500
Friday.
2:10 Pacing, stake 2000
2:18 Trot 500
Saturday.
Free-for-all, Trot 500
Boise, Idaho.
October 10-15, 1910.
Monday, October 10.
2:35 Pace $1000
2:30 Trot 1000
Tuesday, October 11.
2:12 Pace 2500
2:15 Trot 1000
Wednesday, October 12.
2:20 Trot 2500
2:08 Pace 1000
Thursday, October 13.
2:12 Pace (Consolation) 500
2:10 Trot 2500
Friday, October 14.
2:16 Pace 1000
2:20 Trot (Consolation) 500
Saturday, October 15.
2:10 Trot (Consolation) 500
* * *
The 2:12 class trotters that are in training on the
Coast up to the present time are pretty numerous,
counting all the horses with slower records whose
trainers confidently expect to mark them below
2:12 before the season is ended. Of tne slow class
trotters out last year Kid Wilkes 2:09%, Era 2:10
and Emily W. 2:10, are out of the 2:12 class. Among
those with records that have shown ^cmething like
ability to be in the money when the neats are in
2:12 are Sophia Dillon 2:11%, Cleo Dillon 2:13%,
Zombronut 2:11%, Zombretta 2:15%, Ida Miller-
ton 2:12%, Escobado 2:13%, Goldennut 2:11%, Rapi-
dan Dillon 2:12%, Scotch John 2:11%, Katalina
2:11%, Easter 2:15%, Thomas M. 2:12%, Wenja
2:17, Zomell 2:14% Lida Carter 2:18%, Henry Gray
2:13%, Lee Crawford 2:11%, Belle N. 2:14%, Paul
W. 2:14%, Delia Derby 2:11% and several more I
do not now recall. There are a number of others
with slow records and some that nave no records
at all that look to have a chance in a 2:12 class trot.
Joe Cuicello has three trotters in his string that
have better than 2:12 speed — Vallejo Boy, Weate-
water and Prof. Heald 2:24%. Chas. Lmrfee has
the mare Helen Stiles and the black trotters Dr.
Lecco and Almaden 2:22%. The last two both beat
2:12 in their work last year and Helen Stiles looks
like a 2:10 trotter. Budd Doble has a Kinney Lou
colt that will probably not be raced this year that
many horsemen think is good enough to start in a
2:12 class in any country. At Fresno there are
several 2:12 prospects in the strings of Geo. WarlowT,
J. W. Zibbell and Schuyler Walton, Sacs-amento has
several, Chico one or two, and Los Angeles should
have a half-dozen. On paper it looks as if the Port-
land $10,000 stake should receive arjout thirty en-
tries. I hope it will and that the game association
offering it will make money on its meeting.
* * *
SOME TIME AGO James W. Marshall, of Dixon,
asked the editor of the Breeder and Sportsman to
look up the date and see if his great mother of pacers,
Trix by Nutwood Wilkes, could not be registered.
Trix, as our readers well know, is the dam of Mona
Wilkes 2:03%, Moortrix (4) 2:07%, Aerolite (3)
2:11%, public trial 2:05% as a three-year-old, Sirius
Pointer (2) 2:18, Leota 2:23 and Thelma 2:19%, all
by different sires, and all pacers.
Looking up the breeding of Trix on the dam's side
it was found that her dam was the mare Directrix,
registered as non-standard on page 802 of Volume 11
of the American Trotting Register, and her second
dam was Mischief, registered as a pacer in Vol. 3,
page 453, of the same publication. The idea occurred
to the editor that as Mischief was registered as a
pacer in Vol. 3, that her daughter by Director 2:17
could be registered as a pacer under the present rule
6, which makes the produce of a registered standard
trotter and a registered standard pacer eligible to
registration as a pacer, and that when this was ac-
complished, Trix, the daughter of Directrix, by Nut-
wood Wilkes could be registered as a pacer also
under rule 6. It never occurred to us however, that
Mischief was not recorded as standard in the pacing
department of the A. T. R., which was not established
until Vol. 12 was issued, but on writing to the Amer-
ican Trotting Association, the following letter was
received explaining the situation:
Chicago, 111., March 23, 1910.
The Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco, Cal.
Your letter of the 19th at hand. The mare Mischief
is registered as stated in volume three of the register-
and her registration states that she is a pacer but
she is not recorded as standard in the pacing de-
partment and is not standard under pacing rules,
hence, the mare Directrix is not standard in the
pacing department.
Trix being by Nutwood Wilkes a horse standard
in the trotting department must have two trotters
with records of 2:30 or better in order to enable
her to become standard.
Yours respectfully,
American Trotting Register Association.
The absence of any rule by which Trix, one of the
greatest dams of pacers that ever lived, can now
be registered as a pacer shows that something
is wrong with the pacing standard. There are many
mares of short breeding registered as standard
pacers that have never produced and that never will
produce a pacer fast enough to get out of its own
way, and yet any of their produce sired by a regis-
tered trotter, can be registered as a pacer. Yet here
is the mare Trix, that has produced six pacers in the
standard list, five of them with records below 2:20,
and two with records below 2:08, that is sired by
Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% a stallion whose dam had a
pacing record of 2:1S% and who has himself sired
three pacers with records from 2:01% to 2:09%; this
mare is out of a daughter of Director 2:17, sire ot
four pacers with records from 2:03% to 2:09%, her
next dam is by a son of the pacing sire Flaxtail and
out of a mare by the same horse, next dam by Peoria
Blue Bull and next dam Fanny Fern, a mare that has
founded a pacing family, and yet Trix cannot be
registered as a pacer, but can be registered as a
trotter if two of her produce manage to get around
a mile track at the diagonal gait in 2:30, which they
could probably do if they were so weighted that they
could not pace. It looks absurd to me to permit a
mare by a registered but non-producing horse and
out of a mare of unknown breeding to be registered
as standard because two of her get trot in 2:30,
when a mare that is by a 2:02 pacing sire, has her-
self produced six pacers with standard records, and
whose breeding is in pacing lines and can be traced
back through five generations, is barred.
Here is another absurdity: Star Pointer 1:59%,
the first horse to pace in two minutes, is pacing bred,
sires nothing but pacers, and has no trotting blood
in his veins, yet he is registered as a standard trot-
ter. A filly by him out of a draft mare, should she
produce two colts with tin cup records of 2:30, could
be registered as a standard trotting mare, and if the
colts were by registered horses they could stand for
public service in any of the States having a stallion
law, under a license that would class them as pure
bred standard trotters, while Aerolite (3) 2:11%,
Moortrix (4) 2:07% and Sirius Pointer (2) 2:18 each
and every one as well bred as any horses living,
would all be compelled to stand as grades. It is to
laugh.
Saturday. April 9, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
WHAT MARYSVILLE TRAINERS ARE DOING.
PATRIARCHS GO FAST AT FRESNO.
A LETTER FROM P. W. HODGES.
Marysville, Cal., April 4, 1910.
We have had ideal training weather here the past
month, with the exception of about three days when
we had a down-pour of nice warm rain, enough to
insure booming crops.
The track here could not be better; one can see
horses stepping quarters from 33 to 36 seconds most
any day.
Mr. Vance has four head and they are all looking
big and strong. He is doing a big business with
his stallion Sir John S. 2:04% which he surely is
entitled to. I think he will prove a great sire, as his
colts are all large, speedy and have good disposi-
tions. Tonopah by Billups from Sir John's dam is a
fine looking big stallion, and is a strong going trot-
ter. Mr. Vance is training Easter Bells 2:11% at
the pace this year, and if she stays right, we all
know she will be a hard nut to crack. His Bon
Voyage two-year-old out of the dam of these three
is as fine a looking colt as I ever saw.
William Leech is also training four head. He
takes great pleasure in driving his mare Anona.
Tou can see him stepping this mare through the
stretch most any day in 35 seconds in a big road
cart. He is breaking a Star Pointer yearling Ally,
that is a sweet going trotter. F. Atkins has com-
menced training his big trotter R. W. P. 2:13%. by
Lynwood W. He is in fine shape, and is a nice going
trotter. Mr. Renatti has about seven head in his
stable. At the head of the string is the little stal-
lion Monteo with a trial of 2:07 to his credit last
year, and one that will be hard to beat in the green
pacing classes this year.
I have ten head in my stable, all green ones. But
I think I have two of the best green ones I ever
handled. I have the green pacer George Woodard
that worked a mile in 2:12 last year and quarters
in 30 seconds. I expect to take a try at those big
stakes up north with him this fall. He is owned by
Mr. W. R. Merrill of Colusa. I have two fillies by
Sir John S. out of a mare by Lynmont that are com-
ing two and three-year-olds, that would be hard to
beat in a show ring, and have been quarters in 40
seconds with both. The two-year-old is entered in
the Breeders Futurity. I also have a three-year-old
pacing filly by Sir John S. out of the grand dam ot
these last mentioned colts, her dam being by Silver
King. This filly has been a mile in 2:30. These three
belong to Mr. G. W. Magruder of Yuba City, propri-
etor of the Yuba City flouring mills. I also have
another filly by Sir John S. that is a beauty and
will make quite a pacer. She is the property of
Mr. H. Berg a prominent farmer of Sutter county.
Another horse in my stable of the show horse type
is Washington McKinney Jr., a three-year-old black
stallion sired by Washington McKinney and out of
Hazel Turk by Silas Skinner. This fellow is a high
class individual, of the true trotting horse type in
every respect. He is good gaited, intelligent, with
plenty of style and of good size. He belongs to Mr.
E. F. Emlay of Marysville.
I also have a fourteen months old filly in my stable
by the great Aerolite (3) 2:11.% dam Deviletta 2:10%
by Diablo 2:09%. This filly is just getting her first
lesson in harness, and is a smooth going pacer. She
is entered in all of the big stakes in the United
States, and she will be heard from later on; Mr.
Wm. Harkey of Gridley, California, is her owner.
WM. DUNCAN.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Haskell Bros., Moorpark, Cal. — The gray stallion
H. M. Stanley made his record of 2:19 at San Fran-
cisco, at the old Bay District track, August 9, 1894.
when he was a four-year-old. Henry Delaney drove
him in this race and won in straight heats in 2:21,
2:20%, 2:19. The horses behind Stanley ranked
in this order in the summary: Myrtle Thorne,
Montana, Margaret Worth, Guard, Bay Rum, Lady
O., Hazel Ayers, Major Brown, Daisy D. In the race
at Woodland that year, H. M. Stanley did not win,
but was second every heat in a four-heat race, the
summary of which is as follows:
Margaret Worth 1 3 1 1
Elisa S 3 1 5 D
H. M. Stanley 2 2 2 2
Lustre 4 5 3 4
Senator L 5 4 4 3
Time, 2:18%, 2:16%, 2:18%, 2:17%.
o
The greatest number of mares ever nominated
in the Kentucky Futurity was 1,461. In the one
c'osed March 15, 1910, there were 1,301 mares nomi-
nated. As it ccsts $5 to nominate in this $21,000
stake, a little figuring will show that $6,505, or
nearly one-third the full amount of the stake, is
made by the first payment. As the second payment
is $10, and is paid December 1st, when the foals
are a few months old, it usually brings in about
twelve thousand do'lars additional, which brings the
total payments very c'ose to twenty thousand dol-
lars, so the stake generally pays the Kentucky asso-
ciation a profit. But when the fact is taken into
consideration that the association guarantees the
stake to be worth $21,000, and should the original
list of nominations be small, would stand to lose a
large amount, no one will begrudge the association
the small sum it may make from the stake.
The Fresno Driving Club put on a sensational
race at its matinee last Sunday in the shape of a
match dash of a quarter of a mile between the
eighteen-year-old trotter Stamboulet 2:10%, by Stam-
boul, and the pacing veteran, Harvey Mac 2:14%,
also eighteen years of age, by McKinney. It is said
that nearly $1,000 changed hands on the result of
the contest, and when Schuyler Walton landed the
old trotter first at the wire in 30% seconds he re-
ceived a round of applause. Stamboulet and Har-
vey Mac are owned by Tom Richardson and Dan
McDonald, respectively, both members of the Fresno
Driving Club, and the race was the principal topic
of conversation among the Fresno horsemen for a
week before it came off. Walton took the lead with ,
Stamboulet as soon as the word was given and "
although J. W. Zibbell, who was up behind Harvey
Mac, gave the pacer a splendid drive, the trotter out-
brushed him and reached the wire a full length to
the good in the fast time of 30% seconds.
An excellent program of races made up the pro-
gram for the day, which was a beautiful one in every
way, and greatly enjoyed by -all who attended. The
results were as follows:
First race, class A pace:
David St. Clair (D. L. Bachant) a 1 1
Dolly T. (S. C. Eberhart) 1 3 3
Oleander (S. C. Walton) 3 2 2
Time, 2:15%, 2:30, 2:19.
Second race, class B trot:
Stewart (A. D. Aley ) l i
Ateka ID. L. Bachant) 2 2
Miss French (Frenchaboy) 3 3
Anona (W. O. White) 4 4
Time, 2:25%, 2:26%.
Third race, class B pace:
Athablo Chief (W. O. White) 4 2 1 1
Foxy (John Suglian) T2 1 2 2
Alice R. (F. M. Poole) 1 3 4 3
Rocky (Otis Longley) 3 4 3 d
Time, 2:35, 2:37, 2:35%, 2:36.
Fourth race, class C pace:
Little Edna (E. J. Boust) 1 1
Nona (W. O. White) 2 2
Blitzen (Otis Longley) 3 3
Time, 2:52%, 2:36%.
Fifth race, match race, % mile:
Stamboulet (S. C. Walton, driver) 1
Harvey Mac (J. W. Zibbell, driver) 2
Time, 0:30%.
Officials — Judges, M. B. Sweeney, H. C. McKay,
Willard Zibbell; timer, J. Bradshaw; starter, Joe
Crawford.
ABOLISHING THE HOPPLES.
The Broncho 2:00% was given a mile in 2:05%
last fall, has been jogged all winter and will now be
put in training for the racing season of ±910. It is
thought she will stand the prep all right.
A step toward the abolition of the hopples was
made at the recent Turf Congress of the National
Trotting Association. Unlike the drastic action of
a dozen years ago, when the turf magnates attempted
to wipe out the hopples with one stroke of the pen,
the present action is toward the gradual elimination
of the straps by forbidding their use this year on
two-year-olds and under. Next year three-year-olds
and under will not be allowed to race in the double
harness. Progress will thus be made until 1915,
when the straps will be barred on all race horses.
This is a great improvement over the old law,
which never amounted to anything. The rulers of the
turf by this action give notice to all trainers that
in future they must teach their youngsters to pace
without the use of the pajamas. It is generally
agreed that horses can be balanced so as to pace
fast without the use of the straps, and it is also
agreed that it takes a long time in many cases to
teach the babies what to do with their legs.
Whether this legislation will overcome the great
American desire to make speed quickly the future
alone can tell. The theory is excellent, hut it may
not work out so well as is anticipated by the op-
ponents of the double harness. The old rule was sup-
nosed to be mandatory until the late Wm. B. Fasig
insisted that it was not, and if the managers of some
tracks should get together and decide to allow hop-
pled horses to perform on their tracks it might be
that the rule would not be strictly enforced.
The success of the rule will depend on the suc-
cess with which the track managers are educated
up to the no-hopple proposition. If the trainers will
go to work and spend the time necessary to educate
their horses to race without the straps, then the rule
will be a success. If not, then it is doubtful. Free-
legged pacers are more valuable than the hoppled
kind. Many of the best pacers on the Grand Circuit
received their early racing education over the half-
mile tracks and later were purchased on the sayso
of some Grand Circuit trainer. The latter are be-
coming more and more opposed to the straps. Even
those who have become known as particularly suc-
cessful drivers of the hopplers, are not in favor of
the straps and would willingly see them abolished.
If the owners of pacers that perform on the small
tracks come to the conclusion that they cannot sell
their horses to the Grand Circuit owners and train-
ers, then there will be few pacers with the double
harness.
The experiment will be watched with a great deal
of interest. If successful, pacers will be worth more
money than they are at the present time, and the
racing will be of a cleaner character. — Western
Horseman.
The many friends of P. W. Hodges on this coast
will be interested in the following letter, written by
the breeder of Copa de Oro 2:01%, San Francisco
2:07% and other fast horses, to the editor of the
Kentucky Stock Farm:
Union Pacific, en route for Oregon, March 23.
Editor Stock Farm: I have shipped my stock to
Salem, Oregon, a few days ago and am en route to
Portland myself. Will locate at either Salem or
Portland for awhile. After selling San Francisco
to the Walnut Hall people, I sold The Angelus and
one of the San Francisco fillies to Mr. Warren
Bigelow, of Detroit, and closed out the P. W. Hodges
Company. I also sold the young stallion by San
Francisco to Mr. G. W. Slaughter, of Detroit. I
think he is almost as great a prospect as his illus-
trious sire. Then shipped the balance of my young
stock to Memphis, for a few weeks, preparatory to
shipping to the Coast.
While there I sold to Mr. M. D. Shutt one of the
greatest prospects I ever raised. She being a filly
by Nutwood Wilkes, out of Zaleme by Freckles 2:30
by Wilton, second dam Gussie Gale by Redondo 2:19
by Stamboul 2:07%; third dam Gale 2:27% by Com-
modore Belmont; fourth dam Irene by Dictator, and
so on. She is a gray filly, four years old. I broke
her after reaching Memphis, and notwithstanding
the few snow storms and bad weather we had, she
stepped an eighth in 16% seconds like play. She is
naturally the best headed thing I have ever raised,
which is saying a great deal, after raising San Fran-
cisco, Copa de Oro, The Angelus and a few others
of less note. She also showed me more phenomenal
race qualities than Copa de Oro in the beginning
and I firmly believe she will train on as far as
Copa de Oro, barring accidents, etc., as I believe
Mr. Shutt will give her a good chance.
I also sold another very promising mare by Owy-
nex son of Owyhee, dam Queen R. 2:12; second
dam by Adrian Wilkes, to W. E. Frazier, of Mc-
Leansboro, 111. I am only taking back to the Coast
two fillies, which I will develop up for brood mares.
One is by Nearest, a full brother to John A. Mc-
Kerron, out of a mare by McKinney; second dam
Alein by Anteco; third dam Lou Milton, dam of
Lou Dillon. The other one is by San Francisco, out
of Alein, etc. I have also purchased from Walnut
Hall Stock Farm the young stallion Montbaine, three
years old, by Moko, out of Krem Marie by Kremlin.
He is a rich bay in color, a fine individual, stands
just sixteen hands high, and when he fills out will
be a great looker. He is good gaited and shows
plenty of speed. I unk . e w... be a good addition
to our blood lines on the Coast. I will place him
in the stud in Oregon this year, also develop him
up slowly. We called on "Pop" Geers just before
leaving Memphis. He is convalescing very rapidly
and says he will be out in a few days. He seems as
bright and cheerful as a two-year-old. "Doc" Tan-
ner and Murray Howe also dropped in to see Mr.
Geers while we were there. Everything is moving
on lively in Memphis, track good and weather fine.
AUCTION PRICES IN RECENT YEARS.
From 1898 to 1910, twelve years, the Fasig-Tipton
Company has sold at New York, Boston and Cleve-
land, about 20,000 trotting-bred horses at auction.
The highest price brought by any horse at these
sales was $30,000, which was paid for the stallion
Todd 2:14%, by William Bradley of New York.
The Abbot 2:03% brought the next highest price,
$26,500, and Cresceus 2:02% and Axworthy 2:15%
share equal honors by bringing $21,000 each. Of
the horses that during the twelve years referred to
have brought over $5,000 at these sales, the follow-
ing were California bred. The date of the sale, name
of horse and the name of the buyer is given in each
case:
Nov. 26, 1906, Sweet Marie by McKinney, E. T.
Stotesbury, Philadelphia, $14,000.
May 12. 1903, Lou Dillon by Sidney Dillon, C. K
G Billings, $12,500.
Nov. 21, 1901, Directum by Director, M. W. Sav-
age, Minneapolis, $12,100.
Jan. 29, 1903, Idolita by Mendocino, J. J. Scannell,
New York, $11,100.
Nov. 24, 1904, Nora McKinney by McKinney, Wil-
liam Simpson, New York, $11,000.
May 14, 1905. George G. by Homeward, William
Bradley, New York, $10,000.
Nov. 27, 1901, Adbell by Advertiser, John E. Mad-
den, Lexington, $10,000.
May 15, 1903, The Roman by McKinney, G. H.
Smith, Chillicothe, Ohio, $10,000.
Nov. 23, 1904, Sidney Dillon by Sidney, S. R. Holt,
Indianapolis, $9,000.
Nov. 28, 1902, Anaconda by Knight, Dr. D. T.
Brigham, $7,200.
Nov. 22, 1898, Klatawah by Steinway, James But-
ler, New York, $7,000.
Nov. 29, 1906, Brilliant Girl by James Madison,
Gregory Auschkoff, Moscow, $6,000.
May 16, 1899, Who Is It by Nutwood Wilkes, Frank
Jones, Portsmouth, N. H., $5,600.
Jan. 29, 1902. Advertiser by Electioneer, Whitely
Stables, Muncie, Ind., $5,300.
Nov. 21, 1901, Bow Bells by Electioneer, Sam
McMillan, New York, $5,100.
Zombro 2:11 has been shipped to Columbus, Ohio,
and will remain there for the season 1910.
Eighteen head of Kentucky saddle horses averaged
$497 per head at auction in New York week before
last.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 9, 1910.
I NOTES AND NEWS g
Hurrah for Portland!
It offers $10,000 for 2:12 class trotters.
Salem will give $5,000 for the same class.
The North Pacific Circuit is only beaten by the
Grand and Great Western Circuits.
William Cecil is working four head at the San
Jose track and will hare two or three to race this
year.
Fifteen trotting-bred horses foaled in California
have brought from $5,000 to $14,000 each at auction
sales during the past twelve years.
All the stalls at the new San Jose track are full,
and lumber is being hauled to build more. Several
trainers are waiting for the new stalls to he fin-
ished.
Mr. C. B. Johnson, of Ogden, Utah, the present
owner of Monterey 2:09%, states that the son of
Sidney trotted a half in 1:04 last year over a half
mile track.
Budd Doble was laid up several days last week
with a severe cold that was almost a case of la
grippe, but we are pleased to state he is getting
much better.
With the meetings of the P. C. T. H. B. A., the
Califonia State Fair, and the North Pacific Circuit,
the outlook for trotting and pacing races is extra
good this year.
A gentleman who visited Pleasanton this week
says that C. A. Durfee has surely got three 2:10
trotters in his stable. They are Helen Stiles, Dr.
Lecco and Almaden.
Walter Cox has a new scheme. He will race the
horses in his string this year in the name of a cor-
poration. Just what advantage he expects to gain
by this move remains to be seen.
Frank H. Colby, of Romeo, Michigan, who has the
Zombro stallion The Angelus in charge, thinks he
will do for the M. & M. this year. The son of Hazel
Kinney 2:09% is said to be in fine shape.
Native Bell 2:07%, the champion two-year-old trot-
ter is said to have wintered wonderfully well and
is being prepared for her stake engagements as a
three-year-old by Thomas W. Murphy.
Now that the State has appropriated $150,000
to build an exposition building at Los Angeles, there
is no reason why a big annual fair should not be
held there every year after the building is finished.
The Pleasanton track is kept in perfect condition
these days and every horseman training there speaks
in the very highest terms of it. Pleasanton can be
reached in less than two hours from San Francisco
and there are four or five trains a day each way.
N. S. Young shipped Zolock 2:05% to Salem, Ore-
gon, from San Jose last week. In the car with him
was the mare Queen Derby 2:06% that is to be
bred to the son of McKinney and then shipped back
to Jos. Cuicello at San Jose.
There is now a chance for all those owners who
think they have a trotter fast enough to win the
M. & M. to race a thousand miles nearer home for
the same money. Portland offers $10,000 for 2:12
c'.ass trotters.
Mr. H. Imhoff of this city is training his own horses
at San Jose trick for a while, and from the way he
works them and superintends their cooling out, he
can be counted on as mucn better than a raw hand
at the business.
Nearly every Bon Voyage colt we have yet seen
is a dark, solid color, bay, black or brown. The
two-year-old Bon Homme, by him, that worked a
quarter in 37 seconds recently, is out of a pinto
mare, but is solid color himself.
It isn't such a hard job to rid your land of squir-
rels if you use the poison put up by Herbert F.
Dugan, the San Francisco chemist, according to the
U. S. Public Health special formula. See the adver-
tisement.
Sophia Dillon 2:11%, Cleo Dillon (3) 2:13%, and
Rapidan Dillon 2:12%, with Zombronut 2:11%,
Zombretta 2:15% and Henry Gray 2:13% would
make a great race for representatives of the Sidney
Dillon and Zombro families.
Homer Rutherford will be ready for the first races
that are held on the Pacific Coast this year. He is
handling a small string at San Jose, and reports
the trfick as in good shape. His filly, Yu Tu, now a
three-y >ar-old, and well staked, looks like a money
barring accidents.
M. W. Savage has added the champion pacing
team, Hedgewood Boy 2:02% and Lady Maud C.
2:02% to his stable and will exhibit them with Minor
Heir 1:59% and Geo. Gano 2:03% this year at the
fairs. The champion Dan Patch 1:55% will also go
along, but will not be driven any fast miles.
Mr. S. B. Wright, of Santa Rosa, who bred Sonoma
Girl 2:05% and Charley Belden 2:08%, was at San
Jose last Saturday, and was very much taken with
T. W. Barstow's stallion Nearest McKinney. Mr.
Wright thinks him one of the grandest horses he
has ever seen, in looks, action and breeding.
Jean Val Jean, the Bon Voyage colt that took a
pacing record of 2:18 at San Jose on St. Patrick's
■Day this year, is a beautiful black in color and as
handsome a three-year-old in conformation as there
is in the State. His dam is the trotting mare She
2:12%.
One of the prettiest photographs we have received
for some time is one of the two-year-old filly Ruby
Light, by Aerolite 2:11%, dam the famous mare
Bertha, dam of four 2:10 pacers. The picture was
taken at Pleasanton recently and the handsome filly
is being held for her pose by her fair owner, Mrs.
A. R. Shreve, of Catblamet, Washington.
Henry Helman's stallion Alconda Jay is being
picked as the coming great sire of the Pacific Coast
by many well-posted horsemen. The colts by this
son of Jay Bird are uniformly good looking and
fast, and these two qualifications are the ones that
make a stallion sought after as a sire.
Mr. M. Fitzpatrick, of Vancouver, B. C, who re-
cently purchased the pacer Byron Lace 2:15 from
William Higginbottom, of this city, ordered a very
handsome blue McMurray speed cart from W. J.
Kenney, of 531 Valencia street, this week. The cart
was shipped to Vancouver and is a beauty.
Mr. S. B. Wright, of Santa Rosa, was at San Jose
last Saturday and enjoyed the pleasure of seeing
Jos Cuicello drive his three-year-old filly by Wayland
W. out of Hattie Fowler (daughter of Robin and
Maud Fowler 2:21%) a mile in 2:25, with the last
quarter at a faster gait. The filly made a break at
the far turn, but settled in a few strides and came
on like a real racehorse.
More mares are being bred to trotting stallions
this year in the east than for several years past.
The supply of handsome trotting horses well broke
to harness and that can step fast on the road is far
less than the supply and prices are high for this sort.
Dealers have found that the trotting bred stallions
are the only ones that can sire them with any de-
gree of uniformity.
There is quite a rivalry between the towns of
San Jose, Pleasanton and Chico as to which will get
the Breeders' meeting this year. Chico and Pleas-
anton have each offered $2,000, but before they made
their offers the directors of the Breeders' Associa-
tion offered to hold the meeting at San Jose if guar-
anteed $1,500 and a band of ten pieces to play dur-
ing the four days.
William Detels has booked ten well-bred mares
to his three-year-old stallion Bon Guy, one of the
best-bred trotting stallions on the Coast as he is
by Bon Voyage,, dam La Moscovita, dam of Yolanda
2:14%, by Guy Wilkes. Among the mares that Bon
Guy will serve this year are the dam and the
grandam of May T. 2:15, and a mare by Nutwood
Wilkes out of the great broodmare Petrina by Pied-
mont. Bon Guy's book is now closed for this year.
Alpine Prince, a fine, large, rangy, and well-bred
stallion, is offered for sale by John Phippen, who
has him at the San Jose track. Alpine Prince is a
five-year-old, a handsome bay, sired by -a son of
Silver Bow 2:16, that was out of the great brood-
mare Grace, dam of Daedalion 2:08%, etc., by Buc-
caneer. The dam of Alpine Prince was by Haw-
thorne, son of Nutwood, and his grandam by Elec-
tioneer. This is high-class breeding. Alpine Prince
weighs 1,275 pounds.
W. Parsons, the breeder of Berta Mac 2:08, has
moved his horses from his ranch, near Salinas, to
the Salinas track. The string consists of G. Albert
Mac 2:30 by McKinney 2:11% and Borock, a three-
year-old by Zolock 2:05%, both out of the dam or
Berta Mac 2:08; also the three-year-old Merry
Widow and the two-year-old Merry Mac by G. Albert
Mac, dam Belle by Diablo 2:09%. All these horses
will be trained for speed. The two youngsters by G,
Albert Mac 2:30 are very fine lookers and have
natural speed.
The San Francisco Driving Club and the Park
Amateur Driving Club will soon inaugurate the har-
ness racing season at Golden Gate Park. The track
is being improved by having the turns thrown up
to a greater angle and new cooling-out sheds are to
be added. The three-quarter-mile track in Golden
Gate Park is one of the finest tracks ever built
for trotters and pacers and is one of the popular
resorts for road drivers during nine months in the
year. There is every prospect of a splendid season
of matinee racing this year, and some very fast
horses are a'ready in training for the different
events.
A six-year-old bay gelding by Searchlight is
offered for sale by C. Gabrielson of Oakland. This
horse is exceedingly well bred, and while never
trained is very fast at the pace and never wore
boots or straps. See advertisement. This is a great
prospect for a matinee or race horse.
Maud Fowler 2:21% by Anteco 2:16% is now 2S
years old, but her filly foal by Lynwood W., dropped
on the 30th of last montn, and a full sister to Sonoma
Girl 2:05%, is one of the biggest, strongest and
best formed foals the mare ever produced. Lyn-
wood W., foaled 1890, was 19 years old when this
filly was got. Maud Fowler has produced fourteen
foals and looks as if she would produce several
more. Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick purchased this mare last
Monday for Patchen Wilkes Farm, and she will be
shipped to Lexington next Tuesday and be bred to
Peter the Great this year.
Woodland's good mile track is in fine shape this
spring and the Colts are stepping along at lively
rate. Hiram Hogoboom still holds the track's sea-
son record with a mile in 2:19 by Virginia Lee by
Iran Alto, and another in 2:22 with a two-year-old
by Palo King. Det Bigelow worked Dorothy Ansel
(2) by Prince Ansel in 2:27%, last quarter in 33%
seconds. Laura Rodgers (2) by Prince Ansel has
worked a half in 1:11%, last quarter in 34% sec-
onds. The three-year-old Frances C. by Prince Ansel
has been a mile in 2:26, last half in 1:08. Charley
Marley worked his two-year-old by Nushagak, dam
by Prince Ansel a mile in 2:33, last quarter in 33%.
One of the grandest looking trotters in California
at the present time is Vallejo Boy, a son of Tom
Smtih 2:13%, that Joe Cuicello is training at San
Jose. This gelding has a world of speed and picks
his feet up and puts them down like a real trotter.
He is a big horse, but doesn't act like one when
trotting, being rather light on his feet and quick
"to get in motion. If he don't trot in 2:10 it will
be because of accident or illness, as he has all the
qualifications and is now in perfect condition. Joe
let Mr. R. Messing of San Jose sit behind Vallejo
Boy in a slow workout mile last Saturday and no
amateur driver ever looked more pleased after a
ride.
Mr. C. A. Harrison, proprietor of the Hotel Diller
at Seattle, has placed his three-year-old colt North
Star Pointer in the hands of Dick Wilson at Port-
land. This colt was in bad shape when he left Pleas-
anton and Mr. Harrison has had him under his own
personal charge since then, driving him on the road
and seeing that he got enough to eat. It was
astonishing to see North Star Pointer respond to
the treatment, and he is now a big strong, handsome
horse with a lot of natural speed, being able to pull
a cart a quarter in 35 seconds very handily. He
weighs close to 1100 pounds and has plenty of style
and fine action. Wilson will also train Mr. Harri-
son's mare Niquee. She is in fine shape having been
jogged all winter.
Jack Groom has a futurity candidate in the two-
year-old filly Stella McKinney that he is training for
Mr. C. P. Warbnrton of Modesto. Stella is by Prof.
Heald's stallion Ed McKinney, full brother to Adam
G. 2:11% trotting, 2:06% pacing. The dam of the
filly is by Eros, son of Electioneer. This filly is
just being started up on the track after being nicely
broken. The first time she was turned around after
reaching San Jose she trotted a quarter in 41 sec-
onds, with the last eighth of it in 19 seconds. She
has size, good looks and as fine a set of feet and
legs as anybody's two-year-old. If there are any
more Ed McKinneys like her his reputation as a
sire will soon be made. I have heard that Corporal
William Van Keuren, of the San Francisco police
force, owns a three-year-old gelding by Ed McKinney
out of Mattie B. 2:15 that is a fine prospect, al-
though he has never been trained a day.
Jack Phippen is kept pretty busy these days with
a string of eight horses at the San Jose track. He
has recovered from his recent severe illness, and
while he lost over 20 pounds in flesh, is rapidly pick-
ing it up again, and is in the sulky every day.
Pie has a two-year-old owned by Mr. Fosdiek that
is called Bon Roy, and which is very promising.
'Bon Roy is by Bon Voyage out of Athene by Dexter
Prince. The Kinney Lou filly Debutante that Phip-
pen started a few times in 1908, for Geo. Lowery, is
in fine shape. She has been a mile in 2:29% with
the last half in 1:09 and the last quarter in 33 sec-
onds, which shows she has plenty of speed. Bonnie
Derby, the four-year-old by Bonnie Direct out of a
Chas. Derby mare, owned by Ed Johnston of Oak-
land, has shown a mile in 2:30 iiis spring. The
pacer El Sidelo is also working well. One of the
greatest bred three-year-olds in the country is
owned by Richard Smith of MayfieM. It is by the
Palo Alto stallion MeKena fson of McKinney and
Helena 2:11% by Electioneer), its dam is by Nut-
wood Wilkes 2:16%, second dam Novelist (2) 2:27
by Norval, third dam the famous Elsie, dam of five,
by Gen. Benton. This three-year-old has shown a
quarter in 38 seconds. A mare by Silver Bow Jr.
out of a mare by Gov. Sprague owned by Mr. Crosby
is a promising green trotter. The stallion Almont
Prince, owned by Mr. H. S. Blood of Angels Camp
is in Phippen's hands for sale. He is a fine, big
horse, only five years old, and especially well bred,
as can be seen by reference to an advertisement in
this issue.
Saturday, April 9, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, April 5, 1910.
This may be the last week for the horses at
Agricultural Park. The bids for wrecking the stables,
grandstand and other buildings were received yester-
day and Mr. Bowen told me last week that one of
the conditions he should make with the successful
bidder would be that work should begin at the
earliest possible moment and rushed through, so that
the improvements could be commenced with as little
delay as might be. The large exhibition building
will remain as it is for the present so as to give office
room to contractors and builders, but all the rest, it
is safe to say, will have disappeared by the end of
the month or the first part of May.
There has not been very much doing since the last
matinee; just the usual routine of giving the horses
that are to race this year their slow preparation and
keeping the matinee contingent in shape so that a
couple of workouts will get them on edge for the first
matinee .races over the Santa Anita track. The train-
ers are devoting most of their time and attention to
the youngsters in their stables and with few excep-
tions they are being well repaid for their trouble, for
there is certainly a very high-class lot of colts at the
track this season.
The two-year-old colt by R. Ambush that Walter
Maben sold a couple of weeks ago, is still in that
trainer's hands. He is called McBusb, and after a
let-up of two weeks owing to a cold, he stepped a
quarter in 36 seconds and an eighth in :17%. This
colt has not been asked to step more than half a
dozen quarters in his life. He just naturally has
speed of a high order and is ready whenever called
upon.
J. ' S. Stewart has another McKenna filly to take
the place of the one that died of distemper last week.
She is small but well built and very nice gaited. She
is owned by Sheriff Dennison, who also owns the
sire. Stewart has another nice prospect in Paddy
by Petigru, dam Eagletta, that paced a quarter the
fourth time he was worked in 37 seconds. He does
not behave either in the stable or on the track like a
colt, but more like a veteran campaigner. Buster,
the fast two-year-old pacer by Zolock, that was so
sick with distemper, is all right again and Stewart
is giving him his work regularly.
Trainer Anderson from Idaho, who is here with a
string, recently bought what looks like a mighty good
prospect and that somehow had been overlooked by
the local horsemen. The Coleman Bros., who have a
large grocery store on Vermont avenue near Agri-
cultural Park, have been using a six-year-old pacer
in one of their delivery wagons for some time. She
caught Anderson's eye and, on inquiring, found she
was by Sky Pointer, dam Miss Lola. He entered
into negotiations which resulted in his buying her
for $600 after driving her a quarter right out of the
delivery wagon in 34% seconds.
D. G. Stewart, late of Spokane, who has settled
here and is getting together a useful stable of trot-
ters and pacers, including a very promising colt by
Audubon Boy 1:59%, last week bought from Mr.
McCormick the big bay four-year-old filly by Del
Coronado, dam by James Madison, second dam by
A. W. Richmond, that Walter, Maben has had in his
barn for the last year. She has always had almost
phenomenal speed, and though never asked to tramp
a mile at her best, on account of her age and size,
could always trot quarters in 31 seconds' and eighths
at a two-minute gait, and do it with ease and as
smooth as oil, every foot in its place and with appar-
ently no effort, being a natural born trotter. The
price was $3000 and she looked cheap at that price,
as she worked a mile the day of sale in 2:17%, the
last half in 1:04.
W. G. Durfee has in his string a lot of young
pacers that will without doubt be heard from later at
the races. They all have speed .to burn and are as
nice gaited a bunch as one would want to see. He
tells me that Carlokin's and Copa de Oro's books are
filling fast and that both will do a good business this
season.
George T. Beckers shipped Zombro and a carload
of colts East last week, Zombro to make the season
at Columbus, Ohio, and the colts to be sold there.
W. R. Murphy has a colt foaled Easter Sunday by
Red McK. out of the dam of Victor Mc that is a
beauty and has already been christened Easter Star.
Eed McK has been let up on till the season is over,
as he is in such demand that he has no time to
work, so his mile in 2:17% will have to satisfy
Murphy till the fall.
Mrs. C. S. Hastings' handsome stallion Judge Dil-
lon, that Maben is working, is going better than I
have ever seen him. He always had a lot of speed
but he has learned how to carry it, and worked a
mile last week in 2:13%.
The well-known horseman, George A. Pounder,
died last week. He had a severe attack of illness a
year ago and though he recover sufficiently to be
about in his automobile he never completely regained
his health or strength. After the death of his great
two-year-old Prince Lock 2:18 by Zolock he sold the
balance of his stable, including a full sister to
Sonoma Girl and a son of Audubon Boy and was
seldom seen afterwards at the track, having resigned
his membership in the Los Angeles Driving Club.
Even the matinees did not tempt him, though he
never lost his interest in the trotter, for he was
always willing to stop and talk horse on the street.
JAMES.
The gray stallion H. M. Stanley 2:19 by Fear-
naught is in service in Ventura County this year.
He is 20 years old.
FAST CLASSES HAVE FEW HORSES.
[J. L. Hervey in Record-Herald.]
At this time of year harness horse enthusiasts
are wont to speculate upon the trotters and pacers
that are likely to be the sensations of the season.
Speculation of this sort is inexpensive and furnishes
a vast fund of entetrainment, but it is a pretty
difficult matter to arrive at any safe conclusion so
early in the season. Each year furnishes some
tremendous surprises which upset all ante-season
calculations.
For instance, in 1909 there came from Iowa a
little mare called Penisa Maid, who, like her owner-
driver, was unknown to the "circuiters," but very
quickly she begun to put the aristocratic trotters of
the Grand Circuit out of business, ending her cam-
paign at Lexington, Ky. by taking the Transyl-
vania, the Walnut Hall cup race and a class event.
Penisa Maid will be asked to meet the fast division
this year, and there, of course, she will have to con-
tend with more speed and class.
It is a difficult matter to tell what provision the
Grand Circuit tracks will make for the fast trotters.
The trouble is, there are not enough trotters eligi-
ble to any special class under 2:07 to insure ade-
quate entries, and if the races are made free for all
the owners of the slower record horses will object
to entering against the ones whose records are
several seconds faster than their own.
A 2:06 class would embrace Sonoma Girl 2:05%,
Paderewski 2:05% and Margin 2:05%, but would
leave Penisa Maid out in the cold. The "live" 2:07
eligibles 'are Bob Douglass 2:06%, Allen Winter
2:06%, Inner Guard 2:06%, Wilkes Heart 2:06%,
Sterling McKinney 2:06%, The Harvester 2:06%
and Spanish Queen 2:07. Just outside the 2:07
class and eligible to the 2:08 class, we find Baron
May 2:07%, Tempus Fugit 2:07%, Octoo 2:07%,
Lady Jones 2:07% Jack McKerron 2:07%, Todd
Mac 2:07%, Country Jay 2:07% and San Francisco
2:07%. There are several other trotters which
come under this classification, but only such are
named as are likely to race this season. A 2:07
class would bring together perhaps the most formid-
able field of trotters that ever met in a series of
races on the "big ring," but, as previously stated
it would leave out a few sensations.
But let us view the possibilities of a 2:07 trot.
In point of demonstrated merit The Harvester
should be named first, for he has won all but one
'of his starts in his three and four-year-old form
(last year), and at Lexington trotted in 2:03% in
a workout. An element which will be new to the
2:07 class in Allen Winter, the stallion who won
the $50,000 American Trotting Derby in 1908, and
was later sold to Louis Winans of Surrenden Park,
England, for $45,000. The stallion failed to make
good because of the sandy, loose condition of the
European tracks, and was returned with the other
horses of the expatriated American to be raced by
Al Pennock. While Allen Winter was not highly
tried in his few starts here, he did everything asked
of him, including the Derby route, in such finished
fashion as to establish a reputation for extreme
class.
Bog Douglass is a sound, fresh young horse capa-
ble of trotting in 2:05 last fall, and must be accorded
consideration in any field. Spanish Queen won for
her owner, George A. Estabrook, Denver, Colo.,
many races in 1908, but last season trained off
early and was never up to her best form. When
just right Spanish Queen is a hard trotter to handle
and it may be that she will demonstrate this in
the coming campaign.
In naming Sterling McKinney one does so with a
feeling of regret. Here is one of the fastest living
trotters, but one of the most unreliable. Sterling
raced through the Great Western Circuit in 1907
and in his initial 1908 essay at Detroit he showed
such sensational form that he was disposed of for
the sum of $25,000 and turned over to E. F. Geers
to drive. Mr. Geers found no means to keep Ster-
ling from breaking, and while he won a few heats
with him, the stallion's campaign has been totally
disappointing.
Inner Guard was sold last fall and is now being
used on the New York Speedway. Despite his fast
record he has never demonstrated that he classed
with the horses previously named. There are
several of the horses which are outside the 2:07
class that seem to have a chance to measure strides
with nearly any trotter that will race in 1910. These
are San Francisco and Jack McKerron, both stal-
lions.
The first named is in the stud at the noted Ken-
tucky breeding establishment, Walnut Hall Farm,
but it is thought that he may be raced a few times
in the fall. He is one of the grandest trotters the
turf has ever seen and one that, be he given ade-
quate opportunities, would have a record of 2:03
or better. Last summer at Cleveland, Ohio, he was
second to Uhlan 2:02%, when that great gelding
trotted his second heat in 2:03% and a close second
at that. Later in the week San Francisco trotted a
mile in 2:04%, stepping the last half in 1:00% and
the final quarter in 29% seconds.
Jack McKerron was one of the best stake trot-
ters of 1909, and in the fall at Columbus, Ohio, had
Margin and Penisa Maid beaten in a $10 000 stake,
but broke after he had out-trotted the two noted
mares and thus lost first money.
Another good trotter in this class is Lady Jones,
one of the grandest and best finishers in the fast
division. She goes away slowly, but when she
passes the first half all her competitors have to
sprint to beat her from there home. Country Jay
can scarcely be figured as likely to come back and
repeat his wonderful record made last year. Al-
though thirteen years of age and several times
given up as a hopeless cripple, he won a lot of
races and trotted to the world's saddle record at
2:08%.
The big chestnut gelding, Tempus Fugit, will
be tried again, and as he is a fresh, sound horse and
never raced to any extent, great things may be ex-
pected from him. In 1907 he was raced by Mr.
Geers and proved a crack performer for one who
had never heard the starter's bell before. After
his campaign he was sold and was used in 1908 on
the New York Speedway, being purchased that fall
by C. K. G. Billings, who took him to Europe last
summer with his other horses. His color, which is
a chestnut (his coat being sprinkled with white
hairs, giving it a peculiar tint), together with his
size and perfect gait elicited much admiration for
the gelding in Europe.
Mr. Billings upon his return from abroad pre-
sented Tempus to F. G. Jones, of Memphis, who,
with Murray Howe, of Chicago, owned the gelding
when he raced in 1907. Mr. Howe, who is one of
the most expert judges of speed horses, saw Tempus
Fugit trotting slow miles out in Nebraska and
purchased him, not only on the strength of what
the gelding could show, but on the anticipation of
what he would eventually be able to do. The
"cream puff" horse, as he was afterward called by
the stable boys because of his color, made good
and more than good.
Todd Mac is in the stud in Kentucky and in all
probability will not be raced this season, while the
gelding Octoo, should he stand preparation, will be
seen on the turf once more. This is a fast horse,
as evidenced by miles in better than 2:06 early last
summer in his work, but he turned up lame and
had to be retired during 1909.
Last fall Sonoma Girl was in the form of her
life, and it was Dick McMahan's desire to give her
an opportunity to take a time record, he feeling
assured that she could have trotted in 2:02 or per-
haps a trifle better, but her owners "Lotta" Crab-
tree, the noted actress, and her brother, "Jack,"
decided against the trainer's plan. Whether or not
Sonoma Girl can be keyed up to concert pitch again
remains to be seen. The noted mare is now eleven
years of age. and has always been handicapped by
ailing legs, which, together with her agei tinay
tend to put her on the down-hill side of her career.
Should she, however, regain her 1909 form, a
race between her, Penisa Maid, Margin, Paderewski,
The Harvester and Allen Winter would create un-
usual interest. Margin wintered in California and
was lately sent East by the Los Angeles trainer,
Will Durfee. Very few of the present-day trotters
have anything on her in the way of speed, and,
with her 1909 campaign as a criterion much may
be expected of her in the event that she improves
to the extent one would expect.
Paderewski was the star trotting gelding, aside
from Uhlan 2:02% of 1909, and, but for sustaining
a spell of fever at Columbus, Ohio, would doubtless
have given Penisa Maid a terrific battle in the Lex-
ington stakes. He regained form after the season's
close and as he is young and sound, as well as
game, it will take a very capable trotter to beat
him.
While races between the fast record trotters are
the most interesting that can be put upon a Grand
Circuit program, the management of the big tracks
cannot afford to give them adequate purses to race
for. The possibility of securing large fields, thus
assuring good returns in the way of entrance money,
is not of sufficient promise to prompt the giving of
large purses, whereas the stake trotters and pacers,
a large number of which are always entered, race
for the big money.
JOE MCGREGOR.
The pony-built pacer whose handsome proportions
adorn our front page this week is the bald-faced bay
horse Joe McGregor 2:21%, that was campaigned
on the Pacific Coast last year by the well-known
trainer Fred Ward, of Los Ange es. While Joe
McGregor did not win a heat lest year, except in a
cup race, when Frank Wright, of Sacramento, drove
him for his owner, Mr. Johnson, of Salt Lake, a
member of the Los Angeles Driving Club, winning
a handsome silver cup at the California State Fair.
He is a very fast pacer, never leaves his feet, is
good headed, and has been separately timed in 2:08
in races where he was second or third. Joe Mc-
Gregor was purchased this winter for Mr. R. J.
McKenzie, of Winnipeg, by Gil Curry, who took the
horse East for Mr. McKenzie the first of last week.
The photograph of the horse, with Curry up, was
taken at Pleasanton a few days before the horse
was shipped.
Andy Welch, owner of the Readville track has an-
nounced early closing stakes for the Aug. 30-Sept. 3
meeting as follows: American Derby $15,000 of
which $11,000 for trotters and $4,000 for pacers;
The Massachusetts, 2:14 trot, $10,000 for 2:14 trot-
ters; The Blue Hill, $2500 for 2:20 trotters; The Stal-
lion Championship, $5,000, free for all trotting stal-
lions; $3,000 for 2:14 pacers and $2,500 for 2:06
pacers. Entries close May 2nd.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 9, 1910.
CATER TO THE PUBLIC.
If there is one thing more essential than all others
which trotting turf promoters and association man-
agers should learn, adopt and persistently prac-
tice, it is that greatest of all elements of success
in all affairs having to do with the general public
known as "catering to the public." Trotting turf
sport is essentially and wholly a public institution,
the offspring of the general public's love for this
particular kind of outdoor sport and pastime, and it
must of necessity gain the substance for its support
and maintenance from the general public, and not
from a few persons who happen to be a part and
parcel of the "show" itself.
The meat of this thought, or chain of thoughts,
is that the sport furnishers in this line of public
entertainment, horse owners, breeders, trainers and
drivers, should cease to be assessed for "costs of
maintenance" as well as to be required to furnish
all of the "paraphernalia of the show." As trotting
turf affairs are now conducted and managed, and
always have been in a general way, horsemen them-
selves "pay the freight," not only in the matter of
breeding and raising the prospective race horse, his
education and development, but actually furnish the
money which makes up the stakes and purses for
which to race.
In all of the avocations of man is there a parallel
case to this in the whole schedule of industries,
businesses or avocations? Not one. Some one will
say: "Why; do not associations and individuals
give princely purses and stakes for which to race
in which the individual entry and starting fees are
nominal, and in which some contending horse and
owner earn really a princely sum in a single after-
noon?" Certainly, but who "puts up" these big
piles of money for which horsemen race? Horse-
men themselves not only prepay in every dollar
of this money, but usually pay in, also, a goodly
margin of profit to the association or individual
who "promotes" (not offers) the stake or purse.
The country over, one year with another, trotting
turfmen, breeders and owners actually pay to as-
sociations in entry fees a sum of money greater
in the aggregate than they win, and get back, as a
whole. Is this right and equitable? No; it is ab-
surdly preposterous!
What is the trouble and who is at fault? The
friends of the harness race horse have built up
a bad system, and horsemen themselves and trot-
ting turf associations are to blame. This is self-
accusation, in a way, but it is an indictment which
will "stick" just the same, and the whole trouble
is that the trotting turf has gotten too far from
the general public.
The general public is, and has always been, natur-
ally and greatly interested in the harness race
horse, his achievements, and trotting turf sport,
but the trouble is, horsemen and trotting turf pro-
moters have not been sufficiently interested in the
general public. We blush to write it, but the plain
truth is, trotting turf affairs as they have been con-
ducted is, to use a homely, yet a benefitting ex-
pression, a "rob Peter to pay Paul" proposition.
This may be putting it a "little stout," but the re-
minder we wish to make, and to make impressive,
is, different interests in trotting turf affairs in gen-
eral have not been, and are not, as considerate of
each other as the situation fully warrants.
The writer, from many years' careful observa-
tion, is fully convinced that the so-called parent as-
sociations are often, very often, not as considerate
of the welfare of their children — individual horse-
men— as they should be, and it also frequently hap-
pens that " associate members" and individual horse-
men do not always do the things which they might
just as well do to lighten each other's burdens.
But, back to the original idea of the basis of these
remarks: The trotting turf cannot always and per-
petually live on its own nutriment.
That is, the general public must — and it will do so
cheerfully if given half a chance — pay a larger per
cent of the cost of the "show." Horses and horse-
men are the "actors," the public is the "house" and
. in what other "show on earth do the "actors" them-
selves furnish the 'whole show" and pay all "run-
ning expenses?" In all other sports and pastimes
the promoters "get next" to the general public
cheerfully and gladly "pay the freight," as in the
case of baseball, the theater, the circus, the con-
cert, the "white city" plants, etc., etc., etc. In all of
these sports and pastimes both the actors and the
promoters get pay, big pay, and the general public
gladly "foots the bills."
Why? Because the general public is "catered to,"
and the "show" is made inviting and attractive to
the general public. The "actors" are attractively
attired, the "show" is kept going, the "booze fighters'"
and "red light" sports are not the "limelight" fea-
ture, and the general public, the respectable, decor-
ous, well behaved and 'pay as you go" general public
is made to feel that it is the supporting and im-
portant element of the "show" and not an uncon-
cerned and incidental factor.
Make harness racing attractive, entertaining, lively
and socially clean and the general public will gladly
furnish all the money for the stakes and purses, all
running expenses, and a reasonable percentage on
plant investment, and campaigning horsemen — the
"actors" of a trotting sport "show," like the "actors"
at a grand opera, a baseball park or a "white city"
layout — will receive pay for their time, skill, and
efforts.
Let the "parent associations," the associate mem-
bers and trotting horsemen, individually and col-
lectively, treat each other with fairness and equity,
and let all make special, earnest and untiring ef-
forts to cater to the real "worth while" general
public, and soon, very soon, a most remarkable
change will have taken place in trotting turf sport
affairs, and horsemen will no longer have to furnish
the "show" and pay their own money .for the
privilege. — Western Horseman.
THE CLEVELAND STAKES AND PURSES.
In this issue the Forest City Live Stock and Pair
Company announces five early closing Stakes for the
Grand Circuit meeting which it will give August S,
9, 10, 11 and 12. The entries will close on Satur-
day, April 16.
All of the regular stakes will be of three heats
each and the money is so divided that there will be
left a good sum which will go as an extra award to
the winners and to the horses which win the least
amount of money; in other wrords, the fortunate and
the unfortunate will receive compensation at the
end of each race. The Ohio Stake calls for $5,000
and is for 2:14 trotters. The Fasig Stake is for 2:10
trotters and has a purse of $2,000 attached. The
most valuable pacing event is the Edwards — $3,000
for 2:14 pacers, while the Forest City has been made
an event for 2:06 pacers and carries with it $2,000.
As there are 3 heats to each race the horses which
come 1, 2, 3 or 4 will be in the money in every heat.
The most important feature of the North Randall
Stake announced will be found in the payments.
Since the day of its organization the Company has
felt that in closing stakes so early in the season
those who have prospective starters should not be
burdened by heavy payments before it has been de-
termined whether the nominated horses will train
on and face the starter. Hence, it is that in the Five
Thousand Dollar Stake it will cost but $20 to name
and the subsequent payments are light up to the
time of the starting fee on July 25 when fifty per
cent of the entire entrance will be called for. In
other words, those who enter make light payments
until they have positively learned that their nomi-
nated horses will be ready to start and have a rea-
sonable chance of coming inside the money. In
the 2:10 trot and the 2:06 pace the first payments on
April 16 are but $5 and in the 2:14 pace worth $3,000
the initial payment is but $10. In all the stakes
one may enter and start as many horses as he de-
sires.
Particular attention is called to the Tavern
"Steak," the first race of its kind ever offered for a
Grand Circuit meeting. As our readers will re-
member the Tavern Club of Cleveland, through
its horse loving members, has guaranteed a stak6
of $3,000. Regardless of ownership one can name as
many horses as he desires and the first payment on
April 16 is but a ROUND DOLLAR. The Tavern
Club has given this event to encourage amateurs,
hence the conditions provide that all horses must be
driven by amateurs. The rule defines an amateur
as a man who never accepted wages or hire as
trainer or driver. If professionals desire to enter in
the stake the privilege is open and all they will be
required to do will be to select an amateur to do the
teaming. The "Steak" is a stake race in every sense
of the word. The $3,000 is guaranteed; there will be
five moneys payable in currency or in plate as the
winners of money may elect; all entrance fees go
to the race and if the sum so received exceeds $3,000
it will be added. The total payments amount to
$101 which makes less than 3% per cent entrance
with nothing deducted from money winners. The
Tavern "Steak" promises to open a new field of
racing for amateurs and if it is well supported the
prospects are that there will be several races like
it on other tracks in future years.
The Forest City Live Stock and Fair Company in
its well remembered initial meeting of 1909 did much
to restore confidence in the racing and breeding in-
dustries. Now that it is so firmly established and its
grounds so much improved it should in 1910 create
an even better feeling. In view of that those who
have horses eligible to its various stakes should
make entries on April 16.
For entry blanks and all information write to the
Forest City Live Stock and Fair Company, 215
Hickox Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
SALE OF HEDGEWOOD BOY AND SISTER.
Hedgewood Boy 2:02%, and Lady Maud C. 2:02%,
holders of the world's team record of 2:02%, have
been added to M. W. Savage's championship stable.
The deal between the Minneapolis millionaire horse-
man and J. C. Crabtree, of Taylorville, 111., was for-
mally closed on Friday of last week and completes
Mr. Savage's corner on pacers with two-minute pos-
sibilities. The horses are now at the International
Stock Farm.
The consummation of this deal gives Mr. Savage
and Minnesota the possession of the five best-known
and fastest harness horses. There has never been
an all-star combination like it in the history of horse
racing. The royal quintet is composed of Dan Patch
1:55, champion of champions; Minor Heir 1:59%,
joint holder of the world's race record, the world's
unpaced mile record and holder of all world's records
for green pacers; George Gano 2:03%, champion
money winner of 1909, and belived to have two-
minute possibilities; Hedgewood Boy 2:02%, and
Lady Maud C. 2:02%.
The possession of the famous chestnut brother
and sister puts the Minneapolis horseman in a po-
sition to offer the greatest series of racing and speed
exhibitions ever known. First of all the horses will
be introduced by Dan Patch, the world's fastest and
most popular horse. This premier of the Savage
stable will always be a drawing card. This year he
will not be asked to lower any world's records. He
will be fitted out with the gold mounted "harness and
decorated sulky and be asked to show his under-
studies the amenities of entertaining great multi-
tudes. He will be allowed to step through the
stretch, and perhaps halves and quarters, at his old-
time speed.
Probably the next in importance will be Minor
Heir, admitted to be the heir apparent. The great
son of Heir-at-Law is the only harness horse that
negotiated a two-minute mile last season. He tied
the world's record for an unpaced mile, and all ex-
perts admit that with any kind of luck during the
coming year many records will be at his mercy.
He will battle against the watch alone as one feature
of the Savage program.
George Gano, Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maud C.
will also be asked for their greatest efforts against
time. Each of these pacers has his admirers and
each is believed to have a chance of winning a
place within the magic two-minute circle.
Then Mr. Savage plans a series of races between
these four great side wheelers. Never in turf his-
tory have four such famous pacers battled for su-
premacy. The races will be paced without preju-
dice. The best horse and the best driver will win.
Mr. Savage will get the services of four of the best
drivers in the country, and he says that he abso-
lutely has no favorites.
Last, the stable will offer an absolutely unique
attraction. This will be a team race which will
combine all the excitement of the old Roman char-
iot race with the skill and speed resulting from gen-
erations of scientific harness horse breeding. Mr.
Savage predicts that both teams will race close to
two minutes.
Mr. Crabtree, who bought the famous Chitwood
pair when they were colts, was in Minneapolis and
at the Savage farm for three days. His love for the
horses has made it very difficult for him to part with
them, and it was only after long and earnest thought
and a careful consideration of what Mr. Savage's
offer meant to him, financially, that he finally ac-
cepted the Minneapolitan's offer. He is seventy
years old, and they were not stag tears in his eyes
when he said: "Yes, the deal is closed, but I cer-
itanly shall miss those horses." — Western Horse-
man. o
JOHN SPLAN'S MOST FEARFUL MOMENT.
A good story is told of the great and only John
Splan, whose ability to rise to the occasion has never-
been denied, whatever the occasion may have been.
This particular incident occurred when Splan was a
member of a group who were discussing various
thrilling experiences they had met. Finally the con-
versation turned to what really caused the most
fear in man's mind. One member dwelt upon the
sickening dread that came from a pistol barrel
leveled at a person s head and voiced his belief that
man's fear reached the extreme in such a contin-
gency. A carving knife in the hands of a lunatic
was upheld by another as the proper method to
sound the depths of human horror. Various other
human implements of destruction had their follow-
ing; so had the purely imaginative effect of ghostly
dreams and unearthly visions of dark nights and
lonesome graveyard scenes. Most of the arguments
were backed up by claims of actual experiences and
the discussion waxed warm and most vigorous.
Through it all, strange to relate, Splan remained
silent, though attentive to all that was going on.
Noticing his unusual quiet, one of the party turned
and said, "John, what's the matter? Didn't you
ever have any horrible experience?"
and said, "John, what's the matter." Didn't you
ever have any horrible experience."
The eloquent one smiled a grim Splan-like smile,
"Yes, gentlemen," he said, "I've had, I think, a
pretty good share of thrilling incidents in my life,
but I hesitated to inject my personal views into a
controversy where everyone has so decided opinions.
But if you ask my opinion, I'll give it. Now, I've
stood at the muzzle end of a pistol, heard the deadly
suggestive click of the hammer lifting, and seen the
terribly earnest look that dwelt in the eyes of the
man behind the gun. It causes a bad feeling, gentle-
men. I have gazed with fearful terror into the
demon eyes of the maniac with uplifted knife. I
have seen ghosts — myriads of them — in my waking
and sleeping moments, and I can assure you that
these visitors from Spiritland made most lasting
impressions as well as terrifying ones. I have had
personal acquaintance with each of the experiences
that you have related, and I finally agree with you
that they are highly undesirable to anyone. But
the most sickening fear that I ever experienced, and
which I believe will remain so, though I live to
be as old as Methuselah, was when a county fair
judges' stand asked me to take the-reins behind a
hoppled pacer in a desperate field of eighteen, all of
them rigged in the same way."
The managers of the Columbus, (O.) Grand Cir-
cuit meeting are in favor of short races. Several
of their classes this season will be decided on the
three heat limit place, every heat a race. It seems
to be a very satisfactory plan, too, especially when
a liberal amount of each purse is set aside for the
horse that stands best in the summary, at the finish
of the race, thus insuring a reward for sharp con-
tests.
Saturday, April 9, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT.
DEATH VALLEY.
[Continued from last week.]
The valley, over 100 miles in length and from about
fifteen to thirty miles in width, blends into a blue
haze of heat as you look to north or south. The sun
shines relentlessly every day during most of the
year, and by night the over-heated atmosphere
wakes the commotion of winds, warm as the breath
of a furnace. But even the heat of the midsummer
does not seem to cause acute suffering; it just makes
you feel depressed and downright lazy.
To keep cool you drink so much water that you
are bleached out all the time. I actually drank
from about sixteen to twenty-four pounds of water
per day when in the sun. The water carried in an
ordinary canteen becomes as hot as you would
wish to use it in a bathtub, but you drink it and
it seems comparatively cool. The clothing you wear
in Death Valley comes to have a scorched smell
from the heat of the sun, but you stand it somehow,
and can traverse the valley at any time of year,
though it is extremely hot in June, July, August and
September.
Sun, sand, sage and solitude are the features of
Death Valley. The lower portion of its bed, attain-
ing about 280 feet below sea level, consists of un-
known depths of sluggish slime, bitter with borax,
salt, nitrate; in fact a wonderfully complex and
powerful solution of natural chemicals. This strong
chemical solution I know from repeated observations,
disintegrates and- dissolves the very rocks.
The lower bed of Death Valley is a vast, natural
cyanide vat and has dissolved everything that has
been precipitated into it through the ages. All the
untold thousands of millions of tons of quartz and
formations bearing the precious metals that have
been precipitated into the valley from the sundered
belts and zones of the surrounding mountains, lie
there in great lakes of solution, for miles and miles,
crusted over by the suns of centuries and veiled
by • the forlorn, brooding solitude, these vast and
peculiar mineral deposits have been overlooked by
every one. But this sea of mineral solution may
some day prove very valuable. The field is of such
extent as to be beyond the reach of monopoly, and
I make free to mention it, hoping it may soon be
verified by scientific investigation.
These strong, natural chemical combinations, the
result of a great volcanic crater, may have also
turned to solution the precious metals which they
contain, just as would cyanide. It may be that
dredges and a system of sizing tanks could glean
great mineral values from these vast caldrons.
The present surface of this extinct crater, which
was later the bed of a now long-vanished sea, is
constantly reeking and fermenting like yeast, under
the influx of waters from snows and cloudbursts on
the surrounding mountains. Its surface for miles
is reared into a million miniature, fantastic moun-
tains, and crags and shapes of endless, weird con-
fusion like the labyrinthine wonders of the inferno.
Indisposition under the heat discouraged me from
making extensive tests, but some of this mere sur-
face spume I had assayed gave 50 cents in gold per
ton. Extensive beds of earth, which would give
50 cents average in placer gold per ton, would be
considered, indeed, a bonanza.
There is a peculiar kind of spontaneous fire that
kindles about these Death Valley marshes and has
been seen at night by many. Once in crossing the
valley by night, my burro kicked up a ball of red
fire that sputtered like "spitting devil" made of wet
gunpowder. Big fires of this sort often seen about
the valley at a distance in the night are called
"ghost fires." They are caused by the natural, com-
bustive chemicals in these mineral lakes. It was
from such substances as this in the similar dry lake
bed of the Desert of Gobi that the Chinese are said
to have discovered gunpowder as early as the sixth
century.
A big company has now gone to work in the
south end of Death Valley to extract materials for
making dynamite and other high explosives of which
they claim it contains enough to blow up the world.
At depth, these big mineral lakes might be rich
beyond belief, and they should be investigated b>
means sufficient to make the necessary tests. To
say that there is not great value existing in these
corroded lakes is to say that there is nothing in the
gold belts of the Bullfrog, Goldfield, Tonopah and
other belts and zones of the Nevada treasure fields.
Great riven belts and zones of highly mineralized
granite, slate, lime, porphyry; in fact, most of the
known mineral-bearing formations, are everywhere
about Death Valley. They have been denuded and
scarred and carried by cloudbursts and all the wrath
of the elements through the drift of the lost eterni-
ties to be dumped into and dissolved in the vast
natural cyanide vats and the process is still going
on.
It is a known fact that salt with a few simple
chemicals of the right combination will dissolve gold,
and as gold exists in sea water usually to the frac-
tion of a cent per ton, considerable has been in-
vested from time to time in the stocks of companies
which claimed a process by which to profitably
extract this small percentage of gold from the waters
of the sea. So it is plausible that in the hands
of energetic promoters vast concerns could be
evolved, engaging in the extraction of gold and
other precious metals from the bed of Death Valley,
for it contains the remnant of a sea that has been
condensed and simmered down, and its chemical
substances combining with those in the erstwhile
volcanic crater, and augmented by untold millions
of tons of rich quartz dissolved into liquid slimes,
has made a solution infinitely more rich in precious
metals than ever were the waters of the sea.
It might even be figured out that the wealth of
the world's greatest millionaires would pale before
the golden depths of liquid treasures that lie deep
down in the darkness of the unfathomed bed of this
mysterious valley, and the kings of earth would hasten
to corner it, lest the great wealth, dispersing among
mankind, would destroy the potency of the world's
hoarded treasures.
Let us unveil the vistas of the vanished eons and
see by what creative process this colossal wonder of
terrestrial desolation came to be: At some time in
the far lost ages the present site of Death Valley
and its great surrounding deserts may have been
a fair land of verdure. But as the ages drifted, seis-
mic wrath arose from the deep, sundering these
verdant vistas from surface to foundation, disclosing
to the affrighted heavens a flaming wound in the
earth's fair surface as she staggered amid the stars.
Then awoke fierce lightnings and the thunders raved
and the breath of vast blackness in wild hurricane
engulfed the world. Rains poured in torrents and
through that long night of doom arose the reeking,
towering flames of this tremendous volcano of the
valley of death.
Time lulled the tempests and the earth regained
its equilibrium, but for ages the great fissure was a
reeking, seething caldron, where tongues of flame
shot upward and black smoke and steam and ashes
blew across and blanched the broad expanses that
today are still the deserts. And in all this time the
alchemy of the underworld was working its wonders
in the fusing and forming of mineral wealth, through
reeking fumes in the fissures and crevices of the
great crater and its surrounding fields that are today
the golden El Dorados of Nevada.
If one might have stood in those primitive ages
upon the peaks of the Panamints, when the wind
blew strong from the western oceans, they would
have seen the great crater's columns of high-tower-
ing smoke and flame wafted to the eastward through
the summits of the Funeral range to where lies the
Amargosa and the Ralston deserts, or northward
along the Grape Vine range, to where are now the
treasure cities of Goldfield and Tonopah. Again,
if an off-shore wind was blowing, one might have
stood upon Pyramid peak, in the eastern verge of
the valley, and have seen the tongues of flame from
that same tremendous crater wrap themselves about
the summits of the Panamints on the valley's western
verge, 11,000 feet above the level of the sea.
But in still later periods of change the great fiery
crater became a receptacle for the flow of waters, or
maybe from subterranean inundation it became an
island sea, its former fires deep smothered and lulled
below a thousand fathoms of surging flood.
Then slowly the waters receded or seeped away
through the insecure bottom of the crater sea, leav.
ing its tremendous blackened mountain walls forever
bare and lone and its bed white with salt and alkali
deposits, and all the intermingled chemicals of the
crater.
Thus we see it today; a great white, sunken rift,
defined in rugged mountain walls. And solitude
reigns over and around it. The sun beats down
upon it ceaselessly, winter and summer. Blanching
winds drift and pile the sands upon its sunken bars,
and its waters are salt and bitter. Bats, owls, centi-
pedes, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, hydrophobus skunks,
and coyotes dispute even a peaceable existence to
the harmless species of lizards, horned toads and
chuchawallas, much less to the prosepctor and his
patient burro, who sometimes venture withiin its
precincts.
Perhaps not so many treasures are to be found
about Death Valley as has been commonly repre-
sented, but it has plenty of latent mineral wealth,
and will yet be successfully exploited, as will more
of the vast volcanic zone which has produced a
Tonopah and a Goldfield, and scores of other camps.
It would take 100,000 men 100 years to prospect
all these far-reaching and forbidding deserts of Ne-
vada and Southeastern California, and they are sure
of a long continued, golden future.
[By August Wolf.]
Sportsmen throughout the State of Washington
express satisfaction over the laws, protecting fish
and game, contained in the new code, though they
hope for even better things from the next legisla-
ture, which will meet next January. The season
is shorter than ever before in the history of the
State, deer, birds and fish are better protected and
the bag limit is curtailed. No shooting, except jack-
snipe and predatory animals, can be had until early
next fall, while the fishing season does not open until
May 1, or thirty days later than usual. The bag
limit is as follows:
One moose, antelope, sheep or goat and two deer
in any open season.
Twenty geese, brandt, duck or any kind of snipe
one day, or fifty in one week, all varieties taken to
count in such taking.
Five chicken, grouse or pheasant one day, assorted
bag to count, or ten quail one day, or if mixed bag
of chicken, grouse or quail, not to exceed ten birds
one day.
The open' season for game animals and birds are
mentioned in the new code as follows:
Deer (except spotted fawns), caribou, sheep, goat,
October 1 to December 1.
Elk, October 1, 1915.
Antelope (males only), September 15 to Novem-
ber 1.
Spotted fawns, female moose and antelope, no open
season.
Quail, grouse, prairie chickens, sage hen, pheas-
ant, and other imported upland game birds, October
1 to January 1. Exceptions — Quail in Clallam,
Clarke, Kitsap, Skagit and Whacom counties east
of Cascades, October 1, 1912.
Partridge, pheasant, (Chinese ringneek, English
and golden), in same counties and also Snohomish
county, October 1, 1912.
Grouse in Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan and Stevens
counties, August 15 to January 1.
Grouse in other counties east of Cascades, Septem-
ber 1 to October 16.
Prairie chickens in Adams, Chelan, Columbia,
Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan,
Stevens and Walla Walla counties, September 1 to
October 16.
Prairie chickens in other counties east of Cas-
cades, September 1, 1912.
Hungarian partridge, October 1, 1913.
Plover, curlew, snipe, rail, other shore birds, duck,
geese, brandt, swan, October 1 to February 1. Ex-
ceptions— In Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln,
Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens and Whitman counties,
September 15 to January 1.
Trout, bass, perch and game fish, May 1 to No-
vember 1.
The new law says it is always unlawful to buy,
sell, offer for sale, barter or trade at any time, game
animals or birds. To transport game or fish for
market. To use any boat, other than one propelled
by hand, or sneak boat in waterfowl shooting. To
use any gun other than fired from the shoulder. To
fire a gun or use a flashlight on waterfowl feeding
grounds, one hour after sunset to one-half hour be-
fore sunrise. To remove or disturb nests or eggs
of any birds. To in any way interfere with song
birds or have skins or plumage of same. To have
game in cold storage out of season. To receive game
or birds for shipment except in open season, then
affidavit must be made that they are not shipped for
sale or profit.
To kill females of any game animal, except deer,
in open season. To run deer with dogs except west
of the Cascades in October on the mainland only.
To kill deer in any lake or stream. To firehunt, trap
or ensnare, or hunt for hide or horns or feathers of
any protected animal or birds.
To catch or kill game fish by any other means than
hook and line. To shoot on Mercer Island in Lake
Washington. To shoot on enclosed land without
permission. To kill geese, brandt and other water-
fowl on Columbia and Snake rivers in Klickitat,
Walla Walla, Franklin, Yakima, Kittitas, Douglas,
Columbia, Garfield and Whitman counties
To kill game fish under six inches in length. To
catch more than twenty pounds of game fish in one
day. To have in possession more than thirty pounds
of game fish at any one time. To sell or offer for
sale game fish except as provided from private
hatchery. To take fish in any manner within 300
feet of any fishway. To pollute any stream fre-
quented by game fish. To dump sawdust or mill re-
fuse in any waters of the State.
Licenses for hunters are fixed as follows: County
resident, $1; State resident, $5; non-resident of
State, ?10; non-resident alien, ?50.
The Monitor Gun Club of Sacramento has lost one
of its best shots and most popular members by the
retirement of Charles DeMerritt, who leaves the city
to return to the "simple life" on a ranch near Tur-
loek. In resigning from the club DeMerritt turned
over his holdings to Chas. Schoenbackler. The club
will ratify the transfer.
J. A. Uhlig, Game Warden of Spokane County,
stated in an interview that as a result of the resi-
dents of the district and officers and members of the
Spokane Rod and Gun Club co-operating with the
authorities during the closed season, deer are more
plentiful in Spokane county than they were ten
years ago. He added:
"The popular opinion is that the snow has been
deep this winter and the deer have been driven to
the foothills. It is not true, however, as the snow
has been very light on the mountains in Spokane
county. Had the snow been heavy the deer would
have been driven from the timber on the eastern
and northern slopes into the open on the west and
south.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
"The west slopes are not wooded usually, and when
this happens, and the deer are driven into the open,
it makes work for the Game Warden. It is too much
of a temptation for some people, even if the deer
costs them more than $10 in fines.
"I was working the territory around Mount Baldy
and the northeast part of the county two weeks ago
and found aboundant signs of deer. The weather this
winter has not driven them down to where they
would be a temptation to the settlers.
"I was on a hunting trip to Ferry county a year
ago and am confident that there is not one deer there
to where there are ten in Spokane county. The deer
country of this county of course, is confined to the
northern part. While I have been watching for
violators of the law, I have made no arrests this
year. It seems that the residents here are more will-
ing to assist in the protection of their large game
than in Stevens county.
"No one other than a prospector has a right to
kill deer lor his own use or to keep from starving.
It is usually understood that this means a prospector
with a pack and pick and not a prospector strolling
through the woods with a rifle. Of course, this does
not apply to the open season of October and Novem-
ber."
o
SAN FRANCISCO FLY-CASTING CLUB.
[Saturday, April 9, 1910.
The fly-casting club members opened the club con-
test season last week very auspiciously. Besides
the regular four events another event is now a
feature — long distance lure easting. The scores given
below show some extraordinary clever percentages
in accuracy and delicacy. The accuracy buoys are
located 50, 55 and 60 feet from the platform, delicacy
buoys 35, 40 and 45 feet. Lure casting marks 60, 70,
SO, 90 and 100 feet distant.
On Sunday a number of members were present and
looked on. Despite the attractions of the trout
streams the attendance was good. The results
follow:
Saturday Contest Xo. 1. Classification series. Stow
Lake, April 2, 1910. "Wind, southwest. Weather,
cloudv.
Judges, F. H. Reed, T. C. KierulfE, E. A. Mocker.
Referee, J. B. KennifE. Clerk, E. O. Ritter.
12 3 4 5
F. A. "Webster . . .
E. A. Mocker
C. H. Kewell . . .
F. J. Cooper . . .
F. M. Haight ...
J. B. Kenniff . . .
C. G. Young . . .
Geo. C. Edwards
T. C. KierulfE . . .
F. H. Reed ...
Sunday Contest Xo. l. Classification series. Stow
Lake, April 3, 1910. "Wind, southwest. Weather, fair.
Judges, C. H. Kewell, H. B. Sperry, E. A. Mocker.
Referee, J. B. Kenniff. Clerk, E. O. Rittef.
12 3 4 5
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99
98.2
97.4
98.8
97.13
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9S.9
98.1
98.8
97.10
97.26
97.14
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98.12
98.5
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9S.25
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9S.20
99.10
9S.20
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97.17
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97.7
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Austin Sperry .
G. H. Foulks
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H. B. Sperry
E. A. Mocker . . .
F. H. Reed
H. C. Golcher . . .
T. C. Kierulff . . .
J. B. Kenniff . . .
F. V. Bell
C. G. Young
Dr. "W. E. Brooks
F. J. Cooper . . .
F. M. Haight . . .
C. A. Kierulff . . .
C. H. Kewell . . .
"W. L. Gerstle . . .
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94.40
99
99.10
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98.10
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96.9
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95.3
Distance casting, feet. Event 2 —
Accuracy casting, percentage. Event 3— Delicacy
casting: a, accuracy percentage; b, delicacv percent-
age: c, net percentage. Event 4 — Lure casting. Event
u— Long distance lure casting, average
Fractions in Event 2. fifteenths; in Event 3, thir-
tieths; m lure casting, tenths.
ANGLER'S BANQUET.
The California Anglers' Association members and
guests met at the Palace Hotel Thursday evening
March 24th. the occasion being the first annual ban-
quet of the organization.
Governor James N. Gillett was the first speaker an-
nounced by Dr. Henry Abrahms. The Governor spoke
upon matters pertaining to angling and anglers, in-
terpolating his remarks with humorous illustrations
and apt stories concerning fishermen he knows, has
met and has heard about. His original reading of a
chapter of fish lore was received with much applause.
Professor David Starr Jordan of Stanford followed
in a brief dissertation on trout and other game fishes
that was very edifying and entertaining.
Judge John Hunt after a humorous speech, pre-
sented the Governor with a picture of a fishing scene
in which the Governor was one of the chief actors —
a pleasant outing on a lake near Mount Shasta.
Among the other speakers were: E. I. Wolfe Dis-
trict Attorney Thomas P. Boyd of Marin County
General George Stone, Colonel G. C. Edwards Tom c'
Kierrulf Walter D. Mansfield, Charles A. Vogelsang,
Howard Sperry, James S. Turner and others.
Letters were received and read from Senator
George C. Perkins and Congressman E. Hayes.
The distribution of trophies for the season of 1909
and 1910 was announced as follows: First prize, for
the largest trout, James Watt; second prize, for the
second largest trout, Theodore A. Eisfeldt; third
prize, third largest prize, Hugh T. Copeland. First
trophy for the largest fish caught, George A. Went-
worth: second trophy Charles F. Breidenstein; third
trophy, Harry Baker; fourth trophy, S. A. Wells;
fifth trophy, C. F. Gotthelf; sixth trophy, W. A. L.
Miller. Striped bass prizes — First H. T. Copeland;
second, C. R. Overholtzer. Salmon prizes — First, C.
L. Eicklen; second. W. D. Burlingame; third Frank
N. Smith; fourth, C. L. Gotthelf; fifth, C. T. Breiden-
stein.
Special trophies — Trout trophy, largest fish taken
on a fly, Dr. Henry Abrahms; mysterious prize, in a
sealed envelope, C. F. Gotthelf.
A loving cup was presented by the club members
to George Walker, a veteran angler, who will shortly
leave for a visit to Scotland.
President Achille Roos acted as toastmaster during
the evening, assisted by Dr. H. Abrahms. Among the
invited guests were: Governor James N. Gillett, P.
H. McCarthy, David Starr Jordan, John Hunt, James
N. Trout E. I. Wolfe, Thomas P. Boyd, Colonel Stone
Fish Commissioner F. W. Van Sicklen, Charles A.
Vogelsang, Walter D. Mansfield, T. C. Kierulff, Hugh
Draper, Joseph J. Geary, J. X. DeWitt, James S.
Turner, H. B. Sperry, and W. F. Bogart. Letters
were received from Fish Commissioner M. C. Connell,
A. W. Foster, Thomas F. Graham, E. B. Martinelli,
W. J. Costar, R. J. Welsh Professor Charles H. Gil-
bert, F. S. Stratton, C. F. Charlton, E. I. Butler and
others.
Among the club members present were : Dr. Henry
Abrahms, A. V. Arvonen, W. H. Armstrong, A. J.
Baker, H. H. Baker, A. M. Blade, John Boedefeld, C.
F. Breidenstein, T. Brasseur, C. M. Belshaw, W. D.
Burlingame, E. C. Boucher, J. P. Bobo, Leon Carreau,
A. B. Christensen, E. A. Cohn, Dr. L. T. Cranz, W. R.
Chambers, . R. E. Cunningham., F. J. Cooper, D. N.
Corning, A. Duwar, Colonel H. G. W.. Dinkelspiel, Dr.
F. W. Derrick, William R. Eaton, Theodore A. Eis-
feldt, Charles L. Ecklon, William Ellery, Milton
Frankenberg, O. M. Freudner, G. W. Fisher, H. B.
Gosliner S. J. Girard, H. C. Golcher, James N. Gil-
lett, W. A. Granfield, R. C. Hornung, L. Harris, R. C.
Hornung, H. H. Hjul, A. G. Hatfield, Dr. Howard, Dr.
Hershtein, Charles Isaac, L. W. Klein, Dr. A. P. Kael-
bur, Charles H. Kewell, F. W. Kewell, D. C. Kelso, E.
H. Ladd, George Lowenberg, C Lassig, G Lassig L.
Levy, Dr. F. P. Canac Marquis, Emil Medau, C. C.
Morehouse, W. A. L. Miller, T. L. McLaghlan, J. C.
Meyer, Dr. A. B. Newman, C. B. Newman, W. E.
North, R. Newman, C. R. Overholtzer. R. L. O'Keeffe,
E. M. Pomeroy, W. J. Pierce, George F. Roberts A.
Roos, W. C. Ross, Thomas Ramsden, C. Roberts, O.
H. Reichling, F. H. Reed, W. F. Street, George
Schmidt, Frank M. Smith, Joseph Springer, George
D. Shadburne Jr., Paul W. Shattuck, F. L. Schmidt,
W. A. Street, D. J. Sheehan, H. A. Thomson, Thomas
G. Taylor Jr., Dr. A. Thibodeau and Alvin W. Thorn-
ton, Charles E. TJrfer, George W. TJri, Joseph TJri,
Mose TJri, Mel Vogel Dr. Charles Von Hoffman, James
Watt, George Walker, George A. Wentworth, Dr. J.
Auburn Wiborn, P. H. Wilson, Jules Weil and C. L.
Wisecarver, Wilbur G. Zeigler.
o
THE A. K. C. ANSWERS.
The recent organization of the Golden Gate Ken-
nel Club of San Francisco and the announcement
of the dates, May 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th for the first
annual bench show of the new club is practically,
but unofficially, so it appears, the answer of the
American Kennel Club to the request of Coast dog-
dom for a change in the Pacific Advisory Commit-
tee and a represetnation in the direction of Coast
dogdom affairs. Home rule will be muzzled if this
force play of the American Kennel Club prevails.
The officers of the new kennel club are: Charles
H. Harley, president; J. A. Folger, first vice-presi-
dent; J. Maxwell Taft, second vice-president; Alex
Wolf en, director; Irving C. Ackerman, director, and
Robert Wallace, secretary-treasurer.
In a circular mailed to fanciers and business firms
soliciting patronage for "this cause" and the donation
of trophies and prizes for the announced show, the
statement is made:
"The club proposes to make this show the most
attractive ever held in this city and to do every-
thing to encourage the -oast breeders and fanciers,
and at the same time give the dog-loving public an
opportunity to view some of the best specimens of
various breeds ever seen on the Coast."
Many of the local fanciers take issue with the new
organization. Ordinarily, dates in the latter part
of May should be given the San Francisco Kennel
Club. This club is at present under the ban of
official displeasure.
In due course, under the new constitution, the
American Kennel Club cannot officially take cog-
nizance and announce its action in tnis regard until
about the middle of May.
Until disposition of the signed request of eight
kennel clubs is duly announced, it was intimated
neither the San Francisco Club nor the recently or-
ganized National Dog Breeders' Association would
ask for dates for a bench show in this city or else-
where.
It is claimed the Golden Gate Club was organized
at the suggestion of Secretary Vredenburg and dates
for a show were granted to forestall any other club.
At all events, two factions will rapidly develop and
it will be a test of the strength of the American
Kennel Club on the Coast. Whether the dog fan-
ciers will support the New York magnates or
whether they will break away and form an inde-
pendent organization, future events will soon de-
velop. And it looks as if the A. K. C. will be side-
tracked unless proper recognition be accorded.
The California Cocker Spaniel Club, the largest
specialty club on the Coast, and the only one in San
Francisco now affiliated with the American Kennel
Club, is on record with a note of disapproval and
the assurance of non-support of the announced
bench show of the recently organized Golden Gate
Kennel Club early in May.
The following letter has been mailed to each of
the club members:
"A special meeting of the Executive Board of the
California Cocker Club was held on Friday the first
of April, to consider the advisability of supporting
the Golden Gate Kennel Club show, announced to be
held on May 4th to 7th next. At this meeting the
matter was carefully weighed, and the conclusion was
reached that the launching of this new club and the
assignment of dates for an early show by the Pacific
Advisory Committee of the American Kennel Club,
is not conducive to the harmony and best interests
of dogdom, which we earnestly crave.
"We believe that the status of the San Francisco
Kennel Club now under suspension should be finally
determined before the rights enjoyed by them are in
any manner interfered with. Furthermore, the grant-
ing of dates to the Golden Gate Kennel Club without
the consent of the Oakland Kennel Club (which has
not been given) is against Rule V of the A. K. C,
which provides that:
" 'Clubs which have not held a show during the
year 190S, or prior to September 1, 1909, desiring
to hold a show within twenty-five miles of a place
where a show has been held during that year or the
year previous must obtain the consent of the older
club, before the application will be approved.'
"It was the concensus of opinion that this club dis-
countenance the holding of this show; that no
trophies be presented; that the members be advised
against making any entries; and further, to do all
in their power to discourage a show until such time
as the American Kennel Club has finally established
the status of the San Francisco Kennel Club and
made answer to the demands of the fancy of the
West, that Western members be permitted to choose
their own advisory board.
"California Cocker Club,
Wm. Blackwell, President.
"J. Leo Park, Secretary pro tern.
"San Francisco, April 5, 1910."
The Cocker Spaniel Club members have been
stanch supporters of the local and Coast bench
shows. Many individual necbers have expressed an
intention of holding aloof from the Golden Gate
show. The members of the executive committee
are: William Blackwell, J. L. Parks, G. W. Ellery,
J. Hervey Jones, A. L. Creswell, Alex Wolfen and
Val J. Ruh of San Jose. Ruh was the only absentee
from the meeting, but expressed his concurrence by
telephone. Wolfen is an official of the Golden Gate
Kennel Club and did not concur in the action of
his confreres.
It is reported the Ladies' Kennel Association of
California will take similar action to that of the
Cocker Spaniel Club.
o
AT THE TRAPS.
Owl Rod and Gun Club fourth annual bluerock
shoot at Modesto April 2d and 3d came off under
a heavy wind handicap. A strong gale each day cut
down averages to quite an extent.
Five 20-target races was the card for Saturday.
Sunday eleven events were shot. E. J. Theoball of
Modesto won the Selby trophy race, breaking 24
out of 25 targets at 17 yards rise. Frank Merrill
of Stockton and B. Blanehard tied on straight scores
of 25 for the San Joaquin Valley individual cham-
pionship. Merrill won in the next event, 20 to 18.
High amateur averages, 200 targets counting,
Frank Merrill 188, Lon Holdsclaw of Fresno 187, H.
Garrison of Modesto 181, Fred Stone of Fresno 180,
G Ellis of Stockton 180.
High professional averages, H. E. Poston 285 out
of 300, Fred Willet 275, Dick Reed 275, E. Hoelle 272,
D. W. King 267. Poston broke 659 out of 700 targets
shot at in the two days.
The Modesto grounds are about ideal for the sport.
Two bulkheads with automatic traps, a Leggett and
a McCrea, were used.
Selbv trophy race, 25 targets, distance handicap —
Reed 20 vards, broke 23; King 20-2,0, Poston 21-22,
Holling 20-21, Haight 20-19, Hoelle 20-19, Morss 16-19,
Willet 20-25, Thede 20-22, Wood 19-21, H. Garrison
21-23, D. C. Davison 16-17, W. Garrison 18-21, J. W.
Davison 17-19, Faulkner 18-1S, Blanehard 18-20, E. H.
Lancaster 18-18, Theoball 17-24, Roberts 17-18, Dale
18-19, Huddleson 16-17, Heavenrich 16-17, Warner
16-16, Avres 16-18, Mace 16-17, Patterson 16-15, F. T.
Roberts' 16-8, Schrambling 16-12, Richards 17-23, F.
Stone 19-21, Holdsclaw 20-21, Schlueter 16-16, Thur-
man 16-17, Haas 16-19, Longers 16-19, Dutton 16-21,
C. Merrill 16-17, F. Merrill 21-21, Ellis 19-21, Rice
16-14.
The individual championship race was the Event
5, and Event 8 was the Selby trophy match on Sun-
day. The scores follow:
Modesto, Saturday, April 2, 1910. Owl Rod and
Gun Club bluerock tournament —
Targets . . .
Events . ...
Dick Reed . . .
D. W. King . .
H. E. Poston
Fred Willet . .
C. A. Haight .
E. Hoelle
Geo. Morss . . .
E. Holling . . .
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Merrill |l2|16|15|16)20)14|15
Merrill |15|20|19J18|25|20|l7
J. Kystedt |12|17|14|15
Ellis 14|17|18|17
Chase 10|12|12 "
Turner »|11|11
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Rice
Fellows . .
McConnell . .
Wright
Cadrett
C R. Weeks
J. Corley
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187
170
168
152
171
157
188
180
At the California Wing Club regular monthly shoot
April 2d a number of the members were absent. The
birds supplied were the best lot trapped for the club
in years. In the forenoon a north wind and in the
afternoon a northwest breeze sent birds whizzing
away from the traps, many of them tailenders. This
accounts for some ragged scores. Pete Walsh made
the only straight in the afternoon event. In this
race the 10's were in the money, the first time in
years. Louis Rink and H. B. Gregg were elected
members of the club. Harvey McMurchy shot as a
guest, using a borrowed gun. Gregg also had a gun
he was not used to. Pool shoots followed the regu-
lar club events. The scores follow:
Medal race, 12 pigeons, $50 added, three moneys,
high guns, distance handicap —
C. C. Nauman 32 2 2 2 2 12 112 2 2 2—12
F. W. Munday 27 22222221212 1—12
N. L. Nielsen 2i 12222111211 2—12
P. J. Walsh 28 20111121211 1—11
W. W. Terrill 28 12110221211 2—11
T. Prior 30 22222022201 1—10
C. J. Ashlin 28 11011122220 2—10
W. E. Murdock 27 2120122*211 1—10
H. B. Gregg 27 02202212211 1—10
J. De Fremeryt 30 'million 1—10
E. L. Schultz 29 112 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2—9
R. C. Haas 25 00212121022 2 — 9
E. C. Prather 24 210110210111—9
H. McMurchyf i0 210020112112—9
L. Rink £6 012*2*02020 2—6
tGuest. *Dead out.
Purse race, 12 pigeons, $50 added, three moneys,
high guns, distance handicap-
Walsh 2a 11121111
Munday 28 12121221
Haas 27 22201022
Rink 26 22012220
De Fremeryt 30 01221121
Nauman 33 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 1
Terrill 28 22101101
Prather 24 10110211
Schultz 30 20222202
Gregg 28 11102011
"Bur"t 30 00220002
"Rens"t 30 00000022
2 1
0 1
1 2
1 1
0 2
0 2
1 0
0 2
0 2
0 0 0
0 2 2
12 2
1—12
1—11
2—10
1—10
2—10
2— 9
1— 9
0— 8
0— 7
1— 7
0— 5
0— 5
Murdock 28 2212210120w
Ashlin 28 20201120w
Nielsen 28 01121110W
Back scores — »
Schultz 30 222220*2222 2—10
Prather 24 12011101211 1—10
Gregg 28 112000212011— S
Rink 26 10 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 1 1 1— 7
Pool, 6 birds, 30 yards rise, $2.50 entrance, high
guns —
Walsh 1 1 1 1 2 1— 6
Nauman 12212 1 — 6
Nielsen 111122—6
Munday 2 2 2 2 2 0 — 5
Rink 122210—5
De Fremery 1 2 2 0 0 2 — 4
Prather 2 1 2 0 0 2 — 4
Gregg 0 0 12 10—3
Price 102100—3
"Bur" 0 0 a 2 0 0— 2
"Rens" 20 02 00—2
Ashlin 2 2 1 0 w
Nauman '. . .1 2 2 2 1 2 — 6
Walsh 011111—5
"Bur" 2 0 '2 2 0 2— 4
"Rens" 0 0 2 2 0 0— 2
Rink 20 100 0 — 2
Nielsen 2 1 1 0 w
Hugh McElroy was high gun at the Spokane Rod
and Gun Club shoot March 27th. Tom Ware was
second, and Lee third. Four 25-target events were
shot.
McElroy 25 25 24 25—99
Ware 24 23 24 21—92
Woeln 16 10 14 19—59
Malloy 21 24 19 20—54
Greenough 22 20 18 17—77
Lee 22 21 22 23—88
Robertson 20 21 22 23—86
"Stub" Williams, a very popular Seattle sports-
man, "one of the best in the game and always ready
to do his share at anything," was the man behind
the gun at the West Seattle Gun Club shoot March
27th. He broke 89 out of 100. He won the Selby
watch event with a straight 20. He was tied on the
89 score by Lee Barkley and a Portland visitor,
Converse.
The Selby watch trophy must be shot for every
week. The man winning it the greatest number
of times during the year gets it. "Stub" will try
hard to keep up his winning streak, for he has
taken a fancy to that timepiece and would like to
keep it.
Spratley, a visitor from Bellingham, won the Bal-
listite cup with a score of 13 out of 15, and his
Seattle friends congratulated him warmly upon his
good showing.
The day was ideal for shooting and the twenty-
five men at the traps enjoyed a fine Easter outing.
In the afternoon some of the members of the West
Seattle Gun Club went down to Kent to enjoy a
shoot with the members of that club. The Kent
Club is a lively organization and pulls off enjoyable
shoots.
Williams put up two clean scores, breaking
twenty straight in the shoot for the Selby watch,
and also breaking twenty straight in the last event
of the day. He lacked only one of tying Spratley,
the winner of the Ballistite cup. He broke twelve
out of the fifteen, while Spratley got thirteen.
The scores in six events (No. 2 Ballistite, No. 3
Selby) were the following:
Targets 115115120
Barkley
Williams
Robinson
13|13|17
11|1220
10 816
Babcock 1110 17] 9
Peterson 8| 9[20|10
Phiscator 1012 19 10
Campbell 7| 6[12| 9
Reihl |13|14J17| 9
Scott |11[10|18[10
Lipsky |11H2|16| 9111
D. Reed |13
Berger Ill
L. Reed 12
Ross 11
Johnson | 7
Elias I 7
Armstrong |14
Sumner | 9
Miller |13
Smith
Middaugh
Dillon . . .
Converse .
Randlett .
Spratley .
17
17
16
15
13
19
20
12
17
17| 9
10|12
18)11
12|19|13
8|20|12
131910)
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
70
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
50
61
71
73
79
56
85
60
74
84
73
SO
76
61
63
58
63
81
73
63
79
89
78
42
The Bay View Gun Club regular club bluerock
shoot for April took place Sunday on the Alameda
trap grounds. Nearly forty powder-burners took
part in the different matches.
F. Parker was high gun in the regular club race,
with the excellent score of 22 out of 25 clay pigeons.
W. Searles, S. Parker and Fox were next in order,
with 20 targets. Tne other results were: Ricklef-
son 19, A. Foster 19, Cuthbert 19, Tait 18, Connelly
18, Ditzher 18, J. Foster 17, Adams 16, Ulrichs 16,
Anderson 16, Ippetzen 15, Jacobsen 14, Harges 14,
Jones 14, Price 13, Harmes 12, Hardin 12, Warden 9,
D. Weaver 8, Croll 8, Killam 8, Christman 5, Moon 4.
In shooting at double rises, Ricklefson made
the best score, breaking 9 out of 12 targets.
Johnny Connelly, Searles, Ulrichs and Parker each
scored 8 out of 12. The other scores were:
Catsen 7, Fox 7, Searles 7, J. Foster 6, Tait 6, Adams
6, A. Foster 6, Ippetzen 5, Killam 4, Jones 3, Hardin
3, Parker 3, Weaver 2, Ritzher 2, Peat 1.
Captain Swailes' team beat a squad under F.
Parker, scoring 133 targets against 131. Each con-
tesant shot at 15 clay pigeons.
The Oakland Gun Club will hold a shoot tomor-
row if the new automatic trap is installed.
The Empire Gun Club's regular April shoot will
be held at A'ameda Junction.
It is possible that a trap ground site may be leased
near Bird's Point, Alameda, where years ago many
shoots were held.
Should this plan mature the Oakland, Bay View,
Golden Gate and other clubs will probably shoot on
those grounds.
The Stockton Gun Club grounds are now fitted up
with a McCrea trap.
There will be a tournament in the Flour City in
May or June, it is rumored.
The Madera tournament will be shot April 1th,
16th and 17th. The first day will be devoted to live
birds. A 12-bird race, $100 added, followed by sweep-
stake races.
The program calls for 200 targets a day for the
bluerock shoot, with $200 added each day.
San Luis Obispo will probably announce a blue-
rock shoot. May 15th is the date rumored.
Shoots are scheduled for the following places: So-
nora, April 24th; San Bernardino, May 7th and Stn-
Ventura, May 21st and 22d.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
Achille Roos, John Berger, John Siebe and other
old members of the Tamalpais Gun Club have secured
a lease on that portion of the erstwhile Tamalpais
Gun Club preserve wihch is located on the ocean side
of the ridge. In this section is included the Throck-
morton lagoon, famed for its steelhead fishing.
A recommendation from the American Fisheries'
Society at Washington, D. C, to anglers at large in
returning fish to the water and handling fish that are
caught, is both sensible and humane, and is the
following:
"When removing an undersized trout from your
hook, always moisten your hand before grasping the
fish, otherwise the dry hand will remove the viscid
or slimy coating from the sides and back of the
trout. The result will be that, in due time, the ex-
posed parts of the fish's body will be open to the
attack of a white fungus growth that invariably kills
the fish.
"It is a good plan to kill your fish, those that are
large enough for the basket, as soon as thev are
taken from the hook. A blow on the head back of
the eyes is effective. The fish does not die slowly and
is far better for table use in consequence.
Sorry days are these for the lowly angle worm.
High water forces the fisherman to resort to bait
fishing. Meanwhile the post graduate disciples of the
art await the coming days of low water and clear,
limpid mountain streams for then the artificial lure,
the fly pure and simple, will be in vogue.
The Brookdale hatchery in Santa Cruz county can
go on the books now with a world's record. Super,
intendent Frank Shebley secured 500,000 trout eggs
in one day last week. The previous big take was
250,000 eggs in one day at Lake Tahoe hatchery.
This half million of eggs will be hatched out and the
troutlets placed in the county streams.
At the egg station on Scott's creek 1,000,000 trout
eggs have been secured since February 1st It is ex-
pected 500,000 more eggs will be taken before the
season closes. Salmon eggs to the number of 200,000
have also been taken .
The California Anglers' Association third annual
anglers' field day outing will take place at Point
Reyes on the 17th of ApriL Prizes will be given for
various stunts in angling; the competition is open
to all in attendance. A barbecued beef lunch is to
be served and the outing is open to all.
E. G. Coret and Daniel Sullivan, recently appointed
deputy fish commissioners in Marin county, have so
far made eight arrests for violations of the fish and
game law's. The new deputies last Thursday while
patrolling near Fairfax followed two men who they
were satisfied were illegally fishing, to the White
House, a resort for that particular class of foreign-
ers. Upon endeavoring to make an investigation
they were threatened with violence. A near-by Jus-
tice of the Peace afterward refused to issue a search
warrant.
It is claimed the foreigners who frequent the re-
sorts near Fairfax roam the hills all the year round
and kill every bird, large and small, and catch every
fish of any size they can get out of the streams.
A report from Salinas states that the recent rains
had raised the trout streams of that section, but fish,
however, were very plentiful and the sport in the
Carmel, Arroyo Seco and other streams south would
be excellent this season.
Striped bass anglers are catching a few small-sized
fish in the shallow waters off Muller's at San Pablo.
One drawback to salt water angling at this resort
and on all the shores above Richmond is the recent
presence of refuse or waste oil that has permeated
everything with a black, sticky coating.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday. April 9, 1910.
A BEAR BARBECUE.
AIDING RIFLE PRACTICE.
TRADE NOTES.
A. Ottinger, a popular sportsman of this city, took
a trip to Alaska last year. Whilst in the Arctic
region he had a lively bear hunting experience.
He and a friend were hunting one day in the coun-
try back of Juneau. The hunters in essaying to
cross a small open patch suddenly came upon a
grown bear and two cubs. The old bear immedi-
ately adopted offensive tactics, the hunters at once
sought refuge in an abandoned log cabin nearby.
The bear's attack was so quick and vicious that the
hunters had no chance to get their rifles properly
at work. They lost no time in getting under cover,
the bear was close at their heels and savagely tried
to get into the cabin. Ottinger soon had the chance
to put in a fatal shot, which be did. The bear was
skinned, the cubs captured and afterward brought
to this city. One of the cubs became 'quite tract-
able and is still alive. The other developed a nasty
disposition and became unmanageable. This one
was offered to the Park Commissioners, the park
however had a good stock of bears on hand and the
proferred cub wTas rejected.
Ottinger came to the conclusion that as the bear
cub was in prime condition, it weighted over 200
pounds, a barbecue was in order. The animal was
killed and in due course was the main feature at an
al fresco dinner which came off last Saturday at
Shorty Roberts' resort on the Ocean Shore boule-
vard. Invitations for forty were issued, this num-
ber was swelled to about 100 "live wires," who all
got the tip and were on the receiving end when
the feast was spread.
The dinner was excellent, the "fizz" plentiful, the
stories good, and the songs, many of them, apt trim-
mings that good fellows appreciate. Everybody was
down for a speech, song or story, and for an im-
promptu affair the dinner was a success from start
to finish.
The gathering was so large that the "boys" were
seated in different rooms of the bungalow, Judge
Barry presided over the Irish table, Johnny Herget
was Kappelmeister at the German table, Judge Van
Nostrand sat at the head of the Netherlands table,
Tom Doran was yardmaster of the Italian layout
and Leon Samuels held down the American bunch.
The members of the California Harness Horse and
Stock Breeders' Association were largely in evi-
dence. Among those present were:
Park Commissioner William K. Gutzkow, Police
Commissioner J. H. Spiro, Chief of Police J. B. Mar-
tin, A. J. Martin, Leon Samuels, A. Ottinger, Judge
J. J. Van Nostrand, W. K. Slack, George B.
Kelley, R. F. Morgan, Charles E. Hart, Charles A.
Nelson, J. C. Freese, George Dougherty, William J.
Madden, J. J. Hanby, Henry J. Meertens, Charles
W. Meyer, Edward A. Kenney, Park Commissioner
W. H. Bemiss, J. A. Kelly, W. H. TJrmy, William C.
Pugh, William Michelson, P. J. Mclntyre, Supervisor
T. P. O'Dowd, Joseph P. Minehan, Supervisor
Timothy P. Minehan, W. T. Hooper, G. D. Kee'y,
M. J. Cain, Hans Frillson, W. A. Clifford, Captain
Stafford, Dan Hoffman, Tom L. Doran, Police Cap-
tain Kelley, E. A. Jutting, Hick Lawlor, E. C. Ham-
mer, Captain H. G. Stindt, Billy Roeder, W. H. Har-
rison, Thomas G. Knight, F. L. Matthes, A. H. Mil-
let, H. M. Ladd, Louis Blot, Milton T. Clark, Dr.
L. J. McMahon, Thomas F. Bannon, A. E. Toell,
Grattan D. Phillips, W. J. Kenney, Herman Shottler,
Dr. Ira Barker Dalzell, H. Hackfeld, Charles Weid-
ner, Al W. Lenrke, W. A. Berry, George McCord,
Charles Leedke, Max M. Brown, Judge J. E. D. Barry,
Supervisor Can J. Deasy, F. L. Mattnews, Super-
visor Johnny Herget, H. M. Lamb, Colonel Franklin,
Nate Franklin and others.
POULE D'EAU.
The mudhen is looked upon by our sportsmen a3
a non-game bird and an unmitigated nuisance. On
many duck preserves there is generally an eariy
cleaning out each season of the birds attempted by
the club members. However many are killed ana
however much they are shot at and hunted away
they invariably come back again and, apparently,
increased in numbers. They take their toll heavily
of the duck bait placed in the ponds. And not only
that, they are persistent vegetarians, young green
grass being a relished dainty.
Very few hunters there are who have the temerity
to eat mudhens being deterred by reason of its Ish-
maelite reputation. Nevertheless, the bird is tooth-
some and palatable. Down near Coronado is the
Otay dam reservoir. Several years ago it was the
custom to have, at advertised times, a grand mudhen
battue. These "slaughters" were attended religiously
by crowds of San Diego dwellers of the adobe dis-
tricts. The mudhens were given to these people for
food. Later the breasts of the mudhens were kept
in cold storage at the Coronado Hotel, so It was re-
ported. The mudhen found a place on the menu
card as "poule d'eau."
The mudhen is palatable and succulent. With a
chef in the kitchen who is resourceful and Inventive
exceedingly savory dishes can be served — broiled
squab, spring chicken, fricasse, saute, and all else
that sounds as if it tastes good when Frenchified.
The mudhen. so it is reported by wise observers,
has been recognized in the southern part of the State
for its gastronomic and economical value. If cur-
rent rumor is correct Eastern tourists have been
made acquainted with the mudhen in more dishes
than one.
Some hotels, and even the dining car service has
been, s-> it is claimed, given the credit of serving
"proule d'eau." A mudhen by any other name tastes
sweeter.
The Senate has passed unanimously the Senate bill
appropriating $100,000 for rifle practive in the
schools and universities of the country, and among
civilian clubs. This bill has been endorsed by the
War Department and by the National Rifle Associa-
tion, and has received the support of President
Taft and ex-President Roosevelt.
There are ninety-three universities, colleges and
schools to which army officers are detailed with an
enrollment in the military department of 22,910.
These include the agricultural schools which receive
appropriations under the Morrill act. Of this num-
ber only 3,239 receive outdoor instruction and 9,748
gallery practice. In addition to the above institu-
tions there are twenty-eight private military schools
with an approximate attendance of 2,500. Through
lack of proper facilities, such practice as they have
is of little value.
The proposed appropriation is to be devoted to
civilian and school-boy rifle practice. An interest-
ing exhibit of what is being done in other countries
to promote rifle practice among civilian rifle clubs
and in the schools accompanied the report made by
Senator Briggs. In Canada, the Dominion Rifle As-
sociation receives annually from the Canadian gov-
ernment a subsidy of $15,000, besides a full allow-
ance for ammunition amounting to 100,000 cartridges
each year.
The government of Great Britain donates each
year to the National Rifle Association of that coun-
try 500,000 rounds of cartridges for use in the annual
contests held at Bisley, and furnishes the Bisley
meetings with soldiers to run the matches and camp
equipage for the use of competitors. The National
Rifle Association of that country has an annual in-
come, which last year amounted to nearly $100,000.
Affiliated with the National Association are 200
minor associations and 1,700 clubs. About 150
schools have cadet corps in which rifle practice is a
contest among the schools for a trophy presented
by Lord Ashburton. Australia has a reserve force
of 50,000 civilian riflemen and appropriates $500,000
annually for ammunition for their practice. The rail-
roads in Australia give free transportation to mem-
bers of the rifle clubs when traveling to and from
the ranges. Forty thousand school hoys ars organ-
ized into cadet corps and furnished arms and ammu-
nition by the government and rective instruction in
rifle practice.
In France the government issues rifles free to the
rifle clubs and last year the free issue of ammuni-
tion to such clubs cost the government $100,000.
The government also appropriates $12,000 to the
National Society which is used for prizes and deco-
rations. The War Department helps with arms and
ammunition, the Department of the Interior with
money and the Department of Public Instruction by
encouraging the development of rifle exercises in the
schools. Boys under 17 years of age are furnished
with the miniature rifle, and all over that age with
the army rifle.
In 1S82 the Italian government organized an asso-
ciation for the purpose of teaching all citizens to
properly handle the military rifle. The organiza-
tion is under the supervision of the Secretary of
War, who has his headquarters in Rome. Total or
partial exemption from military duty is given to
members of the rifle clubs who have profitably taken
shooting lessons for two years. Shooting grounds
are provided at the joint expense of the societies,
the county where located and the government, which
also gives each branch of the National Association,
according to the number, of members sufficient rifles
and sells the ammunition at cost prices. The day
for practice is always Sunday so the workingmen
can attend the meetings without losing a day's work.
A military instructor is in charge to teach the rules
of shooting, care of the rifle and individual and com-
pany drill. This instructor is an officer of the army
and all shooting is careiully watched by him. Every
year there are" community matches; every two years
inter-county matches and every five years a national
civilian match. This match is generally held in
Rome and the occasion is made a legal and popular
holiday. The government gives free railroad tickets
to representatives from the various branches, while
other marksmen who attend are allowed 75 per cent
discount on the cost of railroad tickets. In the last
match, which lasted fifteen days, about 30,000 men
took part. The list of prizes had among the donors
the King of Italy, members of Parliament, the cities,
the counties, the government, ladies of nobility and
others. The giving of the prizes is attended by the
civil and .military authorities. The King gives the
prizes to the first three men of each class.
In Sw-itzerland there are more than 3,600 shooting
societies with over 200,00 members. In 1902, the
date of the last report received, 84,309 members
qualified as marksmen. If the same ratio were main-
tained in proportion to population, the United States
would have -.,280,000 marksmen.
The government of Sweden annually appropriates
$153,780 toward rifle practice which is apportioned
among grants to rifle clubs, to the national shooting
societies, for ammunition, target ranges, target
prizes, printing, etc. In 1905 there were 1,850 rifle
clubs in Sweden.
o
Recent mudhen shoots at Fresno and Newmans
resulted in something like totals of 2000 birds shot.
U. M. C. Notes.
The opening spring shoot at Modesto, Cal., which
was the first largest target shoot of the season,
demonstrated that D. M. C. steel-lined shells carried
the amateurs to victory, as they did in principally
every large tournament last year.
Mr. F. Merrill of Stockton won high amateur
average with a score of 188 out of 200 targets, using
17. M. C. Arrow shells.
Mr. "Dick" Reed, the well-known U. M. C. pro-
fessional, carried off second high professional aver-
age, with a score of 275 out of 300.
A noticeable fact developed at this tournament
was that more shooters shot U. M. C. shells than of
all other makes combined.
Considerable interest has been displayed by pistol
and revolver shooters on the Coast in the .22 long
rifle cartridge recently brought out by the Union
Metallic Cartridge Company.
On March 23d Mr. George Armstrong made the
wonderful score of 467 out of a possible 500, using
the U. M. C. cartridge, which is the highest score
made on the Coast this year.
The new V. M. C. .22 long rifle black powder
cartridge now loaded with a crimped bullet has a
special grade of powder which is very clean and
has wonderful accuracy.
The important 100-shot gallery championship re-
cently shot at the Zettler range at New York City
was won by Dr. W. G. Hudson, using U. M. C. .22
short cartridges, with a score of 2,475 out of a pos-
sible 2,500, the highest score ever made in this
match.
Mr. Arthur Hubalek, using the same cartridge,
made a score of 2,465-2,500, tieing for third place.
Another high score in this match was made by Mr.
Jesse Smith, 2,458-2,500; Mr. J. M. Hessian, 2,456-
2,500.
This wonderful shooting was done with U. M. C.
.22 short black powder cartridges.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Peters Points.
At the annual prize shoot of the Williamsburg
Shooting Society, Brooklyn, N. T., March 20th and
21st, L. P. Ittel tied for first place in the continu-
ous match with a perfect score of 225 out of pos-
sible 225. Bull's Eye match was won by Mr. M.
Baal with almost a dead center shot, Mr. Wm. Keim
beng second. All three of these gentlemen used
Peters cartridges. These cartridges were shot by
11 out of 15 of the prize winners in the continuous
match, and 7 of the 8 prize-winners in the Bull's
Eye match, including the first five. The showing
made by Peters ammunition in this tournament
and in the Pittsburgh and New York .22 caliber in-
door tournaments is merely a continuation of the
records established by these goods during a period
of more than 12 years. They have won more prizes
of various kinds and have been used by more
shooters than all other makes combined, as fully
75 per cent of the entire number of contestants in
these premier rifle shooting events have placed their
dependence in Peters Semi-Smokeless ammunition.
Other makes are widely advertised and great claims
made as to their popularity, but to a great majority
of shooters, the above facts (which are a matter of
record and are unchallenged) are final and con-
vincing.
Neaf Apgar, shooting Peters factory loaded shells,
won second professional average at Morristown, N.
J., March 22d, 178 out of 195, and second general
average at Allentown, Pa., March ^t, 190 out of
200. At the Morristown shoot, Sim Glover won high
general average, 181 out of 195, and J. S. Fanning,
third professional average, 166. All shot Peters
shells.
At the weekly shoot of the Gun Club at San Ber-
nardino, Cal., March 20th, Mr. H. E. Poston, shoot-
ing Peters factory loaded shells, made high score,
121 out of 125.
At Columbus, Ohio, March 26th, in a field of 30
shooters, Mr. Woolfolk Henderson won high aver-
age, scoring 98 out of 100. He used Peters factory
loaded shells.
At Springfield, Ohio. March 27th, Mr. C. A. Young,
shooting Peters Premier factory loaded shells, made
a run of 97 then lost one, and ran 52 more straight,
making a total score of 149 out of 150. He, of
course, won high average for the day.
At Patterson, N. J., March 26th, Mr Sim Glover
won high professional and high general averages,
97 out of 100. Mr. J. S. Fanning, second professionel,
93 out of 100, Mr. Neaf Apgar third professional, 91
out of 100; all using Peters factory loaded shells.
At Butte, Mont., March 25th, the team, composed
of Messrs. Anderson, Booth, Lorenz, Holmes and
Crawford, representing the Rocky Mountain Rifle
Club, in the National Rifle Association Inter-Club
matches, won from the Fort Pitt team of Pittsburgh
by the remarkable score of 985 out of a possible
1,000, which is the highest score made by any team
in this series of matches, and so far as known, is
the record score for five-men teams under the condi-
tions. The five gentlemen named, by their long
string of figures and their consistenly high scores
have attracted the attention of rifle shooters all over
the country, and are acknowledged to be marksmen
of the highest order. They attribute their success,
in a very considerable measure, to the use of Peters
semi-smokeless cartridges, claiming that this am-
munition is the most accurate and most uniform that
they have ever shot.
Saturday, April 9, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
SQUIRREL POISON
Prepared According to the Special Formula of
U. S. Public Health
AND
Marine-Hospital Service
Has proved a most efficient extermi-
nator of squirrels. TT. S. public health
and marine hospital service evolved
and is now using" this tormula after
considerable experimentation. Every
farmer, every ranch owner should or-
der enough to destroy these pests on
his land. Taste of poison Is so skill-
fully disguised that it is eaten as
readily as ordinary grain. Special U.
S. Government contract price of
$3.95 for 35 lb. Tin
will be charged to encourage its ex-
tensive use.
CORRESPONDENCE IXVITED.
No matter how many failures you
have had with other formulas, this
should be given a trial, it is a duty
you owe yourself and your neighbor
to order a sufficient number of 35-lb.
tins to thoroughly poison your land.
Results absolutely guaranteed if used
according to the directions.
Personal check or postal note may
accompany order, or poison will be
shipped C. O. D. by "Wells, Fargo &
Co. on request. Sample 5-lb. tin will
be sent on receipt of $1.00.
Supply agency in each town will be
established with any reputable store-
keeper who will apply.
Prepared by
HERBERT F. DUGAN, Chemist,
1170 Sutter St.
San Francisco, Cal.
No road too ronih. Carrlet
weight over the wheels, not
on the axle. It has the
strength. Nerer a tired driv-
er after a long workout day.
Why? The long spring makes
it easy riding.and does away
with all horse motion. Furn-
ished with either Pneumatic
or cushion tires.
McMurray
Sulkies and
Jogging Carts
Standard the world over.
Address for printed matter and prices.
W. J. KENNEY, S3«S"°r
53! Valencia St., San Francisco
DEALERS may "KNOCK" our CARTS and SULKIES. If so, it is because
they can't make any money out of them.
We give the CONSUMER THE DISCOUNT and sell direct.
Miller Cart Co., Goshen, N. Y. (Established \m)
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who values his stock should constantly have a supply of it on hand. It improves
and keeps stock in the pink of condition. Ask your grocers or dealers for it.
Positively cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion. Manhattan Food Co., C. P.
Kertel, Pres., 1001-1003 E. 14th St., Oakland. Cal.
BOOKS FOR STALLION OWNERS
1. Hoover's Stallion Service Record.
The most complete book for recording stallion service ever placed before breeders.
Not a pocket edition. No more disputing of sires. No more mixing of dams where this
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3. Breeder's Xote and Certificate Book and Stallion Service
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This book contains 75 blank certificates to be given to owners of mares, certifying that
said mare has been bred to a certain stallion. Also 75 notes suitable for owner of mare giv-
ing to owner of stallion on account of stallion service fee. This book is well bound, and makes
a book like No. 2, after certificates and notes have been removed $1.00
ADDRESS
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
New Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter"
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
"Life With the Trotter gives us a clear inaujht into the ways and meani to be adopted to incrswe
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 i>-d Sportsman, I . O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Oal.
Pacific Bid*.. Cor. Market and Fourth 8tt.
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FOR
Harness Stakes and Purses
IN THE
North Pacific Circuit
Short Ships— No Lost Time.
Everett, Aug. 29; Portland, Sept. 5; Salem, Sept. 12; Walla Walla, |
Sept. 19; Centralia-Chehalis, Sept. 19; State Fair, North Yakima, Sept. ^
26; Spokane, Oct. 3; Lewiston, Idaho and Boise, Idaho, Oct. 10.
Stake Entries Close July 1st.
Stake Book and Complete Schedule out in a few days.
WRITE FOR IT.
Address
JNO. W. PACE, Circuit Secretary,
North Yakima, Washington.
CLEVELAND
The Forest City Live Stock and Fair Company
offers for the Grand Circuit Meeting at North Randall
AUGUST 8-12, 1910
The Ohio 2:14 trotting (3 heats) Stake $5000
The Fasig 2: 10 trotting (3 heats) " 2000
The Tavern "Steak" 2:16 trotting (3 in 5) " 3000
The Edwards 2:14 pacing (3 heats) " 3000
The Forest City 2:06 pacing (3 heats) " 2000
(Pur detailed condition,, see entry blank,
LIGHT PAYMENTS THE MOTTO:
April 10. May 16. June 16. Julv 23.
2:14 trot *20 S30 «75 $123
2:10 trot 3 15 30 ,50
2:16 trot 1 15 40 45
2:14 pace 10 13 50 75
2:06 pace 3 15 30 50
The class events will be announced later.
Races for all horses.
Entrance 2 per cent
COXDITIOXS.
The 2:14, 2:10 trotting, and 2:14, 2:06 pacing stakes, will be 3 heats; entrance
5 per cent, with 3 per cent additional from money winners on each heat. A liberal
award goes~ to each winner as well as to the horses which win the least money,
making it profitable for the fortunate and the unfortunate in each stake.
THE TAVERN "STEAK"
A race 3 in 5 to sulky. All trotters eligible to the 2:16 class can enter.
Name as many as you want to regardless of ownership. The first payment only
One Dollar. Start as many as you like. The vital condition is that amateurs must
drive (.an amateur is a man who never accepted wages or hire as trainer or
driver). Professionals who nominate can select amateur drivers. All moneys
received (even if above $3000) go to the race. Payable in currency or plate.
Entries close Saturday, April 16
when all horses must be named.
GENERAL CONDITIONS. — In all Stakes as many horses as desired from one
stable, or of one ownership, can enter and start. This Company is a member
of the American Trotting Association, whose rules will govern; also a member of
the Grand and Great Western Circuits. Nominators will not be held for forfeits
due after having declared out in writing.
H. K. DEVEREUX, President. E. S. BURKE, JR., Secretary.
GEORGE J. DIETRICH, Assistant Secretary.
Address all communications to Hickox BIdg., Cleveland, Ohio.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 9, 1910.
C8X33333S3MSD3350DOCM5OO0OOO0
THE FARM
CLIPPING FARM HORSES.
Most farm horses are forced by the
very suddenness "with which the rush
of spring work in the field begins,
to change from a life of comparative
idleness in cold weather directly to
long days of arduous work in rapidly
advancing temperatures. The lon§,
thick coat of hair that acts like a
warm blanket through the winter
causes manifest csidmocmfwycmfwm
causes manifest discomfort in the
spring and the horse sweats profusely
and actually suffers from the heat on
mild days. He is in much the same
position as a man who is forced to
chop wood or perform some other kind
of violent exercise in mild weather
with a heavy overcoat on. It is uncom-
fortable enough in cold weather to be
thus hampered, and nature does not
provide a very long growth of hair
in winter on horses that do steady
work every day with blankets when
standing and a comfortable stable at
night. Tet even such horses are often
clipped in spring by city owners who
have figured closely on their reduced
efficiency when forced to canr the
winter coat until it is shed naturally
by slow degrees as a result of advanc-
ing summer heat.
As a rule farm horses are soft in
the spring and when put to heavy
spring work they perspire a great deal
more than would be the case if they
were kept regularly at work during
the winter months. As the hair is
long, the moisture is held in it and
dirt accumulates much faster than if
the horse were covered with a short
coat. This condition has led to the
practice of clipping all farm horses
in some communities before putting
them at the heavy spring work and
the general opinion of those who have
to do with such horses, both in work-
ing them and in the maintenance of
their health, seems to be in favor of
clipping.
The practice of clipping has arisen
because horses even on farms now
live very differently from their natural
state. The wild horse was free to
roam about and had very little work
to do except in getting enough to eat.
The horse as we know him is subjected
to a great deal of hard labor and is
fed and housed under conditions that
nature evidently did not mean for
him; consequently every provision
should be made to keep him under-
these unnatural conditions in as
healthful a way as possible.
Experience shows that a soft horse
with a long coat or hair, if left to
stand on a cold day after perspiring
freely or if stabled without ample pro-
tection on chilly nights, is apt to take
cold and be subject to other ills re-
sulting from these conditions. A
long coat of wet hair does not dry
out for hours and also requires con-
siderable body heat to accomplish it.
The argument is put forth by those
who clip that the horse with a short
coat of hair dries out very quickly
and in that condition is much less
liable to take cold than the undipped
horse with a coat of wet hair. A man
would not care to stand about on a
cold day or try to rest at night with
a heavy suit of wet clothes on, but he
would be much better off if he had on
a dry suit even if it were a light one.
The horse of today is a better worker
than the horse of a century ago, but
more is expected of him and he accom-
plishes more. If he is clipped in the
early spring and a blanket is provided
for protection whenever he is left to
stand in the open on a day that is colo
or at night when put into the stable,
it would seem he is better off than the
undipped animal.
There is no doubt that the clipped
horse makes a better appearance than
the undipped animal in the spring.
It is also stated by those who practice
clipping that the clipped horse is
more easily and surely cleaned and
kept in good condition, for with a short
coat of hair he accumulates much less
dust and the excretions of the body
thrown off through the pores of the
skin have a much better chance to
escape, while the work of currying
and 7 rushing Is greatly expedited.
A long winter coat is an admirable
protection for a horse when he is not
at work, but when man takes him in
charge and subjects him to heavy
spring work after the winter months
of rest he may make life more health-
ful and comfortable for him by clip-
ping. The practice is getting to be a
very general one in some sections
where farmers are bent on securing
the greatest speed with their spring
plowing and sowing and are disposed
to take good care of their horses
while doing so. Of course it is unsafe
and cruel to clip a horse and then turn
him out or allow him to stand with-
out a blanket on a cold day, but
blankets are cheaper than horses and
are really needed to dry out any
horse's coat safely after he is wet from
hard work. After spring team work
begins there are few cold days and
few idle days, so the horse in careful
intelligent hands will be benefited by
c ipping. Those who have adopted
the practice might offer useful results
of their experience for our readers.—
Chicago Breeders Gazette.
DISEASES OF THE COW.
If a cow gets a beet stuck in her
gullet, use a piece of rubber hose.
Run this down her throat and tap the
obstruction. Through this tube you
can introduce a little oil, which will
assist, but do not use boiled linseed
oil, as it contains driers which are
poisonous. The first thing to do in
irreducible choke is to kill the animal
and use it for beef. But beef can not
be utilized if the animal has been
given medicine. What can you do for
bloat in a cow? There is an acid
condition in the stomach of a bloated
animal. Set the cow in a high posi-
tion with her front feet. Put a piece
of broomstick in her mouth like a
bit. The trochar and canula is a
very necessary thing on every farm
where cattle are kept. The cow must
be punctured on the left side, but a
horse on the right side.
Raw linseed oil can be used as a
physic. Many a cow has been sacri-
ficed on the altar of ignorance by giv-
ing boiled instead of raw linseed oil.
Epsom salts can be given a cow for
physic, one pound for every thousand
pounds of animal weight. Dissolve
this in three pints of water. In place
of this, melted lard may be used, but
not too hot. Thousands and thousands
of cattle die every year by getting
the medicine into the lungs instead of
the gullet. A cow must have plenty
of time to take the medicine. If you
crowd her or hurry it down she may
die simply from this wrong manner of
giving the medicine.
Let the cow have some dry feed be-
fore she is turned onto clover or al-
falfa, and she is not very apt to bloat.
Let the cow have access to a mixture
of salt and slacked lime as a preven-
tive to bloat. In case of chronic bloat,
as when the cows come up every eve-
ning with their stomachs distended,
it is well to have them tested for
tuberculosis, for they often have it,
Warranted
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 Paraeites, Thrush, Diphtheria.
Removes all Bunches from Horses or
Cattle.
As a HUMAN KEMEDT for Rhen-
maiUm, Sprains, Soi-e Throat, eta., it
is invaluable.
Even' bottle of Can«tIo EaUnm sold Jg
Warranted to give satisfaction. Price £1.50
per bottle- Sold by drupcists. or sent by ex-
press, charges paid, with full directions fnr its
use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo-
nials, etc Address
THE LiVREHCE-raLUMS COHPAKT, ClevelaM, Ohi*
or else there is a lot of foreign bodies
in the second stomach.
Every time you use a milking tube,
boil it, and then bake it in the oven
till dry. If you don't do this, throw
it away as far as you can. The filthy
floor causes trouble with the udder.
The moment you chill the udder you
get congestion. Put boards across the
cement floor where the cow's udder
must lie. Bedding is good, but bed-
ding will not stay. Never keep the
cow whose udder is permanently in-
jured— sell her. If a cow gets cow-
pox, milk her last, or let someone
FOR SALE — A ZOMBRO COLT.
KILDARE, a handsome 3 -year-old
black stallion by Zombro; nas a good
disposition, shows speed and is a
beauty to look at. Address
A. H. BELT, Ocennside, Cal.
FOR SALE, TRADE OR LEASE.
Fine registered Percheron stallion,
weight 2200 lbs. Address
WEBSTER KINCAID, Eugene, Ore.
PERCHERON STUD COLTS FOR SALE
The undersigned offers for sale two
high-grade Percheron -Norman colts.
three years old, a black and a bay,
weighing about 1700 pounds each. For
prices and particulars, address
J. E. MONTGOMERY, Pleasanton, Cal.
STALLION FOR SALE.
EAGLE BIRD, S years old. 16 hands, weighs
about 1300 pounds, sound, stylish, good disposi-
tion, fine driver. Sired by Eagle Bird Dy Jay
Bird. Well bred on dams side. Get pedigree.
Will be sold cheap.
Also a filly 19 months old, by Eagle Bird ; kind
and gentle. For further particulars address
T. J. STANTON,
1149 McAllister St..
or 3341 Point Lobos Ave., S. E. Cor. 23rd Ave..
San Francisco, Cal.
FOR SALE.
The trotting bred stallion Silver
Prince by Prince Almont 2:13*4, he by
Almont Medium 2:1S%, he by Happy
Medium 400; dam Silver Maid by Silver
Bow; second dam Linnette 2:20 by Lyn-
wood; next dam Lady Bird by Sken-
andoah. Nine years old, solid bay in
color, 16 hands high, weighs 1150
pounds. Stylish, sound and good dis-
position. His colts all have size, style
and speed. Address
C. W. BOURNE, Lytton Springs, Cal.
COACH STALLION
For Sale or Trade.
Registered, imported French coach
stallion; handsome, stylish, sound, of
good disposition; 17 hands high; weight
about 1400 pounds; beautiful bright
bay, color running back 10 generations
on both sides without a break; sure,
splendid sire; colts of fine form, color,
stj'le and action. "Will sell or trade for
good work or driving horses. For par-
ticulars and price, address
L. S. CULLEN, Gilroy, Cal.
NUTWOOD WILKES MARE FOR SALE
Foaled 1903; handsome chestnut;
stands 15.1% hands, weighs 1040
pounds. Sired by Nutwood "Wilkes
2:16%, dam by Diablo 2:09%, second
dam by Mendocino, next dam by "Wil-
liamson's Belmont. Natural born pacer;
knows no other gait. "Wears no straps
nor boots. "Was never trained until last
spring, when, with three months' train-
ing, she paced a mile in 2:12%. She is
game, good-headed and can surely go
the route. Guaranteed sound. A great
green pacer. "Will be sold reasonable.
Apply to or address H. HANSEN,
1420 46th avc, Oakland, Cal.
HIGHLY BRED STALLION FOR SALE.
I offer for sale the bay stallion Alpine
Prince, five years old, sound and all
right; weighs 1250 pounds; sired by
Jumbo (son of Silver Bow 2:16 and the
great broodmare Grace, dam of Daeda-
lion 2:0S%, by Buccaneer), dam Nelly
by Hawthorne, son of Nutwood, second
dam Pauline Jordan by Electioneer. Al-
mont Prince is a square trotter and a
high-headed, rangy horse. "Will be sold
right and at a very reasonable price.
For further particulars, apply to
JOHN PHIPPEN,
San Jose Race Track.
SEARCHLIGHT GELDING FOR SALE.
A six-year-old bay gelding bv
Searchlight 2 :03 *4 . dam Ally Sloper
2:28, by Steinway, one of the best bred
mares on Oakwood Stock Farm. This
gelding is sound and all right in every
way, has never had any training ex-
cept on the road, but is perfectly broke
and a wonderfully fast pacer. Needs no
boots or straps and has never worn
them. Can show his speed at any time
and is a great prospect. For particu-
lars address or call on the owner, C.
GABRIELSON. 853 "Webster street,
Oakland, between 6 and 9 a. m., or ap-
pointment can be made by telephone,
Oakland 1283.
FOR SALE.
A filly by Zombro 2:11, dam Bolita
2:14 by Guy Wilkes 2:15*4, second dam
by Director 2:17. Bealtiful seal brown
in color, five years old, stands 15.2
hands high, and weighs 1050 pounds.
She is a square trotter, never was
trained for speed, but can trot a 3-
minute gait on the road. Has been
ridden and driven for two years by a,
lady who is going east in a short time
and wants to sell her. She is a re-
markably handsome filly and has a
coat like velvet. She is a real pet, fear-
less and sound. Price $250. Call or
address
MRS. J. JOHNSTON,
500S E. 14th St., Oakland, Cal.
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the best of profes-
sional lerviceB to all cases of veterinary
dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonaoie prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL,
620 Ootavia St., between Fulton and Grova.
Phono Special 2074. San Franciaoo, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-S Spanish Merino
—Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams—
Rama for sale at all times.
P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph,
Dixon. Cal. Address. Dixon, Cal.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and
Bait always on hand. First-claes boats at reas-
onable priceB.
San Francisco Boat House,
Capt. F. Wm. Ehbke. Prop., Tiburon, Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St.,
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1450 4th St., San Franciaco, Cal.
Blake, Jlofflt & Towne. Los Amrews.
Blake. HcFall & Co.. Portland, ore.
CALIFORNIA
PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY,
High-Class Art in
HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING
Artistic Designing
141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
Weather Proof, Acid Proof, Fire Jttesistang.
BONESTELL & CO.
118 to 124 First St., San Francisco. Cal.
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. McKINNEY 35573
' Race Ree. 2:14K— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2:09K and 4 others
Service Fee: $30.
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOW AY, Manager.
Hemet. Riverside Co , Cal.
SeldomSee
a bie knee like this, trat your horse
may bare a bnn<h or bruise on bis
Ankle, Hock, Stifle, Knee or Throat.
^jJSORBINE
will clean them off withont laying the
liorsenp. No blister.uo hairsoiie.
$3.00 per bottle.deliv'd. Book 8 D free.
A liSUliltlNE, JK., for mankind, »L
Removes Painful Swellings. Enlarged Glands.
Goitre, Wens, Bruises, VarieoBe Veins, Varicos-
ities, Old Sores. Allays Pain. Book free.
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass.
For sale by Langley & Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.;
Woodward, Clark 4 Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Brattn Co.,
Brunswig Drug Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Lob An-
geles, Calif.; Kirk, Cleary & Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific
Drug Co., Seattle, Waah.; Spokane Drug Co., Spokane, Wash,
Saturday, April 9, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
else milk her that does not touch
other cattle. The hand that is not
cleaned every time before he milks
is an abomination. Hands should be
washed before every cow. For this
wash use two quarts of water into
which has been put one ounce of hy-
posulphite of soda. The inflation of
the udder with clean air is the remedy
for milk fever. But the instruments
must be sterilized. We have not
succeeded very well in spliting teats
open and removing the obstruction.
It does not seem to be a painful pro-
cess to the cow, for she scarcely
moves. As a preventive of milk
fever, let the cow exercise every day
before the calf comes, and keep the
bowels open. — Dr. A. S. Alexander.
SHEEP A VALUABLE ASSET.
The flock owner who has a fine
flock of sheep and understands how to
manage them successfully has a valu-
able asset that will for years to come
return handsome dividends.
One of the assurances of favorable
prospects for flock owners lies in the
fact that the American farmer is com-
ing to realize the adaptability of sheep
husbandry to soil tillage. In years
past it has been the general impress-
ion that sheep were primarily live-
stock for the cheap grazing lands.
I have often heard it said, that if a
farmer had a large area of cheap land
that was unsuitable for cultivation,
and had a rank growth of natural for-
age, sheep were the only livestock
adapted to graze the land to destroy
the weeds and brush and help to pay
the taxes on the property. In the
early development of the Western
country the sheep played a very active
part. Immediately following the wood-
man came a flock of sheep to clear
up the undergrowth and to convert the
scant vegetation into a source of
profit. In the spring the sheep were
corralled and shorn, and little or no
attention was paid to mutton produc-
tion. A sheep that would shear from
twelve to eighteen pounds of short,
greasy wool was considered a remark-
able individual and a good paying in-
vestment. It was not uncommon in
those days to slaughter several of the
fattest wether lambs for family con-
sumption, as mutton was thought of
more highly for family purposes than
beef or pork. Even to this day among
a large number of farmers sheep are
looked upon as livestock especially
well adapted to grazing poor, unpro-
ductive land, and on many farms they
are kept primarily for this purpose.
Instances are not uncommon in some
parts of the country where tillable
lands have been depleted of their
natural productiveness and turned
over to sheep raising as a last means
of making them a paying investment.
We are not unmindful of the fact,
however, that the twentieth century
has brought new tidings full of en-
couragement to the American floek
owner. The good prices prevailing for
wool and mutton have given the sheep
growing industry a favorable outlook
as a general livestock enterprise. The
sheep no longer continues to be
thought of as an animal adapted only
for cheap grazing lands. It has rnme
to be the opinion of all practical live-
stock men that the most, economic
period of both wool and mutton can
be secured from the highest priced
and most productive cultivated lands.
For more than a century the English
farmer has been devoting high priced
lands to the production of wool and
mutton. Years of study of the law
of maximum production has estab-
lished the fact that the best quality
of flock products can he produced only
upon the best tillable soils. The les-
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 9, 1910.
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MEETING SEPT. 19TH TO OCT. 1, 1910.
Great Western Grand Circuit Meeting
ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1910.
No. 1.
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FIRST WEEK, SEPTEMBER 19 TO 24.
The Hosier Cols. Breweries Purse 2:16 Class Trotting 3 heats
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SECOND WEEK, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 1.
S5 000 The King Purse. 2:05 Class Pacing 3 in 5
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The Horse Review Futurity Will Be Raced This Week.
Money divided No. 1 53,333.33 to heat— $1666.67, $833.34, $500.00, $333.33
Monev divided No 2 1,666.67 to heat — 833.33, 416.67, 250.00, 166.67
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Address, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
366 Pacific Bldg. , San Francisco
Charley P. 2:06
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Sire MeKINNEY 2:11M, sire of 22 in 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 1S7, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
"Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address < HAS. I)E RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
By Parnell 5119, Ree. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
2:12% and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
by Mambrino Chief 11.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
GOPA DE 0R0 2:011
By Nutwood Wilkes 2 :16j^.da
Service Fee $10
CARLOKIN 2:08!
Fastest Horse on the Pacific
Coast. Registration applied
for.
By Nutwood Wilkes 2 :16J4. dam Atherine 2:16% by Patron
Service Fee $100. Usual return privilege.
:16%.
Registered No. 3654S.
Exhibition mile 2:05%.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam the great
broodmare Carlotta Wilkes.
Service Fee $75. Usual return privilege.
The above stallions will make the Season of 1910 at
AGRICULTURAL PARK, LOS ANGELES
For further particulars address
Box 1. W. G. DURFEE, University Station, Los Angeles, Cal.
PRINCE MeKINNEY --2-- 2:29]
Winner of 2-Y.-C Trotting
Division Pacific Breeders
Futurity Stakes No. 3.
PRINCE MeKINNEY is by McKinney 2:11%, the greatest of all speed sires, and
is out of Zorilla, by Dexter Prince, one of the most successful sires ever owned by
the Palo Alto Farm; next dam Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; next dam
Lady Thorn Jr., dam of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:17%, that sired Sidney,
grandsire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing 16 hands and weighing
1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone, a rugged constitution and fine trotting
action.
Season of 1910 at the MeKINNEY STABLES, *%£'■£* SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Good opportunity for San Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion. ,
FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Apply to or address
F. GOMMET, Owner. CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stables, 30th Avenue, San Francisco.
Saturday, April 9, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Atrnasham
Race Rec. 2:091.
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse In the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09*4, Sue 2:12, Listerine 2:13*4 and 8
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17^, (4) 2:10^.
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22^ (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June loth, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place.
D. L. BACHANT, R. R- 1, Fresno. Cat.
SIR RODERICK
("The Handsome.")
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 1380 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a light cob, heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
FEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRUAX. 1126 Park Ave., Alameda. Cal.
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam, Martha Frasier by Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
Wickersham, dam of Nogi 2:10%. Athasham 2:09Vi. etc., by Whippleton 1883; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator S336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson 1S7. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. Hie colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at anv time. Best pasturago
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSING, Pleasnnton, Cal.
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Rec. 2:20^
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Charley Belden
2:08%, R. "W. P. 2:13%. Sonoma May 2:15%, Sonoma
Boy 2:20, Clipper "W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27%, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schley B. 2:13%, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15%,
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yrj 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30,
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
PEE, S30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
Ray o' Light
J-y.-o. record 2:081
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03*4.
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08^% is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Stelnway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Will make bis first stud season after April I, 1010, at
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE. s"viee5£TCe$5?SuaM pffi£
For further particulars address, after April 1st, E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds, Oregon.
Address before April 1st, E. S. TRAIN, Santa Cruz, Cal.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Rag. No. 513G6.
Full brother to Berta Mac 2:08.
will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:11*4, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:0S, by Altoona 8850, sire of 8, son of the great
Almont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
andoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address AV. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 9, 1910.
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A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners!
BON VOYAGE g«5
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BOX VTVANT (2) 2:16*4
Fastest Two- Year-Old Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trotting
Division. Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake Tio. 7.
BON AD AY (2) 2:27*4
"Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26*4
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting1 stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-j'ear-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:071
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mo - - 2:26%
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27%
Armon Lou - ~ 2:27%
Harold B..P. Mat. - 2:13%
trial - 2:10
Kinney G., p - - 2:24%
Debutante (31 trial - 2:19%
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (3). trial - 2:2S
Four Stockings (31. trial % 1:0/
Princess Lou 12). trial % - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to S75 00 to induce literal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to he a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Park where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale Cal For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
Will make the Season of 1 91 0 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
GOOD LOOKS— WELL BRED— GAME.
ALL STYLE 47622
By Stem B. 2:1 l\i
Bam Z&yct by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
son in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record- He is
a good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam. Zaya, was out of that famous old California
•■ace mare Mary Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07% , and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jenny, the dam of three fast and frequent race winners, viz.: Ned Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15% and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, GHIGO, Gal.
I, UIIIUU,
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chlco, Cal
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:1 5i
3-y.-o. Record 2:1 If
Public
Exhibition
2:05
2
By Searchlight 2:03%; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, sire of John A. McKerron 2:01%,
Copa de Oro 2:01%. Tidal Wave 2:06%. Miss Idaho 2:09%, etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona WilKes 2:03% and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trixy by Director 2:17; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2:17%)
by Young Tuckahoe 2:28%. son of Flax tail: fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull ; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.).
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE; $50 for the Season.
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05% in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Alberts. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%, etc., etc.);
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:0534 Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
Nearest McKinney 4D698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:liy4, dam Maud J. C. by Nearest
2:K;Ms; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13%) "by Menlo 2:21% (son
of Nutwood GOO); third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16% (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05 Vi. W. "Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:08% and Gray Gem 2:09^);
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: $50 the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
i! tubulated pedigree and further particulars, address
hon« Black 2841. T. W. BARSTOW, San Jose, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:03%
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13M, sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2-28W
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief 89; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. -2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Soason. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:11% is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2-20
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed m the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletonian 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON MO. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
. i ysufl retu™ privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & 11 All. E, Salsnn, Cal.
Zolock 2:052
Reg. No.
A 34471.
Terms:
$50.
McKinney'B Fastest Entire Son
Sire of
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09%
Delilah 2:06% Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander 2:07% Boton de Oro 2:10%
Josephine - - 2:07% Me 0. D. - - 2:11%
By McKinney 2:11%, dam.' the great brood
mare, Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address, N. S. YOUNG, Ssn Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Sire, Nutwood Wilkes 2:l6i, ^fofsfar-0" ■' :"'1 i;I h;i A :-"rcm " ( :r";
i Francisco 2 :07?4, Mona Wilkes 2 :03%, etc.
Ham Pallfa fl\ l'\(k dam of2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2-20
I/dill, railia \U ) £.IU, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:11%. and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete, second to the Occident Stake %vinner El Volante in 2.13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of tbe best bred stallions of the Wi Ikes-Electioneer cross living'. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He "will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
ffir thfl ^paCfM wittl return privilege, ormoney refunded at my
IUI HID OCdMNI option if mare proves not in foal.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
DIXON, CAL. Terms:
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Eecord 2:11J^
Pacing Eecord 2:06%
By McKinney 2:11^4. dam Nona Y. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam
G. 2:06%. Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Henld of San Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at ?2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
V. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :06%.
Alceste2:07%. Allerton 2:09%, Duke Jay 2:09%. Early Bird
2:10. GitchieMani to 2 :09%. Invader 2:10. Justo (3)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:05%, Charley Hajt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by AJmont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%, by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella, dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual rem™ privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse, 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris,
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet: has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. Hh represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of 8 and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:0$V&. the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. lie will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee $5Q for the
season. With usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
Saturday, April 9, 1910.]
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ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCOKDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Gifford, Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHASI 2:09% D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BONXT McKINNEY 41383 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
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GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
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-. Chas. James. San Francisco
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19% J. H. Donaldson, Topaz
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08% E. S. Train, Santa Cruz
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax, Alameda
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society. Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair, Hanford Oct. 10-15
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise. Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4-8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 1S-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1-5
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline , Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3-8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
NO OFFICIAL PROGRAM has as yet been issued
by the California State Agricultural Society for its
fair in September. The speed committee has pre-
pared one, but it has not been regularly endorsed
or ordered published. The proposed program will
be found in another column. There have been many
requests made to the State association to move the
date of the fair up a week or two ahead, so that it
will not conflict with the great fair and race meet-
ing to be held at Portland, Oregon, this year. The
North Pacific Circuit of fairs, whose board of
directors met several months ago, sent a request to
the California association for a conference, that
dates might be selected which would not conflict.
Not getting any response from the California board,
the North Pacific people went ahead and selected
their dates. A few weeks thereafter the California
State Agricultural Society announced the dates of its
annual fair as from September 8th to 17th. but as
this took in the same week as the Oregon State
Fair at Salem, a protest was made by many breed-
ers, and the board shifted the dates to September
3d to 10th. This is the same week as the big Port-
land Fair. If the California association should move
its dates forward another week, it would lose what
is reckoned as its best day, September 9th, which is
a general holiday in California, being the anniversary
of the State's admission into the Union, and is the
day on which gate receipts can be expected to be
the largest. The situation is most unfortunate and
could have been avoided. If the States of the
Pacific Coast, all three of which do not contain as
many people as reside in New York City would
act in harmony in these matters, they would
be able to do more effective work in bringing people
here to live and to build up the country. By next
year we will doubtless have a circuit of district fairs
in California, but at present the horse and cattle
breeders who desire to exhibit their stock are con-
fined to a very few places, and it would have been
much better for all concerned had the dates of the
Sacramento, Balem and Portland fairs been so ad-
justed that exhibits could be made of the same herds,
and the same horses been raced at all three.
A NEW ASSOCIATION AT VISALIA.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS is a lot of money,
but the North Pacific Circuit offers that much for
harness races this year. The program is all made
out and fills a page in *his issue of the Breeder and
Sportsman. Every owner and trainer in California
will peruse it carefully and everyone that has a
horse good enough to win any part of the money is
going to enter him on that circuit. When the races
open at Everett, Washington, there will be Cali-
fornia horses starting and at Portland and Salem
and then all along the line a Californian will not
feel lonesome and there won't be a race except
the district contests, but California trainers will be
teaming and California owners in the grandstand
watching their horses. The North Pacific Circuit
has kept racing alive on this Coast and made it
possible during the past few years for a horse to
earn more than his feed. This year the North
Pacific people are beating all records. Ten thousand
dollars for the 2:12 trotters at Portland, five thou-
sand for the same class at Salem and so on.
Whether you own a trotter or a pacer you will find
big money for them up north. All they ask of you
is to come up there and show them you have the
best horse. They will pay you the money on the
spot. We hope every horseman who can afford to
take his horses north this year will do so. The
North Pacific Fair Association deserves patronage.
It is up to the horsemen of the Coast to see that
they get it. Entries to their early closing stakes
do not close until July 1st. You have plenty of
time to get ready.
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A PROPOSED PROGRAM.
The speed committee of the California State Agri-
cultural Society has prepared a program for six
days' racing at the State Fair this year, beginning
on Monday with the Occident Stake for three-year-
old trotters. The program which has not yet been
authoritively passed upon by the hoard is as fol-
lows:
Monday, September 5th.
Occident Stakes, closed.
Trotting, 2:20 class, purse $2,000.
Special driving contest.
Tuesday, September 6th.
Trotting, two-year-olds purse $400.
Pacing, 2:20 class, purse $2,000.
Trotting, 2:12 class, purse $1,000.
Wednesday, September 7th.
Pacing, three-year-olds, purse $400.
Pacing, 2:10 class, purse $1,000.
Pacing, free-for-all, purse $1,000.
Thursday, September 8th.
Trotting, consolation, 2:20 class, purse $400.
Trotting, free-for-all, purse $1,000.
Trotting, 2:15 class, purse $1,000.
Friday, September 9th.
Pacing, 2:15 class, purse $700.
Pacing, consolation, 2:20 class, purse $400.
Trotting 2:10 class, purse, $1,000.
Amateur driving club race.
Saturday, September 10th.
Trotting, Stanford Stake, closed.
Pacing, 2: OS class, purse $1,000.
Amateur driving club race.
It was proposed to close the 2:20 trot, 2:20 pace,
the free-for-all trot and free-for-all pacing events,
together with the two colt races for $400 purses, on
May 1st, hut this will hardly allow time for adver-
tising, and probably more entries will be received if
they are closed later. All the other purses will close
August 22d, two weeks before the meeting, which is
a big improvement over last year's conditions.
The State Agricultural Society's rule that a horse
not winning a heat in three shall go to the stable,
will be modified so that a horse finishing second
twice during the first three heats may also start
for the fourth heat even though he has not won
a heat.
Visalia, Cal., April 12, 1910.
During the past five years a number of efforts
have been made to organize an agricultural fair
and racing association at Visalia, the reports of
which have appeared from time to time in the
Breeder and Sportsman, and it is with no little
pleasure I am now able to announce that Visalia
is to have an agricultural fair and racing association
second only to the State Fair and the Agricultural
Park of Los Angeles. Twenty-five thousand dollars
are already subscribed and the site is already pur-
chased. It lies at the very edge of the city limits
of Visalia one of the very richest little towns of
seven thousand people in the interior of California.
In the past two years quite an outlay has been made
on improvements at the old fair ground at Tulare,
and in order to effect perfect harmony and have
a united front, the committee has made arrange-
ments whereby they pay a nominal price for all
this, and they abandon their holdings in favor of
this new association, which will continue under the
name of The Tulare County Agricultural Fair and
Racing Association.
The title to this newly-acquired tract of land is
now being perfected and just as rapidly as condi-
tions can be met, work will begin on the new track,
which is to be a half-mile regulation, with a grade
of one and one-eighth inches to the foot on turns,
with stretches sixty feet wide.
Visalia is practically without amusement parks,
and the fact of this tract of land lying right at the
city limits, containing as it does a sufficient acre-
age to set apart for all amusements, gives it an
added value, and it has the hearty indorsement of
every civic organization, as well as the support of
the County Board of Supervisors.
It is agreed by the management that the fair
shall be for the advancement of the general inter-
ests of the entire county including all kinds of pure-
bred stock, with a dairy department to be under
the direct supervision of the agricultural department
of the University of California.
In connection with this enterprise, I may be par-
doned for the mention of two of its promoters, to
whom every horseman affected directly or indirectly
should be proud to doff his hat — Messrs. W. F. Ing-
werson and I. M. Lipson. Their efforts have been
untiring, and may we not well rejoice in their vic-
tory, that means more for us than we can tell. Mr.
Ingwerson is a hustling secretary, who will if con-
tinued inaugurate a system of district futurities that
will awaken such an interest locally as nothing else
can. Mr. Lipson in all likelihood will be continued
in charge of the new grounds. This of itself is guar-
antee enough, for "Ike" is an enthusiast and will
meet his obligation to keep up a good track and put
things in the best possible condition at all times.
Now, in the matter of racing material, time once
was when we looked north and south with envy but
let me say we have just as well-bred stuff right here,
and that too in plenty, as the world affords. No less
than one hundred head of horses and young things
are promised by their owners and trainers in this
county alone, to be put to work just as soon as
things are in readiness.
It may be in order now to state that Mr. Ingwer-
son is in receipt of a letter from the secretary of
the Kings County association, stating that they
claim the second week in October for their meeting.
Mr. Ingwerson authorizes me to state that he will
try to get a meeting with the secretaries of Han-
ford, Bakersfield and Fresno associations in an effort
to organize a Central California Racing Association
and announce dates and advertise programs in the
near future. This puts it squarely up to the stock-
men and horsemen to do their part. They propose
to offer purses ranging from three to five hundred
dollars to race for. Competition in livestock ex-
hibits are to be open to the State and all are to
have inducements justifying the effort. The associa-
tion will launch the enterprise absolutely free of
indebtedness. The Board of Supervisors has
donated two thousand dollars, and as it is reasonably
sure that the attendance will rival any attendance
south of Salem, Oregon, exhibitors cannot afford to
stay away.
JAKE BROLLIER.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
G. R. D., Sacramento. — Alexander 490 was a bay
horse, foaled 1864, sired by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 31,
dam Lady Crum, bred in Ohio and represented to be
by Brown's Bellfounder. Alexander's record was
2:31% and he had a three mile record of 7:54%.
George Nickols, Oakland. — Montesol, the stallion
that P. Foley stood for service at Alameda a few
years ago, is by McKinney 2:11%, dam Igo by Ante-
volo. He is full brother to Lady Grannard 2:23.
Dick McMahan says the story that has been going
the rounds to the effect that he will breed Mona
Wilkes 2:03% to Major C. 2:04 this year is untrue.
He states that Mona will not be bred this year, but
v.'ill be raced, and is now in training at Libertyville.
There is surely a speed germ in the soil of the
farm of Mr. E. A. Gammon, who resides at Court-
'land, in Sacramento County. Mr. Gammon bred
there the very fast pacing mare Easter Direct that
took a record of 2:09% and paced a trial in 2:0334,
and the very fast trotting filly Cleo Dillon (3) 2:13%
that won the Breeders' Futurity of 190S, is another
of his farm's products. Last Monday Mr. Gammon
shipped to New York the first consignment of ripe
cherries that has left California this year, beating
the famous Vacaville early cherry district by several
days. There is a speed germ in the soil of the
Gammon farm all right.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 16, 1910.
§ JOTTINGS. §
TWENTY YEARS AGO the breeding of trotting
horses was almost a craze in California. Sunol
held the champion records of 2:10% as a four-year-
old, 2:10% as a three-year-old, 2:18 as a two-year-
old. Freedom was the champion yearling, with a
record of 2:29%, the first of his age to beat 2:30,
which remarkable feat he accomplished at Napa Oc-
tober 18, 1890. Jay Eye See 2:10% was the cham-
pion five-year-old, and Maud S., whose record of
2:08% was made at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1885, when
she was eleven years old, was still the champion
trotter of the world. From Maine to California
nearly every man that was interested in horses
was trying to breed a record-breaking trotter, and
harness racing drew big crowds and was the medium
of extensive betting wherever it was held. Small
farmers and millionaires vied with each other in the
effort to breed the best, and the racetrack was the
place where the products of the different farms and
the different lines of breeding were tested. Twenty
years does not seem very long to some of us, but
the pneumatic sulky was then unheard of and the
book-maker had not then fastened the professional
gambling curse on the country. Thousands were
wagered on every prominent race, and anyone who
had suggested the idea of making a business in-
stead of a sport of horse racing would have been
considered an enemy to the breeding industry. One
or two weeks of racing was the limit in any com-
munity. When the California Circuit opened hun-
dreds of business men took their vacations, some
visiting one fair on the circuit, and some another,
and a few individuals attended several in addition
to the State Fair and the Breeders' meeting, where
all congregated and patronized the pool-box liberally.
Those were the days of good purses, but they
were also the days of good entrance fees, as ten per
cent was the ruling fee for entrance in all purse
races, while the stakes were $100 for entrance with
$100 added by the association for each starter.
Looking through the Year Book of 1890, I find
that twenty-four towns in California held meetings
that year, some of them holding as many as three.
It may interest the owners and breeders of today
for me to run over the summaries of these meetings,
taking them up alphabetically and mentioning some
of the horses that were prominent then, and whose
progeny have since done something to keep up the
reputation of the blood.
Chico held a meeting that year on the old track
where Budd Doble drove Goldsmith Maid in 2:14%
in the second heat of her race on May 19, 1877. The
Chico meeting of 1890 was in August. Six hundred
dollars was the largest purse, and in it there were
but two starters. It was won by the bay mare
Maud H., owned by the late Hon. Jesse D. Carr of
Salinas, and she was by his stallion Mambrino,
that sired the dam of Sweet Marie 2:02. Among
the horses that won at Chico that week were Way-
land W., then a two-year-old, Frank W., Silver King,
C. W. G., Stranger, Johnny Hayward, Annie E. and
Sargent. Frank M. and Vic H. made the fastest
heats of the meeting, both in 2:18.
The little town of Concord, in Contra Costa
County, held a four days' meeting that season, the
biggest purse $200. The winners were Lilly Dale,
Mylitta, Silver Leaf, San Jose, Balkan and Young
Abbotsford. 2:30 was not equalled at that meeting.
Down at Escondido there was a little meeting at
which a young horse named McKinney won a three-
year-old race in 2:46 and 2:48 for a purse of $150,
and also a special race for the same-sized purse in
2:34%, 2:31, 2:31. McKinney is now the greatest
sire of 2:10 speed.
Quite a number of horses that afterwards became
quite famous raced that year at Fresno in Sep-
tember. Sister V. by Sidney won a purse of $1,000,
beating Mary Lou, the dam of Kinney Lou 2:07%.
The roan stallion Richmond Chief was the winner
of a race which had four three-year-olds as starters,
yet it went to six heats, the time being from 2:44 to
2:41. Stamboul trotted a heat in 2:13 in an effort
to beat 2:15: The pacer Rupee beat Hummer and
Princess Alice, the fastest heat in 2:16%. Home-
stake by Gibraltar won an $800 purse, defeating
Emma Temple in straight heats in 2:20 2:21 and
2:17%. Regal Wilkes, a three-year-old then, trotted
in 2:17% against time, and Una Wilkes, a four-
year-old, won a race in straight heats with the fast-
est in 2:25%.
There was a big meeting at Los Angeles during
the week beginning August 4th. There were three
$1,000 purses and the others were from $500 to
$800 each.
Glendine by Judge Salisbury won the 2:30 trot,
best time 2:26%. Bob Mason by Echo won the
3:00 trot, his fastest heat in 2:31, then a daughter
of Bob Mason without a name won a two-year-old
stake in 2:41% and 2:38. McKinney won the three-
year-old stake, best time 2:37%, and also the 2:50
class, where he had to trot in 2:29. Leonor by
Dashwood won the $1,000 purse for 2:25 class trot-
ters, her fastest heat in 2:25, and then she won the
2:35 class, also in straight heats, lowering her rec-
ord to 2:24. The afterwards famous pacer Silkwood
won the 2:25 pace, his best heat in 2:20, and Glen-
dine and Bob Mason each won again. McKinney,
winner of two races at this meeting, was after-
wards mated several seasons with. Lejonor, also
winner of two races at the same meeting, and the
results were Jennie Mac 2:09, Doc Book 2:10, and
other good ones.
Marysville held a good meeting that year, and
although the purses were small, from $250 to $600,
there was excellent racing. Our Dick, Tom Ryder
and Acrobat were among the pacing winners, while
Silver King, Vidette, Laura Z., and Frank M. took
first money in the trotting events.
At the Nevada City track, where no purse was
larger than $300, there was a four days' meeting
in September, and the fastest time was 2:28%, made
by Pasha, a son of Echo.
Napa was the scene of two meetings in 1890.
The first was held by the Napa Agricultural Society
and was largely attended. It took place in August.
There were two $1,500 purses, two of $1 000 each,
and the others ranging from $200 to $800. Hazel
Wilkes, Silas Skinner, Vic H., Free Coinage, Anna
Belle, Maudee, Sister V. and Ladywell won the
trotting events, Rupee and Cora C. taking the
pacing races. Sister V. with a first heat in 2:18%
and the other two in 2:21% and 2:21%, was the
only trotter to beat 2:20 during the meeting. In
winning this race, which was for $1,500, she beat
Pink, Wanda, Redwood and Mary Lou. The long
race of this meeting was the 3:00 trot for a purse
of $1 000. Free Coinage, owned and driven by the
late Peter Brandow, won the third, sixth and seventh
heats. Ed Fay won the fourth heat and was second,
while Charles Derby, after winning the second and
fifth heats, was distanced and Kilrain, winner of
the first heat, was also distanced. In the two-year-
old stake, Anna Belle by Dawn (now the dam of
La Belle (2) 2:16, etc.) defeated Myrtle (now the
dam of Robizola 2:12%) by Anteeo.
The Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Asso-
ciation held its fall meeting at Napa that year in
October. It was not very well attended, but many
famous horses contested in the races and many
others raced against time in an effort to take rec-
ords which were then thought to be necessary,
whether of the tin-cup variety or otherwise. At this
meeting the winners of trotting races were Home-
stake, Vida Wilkes, Mary Lou, Silas Skinner, Lot-
tery Ticket, Prince B., Una Wilkes, Kebir, Charles
Derby, Mambrino Chief Jr., Pilot Prince, Sidney J.,
Susette, Lynnette and Maggie E., while Albert H.,
Ned Winslow, Annie C, and Princess Alice were
the pacing winners. Stamboul made two efforts to
lower his record of 2:12%, on the second attempt
trotting a mile in 2:11%. The yearling colt Free-
dom by Sable Wilkes trotted a mile against time in
2:29%, thus being the first yearling to beat 2:30.
During the meeting there were five stakes which
resulted in walkovers. Electricity by Electioneer
walked over for a $1,000 purse in the 2:40 class,
trotting in 2:24%; Regal Wilkes by Guy Wilkes
was the only starter in the three-year-old stake,
$570, and he trotted in 2:18%; Coral by Electioneer
had a walkover in another three-year-old stake and
little Margaret S. by Director walked over in the
four-year-old stake for $7S0.
Oakland held a great meeting in 1890. It was dur-
ing the first week in September, and at the old track
located where the present Emeryville track is situ-
ated. The purses ran from $400 to $1,200, and there
were not more than six starters in any race, but
there were nine out of the thirteen races in which
the heats were split. Lynette, Sister V. Hazel
Wilkes, Una Wilkes, Ladywell, Prince B., Silas Skin-
ner, Maggie E. and Pet were the winning trotters,
Rupee and Washington taking the pacing events.
Petaluma's meeting that year was in August,
beginning on the 26th of the month. Hazel Wilkes
Anna Belle, Sister V., Redwood (half-brother to
Lou Dillon), Mattie P., Charles Derby Maud Dee,
Rupee, Whalebone, Vida Wilkes, Mary Lou and Geo.
Washington got first moneys at this meeting. Hazel
Wilkes' second heat in 2:21% was the fastest heat
trotted at this meeting and Rupee paced one in
2:20.
Red Bluff held a meeting in August, 19th to 23d,
for purses ranging from $150 to $350. Wayland W.,
now sire of Bolivar 2:00%, beat Lucy B., now dam
of Dorothy Ansel, the phenomenal yearling of last
season, in the two-year-old race, and the other race
winners were Frank M.. Laura Z., Sam Lewis, and
Belle Button.
A great meeting resulted when the State Fair of
1890 was held at Sacramento. Coral by Electioneer
and Moss Rose by Anteeo were the only starters in
the Occident stake for three-year-olds. Coral won
in straight heats, best time 2:25. Ladwell, Rupee,
Vida Wilkes, Beaury Mac, Frank M., Lottery Ticket,
Geo. Washington, Hummer, Vic H, Mattie P., Sister
V., Almont Patchen and Clay Duke got the first
moneys in the trots. Frank M., Beaury Mac. and
Sister V. won heats in 2:19, 2:19% and 2:19%, re-
spectively, and these were the only times 2:20 was
beaten by the trotters, while Almont Patchen's and
Hummer's fastest heats in the pacing races were
2:16% and 2:1S%, respectively. The purses ranged
from $500 to $1,200.
Salinas was on the map that year and gave fire
days' racing, beginning September 30th. The win-
ners were Salinas Maid, St. Patrick, Gilpatrick, Sar-
gent, Starlight, San Jose. Billy Emerson, Lee and
Aunty Wilkes. Lee and Sargent were the only
horses to beat 2:30 during the meeting, and the
largest purse was $250.
The Breeders' meeting at the Bay District track
in November that year was more of a record meet-
ing than anything else. There were four or five
cheap races, but the most of the time was devoted
to trials against time. Sunol was started three
times, trotting in 2:12%, 2:11%, and 2:12%. Stam-
boul also went against the watch, his heats being
in 2:13, 2:13% and 2:13. Palo Alto tried to beat
2:12%, but trotted in 2:14% and 2:14%.
The San Jose meeting was in August, opening on
the 11th. No race went over three heats until the
last day, when a race for named horses for a purse
of $500 was drawn out to seven heats, the fastest in
2:29%. The race was won by Chancellor. Rock-
wood by Nutwood getting second money and Bessie
S. by Prince Albert third. Sister V. by Sidney won
two races during the meeting. The purses were
from $500 to $1,000.
Smaller meetings were held at San Luis Obispo,
Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Sierra-
ville and other places where the purses were usually
about $200.
The regular San Joaquin County Fair was held at
Stockton that year with the majority of the purses
around $400, but two $1,000 purses were given. The
first was for the 3:00 class and only had two start-
ers, Homestake beating Beaury Mac in straight
heats. The other was the 2:30 class trot, and this
also had but two starters, Geo. Washington and Lee.
They made a six-heat race of it, the fourth being
a dead heat. Geo. Washington finally won, the best
time of the race, 2:23%. in the final heat. This
meeting was from September 23d to 27th. At the
record meeting at Stockton, held in November,
Stamboul got a record of 2:11, which is the record
given him in the Year Book at the present time.
There is no doubt but he trotted in 2:08 two years
later on the Stockton kite track, but that he ever
made that fabled mile in 2:07% very few Cali-
fornians now believe. The American Trotting
Register Association rejected all the records made
at the meeting of 1892, which was very unfair to
the other horses, as there is little doubt but all the
records except the one credited to Stamboul on
November 23d, were correctly given in the report.
The district fair at Willows, in 1890, was a big
success and the race meeting brought out many
good horses to compete for purses ranging from
$300 to $450. Among the winners were Maud Mer-
rill, Vic H, Little Hope, Silas Skinner. Annie E.,
Dinah, Sam Lewis, Johnny Hayward, Tom Ryder
and Frank M. The last race of this meeting, which
was held in August, was the 2:27 trot for a purse
of $450. Frank M. and Idaho Patchen finished so
close that a dead heat resulted, the first time round
Saturday, April 16, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
in 2:33%. Idaho Patchen got the second and third
heats in 2:28% and 2:32. Then Frank M. beat him
the next three heats in 2:25%, 2:34, 2:29.
* * *
Looking back to this California circuit of twenty
years ago, where the best purses were won in time
around 2:25, and comparing the speed of the trot-
ters and pacers of that time with those of today, we
can truthfully say that there has been considerable
progress in the breeding and training of the light
harness horse. But when we consider that with a
population twice as large, and with better tracks,
easier means of reaching them and plenty of horses
that can race around 2:07 in the pacing events and
2:12 in the trots, California has seemingly gone
back in its interest in the sport, for it is the hardest
thing in the world to get up a harness race meeting
here. If horsemen were asked to pay ten per cent
entrance these days they would turn their horses
out to pasture rather than race, and yet one never
heard the remark twenty years ago that the horse-
men were racing for their own money. The seeming
loss of interest in harness racing in California is not
real, however. In days gone by there were district
fairs held all over the State and it was at these
fairs where the harness races were held. Each
district received financial aid in the way of an annual
appropriation for premiums and expenses, and the
combination of fair and horse races drew the crowds
and guaranteed the associations against loss. Many
of the district fair associations, however, got into
the hands of the politicians and they became a
joke, so disgracefully were they managed, and when
in 1894 the demands on the State treasury for all
sorts of things became greater than the available
supply of coin, the Governor refused to allow any
appropriations for the district fairs, and for years
afterwards these appropriations were not made until
the district fair associations nearly all ceased to
exist. The opposition to the district fairs was never
from the people, but was from a combination of the
friends of the running tracks and a former board of
directors of the State Fair, the latter foolishly
imagining that with the district fairs abolished, the
State Fair would have greater drawing power. The
very reverse was true, however, as the California
State Fair has never had and never will have its
old popularity with the people until the district fairs
are restored and act as feeders to it.
* * *
Anent the silly things in the requirements for
registration as a standard trotter, reference to which
was made in this department last week, I find the
following from that well-known turf writer, M. T.
Grattan, in the last issue of the Trotter and Pacer:
"Columbus," in The Horse Review, argues for the
first rule of the trotting standard as the only one
now needed, on the ground that over fifty thousand
standard stallions are recorded and more than four
times that number of mares, which he says is suf-
ficient to supply the demand. Undoubtedly it is,
and much more, for the demand is not very strong
and is growing weaker every day for animals that
are simply standard. But the demand for non-
standard race-winning speed is growing apace.
Thirty-five thousand dollars for the champion trot-
ting gelding, Uhlan, non-standard. All offers re-
fused for the great race mare Penisa Maid, non-
standard; and the dashing squadron of non-standard
winners growing every year, just as the tin cup
standard brigade fills the books with trash in suf-
ficient volume to supply the demand that Columbus
talks about.
In the science of breeding, facts count and nothing
else, despite all arbitrary edicts of men. When a
mare produces great trotters and pacers like Pade-
rewski and Baby Ruth, each the best performer of
their respective sires, which does it injure most,
the mare by denying her the rank she has earned,
or the reputation for intelligence of the men who
deny her that rank? Napoleon built up a magnifi-
cent army because every private soldier knew that a
certain reward awaited successful performance of
duty. He carried the baton of a French marshal
in his knapsack. So should the American trotter,
the grandest equine on the globe, be accorded all the
honor that he earns. Standard rank with standard
record and make the latter at least ten seconds
faster than at present. Tighten the record, not the
rules; open them wide for superlative merit.
* * *
"Fame," said an English writer, "is to die for
one's country on the battlefield and have one's name
spelled incorrectly in the dispatches announcing the
same." As evidence of the truth of the foregoing,
the following from the Kentucky Stock Farm is
submitted:
Flying Jim, who seventeen years ago held the
world's pacing record with a mark of 2:04, died of
old age last week at Pleasanton, Cal.
THREE-YEAR-OLD FUTURITY CANDIDATES.
Sixth Payment of $10 Each Made on 47 Three-Year-
Olds in Pacific Breeders Futurity.
There should be large fields in both the three-year-
old events of the Pacific Breeders Futurity this year,
as sixth payment has been made on nearly fifty
colts and fillies originally entered in the seven thou-
sand dollar stake.
Every one of the starters in last year's two-year-
old events has had sixth payment made on him or
her, and there is every prospect of good close races
in the trotting and pacing stakes this year.
Last year, the Breeders meeting was held at
Salinas. The two-year-old trot was held on August
0th and there were eight starters — Sweet Bow b. f.
by Bon Voyage, Babe Verne, br. c. by Jules Verne,
Alto Express, b. c. by Iran Alto, Agnes Carter, b. f.
by Nutwood Wilkes, Yu Tu, b. f. by R. Ambush, Pal,
b. c. by Palite, Eileen, ch. f. by Walter Barker, and
Bon Guy, b. c. by Bon Voyage. The first heat was
won by Babe Verne in 2:25%, and the next two by
Sweet Bow in 2:17y2 and 2:22%: Babe Verne got
second money, Alto Express third money by being
2-3-2, while Agnes Carter won fourth money by being
third twice.
In the two-year-old pacing event there were four
starters. Sirius Pointer, a bay colt by Star Pointer
out of Trix by Nutwood Wilkes, won the first heat
in 2:18, the fastest heat paced by a two-year-old stal-
lion in 1909. The next two heats and the race went
to Demonio's daughter Normono, however, in faster
time — 2:14% and 2:17%. Sirius Pointer took second
money, Airlie D. third, and Roan Hal fourth.
By referring to the list of three-year-olds below,
on which sixth payment was made in this stake April
1st, it will be seen that every starter of last year as
a two-year-old has been paid up on as a three-year-
old, with 35 others that did not start last season.
The race this year should be one of the fastest and
best this stake has ever offered. Those on which
sixth payment was made are the following:
T. W. Brodnax's ch. c. Bon Way by Strathway, dam
Bonnie B. by Tom Hal, Jr.
J. N. Blair, Jr.'s h. f. Normono by Demonio, dam
Louisa by Welcome.
I. L. Borden's s. f. Alta Wilkes by Cresco Wilkes, dam
La Belle Altamont by Altamont.
G. L. Blosser's b. f. Pointer's Daughter by Star
Pointer, dam Banker's Daughter by Arthur
Wilkes.
Henry Busing's bl. e. Madison McKinney by Bonny
McKinney, dam Amazonian by Jas. Madison.
Alex. Brown's br. f. by Prince Ansel, dam Majella B.
by Nushagak.
W. V. Bennett's br. c. Clara Collins by Arner, dam
Martha Blaine by Arthur Wilkes.
W. O. Bowers' b. c. Bon Jour by Bon Voyage, dam
Silvia B. by Silver Bee.
D. L. Bachant's h. f. Ateka by Athasham, dam Bessie
D. L. Bachant's b. f. xzfiflffxzfiflvrdmdbCydvbgkvbg
by Son of Yosemite.
W. A. Clark, Jr.'s br. c. Jean Val Jean by Bon Voy-
age, dam She by Abbotsford; b. c. Voyageur by
Bon Voyage, dam Lucie May by Oakland Baron.
J. F. Child's b. f. Myrtle Pointer by Star Pointer,
dam Myrtle Kinney by McKinney.
E. D. Dudley's b. c. Pal by Palite, dam Lorna Doone
by Bayswater Wilkes.
Chas. L. De Ryder's rn. c. Roan Hal by Athabk), dam
Carmen by Newsboy; b. f. Agnes Carter by Nut-
wood Wilkes, dam Excella by Monbells.
Wm. E. Detels' b. c. Bon Guy by Bon Voyage, dam La
Moscovita by Guy Wilkes.
Dr. Rae Felt's b. c. by Star Pointer, dam Edith by
Dexter Prince.
Frank Gurnette's s. c. Oro Moe by Demonio, dam
Hanora by Oro Wilkes.
H. S. Hogoboom's b. c. Alto Express by Iran Alto,
dam Beautiful Bird by Nutwood Wilkes.
I. N. Harlan's b. c. Prince Alto by Iran Alto, dam
Rita R. by Diawood.
Wm. Hashagen's b. c. Kinney H. by Kinney Rose,
dam Leta H. by Nutwood Wilkes.
C. A. Harrison's b. c. North Star Pointer by Star
Pointer, dam Maid of Del Norte by Del Norte.
H. H. Helman's b. f. Airlie D. by Demonio, dam
Mamie Airlie by Prince Airlie.
J. B. Iverson's s. f. Salinas Girl by Nutwood Wilkes,
dam Ivoneer by Eugeneer.
J. W. Marshall's b. c. Sirius Pointer by Star Pointer,
dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes.
W. S. Maben's ch. f. Eileen by Walter Barker, dam
Mamie Elizabeth by Red Regent; Dulzura by
Walter Barker, dam Cleo by Conifer; b. f. Mo-
distia by Walter Barker, dam Sue by Athadon;
bl. c. Carbon by Walter Barker, dam Dixie by
Zolock.
J. E. Montgomery's b. c. Ben Rush by Demonio, dam
Minerva by Guy Wilkes.
Axel Nelson's b. f. Lady Worth While by Worth
While dam Emma Z. by Zolock.
Henry Peters' br. c. Babe Verne by Jules Verne, dam
Little Babe by Bradtmore.
W. Parsons' ch. c. Burlock by Zolock, dam Alberta
by Altoona.
C. C. Price's h. f. Grand Junction Girl by Zombro, dam
Miss Williams by Williams.
Mrs. A. C. Severance's b. c. Pegasus by Zombro, dam
La Belle by Sidney.
N. M. Strong's br. f. Yu Tu by R. Ambush, dam A.
Zeta by Dick.
R. F. Sutherland's bl. f. Bonnie Lette by Bon Voyage,
dam Sidlette by Sidney.
A. L. Scott's b. c. Le Voyage by Bon Voyage, dam
Missie Medium by Rampart.
L. H. Todhunter's b. f. Sweet Bow by Bon Voyage,
dam The Silver Bell by Silver Bow; b. c. by Zom-
bro, dam Floretta by Prince of Norfolk.
John C. Wallace's b. f. Darkestway by Strathway,
dam Johanna Treat by Thos, Rysdyk.
Dr. F. W. Vowinckle's b. f. by Monterey, dam Cora
by Boydell.
Geo. L. Warlow's br. f. Shamatrine by Athasham, dam
Lustrine by Onward; bl. c. Strathboule by
Stamboulette, dam Strathalie by Strathway.
Chas. Whitehead's br. c. Clear Voyage by Bon Voyage,
dam Carrie Malone by Steinway.
S. B. Wright's b. f. Jean Fowler by Wayland W., dam
Hattie Fowler by Robin.
H. Lee West's b. c. Sir John W. by Diablo, dam Alta
by Prince Altamont.
TROTTERS SELL WELL IN AUSTRALIA.
The dispersal of the horses at Allendale Stock
Farm at Mentone, Australia, was held March 3d as
advertised, and was quite a success, 73 horses being
sold for an average of $600 each which is a big aver-
age in any country. The highest price of the sale
was $3500 paid for Clarke McKinney a seven-year-old
stallion, bred in California, and purchased here by
Mr. Andrew Robertson a few years ago from W. A.
Clark Jr. Clarke McKinney is a very handsome black
horse, a good gaited trotter with great knee and hock
action and showed speed at the sale.
One of the finest colts sold was the two-year-old
by Bon Voyage out of Bessie McKinney, dam of Dr.
Lecco, by McKinney, second dam Stemwinder, the
dam of Directum.
The three 'sires of Allendale Farm, Abbey Bells,
Marvin Wilkes and Australian Dan Patch, were not
offered for sale, but were shown, and the announce-
ment made that the owners would treat privately with
prospective buyers. Marvin Wilkes, just out of the
stud and hitched to a sulky for the first time in many
months, showed better than 2:15 speed.
There were about 600 persons at the sale, and the
stock was all in fine condition. Eight California bred
horses were sold as follows:
Clarke McKinney, black stallion, foaled 1905, by
McKinney, dam She 2:12 by Abbottsford, J.
H. Roberts, Kerang $3500
Obligado, brown stallion, foaled 1905, by Charles
Derby, dam Tone, the dam of Agitato 2:09,
by Ferguson, W. J. Hill, Queensland $1025
Hal Zolock, brown colt, foaled 1906, by Zolock
2:05%, dam Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer, B.
Shadbolt, New Zealand $2250
Final Voyage, black colt, foaled 1908, by Bon
Voyage 2:12%, dam Bessie McKinney by
McKinney, A. J. Cox, N. S. W $ 750
Babe McKinney, black mare by McKinney, dam
Babe by Ferdinand, W. E. Spark, Wellington
N. Z $ 750
Lady Elect, gray mare, foaled 1S99, by Re-Elec-
tion, dam Irish Lady by Wilkes Boy, John
Mills, Maffra $775
Elsie Downs, brown mare by Boodle, dam Lynda
Oak by Guy Wilkes, H. Matthews, N. Z $1000
Foxglove, bay mare, by Digitalis, dam Thorough-
bred T. E. Smith, Prahran $ 165
Many of the horses sold were young things, and
there were a few that were quite old. Every horse
that was bid on was sold, and whenever one was put
up that failed to draw out a prompt bid it was passed
and returned to the farm.
Among those that brought the best prices other
than those of California's breeding were the fol-
lowing:
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Evening Chimes, filly, two years, by Abbey Bells,
A. Smith, Queensland $ 650
Laughing Bells, mare, four years, by Abbey
Bells, R. Kitto, Adelaide $ 900
Jewell Chimes, yearling colt by Abbey Bells,
John Piper, New Zealand $ 850
Sparkling Bells, colt, two years, by Abbey Bells,
Ormond Smith, Kilcoy $1500
Twinkle Bells, mare, four years, by Abbey Bells,
F. A. Millsom, Canterbury $1000
Gratten Bells, colt, three years, by Abbey Bells,
dam Blonde Grattan by Grattan 2:13, T.
Sherwood, Horsham $2500
There were 73 horses sold, for a total of $43,900.
NO DEAD HEAT IN THIS RACE.
An exchange states California has more mile tracks
than any other State in the Union. They are at
Woodland, Sacramento, Chico, San Bernardino, Los
Angeles, Marysville, Santa Rosa, Santa Ana, Fresno
and Salinas. The statement is erroneous. Illinois
has mile tracks at Libertyville, Wheaton, Springfield,
Decatur, Joliet, Peoria, Pekin, Freeport, Galesburg,
Monmouth and Rock Island. Illinois and California
are "horse and horse." — Chicago Horse Review.
The statement is not erroneous, as the list of Cali-
fornia mile tracks was not complete in the above.
Besides the ten mentioned above there are mile
tracks at Pleasanton, Concord, San Jose, Monterey,
New,nian, Vallejo, Petaluma and Stockton, to say
nothing of a half dozen more that are not in use at
the present time, besides the mile running tracks at
Emeryville, Tanforan, Ingleside, Santa Anita and
Ascot Park. California has Illinois beaten a block.
The Kings County Fair Association is already
making preparations for a fair and race meeting
this fall, and claims the second week in October for
its dates. The speed program will be announced
shortly.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 16, 1910.
NOTES AND NEWS
Fifty thousand dollars in purses!
On the North Pacific Circuit this year.
Portland has a 510,000 purse for 2:12 trotters.
Salem has one of $5 000 for the same class.
Everett, Portland, Salem. Walla Walla, Centralia,
North Yakima, Spokane and Boise are all in this
circuit.
There are short ships and close dates on the North
Pacific Circuit, and racing from August 30th to
October loth. The principal stake events don't close
until July 1st. Plenty of time to get the horses
ready.
Al McDonald is to sell the Nutwood Wilkes geld-
ing "Manuel" at auction at Sacramento on Monday
next.
The Eureka Driving Club will hold a meeting on
July 4th and another during the Humboldt County
fair week in September.
In accordance with its custom for many years, the
Sonoma Driving Club will hold races on the Fourth
of July this year.
S. Christenson, of the Palace Hotel San Fran-
cisco, has shipped his good mare Perza by Allie
Wilkes to San Jose, to be bred to Bon Voyage, and
says if he gets a horse colt he will be happy.
Mr. A. L. Scott's mare Cora, dam of Lady Inez
2:14, on April 1st dropped a handsome horse colt
by Bon Voyage.
The splendid half-mile track at Hemet, and the
excellent condition in which it is kept, have been
the cause of several trainers from Redlands and
San Bernardino deciding to train there this spring.
Mr. A. J. Zabala of Salinas has a very promising
two-year-old filly by Bon Voyage out of Miss Sidney
Dillon. He is anxious to get another of the same
kind, so is sending the mare back to the same horse
this year.
Charles De Ryder has shipped to Mr. A. W. Long-
ley of Bishop, California, the three youngsters pur-
chased by Mr. Longley at the recent Pleasanton sale.
Grace R., the Demonio mare owned by Mr. Con-
ley of Suisun, seems to be one of the best prospects
in Chas. De Ryder's string this spring.
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisees
has appropriated ?1 000 for an exhibit of the county's
products at the State Fair this year. Harry C.
Muddox will arrange the exhibit.
James W. Marshall of Dixon has sent his great
broodmare Trix by Nutwood Wilkes, to be bred
to Demonio 2:11% this year. Demonio is the sire
of her fastest foal — Mona Wilkes 2:03%. Trix has a
sorrel filly with a blaze face at foot by „olock 2:05%.
E. D. Dudley of Dixon has sent his mare Bee
Sterling dam of McFadyen 2:11%, Friskarena
2:13%, Monroe B. 2:15%, etc., to be bred to Demonio
2:11% this year.
Copa de Oro 2:01%, the fastest stallion on the
Pacific Coast, has been registered and his number
is 52 785. Read what "James" says in his Los An-
geles letter about this great horse this week.
Dr. Nash of San Jose, owner of the good pacer
Happy Dentist 2:11%, went up to Pleasanton last
week to see Henry Helman work the son of Nut-
wood Wilkes. Henry let him step a half in 1:03 and
it was not a hard piece of work.
Voyageur, W. A. Clark Jr.'s three-year-old by Bon
Voyage, stepped a half at San Jose for Ted Hayes
the other day in 1:08, last quarter in 33 seconds, and
Jean Val Jean by the same sire was driven a half
in 1:07 on the same date.
J. L. Harlan of Woodland was in town this week
and says the Woodland Driving Club will have a
great day on the 23d of this month. The floral
parade through the streets of Woodland in the fore-
noon will be a beautiful sight and the races at the
track in the afternoon very interesting, as there will
be several close contests. Mr. Harlan says the pros-
pects for big crops of all kinds in the Sacramento
Valley are most excellent.
Everybody in Pleasanton is pulling to have the
Breeders' meeting held there this summer. The
directors of the P. C. T.-H. B. A. are waiting to
hear from the proposition made to the San Jose
people before taking any further action. There is
no grandstand or other necessary buildings yet at
the San Jose track, but it is said they will he
provi led.
The butchers will probably hold their annual pic-
nic and races at San Jose this year.
W. J. Kennev will start the horses at Dixon April
30th.
W. E. Cushing, of Dinuba. Cal., has been breaking
his yearling colt Elko by Glenwood Wilkes, and finds
he is a natural pacer with a great deal of speed.
Burtwood 223SS, a son of Nutwood is in the stud at
Vancouver, B. C. He is a well-bred horse, his dam
being by Strathmore. He is a pacer with a record of
2:16% and goes without hopples. He is owned bv
Mr. S. Flack.
Out at the sulky and cart emporium, 531 Valencia
street, W. J. Kenney was too busy to talk this week.
He had a dozen sulky repair jobs come in at once,
and says he knows the racing season will soon open
as the boys are getting ready.
Lady Worthy 2:11% by Axworthy (3) 2:15%,
owned by Leo Ottinger, of New York City will be
turned over to W. J. Andrews for a systematic train-
ing and the many friends of the enthusiastic gentle-
man are hoping that this mare will prove as fast as
Hamburg Belle 2:01%.
The Fresno Superior Court is to deterimne
whether a lot of horses and mules owned by Miller
& Lux have glanders. State Veterinarian Keane
says the animals are afflicted with the disease and
has ordered them destroyed. Miller & Lux's lawyer
has had an injunction issued and the court will have
to decide the matter. In the meantime the animals
are in quarantine.
Mr. B. H. Smith, a former resident of Boston, but
who has been in business in Honolulu for several
j ears past, is in this city and will remain here for
several weeks- and then go East for the summer.
Mr. Smith hopes to attend some of the Grand Cir-
cuit meetings this year, harness racing being one of
his particular delights.
Mr. John McEnerney, of San Francisco, has sent
his mare Margaret G. to be bred to Bon Vovage
2:12%. Margaret G. is by Seymour Wilkes 2:08%,
out of a mare by Memo, sire of the dam of Charley
D. 2:06%, and is a mare with plenty of style and
natural speed. A foal from her by Bon Voyage
should be just about "what the doctor ordered."
Judge Brents, of Walla Walla, has sent three of
his best mares to be bred to Aerolite (3j 2:11% this
year. They were Mattie Norte by Del Norte 2:08,
Miladi B. 2:16% by Chehalis 2:04%, and Electina
by Election Bells. The horsemen around Lewiston,
Idaho, where Mr. C. L. Gifford, the new owner of
Aerolite is standing, is standing the son of Search-
light this season, think he is the best horse ever
brought to that country, and he will make a good
season.
E. S. Train arrived at Fair Grounds, Oregon, on
April 1st with his stallion Ray o' Light 2:08%, the
champion three-year-old of the northwest, and the
stallion arrived in fine shape as did the other horses
Mr. Train took with him. He writes that at present
there are about fifty horses in training at the Fair
Grounds track and he says it is as good as any
California track right now, and will be the fastest on
the coast
At the recent Madison Square Garden sale,
Michael Murphy, the well-known Philadelphia trot-
ting horse enthusiast and proprietor of the Milford
Mills Stock Farm, purchased nine head of precocious
youngsters of the Walnut Hall Farm breeding and
from among the number has hopes of securing a
futurity winner. Trainer James Healey is now busy
with them and all are in the best of order.
For the first time in five years, Chicago will have
a race meeting at the West Side track at Austin.
They will open the Illinois Valley Circuit on July
2d and continue four days. Ine stockholders have
decided to build two large barns for the accommo-
dation of the various Chicago horsemen who wish
to train in this vicinity. The matinee season will
open Decoration Day.
The Tavern "Steak" at Cleveland is to be dupli-
cated in New York, at the Empire City Grand Cir-
cuit meeting, when C. K. G Billings, Gen. Brayton
Ives, Arnold Lawson, President W. C. Brown of the
New York Central Railroad, James Butler, W. E. D.
Stokes, DeWitt C. Flannagan, James A. Murphy
W. C. Floyd-Jones, Jas. McLenahan A. H. Cosdon,
and possibly a few others will compete.
The Down East Auction of the Fasig-Tipton Com-
pany will be held in Boston, Mass., May 23d to 27th.
This company states that the demand for really
high-class trotting-bred horses was never so great
as at the present time and calls attention to the
fact that the world's record for an auction sale was
made in Boston in 1904, when 368 horses sold for
$229,235, an average of ?622.90.
Over in Indiana they think pretty well of the
pacing mare Sisfer-in-Law 2:19% by Heir-at-Law
2:05%. She won every time she turned around and
was apparently not disturbed to any extent in any
of her races.
Mr. A. Ottinger of this city, is now driving his
cross-matched trotters, Charley T. 2:10% by Zom-
bro, and Mike Kelly, mat. 2:14 by Gossiper, on the
Park roads and finds them an ideal pair. He has
given them very little fast work so far, but a month
or so ago they trotted a mile in 2:21 for him on
the Stadium three-quarter-mile track. Mr. Ottinger
thinks they will show a mile close to 2:15 this sum-
mer.
Mr. A. B. Coxe. of Paoli, Pa., writes that he has
excellent luck in getting mares with foal that he
bred to Zombro 2:11 last year. Out of fifteen mares
he owns that were mated with the son of McKinney
last season, twelve have either foaled already or will
shortly. One mare slipped her foal which leaves but
two barren mares out of the fifteen. Tuna 2:08%
has a filly, American Belle (3) 2:12% a filly, Electric
Maiden 2:12 a filly and Hazel Kinney 2:09% a colt, a
full brother to The Angelus. The Leading Lady (3)
2:07 was due to foal last week.
Payne Shatter owns a yearling filly by The Lord
Dillon, that is out of his mare Spotless by Leo Wilkes,
which he thinks is about the best developed youngster
in the country, as it is not yet a year old "but is 14
hands high and well built all over. Mr. Shatter went
up to Pleasanton recently and while there saw a
bunch of yearlings by Alconda Jay that, he says, took
a little of the conceit cut of him as several of them,
were if anything a little larger than his filly. Mr.
Shatter was very much impressed with the Alconda
Jays.
Accompanying the consignment of mares pur-
chased by Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick for Patehen Wilkes
Farm, and shipped to Kentucky on Tuesday of this
week, was the very fast trotting mare Delia Derby
2:11%, owned by Mr. J. N. Anderson, of Salinas.
Delia Derby goes back to be bred to Peter the Great.
She should produce very valuable foals by this horse,
and if there is anything in a foal inheriting speed
the one that results from this mating should be a
2:05 trotter as a three-year-old. Delia Derby has
better than two-minute speed herself and is a very
game mare, but when racing got a little too anxious
at times and made disastrous breaks. She trotted
some good races, however, and should have had a
lower mark than her present one.
Several horses are now in training at Albany, Ore-
gon, many of them to be raced this year if they show
sufficient speed. John Kirkland and Fred Woodcock
era busily engaged with a nice string of good ones.
Mr. Kirkland has six, among them being Lady Mal-
colm, owned by George Brown, of Corvallis, having
a record of 2:20; Floradora, owned by Morris Winters
of Albany, The others are Lady, owned by R. L.
Tracy of Albany, recently brought from the East;
Lady Clark, owned by Jim Clark, of Spring Hill:
George C, owned by Sam Cooper, of Albany, and
George B., owned by George Brown, of Corvallis.
Next week Mr. Kirkland expects to have about five
or six more horses placed in training under his ex-
perienced direction. Mr. Woodcock has five horses
among them being Falmont, Jr., owned by himself,
having a record of 2:29, and "Babe," owned by
Robert Houston, of Corvallis.
Elmo Montgomery has received another addition
to the string of horses he is training at the Pleasan-
ton track for the races this summer. The new one is
the trotter Major McKinley by Stam B. This horse
started but once last year and got fourth money in
the race won by Ollie B. at Woodland. He beat 2:20
in that race several times, and as he had very little
training prior to the race, his showing was con-
sidered excellent. Montgomery will enter him in the
slow classes if he shows speed. Another horse he ex-
pects well of is the pacer Teddy by Diablo. Teddy
was taken out of a business wagem at Woodland last
year and won a matinee race in 2:15% and 2:21,
being only beaten a few days later in 2:12% and 2:15
by Dan Logan, the brother to Jim Logan (3) 2:05%.
Solano Boy 2:07% is working nicely for Montgomery.
He has not had the straps on so far but has worked
a heat in 2:21 and could have gone much faster had
he been given his head. Solano Boy will pace around
2:12 very handily without the pajamas.
On the front page of the Breeder and Sportsman
this week is a picture of the nine-year-old mare
Cornelia Dillon, owned by Mr. C. F. White of Seattle,
and in the training string of Jack Groom at San
Jose. As the photograph shows Cornelia is a very
racy looking mare, and she has quite a lot of speed
but, of course, is not to he compared as a trotter
with her famous half-sister, Lou Dillon 1:58%, the
world's champion trotter. Both are out of the same
dam, but they have different sires. Beau B. 32,606,
the sire of Cornelia was a black horse, foaled in
1892, by Wildnut 13,472, dam Nettie Benton, dam of
three trotters and one pacer in the list, by Gen.
Benton, second dam Nellie Walker by Thorndale or
a son of Edwin Forrest, third dam- Rosalind 2:21%
by Abdallah 15, fourth dam the Burch mare one of
the greatest speed progenitors recorded in the books.
There was nothing the matter with Beau B.'s breed-
ing, but he was not a good individual, and while he
took a pacing record of 2:16%, he was not a race
horse. He got his record in a race, however, win-
ning a two-heat race in 2:16% and 2:24. He was
owned by the Santa Rosa Stock Farm, but was not
extensively used. Cornelia is one of tne best of his
get. She has raced around 2:25 in matinees and
will probably take a lower record as she has speed
enough to beat 2:20.
Saturday, April 16, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
RACE MEETING AT HEMET.
W. P. HODGES LOCATES AT SALEM.
Los Angeles, April 12, 1910.
Today was "get-away day" at Agricultural Park.
At last work oil the new grounds and track has
really begun. A week ago yesterday the bids for
wrecking the buildings were opened and the con-
tract awarded to the Whiting Wrecking Company,
whose offer of $1,550 was accepted. The work of
tearing down the stalls and grandstand began on
Friday, and this morning a train of ten cars pulled
into the switch at University Station and by noon
was loaded with horses and traps and started for
Arcadia, where the horses will be trained and
worked till the new track is completed. At the rate
the wrecking company is working there will not be
a building or fence left by May 1st, and the real
work of reconstruction will be begun. The blue
prints of the North Randall track, near Cleveland,
have been received and as soon as negotiations are
completed with the track builder the wheels, will
begin to turn.
The trainers had a perfect day to ship, as after
yesterday's .rain and that of last night the weather
was clear and cool and with but little breeze. The
exodus looked like the breaking up of a Grand
Circuit meeting, as string after string of horses
filed out of the gate, followed by loads of trunks and
sulkies and carts, to say nothing of dogs; the "tout"
and the "hustler," were the only ones conspicuous
by their absence and they are not missed.
Will Durfee took over seventeen head, leaving
Copa de Oro and Carlokin to finish their season
here.
J. S. Stewart shipped eleven, and some others will
join his stable there in a week or two.
Walter Maben took eighteen with him, leaving
Walter Barker and El Volante at home to continue
their season. Judge Dillon goes back to his owner's
barn for a couple of weeks, and then will be sent to
Maben again.
Trainer Anderson ships his string home on Mon-
day to Idaho City, Idaho, and H. C. Holcomb will
ship his horses in a few days to Baltimore, Md., as
he is going to campaign through the Maryland and
Virginia circuit this year. He is good and game,
for it takes "edged tools" to cut any figure through
that country.
I. C. Mosher will remain a few days longer at the
old stand and then will join the others at Santa
Anita.
D. 6. Stewart, of Spokane, who, as I wrote you
last week bought the Coronado filly from Mr. Mc-
Cormick, for some reason called the deal off and
forfeited $250, unless A. B. Wilson, who had, as I
understand, the second call on her, takes her. Wal-
ter Maben, who has always had charge of her, will
buy her himself, but if Miller gets her he will have
in all probability the fastest green trotter and pacer
in the State, for he also owns the chestnut mare
Chiquita by Highland C, that worked a mile last
fall in 2:07% and that stepped a quarter last week
in 28% seconds. It is pretty generally conceded here
by good judges that she is capable of a mile in 2:03
or better right now. Last fall, when Harry Hersey
was here with Dan Patch and Minor Heir, he took
a great fancy to her, and with the speed she now
shows and her disposition and the way she takes
her work, it would seem she was at least eligible
to join Savage's "all-star combination" of pacers as
she goes without the straps and light shoes all round.
I saw Copa de Oro this morning, and he certainly
is in great shape and as handsome as a picture.
Durfee tells me he weighs a couple of hundred
pounds more than he did at this time last year, and
he surely looks it. His coat is like satin and he
feels like a two-year-old. If nothing happens to him
he ought from present appearances to beat his mark
at least a second this year, if not more.
The trainers that have been over to Santa Anita
say that after these last rains and a week or ten
days' jogging over it the track will be not only
good, but fast for the trotters, and, though the stalls
are very small, they are all in first class condition.
The big pepper trees at Agricultural Park will be
missed, however, when it comes to cooling a horse
out after a heat, as there is no shade at Santa Anita.
It is feared that many of those trees will have to be
sacrificed when the new track is built, as they will
interfere with the view of the horses from the
grandstand and judges' stand, though by trimming
them up some may be saved. Every effort will be
made to spare as many as possible, not only for the
comfort they afford on a hot day, but the beauty
they impart to not only the racetrack but to the
whole park. It is the magnificent big forest trees
that add so much to the attractiveness of the track
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. and at Hartford, Conn., and
are so badly missed at Readville, Mass., and the
Empire track in New York.
The horses, including the very fast Athasham two-
year-old bought a short time ago by J. B. Tiffin of
Vancouver and others, will be shipped north tomor-
row. The Athasham colt worked a quarter in 35%
seconds last week and the last eighth in 17 seconds.
Considering the amount of work, or, rather the very
little work this colt has had his speed is something
remarkable. There are a lot of good two-year-olds
here this season, but he outclasses them all in every
wav.
JAMES.
A thousand people turned out to see harness racing
at Hemet, California, on Friday, April 1st. A River-
side press representative who attended says the
weather was perfection and notwithstanding that
two school elections were being held in the city,
the grand stand, with its seating capacity of 500 was
well filled before the second event on the program
was pulled off. Hundreds of carriages and automo-
biles lined up alongside the fence that completely
closes in the magnificent driving park.
The Hemet Driving Club, under whose auspices
the races were held, deserve considerable praise for
the excellent program of races and the promptness
with which they were pulled off.
The results were as follows :
First Race:
H. P. Herman's Tanquitz 2 1 1
Hemet Stock Farm's Cap Bell 1 2 2
Time, 2:35, 2:39, 2:35.
Second Race:
G. W. Bonnell's Andy Carnegie 1 1
Hemet Stock Farm's Lena Lowe 2 2
Time, 2:31, 2:34.
Third Race:
James Senteney's Buck 1 1
E. F. Binder's Mein Kleiner 2 2
Time, 2:25, 2:21.
Fourth Race:
H. P. Herman's McDuff 1 1
Hemet Stock Farm's Vosburg 2 2
Time, 2:24, 2:45.
The judges were Dr. McCarthy of Hemet, A. A.
Hull of Winchester, and Wm. Wright of Hemet.
The time-keepers were F. Wells of Redlands; Mr.
Thomas of Redlands, and Mr. Stevens of Hemet.
AMATEURS GETTING READY.
A meeting of the directors of the Park Amateur
Driving Club, was held at the Palace Hotel last Tues-
day evening.
Saturday, May 6th, was set as the day on which the
club will open its racing season at the stadium track,
and it is expected there will be a large entry list for
the different events, as the club is arranging a series
of cup races for the season of 1910. The beautiful
cup donated by W. A. Clark Jr. last season, which was
won by D. E. Hoffman with Dr. O'Brien, but on ac-
count of a technical dispute over the winning was
given back to the club by Mr. Hoffman to be raced
lor again, will be one of the prizes for 1910. It is
a massive silver cup of beautiful design and will be
hotly contested for.
Several additional cups have been donated for the
races this year, the donators being Messrs. I. L.
Borden, F. L. Matthes, Frank J. Kilpatrick, and Mo-
lera & Joseph. The conditions for all these ciip
races will be arranged soon and duly announced
through the press.
A general meeting of the club will be held at the
Palace Hotel on Friday evening of next week when
all the members are requested to be present. At
this meeting entries will be made for the May 6th
matiness.
The Park Amateur Club will hold an afternoon of
racing at the stadium on Decoration day, Monday,
May 30th.
The San Francisco Driving Club also held a meet-
ing last week and decided to hold races frequently
during the spring and summer at the stadium track.
This club has a very large membership and not a
meeting passes but several new names are added
to the roll. It is possible that the San Francisco
club will hold several meetings during the summer
at San Jose and other outside tracks.
The Yuba and Sutter Driving Club obtained a eon-
cession from the Marysville City Council last week
which will help things materially. Heretofore the
club has paid a rental of $25 per month for the use
of the racetrack, which is owned by the city but
the rental has been reduced to $10 per year. The
club now proposes to hold several matinee meet-
ings this year and will ask the Breeders' Associa-
tion to give a meeting at Marysville.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Mrs. Chas. Whitehead, wife of the well-known
Salinas trainer, met with a serious accident last
week. She was sitting in a breaking cart, to which
a colt was hitched, and was holding the reins, during
the temporary absence of Mr. Whitehead. The colt
became frightened and started on a wild run around
the track. Mrs. Whitehead is a good reinswoman,
and stuck to the cart until the colt after completing
the circuit of the track swerved into the fence and
overturned the cart. Mrs. Whitehead was thrown
out and badly bruised, but it is hoped her injuries
are not serious.
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LUCERNE. Mo., Jan. 21, 1910.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton. N. T.:
VTe had a race mare. Julia Panzance, that broke
down racing last season with a bad knee; also gave
way in one pastern, so we had to let her run out all
winter. She was lame all the time; could not be
used. This spring we were induced to buy your "Save-
ttie-Horse" and were surprised at the results, as im-
provement could be noticed from the commencement.
We started training the filly and kept using the medi-
cine. I have just returned from Sioux City and On-
awa, la., where we raced and she "won every race;
started in on hard track: and she has not shown any
signs of lameness. I surely regard your "Save-the-
Horse" as the greatest remedy I have ever tried or
heard of. and I have been in the horse business forty
vears. — Yours truly.
TOM H. JONES, Owner of Oak Hill Farm.
Salem, Oregon, April 7, 1910.
No. 565 N. High St.
Breeder and Sportsman: I shipped from Memphis
a few weeks ago, and will make this my head-
quarters for a while. I brought with me a very
handsome three-year-old stallion by Moko 24457,
which I will place in the stud, for the season of 1910,
at the State Fair grounds, Salem Oregon. This colt,
Montbaine 4S667, registered in Vol. XVIII, American
Trotting Register, is a mahogany bay in color, stands
just 16 hands high, has a smooth, even turned body,
with heavy flat bone, and good strong feet. He is
just being broken, but has a good strong gait with
plenty of action. His first dam is Krem Marie by
Kremlin 2:07%, second dam Maymont by Blackmont,
son of Col. West. Third dam, Maywood by Black-
wood 74. Fourth dam, Abby, by Taggart's Abdallah
16. Fifth dam by Ethan Allen 43. I have selected
this horse for a sire, and predict his mating with our
Pacific Coast mares will be a success. In breeding
San Francisco 2:07%, Copa de Oro 2: 01%,, and The
Angelus, who trotted a mile last summer in 2:07%,
I believe I made good selection in the sires of them,
as well as several others, of less prominence, and now
I sincerely believe I have made as great a selection
in choosing this colt, to mate with our Pacific Coast
mares, and trust he will be appreciated accordingly.
Salem will have no cause to complain for lack of
high class stallions to breed to this year, as Zolock
and Ray o' Light have just landed, and will make the
season here, while R. Ambush, a son of Zombro, and
a son of Bon Voyage, and one or two other young
stallions are already here, and will make the sea-
son. The track is in fair condition, and will be kept
in shape for training this summer. There is quite
a number of horses in training here now, and they
are expecting several other trainers here soon.
Yours truly,
P. W. HODGES.
THE SIRE OF MAMBRINO PATCHEN.
Anent the recent statements published about the
sire of Mambrino Patchen, and the old dispute as to
whether he was by Mambrino Chief or Gaines' Den-
mark, Hamilton Busbey writes as follows in the
American Horse Breeder:
Cbarles L. Railey has written a letter denying
the statement that his father, Logan Railey, had
ever entertained the thought that Gaines' Den-
mark was the sire of Mambrino Patchen; and he
pronounces as absurd the claim that there was a
striking resemblance between Gaines' Denmark and
Mambrino Patchen. I have investigated from time
to time the stories put into circulation that Mam-
brino Patchen was not a son of Mambrino Chief,,
and never found them convincing. Mambrino Chief
was by Mambrino Paymaster, by Mambrino, the
thoroughbred son of imp. Messenger, and his dam, as
described to me by Edwin Thorne, was a brown
mare standing 15.2 hands, a little angular, but pos-
sessed of speed and nerve force. The brown stallion
trotted the Washington Hollow track in 2:36, and
was timed a quarter in 37 seconds. When James B.
Clay visited Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1853, he was
greatly impressed by Mambrino Chief and finally
bought him through the kind offices of Mr. Thorne
and had him shipped to Lexington, Ky. When the
horse landed in Kentucky, in Feb., 1854, Mr. Clay
wrote: "He surpasses expectations and twenty
mares were engaged to him within an hour." The
Kentuckians were critical in those days, and if Mam-
brino Chief had been the "lobster" that some asserts
he was, his reception would not have been cordial in
Lexington. The pedigree of his dam was unknown,
but through his sire he traced directly to Messenger.
In some instances the blood of his dam proved the
stronger, but in the majority of cases it was the
blood of his grandisre, thoroughbred Mambrino, that
controlled, and it was refining. Jan. 29. 1S75, Dr.
L. Herr wrote a letter which I published, in which he
described the dam of Lady Thorn and Mambrino
Patchen: "Blood bay, 15% hands high, remarkably
good looking, showing high quality in her general
appearance, legs and feet like polished steel, pro-
portioned and balanced in her form, no mixture of
good and bad or large and small points, but one part
corresponding with another throughout; eyes were
large and perfection, carriage elegant, carrying extra
tail; her natural trot seemed as though it could not
be improved for regular and mechanical move-
ments; elastic, level and open stride, and her trot-
ting of the best." Why should not Mambrino Chief,
the lineal descendant of thoroughbred Messenger,
produce the quality that was unmistakable in Lady
Thorn and Mambrino Patchen from a mare of the
quality described by Dr. Herr? The principal defect
of Mambrino Chief was in his feet. When his quar-
ter cracks were bad they made him labor pretty
much as Chimes labored trom the same cause when
he was sneered at as the lobster of the Beautiful
Bells family. And Chimes obtained the highest rank
as a producing son of Beautiful Bells. There is no
foundation for the Gaines' Denmark story, and yet
ib> is revived from time to time for some unknown
reason. When Dexter 2:17% was king of the trot-
ting turf, his supremacy was threatened by Lady
Thorn, the sister of Mambrino Patchen; and Ham-
bletonian, the sire of Dexter, was just as far re-
moved from Messenger as was Mambrino Chief, the
sire of Mambrino Patchen. Some of the Hambleton-
ians lacked quality just as some of the Mambrino
Chiefs did, but that was not sufficient reason for dis-
puting their paternity.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 16, 1910.
QUALITY IN HORSES.
USE OF BRAN MASHES.
SUCCESS IN BREEDING HORSES.
fn discussing this subject Professor Hooper of the
Department of Animal Husbandry says:
The first point is that of the general appearance.
In noting this characteristic, the student studies the
size and weight of the horses before him, noting the
symmetry of body, to see that the forehand is not
out of proportion to the croup or barrel and to see
that the legs are not too long or too short, and the
student makes a study of the style and "air" exhib-
ited by the horse, together with his disposition and
character.
Conformation is the next point noted and this in-
cludes, of course, the build of the horse in detail.
It includes the shape of the head neck, forehand and
barrel, croup, thighs, hocks, and in fact every part
of the horse in detail. Constitution is a point I
always lay special stress upon including therein the
size of the nostril, width and cleanness of throat
latch, cleanness about the winupipe, width of chest
and spring of rib, together with the correlated point,
width through the heart and the size of the heart
girth.
Then comes the point in question, quality, which
includes the fineness and denseness of the bone about
the head, with yeins apparent, evidencing a fine,
mellow skin, and fine hair, then fineness and dense-
ness of bone about the canon, knees, hock and hind
legs. I would consider a horse that is meaty about
the hock as lacking in quality, and probably he would
lack quality iu other parts as well. The horse that
has quality is one that has refinement and denseness
of texture throughout. A horse lacking quality is
coarse in hair, bone and skin and has not the refine-
ment desired. A dense hoof is another indication of
quality.
In my work I have the students particularly ex-
amine the feet and legs and report thereon. This
includes the conformation of feet and legs, the
proper muscling of forearm and gaskin being the
uppermost points examined under this special head-
ing. Then the set of limbs, size of bone below the
knee and flatness thereof, and size and shape of feet
are considered.
The above heading includes an examination for
unsoundness and the students are particularly taught
to guard against any malformation that would give
rise to unsoundness. When the horse is put in
motion, his wind is observed as well as the eye when
standing still.
Action is the last but one of the most important
points considered, and this includes a consideration
of trueness of the gait, discrimination being made
against winging or paddling or closeness of gait. The
saddle horse is scored on his ability to go properly
the 3 or 5 gaits. During the time that the horse is in
action particular attention is paid to the first char-
acteristic mentioned above, namely, the general ap-
pearance (style and vigor).
I am writing this article merely to give my ideas
in regard to what is meant by each of the above
terms used by the horsemen. It is necessary that we
should have some universally understood terms in
order that everyone may understand what is indicated
when each term is employed.
TALMAGE ON HEREDITY.
In one of Dr. Talmage's beautiful discourses, about
twenty years ago, he referred to heredity in the
human race. His views regarding transmission of
characteristics were:
"Xow, the longer I live the more I believe in blood
— proud blood, good blood, bad blood, humble blood,
honest blood, thieving blood, heroic blood, cowardly
blood. The tendency may skip a generation or two,
but it is sure to come out, as in a little child you
sometimes see a similarity to a great-grandfather
whose picture hangs on the wall. That the physical
and mental and moral qualities are inheritable is
patent to anyone who keeps his eyes open.
"The similarity is so striking as to sometimes be
amusing. Great families, regal t>r literary, are apt to
have the characteristics all down through the gen-
erations, and what is more perceptible in such
families may be seen on a smaller scale in all fami-
lies. A thousand years have no power to obliterate
the difference. The large lip of the House of Austria
is seen in all descendants, and is called the Haps-
burg lip. The House of Stuart always means in all
generations cruelty and bigotry and sensuality. Wit-
ness Queen of Scots and Charles I and II, James I
and II and all the others of that imperial line.
"Scotch blood means persistence. Dutch blood
means cleanliness and good breeding. English blood
means reverence for the ancient. Irish blood means
religiosity. Danish blood means fondness for the
sea. Indian blood means roaming disposition.
The Jewish faculty for accumulation you may trace
clear back to Abraham, of whom the Bible says, 'He
was rich in silver, and gold, and cattle,' and to
Isaac and Jacob, who had the same family character-
istics."
What Dr. Talmage said regarding human families
may with equal fitness be applied to the equinine.
How many times are we struck by the resemblance
of a colt or filly to an ancestor in the second, third or
fourth line of parentage, while the sire or dam may
have only the barest resemblance, or perhaps none
at all.
But in the long run the prominent characteristics
of a sire or a dam are sure to crop out in the de-
scendants, at some future date. It's nature's way,
and is tot to be denied in either the human or ani-
mal family.
Some useful information in regard to the feeding
of bran mashes to horses is given in the Wisconsin
"Agriculturist" as follows:
Every feeder of horses that understands the di-
gestive system of the horse makes use of the bran
mash at least once a week to regulate the action of
the bowels, to relieve the system from heavy feeding,
and at the same time to cool it out. The regular
feeding of the bran mash on Saturday evening saves
many horses from constipation and also from lymph-
angitis, or Monday morning disease. While the bran
mash alone may not prevent the latter trouble, it
helps very much in doing so, and if, besides, the feed
over Sunday would be reduced to one-half the usual
amount, there would be few cases of disease occur-
ring. The bran mash, having a cooling and laxative
effect upon the sj'stem and the bowels, relieves the
lymphatic system, which under heavy feeding of dry,
carbonaceous feeds, becomes sluggish and over-
charged. It is due to the latter condition that
lymphangitis takes place and manifests itself in
swelling of either one of the hind legs accompanied
by lameness.
Bran mashes are made up in many ways, but as a
rule it is only in large feeding stables, studs and
racing stables that they are made up properly. A
little cold or luke warm water poured over bran in a
pail or in a large feed can and mixed, with a little
salt added is the usual bran mash. Frequently hot
water is used, and sometimes it occurs that the mash
is given to the horse so little cooled off as to scald
its mouth, or the horse refuses to eat it and it is left
to sour in the manger. The cold or luke warm mash
is better than none, but the latter kind is worse than
none.
To properly prepare a bran mash covers more than
a mere few minutes of time, and the mixing of the
water and the bran. At noon put the boiling water
into a clean bucket and into this stir the bran. Then
put a cover over the bucket to keep in the steam so
that the cooling off takes place slowly and prevents
souring at the same time. Then feed in the evening
when the bran has been well acted upon by the
steam and has cooled off enough to be readily taken
by the horse. Whenever salt is to be added to the
mash, add it at the time when the mixing is first
done.
It may be desired to have the mash consist of a
mixture of linseed meal and bran, and often this is
prescribed by the veterinarian in special cases. To
prepare such a mash, one part of linseed meal should
be used to two parts of the bran. This should be
cooked for several hours by allowing it to simmer
slowly on a stove with a low fire. Plenty of water
should be added and the cover kept on the containing
vessel until the cooking is almost completed. Then
the cover should be removed and the water allowed to
evaporate so as to make a thick mash, when the
latter should be taken off the stove and allow it to
cool ready for immediate use.
The amount of bran mash fed to each horse will
depend upon its size. A horse 1,600 pounds in weight
will easily take eight quarts. Driving horses should
not be fed bran mashes evening previous to a day of
hard driving unless driven a good deal every day.
Horses that are worked hard every day and that
are not allowed any pasture at all do much better if
given bran mashes twice a week — Wednesday and
Saturday evenings.
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NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCIATION.
A special meeting of the Board of Review will be
held at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, N. Y., at
11 o'clock a. m., on Tuesday, May 10, 1910, by order
of the President.
All communications intended for the consideration
of the Board at the May meeting must be forwarded
to the Secretary not later than April 26th.
The Board of Review is empowered to act in place
of the full Board with the same authority and juris-
diction, and at the above meeting will consider busi-
ness arising in each and all of the districts.
Two events that should be of much interest to
horsemen will be the floral festival and race meet-
ing at Woodland on April 23d, and the picnic and
race meeting at Dixon April 30th. These two towns
are but eighteen miles apart, one located in Yolo,
the other in Solano County. This section of the
State is one of the most prosperous in the United
States, and at this season of the year is well worth
a visit. There is an excellent mile track at Wood-
land, and fine half-mile track at Dixon. Those who
enjoy good racing between harness horses should
attend both these meetings.
Col. B. A. Packard, of Douglas, Arizona, has his
Ally Betsey Howe in training at the Phoenix track,
and she is showing a high rate of speed at the pace.
She is four years old this spring and has not had
any great amount of training, but recently worked
a mile in 2:15 with the last half in 1:04. Betsey
was bred in California and is by Hal B. 2:04%, dam
by Sky Pointer, a full brother to Star Pointer.
At the Vancouver Horse Show, which is to be held
this month, Mr. Samuel Walter Taylor, editor of the
Xew York Rider and Driver, will be one of the judges,
and Robert Graham, of Toronto, Canada, another.
It seems that the man who is engaged in breeding
trotters should have much more success than the
breeder of twenty years ago. Recent years have
demonstrated a great many useful and interesting
facts about the breeding of trotters and pacers. One
fact has been made plain and that is breeders cannot
expect to produce horses of the highest quality with
the use of inferior stallions and mares. At one time
breeders were careless about the selection of stal-
lions and when they became better informed about
the stallion, they were still careless about the selec-
tion of mares, seemingly thinking that any old mare
would do for a broodmare. At present that fatal error
is being destroyed and breeders are now more careful
in the selection of both stallion and mare. With such
care being exercised there can be no question but
what there will be an improvement in the breed, and
that breeders will have more success in the future.
The breeder who begins now will have much more
success for the reason that his fellow breeders have
blazed the way for his success by proving the value
of the various trotting families. He will need to study
these crosses and then to exercise ordinary business
judgment. No rule has ever been discovered whereby
fast trotters and pacers can be bred without a failure
now and then. In fact, there are many failures, since
only a few developed into fast trotters, but by exer-
cising care and judgment, those that do not learn to
trot fast are by no means a loss to their breeders,
since there is plenty of opportunity for them to be-
come useful in other ways.
One of the features of the breeding industry is
horses are now commanding good prices and there
doesn't seem to be any condition in sight that will
make any change in the market value. It means,
therefore, a profitable business to those who will
breed and raise the kind that meets the demand of the
public. There is at present a scarcity of such horses
with no immediate prospect of an increase in number.
It does seem, therefore, that the breeder has before
him the promise of years of success and profit, if he
will raise the kind of horses needed and for which
there is a demand. He only needs to look into the
market and ascertain the kind that demand the best
price. There is one thing that he must not forget and
that is, that the American light harness horse is the
most versatile horse living and that while there are
other breeds that command attention, still for every
use there is no family that equals him for any and
every purpose, consequently no other family should
be considered from which to breed. The experience
of the most experienced buyers will support these
facts as they pay tribute to the breed of light harness
horses. Thus it is that the breeder who engages in
the business at the present time is assured of success
so long as he uses judgment in the conduct of his
breeding operations. The profits to be made are on
a par with these of other lines of legitimate business.
— American Sportsman.
A harness race meeting is to be held at Eureka,
Humboldt County, on July 4th, and a fair and race
meeting in September.
DISTEMPER IN HORSES.
Distemper, or strangles, is a disease principally
affecting young horses. It is due to a germ belong-
ing to the streptococcic group. The disease is ac-
companied by high fever, catarrhal inflammation of
the mucous membranes, especially of the nasal
passages, and as a result of this condition, a dis-
charge from the nose. There is a swelling of the
lymph glands under the jaw, which later results in
abscess formation.
A horse with distemper can communicate it to a
healthy one.
The germs are found in the discharge from the
nostrils and in the pus from the abscess which
forms under the jaw and later breaks.
The majority of cases of distemper occurs before
the age of five years.
The constitutional disturbances caused by the
shedding of the teeth, and cutting same, as well as
impure air in poorly ventilated stables, overworked
and poorly fed animals, are factors that weaken the
resistance and make infection possible to produce
the disease.
The disease is more common in the spring and
fall of the year, particularly the former, on account
of the chill received as a result of the sudden
changes at these seasons of the year.
The disease can also be transmitted from dam to
offspring through the milk.
The animal usually develops the disease in from
three days to three weeks after being exposed to
the contagion.
Animals affected with distemper should not be
sold. Young animals should not be brought in
contact with those affected nor watered out of the
same bucket, nor come in contact with any other
property until it has been thoroughly disinfected.
An animal should not be castrated while suffering
with strangles.
A vaccine made from the specific germ causing
the disease is prepared in the laboratory of the
veterinary department of the Colorado Agricultural
College.
This vaccine is very useful in combating dis-
temper, both as a preventive and as a cure, and
promises to be of as great value as the antisuppura-
tion vaccine made in the same laboratory from the
germs which cause poll evil, fistula and wound
infections.
Like the antisuppuration vaccine, to get the best
results it must be used by one who is trained in
the diseases of the lower animals and understands
the use of vaccines on same. It is therefore ad-
visable to have it used bv a competent graduate
veterinarian. B. F. KATJPP,
Saturday, April 16, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
EARLY TRAINING NO BACKSET.
[J. L. Hervey in Chicago Record-Herald.]
There seems to be an impression abroad that very
few of the trotters which race as two and three-
year-olds subsequently train on and prove successful
racehorses after reaching more mature years. A
number of prominent horsemen use this argument
against colts racing, proclaiming that it is preferable
to permit the foals to mature and reach higher
physical development before subjecting them to
training.
These critics of colt racing tell us that their vital-
ity is sapped and their energies dulled, thus bring-
ing about the ruin of many horses that, had they
been permitted to run out until they were four or
five years old, would have become great aged stake
winners.
Doubtless the argument has some foundation in
fact, for it is admitted that not all of the colts that
are trained in their youth withstand the ordeal. But
for that matter a very small percenetage of the
horses that are trained along the lines suggested by
the critics ever reach the tracks, and of these only
a very small minority prove capable racing tools,
even when given adequate opportunities.
Lameness, lack of speed and faults of manners
and gait, together with general inadaptability, tend
to weed out the incapable pupils, leaving only such
as by right of merit eventually fulfill the purposes
for which they were bred.
Perhaps in proportion to the number trained a
greater number of colts fall by the wayside during
the training process than is the case with horses of
more mature years, but there will always be found
in both the young and mature divisions more chaff
than sound grain. The universal law of "the sur-
vival of the fittest" dominates in respect to both
classes of horses.
One advantage colts have over horses of greater
age is that their youth enables many of them to
mend, and after a few years let-up they can come
back and receive further training. But in order to
ascertain whether those who taboo colt trotting and
pacing are correct in their premises that early
training and racing "wring the subjects dry," let
us take cognizance of a few of our extremely fast
trotters.
Nancy Hanks 2:04, for instance, made her initial
campaign as a three-year-old winner, winning six
races in as many starts, taking a record of 2:24%.
The following year she acquired a four-year-old rec-
ord of 2:14%, and at five trotted in 2:09, securing
the then world's record for the age. At the age of
six she trotted in 2:04, which was the world's trot-
ting record until beaten by Alix 2:03%.
Alix raced as a two-year-old, taking a record of
2:30. This she reduced to 2:16% in her three-year-
oud form, trotting to a record of 2:10 at four years
of age. At five she trotted in 2:07%, and the follow-
ing year won the championship crown. Her suc-
cessor in championship honors, The Abbot 2:03%,
was trained as a three-year-old, but was not given
a record. However, at four he won a lot of races
and took a record of 2:11%, reducing this to 2:0S
as a five-year-old, to 2:06% at six years, and at
seven acquiring the world's record.
Cresceus 2:02%, The Abbot's successor, took a
two-year-old record of 2:36%, and was the best
three-year-old trotter of his day, taking a race rec-
ord of 2:11% against aged stake trotters. At four
years he took a record of 2:09%, at five one of
2:07%, at six he trotted in 2:04, and at seven years
of age he set the world's record at 2:02%.
Lou Dillon 1:58% did not race as a three-year-old,
but worked a public mile in 2:08% at four, conse-
quently she belongs in the classification of horses
that were worked early. Her record was obtained
at the age of five years, just at the time when the
anti-colt-trotting theorists tell us horses should begin
training. Major Delmar 1:59% took a two-year-old
record of 2:31%, a three-year-old record of 2:15 and
a five-year-old record of 2:05%, winning many races
that year. At six he acquired the world champion-
ship for geldings.
Uhlan 2:02%, the gelding now looked upon as
likely to wrest the honors for geldings from Major
Delmar, took a wagon matinee record of 2:13% in
his three-year-old form, and at four years raced to
a record of 2:07%. Last season he was five years
of age when he trotted his sensational races against
Hamburg Belle 2:01%. The Belle, by the way, was
trained as a three-year-old and at four took a record
of 2:19%, reducing this to 2:12% at five years. She
was six years old when she won the Charter Oak
Stake, taking a record of 2:04%, and when she set
2:01%, last season, she was seven years of age.
From this brief account of the careers of the
champions we may deduce the fact that they were,
for the most part, trained and raced in their youth,
but subsequently showed no ill effects as a result of
their early efforts.
Among the lesser lights of the trotting world a
whole lot of examples may be given. For instance,
the fastest trotting stallion, by the records now in
America (Cresceus was taken to Europe) is John
A. McKerron 2:04%. This horse took a two-year-
old record of 2:24%, and at three, racing against
aged horses, acquired a record of 2:12%. At five
McKerron trotted in 2:10, at seven in 2:05%, and
at the age of eight in 2:04%.
Admiral Dewey 2:04% was trained as a two-year-
old and at three took a race record of 2:14%. He
was always more or less a cripple, but at seven
years of age took his record of 2:04%. Bingen
2:06%, one of the leading speed sires of the present
day and founder of a family of his own, took a two-
year-old record of 2:19%, a three-year-old record of
2:13%, a five-year-old record of 2:06% and a six-
year-old record of 2:06%.
Arion 2:07% set the world's two-year-old record
(to high wheels) at 2:10%, reducing this to 2:10%
the following year and taking his record of 2:07%
when a four-year-old. His case furnishes a remark-
able example of a colt trotter training on, for at
eleven years of age he was started in a stallion race
at Readville. Mass., and was beaten by only a nar-
row margin in a heat which was won in 2:07%.
But more remarkable still is the story of the
career of Tommy Britton 2:06%. This horse took
a yearling record of 2:34%, a two-year-old record of
2:15%, a four-year-old record of 2:11%, a five-year-
old record of 2:09%, a six-year-old record of 2:08,
and at seven years of age trotted in 2:06%. The
stallion Siliko 2:11% took a race record of 2:17%
at two years, reduced this to 2:11% at three, and at
four trotted a public mile in 2:06%, after which he
was taken to Europe, where he won the champion-
ship trotting in 2:08% at five years of age.
Boralma 2:07 took a two-year-old record of 2:21%
and at three raced to one of 2:13, reducing this to
2: OS at four years, and at five trotting in 2:07. Sadie
Mac 2:06%, one of the most promising stake win-
ning trotters that ever raced on the Grand Circuit,
won the Kentucky Futurity, taking a record of
2:11% at three years, and at four trotted in 2:08%
to wagon. She was five years old when she took
her race record of 2:06%, and but for her sudden
death, while racing at Hartford, Conn., would doubt-
less have been a candidate for championship honors.
Charley Herr 2:07 acquired a record of 2:19% at
two years, one of 2:13% at three, one of 2:10 at
four, and in his five-year-old form took a record
of 2:07. Fereno 2:05% won the two-year-old ' divis-
ion of the Kentucky Futurity, taking a record of
2:17; she also took the three-year-old division of the
same event, trotting in 2:10%. At five years of
age she took a race record of 2:07%, and the follow-
ing season trotted in 2:05% in a race. Kentucky
Union 2:07% took a two-year-old record of 2:46, a
three-year-old record of 2:13%, a five-year-old record
of 2:11%, and at seven years of age one of 2:07%.
While these named are the more prominent of
the colt trotters whose careers go to disprove the
theories advanced against the practice of racing
youngsters many more names could be added to
the list. Equine, like human athletes, are subject
to the laws of physical limitations; that is to say,
there is only a few years in which they are capable
of retaining high form and displaying the attitude
of their efforts. Once they reach their highest point
of development, of necessity they must travel the
downward path. Some of our greatest athletes
achieved their most notable performances when, say,
between twenty and twenty-five years of age, while
others who began training later in life were much
older when they were at their best.
The arguments advanced against colt racing have
little basis from any point of view, particularly
when the pocketbooks of their breeders and owners
are under consideration. To wait upon horses until
they have reached their fourth or fifth year before
ascertaining whether or not they will prove to be
capable racing tools means greater expense and rela-
tively greater disappointments than would be occa-
sioned had they been tried out as two and three-
year-olds. Then, too, colt racing does not call for
anything like the expense in the matter of entrance
fees involved in racing aged horses.
GEN. MILES LOVES HORSES.
KING DIRECT 2:05(i DEAD.
That grand little pacing stallion King Direct
2:05%, by many regarded as the best of the get
of Direct 2:05%, died March 2Sth at Clarksburg,
W. Va.. of acute indigestion. King Direct was bred
by the estate of the late Gerhard Lang of Buffalo,
but was foaled the property of the late Marcus
Daly of Montana. His dam was Welcome Bunker
(dam also of Cheery Lass 2:03%), by Mambrino
King; second dam Lady Bunker (dam of Guy Wilkes
2:15%, El Mahdi 2:25%, William L., etc.), by Mam-
brino Patchen. He made his first campaign in 1903
as a four-year-old, and a very strenuous one it
proved to be, as he came in constant competition
with aged horses, and the extent of his racing that
season, which consisted of 15 engagements, was con-
sequently a severe one. He withstood it, however
in a marvelous manner and closed the year with
the title of champion for age and a record of 2:09%,
in addition to being one of the large money winners.
The next season King Direct won six firsts, three
seconds, a third and was but once unplaced. His
campaign opened at Columbus in July, where he
proved victorious; at Detroit he was second, but
the following week, at Buffalo, was out of the money,
the only time of the season, due to an accident. He
won at Brooklyn, was second and third at Read-
ville and Providence respectively, then returned to
Columbus where he won a hard-fought eight-heat
race, the final heat, which was in z:09%, being the
world's record for an eighth heat. He followed up
his success at that point with a victory at Cinin-
nati, a pair of them at Lexington, and second money
in his Memphis race. In his six-year-old form King
Direct started a few times and was a winner at
Hartford. His speed, gameness and individual quali-
ties, combined with his grand inheritance, makes his
death a real loss to the breeding interests of the
entire country. — Horse World.
One of the most enthusiastic horsemen among men
noted in some branch of public life is General Nelson
A. Miles, whose driving and saddle horses are in use
nearly every day. In a recent conversation with
a newspaperman, General Miles referred to his
love for horses in these terms: "I have rid-
den all kinds of horses over all kinds of
country; over the fields of New England, Virginia,
and Maryland, and the plains and mountains of the
West. I love them; there is something so com-
panionable about a horse. And I consider horseback
riding the best exercise in the world, even superior
to golf, of which I am very fond. Horses are, per-
haps, the most sensitive of all the domestic animals;
very few of them are vicious by nature now, but many
of them are made so by bad breaking and harsh and
foolish treatment. They are also the most subserv-
ient, serviceable and long-suffering of the domestic
animals. No matter how valuable or serviceable
they may be, when they become old and useless they
are gradually sold down and down to the very heart-
less creatures who work them until they finally drop
dead. The Humane Society has an excellent field
in Washington. In proportion to the number there
are more poor, half-starved horses in Washington
than in any other city in the world. After becoming
so poor and bruised as to be unsightly, they are cov-
ered with cloths and rags and still beaten and driven
through the streets of our capitol city. The English
people, as a rule, take the best care of their horses;
the French and Italians are not so good, while the
people in Northern Europe keep their horses in ex-
cellent condition, especially in Sweden, Norway, Fin-
land and Russia. The Russians have more horses
and are less cruel to them than any other people in
the world. They have a particularly strong-spirited
race of horses. I never saw a Russian strike a horse,
and it is considered very bad form for coachmen to
carry w-hips. The horse has nearly all, if not quite,
the same emotions as the human — pride, envy, jeal-
ousy, grief and courage. He endures suffering in si-
lence, but is kind and even affectionate to those who
treat him well."
THE POLO PONY.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
It costs money to get together a bunch of fairly
good poly ponies. Like high class runners or first
class trotters, the pony that will stand hard work
and that has speed and racing sense, is very hard to
find.
"We have seen the whole process in India," says
a writer in Bailey's Magazine. "When first played
there a polo pony was country bred, quick, handy
and very easy to ride. Tournament play found them
out,, and they were discovered to be shifty and cun-
ning under pressure, and above all, unable to bear
the strain of a fierce finish to a close match. They
cost from 150 to 350 rupees.
"Then came the Arabs, and they too had their day.
They used to come up to us in trucks from Bombay at
an average of 400 rupees apiece, and if one in ten
became a tournament pony we were lucky. The
periods of play were shortened, the length of matches
contracted; but the standard of tournament play grew
more and more exciting and the Arab had to go.
"The Arab never was a weight carrier; he is very
apt to cross his legs and come down if, hustled, and
he has now been displaced in India by the Waler, the
New Zealander and the English pony, at about 2,500
rupees apiece. Now this is exactly in brief the pro-
cess that has gone on in England, except that we do
not need to import our ponies and are able to breed
them for modern polo.
"The English polo pony has ousted his rivals, so
greatly has he improved; he carries weight better, is
faster and yet is a great deal better balanced and
handier than he was, and he has practically dis-
placed all others, the few first class Americans and
Argentines that survive being rather an evidence for
than against the supremacy of the English pony.
How much the English pony has improved may be
seen from the fact that whereas at one time in first
class tournaments Arabs, Argentines and Americans
might be seen playing on equal terms with English
ponies, now only a very few of the best of these
herds can hold their own in first class polo.
"If now we go to analyze the principal sales of
ponies that we know of during last year, we shall
find that, excluding all ponies (and there were a good
many) that fetched less than 50 pounds, we are able
to trace 165 ponies which sold for an aggregate of
19,183 pounds, the average price being 116 pounds,
o shillings. Of these ponies, fifty-eight brought to
their sellers from 100 to 500 guineas, averaging a frac-
tion over 206 pounds. Of the 165 ponies 107 were
sold from 50 to 90 guineas, making a total of 7,329
pounds, or an average of sixty-eight 10 shillings for
pony. Of all these ponies all but a very few were
English or Irish, the American, Argentine and Arab
ponies not amounting to 5 per cent of the whole.
"But it may be said that the prices in the first class
were raised by the American purchases last year and
by the demand for forty or fifty first class ponies for
the* international matches. I do not think, however,
these purchases made a great deal of difference or
that the average price in any year for the best class
of ponies would fall much below 200 guineas. The
price of ponies are in no way enormously high, and
unless the game falls off in popularity, of which of
course there are no signs at present, the market
prices of the three classes will probably not vary
very much from the present rates for some time to
come."
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 16, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DsWITT,
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
The Suisun marsh reclamation project, by which it
is proposed to turn a vast area of that section into
garden truck patches, will not, if current report is
reliable, embrace any of the holdings of the principal
duck shooting clubs, not that portion of the marsh
where the largest duck hunting clubs are located,
at all events. The owners of different holdings in
certain portions of the marsh have, however, entered
into negotiations for the sale of their marsh land to
the promoters of the reclamation scheme.
These districts, it is claimed, are those bordering
on the "hard land" from Suisun down to Benicia, bor-
dering on and following the edges of the marsh
proper. This portion of the marsh has been filling up,
more or less, from year to year.
The old Prank Horn slough, way up toward the
town of Cordelia, is no longer a navigable water.
Scow schooners used to carry freight through it for
Cordelia merchants twenty years ago. The Cordelia
slough itself, although there is a draw bridge
at Cygnus station, is available only for launches
and other small craft. At its head small
boats can only float at high water. For this reason
many ponds have dried up in that end of the marsh,
and as the sloughs do not carry a proper body of
water, it is impossible to get sufficient tide water
into the pond basins to insure the growth of duck
feed necessary in connection with a successful or
satisfactory preserve.
These lands to a great extent, therefore, have gone
into the discard as shooting grounds. The Field and
Tule Gun Club preserve at Cordelia, for instance, is
an example. Several years ago splendid duck shoot-
ing was available in the ponds and overflowed flats
of this 500-acre tract. The ponds of this preserve are
all comparatively filed up now and the project of
reclaiming this portion of the marsh and putting it
to an agricultural use is a feasible one. It is stated
by a sportsman familiar with the marsh conditions
that probably several thousand acres could be easily
put under cultivation in a short time, and would pay
tremendous profits. It is reported that the Field and
Tule preserve tract of 500 acres will soon be a part
of the reclaimed lands.
The recent sale of the 900-acre tract reaching from
Cygnus station to the foothills on the west side of
the railroad track is coupled with the name of James
Irvine, a well known capitalist of this city, as the
purchaser for himself and other owners whose iden-
tity has been closely guarded. This tract was for-
merly the duck shooting preserve of the late Her
mann Oelrichs and for two years past used as a
shooting preserve by the late E. H. Harriman.
This tract will be developed into one of the finest
preserves in the marsh. Although there is one or
two good ponds for duck shooting on the tract, the
major portion of the land does not offer very good
shooting. Should this tract be continued as a duck
shooting preserve ponds could easily be made and
the resultant shooting would be worth the expense.
For the central portion of the marsh the owners
of the various preserves are inclined to laugh when
the possibility is discussed of their selling their
lands at $35 or $40 an acre. One of the prominent
clubmen is quoted here, "that they would not con-
sider it, even if the offer were $135 or $140, or twice
those amounts."
"Wickham Havens, W. W. Richards, Aehille Roos.
Frank Maskey and the members of the Ibis Club are
interested in their respective preserves for the mag-
nificent duck shooting sport they furnish and the
general health giving recreation, and do not care
anything at all about the price of cabbages, aspar-
agus and spuds, or how much richer it will make
them should they turn the ducks out and put the
spuds in."
Frank Maskey refuses to consider reclamation in
connection with his 3S0 acres. A tract embracing
nearly 1000 acres west of Jacksnipe station has just
been sold for the purpose of improving and turning
into a shooting preserve. The famous old "Sprig"
pond, or what is left of it, is on this tract.
The 700 acres owned by Louis Titus, which is
known as the Cordelia Gun Club preserve, and on
which the club members have a three years' lease,
yet, and the Teal Club holding of 700 acres belong-
ing to Mr. Havens and his associates are .to be kept
for the sport. To these 1780 acres may be added W.
W. Richards' 200 acres, 200 acres for the Ibis Club,
251 acres recently purchased by Captain Seymour
and other sportsmen, making a total acreage of over
2400 acres devoted to duck shooting.
"Thus you can readily see," states our informant,
"that this is sufficient acreage to board all the ducks
in Christendom for some time to come, and it insures
the pleasure it will give all of us owners, to have our
friends with us for a good many years hence and
will enable us to give them a duck feast occasion-
ally."
George M. Barnes the local rod expert, astonished
the Paper Mill creek anglers with some skillful
catcher made with a split bamboo fly-rod weighing
but th: ee and one-quarter ounces. This rod is one he
built himself and is a marvel of delicate work and
strength combined.
Two weeks ago many streams within easy access
of this city were visited by scores of anglers, not-
ably so the Paper Mill in Marin County. Many fish-
ermen left this city Saturday afternoon and were
on the stream bright and early in the morning.
These anglers were joined by numerous others who
came up on the Sunday Northwestern Pacific train,
dropping off here and there at different stations
from the Summit down to Point Reyes. The Marin
county fishing streams were visited by the largest
number of anglers ever noted on those waters for
the beginning of a season on trout.
High water and a north wind on Friday, the first
day of the season, cut down results, but neverthe-
less a fair number of limit catches were creeled,
mostly small fish, few over twenty inches in length.
On Saturday the conditions were a bit improved
and the fishing was better.
Saturday and Sunday several good catches were
made fly-fishing in the tidewaters near Point Reyes,
the trout were showing on the surface of the water.
The royal coachman, mosquito, dun flies, little
black gnat and small yellow May flies were the
attractive lures.
Among the Paper —ill contingent were: John
Partridge, O. H. Overholzer, William Eaton, Harold
Ladd, Edward Cohen, Charles Isaac, Edward Con-
Ion, James S. Turner Terry Evans, James Thomson.
M. J. Geary, Raisch Terry, Drury Tallant, Dave
Harefield, James Watt, W. J. Street, George A.
Wentworth, Charles F. Breidenstein, Al Cooley,
Frank Dolliver, John Boedefeldt, James Springer,
Charles Urfer Frank Marcus, Bert Duwar, J. Howe,
A. Peterson, Cottager Christ, Fred Surrhyne, Pete
Howard, George M. Barnes, Louis Rondeau, George
Uri, James Lynch, Emil Acceret, William Kennedy,
George A. Walker, Mel Vogel, Tom Irving, Louis
Gotthelf, J. Lassig, Sam Wells, John Koch, Harry
Whitley, C. M. Daiss, E. A. Allen, E. G. Gregory, Joe
Meyer and many others.
The Lagunitas Rod and Gun Club members have
enjoyed excellent fishing since the season opened.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Auburn Wiborn, Dr. Edward Chip-
man, Carl Westerfeld, Fred Howard Hal Sanders,
C. Harrison, Dr. Merrill, Charles Hubbard and Leon
Douglas all caught trout. Mrs. Wiborn used dry
flies and fished with a three and a half ounce rod.
On the 1st inst. Dr. Wiborn counted fifteen deer
on the banks of the Lagunitas, one or two old bucks,
does and fawns, all very tame. The club grounds
were raided on the opening day by a large crowd of
poachers; over 100 were turned back at the San
Geronimo gate. Another crowd came up from the
other side of the ridge. The delegation from the
White House received a warm reception from two
county Game Wardens. These poachers have been
trapping quail and killing deer on the preserve at
every opportunity, in or out of season.
The Maillard place, near San Geronimo, is not
open to anglers this year. Too many fires, through
the carelessness of campers last season, has put a
ban on that tract for fishing and outing parties this
year.
Harry Gosliner, Charles Hoff, wife and son, L.
Samisch and several friends fished the lower
stretches of the Lagunitas and caught a number of
nice trout.
Peter McLaren, M. Thompson, Edward Rice and
George Pall of the R. I. W. Outing Club fished San
Anselmo Creek and enjoyed a fine time.
W. S. Kittle and John K. Orr fished a brook on
the Point Reyes peninsula near Limantour Bay, an
out-of-the-way resort, but a fine trout creek, rather
brushy in many places along its banks but a water
always to be relied upon for a limit basket of trout.
Olema Creek was fished by W. A. L. Miller, Harry
Baker, Frank Smith and Milton Frankenberg. The
latter angler caught a fine basket of trout. Miller
has designed a new spinning spoon. The device has
the appearance of being practical and effective and
is already in high favor with the rodsters.
"Doc" Wilson, Steve Simmons and h. Huggins
went beyond Point Reyes a few miles and fished a
small creek. Nearly 100 trout were caught, nine
of these being large fresh run fish taken on spoons
and bait. The small trout responded to the fly.
This creek will probably run dry in two or three
weeks.
The Salmon Creek Rod and Gun Club members
found their fishing stream too high and murky for
good sport and but few fish were taken. In the
party were Ned Bosqui, Will Goleher, Phil B.
Bekeart, Jim Maynard, Jack Lemmer, J. B. Cole-
man and George Uhl.
Willow and Austin Creeks, via Guerneville, were
fished by C. Horning, Dr. Cranz, E. Medau and B.
Boucher. Results were meager, the creeks being
high and muddy.
Dr. Henry Abrahm and party fished the Gualala
during the opening days. The river was in fairly
good condition and a number of nice fish were taken
with bait or spoon.
Oscar Ashley and Dr. Horste, by way of Point
Arena, reached the upper waters of the Garcia
River, where they enjoyed a week's fishing. At first
bait and spinner conditions of water prevailed, the
last two days of their visit the royal coachman and
brown hackle with a red tag was acceptable to the
trout. Eight to ten-inch fish were the average size.
The largest (caught on a spinner) scaled sixteen
pounds.
Anglers who made Rowardennen their headquar-
ters found the oan Lorenzo fairly generous in yield-
ing trout. Floyd Judah, Dr. E. K. Hopkins, J. B.
Halstead, Milton Pray, Louis Steiger and J. C. Sims
were there. The stream was too high, however;
Each angler averaged twenty nice-sized trout.
Pray's one-pound fish was the largest.
W. W. Richards and Judge S. P. Hall fished the
San Lorenzo on the opening days and caught many
nice-sized trout.
In San Mateo County the San Gregorio was a
disappointment for visiting anglers. The lagoon
was washed out and few fish were taken. The Pes-
cadero lagoon was well open and the waters were
running out like a millrace. The roads leading to
Pescadero were also found in bad condition for
automobiles.
Wm. Keliehor an angler well known to local
fishermen, will take his outing later in the season
on Oregon streams.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Bell fished Wild Cat Creek
in Contra Costa county on the 1st. A basket of
nice-sized trout was caught.
Schellville Rod and Gun Club members fished in
Sonoma Creek, near the clubhouse, on Sunday. Al
Larsen, George Beibesheimer, Jos. Gabarino, Jack
Willis, Al Martin, Dick Cunningham and Ben Sheri-
dan managed to land, between them, about 50 trout
from 6 to 12 inches in size.
It is reported that the Vallejo City Trustees will
take steps to protect the young trout planted in the
new Wild Horse Valley reservoir last year. It is
proposed to prohibit all fishing in the reservoir for
a term of two years.
It is reported that there are in the San Lorenzo
river more trout this season than have been noticed
for many years past. Two years ago the dam at
the powder mills was washed away and the steel-
heads now have a free run from the open sea right
up to the headwaters of the San Lorenzo river and
all of its branches.
On the opening days the Santa Cruz streams were
all very high. Bait fishing and spinners accounted
for almost all of the trout caught. The day before
the open season in many small side streams of the
San Lorenzo many large trout from one to ten
pounds in weight, were observed by several anglers
on a prospecting trip, laying on the shallow gravel
beds, putting the finishing touches on their spawn-
ing.
Most of the San Lorenzo river trout taken were
in splendid condition. Some females, it was noticed
by several anglers, when cleaning their fish by the
stream-side, had still a few eggs in them. This fact
prompted two anglers to lay the eggs aside care-
fully until a male fish, containing milt was picked
up. After stripping the "buck" trout, the eggs were
milted and then covered up in the water with sand
and gravel. It is believed that these eggs, several
hundred of them, will be hatched in due time. This
experiment is worthy the attention of anglers dur-
ing the first two weeks of the trout season, when
every now and then a pair of late breeders are
caught the same methods might be employed. Many
fish no doubt would be hatched out this way.
The Santa Clara Valley streams have been well
lined with rodsters since the 1st inst. Fish were
reported to be numerous in the creeks for the open-
ing day anglers. The streams were high and many
trout were caught, limit baskets not being unusual.
At the Santa Isabel Hotel about sixty anglers
stopped, ready for a crack at Smith Creek on Fri-
day morning. That stream was rather high, but a
number of splendid baskets of trout were caught.
Many anglers were back in San Jose with limits by
7 o'clock a. m., it is reported.
Last Sunday four Garden City anglers caught 115
good-sized fish six of them weighing from 6 to 8
pounds, fishing near the headwaters of the Uvas.
One 9%-pound steelhead fought for nearly an hour
before it was gaffed.
A 30-ineh steelhead was taken in Guadalupe
creek by "Tibo" McDonald.
A good line on trout angling in the valley can
be gained by going over the following returns gath-
ered by Leo Thornton, a popular San Jose sports-
man:
J. Delmaestro, limit. Uvas; L. Robertson, 40, Sara-
toga; L. Taggart, 30; E. Draper, 40; H. McDonald,
33 Guadalupe; W. Thornton, limit, Smith Creek;
T. Russell, limit, Smith Creek; Dr. Berger and Dr.
Perrine, limit. Smith Creek; George Lucier, 50, Alum
Rock Park; H. Roseblade and R. Roseblade, limit,
Stevens Creek; J. Gonzales, Stevens Creek; W. H.
Davis Uvas; Joe Waite, Stevens Creek; A. Schweit-
zer, Stevens Creek; F. Taylor, Stevens Creek; A.
La wry, Stevens Creek; P. Lenz, Coyote Creek; J.
Melehan, Stevens Creek; A. Lopez, Uvas Creek;
Fred Rugg, 35, Alum Rock; V. Gray, 35 Boulder
Creek; Charles Sain, 35, Boulder Creek: P. Landon
and son, Guadalupe; A. Pelayo, Guadalupe; L.
Sheehan and T. Mathews, Stevens Creek; W. Ed-
wards, limit Almaden; J. Gay, Cavanaugh Creek;
Wr. Shields, Saratoga; J. Woehle and E. Robinson,
San Felipe; Harry Smith, 35, Los Gatos: W. Reese,
Los Gatos, limit; V. Windeler, Almaden; Oliver
Blanchard, Los Gatos; J. E. McCombs, Santa
Ysabel; A. Sutherland, Permanenceia; H. Smith.
Los Gatos; Mr. Rudolph and party, limits, Smith
Creek.
Saturday, April 16, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
Many anglers are interested in the possibility of
the chances for fishing in the Big Meadows waters
in Plumas County. This favorite fishing territory
is owned by the Great Western Power Company.
The company will issue no general permits for
fishing, camping or hunting. As soon as proper
hotel accommodations at Prattville are available the
prohibition on fishing, etc., on the company property
may be relaxed, it is intimated.
Southern California anglers claim that April 1st
is too early for trout fishing, that the fish have not
finished spawning and that May 1st, for both steel-
head and rainbow trout, is a better date for the
open season to begin.
The record striped bass catch of the season, and
perhaps the biggest catch ever made in one day by
a party of anglers in this State was made in the
overflow hack of Courtland, thirty miles below Sac-
ramento, two weeks ago, by Howard D. Kercheval
and a party of four. One hundred and two bass
in all were landed, and when they were weighed they
tipped the scales at nine hundred and seventy
pounds.
While many of the Sacramento enthusiastic fisher-
men failed to go out Saturday and Sunday, because
of reports that the water was yet too high and
muddy, those that trusted to providence and gaso-
lined away over the sloughs and marshes were well
rewarded, as the Kercheval record catch plainly
shows. The overflowed section in which the bass
were caught has not been fished in to any great extent,
and probably the fact that seine netters and illegal
fishermen had not found out the possibilities of that
section saved the bass from being taken in nets, and
so provided a royal day's sport for the spoon and
line artists.
The party, which consisted of H. D. Kercheval,
M. Emerson of Stanford, W. J. Smith, William New-
bert and Howard Kercheval, got an early start Sat-
urday morning in the Kercheval motor boat and were
on hand at the opportune moment to catch the bass
at breakfast, nence the game fish were fooled in
eating No. 7 Stewart spoons and Dowagiac minnows,
and the party of five were rewarded by the record
catch of the Sacramento valley, and probably the
State.
The nearest approach to the Kercheval record —
and since there were two Kerchevals in the party
it is but meet that the event be designated by that
name — was made by the fishing expert, Wm. La
Montagne, some months ago. He and party made a
catch of sixty striped bass.
Striped bass fishing in Napa creek seems to be
improving a bit. C. T. McKinley, of this city, one
day last week landed a 14-pound fish. He was fish-
ing in the creek near Napa.
Striped bass anglers have been catching some
nice-sized fish off Muller's, at San Pablo. A 22-
pound bass and several small fish were caught by
Tony Caponi and others last week. A. W. Thornton
caught two five-pound fish two weeks ago. A. L. Bow-
ley landed four bass. Walter Smith, Tom Smith,
Henry Remensperger, Billy Augstein, George
Walthers, Harvey Harmon, Jas. Greenwall, Jas.
Branch were out in boats. A strong wind stirred
up a muddy condition of water on the flats that
spoiled bait fishing.
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AT THE TRAPS.
The biggest shoot in the San Joaquin valley for
a decade past Is the Madera Rod and Gun Club's
three-day tourney, which began yesterday and will
close tomorrow.
The opening target function of the Salinas Rod
and Gun Club took place on the 3d inst.
The scores in the club 25-bird race were: Dave
McFadden 23, G. C. Tholcke 21, Roy Westlake 21,
Clarence Tynan 21, C. Z. Hebert 20, Fred Tholcke IS,
Charles McFadden 18, Henry Gross 17, F. S. Myers
16, R. J. Vierra 16, Conrad Storm 12, C. D. Martin 12.
The best scores out of a possible 50 were as fol-
lows: Dave McFadden 46, Roy Westlake 43, G. C.
Tholcke 43, Clarence Tynan 35, Charles McFadden
35 Henry Gross 33.
The Porterville Fish and Game Protective Asso-
ciation will have a set of blue rock traps installed
on the club shooting grounds and hold a series of
regular shoots.
At a recent live-bird shoot the traps were de-
cidedly primitive. Cigar boxes were used to hold
the birds, which were released by pulling a string
and upsetting the boxes.
The members celebrated the association anniver-
sary with a banquet last week. The officers for the
ensuing year are: J. C. McCabe, president, re-
elected; Geo. D. Avery, vice-president; Thos. Fergu-
son, secretary; W. H. Harvey, treasurer.
Two recent Seattle smokeless powder arguments
are given in the Post-Intelligencer as follows:
At the West Seattle's Gun Club's weekly shoot the
contestants could not have gotten wetter if they had
fallen in the bay.
Fred Dryden and Tom Barclay of Walla Walla
were with the local shooters and they did not mind
the wet, as they came from where it seldom rains
and were glad to get their dried skins moistened.
The event of the day was a match between Doe,
Peabody and Bracklin of Ballard.
The trade was represented by Barkley, Forbes and
Robertson. Barkley was high with 86, Forbes sec-
ond, with S3 and Robertson, third, with 80.
Miller was high amateur with 76. While these
scores do not look extra well on paper, they were
remarkably good, considering the weather conditions
under which they were made. The scores were:
DOINGS IN DOGDOM.
G. Olson 100
Baker 50
Hall 60
G. Schram 40
Doe 40
Perky 50
Peabody 40
Bracklin 40
Rase 15
Barkley 100 86
Forbes 100 83
Robertson 100 80
Miller 100 76
Barclay 75 67
Phiseator 100 66
Dryden 75 60
Paercel 100 59 |
C Schram 100 59 I
W. Olson 100 44 |
Twenty-five enthusiastic wielders of the scatter
gun defied the elements and faced the traps to en-
joy their weekly shoot at the West Seattle Gun
Club's grounds the week following. The high wind
caused the targets to periorm all manner of seem-
ingly impossible feats in the air and made the
shooting extremely difficult.
Barkley was high man among the experts Reid
and Garrison finishing in second and third place,
respectively. Garrison did excellent work, consid-
ering the fact that he was breaking in a new gun.
Clemley led the amateurs, with 90 broke out of a
possible 100, Fisher finishing second, with 84. The
scores were:
Barkley 100 92 | Freeman 100 75
Reid 100 87 | Dillon 100 74
Garrison 100 85 | Babcock 100 74
Clemley 100 85 | Robinson 100 71
Fisher 100 84 | Randlett 80 63
Ellis 100 83 | Peterson 100 58
Williams 100 82 I Olson 100 56
Maltbie 100 79 | Henry 100 51
Jacobs 100 79 I Madison 50 45
Holcomb 100 78 | Johnson 65 43
Miller 100 77 | Guist 50 42
Young 100 77| Hall 30 25
Berger 100 76 I
A bluerock club has been formed in Lompoc.
At Tucson the second shoot in the trophy series
of the Blue Rock Gun Club was shot April 3d.
Kirt L. Hart shot a straight score of 50, Dr. C. A.
Schrader broke 49, J. F. Ronstadt and J. Steigler
each broke 47.
The scores shot were: Kirt L. Hart, 50; C. A.
Schrader, 49; John Steigler, 47; J. F. Ronstadt, 47;
D. C. Williamson, 46; John Etchels, 42; H. A. Smith,
41; and W. A. Julian, 36.
The standing of the contestants who have shot
in both meets is: D. C. Williamson, 95; John Steig-
ler, 92; J. F. Ronstadt, 92; C. A. Schrader, 89; John
Etchels S8; H. A. Smith, 86; K. L. Hart, 86; and
W. A. Julian, 86.
Orrin N Ford of Central City, la., is in Klamath
Falls, Ore., at present and will keep in trim for
Eastern trap shoots by breaking blue rocks at the
Klamath Falls Gun Club traps.
The dates for a big shoot at Roswell, N. M., are
June 15th and 16th.
The Urbita Gun Club, San Bernardino, plans a
big shoot tor May 7th and 8th.
At a recent shoot the top scores were: Poston,
121 targets out of 125; Monaghan, 117 out of 125;
Hal Rodden, 114; Gus Knight, 112; Thomas, 112.
In the shoot between Knight and Rodden, and
Thomas and Monaghan the latter two won by one
bird.
Santa Rosa is on the trap shooting map again and
regular shoots will be held.
Trap shoots are scheduled for Nesmith, Cottage
Grove, Creswell, Eugene and other Willamette val-
ley cities this summer.
The Nesmith Gun Club was recently organized
with 15 active members as a starter. The officers
elected were: H. H. Veatch, president and field
captain; W. C. Conner, vice-president; B. K. Law-
son, secretary-treasurer.
The cash prizes scheduled in the program of
the International Pigeon Shooting Meeting, held at
Florence, Italy, April 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th,
amounted to 30,000 francs. The principal events
were: Grand Prix Cascine, 10,000 francs; Prix
Florence, 7,000 francs; Prix Piazzone, 5,000 francs;
Prix Inauguration, 5,000 francs; Prix de la Societe,
3,000 francs; and an objet d'art.
A. L. Holling has five handsome Gordon setter
puppies by Silkwood Rip out of his bitch Ch. Flora B.
The young setters (four bitches) are just about old
enough now to he taken in hand for preliminary field
work.
Mr. Holling has established a well-appointed ken-
nels, where Flora and Mrs. Holling's winning pointer
bitch Lady Beresford are installed as brood matrons.
The Golden Gate Kennel Club's premium list is out
with an array of over 50 cups and about a dozen
small cash prizes. In the regular classes first will
receive a silver medal, second a bronze medal, be-
sides the orthodox ribbons. Entries will close April
23d.
B. F. Lewis and George S. Thomas are announced
as the judges.
Coming events are casting shadows before and
the local situation seems to be rapidly approaching
a crisis.
The Pacific Coast Setter and Pointer Club is on
record, as is shown by the following circular. The
executive committee is composed of Victor A. Kuehn,
W. G. McMahon, Thomas J. Blight, A. L. Stewart,
Dr. L. W. Spriggs and G. W. Ellery The club mem-
bership is a large one, including our leading local
breeders of bird dogs.
"A special meeting of the executive board of the
Pacific Coast Setter and Pointer Club was held on
Friday, the 9th of April, to consider the advisability
of supporting the Golden Gate Kennel Club show,
announced to be held on May 4th to 7th next. At
this meeting the resolutions as adopted by the Cali-
fornia Cocker Club were endorsed by the Pacific
Coast Setter and Pointer Club, which resolutions
read as follows:
"That the launching of this new club and the
assignment of dates for an early show by the Pacific
advisory committee of the American Kennel Club, is
not conducive to the harmony and best interests of
dogdom, which we earnestly crave.
"We believe that the status of the San Francisco
Kennel Club now under suspension should be finally
determined before the rights enjoyed by them are
in any manner interfered with. Furthermore, the
granting of dates to the Golden Gate Kennel Club
without the consent of tne Oakland Kennel Club
(which was not given) is against Rule V of the
A. K. C.
"It was the concensus of opinion that this club
discountenance the holding of this show; that no
trophies be presented; that the members be advised
against making any entries; and, further, to do all
in their power to discourage a show until such time
as the American Kennel Club has finally established
the status of the San Francisco Kennel Club and
made answer to the demands of the fancy of of the
West that western members be permitted to choose
their own Advisory Committee.
Pacific Coast Setter and Pointer Club.
W. G. McMahon, Secretary pro tern."
The foregoing was followed by the action of the
Oakland Kennel Club, as here shown:
"San Francisco, April 11 1910.
The Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club,
1 Liberty street, i.ew York City.
Gentlemen: The Oakland Kennel Club hereby pro-
tests the action of your Pacific Advisory Committee
in granting dates to the newly organized Golden
Gate Kennel Club to hold a dog show in the city of
San Francisco on May 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, 1910, tor
the reason that this action of your Pacific Advisory
Committee is in direct violation of Rule V of the
American Kennel Club rules governing clubs, which
reads :
'Clubs which have not held a show during the
year 190S, or prior to September 1, 1909, desiring to
hold a show within twenty-five miles of a place where
a show has been held during that year or the year
previous, must obtain the consent of the older club,
before the application will be approved.'
The Oakland Kennel Club was not consulted by
your Pacific Advisory Committee in the matter of
this contemplated granting of dates to this new club,
to which the Oakland Kennel Club would not have
consented as it was its intention to hold a show in
Oakland during May, and this unprecedented action
of your Pacific Advisory Committee in open defiance
of the American Kennel Club rules has worked a
serious detriment to the plans of this club which
has always held-its spring shows ahead of the San
Francisco dog show, and is convinced from previous
experience that shows cannot be successfully given
after an exhibition of this character in the metropo-
lis on account, for one reason, of the proximity of
these cities, Oakland being but four miles from San
Francisco, and according to Rule V, clubs which have
given shows are to be protected in their desire for
dates within a radius of twenty-five miles.
The Oakland Kennel Club, a member of your
association in good standing, desires to be informed,
officially, by the American Kennel Club why it was
ignored and afforded no opportunity of protesting,
and by what right your Pacific Advisory Committee
has taken this liberty with the published rules of
the American Kennel Club.
Respectfully submitted,
Oakland Kennel Club.
George W. Ellery President.
George B. M. Gray, Secretary."
The National Dog Breeders' Association held a
meeting Thursday evening, too late for extended
notice in this issue.
The Ladies' Kennel Association of California also
met Thursday for the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year.
Kennel politics were surreptitiously resorted to in
an effort to bring about a change in the voting for
regular candidates nominated at a prior meeting of
the association.
Two tickets had been nominated and published.
During the week slips were mailed to members
signed "By Order of the Election Committee," which
materially changed the list of regular candidates on
each ticket and would, if voted carelessly, probably
turn over the control of the association into the
hands of different influences than are deemed best
for the organization. Who the "Election Committee"
is is not on record with the association.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 16, 1910
THE BLOODHOUND IN ACTION.
Of all the dogs that hunt by scent, the English
bloodhound is the most wonderfully endowed with
trailing ability. He works equally well on any trail,
of either man or beast; he is the only all-round
trailer, the progenitor of all the hound family. But
he is the best known as a man trailer.
The bloodhound was first known in England as
the sleuth-hound, later as the English bloodhound;
not on account of his thirst for blood, but because
of his pure breeding, the same as one speaks of a
pure-bred, pure-blood or blooded horse. He was
first introduced in England by that good sportsman
William the Conqueror. Later he was known in
France as the St. Hubert, and in the eighth century
as the Flemish hound. There were no real English
bloodhounds in America before those sent over by
Edwin Brough to the New York dog show in 1SSS.
The registration of the American Kennel Club shows
that they were the first imported and the first ever
registered.
Although the genuine English bloodhound is a
comparatively new dog in America, partly bred ones
and black-and-tan foxhounds have long passed for
the real dog. Anyone wbo was familiar with the
"bloodhound" of slavery times, on passing through
the Southern States now will see the same type as
then, kept now by the "poor white trash" and
negros, and used to some extent as trailers in pris-
ons and some convict camps. For the latter purpose
they are used in packs. These packs are always
dangerous, just as a mob is dangerous. And as
the would-be fugitive knows what would be his fate
if overtaken by the dogs, his fear keeps him from
making an attempt to escape.
Some years ago I bought in the South one of the
best trained Southern man trailers. It might have
been said of her that she had tasted her game.
She was a little thirty or forty-pound dog and looked
like a cross of black-and-tan, foxhound bull terrier,
and pug. Her color was that of the foxhound, she
had the head, muzzle and a stick-to-it-iveness of a
bull terrier when she caught hold, and the three
twists and a knot in her tail of a prize pug. She was
good-natured and friendly if she did not imagine
herself imposed upon, except to the party she was
trailing; that one was her game and no former
friendships counted. This hound was much the
kind of dog painted by the Northern politician be-
fore the Civil War — a tree dog and savage. She
gave niy visitors a new sensation; it never was a
drag hunt after she started. I never let her trail
except for the aniur.ernent of visitors; then the run-
ner was always instructed to climb near the top of
the tree so be could have a better view of her work
This dog ran finely on a frosh trail, when her
voice was as musical as one could wish. But if the
trail were laid lightly and much reerossed she was
at fault. Then her bay was short, sharp and quick,
in contrast to that of the English Hoodhound. which
always maintains a long-drawn deep-resounding bay.
like the echoes of a distant cannon.
I have found that my dogs make the best trailers
when first trained alone, then worked in pairs.
Each then learns to work independent of the other
and both will not at the same time overrun the trail.
The real bloodhound is seldom trained to bark in
leash or to be savage.
When there is cause for serious man trailing and
a pair of trained English bloodhounds have arrived
with their keepers two or more, the dogs are never
turned loose or left to discover for themselves what
is wanted of them. One specially trained for the
purpose is taken and given something to smell that
the missing person has had. Then this dog will go
quietly over the house or wTherever this person has
been, examining everything he has handled, as if to
get all possible information about him before he
starts. When he is satisfied, not before, he will go
to the window or door where the fugitive or lost
person left and show he is ready. He is then inde-
pendent to a point of obstinacy and brooks no inter-
ference while at work. When the keeper starts on
the trail, holding the leash of a dog in each hand,
about all he has to do is to raise his feet and be
sure of his footing. The dogs are heavy, powerful,
and the most determined of trailers. They will
follow a trail for days, camping on it at night and
picking it up in the morning.
Bloodhounds used for criminal work or especially
for trailing are never taken out of their yards or
kennels save for work or practice. If given proper
care and the same amount of training that is re-
quired to make a man expert in any profession, they
would be able to accomplish even as great results as
the writers of fiction give them credit for. But most
inexperienced persons expect this dog to be more
than human. They give lim a little training, then
shut him up for months, instead of taking him out
every day for practice. They expect him to know
a criminal by sight to be able to select his trail
from among hundreds of others and hunt him down.
They seem to think a criminal's trail is different
from that of any other person, when, in reality, the
dog merely hunts the person he is told to hunt —
innocent or guilty.
Within the last twenty years I have had many
fine trailers. They have been my house dogs as
well as my companions. Ch. Victor and Ch. She.
both well-known show dogs, were both very inter-
esting aside from their value as show dogs. Victor
was a house dog and believed in making himself
useful. If any particular member of the family was
wanted he was told to go and fetch that person, we
simply calling the person by name. He would look
up in your face while you were telling him, then if
he understood he would give one of his peculiar
grins, wag his tail, then commence hunting around
for the trail. No guess work for him, no memoriz-
ing; he was a trailer, and he always brought the
person he was sent for.
Ch. She, however, thought and reasoned. She
was only content when with me; possibly she may
have remembered the long watches I had with her,
when brothers and sisters passed over to the happy
trailing grounds and she also came so near being
ferried over. She was always the first to discover
if anything unusual had happened, if any man or
animal without the usual nosing of the ground,
trotting along ahead of me as if we were only out
for a walk. While apparently paying no attention
to anything she was in reality all the time keep-
ing that trail in mind.
One morning She called my attention to the fact
that some one had been in my garden and taken
some of my melons. She seemed greatly excited
over the find. First she took me to three different
houses where the boys lived. Then she followed
around to the back of my barn to where my hired
boy was working saying plainly enough that he was
guilty too. And so it all turned out later. She was
just as good at trailing an animal or a bird. One
day one of my neighbor's hens got into my garden.
I called nis attention to the damage she had done,
but he thought I was mistaken, saying his hens
were shut up. To convince him I spoke to Ch. She,
who was with me, and in a minute or two she
brought the hen running before her from back of
his barn.
Though not a watch dog in the generally accepted
sense, being instead affectionate and gentle, always
to be trusted with children, the bloodhound is
quickly aware if anything unusual takes place, and
is the best of protectors for children. Xo one can
speak crossly to the child who plays with this dog
without his resenting it, and he will get between
the child and any possible danger.
The best results are obtained if the puppies are
taken in hand when about two or three months of
age. They should be allowed to become accustomed
to any change of environment and their owner
should gain their confidences before making any
attempt to train them. The training ground should
be an open lot or field where the puppies will have
nothing to take their attention from tneir first les-
sons. I reward them by giving them some dainty
when they do well, and let the runner do so too.
When trained for hunting criminals, and it is de-
sired to train them to be savage the boy runner
then carries an empty grain bag or a strip of can-
vas to serve as a lure, as in training a whippet for
racing. After shaking this in their faces to -get
them excited and to catch at it, he then runs against
the wind still shaking his lure at them. The pup-
pies are released and soon overtake him. He keeps
shaking his piece 01 canvas in a tempting fashion,
encouraging them to lay hold, never being so rough
with them as to make them afraid or timid, hut
just enough to get them angry and excited. The
trainer then gets them again on leash and the boy
repeats his performance, perhaps this time going
out of sight. The trainer holds them for a few
minutes, encouraging them, then lets them go, run-
ning after them and hissing them on.
As the training progresses tile runner is given an
ever-increasing start, until the dogs become reliable
on a cold trail any distance. The difficulties are
gradually increased until the hounds will follow at
trail through the streets, through a maze of different
tracks and across streams either on leash or when
loose. However, a good trainer will not use the
same ground or runner often. The hounds require
a general all-round education, which can only be
acquired by constant work on the trails of different
people, under different conditions. And after they
have become proficient it is the sensible thing to
keep them in training by giving them constant and
varied practices. An acrobat, a juggler, a billiard
player or a crack rifle-shot must practice regularly
or lose his grip, so to speak. It is not logical to
expect howTever, that a bloodhound will avail him-
self of the necessary practice to keep himself in
good trailing trim, even if given his freedom. The
dog must have a good master and be given plenty
of exercise and work, or his wonderful nose will fail
him when he is called upon to live up to his reputa-
tion.— J. L. Winchell, in Recreation.
THE PASSING OF THE BUFFALO.
Mexican Deer. — The Sierra Nevadas at the head-
waters of Kern River can now claim to have some
of the only "white-tailed" deer (it is said by moun-
taineers I in that part of the mountains. Recently
four of the animals, two bucks and two does, were
taken from Exeter, Kern county, up to the Blake
place, near Three Rivers, where Jud Blake will put
them in his private park and allow them to multiply.
The deer when full grown are somewnat smaller
than the ordinary black-tailed variety and are a great
deal prettier to look at than the other. They are
purely a Mexican variety and are not as numerous
as butterflies north of the boundary line.
Blake plans to allow them to increase for a num-
ber of years in his park and will warn everybody
coming that w-ay not to sheet any of them.
He has also received two wild hogs, peccaries,
from the same land, and has them located in his
park on the south fork of Kaweah.
This pig innovation is on a par with the introduc-
tion of carp in our waters.
Buffalo Bill, who contributed as much as any in
dividual to the extinction of the buffalo, is quoted as
authority for the statement that seemingly it was a
pitiful waste of the natural resources of the coun
try. "But," he says, "as I look back upon it I see
now that it was a sharp, quick way of ridding the
plains of a eumberance that had to give place to a
wiser use of these fine grass lands. It was another
instance of civilization getting what it wanted ana
never minding the cost. Civilization wanted the west
but it had no use for the Indian or the buffalo it
found in possession of the west. The Indian and tha
buffalo had to go before the relentless march of the
white man.
"We could not make a useful citizen of the Indian
nor could we run our brand on the buffalo. Extrava-
gant as may seem the slaughter, the country is as
much better for it as cities are better than tepees,
and cattle and sheep are better than buffalo. A good
many men living right here in Denver today can
remember riding for days through mighty herds ot
buffalo too contemptuous of us in their numbers to
mind the crack of the rifle in the least. At nighi
we had to place guards around the camps to pre-
vent these great herds from trampling us out of
existence. We found fresh herds in almost every
direction although each herd stayed largely on its
own range.
"They chose the uplands for their ranges, where
the crisp buffalo grass was plentiful and water good.
They did not migrate in winter but stubbornly faced
the fiercest blizzards relying for warmth on the hair
matted thick upon their shoulders. While the buffalo
was food and clothing and shelter for the Indian, the
latter played no considerable part in the extinction
of the species. The buffalo is a slow breeder, the
cows dropping calves only one in two or three years,
but the arrows of the Indians never diminished their
number. The Indians were bold riders and good
hunters hut they killed only to satisfy their own
immediate wants.
"The herds did not suffer greatly from the rifles of
lithe early trappers and scouts who conducted wagon
trains across the plains to California. These men
w-ere famous shots and hunted on horseback in bold
dashes on the herds, as the Indians hunted, but they
had no way of reaching a market with hides and
meat and killed only to supply the immediate needs
of the parties they were conducting. After the civil
war, when Uncle Sam began to multiply his posts
in the great west, some of the best of these plains-
men became hunters for the government and buffalo
meat was an important part in army rations out
here.
"We began to use breech-loaders about that time
and the buffalo fell faster. I still have an old .48
Springfield which I used when hunting for the rail-
road construction gangs and I suppose I must have
killed 15,000 buffaloes with it. But it was the whist-
ling of locomotives crawTling farther and farther
along the plains that sounded the doom of the bison.
Even before the railroads were finished the real at-
tack on the herds began. The railroad builders found
this supply of fresh meat very convenient for feed-
ing construction gangs and good buffalo hunters
who were not afraid to face the hostile Indians who
hovered about, were in great demand. In 1867 I
began killing buffalo for the Kansas Pacific and shot
nearly 5,000 of them to feed the laborers who were
hui'ding that line on to Denver. It was from them
that I was named Buffalo Bill." — Denver Field and
Farm.
TRADE NOTES.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Peters Points.
At Navarre, Ohio, April 1st, at a shoot partici-
pated in by members of the gun clubs of Navarre,
Canton and Massillon, the highest score for the day-
was made by Mr. C. A. Young, 95 out of 100. The
following day, at Massillon, Mr. Young was also
high, with 96 out of 100. He used Peters factory-
loaded shells on both occasions.
At Breman. Ohio April 1st, Woolfolk Henderson
won high average for the day, 94 out of 100, and
Mr. W. R. Chamberlain, third average, 92 out of
100. Both using Peters shells. On the following
day, April 2d, at the regular shoot of the Cleveland
Gun Club, Mr. Henderson was again high over
all professionals and amateurs, witn 94 out of 100.
At the Marion, Ind., registered tournament, April
5th and 6th, Mr. H. D. Freeman, shooting Peters
factory-loaded Premier shells, tied for high general
and high professional averages, score 375 out of 400.
Mr. Lester German, shooting with the Bucyrus,
Ohio, Gun Club, April 5th, was high over all pro-
fessionals and amateurs, his score being 98 out of
100. made with Peters Ideal factory-loaded shells.
This shoot was given as a compliment to Mr. Ger-
man, and he made good, doing a very fine job of
shooting, as his score will show.
Probably the largest deer ever killed in the
United States or Canada, and certainly the largest
of which there is any record, was brought down by-
Mr. W. H. Baker of Chicago, during the course of a
hunting trip at Westfield, Maine, on October 2, 1909.
This deer measured 6 feet and 6 inches from the
ground to the shoulder and weighed 450 pounds.
A great many sportsmen who have heard of this re-
markable kill have inquired as to the ammunition
used by Mr. Baker. For their benefit it may be
stated that he shot Peters .3S-.55 smokeless cart-
ridges with soft point bullet.
Saturday, April 16, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
$50,000 FOR HARNESS EVENTS
SHORT SHIPS — CLOSE DATES.
North Pacific Fair Association, 1910.
AUGUST 30 TO OCTOBER 15.
Stake Events, Closing July 1, Set in Black Face Type.
Send for Stake Book and Schedule to any Secretary.
Everett, Wash.
All communications to Louis H. Mc-
Rae, Secretary, Everett, "Washington.
Tuesday, August 30th.
2:25 Pace, Everett Stake. . . .$500 00
2:40 Trot, Breeders Stake.. 500 00
Wednesday, August 31st.
2:17 Trot, Merchants' Stake. 500 OO
2:14 Pace, Enterprise Stake. 400 00
Thursday, September 1st.
2:20 Pace, Purse 500 00
2:25 Trot, Manufacturers'
Stake 500 00
Friday, September 2a.
2:10 Trot, Purse 500 00
2:35 Pace, Purse 400 00
Saturday, September 3d.
2:0S Pace, Lnmberma n*s
Stake 1000 00
2:30 Trot, Purse 500 00
Portland, Ore.
All communications to F. A. Welch.
Secretary, Portland, Oregon.
OPEX TO THE WORLD.
Monday, September 5th.
2 - Tear - Old, Futurity
Trotting (Closed) $ 900 00
2:10 Pace 1,000 00
2:30 Trot (Riverside Driv-
ing Club) 1,000 00
Tuesday, September 6th.
3 - Year - old Pace (2:20
Class) 500 00
2:20 Trot 1,000 00
Special
Wednesday, September 7th.
3- Year- Old Trot (2:25
Class) 800 00
2:14 Pace (Hotel Purse).. 5,000 OO
2:24 Trot 800 00
Thursday, September Sth.
2-Tear-Old Pace, Futurity
(Closed) 600 00
2:12 Trot (Purse) 10,000 00
Special
Friday, September 9th.
2:10 Trot 800 00
2:14 Pace (Consolation)... 1,000 00
2:25 Pace 800 00
Saturday, September 10th.
2:06 Pace 1,000 00
2:12 Trot (Consolation)... 2,000 00
Special
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
In the 2:12 class trotting for $10,000.00
purse, entrance will be charged only on
$8,000.00, and in the 2:14 class pacing
for $5,000.00 purse, entrance will be
charged only on $4,000.00. The remaining
$2,000.00 trotting and $1,000.00 pacing
will be consolation purses for non-
winning starters, for which 5<% entrance
and the usual 5% additional will be
deducted from winners only.
Other than specified in general con-
ditions in this book, rules of the Na-
tional Trotting Association, of which
this Association is a member, to govern.
Oregon State Fair, Salem
All communications ■ to Frank Mere-
dith, Secretary, Salem, Oregon.
Monday, September 12th.
2 - Year - Old Trot. Oregon
Futurity No. 1 (Closed). $ 900 00
2:12 Pace, Capital City
Purse 809 00
2:25 Trot S00 00
Tuesday, September 13th.
•2:25 Pace *500 00
*2rl5 Trot, Farmers' Pur.se.* 1,000 00
2:25 Class, 3 - Year - Old
Trot, Inland Empire
Purse 500 00
Wednesday, September 14th.
2:20 Class, 3- Year - Old
Pace, Valley Purse 500 00
2:08 Pace, Greater Oregon
Purse 5,000 OO
*2:30 Trot *500 00
Thursday, September 15th.
2-Year-Old Pace. Oregon
Futurity No. 1 (Closed). 600 00
2:20 Pace S00 00
2:12 Trot, Lewis and Clark
Purse 5,000 00
Friday, September 16th.
2:20 Trot S00 00
2:05 Pace. Rapid Transit
Purse 1,000 (10
2:08 Pace, Consolation ... 1,000 00
Saturday, September 17th.
2:15 Pace, State Fair Purse.* 1,000 00
Free-for-All Trot, Rural
Spirit Purse 1,000 00
2:12 Trot, Consolation 1,000 00
*For horses owned in Oregon, Wash-
ington. Idaho, Montana, British Colum-
bia and Alberta, January 1, 1910.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
The main race of the $5,000 purse for
2:12 trotters will be for $4,000. with a
handicap entrance fee of this amount as
follows: Horses with records of 2:11*4
to 2:15, $200; 2:15 to 2:18, $160; no
record or slower than 2:1S, $120.
The main race of the $5,000 purse for
2:0S pacers will be for $4,000. with a
handicap entrance fee on this amount
as follows: Horses with records of
2:07M, to 2:12, $200; 2:12% to 2:17, $160;
no record or slower than 2:17, $120.
A consolation purse of $1,000, free
entrance, will be given in each of the
$5,000 stakes for non-winning starters,
provided there are eight or more start-
ers in each of the main events.
Other than specified in general con-
ditions in this book, rules of the Na-
tional Trotting Association, of which
this Association is a member, to govern.
Walla Walla, Wash.
All communications to R. H. Johnson,
Secretary, Walla Walla, Wash,
All Early Closing.
Monday, September 19th.
2:18 Trot . $ 500 00
2:25 Pace 500 00
Tuesday, September 20th.
2:25 Trot 500 00
3- Year-Old Pnee 400 00
Wednesday, September 21st.
2:30 Pace 500 00
3- Year-Old Trot 400 00
Thursday, September 22d.
2:14 Trot 1,500 OO
2 :20 Pace 700 00
Friday, September 23d.
2:10 Trot 1,000 00
2:15 Pace 500 00
Saturday, September 24th.
2:10 Pace 1,000 CO
2:30 Trot 500 00
Southwest
Washington Fair
All communications to E. C. Truesdell,
Speed Secretary, Centralia, Washington.
Tuesday, September 20th.
2:25 Pace $ 400 00
•2:25 Trot (For District
Horses) 300 00
Wednesday, September 21st.
2:40 Trot, Willapa Harbor
Purse 400 00
*2:20 Pace (For District
Horses) 300 00
Thursday, September 22d.
2:15 Pace, Centralia Stake. 500 00
2:24 Trot, Manufacturers'
Stake 400 00
Friday, September 23d.
2:08 Pace, Chehalls Stake. 500 00
2:16 Trot, Merchants' Purse 400 00
Saturday, September 24th.
2:12 Trot, Lumber man's
Stake 500 00
2:35 Pace, Gray's Harbor
Purse 300 00
•District Races include Southwest
Washington Counties.
Washington
State Fair
North Yakima, Sept. 28 to Oct. 1.
All communications to Jno. W. Pace,
Secretary, North Yakima, Washington.
Monday, September 26th.
Yakima Vallev Purse for
3-Year-Old Trotters $ 400 00
Special Pace
Tuesday, September 27th.
State Fair Stake, 2:13 Trot-
ters 1,000 00
Kittitas Purse, 2:25 Pacers 500 00
Wednesdas', September 2Sth.
Tacoma Purse, 2:19 Trot-
ters 500 00
Commercial Club Stake,
2:11 Pacers 1,000 00
Thursday, September 29th.
Fruitgrowers' Purse, 2 :30
Trotters 500 00
Pasco-Kennewick Purse,
2:21 Pacers 500 00
Friday, September 30th.
Benton Purse, 2:10 Trot-
ters 500 00
Seattle Stake, 2:18 Pacers. 1,000 00
Saturday, October 1st.
Manufacturers* Stake, 2:24
Trotters 1,000 00
Klickitat Purse, 2:08
Pacers 500 00
Spokane
Interstate Fair
All communications to R. H. Cos-
grove, Secretary, Spokane, Washington.
Monday, October 3d.
The
for
Tuesday,
Inland Herald Stake
2:25 Pacers 92,000 00
October 4th.
1,000
1,000
Oil
00
1,500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
1,500
{III
500
00
The Spokane Bankers'
Stake for 2:24 Trotters.
The Free-for-AU Pace
Wednesday, October 5th.
Railway Contractors* Stake
for 2:14 Trotters
The Miners' Purse for 2:18
Pacers
Thursday, October 6th.
The Power City Stake for
3-Y'ear-Old Pacers
The Inland Empire Stake
for 3- Year-Old Trotters.
Friday, October 7th.
The Chamber of Commerce
Stake for 2:10 Pacers. . .
The Ranchers' Purse for
2:18 Trotters
Saturday, October 8th.
The Motor Club Purse for
2:11 Trotters 1,000 00
Idaho-Inter-
mountain Fair
Boise, Idaho.
All communications to Will H. Gib-
son, Secretary, Boise, Idaho.
AH Early Closing.
Monday, October 10th.
2:25 Pace $1,000 00
2:30 Trot 1,000 OO
Tuesday, October 11th.
2:12 Pace 2,500 OI)
2:15 Trot 1,000 00
Wednesday, October 12th.
2:20 Trot 2,500 00
2 :08 Pace 1,000 00
Thursday, October 13th.
2:12 Pace. Consolation ... 500 00
2:10 Trot 2,500 00
Friday, October 14th.
2:16 Pace 1,000 00
2:20 Trot. Consolation .... 500 00
Saturday, October 15th.
2:10 Trot, Consolation .... 500 00
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
Races set in black face type are early closing events, in which entries close July 1st. Those set in light face type close as follows: Everett and Portland,
August 10th; Salem, North Yakima, Spokane.^ Walla Walla, Boise, Southwest Washington Fair and Lewiston, September 1st.
Entrance fee 5 per cent of purse and o per cent additional from money winners (except where otherwise specified) pavable 2 per cent July 1st, when horse must
be named, and balance September 1st. NO ENTRY WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT THE ENTRY FEE OF 2 PER CENT.
All races mile heats, 3 in 5 (except the two and three-year-old races, which shall be mile heats 2 in 3), but no race longer than five heats and money will be paid
according to summary at end of fifth heat. •
Right reserved to declare off any race that does not fill satisfactorily, or to change order of program, to call two starters a walk over, who may contest for the
entrance money paid in, payable 70 per cent to first horse, 30 to second horse.
Two-year-old races and those marked with a star are for colts and horses owned in Oregon, Washington. Idaho. Montana, British Columbia and Alberta, January
1, 1910.
Owners may enter two horses from one stable in same race by the payment of one per cent additional for that privilege due when entry is made, but only one
horse of the two can be started except when proper transfer is made according to rule and full entry fee paid on each entry.
Rules of the National or American Trotting Association to govern except where otherwise specified.
ALL ENTRIES TO BE MADE WITH INDIVIDUAL SECRETARIES.
J. W. PACE, Circuit Secy, North Yakima, Wash.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 16, 1910.
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THE FARM
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF BUREAU OF ANIMAL
INDUSTRY.
The twenty-fifth annual report of
the bureau of animal industry of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, just published, is an illustrated
cloth-bound volume of 502 pages con-
taining special articles and informa-
tion of both popular and scientific in-
terest. This report is issued as a
Congressional publication, and a lim-
ited number of copies are assigned
to each Senator, Representative and
delegate in Congress for distribution
among his constituents. The depart-
ment has no copies for general dis-
tribution, its quota being required for
its employes and such outsiders as co-
operate in its work. The book is on
sale to the public by the Superintena-
ent of Documents, Government Print-
ing Office, Washington, D. C.
Tuberculosis in its various aspects
is the subject of three articles. Dr.
A. D. Melvin, the chief of the bureau,
in considering the economic irnpor.
tance of this disease among the food-
producing animals, estimates that the
financial loss from this cause is av
least $24,000,000 annually. Dr. B. C.
Schroeder, superintendent of the bu-
reau's experiment station, points out
the danger from the tuberculous
cow to human health. His paper is
accompanied by a number of striking
illustrations showing cows of fine ap-
pearance which are really affected
with tuberculosis and giving off tho
germs of that disease in such a way
as to be dangerous to consumers of
their milk. Drs. John R. Mohler and
Henry J. Washburn of the pathologi-
cal division have a paper dealing
with the causation and character of
animal tuberculosis and federal meas-
ures for its repression.
The bureau's field experiments with
serum for the prevention of hog
cholera are described in a paper by
Dr. W. B. Niles. Doctor Melvin in
another paper presents a plan for the
control of hog cholera by the sys-
tematic use of serum.
Three diseases of livestock about
which little has heretofore been
known — namely, infectious anemia or
swamp fever of horses, mycotic
lymphangitis of horses and chronic
bacterial dysentery of cattle — are de-
scribed in an article by Dr. John R.
Mohler. An article by Dr. R. J. For-
mad presents the results of an in-
vestigation as to the damage caused
to the livestock industry by smelter
fumes in the Deer Lodge valley of
Montana. Dr. B. H. Ransom de-
scribes methods of preventing losses
from stomach worms in sheep. Thb
results of experiments to determine
the length of time that typhoid bacilli
will remain alive in milk and butter
are given in an article by Dr. Henry
J. Washburn.
George M. Rommell, in "Notes on
the Animal Industry of Argentina,"
gives information about that coun-
try, which is a growing competitor
with the United States for the English
meat trade.
In a paper on "Improved Methods
for the Production of Market Milk
by Ordinary Dairies," Messrs. C. B.
Lane and Karl E. Parks describe sim-
ple and inexpensive methods within
the reach of the average dairyman
by which clean and wholesome milk
mav be produced.
The outbreak of foot and mouth
disease which appeared in November
and December, 1908, among livestock
in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania
and Maryland is described in a paper
by Dr. A. D. Melvin. After a few
months of vigorous work by federal
and state officers the disease was
eradicated at an .expense of over
$300,000 to the Department of Agri-
culture and about $113,000 to the
states.
The history of an importation of
Maltese goats by the Department of
Agriculture a few years ago and a
description of Malta fever are pre-
sented in an article by Drs. John R.
Mohler and George H. Hart. The
goats, which were imported with a
view to building up a milch goat in-
dustry in this country, were found to
be .".ffected by Malta fever, a disease
wt" )h prevails to a considerable ex-
tent among people as well as goats
on the Island of Malta and otherr
places on the Mediterranean. After
keeping the goats under strict quaran-
tine for some time it was finally
considered necessary to destroy
them all.
Other articles contained in the re-
port are as follows: "The Need of
State and Municipal Meat Inspection
to Supplement Federal Inspection,"
by Dr. A. M. Farrington; "State
Legislation Regulating the Standing
of Stallions and Jacks for Public
Service," by Roy A. Cave; "The De-
velopment of Livestock Shows and
Their Influence on Cattle Breeding
and Feeding," by E. G. Ritzman;
"The Value of the Poultry Show," by
Bob R. Slocum. The volume also
contains statistics of the livestock
markets and meat inspection and
other miscellaneous information re-
garding the livestock industry.
Some of the articles in the report
have been issued separately in pam-
phlet form and can be obtained in this
form on application to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
NO SIGN OF OUSTING HORSES.
According to the crop-reporting ex-
perts of the Department of Agricul-
ture, the number of horses in the
United States at the beginning of the
year was larger by 400.000 than it was
twelve months before. That means an
increase of about 2 per cent. In the
same year the rise In the market
value of all the horses in the country
was estimated at about $302 311,000,
which means a gain of more than 12
per cent. At the end of 1909 the
total value of the horses in the United
States was calculated at almost the
aggregate value of the swine, the
sheep and the cattle. It was five
times as great as the value of the
sheep, and more than half a billion
dollars in excess of the market price
of all the cattle, including milch cows.
These facts show more than the gen-
eral rise in prices. They furnish
proof that the horse market is excep-
tionally strong and that the increase
in the number of horses, although
it has been about equal in the rate per
cent to the growth of the population,
has not been sufficient to prevent a
sharp rise in the average market
value of horses in all sections of the
country. As long as the value of the
horses in the United States can in-
crease more than $300,000,000 in a
year, the farmers and others who
raise horses for the market will
trouble themselves very little about
the competition of automobiles and all
other rivals of the horse in any of the
fields where he has been used.
The horseless vehicle is a great suc-
cess. So is the trolley railroad, and
so are traction engines and steam
plows, in certain fields, but the world
evidently needs the horse as much as
ever. The modern inventions which
have seemed to threaten his banish-
ment have only widened the use of
vehicles and increased travel and
traffic.
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Sore Lungs
Rheumatism
and
all Stiff Joints
No food which -we take into our sys-
tem is so full of disease germs as milk,
one article which is indispensable and
the one upon which children are most
dependent. By means of tests made by
scientific men throughout the country
is is invariably estimated that from 10
to 90 per cent of dairy cows are af-
fected with tuberculosis. The best
evidence of the common presence of
this disease among dairy cows is the
claim made by some dairymen that a
milk famine would result from the
condemnation of all tubercular cowa
for dairy purposes. The dairymen
who make this claim evidently know
what they are talking about, though
FOR SALE — A ZOMBRO COLT.
KILDARE, a handsome 3-year-old
black stallion by Zombro; nas a good
disposition, shows speed and is a
beauty to look at. Address
A. H. BELT, Oceauside, Cal.
FOR SALE, TRADE OR LEASE.
Fine registered Percheron stallion,
weight 2200 lbs. Address
WEBSTER KINCAID, Eugene, Ore.
STALLION FOR SALE.
EAGLE BIRD, 8 years old. 16 hands, weighs
about 1300 pounds, sound, stylish, good disposi-
tion, fine driver. Sirpd by Eagle Bird oy Jay
Bird. Well bred on dams side. Get pedigree.
Will be sold cheap.
Also a filly 19 months old, by Eagle Bird ; kind
and gentle. For further particulars address
T. J. STANTON,
1149 McAllister St..
or 3341 Point Lobos Ave., S. E. Cor. 23rd Ave.,
San Francisco, Cal.
HIGHLY BRED STALLION FOR SALE.
I offer for sale the bay stallion Alpine
Prince, five years old, sound and all
right; weighs 1250 pounds; sired by
Jumbo (son of Silver Bow 2:16 and the
great broodmare Grace, dam of Daeda-
lion 2:0S%, by Buccaneer), dam Nelly
by Hawthorne, son of Nutwood, second
dam Pauline Jordan by Electioneer. Al-
mont Prince is a square trotter and a
high-headed, rangy horse. "Will be sold
right and at a very reasonable price.
For further particulars, apply to
JOHN PHIPPEN,
San Jose Race Track.
FOR SALE.
Free Trial, brown filly, 15.2, foaled
1905, trotter, registered in Vol. 17, bred
at Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Dan-
ville. Cal. Sired by Charles Derby 2:20,
dam Pippa by Stilleco 1434 6, dam of
Frank Dale 2:23^, second dam Lucy E.,
dam of Azalia 2:15 and Joe Scott 2:18,
by Black Walnut 17361, third dam
Ethel by Enfield 12S, fourth dam Betsey
Trot wood by Peck's Idol, fifth dam
Pilotta by Little John, sixth dam
Dairy Maid by Tennessee 2:27. This
filly was worked 60 days as a three-
year-old and trotted a full mile in
2:23, and M in 35 seconds. She has
since been used for light road driving,
is a handsome filly, gentle for a lady
to drive, is a beautifully gaited trotter
with great knee and hock action.
Guaranteed absolutely sound. Address
500S East 14th Street, Oakland.
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. McKINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:14K— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2 :09K and 4 others
Service Fee: $30.
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY, Manager,
Hemet. Riverside Co , Cal.
'EQ7AL HESTOB"
' The Original Egyptian"
FOR SALE.
A filly by Zombro 2:11, dam Bolita
2:14 by Guy Wilkes 2:15*4, second dam
by Director 2:17. Bealtiful seal brown
in color, five years old, stands 15.2
hands high, and weighs 1050 pounds.
She is a square trotter, never was
trained for speed, but can trot a 3-
minute gait on the road. Has been
ridden and driven for two years by a
lady who is going east in a short time
and wants to sell her. She is a re-
markably handsome filly and has a
coat like velvet. She is a real pet, fear-
less and sound. Price $250. Call or
address
MRS. J. JOHNSTON,
500S E. 14th St., Oakland, Cal.
Veterinary
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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it is to be assumed that they make
it rather with the intention of pre-
venting the feared general applica-
tion of the tuberculin test to dairy
herds (which infallibly proves the
presence of the tubercle bacillus)
than to call attention to an extremely
dangerous and objectionable condition.
A crusade against impure milk has
been made throughout the country,
and while it has resulted in much
good in the way of compelling dairy-
men to keep their dairies in a more
sanitary condition, yet the danger
which lurks in the consumption germ
is still almost as rampant as ever.
The prevalent idea that consumption
is due to a cold is an erroneous one.
The condition of the system which re-
sults from cold simply paves the way
for the activity of the consumption
bacillus, which is introduced into the
system often in the meat of tubercu1
lous animals, but more often in milk,
butter, cheese, from tubercular cows.
If milk were a transparent fluid like
water, the enormous quantity of bac-
teria dairy milk usually contains
would be visible — that is, it would look
cloudy. These germs, including tuber-
cle bacilli, are readily destroyed by
heat. Raw milk is apt to be danger-
ous becau'se it often conveys other dis-
eases, as well as tuberculosis, such
as scarlet fever, typhoid and diph-
theria. The sure way to destroy these
germs is to pasteurize the milk, or
scald ft, just hot enough to kill the
germs. Milk boils at 212 degrees
Fahrenheit, or the temperature at
which water boils. To kill the disease
germs that are more common in milk
it should be heated to 140 degrees for
twenty minutes or 150 degrees for ten
minutes. Pasteurized milk and also
scalded milk should be cooled quickly
and should be kept cold and covered
until it is used. — C. T.
A cellar or cave is the best loca-
tion for the incubator when operat-
ing in hot weather.
Doing away with all unprofitable
fowls is the secret of making a flock
of fowls return the most profit.
In shipping any kind of live poul-
try in warm weather, do not crowd
the coops, and be sure that the coops
allow sufficient ventilation.
Soft-shell eggs, abnormally large
eggs or double-yoke eggs are caused
by overfeeding and having the hens
in an excessively fat condition.
Five or six nest boxes f«r every
25 hens are enough usually. More
than that number of hens will seldom
be inclined to lay at one time.
Immature pullets and fowls that
are too fat and out of condition are
the ones that produce small eggs. In
the latter case, cease feeding grain
and compel the fowls to forage for
their food.
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Portersville, Cal., Feb. 15, 1910.
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SHEEP AND THEIX TEETH.
Prof. Gaumnitz, of the Division of
Animal Husbandry, at University
Farm, St. Paul, says that fine wool
sheep live longer than medium or
coarse-wool sheep. The former have
been used successfully as breeders
from 1 to S years, and the latter from
1 to 6, and more rarely 7 years. This
indicates the extreme period of use-
fulness in the flock. The prime of
life probably extends from 1 to 5 or
6 years.
The lamb has a short and small
head as opposed to the head of the
mature sheep. Its teeth are smaller
in every way. They are usually
smooth and white as opposed to a
more corrugated, darkened surface in
the old sheep. The age of sheep is
told by the four pair of incisors which
are found only on the lower front
jaw. These are all present by the
time the lamb is 6 weeks old.
In the yearling the central pair of
small incisor teeth are replaced with
a large pair when the lamb is 10 to
14 months old. They are almost
twice as wide and mucn larger than
those at either side.
At the age of 2 years the animal
gets a second pair of large teeth.
At 3 years it gets a third pair of
large teeth. It would then have 3
pairs of large teeta and 1 pair of
small or lamb teeth.
The 4 years old has a full mouth
.of 4 pairs of large teeth. The outer
ones are never as large as those in
the center.
After the sheep Is 4 years old it
is difficult to tell the exact age. With
age the teeth usually grow longer
and narrower. They begin at 6 years
to resemble shoe pegs. Sheep that
are living on short pasturage and get
sand with their gcass wear their
teeth short, even in old age. When
sheep get long, peg like, or broken
teeth it is time to dispose of them.
Clover hay is said to be aggravating
to heaves, and to actually cause it in
some cases, no doubt due to the fact
that the leaves of clover break up into
dusty particles easier than other hay,
and that clover is more difficult to
cure than other hay, hence is more
often musty. The stall in which the
heavy horse stands and sleeps should
be free from dust and the cleanest
bedding used.
The successful poultryman must
have some definite method of dispos-
ing of his products. They must be
bandied at home, packed, and shipped
in the highest approved way so that
they will command the highest price
when sold.
$5 DUE ON MAY 2, 1910
SECOND PAYMENT
PACIFIC BREEDERS FUTURITY STAKES ND. 10
$7,250 Guaranteed.
MARES SERVED 1909.
FOALS OF 1910
To trot or pace at 2 and 3 years old. ENTRIES CLOSED DEC. 1, 1909.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
93000 for Three- Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of 'Winner of
Three-Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two- Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two- Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three -Year- Old Trot
when mare wan bred.
$1000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry la
named the Dam of Winner of
Three-Y"ear-01d Pace.
750 for Two-Year-OId Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-OId Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace
when mare was bred.
SIX SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR STALLION OWNERS— $250.
nate mare on December 1. 1909,
n bred to must be given; $5 May
il 1, 1911; $10 on Two-Year-Olds,
913.
the Two-Year-OId Pace; $35 to
the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to
Payments to be made ten days
race is to take place.
payments to start whether the
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nomi
when name, color, description of mare and stallio
2. 1910; $5 October 1, 1910; $10 on Yearlings, Apr
April 1, 1912; $10 on Three-Year-Olds, April 1, 1!
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in
start in the Two-Year-OId Trot; $35 to start in
start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting
before the first day of the meeting at which the
Nominators must designate when making
horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again In the
three-year-old divisions.
For Entry Blanks and further particulars, address the Secretary.
REMEMBER THE SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE — If the mare proves barren
or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before
April 1st, 1911, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitute
another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. In Futurity Stakes No. S the
demand for substitutions far exceeded the supply.
Be sure and make payments in time.
P. W. KJELLEY, Secretary, 3G6 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
E. P. HEALD, President.
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ADDRESS
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 16, 1910.
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HATCHING AND REARING CHICKS.
To hatch a large quantity of chick-
ens the first consideration must be
about the hens in stock. They must
be well eared for and carried through
the winter in warm quarters. They
should be fed a warm mash composed
of bran, milk, ground feed and cayenne
pepper, and a small quantity of salt,
with wheat scattered in coarse straw
at noon and parched corn at night,
and of course an abundance of fresh
water with the chill taken off at all
times. Always see that they have
plenty of grit in the form of sand or
ground oyster shell. A weak solu-
tion of lime water is also very good
for hens, which provides good, strong
shells for the eggs. I find meat or
scraps of some kind assist in produc-
ing large quantities of eggs. If you
live where rabbits are numerous and
destructive you would find several
rabbits a week quite an addition to
your rations and a great help in filling
the egg basket.
Supply one rooster for every twelve
hens during late winter and early
spring, then the eggs will show a
strong per cent of fertility. Later in
the season when the hens are on free
range one rooster for every twenty
bens is sufficient. Gather the eggs
often each day when there is danger
of them chilling, especially if you are
gathering them to set.' If you have
brooders set the incubators as early
as the 1st of January, but if you must
depend on hens for mothers necessity
demands that you wait until your hens
are in the notion.
I find the prepared chick feed the
best for the first two weeks of the
young chick's life, and I also like to
have plenty of sand on hand. But if
you have other feed handy and do not
care to buy I think hard-boiled eggs,
whole wheat and ground corn make a
fine substitute. Feed all feeds dry,
giving drink in the form of milk or
water or both, in separate vessels, and
have everything perfectly clean. After
the chicks are a few days old scatter
their feed in clean, dry straw and you
can almost see them grow. They
never peep around when it is cold
and damp when cared for in this way.
Discard your coops if possible and use
part of the hen house, or have a
brooder house built especially for your
use, in which case rains, storms, cold
or any kind of inclement weather can
not affect your flock and you will not
find a bunch of your finest chickens
piled up in one corner smothered to
death some sultry night.
In the fall I cull out the roosters
to sell and have the pullets in winter
quarters without any moving, and
they will lay earlier in the winter by
not being changed. Do not allow the
hens to be disturbed by dogs or
strangers or the children, for instead
of making the hens lay better they
will nearly always stop laying if dis-
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LAUREL, L. I., N. Y., Mar. S. 1810.
The Reducine Co.: —
Gentlemen: I have a large draft horse that, two years ago, had an
abscess come on his breast. It would heal up time after time, only to
break out again. I had half a can of Reducine on hand, so used it on him.
It healed up in about two weeks after the first application and it has been
all right ever since. Now this same horse has something' that looks like
scratches, only it is from the hock down and the leg is badly swollen. I am
going to use Reducine on it. Please find check for ?4.00, for which send
me a can at once. Respectfully yours, R. S. FANNING.
ALBANY, Oregon, Feb. 2S, 1910.
The Reducine Co., New York, N. Y.: —
Dear Sirs: I have used two cans of Reducine. The results have been
verv satisfactory. I have great faith in Reducine if used according to
directions. Yours truly, S. S. BAILEY.
SULLIVAN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
ALEX MOORE, JR.. Chairman. JOHN T. CURTIS, Clerk.
Merriewold, N. Y. Hurleyville, N. Y.
JOHN TOWNSEND. Supervisor Town of Bethel.
BETHEL, N. Y., Feb. 23, 1910.
The Reducine Co., 90 "West Broadway, New York, N. Y.: —
Gentlemen: Relative to the can of Reducine purchased by me, I would
respectfully state it was used on one of my horse's hind legs, caused by a
kick just below the gambrel joint. It had been there for about six weeks,
and we applied the Reducine as directed. Now, whether it did any good
or not, I cannot state, only that it gave the skin a thorough cleaning, the
swelling disappeared, the hair came in and the leg is as good as ever. I
gave it only one ten-day course. I have the remainder of the can for an
emergency. Yours truly, JOHN TOWNSEND.
ELITE STEAM LAUNDRY.
E. G. Davis, Proprietor.
Phone 82. 117 North Tejon Street.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Feb. 22, 1910.
The Reducine Co., New York City, N. jr.:
Gentlemen: The can of Reducine that I sent for a couple of months
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so you may send me another can and we will keep it on hand in case of
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Atnasham
Race Rec, 2:09^.
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
bv Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Atnasham 2:09%, Sue 2:12, Listerine 2:13^ and 8
others in 2:30) ; dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17^, (4) 2:10^,
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22^ (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05^, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has everv qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910. Feb. 15th to June 15th, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R- R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
SIR RODERICK
( "The Handsome. " )
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16V4 hands; solid black; weight 13S0 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a lierht cob. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See tlii* grand young horse. Call or address
FEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRUAX, 1126 Park Ave., Alameda, Cal.
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam Martha Frasier by Kustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
Wickersham, dam of Nogi 2:10%, Athasham 2:091,4, etc., by Whippleton 1883; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator 8336; fourth dam-Kate bv John Nelson 187. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. Hie colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturage
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSING, pleasanton, Cal.
Charley D- 2:061
Sire McKINNEY 2:11%, sire of 23 In 2:10.
Dam Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he bv John Nelson 187, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6. fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
GOPA DE 0R0 2:011
By Nutwood Wilkes 2 :16K.dar
Service Fee $100
CARLOKIN 2:08 7
Boxl.
Reg. No. 52785.
Fastest Horse on the Pacific
Coast.
By Nutwood Wilkes 2 :16}4.dam Atherine 2:16% by Patron 2:16H-
Service Fee $100. Usual return privilege.
Registered No. 36548.
Exhibition mile 2:05%.
By McKinney 2:llM.dam the great
broodmare Carlotta Wilkes.
Service Fee $75. Usual return privilege.
The above stallions will make the Season of 1910 at
AGRICULTURAL PARK, LOS ANGELES
For further particulars address
W, G. DURFEE, University Station, Los Angeles, Cal.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20"
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05*4, Charley Belden
2:0S1&, R. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15%, Sonoma
Boy 2:20, Clipper W. 2:24%. Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27^, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schley B. 2:13%, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15%.
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
FEE, $30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:084
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03V
RAV O' LIGHT 2:08% Is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam. grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Will make his first stud season after April 1, 1010, at
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
For further particulars address, after April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds, Oregon.
Address before April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Santa Cruz, Cal.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta M c 2 :08,
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points.
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:lli4, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:0S, by Altoona S850, sire of 8, son of the great
A-lmont 33; second dam Gypsy by JSrwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
andoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address
AV. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19-1
By Parnell 5119, Rec. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
2:12j< and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12^> by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
hief 11.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
PRINCE McKINNEY --2-- 2:29J
Winner of 2-Y.-0. Trotting
Division Pacific Breeders
Futurity Stakes No. 3.
PRINCE McKINNEY is by McKinney 2:11%, the greatest of all speed sires, and
is out of Zorilla, bv Dexter Prince, one of the most successful sires ever owned by
the Palo Alto Farm; next dam Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; next dam
Lady Thorn Jr., dam of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:17%, that sired Sidney,
grandsire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing 16 hands and weighing
1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone, a rugged constitution and fine trotting
action.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Good opportunity for fian Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion.
FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
F. GOMMET, Owner.
Apply to or address
CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stables, 30th Avenue, San Francisco.
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Reg. No. 39813
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1910 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BOX VIVAXT <2> 2:16%
Fastest Two- Year-Old Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two- Year-Old Trotting
Division. Pacific Breeders' Fotority
Stake Xo. 7.
BOX AD AY <2) 2:27%
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26%
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15^.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-vear-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St.. San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07:
Reg. No.
37621
Diamond Mc
Sire of
2:26J4
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to S75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Park where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose. Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS. Salinas, Cal.
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27^
Armon Lou - - 2:2* -2
Harold B.. p, Mat- - 2:13%
trial - 2:10
Kinney G., p - - 2:24%
Debutante (31 trial - 2 :19H
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (31. trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:2S
LoloB. (3). trial - 2:28
Four Stockings [31, trial Yi 1:07
Princess Lou (2). trial H - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
COOD LOOKS-WELL BRED-GAME.
ALL STYLE 47622
By Stam B. 2.-11%
Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL, STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
son in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
3 good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya, was out of that famous old California
race mare Mary Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07%, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jennv, the dam of three fast and frequent race winners, viz.: Ned "Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15% and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure. $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, CHICO, Gal.
V, umuu,
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chlco, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:15^
3-y.-o. Record 2:lli
Public
Exhibition
2:05
By Searchlight 2:03%; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2U6M, sire of John A. McKerron 2:01%,
CopadeOro2:01%, Tidal Wave 2 :06%, Miss Idaho 2:09%, etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona Wilnes 2:03% and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trixy by Director 2:17; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2:17%)
by Young Tuckahoe 2:28>o. son of Flaxtail; fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.).
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season.
C. L. Cifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05% in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sirea Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04j£. Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc., etc.) ;
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:0oM, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
( Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $o per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Ploasanton, Cal.
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11W» dam Mnnd J. C. by Nearest
2:2214; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13%) by Menlo 2:21% (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo, bv Anteeo 2:16% (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05*4, W. Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:08% and Gray Gem 2:09%);
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: $50 the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
fo~ accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
For tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
Phone Black 2841. T. W. BARSTOW, San Jose, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
[Saturday, April 16, 1910.
Domonio Speed 2:03%
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisv S. (dam of Tom Smith 2-13% sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief 89; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO SillH Is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
S^lkSs„,2,:,09?i.VM.iss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07% He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2-20.
which has S m the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
7jclrs i>f^spe?? ln "J*5 world- Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, DiabU 2:09%, and B
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53. next dam
Blandina by Hambletoman 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON £40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
,„i„Usu?-1„retur\ privilege- Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & II VILE. Sulwun, Cal.
Zolock 2:052 - "°
IWeKinney's Fastest Entire Son
34471.
SlEE OF
TprflK* Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09%
I CI HIS. Delilah 2:06% Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander - - 2:07% Boton de Oro 2:10%
t^ft Josephine - - 2:07j^ Mc 0. D. - - 2;llj|
* etc., etc.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam, the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:11^.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Sire Nlltwnnd Wlll^ 7'\(\^- sire of ^l* de Oro2:0l%, John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
OIIC, milffUUU nimCS £.I02) dams of San Francisco 2:07%, Mona Wilkes 2 :03%. etc.
Hflin Pallffl (7} ?'l/» dam of 2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5; third dam Elaine 2-20,
I/dill, railld {£, } £.IU, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%, and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete. second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wi Ikes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL, Terms: $40 for the Season 0'p«on^™a™5oT«nJtX°oaiM,una6aatn,y
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11J£
Pacing Record 2:06%
By McKinney 2:11%. dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Heald of San Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
A. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:06%.
Alceste 2:07%. Allerton 2:09%, Duke Jay 2:09%. Early Bird
2:10, Gitchie Manito 2:09%, Invader 2:10. Justo (312:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:05%, Charley Hayt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%): by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33. sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%, by Mamb. Patchen 5S; 4th dam Estella, dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown hor:?e. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stoutrbuilt horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.'
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of 8 and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:08%, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee J5Q for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46S31 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L Gilford, Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BONNY McKINNEY 41383 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes. San Jose
BODAKER 49130 Thos. Ronan, Pleasanton
CARLOKIN 2:08% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles
CHARLEY' D. 2:06% Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
COPA DE ORO 2:01% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile. Sutsun
ED. McKINNEY 47870 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISB1E 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY' LOU 2:07% Ray Mead. San Jose
LYNWOOD W. 2:20%. .Lynwood Stock Co., Santa Rosa
NEAREST McKINNEY 4069S..T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
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HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Clrcnlt.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair. Hanford Oct. 10-15
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, "Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland. Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla. Wash Sept. 19-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3-8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Clrcnlt.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5-9
Syracuse : Sept. 12-16
Columbus Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4- 8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. S-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City : Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
TWO MEETINGS, both with large purses for trot-
ters and pacers, have now been announced for the
California season of 1910, and their full programs
will be found in our advertising columns. These are
the Breeders' meeting and the State Fair. At a
meeting of the directors of the last named associa-
tion held this week, the question of changing the
date, so as not to conflict with the Portland Fair or
the Native Sons' celebration in San Francisco, was
discussed, but it was found impossible to make the
change, and the week of September 5th to 10th will
be the dates on which the California State Fair will
be held this year. There will be about $16,000 dis-
tributed among the winners at the State Fair meet-
ing, and §15,500 at the Breeders' meeting. This is
a large amount of money to race for in two weeks
and these purses should draw a very large entry list
for both meetings. Now that the two main asso-
ciations have announced their purses and stakes, it
is up to the smaller organizations to make as early
announcements as possible as to what they intend
to do. The San Joaquin Valley Circuit will give
good purses, but as they race late in the fall there
is plenty of time for their dates and purses to be
made public, but the associations that propose to
give meetings prior to the State Fair should not
further delay, but let the horsemen know what they
may expect. Salinas, San Jose, Pleasanton, Santa
Rosa, Woodland, Marysville and Chico should all
hold meetings. The Breeders' association will "hold
its meeting at either San Jose, Pleasanton or Chico,
but these associations should arrange to give a
meeting, provided they do not secure that of the
Breeders. It is not too late for California to organ-
ize a good circuit of harness races this year. From
every section of the State have come reports that
the crops of all kinds give every prospect of being as
bounteous as the farms and orchards have ever pro-
duced. It will be a year of good times in California
and one in which the people can be expected to
turn out in large numbers to see good harness racing.
If the managers of the trotting tracks above men-
tioned will get to work soon they will find it easy
to fill their programs and give successful meetings.
There are many horses in training that will race at
the two principal California meetings and then be
taken north to contend for the big stakes and purses
offered in Oregon and Washington, but there are
many more horses whose cwners will race only in
this State and there are enough of them to more
than fill any reasonable program that may be ad-
vertised.
FROM THE CAPITAL CITY.
THE LARGEST LIST OF ENTRIES in the his-
tory of the famous Detroit classics has been received
for the famous Merchants' and Manufacturers' Stake
for 2:24 class trotters and the Chamber of Com-
merce Stake for 2:13 class pacers. This shows how
harness racing stands on the other side of the
mountains. For the first time in the history of
those events, however, these great stakes, one for
$10,000, the other for 55,000, have failed to attract
an entry from California. Why is it? Not because
we have any fewer trotting and pacing-bred horses,
surely, for there are as many here as there ever
were. It is because there are fewer in training, and
the number in training is less because there are so
few local meetings in sight. Had a California circuit
of ten or twelve meetings been announced in Febru-
ary last, the training tracks in California would have
all been crowded by this time, and out of the large
number of horses in training would have been devel-
oped several whose owners would have thought them
fast enough to race on the Grand Circuit. But since the
killing of the old district fairs, it has been almost im-
possible to give harness racing to any extent in
California, and this will remain the situation until
those district fairs are restored. It behooves every
man interested in the breeding of livestock of any
kind to get#to work and do everything in his power
to aid the movement that has been started to restore
the fairs. The California Harness Horse and Stock
Breeders' Association needs your support. The har-
ness horse breeders especially are the ones to push
this measure to a successful ending. It is really
humiliating to California breeders to think that the
M. & M. and C. of C. have closed wtih the largest
lists in their history without an entry from Cali-
fornia. Don't let it occur again.
"PERCY" SMITH, writing in the Trotter and
Pacer recently, uttered a protest against the duplica-
tion of names in trotting and pacing horses, instanc-
ing the fact that "we have a Jean Val Jean out in
California racing, and apt to be prominent, yet back
in the early '90s both J. J. Bowen and John Cheney
raced well the big bay son of Crittenden, the orig-
inal Jean Val Jean 2:14." We agree with "Percy"
that duplications should be stopped, but we know
of but one way it can be done, and that is for the
American and National Trotting Associations to
adopt the Australasian plan of compelling every horse
to be registered before it can start in any race on
an association track. There are no qualifications
made as to breeding, the owners of the horse simply
making an affidavit as to how the horse is bred, so
far as they have been able to ascertain. By this
plan any duplication of names can be prevented, and
as a full description of the horse is also required,
it prevents ringing almost entirely. "Percy" thinks
Soprano was a very appropriate name for the sensa-
tional three-year-old of last year, she being by Bel-
lini and out of Operetta, and so it is, but there
were no less than three Sopranos registered up to
the time Volume 10 of the Register was printed, and
one of them is the famous daughter of Strathmore
that is the dam of ten standard performers, and is a
full sister to Steinway.
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Mr. TJ. S. Wood of Pomona recently purchased the
six-year-old stallion Lon Derby by Chas. Derby, dam
by McKinney.
Sacramento, Cal., April 20, 1910.
Our track is in fine shape, and to prove this Mr.
Wm. Ivy stepped Mr. F. E. Wright's good stallion,
Lijero, by James Madison, dam Hilda by Nutwood, a
mile in 2:17. Judging from the way he worked, it
looked as though a mile in 2:13 would be easy for
him; the boys must consider this horse, for if no
accidents happen he will give the trotters in the
slow classes a race for their lives. Mr. Ivy has
several more that are working very nicely.
Tom Holmes stepped Natoma, Chas. Silva's game
pacer, alongside Lijero the mile in 2:17. Some of
the best side-wheelers will have to settle with this
son of Zolock before 1910 is over. Teddy Bear is
taking his work in fine shape, under Holmes' guiding
hand.
John Quinn is not behind with his bunch; he
stepped the three-year-old Sweet Bow a half in 1:10,
last eighth in 15% seconds. Quinn has a three-year-
old by Zombro that can step as well as the filly;
both these youngsters belong to Mr. Todhunter.
Hymettus is big and strong and enjoys his side-
stepping gait; Silver Hunter is going good. "Joe"
Bowers has a three-year-old by Bon Voyage in
Quinn's string that must not be overlooked. Wild
Bell is rounding to in fine shape. Mr. Ruhstaller is
seen on the track, teaming Wild Bell, and judging
by the way both look they enjoy the sport.
Walter Tryon has some colts that can trot and
some that can pace as well.
Walter Mastin has his McKinney stallion Money
Mc going in good shape; has been a mile in 2:27,
last quarter in 34 seconds. Queen Ansel, a yearling
filly by Prince Ansel, dam by Nushagak, is a trotting
fool; she uelongs to Mastin & Kerr. Mr. Kerr has
a Prince McKinney filly in Mr. Mastin's string that
looks like a good one.
W. A. Hunter has one of the handsomest two-year-
olds in the State; he has a perfect way of going
at the trot and looks like he will trot fast. W. A.
has a number of horses he is teaching the saddle
gaits.
Al McDonald shipped eleven head to Portland
Sunday; six of them are in the sale. Among them
are Evergets, a trotter by Prodigal that has stepped
an eighth in 16 seconds; a two-year-old pacer by
Zolock that stepped an eighth in 16%; and a colt
by Direct Well worked a quarter in 35; two colts
by Zolock that belong to Mrs. Becker, one just being
broken, the other worked a quarter in 37. Oothers
worthy of mention are Frank D. Nichols, a bay stal-
lion by Cresceus that worked a mile in 2:23 and a
quarter in 32 seconds; also a full-sister to this colt
that worked a mile in 2:23, quarter in 32% — both
trotters. But the pride of his stable is The Grafter,
a two-year-old by Lynwood W., dam by Piedmont,
the dam of Zombro, the great five-mile horse.
James Thompson shipped a car, all young horses,
with good looks, and all can step well for the chance
they have had.
Everything is under good swing for the big floral
parade to be held April 30th, and our first matinee
to take place the following day. This will be the
largest and best parade ever seen in Northern Cali-
fornia, all kinds of horses and decorated vehicles,
saddle horses and autos. We want all our friends
to come and enjoy the spring festival with us.
CAP.
THE ANTI-HOPPLE RULE.
It looks as though the anti-hopple rule passed by
the National Trotting Association will be adopted
at the forthcoming Turf Congress of the American
Trotting Association. About everybody interested
in breeding the light harness horse agrees that it
would be an excellent rule, but some opposition was
expected from the managers of the half-mile tracks.
A very large percenetage of the pacers racing on
the small tracks wear the straps, and there has
been an impression that the track managers would
oppose the rule for the gradual elimination of the
hopples through fear of losing considerable revenue.
Secretary W. H. Knight, of the American Trot-
ting Association, recently made a canvass of the
members of his association and to his delight found
that about 90 per cent of them were in favor of
the rule. This being the case, there seems to be
little question but that the rule will be incorporated
in the book of the parent association. No real test
of the law will be made for a year or two. This
year the straps will be barred on the two-year-olds
and next year the three-year-olds will have to race
without the Indiana pajamas. But on the following
year the four-year-olds will be added to the ranks
of non-users — and then will come the rub. If some
of the get-ready-quick trainers find that they will
have little or no racing material without the use of
the straps, then will come a "holler," but there
is little need to anticipate the future.
The experience the trainers will have this year
and next teaching the two and three-year-olds to
race 'without the use of the straps will have an
educational value, and it is possible that enough
of them will develop the nack of getting the young-
sters to pace without the artificial gait producers
that the track managers can afford to ignore the
small minority. — Western Horseman.
o
Fire destroyed the grandstand at Overland Park,
Denver, last Wednesday evening. The loss is about
$20,000. The stables, which contained many valu-
able horses, were saved.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 23, 1910.
§ JOTTINGS. §
RACING SPEED was shown at Pleasanton last
week by many of the horses in training there. The
weather warmed up to summer heat during the latter
part of the week and the horses acted as if they
thought the summer racing season was on, as there
was more fast stepping than had been shown here-
tofore this spring. Trotters and pacers alike were
infected. The side wheelers, of course showed the
highest rate of speed but several trotters displayed
flashes of speed that made their owners begin to
dream of M. & M.'s, etc. The most sensational show-
ing was made by the pacers Denirvo and Grace R.,
both by Demonio 2:11 %, a stallion that is destined to
be, like his full brother Diablo 2:09%, one of the
greatest of pacing sires. Mr. Smith, owner and
trainer of Denirvo was up behind his horse, and Chas.
DeRyder drove Grace R. this mare being owned by
Mr. Conley, of Suisun. They drove to the half in
1:20 and then let the two pacers step home. A
blanket would have covered both during the last half
and they came to the wire head and head, the mile
in 2:2iy2, the last half in 1:01% and the last quarter
in 30% seconds. Both pacers finished strong and
looked as if they could have made it in less time.
They are certainly two good unmarked pacers and
doubtless fast enough to race on almost any circuit
in the slow classes, and that is where the big money
is these days.
* * *
Chas. DeRyder left last Monday with a carload of
horses for the Portland sale, which is to be held next
Wednesday and Thursday at the metropolis of Ore-
gon. Mr. W. T. McBride shipped a half dozen horses
with the DeRyder consignment, the two cars hold-
ing about twenty head. DeRyder took Record
Searcher by Searchlight, Fun Maker, a two-year-old
by King Entertainer, Hunky Dory a fast matinee
horse, an own sister to the 510,000 mare Perfection,
and several others. Mr. McBride's string comprises
Guylight by Searchlight, Mistle, a fine road mare,
a two-year-old filly by Bon Voyage out of Miss Logan
2:06%, the matinee pacer Little Joe, and several
others. Mr. McBride, who came to Pleasanton an
invalid several years ago, and has regained his health
by being out of doors with his horses, has determined
to buy himself a farm, and is sending all his horses
except the mare Peaches, to the Oregon sale.
* * *
It is the present intention of Mr. DeRyder to race
across the mountains this year. He has some good
material in his stable, some of it good enough to
start in almost any company. The pacers Charley
D. 2:06% and Adam G. 2:06% are the fastest mem-
bers of his string and while both are in the same class
they can get plenty of racing on the Eastern tracks
without being entered in the same races. Cleo Dillon
2:13%, the Sidney Dillon filly, that won the Breeders
Futurity when a three-year-old in 190S, trotted a half
last week in 1:04 and has speed enough to expect
miles in 2:10 from her by August. A stallion called
San Juan, green, owned by Mr. Leadbetter, of Napa
County, is moving along nicely for DeRyder and a half
in 1:06 last week made him look like one of the
best prospects that has shown up at the track this
year in the trotting line. He is by Nutwood Wilkes,
darn by McKinney. DeRyder says he will probably
take three or four three-year-olds with him as there
are good purses for three-year-olds on the Great
Western Circuit this year. His gray filly by Star
Pointer out of Grey Witch by Nutwood Wilkes can
show a quarter in 30 seconds any time and as she
wears no straps is highly thought of. The little roan
pacer Roan Hal is also doing well and has been a half
in 1:05, while Normono, the winner of last year's
two-year-old pacing Breeders Futurity, is considered
by many of the Pleasanton horsemen as the highest
class three-year-old pacer in California this year.
* * *
On Saturdays De Ryder has an assistant trainer
in Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick, owner of Charley D. 2:06%.
The Colonel nearly always spends the week-end at
his pretty bungalow, which is on a lot just across
the road from the back-stretch of the track, and
puts in Saturday mornings driving some of his
horses that are in De Ryder's charge during the
week. The Colonel drove Charley D. and Baldy last
Saturday. The last named is a pacer, and a hoppled
one at that, but his owner offers no objections to
(?'• ng a mount behind him. He worked him out
Saturday a few slow miles with Adam G. 2:06%,
behind which De Ryder held the reins. De Ryder
says the Colonel is the best "second trainer" he
ever had, as he can drive a horse within two or
three seconds of the time requested, has a light
hand, and "knows how to get along with a horse."
Henry Helman has a very high class pacer in
Happy Dentist. This son of Nutwood Wilkes seems
always ready to show well and makes no fuss about
it. Helman drove him a half in 1:02% last week
handily. Last Saturday Helman was giving a green
five-year-old gelding by Chas. Derby a tryout. This
horse is owned by Mr. Abrott, of Danville, and is
a smooth going pacer. He has had very little work,
but after pacing a mile in 2:15 repeated in 2:16 and
was not a particle distressed. He is out of Essie
Farley by Mountain Boy. Mr. Abrott was present
to see this fellow work and was greatly pleased
with the way he finished. Helman has a lot of young
things he is giving first lessons to and it keeps him
busy. He has turned out the four-year-old filly Cora
2:08%, and Kid Wilkes will also be sent to pasture
in all probability. Both these horses made good
campaigns last year, and a year at grass should put
them in fine trim for the season of 1911. Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, also the property of Mr. H. E. Arm-
strong, is ready for two in three, three in five or,
five in seven; any old sort of a race will suit this
fellow. There is no horse anywhere that is as free
from ailments as Demonio Wilkes and his speed is
greater than it was last year.
Sutherland and Chadbourne are working about
twenty head, not all of them for the races however.
Last Saturday Chadbourne was driving the very
handsome mare Dixie M. a pacer by Dick Russell,
son of Diablo. This mare started in one race last
year and was second to Milton Gear 2:12% two heats
in 2:15%. She has worked a mile in 2:14 real hand-
ily this spring and been a half in 1:05 without being
strung out. Fred thinks she will make quite a pacer.
Another one that he likes is Frank Nugents, son of
William Harold. A mile in 2:15 with the last half
in 1:06 was reeled off by this horse very easily
Oakwood Derby by Chas. Derby has also learned how
to step along, a heat in 2:18% with a repeat in the
same notch showing that he has some speed. A
Demonio colt owned by Geo. Reed of San Jose has
been a mile in 2:17% with a half in 1:05. J. W.
Marshall's Sirius Pointer (2) 2: IS, has not been asked
to go fast yet, a mile in 2:21% being all that Fred has
required of him, but it took a lot of pull _to keep him
back to that gait, and a last quarter in 32 seconds was
evidence that his speed was all right. Mrs. Chad-
bourne's pacer Moortrix 2:07% has been permitted
to step a mile in 2:20, with occasional quarters and
eighths as speed. Among the trotters in the S. & C.
string Del Dudley's colt Pal (2) 2:17% is looking
extra good. A mile in 2:30 has been his fastest work
this spring. The two-year-old Nat Higgins, by Palite
out of Bee by Sterling has been a mile in 2:29%
with the last quarter in 35 seconds. This youngster
has a way of going that is very attractive. He
should make quite a showing this summer when the
stakes are raced. Chadbourne has put J. W. Mar-
shall's Zoblack to trotting. This three-year-old is by
Zolock out of a Demonio mare and showed a pacing
gait as a two-year-old, but that he can trot some is
evidenced by a mile in 2:29 which Fred drove him
at that gait the other day. Another trotter that
Chadbourne is much taken with is Herbert Dillon,
owned by F. N. Frary, of Red Bluff. This youngster
trotted a mile in 2:16% with the last quarter in 32
seconds. He acts like a horse with plenty of class
and as he is good gaited and semingly good headed,
is considered an excellent prospect. He is a horse of
good size, 15.3 and weighing about 1100 pounds, and
is now seven years old. He is by Sidney Dillon, dam
by Abdallah Wilkes, a producing son of Geo. Wilkes
* * *
Charles Durfee, of McKinney fame, has nearly set-
tled down to regular training. He lives in Oakland
but has three horses at Pleasanton and spends about
three days a week there. Almaden (2) 2:22% a fu-
turity winner, is one of the handsomest and nicest
moving trotters on the track. His head and neck
make a picture when he is at speed that one can't
help hut praise, as they are carried like those of a
charger. Almaden has plenty of action, both knee
and hock. He worked a mile in 2:10% last year
at Los Angeles. A half in 1:08% is the fastest Dur-
fee has worked him at Pleasanton but he can step
a two minute gait. Dr. Lecco, now a five-year-old has
been a half in 1:06 and is a grand horse. The mare
Helen Stiles, jointly owned by Mr. Durfee and S. S.
Stiles, of Oakland, has had considerable said about
her. She is the highest class green trotter in sight
at Pleasanton at this time.
* * *
Elmo Montgomery has quite a string of horses that
have been sent to him by different owners since
he located at Pleasanton. Mr. Ronan has just turned
over to him the very fast trotter Bodaker that showed
a mile better than 2:10 last year and then had to be
laid up with a lame leg. Elmo will go very carefully,
with him and try to get him to a race. He is a very
speedy horse and but for an injured tendon would be
a good prospect for the M. & M. and other big stakes
on the Grand Circuit.
* * *
Ed Smith, formerly of Concord, who sold Demonio
Wilkes 2:09% to Mr. Armstrong last year, is the
owner of Denirvo, whose half in 1:01% was men-
tioned at the opening of this article. Denirvo is by
Demonio out of Minerva by Guy Wilkes, consequently
is more than a half brother to Solano Boy 2:07%, both
being from the same mare, but the latter is by Father
McKinnon, a son of Demonio. Smith is training for
Tim Sexton a nice filly by Dictatus and the filly
Dreamona by Demonio. He also has the big pacer
Satmour by Seymour Wilkes 2:08%. Satmour is 16
hands high and weighs 1150, has a perfect disposi-
tion, goes without straps and can show a lot of speed.
He is out of the dam of Osmont 2:14% and is six
years old. Satmour is owned by Sheriff Dave Dunlap
of Napa, and would make an ideal matinee horse as
he has speed enough to beat the majority of matinee
pacers. He worked a mile in 2:23, with the last
quarter in 33 seconds last week.
* * *
Smith drove Henry Busing's black pacing colt by
Bonny McKinney 413S3, a mile last Saturday at Bu-
sing's request. The colt had never beaten 2:30 be-
fore, but Mr. Smith took him around the track ir
2:24%, the last half in 1:09 and the last quarter in
34 seconds without a skip. This black fellow is out
of Amazonian by James Madison, second dam by
Charles Derby, so is bred well enough to make a
2:10 pacer, and the way he dropped his speed down
from 2:30 down to 2:24% with the last end of it at
a 2:16 gait, gives him a very promising look.
* * *
A promising green trotter at Pleasanton is Henry
Dunlap's bay horse by Bonnie Direct 2:05%, dam
Petrina by Piedmont, she the dam of Belle N 2:14%
and Lady Petrina 2:27%. This horse is a full brother
to Belle N. Last Saturday Dunlap worked him out
with a couple of pacers, one of them being Geo.
Perry, matinee record 2:08%. He went to the half
in 1:08% and came home in 1:08%, the mile in 2:17
flat. Petrina is now dead, but she has left a family
that will be quite famous if they are given a chance.
She has two standard trotters in the list, and two
or three more that will be given records. Petrina
was out of the thoroughbred mare Miss Peyton by
imported Glengarry, and is pretty good evidence that
the thoroughbred cross is all right in some instances.
* 4 *
Trainer Hunt's calico mare Telltale, by Edwin B.,
son of Stajn B., is one of the attractions of the
Pleasanton track and has been ever since she arrived
from Eureka. She took a trotting record of 2:25 a
year or two ago up at Eureka on a half mile track.
She is a most peculiar color, rather on the roan order
but too light and a little too mottled to be called a
roan properly. Her tail has a kink in it like that of a
Boston terrier, but she is some trotter. Her knee
action is high, she carries her head like a hackney,
and the trainers say she has never made a break
since she came to Pleasanton. She has worked
several miles around her record and a few fast
eighths, but no one could say just how fast a mile
she has shown except Mr. Hunt and he does not
volunteer anything on the subject. He has a three-
year-old Star Pointer that is very highly spoken of
by all the horsemen at Pleasanton" and is giving him
the same careful training.
* * *
J. M. Alviso was working a little pacer by Lecco
last Saturday that wiggles along in a manner that
leads one to believe sne w;ll show a lot of speed as
soon as she is thoroughly broken and accustomed
to the ways of the racetrack. She is a very hand-
somely formed thing, but unlike the majority of the
get of Lecco she is small.
Among the horses out Saturday was George Perry,
Saturday, April 23, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
the pacer by Waldstein that has a matinee mark;
of 2:08%, made last fall on the three-quarter track
in Golden Gate Park, and one of 2:11% made in an
regular race. Geo. Perry, the trainer for whom he
was named, was working him without the straps,
and the Waldstein gelding moved along as smooth
as grease a mile in 2:15. This pacer is owned by
Mr. George Giannini of this city and will be again
seen at the matinees of the San Francisco Driving
Club this year.
* * *
There are at the present time about one hundred
and fifty head of horses being worked at Pleasan-
ton — not all being trained for the races by any
means, although doubtless one hundred are being
tried to see if they have speed enough to justify put-
ting them in shape to go on the circuit. What a
pity it is that we cannot have a large number of
small meetings in California every year at which
the slower horses can race for small purses until
their owners find whether they will do to spend
money on in the large purses. There should be
plenty of racing for $200 or $300 purses where
trotters and pacers that race around 2:30 and 2:25,
respectively, could win once in awhile. The greatest
objections heard to the program gotten out by the
Breeders' Assoication and the proposed State Fair
program is that there is no provision made for any
classes slower than 2:20. The State Fair offers
good big purses and enough for a six days' pro-
gram, but they are all for the fast classes — that is,
they give no opportunity for a second-rate trotter or
pacer to earn anything. There are $1,000 purses
for 2:10, 2:08 and free-for-all pacers, one for the
2:15 and $2,000 for the 2:20 class. This is all very
well, but why not have a purse for the 2:25 class
pace, and another for the 2:30 class trot. Make
them $500 each and put the 2:25 pace on the same
day that the 2:20 pace is held, and the 2:30 class
trot on the same day with the consolation trot.
Every*horseman knows that the very best no-record
pacers and trotters in training will start in the 2:20
purses, because they are for $2,000. He also knows
that unless his horse can pace or trot three heats
below 2:15 he will not have a ghost of a show to get
any money out of the r. ce, consequents he does not
start. Now if there were a 2:25 pace on the same
day as the big event these horses that have had
just as much money spent on them as have those
that can pace in 2:08, would be entered Tn the
slower class for a smaller purse and the owners
would get an opportunity to have some sport with
their horses and peruaps get back a little of the
money spent on them. Owning a trotter or pacer
and having it in training is a very expensive lux-
ury, but the sport is such a source of pleasure to
the lovers of horses that they are willing to stand
the expense if they can set a chance to race in
fields where tteir horses are not comp'etely out-
classed. The proposed program for the State Fair
would be a better one in the minds of many were
the "special driving contest" on the first day
changed to a 2:30 trot for a purse of $500, and the
amateur driving club race on Friday changed to a
$500 purse for 2:25 class pacers,, no hcrse that is
among the first six in the summary of the 2:30 pace
to be eligible to start in this event. What the asso-
ciations should do is to provide small purses for
the vast number of horses that are trained every
year and are found to be a little too slow to com-
pete with the best ones. What chance did a 2:12
pacer have three years ago with such horses as
Copa de Oro, Inferlotta and Charley D., all starting
in the 2:20 class? It is the hundreds of horses
that never get records better than 2:20 whose en-
trance money makes it possible for the 2:10 horses
to win a goodly sum, and it would be well if the
associations gave these 2:20 horses a chance once
in awhile to win a purse or two.
There is a strong sentiment among the people of
Pleasanton that the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association should hold its annual meet-
ing at "the horse centre" this year. The Breeders
have visited Chico, Woodland, Fresno, Santa Rosa
and Salinas in recent years, but never have the
annual races of this association been held at Pleas-
anton. Now that the track has been furnished with
one of the best grandstands in the State, and the
stalls and a'l other buildings put in first-class shape,
the Pleasanton people think it would only be doing
the proper thing if the Breeders should vote to hold
their annual meeting at this track. Mr. Armstrong,
the new proprietor, has invested over fifty thousand
dollars in the plant and has been a very liberal
buyer of horses since be came to the State, paying
$6,000 for one, $4,000 for another and $2,500 for a
third, besides buying several others for less money.
He is a strong supporter of the sport and Pleasan-
ton has stood by the game and the horsemen for
years, the business men putting up liberally for
every meeting ever held there. Alameda County is
one of the leading light harness-horse breeding
counties of the State, and for these and various
other reasons the people of Pleasanton think they
are entitled to the meeting provided they put up as
much bonus as any other place.
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE.
FRANK H. BURKE MEETS WITH ACCIDENT.
On Thursday of last week as Mr. Frank H. Burke,
of the firm of Madison & Burke, of this city, was rid-
ing with a party of friends on a mountain road near
San Gregorio, in San Mateo County, the roadbed
caved under the weight of the machine, precipitating
the car and its occupants down the hillside for a
hundred feet, the machine turning over several
times. Mr. Burke was the only one seriously in-
jured, he having several ribs fractured and being
very badly bruised. He was removed to San Gre-
gorio, where his physicians have ordered him to
remain for a couple of weeks before any attempt is
made to remove him to his home. Mr. Burke's many
friends will hope for his speedy recovery. He will
be greatly missed from the councils of the State
Board of Agriculture and the directors of the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, he being
a very active member of both bodies.
SALEM HORSE SHOW.
The third annual parade of horses of all breeds
held at Salem, Oregon, on the Sth of this month
was a complete success. In the standard bred classes
the prizes were as follows:
Best stallion and get, $20 cup, Co Ma, owned by
Dr. E. J. Young, Salem.
Best stallion any age, $20 cup, Zolock 2:05%, owned
by Estate of Ben Davies, San Bernardino, Cal.
Best mare, any age, $20 cup, Kodella, owned by
Dr. J. C. Evans, Salem.
Best stallion, four-year-old, $5 cash, Rambuck,
owned by Robert Britt, Fair Grounds', second best,
$2.50 cash, Ray o' Light 2:08%, owned by E. S. Train,
Santa Cruz, Cal.
Best stallion, two years old and under four, $5 cash.
Alco, owned by W. B. Leach, Salem; second best,
$2.50 cash, Montbaine owned by P. W. Hodges, Salem.
Best mare, two years old and under four, $5 cash,
Babelita owned by Guy Young, Salem.
Best colt, one year old or under, $15 cup, Ansome,
owned by Oliver Beers, Salem.
Best stallion under two years, $2.50 cash, colt
owned by Blaine Southwick, Corvallis.
CALIFORNIA HORSE VALUES.
San Francisco horse buyers, who are to be found
in all parts of the State looking for animals suitable
for city use are paying around the following prices:
Horsts.
Desirable drafters, 1700 lbs and over $225@375
Light drafters 1500 to 1650 275@325
Chunks, 1350 to 1500 lbs 225@275
Wagon horses, 1250 to 1350 lbs 175@210
Delivery wagon horses, 1050 to 1250tbs... 135@1S5
Desirable farm mares 150@200
Farm workers 75@125
Mules.
900 lbs, 4 to 7 years $125@150
1000 lbs, 4 to 7 years 150@200
1100 lbs, 4 to 7 years 200@225
1200 lbs and over, 4 to 7 years 250@300
Over 7 years old range from $15 to $25 lower.
INFORMATION WANTED.
We would like to learn the full breeding of the
horse Bill Murray, said to be by Diablo 2:09%, dam
Lady Knowles by Sidney. If any of our readers know
who owned this horse and can give reliable informa-
tion as to his age and breeding we will be under
obligations if they will send it to this office.
A. C. Pennock moved the stable of celebrated trot-
ters owned by Louis Winans to North Randall track
last week. He is the first outside trainer to take up
stables at the new track this year. Pennock will be
soon followed by George Saunders, who will come
from Titusville, Ga., with H. M. Hanna's horses,
very shortly, and move into the new barn built by
Mr. Hanna. The stable is now practically finished.
Pennock's stable consists of Silico, Allen Winter,
Willy, Dora and a few other trotters that will not
be trained this year.
The American Sportsman says that it will not
occasion much surprise to horsemen in general, if
both the three and four-year-old records for pacing
filMes are reduced this season, as it does not look
too unreasonable for Fleeta Dillon (2) 2:08% to
reach the 2:06 notch, while last year Maggie Winder
(3) 2:06% could have equalled the mark established
ten years previous by The Maid (4) 2:05%.
The recently organized California Harness Horse
and Stock Breeders Association has sent out a letter
of appeal to the people of California which should
meet with the approval and a response from every
citizen who has the future welfare of this State at
heart. The officers of this association are President
A. L. Scott, president of the Pacific Hardware and
Steel Company of San Francisco; first vice-president,
Geo. L. Warlow, attorney and stock breeder of
Fresno; second vice-president, W. A. Clark Jr., capi-
talist and stock breeder of Los Angeles; third vice-
president S. B. Wright, farmer and breeder of pure
bred stock, of Santa Rosa; treasurer, F. L. Matthes,
capitalist and manufacturer of San Francisco. The
circular referred to reads as follows:
This being an age of organization it behooves all
people interested in the products of this State, to as-
sociate themselves with the California Harness Horse
and Stock Breeders Association. The objects of this
organization are to secure legislation and appropria-
tion for district and state fairs so that our people
will have a chance to exhibit their products, all of
which will advertise our State and educate our
people in the matter of improving that which they
produce.
Also this will have a tendency to stimulate business
interest of every description. We appeal to the
business and professional men as well as to tn~
farmer and stock breeder to join with us. A large
membership is what will be effective. We want your
support and influence. Our aim is to have at least
20,000 members by January 1st, 1911. With an or-
ganization of this magnitude we can accomplish great
good.
Our members are the best class of people, from
every city, hamlet and assembly district in the
State. With an organization of this kind we can go
to our legislature with every assurance that our
wishes will be respected.
The initiation fee is One ($1.00) Dollar, dues per
year One ($1.00) Dollar. The organizers have en-
deavored to make the association democratic in every
way. Any voter in this State is eligible to member-
ship. Join us; we combined can help one another.
For further information communicate with,
531 Valencia St., S. F.
W. J. KENNEY, Secretary.
RACE PROGRAM FOR ROSEBURG.
The Southern Oregon District Fair to be held at
Roseburg in September offers the following pro-
gram:
Wednesday, September 21.
2:20 Trot, mile heats 3 in 5 $ 300
Running race, half mile dash 200
2:25 Pace, mile heats 2 in 3 250
Running race, % mile 200
Half mile dash for saddle ponies ridden by
ladies —
To owner of horse 25
To rider 25
Thursday, September 22.
Mixed race, 2 : 25 class 300
2 : 20 Pacers, 2 in 3 300
Running race, % mile dash 200
2:40 trot mile heats 2 in 3 200
Trotting and pacing for road horses owned in
district, without records, amateur drivers, half
mile heats, 2 in 3, silver cup, value 50
Running race mile dash 250
Friday, September 23.
2-year-old Trot, half mile heats, 2 in 3 200
Running race % mile dash 100
2:15 Trot, mile heats, 3 in 5 500
Running race, % mile and repeat 250
Saddle horse race, % mile dash 50
Saturday, Septtmber 24.
2:30 Trot, mile heats 3 in 5 300
Running race, Douglas County Derby, lj£ miles 300
Pace, 2-j'ear-old, V2 mile heats, 2 in 3 150
Running race, consolation for non-winners, 9-16
mile 150
Total $4000
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE SPOKANE PROGRAM.
Following is the official program of the harness
races to be held at the Spokane Inter-State Fair this
year, beginning Monday, October 3d:
Monday, October 3d.
The Inland Herald Stake for 2:25 pacers $2000
Tuesday, October 4th.
The Spokane Bankers' Stake for 2:24 trotters. .$1000
The Free-for-all pace 1000
Wednesday, October 5th.
The Railway Contractors' Stake for 2:14 trot-
ters $1500
The Miners' Purse for 2:18 pacers 500
Thursday, October 6th.
The Power City Stake for 3-year-old pacers $500
The Inland Empire Stake for 3-year-old trotters. 500
Friday, October 7th.
The Chamber of Commerce Stake for 2:10
pacers $1500
The Ranchers' Purse for 2: IS trotters 500
Saturday, October 8th.
The Motor Club Purse for 2:11 trotters $1000
o
Betting on racing had a close call in the Canada
House of Commons April 7th, when the Miller bill
was defeated by a vote of 78 to 77.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 23, 1910.
I NOTES AND NEWS I
The combination sale of horses opens at Portland
next Wednesday.
The Woodland Driving Club will hold races at the
Woodland Stock Farm this afternoon.
Will any trotter beat last year's record of 2:01%
made by Hamburg Belle? Probably not.
McDillon is the name selected for the colt by John
A. McKerron 2:04%, dam Lou Dillon 1:58%.
If anybody thinks the automobile has destroyed
horse values, let him go out and try to buy a 2:10
trotter.
Don't miss the Dixon picnic and race meeting next
Saturday. With clear weather the track record will
be broken.
All the California horsemen are talking about the
big purses in the Northwest, and they are going to
enter liberally.
The stables on Twenty-fourth avenue, in this city,
close to the Casino on Fulton street, are for rent at a
reasonable figure. See advertisement.
The feature of the North Pacific circuit program
that pleases the horsemen is the fact that the early
closing purses do not close until July 1st.
The Oroville Speedway Association has put its
half-mile track in fine order and will probably give
a program of racing on Sunday, April 24th.
The Copper stake, $5000 for trotters and $5000 for
pacers, is to he again made the principal feature of
the race program at the Phoenix fair this fall.
All Style, the handsome son of Stam B. 2:11%,
is having some select mares bred to him this year.
L. B. Daniels has him in fine order at Chico.
Effie Logan, the dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03% and
Jim Logan (3) 2:05%, has a fine colt at foot by Zolock
2:05%, the youngster having arrived last week.
Lueretia 2:14% is to be bred to Charley D. 2:06%
this year. Mare and stallion are both owned by Col.
J. C. Kirkpatrick, manager of the Palace Hotel in this
city.
R. Boylston Hall, the Boston man who professes
to cure nearly all horse ailments by trimming their
feet, now advocates giving horses no salt. He's too
fresh.
Detroit breaks all its previous records with 28
entries in the M. & M., 25 in the C. of C, and
eighteen in the 2:11 trot. The four-year-old trot did
not fill.
The $10,000 trot at Detroit has 28 entries, the
$10,000 trot at Grand Rapids has 23, and here's
hoping the $10,000 trot at Portland, Oregon, will get
at least 30.
Joe McGregor, the Denver owned horse that raced
in California last year, has been named in the
Chamber of Commerce stake by his new owner, R.
J. McKenzie, of Winnipeg.
W. H. Ginn, one of the leading farmers of Corcoran,
California, sold a twenty-two months old Shire colt
last week for $300, and one five-months old for $150.
It pays to breed and raise good stock.
The Chicago pacer R. F. D. 2:05% is expected to
be a hard horse to beat this year. Lady Maud C.
was driven out to beat him in 2 :0d^4 last year, and
he is said to have improved over his last year's
form.
Guylight worked an easy mile at Pleasanton last
Saturday in 2:23, prior to being put on the cars Mon-
day and headed for the Portland auction. Guylight
will make a good race trotter for the North Pacific
circuit.
From the way the young things by Athasham
2:09% are stepping, it looks as if Mr. D. L. Bachant
of Fresno has a great sire in this son of Athadon.
No trotting stallion in California has a greater
burst of speed than Aathasham can show.
Mr. G. Abrott, of Danville, owns the mare Proser-
pina by Diablo out of Algerdetta, dam of four in the
list by Allandorf, and expects her to foal shortly. She
was bred to Chas Derby last year. Mr. Abrott's mare
Alsilke has a colt at foot by Stillwell this year.
There is not a four-year-old stallion anywhere that
has a low mark, whose condition is any nearer per-
fect than Jim Logan (3) 2:05% shows this year.
There is not a spot or a pimple on him, his legs are
as clean as a whistle and he looks fit for anything
that is asked of him. He is remarkably sure as a
si-e. Jim Logan will be worked some this fall and
1 )k out for two minutes from him in 1911.
The breeders of California who send their trotting
bred mares to Del Dudley's stallion, Palite, will be
in the way of owning trotters that will he in the
front rank when they are ready to race. Palite is
beyond all question one of the greatest bred horses
in America, and his colts show speed without excep-
tion.
How art the mighty fallen! There is not an entry
from the Pacific coast in the early closing stakes of
either Detroit or Grand Rapids. The only California
bred horse named in any of these stakes is C. The
Limit, whose owner, G. A. Estabrook, of Denver, has
named him in the Chamber of Commerce stake at
Detroit and the 2:14 pace at Grand Rapids.
The California Harness Horse and Stock Breeders'
Association sent a letter to the State Board of
Agriculture this week requesting tnat the date of the
State Fair be changed so as not to conflict with
the Portland fair, which fair had selected its date
several weeks before the California State Fair dates
were named.
The famous four-cornered track at Terre Haute
is to be cut up into building lots. Like so many
of the famous mile tracks, built years ago so far from
the city limits that it was considered quite a jour-
ney to reach them, it must now be abandoned for
training and racing purposes to provide homes for
the denizens of a growing city.
There will be quite a crop of foals by Chas. Derby
next year in California. Messrs. Meese & Abrott, who
sold him at the Pleasanton sale in March, bred him
to seven or eight mares before the sale and he was
bred to eight mares at $40 each after the sale and
before he was shipped east. Chas. Derby is a very
sure horse and nearly every mare bred to him this
year is thought to be safely in foal.
The Oakdale Driving Association of Oakdale, Stan-
islaus County, California, hes been incorporated. The
object of the Association is to improve the breed of
driving horses, to give exhibitions and to award
prizes. The corporation is capitalized at $10,000 di-
vidid into 400 shares of $25 each. The directors for
the first year are J. B. Stearns, M. A. Lewis, A. L.
Leitch, J. A. Young and I. B. Thompson, all residents
of Oakdale.
Mr. E. L. Thompson has resigned the presidency
of the Portland Fair and Livestock exposition and
Mr. N. C. Maris, editor of the Rural Spirit, has been
chosen in his stead. Mr. Thompson said that his
personal affairs were too pressing to admit of his
giving the proper attention to the office and strongly
recommended Mr. Maris for his successor. Mr.
Maris' knowledge of livestock matters particularly
fit him for the position.
John Kitchen Jr., wno purchased the four-year-old
mare Georgie Lecco by Lecco dam Martha Fraziei
by Rustic, at the Pleasanton sale in March, placed
her in the hands of Prof. Anderson of Oakland and
she has learned to go all five of the saddle gaits. She
was never used to a saddle before she became Mr.
Kitchen's property but was a very apt pupil from the
first. Her present owner thinks he has a prize in this
mare. She is 16.1, a coal black, and a very hand-
some individual.
Trainer Tom Murphy will nave in his stable this
season the champion trotting gelding, Paderewski,
who last year trotted the three fastest heats for a
gelding, in 2:05%, 2:06% and 2:05%. He will also
have Margin 2:06% and Sterling McKinney 2:06%.
The latter has been a tough proposition to every
trainer who has had him and ir Murphy can train
him to his speed limit it will be a great feather in his
cap. He is supposed to he a two-minute possibility.
Eclectic 11321, full-brother to Arion 2:07%, is dead.
He was twenty-four years old and has one trotter in
the list. Although given an opportunity, he was a
failure as a sire. The late Wilfred Page paid Palo
Alto Farm a very large price for Eclectic, and after
keeping him on his breeding farm for many years,
finally consigned him to one of the Fasig-Tipton sales
about ten years ago. The norse brought $125, just
about what it cost to ship him across the country
and pay the expenses of the sale.
Mr. E. D. Digges of Stockton writes us that the
Stockton track is fast getting into shape for the
Driving Club races and the members expect to have
lots of sport this season, as they have a number of
good horses. Mr. P. J. Chalmers recently bought
the McAdrian pacing gelding Bert Kelly, and will
prepare him for a low mark this year. Bert Kelly
is now four years old and has a three-year-old trial
of 2:19.
Three of the gratest broodmares in California have
been sent to the court of Demonio 2:11% on the
Rush & Haile farm, Suisun, this year. Trix, the dam
of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Moortrix 2:07%, Aerolite (3)
2:11% etc., Bee Sterling, the dam of McFadyeu
2:10%, Freskarena 2:13% and others, and Effie Lo-
gan, dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%, Jim Logan (3)
2:05% etc., are all three at the Suisun Stock Farm,
and Mr. Haile writes that they hope to get them all
safely in foal. Trix is the property of J. W. Mar-
shall of Dixon. Bee Sterling is owned by E. D. Dudley
of the same place, while Effie Logan belongs to J. E.
Montgomery, of Davis, all of Solano County.
Mr. C. H. McFeely of Chico writes that his mare
Diana by Dialect has foaled a handsome bay filly
by Bon Voyage. Mr. McFeely has this filly well
staked.
Mr. F. H. Bume's three mares, Wanda 2:14%,
dam of The Roman 2:09%, Grace Kaiser, dam of
Coney 2:02, and Lady Belle Isle, are all heavy with
foal to Bon Voyage.
Sidlette by Sidney will be bred to Bon Voyage
again this year. Sidlette is the dam of the very
promising three-year-old filly Bonnie Lette by Bon
Voyage, that Walter Maben has in his stable at Los
Angeles.
Joe Cuicello worked Mr. A. L. Scott's handsome
three-year-old Le Voyage by Bon Voyage a mile in
2:22% at San Jose last week, with the last quarter
in 32% seconds.
El Volante (3) 2:13%, by Zombro, winner of last
year's Occident Stake, trotted a quarter over the
old Agricultural track at Los Angeles last week in
29% seconds. This is the fastest quarter that has
been shown in California this year, and we think
in the United States, by either trotter or pacer.
Happy Dentist 2:11% by Nutwood Wilkes is one
of the best prospects in California for the fast
classes on the Coast this year. The horsemen who
sit in the stand and watch the work-outs at Pleas-
anton all rate him one of the best ever seen on
the track.
If you want a good, serviceable horse, or a pair
of them, a buggy, a surrey, a hack or a four-horse
brake, attend the sale of the stock of the Fashion
Stables at Sacramento May 5th. This is the closing
out of Chas. W. Paine's Fashion Stables, one of the
leading livery stables in Northern California. Mr.
Paine recently sold the lot on which the stable
stands for $90,000.
The average daily ration fed by the Great West-
ern Company of England to its 3,000 horses is re-
ported bv the "Mark Lane Express' to be about 7
pounds of oats, 3 of beans, 6 of corn, 12.5 of hay
and 2 of oat straw, making altogether a little over
half the total amount concentrated feed and some-
what less than half coarse forage. These are good
horses, well cared for and worked on heavy vans.
The State Board of Agriculture met on Tuesday of
this week and adopted the program submitted to
them by the speed committee without change. The
program was printed in our news columns last week,
and will be found, with the conditions governing the
races, in our advertising columns this week. The
board found it impossible to change the dates of the
fair, as requested by the California Harness Horse
and Stock Breeders' Association.
In a series of experiments in Germany, involving
156 horses, a portion of the grain ration of oats and
of oats and corn was replaced by potato chips and
potato flakes combined with either beans, peanut
meal or sunflower seed cake. There was an agree-
ment in all cases to the effect that one-third of the
oats could be profitably exchanged for either the
chips or flakes combined with a protein feed with-
out a loss of live weight or of ability to work.
Charles W. Paine, the popular liveryman of Sac-
ramento, and one of the most active and energetic
members of the board of directors of tne State Fair,
has sold his property on K street, in the capital city,
and will sell out his entire stock of horses, harness,
buggies, etc., at auction on May 5th. Fred H. Chase
& Co., to have charge of the sale. The Fashion
Stables have long been known as one of the best-
kept livery stables in the State, and the horses and
rigs to be sold are all in fine order and first-class in
every way.
Mr. G. B. Stewart, of Spokane, Washington, passed
through San Francisco this week on nis way home
from Los Angeles, where he has spent the last few
months having fun with several young horses he
owns. He has turned them all out, however, and
will not taite them up again until fall. Mr. Stewart
plans to see the opening of the Eastern racing at
Grand Rapids and Detroit and may attend one or two
other meeting before he gets back. He says the
track at Arcadia, to which the Los Angeles trainers
have been compelled to take their horses, is not a
real good training track, and several of them fear
they will have to train elsewhere to get their horses
ready for racing in fast company. It may improve
with working, however. The work on the new track
in Agricultural Pane is to be rushed so that the
horses will probably be back there by September.
Three hundred stockholders .attended the recent
annual meeting of the American Saddle Horse Breed-
ers' Association held at Louisville, Ky. The follow-
ing officers were elected: President, General John
B. Castleman, of Louisville; vice^resident, Law-
rence N. Jones, Louisville; treasurer, Harry Weis-
singer, Louisville. The meeting voted to let the pres-
ent rules on registration stand until next January,
when new rules will go into effect, requiring both the
dam and sire to be registered as saddle horses.
The association was reported in a prosperous con-
dition financially. The next meeting of the associa-
tion will be held February 3, 1911, two months earlier
than usual.
Saturday, April 23, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
The Trainers Find Arcadia Track Will Be Fast
After a Little More Work.
Los Angeles, April 19, 1910.
The trainers and their horses are all settled com-
fortably at the Santa Anita racetrack and don't
seem to regret their old tunibled-down quarters at
Agricultural Park, and the horses seem benefited
by the change of scene. One great advantage Ar-
cadia has over the old place is the excellent oppor-
tunity to jog and exercise horses otherwise than on
the track; there are miles and miles of first-rate
country roads, many of them shady, where a ner-
vous horse is not exposed to city sights and sounds,
and if he does not mind the ubiquitous automobile
he has nothing to disturb his serenity, except an
occasional load of hay. The track is a great deal
better than I expected it to be and with plenty of
water and constant jogging over it will be as fast
as any. Will Durfee tells me the straight side is as
fast now as the last quarter of the old track. The
turns are a little rough, but a couple of more trips
with the scraper will remedy that; the footing is
excellent, if anything too hard without lots of water,
and can be put in such shape with but little trouble
that the majority of horses can lower their marks
over it.
The stables are in first-class shape, and as each
section of stalls has a ten-foot hood there is plenty
of chance to cool a horse out and "do him up," even
if there is only one tree on the grounds. There is
no lack of water and clear, cool water at that, so
that about all the requirements of a racing or train-
ing plant are fulfilled.
If the new track at Agricultural Park is not com-
pleted in time for a fall meeting, the Canfield Stakes,
the California Breeders' Stake and the Canfield-
Clark Stake could be raced off there, unless the
board of directors prefer accepting an offer from
some track up north to incorporate the above stakes
in the program of its race meeting.
The Del Coronado filly in Walter Maben's string
was not on the market long. After Mr. Stewart re-
signed his claim upon her and before A. B. Miller
of Rialto could be got on the 'phone, Mr. Soutner-
land, who owns a Bon Voyage colt in Maben's stable,
stepped in and paid the $3,0u0 and got her. Whether
he intends campaigning her this season or not I have
not heard, but if he does there will be another
claimant for that $10,000 2:12 class at Portland.
This filly has better than two-minute speed any time
she turns round, and with it as level a head and as
good manners in company as any old campaigner.
With her breeding she will be a factor to be con-
sidered in any race she starts in. The class won't
cut any figure.
This is not the only one in Maben's barn that has
better than two-minute speed. Mr. C. A. Canfield's
four-year-old colt El Volante stepped a quarter over
the Agricultural Park track the day before Maben
shipped to Arcadia in 29% seconds. He is the same
age as the Del Coronado filly.
Clarence Berry is getting quite a stable together
in anticipation of the new track here, and Will Dur-
fee, who has his horses in charge, says he is a
better matinee teamster than his brother, Henry
Berry, as he does not hold his hands so high that it
prevents him seeing his horse. Now, as Hen Berry
is the best matinee driver in the Los Angeles club
I he says so himself, and he ought to know), his
brother must be a erack-a-jack if Durfee is correct
in his estimate; at all events, he has got some prom-
ising material to work with. His three-year-old geld-
ing Aviator by Avalon, dam Subito by Steinway, nas
only been converted from the trot in the last six
weeks, and has paced an eighth in 15% seconds. He
is a full brother to Blanche, who won a matinee here
this season in better than 2:20. Mr. Berry has also
a two-year-old by Del Coronado out of the same mare
that can show a 2:20 clip. Subito has now a foal
at foot by Del Coronado and has been bred to Carlo-
kin this season. Another in Mr. Berry's string is
Beatrice Zombro by Zombro out of the dam of Copa
de Oro. She has a foal a week old by Carlokin that
Durfee claims is a trotter already, without a day's
handling, and it certainly is a blue-ribbon baby.
Four of the get of Del Coronado have been sold
within the last three weeks, two of them coming two-
year-olds, for $5,600. That is certainly a pretty good
showing, and substantiates A. B. Coxe's judgment in
buying the horse for his stock farm at Paoli, Pa.,
last year.
Durfee is working the big bay mare he bought
out East the year before last, by Axtell, dam by
Expedition, and seems to think well of her. She is
a good-looking thing and not unlike Copa de Oro
in color and style. She has been, or will be, bred to
Carlokin this year.
C. A. Canfield's two-year-old Charlie A. C, by
Walter Barker, paced a mile last week in 2:22. This
is the only pacer Walter Barker ever sired, and
every one of the others can trot fast and are all
handsome and big and with the best of dispositions.
James S. Stewart has surely had his share of
troubles this spring, owing to distemper among his
colts, but fortunately he is a philosopher and worry
rolls off him like water off a duck's back. At pres-
ent Atlantic Fleet, W. A. Glascock's two-year-old
pacer, is sick with it, but is doing nicely and will
be all right again soon. This is the youngster that
worked a quarter in 31% seconds a short time ago.
Glascock's other stake entry, Del Murray, has cam-
pletely recovered from the same disease, and is
being jogged. Buster, the two-year-old by Zolock,
belonging to Stewart himself, that was about as
sick as a colt could be and pull through all sound,
is as good as ever and is taking his work regularly.
John Nickerson did not send his filly Ethel G. to
Arcadia, hut is jogging her on the road, for she is
an ideal road mare, afraid of nothing and as nice in
the stable as in harness. In fact, he and Nickerson
Jr. are making such a pet of her in their private
stable, in the rear of their residence, that it won't
be long before she is admitted to the home, with
the fox terrier, the English bulldog and the rest of
the tamily. The Nickerson automobile is not as
much in evidence as it was a couple of weeKs ago,
and the polish of the brass work seems to have been
transferred to Ethel G.'s coat.
JAMES.
MORE STALLS AT SAN JOSE.
Writing under date of April 20th, Ray Mead, pro-
prietor of the San Jose Driving Park, states that
everything is progressing satisfactorily toward the
holding of the Breeders' meeting there this summer.
Mr. Mead states that there will be one day of
racing at the track on May 11th, during the cele-
bration there (the Rose Carnival). The program
will consist of two purse races of good value, two
matinee races and one match race lor $100 a side,
for which the money is up and the horses in train-
ing; there will also be one running race and a
vacquero race. The entire program with the classes
specified will be ready for publication in next week's
Breeder and Sportsman. Mr. Mead adds: "I have
just completed fifty new stalls, started a couple of
weeks ago, which makes a total of 155, and all
are occupied. I have a stand completed with a seat-
ing capacity of 3,500 people. The high board fence,
enclosing the entire grounds, will be completed
within two weeks in readiness for the Rose Carnival
ce'ebration of May lltn to 15th, which will hold
three days of automobile races and aviation flights
right here, at which time special trains from all
directions will land their passengers on these
grounds; arrangements to this effect having been
completed yesterday with the officials of the South-
ern Pacific Company."
During the past week another high-class Amer-
ican trotting stallion was sold to the foreigners to
carve his destiny on the tracks of continental Eu-
rope. This time it is Sir Todd, considered by many
competent horsemen the very best individual son of
Todd, not barring Cochato (3) 2:11%. Sir Todd
is a beautiful type of the trotting stallion, standing
16 hands tall, without a weak point in his composi-
tion, a solid bay and a horse that is believed to be
capable of trotting a mile better than 2:08 this year.
Last fall, while owned by McMora & xvelley, of Bos-
ton, and in the training stable of Bob Proctor, he
stepped a mile over the Readville plant in 2:10%
well within himself, which made him look like a
trotter of much class. He has been used some in
the stud and his produce are exceptionally good
colts with a lot of step on the trot. Sir Todd was
bred bv Hon. J. M. Johnson, and as his name would
implv is a son of the late Todd, dam Kate Brooks
(dani of Larabie the Great (3) 2:12%) by Adalbrino
2646. The consideration is reported as $10,000 and
he is looked upon as an exceptionally cheap horse.
FRA ELBERTUS ON THE AUTOMOBILE.
Elbert Hubbard who edits a monthly magazine
called The Fra, a sort of companionpiece to his
little pamphlet so well known as The Philistine,
recently published the following sermon on the
automobile:
" 'We live,' says William Howard Taft 'in the age
of the automobile,' and what Ubill means is that we
live at a time when there is a hot desire to get there
quick, regardless of expense, with a contempt for
risks and a certain indifference to the rights of other
people. We live in the age of the automobile.
"The amount of money invested in America in
automobiles and automobile factories and machinery
for making automobiles is over five hundred million
dollars. Nearly a million men are employed in car-
ing for, running, making and selling 'machines.' A
peculiar thing about an auto is the brevity of its
life. Woman's love does not compare. Machines
three years old are out of date, and practically junk.
Buy a machine, and run it around the block once,
and it is a second-hand proposition. If it cost you
three thousand dollars, you have knocked a thou-
sand off its value.
"Second-hand automobiles carry with them a sort
of stigma or disgrace, like unto the wearing of sec-
ond-hand clothes. To own an 'ice-wagon' is to in-
vite social ostracism and place your commercial
rating in jeopardy. If some one has discarded a
thing and you have taken it up, why, then you have
taken up the thing which some one has discarded.
In Italy there are people who pick up cigar stumps
as a business. In Naples, I have seen a man smok-
ing a cigar followed by women and children, ambu-
lance chasers in embryo awaiting the psychological
moment when the man would throw away the snipe.
Then there was a fight for the spoils. No one in
America has sunk to so low a stratum as that.
"And no matter how high prices go, white folks
who live under the Stars and Stripes will not eat
victuals that have come from some one else's table —
if they know it. Minced ham and beef-stew at a
restaurant are tabu, unless brought on under a
French name, or are vouched for - by a man who
can prove an alabi. And in this automobile business
we get to the end of the limit in the matter of pride.
Imagine a young married man buying a second-hand
machine for his tootsie's use? Wouldn't she shed
hot, blinding tears at the thought? What the John-
sons would say! So with our gasoline there is al-
ways mixed a deal of pride, and this pride is one
of the worst features in the whole auto business.
"Probably half of the folks who own autos have
no moral right to do so. In the main it is a luxury,
and in the case of an owner with an income less than
five thousand a year, it is an extravagance. The
auto is, for the most part, a plaything. The people
who ride in them are not going anywhere — they have
been — and they haven't anything to do when they
get there. The speed is fatuous, and the errand
artificial, the pomp and seriousness farcical. The
autos of this country are costing us as much as that
fat poodle, the navy — a million dollars a day. This
was about the cost of our Civil War, from start to
finish. The value of a thing is in direct ratio to its
productive power. That which pays six per cent
clear, we call a good investment. But you must
figure on overhead fixed enlarges, and depreciation.
"There is only one thing in the world that is so
costly to maintain, and is subject to so rapid dete-
rioration as an auto and that is a man-of-war. To
repair an auto that is once 'smashed up' is an im-
possibility. I saw a limousine hit by a street car in
New York last week. The owner took the cushions,
and then gave a drayman five dollars to carry the
twisted, bent and broken thing away and dump it.
"You can build a new battleship as cheaply as
you can raise and repair the Maine. But, say our
friends, battleships belong to nations, and autos to
individuals — your comparison is not fair. Well, take
steam yachts, then. The auto is the steam yacht of
the middle class. Its productive power is a hypothe-
sis, and often a barren ideality. That recreation is
valuable and has its use, we will admit. The auto
prevents introspection, and gives its occupants a
fine ration of fresh air. The management of one is
a pleasing puzzle, and to feel all this power at your
finger tips is a great stimulus. It breeds alertness
of eye and ear, gives much dexterity, accelerates the
heart's action, and also I believe, promotes the cause
of temperance, since we know that only a perfectly
sober man can run one, without terrific risk. The
chauffeur who drinks has already lost his job.
"And surely the world needs recreation and it
needs fresh air. Also, man is made to migrate, and
the act of moving around is natural and right. So
far, so good. But my plea is that a vast number of
people are buying machines who can't afford them.
To mortgage a home in order to buy an auto is de-
liberate lunacy. To keep out of debt is quite as
necessary as to travel far and fast, kick up a hell of
a dust, and make a had smell. The peace that
comes from knowing you can meet your obligations
is something you can not afford to trade in on the
price of a machine. The burden of debt and expense
may kill you. Go slow! Also, keep to the right!
"If you haven't a machine, you can walk. The
Open Road is yours. Sit on the bankside and watch
them fly past and feel sorry for the occupants who
go so swift that they see little or nothing; and
who perhaps have stood off the butcher, the baker
and the grocer in order to open up their social cut-
off and cultivate that stony stare of non-recognition
and conscious superiority. The autoist does not
love Nature — his bent is mechanical; his fad is
wheels — motion has infatuated him. You can think
of daisies, butterflies, trees and birds. He thinks
of crankshafts, carbureters, spark plugs and non-
skidding, anti-skidoo appliances. The Law of Com-
pensation exists. You own the landscape — he has
only a right of way. Honk honk! Keep to the
right, you lobster!
"And the argument is this: The automobile is a
non-productive, fixed — damnably fixed — investment.
The money you put there is there to stay. If you
can afford it, invest, but if you can't, don't. Punch's
advice to the man about to wed, can safely be given
to the man about to buy a machine. Altogether,
this country has got to take a pace that is a little
more moderate, else not only the rural constable
but God will get us by the scruff. The tremendous
non-productive investment in automobiles has got
to be paid for in some way, possibly in explosive
sobs and gobs. What that shape will be no man can
say, but the fact is, this country is pretty nearly
benzine-buggy bughouse."
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BE READY TO CURE HORSE AILMENTS.
A horse owner should determine to be his own vet-
erinary, at least in the ordinary cases. Little things
happen too frequently to horses to be all the time de-
pending on others. In this connection, we want to
commend to our readers an excellent little book called
"A Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases." This book
and Kendall's Spavin Cure ought always go together.
The book is a wonderful little compendium of horse
knowledge. It gives symptoms, describes diseases,
suggests proper treatment. In very many cases Ken-
dall's Spavin Cure is the only remedy needed. The
book can be had free at the drug store where Kendall's
Spavin Cure is sold or it may be secured by writing
to the B. J. Kendall Company at Enosburg Falls, Ver-
mont, if you enclose a two-cent stamp to pay the
postage.
WEST SIDE MILLING CO.
MASSILLON, OHIO, U. S. A.. Jan. 30, 1910.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. : —
Some time ago we received a bottle of "Save-the-
Horse" and used same on the trotting mare Susie
Burns to remove an enlargement she received by hit-
ting her knee in a race last spring, and wish to state
that the remedy has done its work, the enlargement
is removed and her legs are perfectly clean. We now
have a horse, etc. Very truly,
WEST SIDE MILLING CO.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 23, 1910.
WHY TROTTERS SELL HIGH IN AUSTRALIA.
[By Wm. G. Layng.]
In the last issue of the "Breeder and Sportsman"
there appeared a notice of the first auction sale of
trotting stock from Messrs. Tye Bros.' Allendale
Stock Farm, which took place at Mentone, near Mel-
bourne, Australia, March 3d. The amount received
for the seventy-three head being $43,900 — an average
of $601! This surpasses any sale held in the United
States for many years and demonstrates clearly that
the demand for choicely-bred American trotting
horses in Australasia is remarkably good, and that
the interest in the light harness horse industry there
is awakening to a point which might almost be
termed a "craze." Mr. Andrew Robertson, the genial
superintendent of this, the leading stock farm in the
"Land of the Southern Cross," is an ardent student
of bloodlines and is as wrell posted on the merits of
the leading trotting families in America as anyone I
ever met, and, as a judge of conformation, is recog-
nized as an authority. He has devoted the better
part of his life to the trotters and is thoroughly
conversant with this entrancing industry in every
branch. He made two trips to America, the first one
in 1904, when he brought over a few stallions and
mares to New Zealand. In 1905 he left New Zealand
for Australia to take charge of the Allendale farm,
and in 190S made his second trip, this time to Cali-
fornia, where he purchased a number of very choicely
bred trotting stallions, mares, colts and fillies. Upon
his arrival in Australia all the youngsters capable of
being worked were placed in charge of his brother
Lou, one of the best trainers and reinsmen in Aus-
tralasia, and several of the young stallions not in
training were sold at good prices. Many of the
broodmares were in foal and, as soon after foaling
time as possible, these were bred to Abby Bells 38584
(son of Bow Bells 2:19% and Russia, sister to Maud
S. 2:08%) ; Marvin Wilkes 2:12% ison of Don Marvin
2:22%, and Nora S. by Sable Wilkes 2:18), and Hal
Zolock (a son of Zolock 2:05%, and Belle Pointer by
Sky Pointer 34567).
Owing to the many inquiries last year for prices
for the mares, colts and fillies on this farm it was
decided to sell them by public auction, and as soon
as the date was agreed upon Superintendent Robert-
son compiled a sale catalogue which was a revelation
to the farmers and trotting horsemen of Australasia.
It was so complete and comprehensive that a mere
perusal of its pages created a desire in the minds of
the readers to own some of those listed. The sale
was very extensively advertised in the leading news-
papers and agricultural papers of the Dominion and
as a result over 600 people assembled there from all
parts of Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Bid-
ding was lively; the total amount received proved it
was an overwhelming success in every way. Nearly
all that were sold were shipped away from Melbourne
and will find homes where standard bred trotters
have heretofore been almost unknown. This sale,
therefore, will be exceedingly beneficial to the indus-
try and arouse an interest in light harness horses
that has been nearly dormant.
It was a noticeable fact, however, that very few
buyers were there from the South Island of New
Zealand, the principal cities therein being Christ-
church, Dunedin and Westport, but several buyers
came from Auckland, Wellington and Hastings in tie
North Island of New Zealand. I can only account for
the fact that so few horsemen from Christchurch
attended, because of there being a goodly number of
trotting bred horses there at present, and, as that
city is recognized as the "cradle of the industry,"
where the greatest interest is taken in the breeding
and development of trotters and pacers, no doubt
owners did not care to make the journey of : '00 miles
to add to their rapidly increasing ranks of trotters
and pacers.
This beautifully situated city of Christchurch was
the first city of prominence in New Zealand to attract
the attention of horsemen throughout Australasia,
because in and around it were located the first
consignments of really high-class American-bred trot-
ters that ever crossed the Pacific ocean. In 1882
Robert Wilkin left Christchurch for Kentucky, and
the following year he arrived home safely with a
number of young stallions and mares that have since
proven famous as the foundation stock of the best
horses in that part of the world. Farmers and horse
breeders then became deeply interested, race tracks
of every size and shape were built, racing associa-
tions were formed and the germs of the trotting horse
fever were absorbed by men in every condition of
life as they saw how naturally the youngsters by the
American sires trotted. That year, 18S2, will also be
remembered as the one in which John Kerr brought
the Hambletonian stallion Irvington to Christchurch.
Wm. Corbitt of San Mateo, California, purchased this
horse and his full brother Arthurton in the East, and,
after trying him in the stud, found that, unlike
Arthurton, he was not a sure foal getter, and, when
this New Zealand horseman came, he lost no time in
selling the stallion for a long price. Childe Harold
also came to Australia in 1SS2; he was by Harold 413.
out of Young Portia by Mambrino Chief 11, and bred
to Colonial mares his progeny "astonished the na-
tives," in fact, his influence upon the trotting horse
industry was of untold benefit and his name might
well be placed in the highest niche in the temple of
Australian equine fame. The advantages of having
colts and fillies tracing to Hambletonian 10 and
Mambrino Chief have been everywhere in the Col-
onies recognized since the landing of these importa-
tions in 18S2 and the widespread interest and splen-
did results obtained at this recent sale may be
attributed to the fame achieved in races by their
descendants.
I received by the last mail a copy of Volume 2 of
the New Zealand Trotting Stud Book, for which I am
deeply indebted to Mr. Ronald O. Duncan of Christ-
church, one of the leading New Zealand trotting horse
enthusiasts and owner of many good ones. From this
book I gleaned many facts which tend to show why
well-bred American-bred trotters bring such high
prices, and why it was that there was such spirited
bidding for the choicest offerings at the Allendale
sale. All the holders of champion records — trotting
and pacing — in Australasia trace directly to the horses
imported from the United States. In only a few
instances is there a blending of Colonial blood, and
then it is of the plastic thoroughbred order. Let us
see what these early imported horses and mares were.
Mr. Robert Wilkin, on his visit to Kentucky, bought
Berlin 374, by Woodford Mambrino 2:21%, out of
Sue Dudley by Edwin Forrest 49. consequently a full
brother to Grosjean 2:19 and Mambrino Dudley 2:22;
Blackwood Abdallah 404S, by Homer, out of a mare
by Blackwood 74 ; Vancleve by Harold, out of Vassar
by Belmont 64; second dam Venus, by American Star
14; and the great broodmares Jeannie Tracey by Tom
Stamps 1733 (son of Abdallah Pilot 70S and Queen
Dido, dam of the great Red Wilkes), out of a mare
by Bourbon Chief; Fanny Belle by Mambrino King
1279, out of Fanny Cloud (dam of Kentucky 10302)
by Flying Cloud, etc.; Messenger Maid by Messenger
Chief 1825, by Abdallah Pilot 70S, dam by Davy
Crockett Jr.; Queen Emma by Erie out of Sue Dudley
by Tom Dudley, and Woodburn Maid, by Sterling (son
of Merchant 599 by Belmont 64), dam Brown Bread
(dam of Cracker Boy 2:27). When these mares were
bred to the sires Mr. Wilkins imported, the foals
showed such natural speed that other horsemen be-
came convinced that it would pay them to buy more
of that kind, so orders w-ere sent for consignments
from Kentucky and California, and many were pur-
chased from Rancho del Paso, Palo Alto, Pleasanton
Stock Farm, Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Rancho
Resaca, H. W. Seale's farm at Mayfield, By Holly's
farm near Vallejo, Aptos Stock Farm, Rosedale Stock
Farm, and from several small breeders who had
brought the merits of their horses to the attention of
the New Zealand horse buyers through advertise-
ments in the turf journals. With such an influx of
good material there were more fast trotters and
pacers in New Zealand than in Australia at the time
Mr. Robertson imported his choice selection two
years ago. In Australia, there were several good
stallions, viz: Childe Harold and his son Osterley
2:25, Honesty 2:25%, Owyhee (4) 2:11, Abbey Bells
and some sons of Rothschild by Childe Harold,
but there was a great lack of choice standard bred
broodmares; this, in a measure, has been supplied
by those enterprising breeders, the Messrs. Tye
Brothers of Melbourne. The reputation of that per-
fectly gaited Australian trotting champion gelding
Fritz 2:13, by Vancleve out of Franklin by Berlin
374, is based on performances that, even to an Amer-
ican horseman, must appear almost incredible. It
was to this gelding's game racing that attention was
first attracted to the merits of standard-bred trot-
ting sires and dams as producers of racehorses.
Emulator 2: IS 4-5 holds the stallion record and he
was by Osterley, he by Child Harold out of Belle
Briggs (dam of Rothschild, the greatest of all Aus-
tralian sires) by Jm Lick (trial 2:27) by Homer,
he by Hambletonian 10, but of a mare by New York
Rattler; second dam by Imported Consternation, sire
of the third dam of Alierton 2:09%, Jay Bird's great-
est speed siring son. Jim Lick's dam, so Mr. Hen-
drickson, his owner, informed me, was called The
Springer mare, a dark gray trotter by a Messenger
horse, owned by a Mr. Cranston near Mt. Holly,
New Jersey; she was the dam of that beautiful white
mare Twilight 2:27 that created so much enthusiasm
and praise by her beauty, style and perfect trotting
action at the Belmont track in Philadelphia during
the Centennial year, 1S76, when this track was first
thrown open to the public. Jim Lick was a gray
stallion with remarkably good action, but was in-
jured and thrown out of training before he could
make a record. Belle Briggs was out of a mare by
the great John Nelson 1S7, and her second dam was
by Imported Glencoe. Is it any wonder that Roths-
child and Osterley became great sires? But I am
digressing. The fastest trotting mare in New
Zealand was Jessie Palm 2:18, and she also holds
the tw7o mile record for mares — 1:43 2-5, she was
by this horse Rothschild, out of Messenger Maid,
by Messenger Chief 1S25. Blackchild holder of the
two mile stallion record 4:41 was also by Rothschild,
out of Tennessee by Blackwood Abdallah 404S. Al-
bertorious, another stallion, has the same record,
4:41, and he was by Albert Victor (son of Albert
W. 2:20 and Victorine by Echo) out of Dulce by New-
land's Hambletonian, a son of Speculation. Osterley
2:25, full brother to Rothschild, holds the three mile
record 7:30%. The holder of the four mile trotting
record is a horse called Specification, a son of Con-
tractor 10S5, out of a Colonial half thoroughbred
mare called Katie Merryhawk, his record being
10:47. Colt racing is only a recent innovation and
the Allendale Stock Farm loomed up to the front by
producing Grattan Bells by Abby Bells 3S5S4 as the
champion two-year-old trotter of Australasia 2.29%.
Let us see what the holders of the champion pac-
ing records are descended from: Delavan Chimes by
Abby Bells holds the two-year-old record for Aus-
tralia 2:26% and Laughing Bells holds the record
for Australia as a pacing two-year-old filly 2:29 2-5.
The fastest pacer in New Zealand was Ribbonwood
2:09, he also holds the race record for two miles
4:43 4-5. He was sired by Wildwood, a Palo Alto
bred stallion, being by Good Gift (sire of Prince Gift
2:12, etc) out of Amlet by Fallis 2:23, second dam
Alameda by Langford; third dam Lady Bell
Igrandam of Rowena 2:17%, etc.) by Williamson's
Belmont; fourth dam Puss, a noted producer, by
Lance, son of American Eclipse. Good Gift was by
Electioneer out of Miss Gift by Wildidle, the great
four mile race horse; second dam Kate Gift, by
Lodi, etc. Ribbonwood's dam was by Young Irving-
ton, he by Irvington by Hambletonian 10. Sal Tasker
holds the champion record for mares 2:16. She also
paced in 2:20 (flying start) as a two-year-old, and is
owned by Mrs. R. O. Duncan. Sal Tasker's sire was
Rothschild and she is out of Jessie by Boston, a
Colonial-bred trotter. Myositis 2:15 2-5 (under sad-
dle in a race) was by Huon (a son of Hamlin's Al-
mont Jr.) out of Georgina by Lincoln Yet, a son of
Irvington. The two mile record 4:32% is held by
Almont who also paced three miles in 6:50. Almont
was sired by Rothschild out of Puella by Berlin 374;
second dam Woodburn Maid by Sterling (son of Mer-
chant 599) — strictly American bred. There is an-
other great pacer, the best in Australia, called Dan
Patch, he has a mark of 2:10. He is also by Rotb
schild out of Rauhine by Prince Bismark, another
son of Berlin 374. Hence by the records these cham-
pions are all related to Hambletonian 10.
While these records may seem somewhat "slow" to
those who attend our races, there are conditions
surrounding the racing in that far off land under
which it is doubtful if many of our best horses could
do better. In the first place nearly all horses are
trained on little tracks from a half to three-quarters
of a mile in circumference, some of these tracks are
square with the corners "rounded off a little." They
are soft, and usually laid out in a field at a very
small expense, where a watering cart, a roller, or
drag is seldom used. I have seen the little track
which Ribbonwood was trained upon and I do not
know of one in California as rough, heavy and un-
even. The horses are "roaded" from these poor
training grounds to the race track on the morning of
the race meeting, perhaps the distance is five miles.
Then, at the conclusion of the races (which are in
a majority of cases held on a grass track, rough,
uneven, full of holes and perfectly flat on the turns)
the horses with their "tack" are either ridden or
driven home. All trotters and pacers are ridden in
races as well as driven to sulky. The handicap dash
system is in vogue and nearly all that is in a horse
is taken out of him before the dash is ended. In
the matter of caring for their trotters and pacers
the Colonials are as well qualified as any trainers
we have.
There are very few really capable reinsmen in
Australasia, with the exception perhaps of David
Price, Newton Price, Lou Robertson, Claude Piper,
Robt. McMillan, M. Edwards, L. Meserrey, Jas. Pettie,
W. Kerr, A. Pringle and W. A. Scott (of Auckland).
But, in a few years, it would not be surprising if
some of our leading reinsmen go there, and I claim
without fear of contradiction, they will be wel-
comed by the largest number of enthusiastic horse-
men they ever dreamed of, and will be astonished
to learn how remarkably fast the trainers are acquir-
ing American ideas. With good tracks and better
places to train their horses it is not idle prophecy to
say that it will not be many years before we learn
that from the recent splendid accession to the breed-
ing ranks of the many choicely bred trotters there at
present many 2:10 performers will be found. For
among those on the continent and the two islands
are descendants of Chimes 2:30%, Chas. Derby 2:20,
Harold 413, Bingen 2:06%, Expedition 2:15%, Me-
Kinney 2:11%, Bonnie Direct 2:05%, Guy Wilkes
2:15%, Axtell 2:12, Direct 2:05%, Directum 2:05%,
Sidney Dillon, Allie Wilkes 2:15, Mambrino Patchen,
Fallis 2:23, Speculation, Alierton 2:09%, Baron
Wilkes 2: IS, Red Wilkes, Prodigal 2:16, Wilkes Boy
2:24%, Alcantara 2:23, Pilot Medium, Abbv Bells,
Elyria 2:15%, Wilton 2:19%, Jay Bird 2:31, Abbotts-
ford 2:19%, Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27, Owyhee 2:11
and Marvin Wilkes 2:12%. It is a true saying that
"blood will tell' and time, experience and develop-
ment will bring many representatives of these ap-
proved sires to the front and especially from some
of the splendidly formed and sound limbed mares like
those I saw during my sojourn there. Everyone
interested m the light harness industry seems eager
for information about the breeding and training of
our trotters, and all the leading American trotting
horse journals find places in the homes of these men
who are enthusiastic over the splendid outlook for
fast horses, and are anxious to have the whole world
recognize the fact that, in this far away land bej'ond
the seas, some phenomenally fast horses will some
day come.
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Fannie Dillard 2:03%, once the champion pacing
mare, had her leg broken while in pasture at Wells-
ville, New York, and had to be destroyed. She was
heavy in foal to Direct Hal 2:04%. Fanny Dillard
was a great race mare and was a full sister to the
great race horse Hal B. 2:04% now'owned in Oregon.
Until Hedgewood Boy 2:02% and Lady Maud C.
2:02% came out Fannie Dillard and Hal B. were the
fastest full brother and sister in the country.
Eighteen head of finished mules, averaging 1500
pounds in weight, were purchased by a St. Louis,
Missouri, dealer recently for shipment to New York.
These were all fancy big mules, and they brought
a fancy price, the sum of $5S50 being paid for the
eighteen head, an average of $325.
Saturday, April 23, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE GRAND RAPIDS ENTRIES.
2:12 Clastt Trotting:, The Furniture Manufacturers'
Purse, 910,000.
Don Labor 2:13%, b. g. by Labor Day — Cammie E. by
Electrification; W. "W. Hixson, Rockford, 111.
Ario Leyburn, br. h. by Avion — Rose Leyburn by On-
ward; W. A. Mathews & Co.. Pine Bluff, Ark.
Thistle Doune, b. h. by Jay McGregor — Baroness Sybil
by Baron Wilkes; Parthenia, br. m. by Liberty
Chimes — Beckie Mack by Almomedo; Adele Mar-
grave, ro. m. by Margrave — Telia by Axinite;
Thistle Doune Stock Farm, North Randall, Ohio.
Major Strong 2:15^4, b. g. by Strong Boy — Lucy by
Petosky; Edward Wren, Springfield, Ohio.
Gamar 2:12^. , b. h. by Tekmar — Gavatta by Milroi;
Ross & Dickerson, Madison, Ind.
O'Neil (3) 2:13%, br. h. by Walnut Hall — Ozalma by
Moko; T. W. Kinser, Glens Falls, N. Y.
Telemachus 2:11%, b. h. by Onward Silver — Bessie E.
D. by Norvardine; V. L. Shuler. Indianapolis, Ind.
Safeguard 2:11%, b. g. by Greystone — Zelotta by Ham-
brino; Elmer S. Long, Indianapolis, Ind.
Dudie Archdale, blk. m. by Archdale — Dudie Egmont
by Egmont Chief; E. F. Geers, Memphis, Tenn.
Bisa 2:13 %. b. m. by Bingara — Komura by Kremlin;
Walter R. Cox, Dover, N. H.
Creighton, b. g. by The Bondsman; Oakland Flobar
2:27%, br. h. by Oakland Baron — Flossie Baron by
Baron Wilkes; C. W. Lasell, Whitinsville, Mass.
Charley H. 2:12%, b. g. by Cicerone — Jennie S. by
Ironwood; W. H. Stubblefield, Oran, Mo.
Jennie Constantine 2:ll1/i, b. m. by Constantine —
Jennie Beneton by Redfern; J. L. Dodge, Middle-
town, N. Y.
Lady Bryan 2:12%, b. m. by Cecelian Prince — Monie by
Danville Wilkes; Bervaldo 2:13%, b. g. by The
Tramp — Tenella by Bow Bells; Lady Vincent
2:20%, b. m. by Lord Vincent — Zoe Medium by
Happy Medium; T. W. Murphy, Macon, Ga.
Lillie W., ch. m. by Simoneer — Anna Ryland by Happy
King; Dorothy Axworthy, ch. m. by Axworthy —
Dorothy T. by Advertiser; Geo. H. Estabrook,
Denver.
Alfonso 2:15%, b. g. by Constantine — Daisy P. by Gov-
ernor Seymour; Alonzo McDonald, Macon, Ga.
2:06 Class Pacing, The Comxtock Pur.se, $5000.
Maggie Winder (3) 2:06%, b. m. by oratorio — Clara
Direct by Direct; J. M. Winder, Bristol, Pa.
R. F. D. 2:05%, blk. g. by The Kingmaker — Irish Lass
by R^ywood; Curtis E. Robinson, Chicago, 111.
Walter W. 2:06, b. g. by Little Frank — Irene by King
Milton; Hallie Direct 2:09%, ch. m. by Walter
Direct — Maud by Hal Carter; E. F. Gee'rs Mem-
phis, Tenn.
Tony Swift (4) 2:05%,' blk. h. by Swift Bell — Gipsey
Girl by Simmocolon; Chas. E. Dean, Palatine, 111.
Major Brino 2:05%, blk. g. by Wildbrino — Veta Red bv
Red Wilkes; William Hodson; Montreal, Can.
March McEwen (4) 2:08%, ro. g. by Fred S. McEwen —
Cleo by Rattler Brooks; Jack Shackelford, Court-
land, Ala.
Asa Wilkes 2:09%, ch. h. by Roan Wilkes — Artful Maid
by Ashland Wilkes; Branham Baughman (2) 2:24*A
by Gambetta Wilkes — Patsy's Best by Nuthurst";
Walter Cox, Dover, N. H.
Walter Hal 2:06%, gr. h. by Walter Direct — Duck by
Brown Hal; G- M. Garth & Sons, Courtland, Ala.
Bland S. 2:05%. b. h. by Egyptian Boy — Hoku by
Cuckoo; W. H. Stubblefield, Oran, Mo.
Baron Whips 2:05%, ch. g. by Baron Dillon — Metella
by Whips; Ella Ambulator 2:06%, br. m. by Ambu-
lator— Ella Eddy by Jerome Eddy; T. W. Murphy,
Macon, Ga.
Maconda 2:05%, b. m. by Red Wing C. — Helen P. by
Prince George; William L. Albin, Springfield, Ohio.
2:14 Class, Pacing; The Ira M. Smith Department Store
Purse, $2000.
Evelyn W. 2:15%, b. m. by The Spy — Daisy by Gov.
Nichols; Thistle Doune Stock Farm, North Ran-
dall, Ohio.
Dan D. 2:13%. b. g. by Prodigal— Fanny M. by Re-
Election; W. A. Mathews & Co., Pine Bluff, Ark.
Maxie Direct 2:13%, blk. g. by Direct — Maxim by
Brown Hal; David Lockhart, Orlando, Fla.
Rena Patch 2:24%, b. m. by Dan Patch — Reneline by
Online; International Stock Food Farm, Savage,
Minn.
Colonel Forrest 2:13% by Gen. Forrest; Dick Mc-
Mahan, Libertyville, Ind.
Lady of Honor 2:14% by Direct Hal — Maid of Honor
by Mambrino King; M. Quinn, Ithaca, N. Y.
Direct Hal. Jr., 2:14%, blk. h. by Direct Hal — Regent's
Last by Prine Regent; The Abbe, blk. h. by
Chimes — Nettie King by Mambrino King; E. F.
Geers, Memphis, Tenn.
Sara Ann Patch 2:15%, blk. m. by Joe Patchen; Bran-
ham Baughman (2) 2:24%., b. h. by Gambetta
Wilkes; Walter Cox, Dover, N. H.
Nettie McEwen, ro. h. by Frend S. McEwen; Geo. M.
Garth & Sons, Courtland, Ala
Hal Ackin 2:14%, b. h. by Brown Hal, dam by Bay
Tom, Jr.; Thos. W. Murphy, Macon, Ga.
C the Limit, b. h. by Searchlight — Bertha by Alcan-
tara; Geo. H. Estabrook, Denver, Colo.
Ian Bar 2:13%., b. h. by Monbars — Nancy Till by Pro-
hibition; R. W. Mclrvine, Brantford, Conn.
Hal B., Jr., br. h. by Hal B. — Annie D. by Wilkesman;
P. L. Kastener, Sebringville, Ont.
2:20 Class Trotting, Grand Rapids Railway Purse,
Purse.
Castle Doune 2:29%, b. h. by Jay McGregor — Ecka by
Richford Baron; J. B. Chandler, Berlin, Wis.
Thistledoune, b. h. by Jay McGregor — Baroness Sybil
by Baron Wilkes; Parthenia, br. m, by Liberty
Chimes — Beckie Mack by Almomedo; Adele Mar-
grave; ro. m. by Margrave — Telia by Axinite;
Thistledoune Stock Farm, Cleveland, Ohio.
Ashland Clay, ch. h. by Clay — R.uby Ashland by Ash-
land Wilkes; Jas. Hogan, Agt., Memphis, Tenn.
Ormonde, blk. h. by Wilkes Boy — Paronella by Park-
ville; Lady Willow 2:24%, br. m. by Minator —
Louise C. by Sexton; E. F. Geers, Memphis, Tenn.
Henry H., br. g. by Gregory the Great, dam of Artil-
lery; Chas. A. Dean, Palatine, 111.
Myrtle Grannette 2:23%, br. m. by Grannette — Lady by
Dan Voorhees; Robert A., br, g. by Bernadotte,
dam by Wilkes Boy; Glenmere Stables Goshen,
N. Y.
Belideena 2:26%, blk. m. by Abdell — Sylvan Maid by
Aberdeen; E. R. Bryan, Memphis, Tenn.
Doctor Tregg, br. g. by Tregantle — Helen H. by Mo-
quette; A. Pearson. Chicago, 111.
Henry Winter, b. h. by Ed. Winter — Charming Bunker
by Bobby McGregor; Alonzo McDonald, Macon, Ga.
Creighton, b. g. by The Bondsman; Oakland Flobar
2:27%, br. h. by Oakland Baron — Flossie Boran by
Baron Wilkes; C. W. Lasell, Whitinsville, Mass.
Rickey Rawson (3) 2:26, ch. m. by Onward Silver;
Lady Vincent 2:20%!, b. m. by Lord Vincent; Thos.
W. Murphy, Macon, Ga.
Lillie W., ch. m. by Simmoneer — Anna Ryland by
Happy King; Dorothy Axworthy, ch. m. by Ax-
worthy; Dorothy T. by Advertiser; Geo. H. Esta-
brook, Denver, Colo.
Doune, b. h. by Jay McGregor — Baroness Sibyl by
Baron Wilkes; Thistle Doune Stock Farm, North
Randall, Ohio.
Albia, b. m. by Bingen-Marion by Arion; Robert Proc-
tar, Readville, Mass.
Areo 2:24%, b. g. by Arion — Cuddleton by Hummer
John Waters, Baltimore, Md.
Ario Leyburn, b. h. by Arion — Rose Leyburn by On-
ward; W. A. Matthews & Co., Pine Bluff, Ark.
Ashland Clay, ch. h. by C. F. Clay — Ruby Ashland by
Ashland Wilkes; M. Hogan, Memphis, Tenn.
Baron Penn 2:24%, b. h. by William Penn — Mary
King by Mambrino King; V. L. Shuler, Indianapo-
lis, Ind.
Eelldena 2:26%, bk. m. by Adbell — Sylvan Maid by
Aberdeen; E. R. Bryan, Memphis, Tenn.
Billy D. 2:29%, ch. g. by Algomah, dam by Masterlode;
C. W. Moore, Detroit, Mich.
Maxtell, blk. h. by Axtell — Rose Ambler by Dauntless;
Bascom Parker, Niles, Mich.
Captain George, b. c. by Admiral Dewey — Miss Jeffer-
son by Jefferson; Rickey Rawson (3) 2:26, ch. m.
by Onward Silver — Strathlona by Strathmore; Twi-
light Maiden, b. m. by Peter the Great; Thomas W.
Murphy, Pouglikeepsie, N. Y.
County Jumper, b. g. by Cascade — Kate C. by Abdallah
Wilkes; C. M. Van Brunt, Red Bank, N. J.
Creighton, b. g. by The Bondsman; Oakland Flobar
2:27%, br. h by Oakland Baron — Flossie Baron by
Baron Wilkes; Oakhurst Farm, Whitinsville, Mass.
Decoration 2:29%, ch. g. by Gearing — Nancy Conkling
by Roscoe Conkling; William J. Keating, Bay City.
Dudie Archdale, blk. m. by Archdale — Dudie Egmont
by Egmont Chief; Ormonde, blk. h. by Wilkes Boy
— Paronella by Parkville; E. F. Geers, Memphis,
Tenn.
Electric Todd, br. h. by Todd — Chloe Wilkes by Wilkes
Boy; Joe Mooney, Toledo. Ohio.
Henry H., br. g. by Gregory the Great; Charles E.
Dean, Palatine, 111.
Henry Winters, b. h. by Ed Winters — Charming
Bunker; Alonzo McDonald, Indianaoolis. Ind.
Lillie W.. ch. m. by Skimmoneer — Anna Ryland by
Happy King; Geo. H. Estabrook, Denver, Colo.
Myrtle Grannett 2:23%, br. m. by Grannett — Lady by
Dan Voorhees; Robert A., br. g. by Bernadotte,
dam bv Wilkes Boy; Glenmere Stable, Goshen,
N. Y.
O. J. (3) 2:24%, ch. g. by Sidney Prince — Molly by Mo-
doc; W A. Ogings, Lexington, Ky.
Remorseful, blk. g. by Wiggins — Alice W. by Sim-
mons; S. C. Wagner, Dayton, Ohio.
Chamber of Commerce, 2:13 Pace, $5,000.
Adele Ross, blk. h. by J. H. D. — Maggie Yeiser by
Yeiser Boy; Direct Hal, Jr. 2:14%, blk. h. by Direct
Hal — Regent's Last by Prince Regent; The Abbe,
hlk. h. by Chimes — Nettie King by Mambrino
King; E. F. Geers, Memphis, Tenn.
Allie Vincent 2:12%, br. m. by Allertell — Hattie Vin-
cent by St. Vincent; Nicholas Benson, Elm wood,
111.
Alwanda 2:12%, b. g. by Alvander — Ettawanda by
Casca: James Keegan, Hartsdale. N. Y.
Ashline 2:12%, b. g. by Ashland Wilkes — Eoline by
Anteeo; A. B. Cummings. Reading. Pa.
Branham Baughman 2:24^, br. g. by Gambetta
Winlkes — Patsy Best by Nuthurst; Lady Isle 2:12%
by Island Wilkes, Jr. — Lizzie Wilkes by Fitler;
Sara Ann Patch 2:15%, blk. m. by Joe Patchen —
Sara Ann Thistle; Walter Cox, Manchester, N. H.
Col. Forrest 2:13%, b. h. by Gen. Forrest — Emma T.
by Realty; Dick McMahan, Libertyville.
C-The Limit, b. h. by Searchlight — Bertha by Alcan-
tara; George H. Estabrook, Denver. Colo.
Evelyn W. 2:15%. b. m. The Spy — Daisy by Gov. Nich-
ols; Thistle Doune Stock Farm. North Randall, O.
Fred Patchen 2:19%, by g. by The Star of Patchen —
Laura Trigo by Gambetta Wilkes; Float Jolly,
Tipton, Ind.
Hal Ackin 2:14%, b. h. by Brown Hal — Maudian by
Bay Tom, Jr.; Thomas W. Murphy, Pouglikeepsie,
N. Y.
Ian Bar 2:13%, b. h. by Monbars — Nancy Till by Pro-
hibition; C. H. Mabee, Tilsonburg. Oont.
Joe McGregor, b. h. by Fergus McGregor, dam by Joe
Young; Sister Florentine, b. m. by Constenaro, dam
by Equivalent; H. H. James, Winnipeg. Can.
Ladv of Honor 2:14%, ch. m. by Direct Hal — Regent's
Last by Prince Regent; W. L. Snow, Hornell, N. Y.
Little Dick 2:12%, b. g. by Coinage, dam by Corn-
cracker; J. F. Adams, Detroit, Mich.
Mary Boo 2:14%, b. m. by Dumbarton — Lady Bug by
Almont; John Waters. Baltimore, Md.
Maxie Direct, b. m. by Direct — Maxim by Brown Hal;
D. Lockheart, Orlando, Fla.
Nathan B., br. h. by Truce; George R. King, Dallas,
Tex.
Rena Patch 2:24% by Dan Patch — Renline by Online;
International Stock Farm, Minneapolis, Minn.
Silver Joe, gr. g. by The Eel; F. W. Entricken, Tavi-
stock, Ontario.
The Philistine, b. c. by Direct Hal — Pearl Onward by
Onward; W. A. Owings, Lexington. Ky.
2:11 Trot, Purse $3,000.
Adele Margrave, Parthenia and Thistle Doune; Thistle
Doune Stock Farm, North Randall, Ohio.
Alice Roosevelt 2:10%, ch. m. by The Searcher — Pap's
Flaxen by Blackhawk McGregor; Lady Bryan
2:12%, b. m. by Cecilian Prince — Monie by Dan-
ville Wilkes; Thomas W. Murphy, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.
Bertha C. (3) 2:10%, b. f. by Baronmore — Marble by
King Clay; Riverside Park Farm, Berlin, Wis.
Charley H. 2:12%, br. g. by Cicerone — Jennie S. by
Ironwood; W. H. Stubblefield Jr., Oran, Mo.
Don Labor 2:13%, br. g. by Labor Day — Cammie E.
bv Electrification; W. W. Hixson & Co.. Rockford,
111.
Jenny Constantine 2:11%, b. m. by Constantine — ■
Jenny Bunton by Red Fern; J. L. Dodge, Orange-
burg, N. Y.
Justo (3) 2:10%. b. h. by Jay Bird — Eastmorn by
Baron Wilkes; Alonzo McDonald. Indianapolis, Ind.
Major Strong 2:15%., b. g. by Strong Boy — Lucy by
Petoskey; Edward Wren Springfield, Ohio.
May Earl 2:10%, b. m. by San Mateo — Annie Earl by
The Earlmont: John Hussey. Lexington. Ky.
Melva J. 2:10%, b. m. by Peter the Great — Delegot by
Arion; Walter R. Cox, Manchester, N. H.
Rosemary Chimes 2:11%. br. m. by Chimes — Lucile's
Baby by Redwyn; T. W. Kinser, Glen's Falls, N. Y.
Sir Blaise 2:12%, bk. h. by Patchen Wilkes — Helen
Blazes by King Jay Bird; E. Coy caul t; Baton
Rouge, Louisiana.
Startle 2:10%, b. g. by William Wilkes — Cuba by Red
Gem; Joe Gahagan, Toledo, Ohio.
Stroller 2:13%, ch. h. by Allerton — Fay Glen by Bel-
sire; W. J. Keating, Bay City Mich.
Telemachus 2:11%, b. h. by Onward Silver — Bessie U.
D. by Norval; V. L. Shuler Indianapolis, Ind.
DIES AT THIRTY-SIX YEARS.
DETROIT, MICH., ENTRIES.
HI. and 31. Stake, 2:24 Trot, $10,000.
Adele Margrave (2) 2:29%, ro. m. by Margrave — Telia
Axinite by Axinite; Parthenia, b. m. by Libert v
Chimes — Beckie Mack by Almomedo; Thistle
Captain Henry H. Williams of Norfolk, Va., the
latest addition to membership of the Pennsylvania
Road Drivers' Association, claims to be the owner
of a chestnut stallion, seven years old, who is the
highest-stepping trotting horse in the world, and has
a record of 2:15, with a half in 1:03. Williams offers
to back his opinion with $1,000 that no trotter is his
equal in gait, really outpointing the hackney breed.
He will exhibit the animal in Philadelphia on the
date of the Road Drivers' carnival in June.
Regalia 1486, a son of Jay Gould 2:21%, died on an
Illinois farm the other day, aged 36 years, the great-
est age that any stallion of any prominence has
attained in recent times. Regalia was foaled in 1874.
His dam was Belle of Fayette by Ethan Allen, gran-
dam by Black Bashaw. Henry T. White gives the
following interesting history of this horse, and his
breeder:
Regalia was by Jay Gould, whose record of 2:21%
was the best, when made, for a trotting stallion,
and the dam of Regalia was a daughter of another
former champion trotting stallion, the famous Ethan
Allen, king of the Morgans. Jay Gould was as fash-
ionably bred as any horse of his time, being by
Rysdyk's Hambletonian and out of a mare by See-
ley's American Star, and he was so fast and natural
a trotter, once he showed his speed, that horsemen
went wild over him. Jay Gould originally was known
as Judge Brigham, and in colthood — having only or-
dinary speed — while being driven on the road took
fright at a railroad train and bolted with his driver
— and he bolted on a trot. From that moment the
colt was a real trotter and the foremost reinsmen
in the land wanted to buy him. He was sold a time
or two at advancing prices, and finally became the
property of a syndicate of which Jim Pisk and Jay
Gould were members and was named after Gould,
wrho had a fondness for trotters, owning Joker 2:22%
back in the '70s.
But the stallion had inherited from his dam's fam-
ily what were called "the Star feet," and while he
got along with them well enough to make a cham-
pion record, the weakness was transmistted to a
good many of his get in aggravated form, and while
some of the tribe trotted well the blood sort of
petered out. It was. while Jay Gould still was pretty
well thought of that Belle of Fayette by Ethan Allen
was mated with him and the resultant foal became
known as Regalia. But although Regalia always had
something of a chance in the stud he was not re-
garded, after the Jay Gould fever had subsided, as
being particularly well bred, and the records show
that despite his long life he sired but five trotters
that took records of 2:30 or better, none of them
having extreme speed.
Four pacers are to his credit. Two of his sons
sired three pacers, a poor showing, hut the daughters
were of far better caliber, as eleven of them pro-
duced standard speed, their total being eight trotters
and six pacers. Regalia was bred by Richard Pen-
istan of Philadelphia, a unique character who for a
time cut a wide swath in the breeding world. He
was an actor of the old school, a contemporary of
Forrest, and like most of his guild, not much of a
business man. He had a lucky streak, however, and
drew a $75,000 prize in one of the old-time lotteries,
and it was this money that enabled him to follow
the fad of trying to breed trotters. In the end he
ran out of money, was by that time too old for active
work and became an inmate of the Forrest home for
aged and indigent actors, dying there a few years
ago.
o
The fastest trotter got by Baron Wilkes 2:18 is
the stallion Baron May 2:07%, whose dam was Nelly
May by Electioneer 125; second dam Lady Ellen
2:29% by Carr's Mambrino, a son of Mambrino
Patchen 58; third dam Ida May Jr., by Owen Dale,
a thoroughbred son of Williamson's Belmont and
fourth dam Ida May by Williamson's Belmont. Con-
sidering the fact, says editor Parlin, that Carr's
Mambrino was by Mambrino Patchen 58; also that
the second dam of Carr's Mambrino was by the
thoroughbred imported Jordan it appears that the
dam of Baron May 2:07% was very strongly bred
to thoroughbred strains.
It is not the largest stakes that always attract the
biggest entry lists. Mlneola Fair, New York State,
opened four early closing purses of $1,000 each.
Twenty-eight entries were received for the 2:16 trot,
38 for the 2:24 trot, 24 for the 2:18 pace and 38 for
the 2:25 pace. We notice that the California-bred
mare, Katie Yandel, is entered in the 2:24 trot. This
is the mare by Suomi (son of Zombro and Stain B.'s
dam) out of Laurel 2:13%, by Nephew, that Mr.
F. J. Kilpatrick sold at the midwinter sale last
February. She is a half-sister to Laurel Leaf 2:13%.
Pasonte 2:13, by Palo Alto 2:08% is expected to
produce a foal this season by Barongale 2:11%. Pa-
sonte is out of Sontag Dixie, the dam ot Delmar
2:16%, sire of Major Delmar 1:59%.
Report now comes from Cleveland to the effect
that Bert Shank's recent injury and broken leg may
keep him out of the sulky this season. It is to be
hoped that he will recover more rapidly than his
present condition would indicate.
The stable Gus Macey will race for the Denver
turfman, George Estabrook, will be made up of Span-
ish Queen 2:07, Country Jay 2:07%, Nancy Gentry,
Fanny Dawson, The Limit, Lillie W., First Promise,
Colorado E. Allendale Queen, Eva Direct, Hall Bird,
Wendy, Hydrangea and Dorothy Axworthy 2:21%.
The announcement that Mr. James Butler has
offered free use of Empire City track for a Grand
Circuit meeting this season, also mat the track is
to be resoiled and put in first-class shape for trot-
ters, is very gratifying to all horsemen who are in-
terested in light harness sport.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 23, 1910.
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ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeW ITT.
AT THE TRAPS.
The three-day tournament of the Madera Rod and
Gun Club last week was a well-conducted and suc-
cessful shoot. Weather conditions were somewhat
warm, but that did not deter a large delegation of
visiting sportsmen and shooters. The visitors are of
one accord in giving unstinted praise to the Madera
sportsmen for a most hospitable reception.
The opening day was devoted to live birds. A
12-pigeon race was originally scheduled, but after a
selection of the best birds the match was arranged
for 11 birds. There were 30 entries, $9.75 entrance,
birds included, S100 added, percentage system of
purse division — 40, 30, 20 and 10, 30 yards rise, open
to all. First money paid $60.60 apiece for two
straights. Ten men with 10 kills each received
510.10 apiece. Six 9's also received $10.10 each and
five 8's got $6.05 each.
C. J. Ashlin of San Francisco and W. M. Roberts
of Los Banos divided first money. Ashlin shot in
fine form, centering 10 birds well with the first bar-
rel and putting in the last two for certainty. Rob-
erts also developed a streak that snowed he is a
clever wing shot. Monaghan, the blue rock high
average man, missed his seventh bird, a right quar-
terer. Dick Reed shot a good clip until the final
flyer, which slipped away. "Feudner Jr." missed .an
easy bird in his last. Otto Feudner failed to connect
with his initial pigeon, but made good with the bal-
ance of the string. Several shooters drew bard birds
that although well hit dropped out of bounds.
The first day's blue rock squads numbered nine,
shooting over a Leggett and a McCrea trap. The
latter seemed to give the most satisfaction, very
few rocks being broken by that mechanism.
The program was arranged for 10 twenty-target
races, one event being at doubles and did not count
on the averages, making a card of ISO targets for
average. High amateur averages for the first day
were: C. B. Monaghan of San Bernardino 169 out
of 180. W. Sears of Los Banos 165, II. O. Feudner,
Tony Prior of San Francisco 163 each, J. B. Dale 159,
H. Garrison of Modesto 158.
High professional averages were: H. E. Poston
170, Frank Howe, wno has recently taken the field
for the Peters Cartridge Company, 16S, Fred Willet
166, Dick Reed 159, C. A. Haight 154, E. Hoelle 153.
Straights were shot by Reed, Poston (2), Howe
(2), Haight, Hoyt, Thede, Schultz, Prior coj, Ashlin,
H. Garrison, McGilvray, Sears (2), Knight, Mona
ghen (3), C. H. Lancaster of Oakland, Ickes of
Fresno.
Five men with 16 breaks each were the high
scores in doubles — Poston, Reed, Feudner, Schultz
and Dale.
The entrance was $1.50 and $20 added ($200) for
each race. Money division, percentage or class sys-
tem, five moneys.
On Sunday ten 5-men squads were entered. Ten
twenty-target races were on the card, same entrance,
purses, moneys andd ivision as on the preceding
day, 180 targets counting on averages. A number
of shooters from other valley points took the place
of those who had shot on Saturday and dropped out.
High amateur averages were shot by: Monaghan,
who repeated with another 169 out of 180. Tony
Prior came second with 168, Fred Stone of Fresno
166, Ed Schultz 163, B. A. Ickes of Fresno 162, Sears
161, P. C. Thede 158.
Poston was again high "pro" with 171, Howe 170,
Willet 169, Reed, 165, King 160.
The general averages for the second day showed
some improvement.
In the shoot at doubles, Poston and Thede of
Madera were high with 19 out of 20 each, pretty
good going. Hoelle and Prior each broke 18.
The straight scores were shot by: Reed (2), Pos-
ton (2), Willet, Howe, Thede (2), J. G. Roberts,
Prior (2), Schultz 12), Sears (2), Ickes, Monaghan
(4), C. H. Lancaster (2), D. Davison.
Monaghan made the longest run of breaks, 4
straights and into the next event on Sunday. He
also won high amateur average, 338 out of 360. Tony
Prior 331 second high average, Sears 326, Schultz
323, Ashlin 316, Thede 313, H. Garrison 312.
Poston won high professional average, 341 out of
360, Howe 338, Willet 335. Reed 324.
Madera, Cal., April 15, 1910. Madera Rod and Gun
Club tournament. Live birds.
C. J. Ashlin 1 1 1 1 1 1
W. M. Roberts 2 1 2 1 2 2
C. C. Xauman 2 112 12
C. B. Monaghan 2 2 2 2 1 2 0
Frank Howe 2 2 2 2 2 2 0
C. A. Haight 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Tony Prior 2 1 0 1 1 2
W. P. Sears 1 1 2 2 1 2
W. P. Sears 1 1 2 2 1 2
M. O. Feudner, Jr 2 1 1 2 1 2
Dick Reed 2 2 2 2 2 2
H. E. Poston 2 2 0 2 2 1
M. O. Feudner 0 2 0 2 2 2
Henry Garrison 101021
Fred Stone 2 * 1 2 1 *
Gus Flight 1 2 0 2 1 1
12 2
2 2 2
0 2 2
2 *
2 0
1 1
2 2
2 2
2 2
1 1
W. H. Rodden 2 0 1 1 1
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2—11
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2—10
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2—10
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W. H. Price 0
E. Hoelle 0
Jim Warner 1 0
H. P. Jacobsen 0
R. H. Mace 1
P. C. Thede 2
D. W. King 2
Ed Schultz 0
J. G. Roberts 1
E. S. Richards 2
F. P. Roberts *
W. E. Garrison *
A. B. C. McGillivray 0
*Dead out.
Madera, Cal., April 16, 1910. Madera Rod and Gun
Club tournament. Blue rocks. Event No. 5 was at
10 double rises and did not count on average. The
totals here given are at nine twenty-target races, 180
birds.
Events 1 1 1 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ' 7 ! 8 I 9 |10|
Dick Reed 17 17 15 IS 16 IS 18 20 18 18 159
D. W. King 16 17 17 IS 13 15 16 16 IS 17 150
H. E. Poston 12017 19 19 16119 19,20 19:18' 170
Fred Willet 19 19 1S:19 14 19 19 IS 19 1S: 166
Frank Howe ilS 19 20 18 12 17.19 19 IS 20 16S
C. A. Haight 19 13 IS 18.15 1616 IS 20 16j 154
H. A. Hoyt |1S 1716 13 10 17 15 15 20 19 150
E. Hoelle 116 17 IS 17 13 17 IS IS 16 16 153
P. C. Thede |1S;16 15 17 15 19 13 IS 20 19 155
J. G. Roberts 17 14|14|14 13 lol7 14.14J16J 13S
M. O. Fuedner 19 19 IS 19 16 IS 19 IS 19 161 163
C. C. Nauman 14 14 16.16.15 18 19 17 16 IS 150
Ed L. Schultz 19 19 IS 14 16 IS 17 20 19 17 160
Tony Prior J16jl6'20>18,14 16;20!S20 19 163
C. J. Ashlin 19 15 19 17,13 13 20 17 IS IS 156
W. Garrison 17117 17|16 14 16 11 13 17 16 140
F.
H.
A.
J. Ashlin
Garrison
P. Roberts
Garrison
B. C. McGilvray
Jim Warner
W. H. Price
W. Sears
19 15 19 17 13 13 20 17 18 IS
17 17 17,1614 16 11 13 17 16
S 10 12H6 814,12,19 14 16 122
16 15 17 17 12'19!18 2017 19; 158
9 14 119 7 1.3 20 16 1513
9 10J 8!15|1012 12 16 14 17
16 16 16 14 9 15 14'..|15 14
19 19|19';20I14J1716 20 16 19
H. P. Jacobsen 15 19 17 19 8 15 17 16 15 10
M. O. Fuedner Jr 115 16jl4 14ll5|14jl5|1015| 9
B. A. Acker J17151S 19 1216,14 141S 16
Gus Knight 17 13 19 14 111616 16 17 20
C. B. Monaghan IS IS 18 17 14 20 20 2019 19
W. H. Rodden 16 17 1618 15 ISIS 1616,18
Fred Stone !l615;1412ll3 IS 1S1616 17
Geo. Stone IS 16,17 15 12 1818 16 19 17
H. J. Faulkner 18 15(18,17 1117J1S 15 17 16
C. H. Lancaster 17 17 1915 10 lu 1718 20 15
E. E. Brockbank 19 14 10 13 713 8 14 12 13
J. B. Dale 17 17 16 19 16 1S,17 19 17 19
G. S. Thurman 15 1411415: 716 1215 IS 19
W. M. Roberts 17 10 17 19 11 16 1617 14 181
H. L. Crow 1814 IS 16 13 16 15 16 17 17
R. C. Mace 151171317 11 15.18,16 17 18;
W. Davison 16il5 161612l12 17 15161131
H. Patterson 18111115 511 1215 10 16!
161
E. C. Ickes
A. Heavenrich .
J. L. Freeman . . .
F. A. Fee ISIS
E. S. Richards |19;16il7il2|l4
IS 17120 16 12 1815 1616
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17 16 17
11 11 17 13 11
12 8! 7 12
14
15
120
113
119
165
143
124
147
148
169
153
142
154
151
154
106
159
138
144
147
146
136
119
152
107
143
Madera, Cal., April 17, 1910. Madera Rod and Gun
Club tournament. Blue rocks. Event No. 5 was at
10 double rises and did not count on averages. The
totals here given are at nine twenty-target races, 180
birds.
Events ' 1 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10
Dick Reed 171916;20[1517 20:19 18119, 165
D.W.King !17:1S1S|19I14'19181716118I 160
H. E. Poston 19 IS 20 20 19 19 19 18 19 19 171
Fred Willet 191917 19 1618 19 19 20 19 169
Frank Howe J18 18118:19:12,20 19,19 2019| 170
C. A. Haight 19 15 1419 16 1317 IS IS 17 150
H. A. Hovt IS, ISIS 15 15 IS IS 17 16 15 152
E.. Hoelle 19 1714,18 1817 1815 15 17 150
P. C. Thede 13 1S1418 19 1720 20 19 19 15S
J. G. Roberts 19 1516 16 13 16 2016 17 14 149
Tony Prior 1S17 19 19 18 1918 20;20 IS 168
C. C. Nauman 1I6IS 15 1S161S 1316 171 9; 140
Ed Schultz IS 14 19 19 15 17 2019 20 17 163
P W. Sears 16 20 17 17 15 19 16 20 19 17 161
C. J. Ashlin 18 17 IS 16 12 19.18 17 IS 19 160
W. Garrison 191819, 1411:161717 16181 154
F. P. Roberts IS 17 1614 14 16 1415 1416 145
H. Garrison 19 18 IS 17 15 17 IS 19 IS 17
A. B. C. McGilvray . . .' 8 10 12 16 10 915 11 1212;
Jas. Warner 1215 12 16 9 15 15 1713 151
W. H. Price 15,19 15 IS 11 16 14171515
L. Holdsclaw 11 16;1519 16 13 13 14 13 16
H. Jacobsen 1316116131 S;i6llljl6jl7,12|
G. S. Thurman IS 16 17 15 11 16 IS 1218 16
B. A. Acker IS IS 16 18 13 16 IS 19 20 19
Gus Knight 16 15 14 15 .. 16 12 13 16 12,
C. B. Moraghan :20120 20 20 14 16 IS IS 2017
W. H. Rodden IS 19 17 IS 16 IS 16 19 16 17
Fred Stone ....
O. Schlueter ....
H. J. Faulkner .
C. H. Lancaster
D. E. Brockbank
J. B. Dale
Frank Hunt ....
IS 19 19 IS 11 17 19 19 1S19
16, 14 13 12 13 14 i0 15 19 13
161
123
130
144
130
130
146
162
129
169
158
166
126
16 17 16 1S151715 IS 18;19 154
17 IS 2"
14 16 17
17 13 20 16 19 IS 16! 161
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IS 17 14 1510 S
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17 19
916
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1518
W. M. Roberts 17 IS
R. R. Cadwell |16|18
R. H. Mace 117 16
C. J. Nystedt i9 15
J. W. Dutton |19,17
E. C. Ickes |16;i6
J. Lewald 14 12
Geo. Stone 17 14
F. Fanning IS IS
E. S. Richards 17 13
D. C. Wood 19 16
D. Davison 117 17
W. Davison !l7|16
H. Patterson 15,15
Claude Hining I - - i ■ •
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9
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153
13 15
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131
6
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5
6
Blue rock shooting was the program feature of
the outing and barbecue of the Ring Point Gun Club
the 17th inst., near California City, on the bay shore
of Marin county. The Ring r-ointers hail from the
Potrero district of this city. South San Francisco
was represented by a delegation of Carnation Gun
Club shooters.
Three events were shot. George Sylvester of the
Carnation club was hig-i gun in the open match, 19
out of 25 from 18 yards rise. In the medal match,
open to members only, E. J. Barry won the monthly
medal, 20 out of 25. Sylvester shooting targets only
broke 21. Sylvester broke 21 out of 25, 20 yards dis-
tance, in the prize shoot. A neavy wind blew across
the traps while this race was on. W. Scharetg, E.
Mohl and E. J. Barry were the other winners in the
order named, four prizes were awarded high guns.
Another shoot will be held in May. The scores fol-
low:
Open match, 25 targets —
G.Sylvester 11011 11111 01011 10111 11001—19
Peter Finocchio ..10100 01011 11111 OHIO 11111—18
Corbett 00111 01000 11111 01111 11110—17
L. Sharetg 00110 11001 11001 10110 11111—16
W. E. Dwyer 11110 00010 011111 11111 01001—16
Emil Mohl 00110 01111 11011 01001 10111—16
Walter Scharetg. .01111 10100 01111 00101 11001—15
Otto Scharetg 10110 01011 11110 11000 10010—14
E. Bovle 00001 10100 10101 01111 11110—14
R. Snider 10111 00110 00010 11100 10101—13
E. J. Barry 11001 01001 11011 10010 00010—12
J. Clawson 01111 01000 10101 00111 00001—12
Medal match, 25 targets —
G Sylvester* 11101 11110 10111 11111 01111—21
E. J. Barry 11111 10111 11110 01111 11001—20
P. Finocchiot lllll mil 01111 11011 00110—20
Otto Scharetg 10101 11001 11011 Hill 10111 — 19
Corbettt 01001 11010 lllll 10111 10011—17
L. Seharetgt 11011 10110 lllll 00100 10111 — 17
W. E. Dwyer 11100 11000 11101 10000 11101—14
Walter Scharetg. .01000 01011 11110 11000 10010—12
R. Snider 01010 00011 10001 01100 00110—10
E. Mohl 00000 00101 10001 OHIO 10100— 9
^Birds only.
Prize match. 25 targets —
G. Sylvester 11110 11011 lllll OHIO 11111—21
W. Scharetg lllll 11110 01111 00111 00100—17
E. Mohl 11001 10100 11100 11010 11001—14
E. J. Barry 11001 11010 00110 01111 00101—14
Peter Finocchio ..11110 01011 01100 OHIO 01000—13
W. E. Dwyer 00111 00101 11000 01001 00111 — 12
Otto Scharetg 00110 01100 10010 10110 01011—12
Corbett 10101 11010 10100 10110 01001—13
L. Scharetg 00000 00000 11101 01101 01110—10
R. Snider 00001 01101 00001 01000 00000— 6
At the regular weekly practice shoot held by the
Walla Walla Rod and Gun Club, April 17th, the
following scores were made:
Events |1|2:3]4|5|6]7|8
Targets 25:25|25j25:2o|20l20 10
Robertson (19) 24^22 23 23 .. IS 17 6
Smails (19) 24 23 24 19 .. 16 14 3
Dryden (19) 24 23 22 19, . .15 18 8
Barclay ( 19 1 20 23 22 22 25 1 4 16 10
O'Brien (16)23,23 24 24
Dooly 19|14 16 19
Kremer (16 1 22 22 ... .
York, G 22 211. . . .
Sewell 119 181..]..
Meyer (16)
Talbot (16)
Fulton (19)
Hogue
Hoskins (16)
Holman (16)
Harris
Walker
19
10
15
133
120
129
152
154
68
74
43
37
87
77
100
57
22
34
12
15
Events Nos. 6, 7 and 8 were for the Globe Trophy.
Xo. 6 event, being at 10 known traps, unknown an-
gles, and 10 known traps, unknown angles, reversed
pull, use of both barrels; event 7, 10 known traps,
known angles, and 10 known traps, known angles,
reversed pull; event 8 was at 5 pairs. In the Globe
Trophy shooters were handicapped in distance, as
shown by figures in parentheses.
Tom Barclay shot straight at doubles and also in
event 5. Meyer broke straight in the second event.
175
150
150
150
175
175
100
90
50
50
100
100
125
75
45
45
25
25
130
Four members of the South Tacoma Gun Club
went to Kent recently for a practice shoot with the
Kent gun men. The Tacoma shooters made good
scores, E. W. Cooper leading with 94, and Ted Cooper
second with 93.
Until the new trap arrives, the location of the
South Tacoma traps will not be changed. The trap
is now on the way to the Coast. It will be installed
on a site at Rigney Hill, which will be more easy of
access to the snooters than the old traps at Moun-
tain View station.
Saturday, April 23, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
The scores follow: E. E. Young, 21, 23, 17, 23;
D. W. King, 19, 17, 21, 21; J. Cooper, 21, 24, 24, 22;
E. W. Cooper, 24, 22, 25, 23; L. S. Dahl, 17, 17, 19; J.
Stewart, 20, 21, 22; C. Stewart, 17; Cross, 16; Pailor,
S; O. Peterson, IS; Taylor, 9; Dr. Seeley, 14.
Pleasant weather conditions should materially im-
prove trout fishing with the fly. Reports from most
nearby resorts are that the streams are getting in
splendid shape for the fly.
SAN FRANCISCO FLY-CASTING CLUB.
The Roswell (New Mexico) Gun Club is making
extensive preparations for the shooting tournament
that will be held June loth and 16th. From the sec-
retary, J. A. Williams, it is learned that the affair
is much more pretentious than was first intimated.
There will be from 150 to 200 out of town sports-
men there at the time additional to Pecos Valley
sportsmen. They are making a tour of Texas and
Eastern New Mexico and are traveling in a special
train. Four or five nice prizes will be up for the
contestants, additional to a ?200 sweepstakes prize
that is being arranged.
The Roswell Gun Club held its first shoot April
2d, in the 500 target contest for the DuPont trophy.
Eleven men contested, snooting fifty targets apiece,
making the following scores: W. A. Johnson 39,
George Davison 40, R. L. Whitehead 38, R. B. House
39, B. H. Bassett 31, H. P. Saunders Sr. 34, H. P.
Sounders Jr. 27, Woodlan Saunders 35, H. C. Egle-
ston 24, W. T. Joyner 41, C. F. Montgomery 41.
Other shooting was done Saturday, following being
the trial scores of the day: W. A. Johnson shot
at 60, broke 48; George Davisson 94-73, R. L. White-
head 70-53, R. B. House 85-64, B. H. Bassett 85-53,
H. P. Saunders Sr. 85-54, H. P. Saunders Jr. 75-39,
Wootl Saunders 75-47, H. C. Egleston 60-29, W. T.
Joyner 70-52, C. F. Montgomery 94-67, W. P. Lewis
10-3, Mrs. W. A. Johnson 10-2, Charles de Brenond
10-3, Carl Saunders 25-6. Doubles — Montgomery 24-
14, Bassett 24-13, Davisson 24-18, House 24-16, H. P.
Saunders 24-13.
A Puyallup, Wash., correspondent sends the fol-
lowing trap notes from that burg:
"The first shoot in a series of eight for the Selby
trophy, held by the Puyallup Gun Club, April 2nd,
resulted in a tie between George Post and LeRoy
DeBolt, each getting a percentage of 80. Post will
carry the trophy — a watch fob — for one week, when
he will turn it over to DeBolt. A neat trophy sent
by the DuPont Powder Company arrived recently
and may be shot for at the same time and under
the same conditions as the Selby trophy. The Du-
Pont gift is a bronze setter dog mounted on a black
hardwood block.
But few members of the club turned out for the
shoot, partly on account of the weather and partly
because a number of them are merchants and could
not leave their stores. A movement is now on foot
to make other arrangements so that all members can
attend. Dr. W. L. Freeman, the field captain, could
not participate because his gun was out of repair.
On the trophy shoot each man was allowed 25
birds. R. E. Biglow and N. W. Fuller were tied for
second place with 76 per cent. Jack Donnelly, who
usually makes a first-class showing, came out with
6S per cent. He says he is confident, however, that
he can make good in future shoots. There were a
few visitors at the traps, but none took part in the
shooting."
o
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
Everp sportsman in California, every politician and
everyone who loves a good time will be interested in
the announcement that at the annual meeting of the
Grass Valley Sportsmen's Club it was decided that
the yearly outing and campstew should be held on
the 19th of July, or as close to that date as was ad-
visable. This event is of such importance that it an-
nually attracts the Governor of the State, the presi-
dent of the Fish and Game Commission, the best
men of Nevada, Placer and Yuba counties, with a
sprinkling of notables from Shasta to Los Angeles.
For nearly forty years these events have been ob-
served, each becoming better than the last, if it were
possible, and this year President Hull expects to
have some of the most prominent men in the state
at the stew.
The new officers elected last week were as follows :
F. R. Hull, president; Thomas Blight, vice-president;
G. C. Ray, secretary; W. H. Morban, treasurer; Dr.
I. W. Hays, E. C. Morgan and A. B. Champion,
trustees.
The record for the largest striped bass, it was be-
lieved, was held by Charles Bond of Alameda, whose
fifty-six pounder caught in San Antone slough was
regarded as the high daddy of all the bass tribe.
The dream has been shattered by Mr. La Montagne,
who recently caught a fifty-nine-pound striped bass in
Prespect slough, above Rio Vista. Tom La Montagne
had previously taken a thirty-five-pounder from the
slough. Charlie Bauer's bass weighed thirty-one
pounds.
Frank Benjamin of this city caught 216 pounds of
striped bass bass in Prospect slough two weeks ago.
Striped bass were running off San Pablo last Sun-
day. About 25 anglers were out in boats. Most of
the fish caught were small, the largest reported
scaled eleven pounds.
A few striped bass, the largest about ten pounds,
were taken a week ago, by parties fishing from the
Tiburon bridge.
Trout fishing in Southern California is commented
on by Edwin L. Hedderly in the following words:
"Speaking from a ramble of several miles over the
San Gabriel, from the canyon mouth down to the
Santa Fe bridge, it might be said that the conditions
along that part of the river are less favorable than
last year. The fish are nearly all steelheads; not
one in a limit catch is apt to be a rainbow, even
this month, and a bad complication of the situation
is the probability that this occasional rainbow is
likely to be a large one. It is asking a good deal of
the angler to throw back a foot-long fish when his
basket contains nothing longer than seven inches,
but unless he accept the Jordan theory and call it
another name for the same thing, nothing else can
be done. And this, of course, is contrary to law.
"Whether the small size o fthe trout now in this
part of the San Gabriel is due to the fact that they
are shorter by a month's growth than at a corre-
sponding stage of the trout season last year, or is
due to the lower condition of the stream, is a ques-
tion, but probably the former is the reason. The
small steelheads are well filled with caddis larvae
and like food; so well that they bite gingerly, if at
all, and very little in the afternoon. Worms seem to
be the best bait. They lie close to the bottom, out
in the riffles as a rule, and the bait must be put right
to them or they will not go out of their way enough
to nip at it.
"Steelhead trout are conceded to be shy biters
when in fresh water and while small in size. For a
test of a man's trout fishermanship, the San Gabriel
is the piscatorial third degree. He who passes the
ordeal unscathed of skin, unbruised of foot, without
proving the first part of the adage relating to fisher-
man's luck, is far on the road to Waltonian perfec-
tion; and he who adds to this not mean accomplish-
ment of itself, a mess of fish, fingerlings though they
be, may rest assured that on better waters he need
ask only a fair field."
Two of the largest sword fish ever brought ashore
at Long Beach, Cal., were captured last week by
Steve Massa and Antonio Carmiglia, Italian fisher-
men, off the Coronado Islands. Each weighed 500
pounds, being fourteen feet in length and with
swords six feet long. The huge fish were found in
the fishermen's baracuda nets, which were entirely
ruined by the sawing and lashing of the fish. Both
Italians fought for hours to capture the monster
fishes.
Salmon have been seen off Sausalito. A 23 pound
fish was taken in a net this week by bait net fisher-
men.
o
ANGLERS' OUTING.
The California Anglers' Association held the third
annual field day on the 17th inst. on the banks of
the Paper Mill tide waters at the picturesque "White
House" pool. The outing was an enjoyable success
from start to finish.
A feature of the excursion was the barbecue lunch
prepared by Chas. F. Breidenstern, Harry Gosliner
and W. J. Street, the field day committee.
As was to be expected fishing for trout in the
tidewaters and tributaries of the Paper Mill was
indulged in by many. A number of anglers dropped
off the train at up stations on the road and fished
down stream, putting in an appearance at the scene
of festivities later in the day.
The fishing results were a fair average, a number
of limit catches were taken by various anglers. The
largest fish caught was landed by H. F. Hart, a 3%
pound trout caught at the "big fill," above Point
Reyes. This fish, however, was not entered in the
competition for prizes.
In the afternoon, after a few brief remarks George
A. Wentworth introduced Hugh Draper, F. M. Haight
and Al Hall as the committee selected to award
prizes to various anglers. This feature of the Club's
outing was open to all present.
For the best general catch of trout, caught with
spoon, bait or fly the following awards were an-
nounced, 12 prizes in the order named: Frank Dol-
liver. 29 trout; Harry Baker, 49, F. M. Smith 45,
J. Black 33, Milton Frankenburg 13, Chas. W. Arp 30,
Joseph Pineus 22, Chas. E. Urfer 19, R. F. Till 11, Joe
Garbarino 8, L. R. Samisch 12, D. Cunningham 10.
Best average basket of 12 or more trout caught
with a fly, 7 prizes, viz: H. J. Ladd, 24, H. Thompson
16, Joe Springer 14, A. Bennett 9, L. Lamb 5. Two
prizes were left over.
For largest trout shown, 10 prizes offered, 4 en-
tries: Mel Vogel, D. J. Tallant, A. Barrett and W. C.
Schwartz. The biggest fish did not scale over a
pound.
Best catches by lady anglers, 7 prizes: Miss E.
Salacci, Miss Maud Blundon, Mrs. Joe Springer, Mrs.
M. Figari, Miss A. Magary, Miss B. Uri.
Juvenile class, boys under 20 years, best catches
of trout, 4 prizes: W. Arp 20, S. Toroni 14, F. Mal-
lotti 13, C. Birch 9.
Many of those present availed themselves of the
opportunity of inspecting the hatchery and rearing
ponds of the California Trout Farm, located in Lime
Kiln gulch on the road to Inverness.
The members of the Fly-Casting Club took ad-
vantage of two pleasant days at the lakeside in
Golden Gate Park for competition in the club con-
tests, and practice as well, for the coming May days
at the Truckee river resorts and such other streams
as may tempt a visit.
A perusal of the scores in the second and third
events is a splendid showing of skill with the rod.
Event No. 5 is evidently becoming a favorite race
with the members.
Saturday Contest So. 2. Classification series, Stow
Lake, April 16, 1910. Wind, southwest. Weather, fair.
Judges, T. C. Kierulff, E. A. Mocker. F. V. Bell.
Referee. J. B. Kenniff. Clerk, E. O. Ritter.
■2
S
99
99
99.2
98.3
117 99.8
io" --
SS
T. C. Kierulff . .
C. G. Young
F. A. Webster . .
F. H. Reed
J. B. Kenniff . . .
E. A. Mocker . . .
L. G. Burpee . . .
F. V. Bell
W. D. Mansfield
F. J. Cooper . . .
Re-entry —
F. H. Reed !.. .198.121
F. V. Bell 96.101
L. G. Burpee .. .97.13|95.24 96.26!95.52|83.1
98.1
99.S
98.40
97.24
97.16
97.16
97.13|9S.24
98.20198.10192.7
98.40 98.54189.7
98.40,98.46 94.1
98.20 98.44 91.4
98.40 98:40 98.3
9S.30!97.57 97.8
95 96.8 82.7
95.50 9 1.53 89.8
9S.30 9S.27 97.1
96
• I-
110.4
96.6
58.6
6S.6
157.4
100.4
61.
86.4
127
113.6
Sunday Contest \o. 2. Classification series, Stow
Lake. April 17, 1910. Wind, southwest. Weather, fair.
Judges, E. A. Mocker, F. V. Bell, C. H. Kewell.
Referee, J. B. Kenniff. Clerk, E. O. Ritter.
12 3 4 5
J. B. Kenniff 107 9S.12i98.24 99.40
F. H. Reed 99 |99 99.50
C. H. Kewell 84 98.9 |98.S 98.50
James Watt 97.14197.8 96.30
C. G. Young 99.5 98.12 97.40
H. B. Sperry 99 98.12 98.32 98.30
C. A. Kierulff 91 99.5 9S.40 98.40
Dr. W. E. Brooks 9S.2 98.24
T. C. Kierulff 102 99.2 99 99.50
F. V. Bell 98.6 92.2P 95.40
Austin Sperrv 94.13 95.28 96.50
B. G. McDougall 94.12 89.40 94.30
F. J. Cooper 98.3 96.8 97
E. A. Mocker 104 97.14 97.S 96
Geo. H. Foulks ... 85 98.1197.36 97.30
Re-entry —
Dr. W. E. Brooks. .I...1 1 1 1 1 1112.6
C. H. Kewell |...| | | ] | |l09.6
NOTE: Event 1 — Distance casting, feet. Event 2 —
Accuracy casting, percentage. Event 3 — Delicacy
casting; n, accuracy percentage; b, delicacy percent-
age; c, net percentage. Event 4 — Lure casting. Event
5 — Long distance lure casting, average.
Fractions in Event 2. fifteenths; in Event 3, six-
tieths: in lure casting, tenths.
99.2
97.8
16S
99.25 66.7
98.29J91.3
77
96.49195.7
111.2
97.56 90.2
102.2
98.31
98
121
9S.40
80.8
109.8
98.42
91.2
90
91. 2 7,
95.2
105
94
93.1
94.6
96.9
97.3
108.4
92.5
96.3 i
96.3
124.6
96.34
99
123.6
97.33
A MAMMOTH BISON SPECIMEN.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
That the "wood" bison is not a myth, but a gi-
gantic realty, will be demonstrated beyond question
early in May, when the skeleton, hide and horned
head of the largest wild animal ever shot on the
American continent in recent years, is shipped from
near Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, to be added
to the collection in the Museum of Natural History.
Not only is it the greatest in bulk, but it is the first
wood bison ever killed by a white man, so it is
claimed. The records of killings by Indians are so
meagre as to be untrustworthy.
Mr. Harry V. Radford, of New York, known a few
years ago as "Adirondack Harry," because of his
familiarity with the wilds of northern New York,
was the successful hunter, and to prevent doubt
being cast upon his claims he has made affidavit
as to the circumstances, and this deposition, with the
statements of his Indian guides and the five white
men who assisted in skinnig the creature, will be
submitted to the American Bison Society, which is
collecting all available data concerning the nearly
extinct mammal. It was under its auspices that he
undertook the search.
The weight of the bison shot by Radford was
2,402 pounds; length of head and body to root of
tail, 9 feet 7 inches; height at shoulder, 5 feet 10
inches; girth behind forelegs, 9 feet 9 inches; cir-
cumference of neck, 6 feet; circumference of muzzle,
behind nostrils, 2 feet 5 inches; length of hair on
tail extending beyond last vertebrae, 13 inches-. One
tail vertebra reached the extraordinary length
of 19% inches.
Mr. Radford started on the expedition in Febru-
ary, 1909, with the express purpose of determining
whether it was identical with the bison that used
to roam the prairies a thousand miles south, or
whether it was a distinct sub-species. This question
has never been determined, and will not be satis-
factorily until Mr. Radford's specimen is received in
New York and inspected by the experts. Dr. William
T. Hornaday, director of the Bronx Zoo and author
of "The Extermination of the Bison," said to the
young explorer a few days before he packed his kit
that he was greatly in doubt whether the wood bison
was "even a valid sub-species of the plains bison."
There is one mounted skin in existence, and that is
in the Ottawa Museum. The animal was killed years
ago by an Indian
Arrived at Edmonton, Alberta, Mr. Radford re>
mained until June 1 to study the habits of the rare
animals he was seeking, so far as he could from
written and printed records and from the limited
experience of the hunters with whom he came in
contact. He had made up his mind to devote at
least a year to the quest, and he realized that if
successful he must have the complete specimen,
with a full set of authenticated measurements. He
obtained a special permit from the Canadian govern-
ment after he had convinced the officials that his
hunt was solely for scientific purposes.
The hunter reached the timbered country about
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 23, 1910.
the Great Slave river late in June, and from then
until he attained his object he was cut off from
civilization. He descended the Mackenzie river to
its delta within the Arctic Circle, mapping and ex-
ploring the country as he went. He made a long
search through the valley of the river, questioning
Indians and making personal observations. Pack
horses, dog sleds and dogs were used for the "jour-
ney.
The hunt continued without intermission from
June to the last day of November without success.
No game except that actually used for food was
shot. Countless opportunities to kill caribou or
moose were offered but not accepted. Prom June,
1909, to January, 1910, Mr. Radford walked in moc-
casins on bare ground or in snowshoes over snowy
wastes, more than twelve hundred miles. In that
time he learned everything that could be learned
about the habits and ranges of the wood bison.
On the morning of December 1, when about fifty
miles southwest of the small Hudson's Bay post on
Slave river, the hunter came across a trail that in-
dicated the proximity of an animal of extraordinary
size. He and his guides were on snowshoes. The
thermometer was seventy degrees below zero, and
as the day advanced the mercury fell still lower.
The chase led over uneven hummocks and was most
exhausting. The quarry itself began to show fa-
tigue and enabled the party to get close.
Mr. Radford was amazed when he got a good view
of the immense bulk of the animal. In the gathering
gloom it looked as big as an elephant. Carefully
stealing to leeward, he got to a clearing where the
view was unobstructed. He did not intend to take
any chances with such a magnificent prize in view,
and waited until he was within sixty yards before he
sighted his rifle and fired. The bull turned as if to
charge and then lumbered off toward a dip in the
snow. Mr. Radford fired again, and then a third and
fourth time. Each bullet took effect. The bison ran
150 yards and then lurched over, dead. All the bul-
lets went through the fleshy parts of the body, so
that their tremendous penetrating and smashing
power did not injure any part of the bony structure.
The thermometer had been falling steadily and it
was necessary to make a very rapid inspection of the
appearance of the mouth, nostrils, tongue and other
soft parts, so that accurate notes could be made
before they were stiffened by death. When the tem-
perature reached forty below zero Radford and his
Indian helpers made for camp, six miles away, after
covering the carcass with snow to keep it from
freezing. By the light of the moon next morning
at three o'clock the task of disemboweling and skin-
ning the animal was resumed. This was done in a
temperature of thirty-seven degrees below, and with
the bare hands! Then the measurements and
weights were recorded in the presence of five wit-
nesses— all white men. The steelyard had been
tested by a government inspector and stamped as
accurate. The skin and head of the wood bison
weighed 415 pounds.
The largest buffalo ever measured by a uaturalist
was an old bull shot in 1886 on the Montana plains
by William T. Hornaday. It was regarded as of ab-
normal weight, probably 2,100 pounds. This is 300
pounds less than the mammoth killed by "Adiron-
dack Harry." The pursuit of the wood bison had
cost him about $4,000.
DOINGS IN DOGDOM.
The meeting and annual election of the Ladies'
Kennel Association of California, on the 14th inst.,
will go down in the annals of Coast dogdam as a tale
of "kennel politics" intrigue.
There were sixteen members present, divided into
two parties — eight of the members were prepared to
vote solidly for the opposition ticket. Six of the
upholders of the regular ticket were provided with
two proxies. Had the proxies been accepted the bal-
lot would have been a tie. Had the six ladies in the
minority departed from the meeting there would not
have been a quorum and the old board of officers
would have held over for another year.
A.s a result of the alleged election the following
officers of the association were announced: Mrs.
J. J. Matheson, president; Mrs. Geo. Nieborger, first
vice-president; Mrs. A. E. Drendel, second vice-
president; Mrs. W. H. Dennis, third vice-president;
Mrs. C. J. Lindgren, secretary-treasurer. Executive
committee, Mrs. Thos. J. Blight, Mrs. Fred Adams,
Mrs. C. G. Saxe, Mrs. Gus Jacobs, Mrs. C. S. Han-
num and Miss Gertrude Blaine.
Mrs. W. C. Ralston's proxy was refused recogni-
tion Mrs. Ralston is absent from the State at the
present time.
Legal proceedings have been instituted by attor-
neys Henry B. Lister and Clarence S. Hannum. Mrs.
W. C. Ralston. Dr. Gertrude Spriggs, Mrs. Ella P.
Morgan, Mrs. K. P. Ellery, Mrs. Elizabeth Drendell,
Mrs. Nellie Hannum and Mrs. Lydia w. Lister are
mentioned as plaintiffs and a temporary injunction
has been granted restraining the defendants, the
alleged new board of officers of the Ladies' Kennel
Association, from transacting any new business or
disposing of $770, the amount in the association
treasury.
The injunction proceedings, rapidly following
events as they did, was not fast enough to forestall
"an expression of loyalty to the A. K. C. and a denial
of the published assertion that they favored the
anti-A. K. C. agitation." The temporary new regime
furthfr gilded the lily by offering "a trophy to the
Gold°n Gate Kennel Club to be won by a member of
the e ssociation.
Application for membership by the association in
the A. K. o. was contemplated as the organization
was eligible, having given the requisite number of
shows. This move, it is intimated, would, if properly
manipulated, be an easy means of introducing the
Golden Gate Kennel Club, now about three weeks
old, into the A. K. C. by the back-door entrance.
A coalition of the two clubs might be affected, fol-
lowed, if advisable, by a change of name thereafter
and the G. G. K. C. would be a full-fledged member
of the A. K. C. in short order.
Conditions in the East are not happy by any
means. The number of the insurgents is many and
steadily growing. The statement is made concern-
ing the situation back East that "Vredenburgh is the
American Kennel Club" and things must go as he
dictates. Very good, such being the case, if the
fancy at large find the ruling agreeable let them
stay with the game. If not, the remedy is with
themselves. The American Kennel Club is not an
essential factor in directing the course of American
dogdom, when that direction becomes irksome.
For deliberate misstatement and distortion of facts
the interview credited to J. Maxwell Taft and pub-
lished in The Chronicle April 16th, is to be com-
mended. Mr. -Taft takes particular pains to refer
to the Ellery case (and practically libels Wm. Ellery
in so doing) and attendant circumstances, as the
reason why he and his associates are so solicitous
for the welfare of local dogdom as to jump into the
breach created by putting the San Francisco Knnel
Club temporarily on the shelf, and doing the good
Samaritan stunt by giving us "the only A. K. C.
show to be held in San Francisco in 1910."
After villifying Ellery by innuendo, Mr; Taft is
credited with the closing statement:
"In regard to Ellery's stand, I wish to say this:
If he had chosen to stand trial before the Amer-
ican Kennel Club and that organization had shown
him any injustice, we would all have stood by him
to a man. Probably Ellery made a slip in the mat-
ter of his wrong entries. Nobody cares to believe
he deliberately made a wrong entry — least of all
myself."
Ellery never had a chance for a trial. He never
tried to evade a trial. He wanted a fair trial and
was prepared to meet any and all charges. Neither
the A. K. C. nor the Pacific Advisory Committee have
shown that they are willing to give him any kind
of a trial. What is wanted is control of the San
Francisco A. K. C. jurisdiction, temporarily that has
been accomplished.
The resolutions of protest from ten kennel organ-
izations for a change in the administration of the
Pacific Advisory Committee is the stumbling block
in the path of the cuckoo kennel club and when the
A. K. C. takes action in that matter, if it ever does,
the atmosphere will be cleared, either one way or
the other.
To show Mr. Taft's diplomatic consistency, he
comes again to the front in a circular letter, which
is unfair and misleading in one respect, or possibly
he speaks by the book and here intimates that there
is a rod in pickle for the Oakland Kennel Cliib —
notice the peculiar phraseology, ' and the word has
been reported." It means absolutely nothing when
taken as a direct statement, but is merely an ill-
advised trap to catch the unwary.
The following is a copy of the circular letter re-
ferred to above, dated Oakland, April 13th, 1910. As
an appeal to fair minded and intelligent fanciers it
will no doubt receive the recognition it is, under the
circumstances, entitled to:
"You have identified yourself in the past with all
the important Dog Shows held in the vicinity of San
Francisco Bay. As yet I have not received your
entries for the GOLDEN GATE KENNEL CLUB
SHOW to be held at the Auditorium Rink, Page and
Fillmore streets, San Francisco, on May 4th, 5th,
6th and 7th. If this is from non-receipt of a Premium
List I will be pleased to forward one; if from lack
of time to make entries I will be only too glad to call
or send for them; if it is because of the unsports-
manlike attacks of a small coterie of "chronic
kickers" at least let me call and give our side of the
story. The G. G. K. C. show will be the only AMER-
ICAN KENNEL CLUB SHOW held in San Francisco
during 1910 and the word has been reported that
OAKLAND will hold no show. This will be your only
chance to win points around this vicinity this year.
Also this is a grand opportunity to show your loyalty
to the AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB through whose
effort the Coast Dogs have been brought to their
present perfection. For the convenience of Oakland
Exhibitiors I am receiving entries at my office in the
Taft & Pennoyer Building, Clay and 14th Sts. Hours
9 to 12 and 2 to 4:30. Your entry will be appre-
ciated as a personal favor by
Yours very sincerely,
J. Maxwell Taft,
Vice-Pres. G. G. K. C."
The foregoing letter of Mr. Taft has been replied
to by the Oakland Kennel Club as follows:
"To the Fancy:
Our attention has been called to the fact that the
Golden Gate Kennel Club is circulating letters to the
fancy soliciting entries for their show, in which let-
ters the declaration is made that 'the word has been
reported that Oakland will hold no show and this
will be your only chance to win points around this
vicinity this year.'
For the information of the fancy who have always
loyally supported the Oakland shows we desire to
state that no inquiry has ever been received from the
Golden Gate Kennel Club asking whether or not the
Oakland Kennel Club intended to depart from its
custom of holding a Spring show, and the attempt
to make it appear that the Oakland Kennel Club
would not hold a show — in order that thereby the
Golden Gate entries might be increased — presents
a most flagrant disregard for the common ethics of
show-giving clubs and never before in the annals
of Coast dogdom has there been record of where a
show-giving club deliberately misrepresented another
club for the purpose of deceiving the fancy into mak-
ing entries.
All fanciers aie hereby informed and will please
note that the Oakland Kennel Club will announce
its annual show in the near future.
Respectfully submitted,
Oakland Kennel Club,
G. B. M. Gray, Secretary. G. W. Ellery, President.
San Francisco, April 18, 1910."
The circular issued by J. Maxwell Taft above re-
ferred to is type-written on letter-heads of the Taft
and Pennoyer Company, Incorporated, of Oakland.
H. C. Taft, president; R. S. Phelps, vice-president
and treasurer; J. M. Taft, secretary, and C. G. Mon-
roe, general manager. Either a very cheap method
of advertising an Oakland business establishment
or there was a loophole purposely left to allow the
G. G. K. C. to deny responsibility for sooty kennel
politics.
A prominent member of the Golden Gate Kennel
Club is quoted as authority for the statement tnat
"for the present the rules of the A. K. C. on tne
Coast have been suspended."
If such is tne case, a suspension would be in order
any time it Vi as desirable. If so, what use are the
rules and what protection has any club or fancier
who does not "stand good" with the rulers of Amei-
ican or Coast dogdom?
A majority of the members of the National Dog
Breeders' Association attended a called meeting
Thursday evening, April 14th, for the purpose of pass-
ing upon the attitude of the organization respecting
the proposed bench show in May. The same resolu-
tions passed by the Oakland Kennel Club, the Califor-
nia Cocker Club and the Pacific Coast Setter and
Pointer Club, that the formation of the Golden Gate
Kennel Club and the assignment of show dates by the
Pacific Advisory Committee for a dog show in May,
under existing conditions, is not conducive to the
harmony and best interests of Coast dogdom, were
adopted almost unanimously.
Of four dissenting voes, two were cast by A. Wol-
fen and the Fried Liver Artist, both members of the
new club.
A committee of three, W. V. N. Bay, D. P. Cress-
well and Carroll Cook, were appointed to report at
the next meeting in May as to time and place for a
dog show to be held by the association. It was inti-
mated that the proposed club exhibit may take
place at the State Fair in September.
Published reports in the daily press of last Wed-
nesday state that entries for the G. G. K. C. show
in May were 200 at that time, with the possibility
of doubling that number by today, when entries will
close, thus turning up a five-point show. Very good,
but the names of a majority of our best fanciers
will not be seen in the catalogue list of exhibitors.
There has been powerful hustling, for which the
G. G. K. C. members deserve much credit for mis-
directed enthusiams and misapplied energy. Rumors
that entries have been accepted from every available
source and that entrance fees have been paid in "stage
money" we regard as untrustworthy. The red-
jowled show secretary is above anything that savors
of chicanery and rascality. We do not give him
credit, however, for high-class clerical abilities and
venture the suggestion that the coming show cata-
logue should be scrupulously scanned for "typo-
graphical errors" by the A. K. C. One or two cata-
logues of his construction in the past were not star
proof by any means. But still, he may have become
very careful by dint of experience.
The Oakland Kennel Club was incorporated during
the week. At a meeting held Tuesday the following
officers were elected: G. W. Ellery, president; Jack
W. Matthews, vice-president; George B. M. Gray,
secretary-treasurer. Messrs. Ellery, Gray and E. B.
Pixley, directors.
The club ratified the action of the executive com-
mittee in the protest filed with the A. K. C, as pub-
lished in last week's issue.
Fred Miller, a formerly prominent Oakland cocker
spaniel fancier and exhibitor, was elected to mem-
bership. Mr. Miller, it will be remembered, was one
of the organizers and officers of the Oakland Ken-
,nel Club over a decade ago. J. Maxwell Taft ten-
dered his resignation to the club.
The question as to whether the Oakland club was
properly treated, under the rules, or not, has been
settled by an attempt to show that the San Mateo
Kennel Club had been consulted and had acquiesced,
the latter being the "older club." A smug technical
bit of bunkum that does not hold water. The logi-
cal construction of the rule is, the older club — or
clubs — by reference not by seniority. The San Mateo
club holds sway 25 miles from this city, the Oakland
club exists — for the time being — five miles away.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, April 23, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 23, 1910.
THE FARM 1
DEHORN CATTLE.
Nearly every breeder engaged in
the live stock industry is a champion
of the dehorning of domestic animals.
Horns are nature's weapons of de-
fense and were necessary for self-
preservation of undomesticated ani-
mals. But what need does a dairy cow
or beef steer that is under the super-
vision of a humane keeper have of
weapons of defense? Horns on do-
■ mestic animals are like a peaceable
citizen carrying a revolver in a rural
community where all his neighbors
are Christians who belive in return-
ing good for evil.
Horns on cattle make them bellig-
erent. They know the power of their
defense and create disturbances when
armed with horns. Horns are dan-
gerous, as they inflict serious wounds
and often are the cause of death of
associate animals. When cattle herd-
ed on the ranges and were subject to
attacks of mountain lions, bears,
wolves and other predatory animals,
horns were necessary for defense and
self-preservation. In the dairy an ag-
gressive cow with horns terrorizes the
herd and often inflicts great damage.
The animal that intimidates her yard
mates needs to be dehorned.
A hornless animal can neither gore
her owner nor any member of the
herd. As an insurance against injury
domestic cattle should be dehorned.
Bulls are naturally pugnacious and
frequently attack their keepers when
they are armed with horns. Who that
has had experience in the live stock
industry cannot recall the constant
menace of a bull equipped with natural
weapons? When turned into the pad-
cock, the horned bull will bellow, paw,
shake his head and threaten to charge
his keeper. The same belligerent ani-
mal when dehorned is peaceable and
easily controlled.
Dehorning is not a cruel process.
There are instruments specially manu-
factured to perform the operation
painlessly. The horns of an immature
calf can be eliminated by a painless
application of caustic potash. That
nature designed hornless cattle in do-
mestication is demonstrated in the
evolution of such hornless breeds as
Aberdeen Angus, Galloways, Red Polls
and hornless Shorthorns. Feeders
understand the advantage of fattening
hornless steers. The stock is quiet.
There is no strife for mastery, and a
large number can be herded together
without danger of mutilation or in-
jury Being non-combative they are
quieter, eat better and assimilate a
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THE USE OF LIME.
When we apply lime to our soil we
look to its effect upon the soil rather
than to its direct influence upon the
plants. While many farms contain
sufficient deposits of lime, it is also
true that many soils are deficient in
this element.
Lime has various functions. It cor-
rects soil acidity, thus stimulating the
action of the bacteria that assist in
making plantfood available and gather
nitrogen from the atmosphere. It
changes dormant plant-food into active
plant-food, by carbonating the soil-
water and making it a more powerful
solvent.
It improves the physical condition of
the soil by making a heavy soil more
friable and a loose soil more compact.
On some soils it is needed as an actual
plant-food, for such crops as alfalfa
and clover.
There are various kinds of lime used
for agricultural purposes, and each
kind has certain advantages; but my
experience has led me to believe that
it is much safer to use the carbonate,
or ground limestone, because it does
not have a tendency to destroy the
humus in the soil, especially if large
quantities are used at one time.
On heavy soils that are inclined to
be wet, the caustic lime will have more
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six months' standing. She was so lame
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The bony enlargement was about the
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the extreme front of hock. After two
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Long before the bottle was used up the
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snd all lameness, without scar or loss
of hair. Horse may work as usual.
Send for copv and booklet.
$5.00 per bottle, with a written guaran-
tee as binding to protect you as the
best legal talent could make it.
At Dmgsrists and Dealers or Express
Paid.
TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY,
Binghamton, N« T.
D. E. Newell,
5fi Bavo "Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
1103 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Ever Seen
California's Holland?
Take
SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S
NETHERLAND'S
ROUTE
The Daylight service between San
Francisco and Sacramento via the
new steamer "NAVAJO."
Leave San Francisco 8:00 A. M.
Arrive Sacramento 6:00 P. M.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
A Delightful Scenic Water Trip
For tourists and auto parties.
Meals — Beautiful staterooms and
parlors.
Ask Agents
Pacific Street "Wharf, Market Street
Ferry Depot, Flood Building,
SAN FRANCISCO
sweetening the soil the carbonate, or
ground limestone, is equally valuable.
Lime should be applied early in the
spring, when it has not been applied
the previous fall, and should be ap-
plied a number of days before fertil-
izer and be thoroughly incorporated
with the soil.
If fertilizer containing nitrogen is
applied where it will come in contact
with the caustic lime there will be a
waste of ammonia and a consequent
loss of fertility. Such a waste is
rather expensive.
The great question is ,how much
shall we use? I believe that one ton
of caustic lime is an adequate amount
to supply at one time. If the ground
limestone is applied, we may safely
STABLE FOB BENT.
The Casino Stable, Twenty-fourth
avenue, near Fulton street. San Fran-
cisco; 19 box stalls; accommodations for
20 horses; fine office; harness room; all
appointments in good order. R.ent, $35
per month. For further particulars, ap-
ply to or address "The Casino," (op-
posite the stable), Fnlton Street and
24th Avenue, San Francisco Cal.
FOR SALE — A ZOMBBO COLT.
KILDARE, a handsome 3-year-old
black stallion by Zombro; nas a good
disposition, shows speed and is a
beauty to look at. Address
A. H. BELT, Oceanside, Cal.
FOR SALE, TBADE OR LEASE.
Fine registered Percheron stallion,
weight 2200 lbs. Address
WEBSTER KEVCAID, Eugene, Ore.
STALLION FOR SALE.
EACLE BIRD, 8 years old. 16 hands, weighs
about 1300 pounds, sound, stylish, good disposi-
tion, fine driver. Sired by Eagle Bird dv Jay
Bird. Well bred on dams side. Get pedigree.
Will be sold cheap.
Also a filly 19 months old. by Eagle Bird : kind
and gentle. For further particulars address
T. J. STANTON,
1149 McAllister St.,
or 3341 Point Lobos Ave., S. E. Cor. 23rd Ave..
San Francisco. Cal.
HIGHLY BRED STALLIOX FOR SALE.
I offer for sale the bay stallion Alpine
Prince, five years old, sound and all
right; weighs 1250 pounds; sired by
Jumbo Cson of Silver Bow 2;16 and the
great broodmare Grace, dam of Daeda-
lion 2:08%, by Buccaneer), dam Xelly
by Hawthorne, son of Nutwood, second
dam Pauline Jordan by Electioneer. Al-
mont Prince is a square trotter and a
high-headed, rangy horse. "Will be sold
right and at a very reasonable price.
For further particulars, apply to
JOHX PHIPPEX,
San Jose Race Track.
FOR SALE,
Free Trial, brown filly, 15.2, foaled
1905, trotter, registered in Vol. 17, bred
at Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Dan-
ville, Cal. Sired by Charles Derby 2:20,
dam Pippa by Stilleco 14346, dam of
Frank Dale 2:23%, second dam Lucy E.,
dam of Azalia 2:15 and Joe Scott 2:18,
by Black TValnut 17361, ihird dam
Ethel by Enfield 128, fourth dam Betsey
Trotwood by Peck's Idol, fifth dam
Pilotta by Little John, sixth dam
Dairy Maid by Tennessee 2:27. This
filly was worked 60 days as a three-
year-old and trotted a full mile in
2:23, and H in 35 seconds. She has
since been used for light road driving,
is a handsome filly, gentle for a lady
to drive, is a beautifully gaited trotter
with great knee and hock action.
Guaranteed absolutelv sound. Address
500S East 14th Street, Oakland.
HEALD'S
BUSINESS
COLLEGE
trains
for
Business
and places
its graduates
in positions.
Call or write
425 MoALLISTER ST.,
San Francisco.
WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S.
Veterinary Surgeon.
1155 Golden Gate Av.
Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana unestnu
Streets.
San Francisco, Cal.
FOR SALE.
A filly by Zombro 2:11, dam Bolita
2:14 by Guy "Wilkes 2:15ii, second dam
by Director 2:17. Bealtiful seal brown
in color, five years old, stands 15.2
hands high, and weighs 1050 pounds.
She is a square trotter, never was
trained for speed, but can trot a 3-
minute gait on the road. Has been
ridden and driven for two years by a
lady who is going east in a short time
and wants to sell her. She is a re-
markably handsome filly and has a
coat like velvet. She is a real pet, fear-
less and sound. Price $250. Call or
address
MRS. J. JOHXSTOX,
500S E. 14th St., Oakland, Cal.
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the beat of profes-
sional ierriceB to all cases oi veterinary
dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonaoie prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Ootavla St., between Fulton and Grove.
Phone Special 2074. San Franoiaoo. Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade — 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino
— Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams-
Rams for sale at all times.
P. 0. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon. Cal. Address, Dixon, Cal.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Pishing Tactie to let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat House,
Capt. F. Wm. Ehree. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Martet St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake. Mofflt & Towne. Los Anieles.
Blake. MeFaU & Co.. Portland, ore.
CALIFORNIA
PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY,
High-Class Art in
HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING
Artistic Designing
141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
Weather Proof. Acid Proof, Fire Kesisting.
BONESTELL & CO.
118 to 124 First St., San Francisco. Cal.
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. McKINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:1 4:_— : ; heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2 :09K and 4 others
Service Fee: $30,
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY, Manager.
Hemet. Riverside Co . Cal.
^gSORBINE
Removes Bursal Enlargements,
Thickened, Swollen Tirsues,
Curbs, Filled Tendons, Soreness
from any Bruise or Strain,
Cures Spavin Lameness, Allays
Fain Does not Blister, remove
the hair or lay the h^rse up. $2.00 a
bottle, delivered. Book 1 D free.
ABSOftlSFNE, JR., (mankind?!. 00
bottle.) For Synovitis, Strains, Uonty
or Rhenmatic Deposits, Varicose Veins, Varico-
cele, Hydrocele. Allays pain. Book fre«.
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass.
For sale tv Langle; £ Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.;
Woodward. Clark 4 Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Bratm Co.,
Brnnswig Drug Co.. Western Wholesale Drag Co., Lob An-
gdes, Calif.; Kirk. Cleary 4 Co.. Sacramento. Calif.; Pacific
rag Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drug Co., Spokane, Wash.
Saturday, April 23, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Offers the Following Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses
To be Given at the
CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, 1910, September 3rd to September 10, 1910.
Entries Close May 1st and Aug. 22, 1910.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.
Occident Stakes - Closed.
2:20 TROT $2,000 CLOSE MAY
Special Driving Club Contest Close later.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
2-YEAR-OLD TROT $ 400
2:20 PACE 2,000
.CLOSE MAY
.CLOSE MAY
1?
1,
2:12 Trot - 1,000 Close August 22,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.
3-YEAR-OLD PACE $ 400 CLOSE MAY 1,
2:10 Pace 800 Close August 22,
FREE-FOR-ALL PACE $1,000 CLOSE MAY 1,
1910
1910
1910
1910
1910
1910
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
10. CONSOLATION 2:20 TROT $ 400
11. FREE-FOR-ALL TROT 1,000 CLOSE MAY 1,1910
12. 2:15 Trot 1,000 Close August 22, 1910
Amateur Driving Clubs Close later.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.
2:15 Pace $ 700 Close August 22, 1910
Consolation 2:20 Pace 400
2:10 Trot 1,000 Close August 22, 1910
Amateur Driving Club Close later.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH.
Stanford Stake Closed.
2:08 Pace • ,$1000 Close August 22, 1910
Amateur Driving Clubs Close later.
13.
14.
15.
Entrance on Stakes 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, close on May 1st, 1910.
Payments due 2 per cent May 1, 1910; 1 per cent additional if not declared oat on or before June 1, 1910, and 2 per cent additional if not declared out on
or before July 1, 1910. Five per cent of the total amount of the staKe deducted from winners except Stakes 10 and 14.
Horses to be named with entries.
In Stakes No. 2 for 2:20 Trotters and No. 5 for 2:20 Pacers, $2000 each, $400 in each stake has been reserved for consolation purses in v^hicb no additional
entrance is charged, but there must be four starters, nothing deducted from winners. If less than 4 starters tho race will be declared off and the money added
to the main purse.
Stakes Noy. 6, 8, 12, 13, 15 and 17 close August 22, 1910, and horses must be eligible on that date. Entrance 5 per cent to accompany the nominations.
Nominators have the right of entering two horses from the same stable in any race, by the payment of one per cent for that privilege, due when, entry is
made. Only one of the two horses so entered to be started in the rac^s and the starter to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the first day of the meeting.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
Declarations (to declare out) must be mailed to the Secretary, and will not be accepted unless accompanied by the amount due at time declaration is made.
All races mile heats, three in five, except two-year-olds, two in three.
Moneys to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent, unless otherwise specified in conditions.
All races to fill satisfactorily to the Board of Directors, or they may be declared off.
Distances in all heats, 80 yards; but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards. A horse not winning, making a dead heat or twice second in the first three heats
to be ruled out but will retain his position in the summary.
Stakes are for the amount guaranteed — no more, no less.
When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided 66 2-3 per cent to the first and 33 1-3 per cent to the second.
A horse distancing the field will only be entitled to first and fourth moneys.
Hopples barred in trots, but allowed in pacing races, except where otherwise stated.
The Society reserves the right to start any heat, regardless of the position of the horses.
The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race. The right reserved to declare off or postpone any or all races on account of
weather or other sufficient cause.
Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 P. M. on th#» day preceding the race, and must be worn on the track in all races. Colors will
be registered in the order in which they are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected by the Secretary.
Drivers must weigh in by 12 o'clock noon day of race they are to drive.
The Board reserves the right to inflict penalties for non-compliance with the above conditions.
Otherwise than as herein specified. National Trotting Association (of which this Society is a member) rules will govern.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
H. A. JASTRO, President.
J. A. FILCHER, Secy, Sacramento, Cal.
double the amount. A moderate ap-
plication every four or six years is
more desirable than a heavier appli-
cation less frequently.
SHIPPING EGGS.
There is an idea prevalent that eggs
sent a long distance by express will
not hatch. Considering that eggs are
shipped to various parts of Europe
and Australia and hatch a large per
cent after the trip, one ought not hes-
itate at sending across the country
when the eggs can reach one on the
Pacific coast sent from the Atlantic
coast in one week, and the motion will
not kill good, strong germs. If the
germs are not strong, then a short
journey will kill them.
Another thing that it seems hard
to impress upon people who have had
little or no experience with poultry,
is the fact that there is no special
breed that does nothing but lay eggs.
All the standard breeds will lay well
if properly cared for. The laying
qualities of most hens and pullets de-
pend upon the treatment they receive
far more than upon their prolifiic
qualities. Select Leghorns or Minor-
cas if you have high fences and fair
sized runways or range, but if you are
obliged to make the most of every
square foot, then select one of the
larger breeds, and keep in mind that
your success depends upon your own
exertions and not upon the natural
qualities of the breed you select. A
second class breed can be brought to
give good results and a fine breed
may be so neglected as to become
next to no account.
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Pot up in this size
especially for banters and
sportsmen. Try this new
size— once, at all sporting
goods dealers, hardware,
etc.
FRFF generous sample
. bottle and big
dictionary sent on request.
Library Slips worth 5 per
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bottle. Save them and
get magazines free.
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SECOND PAYMENT
PACIFIC BREEDERS FUTURITY STAKES ND. 10
$7,250 Guaranteed.
MARES SERVED 1909.
FOALS OF 1910
To trot or pace at 2 and 3 years old. ENTRIES CLOSED DEC. 1, 1909.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$3000 for Three- Year-Old Trottera.
200 for Nominator on -vrho.se entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three-Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two-Year-OId Trottera.
200 for Nominator on whose entry I*
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-OId Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot
when mare was bred.
$1000 for Three- Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year- Old Pace.
750 for Two- Year-Old Pacer*.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-OId Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three- Year- Old Pace
when mare was bred.
SIX SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR STALLION OWNERS— $250.
EXTUiXCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1909,
when name color description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 May
9 1910- So October 1. 1910; $10 on Yearlings. April 1, 1911; $10 on Two-Year-Olds,
April 1, 1912; $10 on Three-Year-Olds, April 1, 1913.
STVRTING PAYMENTS — ?25 to start in the Two-Year-OId Pace; $35 to
start in the Two-Year-OId Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $d0 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 payment** to start whether the
horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again In the
three-year-old divisions.
For Entry Blanks and further particulars, address the Secretary.
REMEMBER THE SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE — If the mare proves barren
or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before
April 1st. 1911. her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitute
another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. In Futurity Stakes No. 8 the
demand for substitutions far exceeded the supply.
Be sure and make payments in time.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 366 Pacific BIdg., San Francisco, CaL
E. P. HEAI.D. President.
ADVERTISE IN THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 23, 1910.
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AUCTION SALE
Having sold the property known as the Fashion Stable-, I have decided to retire from
business and
Will Sell at Public Auction, Thursday, May 5, 1910,
At 11 a, m. at the
FASHION STABLES,
510 -14 K St.,
Sacramento, Cal.
the entire contents of this well known stable comprising 50 head of good carriage,
driving, business and work horses. Tally-ho, hacks, coupes, surreys, traps, three-
seater, buggies and wagons. Four-in-band. double and single carriage and buggy
harness. Blankets, robes, whips, etc., also office fixtures, safe and everything used
in an up-to-date livery stable.
CHAS. W. PAINE.
Proprietor.
FRED H. CHASE & CO.,
Live Stock Auctioneers.
No road too rough. Carxiei
weight over the wheels, not
on the axle. It has the
strength. Never a tired driv-
er after a long workout day.
Why? The long spring makes
it easy riding .and does away
with all horse motion. Furn-
ished with either Pneumatic
or cushion tires .
McMurray
Sulkies and
Jogging Carts
Standard the world over.
Address for printed matter and prices.
W. J. KENNEY, gJSSB?1"
531 Valencia St., San Francisco
Pedigrees Tabulated
Typewritten, Suitable for Framing.)
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete
tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on
back page.
Stallion Cards
Two sides, size 3J^ s 6J£, to fit exvelope.
Stallion Cards for Posting
Size, one-half sheet, 14 x 22; size, one-third sheet, 11 x 14.
STALLION SERVICE BOOKS, $1.
Address, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
366 Pacific Bldg. , San Francisco
DEALERS may "KNOCK" our CARTS and SULKIES. If so, it is because
they can't make any money out of them.
W° give the CONSUMER THE DISCOUNT and sell direct.
Mirier Cart Co., Goshen, N. Y. (Established isss)
REDUCINE
THE HUMANE TREATMENT
WILL CURE YOUR LAME HORSE,
CURE HIM PAINLESSLY, REMOVE
THE ENLARGEMENT AND YOU
CAN WORK HIM ALL THE TIME
MADE IN IRELAND
AMOS CLAYTOX,
Meat and Groceries, Jackson Street.
FAIRMONT, West Virginia, Feb. 21, 1910.
The Reducine Co., New York: —
Gentlemen: The can of Reducine I got from you worked like magic
on a badly sprained hind tendon. The horse ■was very lame, but after using
Reducine a short time, no one could tell ■which leg had been sprained. I
think this horse "will be able to go to the races this summer and in all
probability will get fast record. I think Reducine is the best thing on the
market, or the best that I have had, at least, and I have used a lot of the
high-priced medicines on cases before this. I make a specialty of buying
real good ones that are injured in some ■way and putting them sound again.
I like the business and take more interest in it than anything else.
Tours respectfully.
AMOS CLAYTON.
SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
147 Stephen Street.
FREEPORT, Illinois, Feb. 22, 1910.
The Reducine Co., New York: —
Dear Sirs: I "wish to say that the can of Reducine I bought from you
I used on an enlarged ankle and it did great work.
Yours very truly.
J. H. BENDER.
HAINES FALLS, N Y., Feb. 21, 1910.
The Reducine Co: —
Dear Sirs: I used the Reducine I purchased of you on a large, hard
bunch on the inside of the ankle of a heavy work horse which I got in a
deal last fall. He had been lame in that leg for two years. After three
applications of Reducine, he did not go lame and has not take a lame step
since and I "worked him at heavy "work all the time I ■was using Reducine
on him. The bunch has nearly all disappeared. It is the greatest remedy
I ever used. Very truly, ED. ADAMS.
NOR WALK, Conn., Jan. 25, 1910.
The Reducine Co., New York, N. Y.:
Dear Sirs: Your Reducine is all right, I used it for a splint on a five-
year-old mare, a well-bred one, and it worked to perfection. Reducine
beats everything I ever used and I will never be without it.
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Cash with order in all cases. P.ease send pR|(JE $4 Qfj pfR ^
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Saturday, April 23, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
17
Atnasham
Race Rec. 2:094,
Reg, No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
bv Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09^, Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13% and S
others in 2:30) ; dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%. (4) 2:10%.
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same vear). bv Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%' etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June 35th. at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1. Fresno, Cat.
SIR RODERICK
'The Handsome.")
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 13S0 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stvlish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. Mign
class in every respect. If vou want to breed a light cob. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
FEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRU AX, 727 I St., Bet. 8th and 9th Aves., Sunset District, San Fnneiseo
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam. Martha Frasier by Rustic 917; second dam Emma full sister to Cora
Wickersham dam of Nngi 2:10V,, Athasham 2:0914. etc.. by Whippleton 1883; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator 8336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson IS". Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter Hi* colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonnv McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturago
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSING, Plensanton. Cal.
Charley D- 2=06
1
Sire McKINNEY 2:11%, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam Flewv Flewy. by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe maje by
son of Jack Neison, he bv John Nelson 187, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle. thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, addtess CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Plensanton, Cnl.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Ovrner.
DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
GOPA DE 0R0 2:011
CARLDKIN 2:081
Reg. No. 52785.
Fastest Horse on the Pacific
Coast.
By Nutwood Wilkes 2:16^ 2. dam Atherine 2 :1634 by Patron 2:16H-
Service Fee $100. Usual return privilege.
Registered No. 36548.
Exhibition mile 2:053-*-.
By McKinney 2 :ll?4,dam the great
broodmare Carlotta Wilkes.
ual return privilege.
Service Fee $75. I*
The above stallions will make the Season of 1910 at
AGRICULTURAL PARK. LOS ANGELES
For further particulars address
Box 1. W. G. DURFEE, University Station, Los ADgeles, Cal.
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ADDRES5
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853 Rec.
2:20K
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Chariey Belden
2:08%, R. "W. P. 2:13%. Sonoma Mav 2:15%, Sonoma
Roy 2:20. Clipper W_ 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27%. Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11. Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schley E. 2:13%, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15%,
Jim V. 2:20. Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22.
Frank G. 12 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 1910 AT SAKTA KOSA, CAL.
FEE, S30.
Address LYXWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08i
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03^-
RAY O' LIGHT 2:0SH Is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie E. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway. next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Will make his first stud season after April 1, 1010. at
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
For further particulars address, after April 1st. E. S. TRAIN, Owner. Fair Grounds, Oregon.
Address before April 1st, E. S. TRAIN, Santa Cruz, Cal.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Bella M c2:08.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points.
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired bv McKinnev 2:11%, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:0S, by Altoona SS50, sire of S, son of the gTeat
Almont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 5558, sire of 2 in the list, by Shen-
andoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address
W. PARSONS, 32© Capital St., Salinas. CaL
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19;
By Parnell 5119. Rec. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
2:12% and 3 others in the standard list).
r»am Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino nief 11.
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, CaL
PRINCE McKINNEY --2-- 2:29
1
Winner of 2-Y.-0. Trotting
Division Pacific Breeders
Futurity Stakes No. 3.
PRIXCE McKIXNEY is by McKinney 2:11^, the greatest of all speed sires, and
is out of Zorilla, by Dexter Prince, one of the most successful sires ever owned by
the Palo Alto Farm; next dam Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; next dam
Lady Thorn Jr.. dam of that good racehorse Santa Clans 2:17%, that sired Sidney,
grandsire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:5S%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing 16 hands and weighing
1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone, a rugged constitution and fine trotting
action.
Season of 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES, 36^sa,na SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Good opportunity for San Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion.
FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Apply to or address
F. GOMMET, Owner. CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stables, 36tn Avenue. San Francisco.
Awarded Gold Medal at California State Fair, 1892. Every horse owner
who values his stock should constantly have a supply of it on hand. It improves
and keeps stock in the pink of condition. Ask your grocers or dealers for it
Positively cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion. Manhattan Food Co., C. P.
Kertel. Pres., 1001-1003 E. 14th St., Oakland. Cal.
Mew Edition of John Splan's Book
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Address, Breeder and Sportsman, r. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Cal.
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[Saturday, April 23, 1910.
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners!
BON VOYAGE i^un
■^ w ■ ■ ■ w ■ ■ ■ w™ Reg No 39813
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BOX VIVAXT (2) 2:16*4
Fastest Two-Year-Old Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW" (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders" Futurity
Stake Xo. 7.
BOX ADAY <2> 2:27%
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1909.
VOYAGEI7R (2) 2:26H
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in earlj' speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot. dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St.. San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
3 Reg. No.
4 37621
Sire of
Diamond Mo - - 2-.-2f.yi
trial - 2:16,,
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27j|
Armon Lou - - '2:2iA
Harold B.. p. Mat. - 2:13%
trial - 2:10
Kinney G.. P - - 2:2i]~
Debutante 131 trial - 2:19%
Kalitan 131 trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3\ trial 2:27
John Christensen 131 trial 2:28
LoloB. (3). trial - 2:28
Four Stockings (3). trial >2 1:07
Princess Lou (2). trial H - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to S75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P*rk where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, "**
dale, Cal For further particulars, address RAY* MEAD, San Jose,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas,
Hills-
CaL,
, Cal.
GOOD LOOKS-WELL BRED— GAME.
/\kflb W I La C ^T /Ofcfc Dam Zaya by Bay Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
eon in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
3 good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya. was out of that famous old California
race mare Mary Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07?i, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jennj*. the dam of three fast and frequent race winners, viz.: Ned "Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15% and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RAGE TRACK, GHIGO, Cal.
For further particulars address
L. B, DANIELS, Chico, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:I5i
3-y.-o. Record 2:ll|
Public
Exhibition
2:05
2
By Searchlight 2.-03%; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16>^, sire of John A. McKerron 2:01%.
Copa de Oro 2:01%. Tidal Wave 2:06?.,. Miss Idaho 2:09%, etc.
Dam Trix, dam of Mona WilKes 2:03% and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trixy by Director 2 :17 ; third dam Mischief (dam of Brilliant, sire of Brilliantine 2 :17% >
by Young Tuekaboe 2:28%. son of Flaxtail; fourth dam Lide by Flaxtail: fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull ; sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.) .
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season,
C. L. Gifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05% in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list: sons sireo Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc.. etc. ):
dam Effie Logan (.dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (31
2:05%, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%. etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter: third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $-5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
Nearest McKinney 4D698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11%, dam Maud J. C. bv Nearest
2:22*4; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13^) by Menlo 2:21*£ (son
oi Xutwood 600): third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16^ (sire of the dams of
5< ;ma Girl 2:05%, W. "Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:0S*4 and Gray Gem 2:09*4);
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04. on a half-mile track, and eighths
in lo seconds. Terms: $50 the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility' assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
P ?r tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
hone Black 2841, T. W. BAKSTOW, San Jose, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO GOOD ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:03%
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11*4, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2-13*4 sire
of Katalina 2:11*4, General Vallejo 2:22%. Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:2S*4
Vallejo Girl 2:10*4, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief S9; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. "Washington
2:16?i, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13*4.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016 Race Record 2:111
DEMOXIO 2:llYt is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%. Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:01%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2-20
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bavard 53, next dam
Blandma by Hambletonian 10.
PEE FOR THE SEASON *40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Sni.nn, Cal.
Zolock 2:05] ~ -
McKinney'i Fastest Entire Son
34471.
SlKE OF
Tprmc* Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:09%
I CI 1115. Delilah 2:06% Velox - - 2:09%
Bystander 2:07% Boton de Oro 2:10%
ttjrt Josephine - - 2:07% McO.D. - - 2:11%
*uu* etc.. etc.
By McKinney 2:11%, dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL.
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
etc.. and
^irP \lltwnnf1 WillfPC 7'lni sireof Copa de Oro 2:01%. John A. McKerron 2:04%.
OllC, milffUUU TiI1IVC5 £.1U2, damsof San Francisco 2:07%. Mona Wilkes2:03%. etc
Ham Palfta (1\ 7'fn dam of2 in list: second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 220,
tram, l ama \i. j i.iu, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season 5&X^^■&r^Kl?ta,d,4 atmy
Good pasturage at £2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLIOX
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11%
Pacing Record 2:06%
By McKinney 2:11^4, dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09^, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Bowena 2:18%.
(Oirned by Professor E. P. Heald of San Frnncitfco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
A- J. GIL.LETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :06%.
Alceste 2:07%. Allerton 2:09%. Duke Jay 2:09%. Early Bird
2:10, Gitchie Manito 2:09%. Invader 2:10, Justo (3)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:05%. Charley Hayt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes <dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33. sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of SlcKinney
2:11%, by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella, dam of
S, by Imp. Australian.
Terras: $40 the Season, rsuai return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda - Jay, dark brown horse. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris,
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Bodaker 49130
Son of Antrim, sire of Anzella 2:06%.
Dam Birdie by Jay Bird, sire of 8 and the dams of 4 in 2:10.
BODAKER is one of the purest-gaited trotters living and trotted the Pleas-
anton track last spring in 2:0S^, the fastest mile ever trotted on that famous
training track. He will make the season of 1910 at Pleasanton. Fee $50. for the
season, with usual return privilege. Pasturage $4 per month. Address
THOS. RONAN, Owner,
Pleasanton, Cal.
Saturday, April 23, 1910.]
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1—2:20 CLASS TROTTING, CALIFORNIA STAKES $2000
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3_2:14 CLASS PACING 600
THURSDAY.
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALL STY'LE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46S31 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11%.. C. L. Gifford. Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BONNY" McKINNEY 41383 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
CARLOKIN 2:0S% W G. Durtee, Los Angeles
CHARLEY D. 2:06% Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
COPA DE ORO 2:01% TV. G. Durfee, Los Angeles
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47S70 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile. Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYNWOOD W. 2:20% . .Lyrfwood Stock Co.. Santa Rosa
NEAREST McKINNEY 4069S. . T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
PRINCE McKINNEY (2) 2.:29%
Chas. James. San Francisco
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19% J. H. Donaldson, Topaz
RAY' O'LIGHT 2:08% E. S. Train, Salem, Ore.
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax, Alameda
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair. Hanford i^et. 10-15
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
Centralia Sept. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho v Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4- S
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit : Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. S-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
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MAKE YOUR ENTRIES on Monday next in the
early closing stakes of the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders Association and the California State
Fair. While these are the only two associations that
have thus far advertised programs for 1910 in Cali-
fornia, it is known that a half dozen or more meet-
ings will be advertised within the next month to take
place during August and September. There should
be a big list of entries for both these meetings, and
the early closing stakes should be largely patronized.
There are two $2,000 stakes offered by the Breeders,
one for 2:20 class pacers, the other for 2:20 class
trotters. The State Fair also offers a couple of
$2,000 and for the same classes. These stakes should
get between fifteen and twenty-five entries each. A
pacer that can win in the 2:20 class at the Breeders
and at Sacramento will earn a nice sum of money,
and if he can win a few other races during the year
he will probably earn more for his owner than any
horse that will leave California to race on the Grand
Circuit. "Distance lends enchantment to the view"
but the big money over east is hard to earn and it is
a long way home if you don't win. By next year we
hope to have the county fairs restored in California
and plenty of harness racing, and in the meantime,
while the meetings are few, we ask the horse owners
to enter in the purses offered as liberally as they
can. Remember entries close next Monday in the
early closing stakes. Those intended for the
Breeders Association should be addressed to F. W.
Kelly, Secretary, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco,
those intended for the State Fair should be mailed
to J. A. Filcher, Secretary, Sacramento.
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COMPARING .THE COST of keeping and using
an automobile and a horse, is a very favorite diver-
sion with the sellers of the buzz buggies just now.
Anybody who knows enough to ask questions knows
that a horse and buggy can be kept at a first class
livery stable for less money than an automobile can
be kept at a garage. The horse, buggy and harness
will cost say $500, and a pretty fair turnout can be
purchased for that sum. A cheap automobile will
cost at least $1500. Now suppose one person buys
a horse, buggy and harness today at the price men-
tioned, the horse seven or eight years old and sound.
Another buys a brand new auto, at $1500, also sound.
Both take good care of their investments using them
moderately for two years. The probabilities are that
the horse owner, should he want to sell will get very
nearly as much for his rig as he gave for it, while
it is pretty certain that should the auto owner put
his machine up for sale he could not get one-third
its original cost, and could not possibly trade rigs
even up with the horse owner. A young horse well
cared for will increase in value for several years, but
an auto is a second hand machine and decreases in
in value every day after it is taken out for the first
time.
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WITH ALL THE TALK that the end of the horse
age is at hand, says Bit and Spur, there is everything
to prove, and nothing to disprove the fact that the
horse was really never more in evidence than he is
today. There is more of him, his price is higher
than has ever been known, there are more horse
shows, more prizes offered, and more money expended
upon them than has ever been chronicled, and people
were never so much interested in the animal as they
are today. The outlook for these popular exhibitions
for the forthcoming season in England, France, Bel-
gium, Holland, and other continental countries, as
well as America, is rosier than it has ever been;
they are increasing in scope in all those lands and are
springing up all over this immense country, the west
is at a high temperature with horse show fever, and
the indications are that 1910 will be a record breaker.
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OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Arcadia Track Is Getting Good and Trotters and
Pacers Stepping Fast Over It.
Los Angeles, April 26, 1910.
These are busy days with the trotters at Arcadia,
the campaigners are beginning to get their regular
work and the colts are well along in their educa-
tion. Messrs. I. C. Mosher and Jos. H. Williams
who were the last to leave Agricultural Park are
now established with their strings at Santa Anita
and hard at work.
The track is improving every day as evidenced by
the fact that the green pacing mare Chicquita in
Walter Maben's string stepped a half in 1:01% over
it, and the Coronado filly recently sold for $3000
worked a mile in 2:21 last half in 1:04%, last quar-
ter in 30% seconds, while Durfee let Leonora Mc-
Kinney, his green pacer, step an % in 14% and two
of his two-year-old trotters by Del Coronado eighths
in :18%. C. A. Canfield's two-year-old pacer Charlie
A C by Walter Barker reeled off the same distance
in 15 and a fraction, so it seems to suit all ages and
ways of going. Mr. D. B. Stewart, the Spokane
horseman, must have been uninformed when he told
the "Breeder and Sportsman" that it was so bad
and several trainers thought of leaving, but then
again "D. B." always was a pessimist, and it is even
betting when he gets to Heaven that he will complain
to St. Peter that the clouds were damp on his trip up
or his halo didn't fit or he didn't like the shape of
his wings.
Will Durfee has a yearling colt in his ba-n by Car-
lokin, dam Lucy A. that is a natural trotter. He is
just nicely broken but already can trot fast. He is
owned by Durfee and Cram and they think so well
of the youngster that they have staked him in every
event they could along the entire coast.
Horsemen throughout the State will be ^lad to hear
that C. A. Canfield who has been ill for the last two
months, is again at his office. It is owing to his
liberality and interest in it that the trotting game
is kept alive in this part of the State. He is president
of the Los Angeles Driving Club, the Los Angeles
Harness Horse Association and the California
Breeders' Association and is one of the three trus-
tees of the new racing plant building at Agricultural
Park, as well as a breeder of trotters, having at the
head of his farm the stallions Walter Barker by Heir-
at-Law and El Volante 2:13% (three-year-old record)
by Zombro, and this year he has a number of entries
in the colt stakes all along the line. El Volante will
not be seen at the races this year as Mr. Canfield has
decided to hold him over and next year as a five-year-
old, stake him down the Grand Circuit, for with his
present mark he is eligible for nearly all except the
Merchants' and Manufacturers' (the M. & M.) at De-
troit. With his phenomenal speed, level head, breed-
ing, and soundness, bar accidents, he can not but help
giving a good account of himself.
I paid a visit to Agricultural Park last Sunday and
the place is hardly recognizable, the track is still
there but the work of demolishing the buildings is
going steadily on, and by the middle of next month
there will not be a stick left of the old structure.
Then the rebuilding and grading will be begun at
once. Mr. Allen, the track builder, I am told, has
been communicated with and all the necessary de-
tails will be completed by that time, so that it looks
now as if the track would be done in time for a
meeting here this fall, still it is too early to be as-
sured of it. During my visit my attention was at-
tracted to a bunch of brood mares with foals at foot
in the infield and with Will Durfee to give me their
pedigrees I walked over to inspect them. Durfee
by the way, is as enthusiastic over a week old foal as
a mother over her first child or as a "befo' de wah"
mammy over her year old "Massa." The stock be-
longed to different owners, but what a band of
matrons they would be on somebody's stock farm;
everyone bred in the purple and with one exception
typical individuals. If there is anything in breeding
every one of the youngsters should make a trotter
except one and he is a pacer by Copa de Oro.
The first to catch my eye was Annabelle Loftus (by
Hambletonian Wilkes dam Annabelle) a full sister
to Murray M. 2:14 with a bay colt by Del Coronado
foaled April 13th; it will take more than the hoodoo
number to stop him.
Roberta Madison by James Madison, that has a foal
three months old by Del Coronado. This colt is a
full brother to the four-year-old filly that Maben owns,
made a half in 1:04% last week. Roberta Madison's
first two colts could beat 2:15 as three-year-olds; h«r
present one is a big, rugged, husky fellow with the
best of legs and back, too big if anything, but very
attractive.
Lady H. was a half in 1:06 as a thfee-year-old, by
Del Coronado, dam by Gossiper, had a black filly on
April 7th by Carlokin; this little Miss has two white
hind ankles and is always on a trot.
Irene S 2:28y2 (two-year-old) by Petigru 2:10% is
a full sister to Zulu Belle and nas a week old ocai
black colt by Carlokin at her side.
Lola, a half sister to Lolita by Guide 2:16, son of
Director has a solid bay colt six weeks old by Carlo-
kin that Durfee insists can outtrot any colt of its age
in the State.
Beatrice Zombro by Zombro, her first four dam.-: are
all in the Great Brood mare list and her own dam is
out of the dam of Copa de Oro; she has a bay colt
with two white hind ankles, now two weeks old, by
Conorado, that is as near perfect as a colt can be.
It belongs to Clarence Berry.
Atherine 2:16% by Patron has a month old bay colt
by Coronado, a rugged close coupled fellow.
Lady Hackett (had two minute speed) by Jerome
he by Electioneer has a chestnut colt foaled Feb. 6th
by Copa de Oro. He is an attractive youngster with
a snip in his face and two white hind ankles. He
walks on a pace, its the only gait he knows.
Mowitza 2:20 by Soudan by Sultan first dam Aileen
by Anteeo, second dam Lou Milton, dam of Lou Dillon,
has a bay filly with a white front and white hind
ankles by Carlokin.
Hawthorne by McKinney dam Firewood by Fayette
Wilkes has a bay filly two months old by Carlokin ;
Hawthorne has had two colts that could beat 2:30 at
two-year-olds.
Alias 2:1S by Woolsey dam by Del Sur 2:24 foaled
a solid bay colt on March 10 by Carlokin.
Lady Vasto, dam by Iowa Chief, has a two month's
old brown colt by Carlokin.
Subito by Stienway dam Jennie Mc 2:09 by McKin-
ney, second dam Leonora the dam of three with
records better than 2:10, has a bay filly with two
white hind ankles by Del Coronado. Subito's first
two colts, now three and four years old have each
been an eighth in 14% seconds. She is also the dam
of Blanche, matinee record 2:15. She is the property
of Clarence Berry.
Ola by McKinney dam Ala by Stamboul 2:07%, sec-
ond dam Molly by Sacramento, (thoroughbred) dam
of two trotters in the list. She has a bay colt foaled
April 2nd by Copa de Oro.
Iran Belle, three-year-old trial 2:20, by Iran Alto
2:12% dam Annabelle, the dam of La Belle, two year
old mark of 2:16 and dam of three others with records
better than 2:15 has a bay tjlly by Del Coronado,
foaled on March 22nd.
Out of this bunch of young aristocrats it is hard to
say which is the best looking but I think at a horse
show the blue ribbon would be awarded to either the
Ola or Beatrice Zombro youngsters.
JAMES
I JOTTINGS. I
THE WOODLAND DRIVING CLUB made the
biggest kind of a success of its floral carnival and
race meeting last Saturday. Seldom has a larger
crowd filled the streets of the prosperous shire town
of Yolo County than assembled in the forenoon to
see the floral parade, and never has a crowd been
treated to a prettier spectacle. From Sacramento,
Dixon, Davis, Winters, Marysville and from the
towns north along the line of the railroad to Wil-
lows, came hundreds, while from every farm within
a radius of twenty miles was an auto or a surrey
load of people. The parade, which took place in the
morning, was a beautiful sight. There were over
eighty decorated vehicles in line, from floats drawn
by four horses to a baby carriage containing twins,
proudly propelled by a happy father, who showed
that in spite of the high cost of living twins could
be kept clean, healthy and neatly dressed on a
salary of fifty dollars a month. There were autos,
surreys, single and double rigs of all kinds and
several pony turnouts, all most beautifully decorated
with natural flowers. E. A. Bullard, who won the
first prize for the best decorated touring car, had his
machine completely covered with a design repre-
senting a mammoth white swan, all done in thou-
sands of calla lilies, the swan being driven with
silken reins by a little four-year-old girl, whose
looked like a fairy as she sat on the huge bird's back
and seemingly guided it along the line of march.
Over twenty prizes were awarded for the best and
second best, in the different classes. Where all the
beautiful cut flowers came from was a surprise to
visitors, but a drive through the streets of Woodland
or along the Yolo County roads at this time of year
would show that gardens were not very heavily
drawn on, even though the display was lavish, pro-
fuse and gorgeous. A majority of the horse-drawn
vehicles were driven by young ladies, who were
accompanied by others and all attired in lingerie
gowns in colors to harmonize with the color scheme
and the flowers used in decorating. Queen Hazel,
with her attendants, presented a most charming
picture, seated on a float drawn by four white horses.
In the afternoon the people went to the races at
the fair grounds. There were five events on the
card, and several horses were brought out between
heats to trot or pace against time for a record.
There were no remarkably fast heats during the
day, but the contests were close and the sport was
thoroughly enjoyed by the large crowd present. Mr.
Frank E. Wright, of the Sacramento Driving Club,
officiated as starter, and did his work well. This is
the first time the writer has ever seen Mr. Wright
"in action" in the starter's stand, and our opinion
is that he is about the best starter that has been
seen on this coast for some time. He knows the
game thoroughly, has a quick and very observant
eye, talks quietly but emphatically to the drivers,
and knows when horses are on' their stride.
Two young horses made remarkable showings dur-
ing the afternoon, and both were driven by Hiram
Hogoboom. In the third race for named horses he
started Little Lucille, a two-year-old filly by Palo
King out of a mare by Diablo, and won the race in
straight heats in 2:21 and 2:27. This a fast mile
for a two-year-old pacer in April and the handsome
little filly did it so easily that a mile in 2:15 or
better looks to be easy for her within a couple of
months. Little Louise belong to John Clark of
Woodland. But the sensational exhibition of the
afternoon was the showing made by a yearling filly
owned and driven by Mr. Hogoboom. Busybody is
the name of this little miss and she is entered in
the Pacific Breeders' Futurity and other stakes. She
was just twelve months and sixteen days old last
Saturday and is only just broken. That she is a filly
of handsome proportions, although she probably will
not weigh over 500 pounds at the present time, is
shown by the picture of her on the front page of
the Breeder and Sportsman this week, the picture
being taken last Sunday nioming. Mr. Hogoboom
brought her out between the races, jogged her
around to the half-mile pole and then let her step
to the wire. She has the most perfect trotting
action imaginable and she came down the stretch
likf a racehorse, making the half in 1:16%, several
w^ehes, mine among them, getting it a quarter of a
ff ond faster. Just before reaching the wire the
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dark against the intense sunlight, probably looked
like a ditch to her, as she jumped clear over it and in
the attempt to get her back on her stride she prob-
ably lost a half second. Busybody looks good enough
to equal or beat the record of Miss Stokes 2:10%
this fall. She is a dark bay with good bone, clean
limbs and a head that kndSvs nothing but trot. She
is by Iran Alto 2:12%, dam Diawalda by Diablo
2:09%, second dam Walda by Waldstein 2:22%, third
dam Rosa by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, fourth dam Rose-
bud by Del Sur 2:24, fifth dam Blanche by Arthur-
ton 365, and sixth dam by Gen. Taylor, the old thirty-
mile champion. There is not a better bred one any-
if no accident happens her.
where than Busybody, and she will be heard from
The summary of the races held during the after-
noon is as follows:
First Race, Class C Pacers.
E. R. Brown's ch. m. Maymono by Demonio
(Brown) 1 i
M. C. Keefer's b. m. Leora Smith by Tom Smith
(Keefer) 3 2
J. H. Dreyer's ch. m. Diolet by Diablo (Dreyer).2 3
Time — 2:56, 2:55%.
Second Race, Trot for Named Horses.
Woodland Stock Farm's b. g. Nusado by
Nushagak ( Spencer) 1 2 1
Chas. Marley's blk. m. Nusta by Nushagak
( Marley ) 2 1 2
Time— 2:25, 2:23%, 2:26.
Third Race, Pace for Named Horses.
John Clark's b. m. Little Lucille by Palo King
( Hogoboom) l l
Woodland Stock Farm's br. m. Frances C. by
Prince Ansel (Spencer) 2 2
Time— 2:21, 2:27.
Fourth Race, Class A Pace.
Chas. Marley's blk. c. Sir Poleon by Nushagak
I Marley) 1 1
M. C. Keefer's b. m. Ansoola by Prince Ansel
( Keefer) 2 2
Geo. Wurth's br. h. Abe by Aberdeen (Dryer).. 3 3
Time— 2:33, 2:27.
Fifth Race, Class B Pace.
Comontofski's b. g. Jerry F. by Falrose (Comon-
tof ski ) 1 1
Geo. Wurth's b. m. Babe by Mamb. Chief Jr.
(Dryer) 3 2
Geo. Hennigan's b. m. Dutch by Alta Vela
(Dryer) 2 4
W. H. Eires' br. g. Major by Stanford (Eires) . .4 3
Time— 2:42%, 2:37%.
Time Records — Trotting.
H. E. Coil's b. h. Iran Rose by Iran Alto, dam
Golden Rose, dam of Kinney Rose 2:13%, by
Falrose (Hogoboom) 2:26
Woodland Stock Farm's b. m. Anjella, by
Prince Ansel, dam by Nushagak (Spencer) . .2:27%
Woodland Stock Farm's b. g. Wesos, by Prince
Ansel, dam by Nephew (Spencer) 2:2S%
Time Records — Pacing.
Woodland Stock Farm's br. m. Frances C. by
Prince Ansel, dam by Nushagak (Spencer) . .2:24%
* * *
The Woodland Driving Club is to be commended
for the very excellent entertainment it inaugurated
and carried out so successfully last Saturday, and I
understand that several hundred dollars were cleared
on the day, so that the club will now go ahead and
perfect arrangements for its fair and race meeting
this summer. The Woodland Stock Farm track is
in fine shape and about forty horses are being
worked there to see if they have speed enough to
justify entering them on the circuit. Chas. Spencer,
who is superintendent as well as trainer for this
farm, is spending a good part of his time every day
educating a lot of youngsters by the farm's stallions.
Prince Ansel and Nushagak. He gave Anjella by
Prince Ansel a trotting record of 2:26 and Frances
C. by the same horse a pacing record of 2:24%
Saturday afternon, won a race with Nusado by
Nushagak, and saw Ansoola by Prince Ansel trot
second in another race, while Chas. Marley drove
Sir Poleon by Nushagak to victory in the class A
pace. The Prince Ansel colts are particularly well
liked by horsemen, as they all have speed early and
train on. Spencer is getting that good trotter Prince
Lot by Prince Ansel ready for the races this year.
This horse has beaten 2:10 in his trials and will
surely get a low- mark before the year is ended,
s * *
Det Bigelow, who is known as the man who drove
the majority of the Alex Buttons to their records,
[Saturday, April 30, 1910.
has a small string of seven or eight head that are
being trained for speed. Det had bad luck in trying
to mark Dorothy Ansel, his two-year-old filly by
Prince Ansel out of Lucy B. 2:17 by Alex Button.
He wanted to give her a mark not faster than 2:29,
but drew it a little too close and while his own
watch and several others were a fraction better
than 2:30, the official timers made it 2:30%, and
she lost out. Dorothy is a big fine two-year-old and
will be seen in the stakes this year if nothing hap-
pens her. She has a lot of action and Bigelow had
a pair of elbow boots on her, which she didn't seem
to like at first, but paid little attention to after going
the first quarter. Bigelow has a good mare in Lady
Sutter that is owned by Mr. C. Arvedson of College
City. She is working nicely and will get a mark
this year ten seconds or more below her present one
of 2:27%. Diablo Jr. is another in Bigelow's string
that is well thought of.
* * *
Hiram Hogoboom has a lot of speed in his barn.
He worked T. B. Gibson's four-year-old mare Vir-
ginia Lee by Iran Alto, a mile in 2:15 last week.
This young mare was second to Volante in the third
heat of the Occident Stake last year in 2:14, and
took a time record of 2:17% at Woodland; 2:10 is
about where she will go this year if she keeps right.
There is a yearling by Iran Alto out of a full-sister
to Lady Mowry 2:09% in his string that is one of
the fastest natural trotters "the two-minute talker"
ever broke. Iran Alto is a great sire of early and
extreme speed and his colts, like himself, are dead
game. James W. Rea of San Jose, owner of Iran
Alto, was in Woodland last Saturday, and from him
I learned that the son of Palo Alto had only sired
e'even foals prior to the time he leased him to Mr.
Hogoboom. Since Iran Alto has been in Yolo County
he has had but very few standard mares bred to
him, yet he is siring speed from all sorts of mares.
Given the advantages the noted stallions owned by
the big Eastern stock farms enjoy, he would soon
be reckoned as one of the greatest of sires.
* * *
SECRETARY FILCHER of the California State
Agricultural Society takes exception to the state-
ment made in the editorial columns of the Breeder
and Sportsman of April 16, wherein it was stated that
"the North Pacific Circuit of Fairs sent a request
to the California State Fair for a conference that
dates might be selected which would not conflict, and
that not getting any response from the California
board, the North Pacific people went ahead and se-
lected their dates." Secretary Filcher writes this
paper as follows:
"The North Pacific people never sent a word to the
California State Agricultural Society on the question
of dates, but went ahead and fixed them on their
own motion without a conference or a suggestion
of one; when they did fix them they knew they were
conflicting with the dates almost invariably pre-empt-
ed by California, namely close to the last of August
or the first of September."
In the B'ebruary 2nd number of the North Pacific
Rural Spirit, published at Portland, Oregon, and edit-
ed by one of the directors of the Oregon State Fair
Association, was printed the following item, a part of
the proceedings of the meeting of that association
held January 27-th, 1910.
"The authorized schedule of the North Pacific Fair
dates for 1910 was fixed as follows: Everett, August
29 to September 3; Portland, September 5 to 10;
Salem, September 12 to 17; Walla Walla, Septem-
ber 19 to 24, etc.
In the Breeder and Sportsman of February 5th, a
full account of this meeting of the North Pacific Fan-
Association was printed, with the dates as given in
the foregoing paragraph.
(We will here state that during the past two years
the dates of the California State Fair have been
so fixed as to enable the exhibitors to go north and ex-
hibit or race their stock at Salem and Portland. The
California State Fair of 1909 opened August 30th
and the one for 19(S opened on August 29th.)
On Tuesday, February 15th, 1910, nearly twenty
days after the North Pacific Fair Association had
met and selected their dates, and ten days after these
dates had been published in the San Francisco Chron-
icle, the Breeder and Sportsman, and other journals,
the California State Board of Agriculture met at
Sacramento and selected dates for its fair of 1910,
making it nearly two weeks later than the dates of
190S and 1909. When these dates were published
Saturday. April 30, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
there was a strong protest made by the stock breeders
and other exhibitors who desired to show at both the
Oregon and California State Fairs, and at its next
meeting the California dates were changed to Sep-
tember 3rd to 10th, which is in conflict with the
Portland dates.
While we may have been mistaken in our statement
that the California State Board of Agriculture was
asked to confer with the North Pacific Board two
weeks prior to the meeting at which the latter se-
lected its dates, Secretary Filcher will surely not dis-
pute the fact that the dates selected by the North
Pacific Association on January 27th, 1910, were
claimed nearly three weeks before the California
State Fair dates were fixed, nor that the dates of
the North Pacific Circuit were published ten days
before the meeting of the California State Board at
which the dates of its 1910 fair were set nearly two
weeks in advance of its usual dates. In this connec-
tion we desire to quote from an editorial printed in
the Rural Spirit on February 23rd, of this year:
"The California state fair has for years opened
the last week in August and in setting the dates
for Oregon and Washington fairs the Northern As-
sociation respected California's established date and
at once notified the secretary of that fair regarding
their action. Now we receive word rrom Secretary
Filcher that they have claimed September 9-17 as
the date for their fair, thus conflicting with both
Portland's and Salem's dates. No explanation ac-
companied this information and we are at a loss
to understand the reason.
"For several years there has oeen co-operation
between these fairs and many race horses and con-
siderable other stock come from Sacramento north
and take part in all the Northwest circuit, and sev-
eral herds of stock have shipped from Oregon, Wash-
ington, and Idaho to Sacramento to make the initial
show of the circuit. Last year quite a lot of
stock came clear across the continent, Erst showing
at Sacramento and thence on north. The date se-
lected for Sacramento this year precludes all possi-
bility of such co-operation. Thus the winning power
of show and race stock is seriously curtailed very
much to the detriment alike to fairs and exhibitors.
This journal has for years been working "in season
and out" to bring about more co-operation and closer
trade relations between California and her northern
neighbors firmly believing it would be mutually ben-
eficial. A continuous fair circuit from California
north is one of the most important steps toward this
desirable relation and we regret very much to note
what looks like an undoing of a work well begun."
GIL CURRY REACHES KANSAS.
MATINEE SEASON OPENS TOMORROW.
A correspondent of the Horse Review, writing from
Memphis, says: "The track record for the season
was made last Wednesday by March McEwen 2:08%.,
the calico pacer driven by Winston Garth, stepping
a mile in 2:15, the last half of which was in 1:01%.
Gil Curry arrived from California last Wednesday
morning with three horses which were purchased for
R. J. McKenzie, of Winnipeg, Man. They are Joe
McGregor 2:21%, a pacing stallion who on the Coast
last season raced second around 2:06%; Pandora, a
green daughter of McKinney 2:11%, and a gray colt
by Lynwood W. 2:20%. The trio will be raced by
Havers James, whose string, by the way, is well
along in their preparation. Havers is getting them
tuned up for the Canadian meetings, which open in
late May. Havers put Gill to work, and some very
glib miles were reeled off. Merry Widow, p.. 2:09%,
the mare who won 13 consecutive races last season,
was worked in 2:16%, and a green pacer by Wild
Brino 2:19% accompanied her. Florentine, the green
pacing mare by Constenaro 2:16%, purchased by
Havers last fail alter she had trialed in 2:06%,
being four years old at the time, worked in 2:21.
Havers has not yet decided whether to race Floren-
tine in the pacing stakes or to send Joe McGregor
for them. The stallion has had racing experience,
and he figures that the mare would be better if held
over and given another year's work. St. Thomas, a
green trotter, worked in 2.21, and Red Lad, a green
five-year-old gelding by Red Medium 2:23%, trotted
in 2:21%. Every trainer at Memphis likes Red Lad.
He worked in 2:14% last tall. All the McKenzie
horses are in fine shape and should earn a lot of
money up in Canada before the mile tracks get
under way."
A. J. Welch, owner of the Readville, Mass., trot-
ting park, has announced the list of early closing
events for Boston's Grand Circuit meeting, August
30 to September 3. The list follows: The American
Derby, §15,000, including trotters $11,000, pacers
$4,000; the Massachusetts, $10,000 stake, 2:14 trot-
ters; the Blue Hills, $2,500, 2:20 trotters; the stal-
lion championship, $5,000; free-for-all trotting stal-
lions; $3,000, 2:14 pace; $2,500, 2:06 pacers. Entries
close May 2d.
Members of the Eastern Illinois Circuit hang up
$56,400 in stakes and purses for a splendid series of
meetings. There are six stakes of $1,000 each, and
entries may be made on June 15th for the very low
cost of 2 per cent. July 10th it will cost 3 per cent,
to enter. The first meeting will be at Monticello,
August 16th to 19th, and then meetings will follow
at Charleston, Urbana, Kankakee, Sullivan and Cov-
ington.
In a letter to the editor of this paper dated at
Kansas City, Missouri, April 20th, the well known
trainer Gil Curry writes as follows:
We had a very rough trip, that is it was a long
tiresome one. All the horses were in good health
but very tired. We were two days late getting to
Chicago — washouts and snow blockades causing the
delay, but we finally reached Memphis where we
found good weather, a fast track and the trees ail
in bloom — regular California weather.
It is anything but California weather here at
Kansas City, snow, cold and every other old thing.
I stopped a little while in Chicago on my way back
here from Memphis, but didn't get a chanee to go
out to Wheaton or Libertyville. Saw Dick McMahan,
who says his horses are quite well advanced, been
stepping around 2:30.
"Pop" Geers has the largest stable at Memphis,
something over 40 head, all working well and looking
good under the master hands of Lafe Shaffer and
John Benyon. The Harvester is the star of the
band; he is a grand individual and was working
miles around 2:30. Highoall is at the pace, been a
mile in 2:18. All of Geers' old horses are gettng
slow miles, and they are trying out the green ones.
The Abbe 2:10% at the trot is now at the pace, and
he and Highball are much talked about by the rail-
birds. "Pop" is out every day for a few hours on
his stick, looks well and is getting along nicely;
he expects to climb into the sulky in a few weeks.
Ed Benyon has about thirty head. He is assisted
by his son Jim. All of his string are youngsters and
the way they can step makes it look as if he had a
world of futurity stuff.
Jim Hogan has about twenty horses, mostly green
ones and all are doing well.
Mr. Shutts has a stable of ten or a dozen headed
by the great little Penisa Maid. She is a little doll,
about as big as my sweetheart, can trot faster but
is no better looking. She is getting slow repeats.
Chandler has a bunch of colts, all two-year-olds ex-
cept Bertha C. 2:10%. When the boys talk about
two-year-olds no one talks of any but a Ally Chan has
that is a sister to Ed Custer. She is just at half
speed doing a quarter in 32 seconds, which is going
some for a two-year-old. She looks "some horse."
When I dumped my three in on Havers James ne
had IS head. His horses are further advanced than
any stable at the track as he will begin racing May
25th. He has a good looking stable of horses as one
can find. I had the pleasure of working every horse
in the stable and drove Merry Widow m 2:16%,
Florantina in 2:21, Jack Vassar in 2:20 (this fellow
is better than a 2:10 trotter) St. Thervor 2:21 (so is
this one), Pure Gold in 2:16%. This fellow has a
racing record of 2:13%; Mr. McKenzie worked him
to cart last fall in 2:10. I didn't get a cnance to
show off with either Joe McGregor or Pandora B„
but a letter from James says they are doing nicely
and he likes them very much .
I arrived here at Kansas City last Tuesday and
found Kinney AI in nice shape, and am working
every day between the snow storms.
Best regards to the staff and all inquiring rnends,
Tours trulv,
GIL CURRY.
RACES AT CENTRALIA.
The Southwest Washington Fair, to be held at
Centralia this year, September 20th to 24th, has
issued a good program of races, with purses ranging
from $300 to $500. The first fair held at this place,
which was given last fall, was a big success, and the
renewal this year will be still more attractive to the
public.
There are some great horses owned in that local-
ity, says the Centralia Examiner, and many of them
are being trained at the home track.
Dr. Truesdell, the racing secretary, has in Gen.
Beverly, a green stallion that gives promise of doing
things. His mare by Zolcck out of the dam of You
Bet 2:07, will be raced this year and can step some.
He also has a filly by Gray Grattan out of a Cecilian
mare, that is entered in the Portland futurity, and a
very fast colt by Mark Hannabus, out of his Zolock
mare.
Jas. McCash has in King Zombro by Zombro, a
green stallion that is showing fast and will probably
be raced; also a Hal B. yearling out of a Del Norte
mare that is a fine colt.
Sam Agnew has a very nice two-year-old Hal B.
colt that acts like a racehorse. And Dr. Dumon has
in Gee Whiz, by Capt. McKinney, a handsome trotter
that goes well.
At Chehalis G. J. Osgood has in Neah Patch a
great race prospect now in training and also a Hal
mare that is reported to be very fast.
At Doty, Herman Nelson has Capt. Wilder, by
Antrim, a green horse that was worked in 2 : 15.
Besides these and others in Lewis County, Olym-
pia has several promising racers, and Montesano,
Elma, Aberdeen, Cathlamet and Raymond all have
one or more horses eligible for the district stakes
and some of them good to race anywhere.
J. H. Nickerson, at Centralia, sold the last of his
racers W'hen Lou Childs got his Jerusha, but those
who know him are wondering how he can stay out
of the game.
The summer season of matinee racing on the
stadium track in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
will open to morrow, the first day of Hay, which, on
the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, is
hardly late enough for a spring opening this year.
The stadium track has been improved greatly in
the past two weeks by having the turns thrown up
and a new clay coating put on them. While this new
coating is not thoroughly packed, the track will be in
good shape, and within a week or two more will be
laster than ever.
The San Francisco Driving Club will inaugurate
the racing season this year and has a program of
six races that would make a good afternoon's sport
on any regulation track. In the free-for-all trot there
are five entries, and a mile close to 2:15 should be
trotted. The entries are Princess Christine 2:18,
Charley T. 2:10%, Mike Kelly, Dr. O'Brien and
Major Cook, .all of which can trot close to 2:12
when in condition.
One of the "features" of the day will be the pres-
ence of Mayor McCarthy of San Francisco in the
judge's stand. The labor Mayor is said to be quite
an admirer of the trotting horse.
The program, which has been carefully made up
by the classification committee, is as follows:
First race, 2:30 pace — John Campodonico's Lucero,
H. D. Chase's Don C, Al Schwartz's Jerry D., W.
Higginbottom's Billy Van, Geo. Behagle's Cyclone
T. D. Sexton's Sister Vesta, D. E. Hoffman's Yankee
Boy. The last two named are three-year-olds.
Second race, 2:30 trot — W. P. Hamner's Clara W.
G. L. Russell's Queen, E. T. Ayer's Dalto A., F. Clo-
tere's Monk.
Third race, 2:20 pace— H. Schottler's Lulu S., W. J.
Kenney's W. J. K., Robert Bennett's Sidney B.,
R. J. Lathrope's Marin, J. E. Finch's Edward, J. W.
Bonney's Der Teufel, John Kramer's Victor Platte,
R. P. Giovannoni's Golden Buck, H. Frellson's Jack
Bert Edwards' Baldy Mitchell, D. Campbells Ginger.
Fourth race, free-for-all trot — G. E. Erlin's Prin-
cess Christine, A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly and Charley
T., D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien, J. J. Butler's Major
Cook.
Fifth race, 2:25 trot — A. Ottinger's Lily Dillon,
M. V. Herzog's Lady Nell, J. W. MeTigue's Darby
Mac, E. C. Chase's Doughnuts, J. C. F. Mitchell's
M. & M., A. H. Ailer's Sunset Belle.
Sixth race, free-for-all pace — Chase & Giannini's
Kitty D., Phil Kohn's Alfred D., P. Donnelly's Sister
Bess, Geo. Kitto's Deroll, Geo. Giovaninnis Geo. Gin.
Officers of the day— Starter, W. J. Kenney; assist-
ant starter, M. M. Donnelly; judges. T. L. Matthes,
Geo. Giannini, Gus Lindauer, Mayor P. H. McCarthy.
Timers — H. Scottler, John Deschler, John Nowlan.
Marshal, F. P. Lauterwauser Jr. Secretary of the
day, Tom Corcoran.
o
Trainer Sandy Smith now has twelve horses at
North Randall track. In addition to H. K. Dever-
eux's horses, of which Tolling Chimes is the star,
Sandy has Calvary Morris' La Boudie and the string
of matinee performers owned by S. E. Trace of
Franklin, Pa. Mr. Trace has joined the Gentlemen's
Driving Club and will matinee his horses here this
summer. Among the horses owned by Trace are
Blanche T., a trotter by John A. McKerron, dam by
Poteen, that took a record of 2:30 over the Elyria
half-mile track as a two-year-old. That same year
she showed a mile in 2:20. She is four years old
now. Then there is Kilkie, a green trotter that was
raced some last year. He is by Pilot Wilkes, dam by
Hermes. Another is a bay pacing gelding by Sandy
Wilkes, dam by Hal Braden. While the other mem-
ber of the stable is Cupid Bond, by The Bondsman,
dam by Dan Cupid 2:09%.
W. E. Rushing, formerly of Santa Rosa, but now of
Sultana, California, expects to race a few horses on
the California circuit. Mr. Rushing is an amateur
driver, but will drive his own horses and is said
to be able to hold his own with tne best of them.
He has a number of young horses, brood mares, and
several horses that are in training. There Is a three-
quarter mile track on Mr. Rushing's farm where he
gives his trotters and pacers their work. He owns
horses by Sidney Dillon, McKinney, Zolock, Athadon,
Electioneer, Senator L., Oakland Baron, Illustrious,
Sky Pointer and other well known sires.
The $10,000 stake at Portland has a very attractive
look to the owners of trotters of the 2:12 class.
First money in this race will be $4,000, which will
buy a forty-acre farm where land is worth $100 per
acre. Horses that start in the main event and fail
to win any money can start two days later in a con-
solation purse for $2,000, without extra cost. Cali-
fornia horsemen are greatly pleased with the condi-
tions of this race. Entries do not close until
July 1st.
Geo. W. Ford is standing his two good stallions,
Goldennut 2:11% a*nd that horse's sire, Neernut
2:12%, both trotters, at Santa Ana this season at $25
each. Both horses are good gaited trotters and as
well bred as any in the State.
There are upwards of forty horses now in training
at the Hanford half-mile track. A committee is at
work on the speed program for the annual fair and
hopes to have it completed in another week.
A work-horse parade will be one of the features of
the Spokane Inter-State Fair this year. . Several hun-
dred fine specimens of draft and delivery horses will
be in line.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 30, 1910.
| NOTES AND NEWS g
Entries for four early closing stakes at the
Breeders' meeting close next Monday.
Edwin S. 2: OS is now owned by a member of the
■Metropolitan Driving Club at Boston.
The Portland, Oregon, track is in fine shape, and is
one of the fastest tracks on the coast. •
The matinee season will open at the Stadium track
in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, to-morrow, (Sun-
day i afternoon.
If you have a horse to start in the early closing
stakes at the California State Fair, don't forget that
entries close next Monday.
S. Christenson's Lady Estelle, by Athadon, dam a
sister to Seymour Wilkes 2:0S% has a fine filly at
foot by Kinney Lou 2:07%.
Dick Wilson's son William, will handle the horses
at F. E. Alley's Bonaday farm for a while this spring,
and sift out a few to race this year.
A twelve months old filly by Iran Alto 2:12% trot-
ted a half mile in 1:16% last Saturday at Woodland
in the presence of fifteen hundred people.
Woodland Hackney Farm sent a carload of horses
to the Portland sale and got good prices. $700 was
received for one five-year-old gelding.
A payment of $5 is due on Monday next on the
foals of mares served in 1909 that were nominated
in Pacific Breeders Futurity No. 10.
H. E. Armstrong of Pleasanton, is entering Kid
Wilkos 2:09% and Thomas M. 2:12% by McKinney
in their classes on the Great Western Circuti.
Millard Sanders of Indianapolis, Ind., will race
the good trotting mare. Bizzy Izzy 2:13% this year.
She is owned by E. F. Beel, Council Grove, Kan.
The annual picnic and harness races at the Dixon
half-mile track will be held to-day. The biggest
crowd ever seen in Dixon is expected, and horsemen
think the track record will be broken.
Don't mix your entries up. Those for the Breeders
meeting send to F. W. Kelley, 366 Pacific Building,
San Francisco; those for the State Fair races send
to J. A. Filcher, Secretary, Sacramento.
It looks as if even oral betting will be prohibited
in New York, bills to that effect having been ad-
vanced to the order of final passage in the Senate
of that State this week.
This is the season of the year when all the trotting
horse papers re-print an item to the effect that Myron
McHenry will forsake the runners and return to his
first love, the trotter.
Joe Mackey picks Hal Aiken 2:14% as the horse
most likely to win the Chamber of Commerce stake
at Detroit this year. He saw Tommy Murphy work
him in 2:04% last fall at Lexington.
As soon as the entries are in for the early closing
stakes of the Breeders Association and the California
State Fair, we can form some idea as what stables
will race in California this year.
Xo less than five of the pacers entered in the
Chamber of Commerce stake worked better than 2:06
late last fall.
The first matinee of the Sacramento Driving Club
for 1910, will be held at Agricultural Park, Sacra-
mento on Sunday, May 1st. No admittance fee is
charged to this meeting and the public is cordially
invited to attend. Some good racing will be given.
It is said that the champion colt stake of the
American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders will
be decided during the second week of the Lexington
Ky., meeting this fall.
Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick has entered Charley D 2:06%
in the 2:06 pace, purse $2,000, at Kalamazoo, and in
the $3,000 pace for the 2:06 class at the Michigan
State Fair. Orchard Farm, Fresno, has entered Adam
G. 2:06% in the same races.
Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick, who purchased Monicrat
2:13% at the Pleasanton sale last March, has been
driving the handsome little stallion lately and likes
him very much. He has been a mile in 2:16% with
him and says he is trotting nicely.
Entries for the $2,000 stake for 2:20 class trotters,
the $2,000 stake for 2:20 class pacers, the $800 free-
for-all pace and the $800 free-for-all trot, will close
Secretary Kelley of the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association on' Monday next. May
2nd.
The early closing stakes offered by the California
State Agricultural Society this year, for which entries
close Mpj 1st are the 2:20 trot, $2,000; the two-year-
old tror. $40": the 2:20 pace, $2 000: the three-year-
old pac . $400; the free-for-all pace, $1,000; the free-
r--ll ' 'ot, $1,000. As May 1st falls on Sunday, en-
: ide the next day will be legal.
The fastest two-year-old pacer of the year is Little
Lucille, a very handsome filly that took a iace record
of 2:21 at Woodland, California, on Saturday, April
23d. She is bv Palo King 2:2S%, dam bv Diablo
2:09%.
The horses at Memphis are moving along at a
faster clip, and 2:15 has been touched; this mile
wTas to the credit of the calico pacer March McEwen
2:08%, and he came home from the half in 1:01%.
March McEwen was recently purchased by R. J. Mc-
Kenzie, the same gentleman that owns Joe Mc-Gregor
and Pandora B.
Don't forget the auction sale at Sacramento nsxt
Thursday, May 5th. All the horses, harness and rigs
of the Fashion Stables, owned by Chas. W. Paine,
will be sold at auction that day. A six story fire-
proof building is to be erected on the lot now occu-
pied by this well-known stable.
Adele Ross, Ed. Geers' entry in the Chamber of
Commerce Stake and other great pacing classics, is
by the same sire as his former great mare, Ardelle
2:04%, who annexed so many of the large events
in 1906, including the C. of C. which was raced that
season at Cleveland, Ohio.
Last year seven pacers entered the 2:05 list, but it
is a cinch that quite a few more than that number
will acquire records that fast this year as there are
so many real high-class individuals that are so near
that mark at the present time and all reported to be
in A 1 condition.
On April 15th the fast pacing mare Miss Idaho
2:09%, by Nutwood Wilkes, dropped a fine filly foal
by Expressive Mac 2:25%, son of McKinney 2:11%
and the great mare Expressive (3) 2:12%, by Elec-
tioneer. Miss Idaho is owned by Mr. S. C. Kimball
of Hanford, California.
The contract has been awarded for the construc-
tion of a first-class half-mile track at Escondido, in
San Diego County. The contractors have begun
work and hope to have the track completed, so that
races can be held the Fourth of July. The San Diego
County Fair will be held there in September.
The Eureka Driving Club has the following direc-
tors to serve during the year: W. S. Clark, Rae
Felt, G. A. Lancaster, John Quill, Peter Delaney, U.
G. Noe, and Fred Connick. The club plans to hold
two big racing meets this year, one July 4th and the
other during fair week in September.
Maud, by Diablo 2:09%, second dam Jenny by
Richard's Elector, foaled a bay colt April 16th by
Del Dudley's young stallion Palite, and the Chas.
Derby mare out of a daughter of Mambrino Boy
foaled a bay colt on the 23rd of April bv Wavland W.
2:12%.
Henry Helman drove Happy Dentist 2:11% by Nut-
wood Wilkes, a mile in 2:09% at Pleasanton last
Saturday. This is the fastest mile over the Pleasan-
ton track this year and the fastest over any track
in this part of California. Happy Dentist is one of
the best horses in his class now in training in Cali-
fornia.
Dr.L. Bruce, of Hanford, Cal., is the proud owner
of a yearling that measured 14.2 when it was ten
months old. This colt is registered as Sir Valentine
50608, and is by Athasham out of Beauty N. by
Nushagak, second dam Addie W. by Whips. Dr.
Bruce expects to get speed out of this youngster
when it is old enough to be worked.
The 2:21 clas strot at Trenton, N. J., last Septem-
ber, was a remarkable event in several ways. In the
first place there were seventeen horses faced the
starter, which is entirely too large a field for a half-
mile track and a great injustice to many of the
contestants, then again, not a one of the lot was dis-
tanced during the race. For four heats all seven-
teen raced and then but one was drawn leaving six-
teen for the fifth trip.
In glancing over the entry list of the M. and M.,
it would appear as though a battle royal would be
witnessed between trotters that in their tw~o and
three-year-old forms were classy individuals, yet
raced under adverse conditions. Thistle Doune,
Dudie Archdale, Ormonde and Captain George appear
among the good things now matured.
The C. of C. race this season appears to be an
open one and no single entry in the event seems to
have such an over-shadowing amount of ability as
did George Gano 2:03% in the 1909 renewal, nor has
any of them been nosed out in actual conflict like the
fast little stallion was at Columbus, in 2:02% and
2:02%. Those two exhibitions of his speed were
alone sufficient to scare out almost any owner, even
though he possessed the stoutest heart imaginable.
Practically no heavy favorite prevails at this writing.
It looks now as though the number of standard
performers produced by daughters of Nutwood may
eventually exceed 400. At present it is 350, accord-
ing to the Tear Book for 1909, a gain of 20 the past
season, and an increase of 45 since the Year Book
for 1907 was issued. Daughters of Red Wilkes rank
next to those of Nutwood as producers but the num-
ber now credited to daughters of Red Wilkes is 252.
Daughters of Onward come next with 226 to their
credit.
Three stallions and only three have each sired 200
or more standard performers. All three of them are
descendants of George Wilkes (2:22) and it is a
curious, if not significant, fact that the third dams
of all three of them were by registered thorough-
bred running horses. They are Gambetta Wilkes,
Alberton and Onward.
Trainer Alta McDonald, now located at Island
Park, Albany, N. Y., has in his string two full
brothers of Sweet Marie 2:02 that are considered
very promising trotters, if report is correct.. They
are known as Romeo and Rio McKinney. The latter
is a four-year-old stallion owned by William Bradley
the owner of Bingen 2:06%.
Superintendent C. M. Griggs of the Minneapolis
State Fair announces purses amounting to $30,000
for the harness races in connection with the fair
at Hamline, the first week in September. The prin-
cipal purses are the $5,000 for 2:13 pacers, the
$o,000 for 2:15 trotters, and the $3,000 for free-lor-
all pacers. The entries will not close until Aug. 2,
a full month later than usual.
The nine-year-old bay stallion Mr. Pinkerton 36833,
by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam Episode 2:18, by
Ambassador 2:21%, second dam Santos, (dam of
Peter the Great, etc.,) d.v Grand Sentinel has been
sold by Mr. Teachant, of Brooklyn, Mich., to Em-
poria, Kan., parties. Mr. Pinkerton is Peter the
Great's first producing son, being the sire of Peter
the 2d, who took a pacing record of 2:16% last year.
W. E. Detels, of Pleasanton, has received word that
his stallion Bon Guy has been registered by the
American Trotting Register Association, the number
given him being 52,873. Bon Guy is now a three-year-
old and is by Bon Voyage (3) 2:12%, dam La Mos-
covita, dam of Yolanda 2:14%, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%.
He is a fast colt and will be seen in the stakes this
year.
While visiting the Lexington track recently August
Uhlein, the Milwaukee breeder and turfman, stated
that The Harvester, would not be raced until late in
the fall, when he would be sent to lower the stallion
record of 2:02%, held by Cresceus. It is likely that
this attempt to lower the world's record for a stal-
lion, which has stood since 1901, will be made at the
fall meeting at Lexington.
J. M. Winder, of Bristol, Pa., owner of the cham-
pion three-year-old pacer Maggie Winder 2:05%,
by Oratorio 2:13%, reports that Clara Direct, dam
of Maggie Winder, foaled a fine filly last week by
Zombro 2:11, at the Edgewood Farm, Newton Square,
Delaware county. Pa. This makes the third foal for
Clara Direct since becoming Winders property. Her
second foal is by Sidney Dillon and is a trotter, and
will be raced this season as a three-year-old, by
Henry M. Jones, of Lexington, Ky.
A basket picnic and celebration in honor of the
completion of the new buildings will be held on the
California State Farm at Davisville on Tuesday next,
May 3rd. Presidents Wheeler and Jordan of the
University of California and Stanford University
will address the people and there will be other
speakers. All are invited. Every person interested
in agriculture or the breeding of live stock should
attend this gathering.
There is now at the Lowlands Farm of O. A. Lowe
in Yolo County, a consignment of seventy head of
pure bred imported draft horses recently shipped to
Mr. Lowe to fit for the market. There are fifty-nine
mares, nine stallions and two geldings, all registered
Belgians or Percherons. These horses were sent to
Montana to be pastured, but the cold weather there
would not permit them being turned out, so they
were sent to Mr. Lowe. Horsemen who have looked
them over say they are the finest lot of drafters ever
brought to the State. On the luxuriant feed of the
Lowe farm they will soon get into condition for sale,
and will probably be disposed of at auction in this
city.
For the last few weeks the Buffalo Driving Club
has been keeping the other members of the Grand
Circuit guessing, and finally threw up the sponge
by refusing to hold a meeting eithecat Kenilwortn
Park or across in Canada. That was the signal for
those in charge of the three meetings at New Yons
Boston and Hartford to get cold feet and cancel
their dates. Meantime other turfmen in the Queen
City have come to the rescue, and under the name
of Buffalo Racing Association will write the big
stables to come to the Fort Erie track during the
third week in August following Cleveland. For this,
the only Grand Circuit programme east of Ohio, there
will be four early closing purses worth $14,000 in all.
Two of these, the 2:16 trot and 2:16 pace, are worth
$5,000, while the 2:10 trot and 2:10 pace are fixed :-.t
$2,000 each. It is understood that C. R. Bentley, who
is an experienced turfman, will manage the meeting.
Saturday, April 30, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
LACK OF TYPE IN TROTTERS.
The Clay trotting family, which ranks next in im-
portance to that ot Mamhrino Chief, traces its origin
in the paternal line to the imported Arabian or Barb
stallion, Grand Bashaw, that was brought to America
about 1S20. He was described as a very handsome
animal, 14.1 hands high, black in color, with a small
white star and snip. The first season that Grand
Bashaw stood in America, Pearl, a daughter of the
thoroughbred. Bond's- First Consul, was mated with
him and the result was a grey colt that was named
Young Bashaw, and became considerably distin-
guished as a sire of trotters.
Young Bashaw was wholly unlike his sire in color,
conformation, size and gait. He was grey in color,
plain and somewhat angular, in conformation, stood
15.1 hands high and was a natural trotter. The sec-
ond dam of Young Bashaw was Fancy by Imported
Messenger, and third dam by Imported Rockingham.
The characteristics of Young Bashaw were undoubt-
edly derived, through his second dam, from Imported
Messenger. Young Bashaw himself was quite a trot-
ter for the early day in which he lived and it was
said of him, in after years, that whenever a mare
that had inherited Messenger blood was mated with
him the result was a fast trotter.
Among the get of Young Bashaw that became dis-
tinguished, either as trotters or progenitors of trot-
ting speed, were Black Bashaw, Charlotte Temple,
Saladin, Washington and Andrew Jackson. The lat-
ter was the fastest trotting stallion of his day and
became still more distinguished through his sons,
Henry Clay 8 and Long Island Black Hawd 24, as
progenitors of trotting speed, than he did as a per-
former. Andrew Jackson was a low-set, compactly-
built horse, a jet black in color, like his paternal
grandsire, a white strip in his face and considerable
white on three of his legs. His dam was black and
it is stated upon good authority that she came in a
drove of horses from Ohio to Philadelphia. She
both trotted and paced'. Probably she was a natural
trotter that had been educated to pace under the
saddle. Nothing is known of her blood inheritance.
The most noted of the get of Andrew Jackson as
trotters were Kemble Jackson and Long Island Black
Hawk. The noted trainer, Hiram Woodruff, was
authority for the statement that Long Island Black
Hawk was the first horse to trot a mile in 2:40 pull-
ing a 250-pound wagon. It is a fact worthy of note
that the dam of Long Island Black Hawk was a
famous trotter known as Sally Miller that was a de-
scendant of imported Messenger. She was a com-
petitor of Andrew Jackson in a two-mile heat race
to saddle in 1834, at Philadelphia, Pa., but Andrew
Jackson won in 5:26, 5:25. Sally Miller's sire was
Tippo Saib, a son of Imported Messenger.
The most successful son of Andrew Jackson as a
progenitor of trotting speed was Henry Clay 8,
founder of the Clay trotting family. Henry Clay
8 was never raced to a record, hut wonderful stories
were told of his performances as a roadster. There
is no doubt that he was remarkable as a roadster
both for trotting speed and endurance. His dam,
the Surry Mare, was a fast trotter that was taken
to New York from the vicinity of Surry, N. H. Noth-
ing has ever been learned of her blood lines.
Henry Clay was a black horse about 15.1 hands
high and weighed 1,000 pounds. He w-as not a "door-
yard horse" nor is it probable that he would have
been a blue ribbon winner in the show- ring, but he
possessed sterling qualities and transmitted these to
some of his descendants. Two of his get trotted to
record of 2:30. Three of his sons were sires of stand-
ard speed, and the Year Book credits two of his
daughters with producing five standard record trot-
ters. The most noted of his sons as a progenitor of
trotters was Cassius M. Clay 18, a 16-hand bay horse,
sire of the noted champion trotting stallion, George
M. Patehen 2:23%, but he got no other trotter that
made a record in standard time.
Cassius M. Clay IS is credited with nine sons that
were sires of standard record performers. The most
successful perpetuator of standard speed of the nine
was Neave's Cassius M. Clay Jr. 20, a brown horse
with white face and considerable white on his legs.
His dam was strongly inbred to the imported Mes-
senger Chancellor, whose sire was Mambrino, a son
of Imported Messenger, and whose dam was a daugh-
ter of Imported Messenger. The second dam of
Neave's Cassius M. Clay Jr. 20 was by Engineer 2d,
sire of the famous trotting champion, Lady Suffolk
2:29%. The sire of Engineer 2d was Engineer, by
Imported Messenger.
The most succesful son of Neave's Cassius M.
Clay 20 as a trotting progenitor was Clay Pilot, a
15.2 hand bay horse with white face and three white
legs that was a natural trotter, but was never raced
to a record. There is a question, as many of our
readers will doubtless remember, concerning the
breeding of the dam of Clay Pilot. Mr. Wallace
gives his dam as Lady Pilot, a catch filly, sire un-
known, second dam Kate (grandam of Almont 33 1
by Pilot Jr. 12. The man who bred Clay Pilot and
owned his dam was Col. James Morgan, of Cincin-
nati, Ohio. He bought the mare because he knew
her well. He liked her breeding and was greatly
pleased with her road qualities. Col. Morgan stated
that she was by old pacing Pilot, the sire of Pilot Jr.
12; also that the second dam of Clay Pilot was by
Grey Eagle, a thoroughbred son of Woodpecker, and
that his third dam was by Bertrand, the thorough-
bred son of Sir Archy that got Woodpecker, the sire
of Grey Eagle.
Only one son of Clay Pilot was a sire of standard
speed and that son was The Moor 870. The dam
of The Moor was Belle of Wabash, registered as thor-
oughbred in Bruce's American Stud Book page
221, where her produce is given, and again under
her dam, William the IV. Mare on page 1077 of the
above work. The Moor 870 died when but eight
years old, yet he did more during his brief life to
perpetuate trotting speed than any stallion in the
Clay family that preceded nim ever accomplished.
What must those who have been preaching lor years
against a thoroughbred cross in a trotting pedigree
think of that? The best son of The Moor as a per-
petuator of speed qualities was Sultan 2:24, a horse
whose dam was strongly inbred to the Messenger
strain, through Rysdyk's Hambletonian, Mambrino
Chief 11 and Downing s Bay Messenger, and that is
another fact which breeders may study with profit.
There had been two out-crosses through the dams of
Clay Pilot and The Moor, but mating Sultana, the
dam of Sultain 2:24, with The Moor, reunited the
four strains of trotting blood from Messenger that
Neave's Cassius M. Clay 20 had inherited, with a
large number of Messenger strains that had been in-
herited by Sultana, and the result was the most suc-
cessful sire of standard speed in the Clay family.
The best son of Sultan both as a trotter and a sire
of standard speed was Stamboul 2:07%. The dam
of Stamboul 2:07% was Fleetwing (dam of Ruby
2:19% by Rysdyk's Habletonian; second dam by
George M. Patehen 2:23%, and third dam by Ab-
dallah 1, Fleetwing, was strongly inbred to the Mes-
senger strain.
It is evident that there was no systematic effort
made to establish a type in the Clay family of trot-
ters. The chief objects ought was to produce a
natural inclination to adopt and stick to the trotting
gait as had also been the object in the Hamble-
tonion and Mambrino Chief families. The majority
of the animals in all the trotting families undoubt-
edly now have the trotting habit of action so strongly
fixed that a systematic effort to obtain a type mignt
prove successful if continued for several generations
and without weakening the inclination of the animals
tc stick to the trot when urged to the limit of their
speed.
To insure success in establishing a type will re-
auire the combined efforts of a large number of
breeders of trotting stock. The type desired should
first be decided upon and animals should be selected
which bear the closest resemblance in conformation,
poise, style and gait to the type sought. Consider-
able inbreeding may be necessary to fixe the type.
Each crop of foals must be carefully examined and
only those retained for breeding purposes that are
in all respects nearest the type desired. It would be
better for the government to undertake the task than
for a company of private individuals, for it may
require years of patient, persistent effort to accom-
plish the object, and the returns might be so disap-
pointing to some at first that they would give up in
disgust.
One great obstacle to the improvement of the
speed and racing qualities of the American trotter
in the past has been that the methods of the
most progressive breeders have been abandoned al-
most immediately after the death of those breeders.
If the ideas and methods of Leland Stanford could
have been continued for at least half a century, the
lesson taught w-ould have been much more valuable
to breeders of trotting stock than w-as his few years'
experience at Palo Alto. We cannot recall a case
where a successful trotting breeding establishment
has been kept up for any great length of time after
the death of its founder. The animals which he
selected with care and with whose characteristics
he had become familiar have passed to new owners,
often to men just starting in the business whose
ideas and methods were different than those of the
former owner of the animals, many of which never
came up to the expectations of their new owners.
Most breeders are hoping for quick and profitable re-
turns from their investments. No other quality
brings so desirable a class of customers as extreme
race-winning speed and it will probably always be
the aim of proprietors of large breeding establish-
ments to produce that kind regardless of type rather
than to establish a desirable type. — American Horse
Breeder.
FEARNOT 2:13
OROVILLE DRIVING CLUB.
On Sunday, May Sth, the Oroville Driving Club
will hold matinee racing on its excellent half mile
track. The club has invited the clubs at Sacra-
mento, Chico and Marysville to be with them that
day, and will provide trotting, pacing and running
races for the entertainment of their guests and for
their horses to participate in. The Oroville track
is now in fine condition and there should be some
fast time made over it this summer.
The breeding world suffered a distinct loss last
week in the death of the 14-year-old mare Neva Sim-
mons 2:11%, by Simmons, dam Neva by Squire Tal-
mage. During her career on the turf Neva Simmons
won many notable races and defeated some of the
best horses of her day, including Country Jay, Iva
D, Alberta D and others. In 1901 she was the second
largest money winner of the year, having been nosed
out for first honors by Country Jay. Neva Simmons
met with an accident at the Patehen Wilkes farm,
having been kicked by another animal, and blood
poison developed which resulted in her death. She
had been bred to Peter the Great.
A stallion that is sired by 2:11 sire, and has for
a dam a mare that has produced six standard per-
formers, can be said to be an extra well bred horse,
and when in addition to these qualifications he has
a race record of 2:13%, is a handsome hay, sixteen
hands and an inch high, and weighs 1200 pounds, he
certainly is worthy of an extensive patronage. Fear-
not, the stallion that fits the above description, is
owned by John A. Cody, of Santa Barbara, California,
and is in the stud there at the low figure of §20 for
the season or $30 to insure.
Fearnot is by Lynmont 2:23%, the sire of Day-
mont 2:10y2, Lynall 2:16, Lena A. 2:21%, etc. His
dam is the great broodmare Elmorene, formerly
owned by the late D. E. Knight of Marysville. El-
morene is by Elmo 2:27, a sire of standard speed and
one of the handsomest horses ever brought to Cali-
fornia. Among the toals sired by Elmorene are
Lorena 2:30, winner of a two-year-old stake, Dos
Minutos 2:30, Lena A. 2:21%] winner of the Occi-
dent Stake, Teddy 2:22%, a sire of standard speed,
:nd several others in the list.
The second dam of Fearnot is Princess by Wood-
ford Mambrino (son of Mambrino Chief and the
thoroughbred mare Woodbine.) Woodtord Mam-
brino sired 13 standard performers, has 26 sons
that are producing sires, and a large number of
producing daughters, among them the dam of the
ex-world's champion Kremlin 2:07%.
Fearnot has the blood in his veins that not only
produces speed but good looks and soundness. He
combines the blood of Happy Medium, Almont, Black
Hawk, Mambrino Chief and Gold Dust. These stal-
lions have all founded great families noted for speed
and beauty.
SEATTLE AMATEURS LEASE TRACK.
Harness racing enthusiasts of Seattle, headed by
Oliver C. McGilvra, president of the Seattle Speed-
way Club, plan an extensive campaign during the
summer.
The Club has entered into a written lease with
the Western Washington Fair Association for the
use of its track, grandstand, stables, and in fact the
entire premises for the season of 1910. This lease
covers the entire summer except the one week
near the end of September during which the Western
Washington Fair Association will give its annual
country fair. Even during that week the Speedway
Club have the privilege of making entries in the
regular races.
The trustees of the Speedway Club are M. O. Ben-
nett, Oliver C. McGilvra, Dr. G. A. Swingiey, E. A.
Parker and W. H. Baxter.
The officers of the club are Oliver C. McGilvra,
esident and treasurer; M. O. Bennett, vice presi-
dent; G. A. Swingiey, secretary, and E. A. Parker,
manager.
The half-mile track of the Western Washington
Fair Association is conceded to be one of the best
tracks on the coast. It will be put in perfect order
for racing and will be available to all members of
the club. The grounds are provided with ample
stall room so that horses may be kept on che
premises.
All races will be conducted under a strict prohi-
bition against any form of gambling or sale or use
of spirituous liquors.
AN OLD-TIME HORSEMAN RETIRES.
With the auctioning off of the stock and vehicles
of the Fashion stables, owned by Charles W. Paine,
on K street, between Fifth and Sixth on May 5th,
Sacramento will lose one of its best known business
men, while the tearing down ot the stable building
a few weeks later to make way for a modern struc-
ture, will mark another step in the building up of
K street.
For more than forty years the Fashion stable has
been conducted by members of the Paine family.
Charles Paine, the present proprietor having been
in the livery business in Sacramento for over thirty
years. The stable has alw-ays been a congregating
place for horsemen from all over the State. John
Mackey, of the Rancho Del Paso, was a regular visi-
tor to the stable on his trips to Sacramento, wrhere
the old time horsemen, who are still left in the city,
are regaled with stories of great races, such as can
be told only by Mackey.
Charles Paine, who retires upon auctioning off
his horses and vehicles, is one of the best known
whips in California. He has the distinction of hav-
ing driven every Governor of California within the
past thirty years and has always handled the reins
over teams that drew the carriages in which were
seated the various Presidents who have visited Sac-
ramento.
Paine has never met with an accident driving, and
handles six-in-hand with the same ease that he
drives a sing'e horse.
In the days when races were held on the River-
side road, Paine was an enthusiastic driver, and held
the" reins over dozens of winning horses. — Union.
"OVER S-IOO.OO PROFIT."
Mr. O. C. Gibbs, Dow City, Iowa, writes: "En-
fiw! one dollar for Quinn's Ointment. T had a very Fine
colt with boggy or puffed hocks, was consuls -■>•-:•. worth
$50.00 Am pleased to say results obtained witli Quinn's
Ointment more than satisfactory. After several months
I sold him for $500.00." For curbs, splints, spavins.
windpuffs and all blemishes use Quinn's Ointment. At
druggist or address W. E. EDDY & CO., Whitehall,
N. Y. Frice $100 delivered.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 30, 1910.
ADMINISTERING MEDICINE TO HORSES.
A veterinarian in the Farmer's Advocate presents
an excellent article on the above subject, from which
the following is reproduced:
"Medicine may be administered through different
organs, and in various ways. It is fortunate for us,
and for our patients, that we are able to do this, for
sometimes one organ say the mouth, is affected so
that we cannot use it, and we have to give our medi-
cine by some other channel. The organs or channels
we use are. (a) The mouth, (b) the nose, and tra-
chea, (c) skin, (d) rectum, (e) urino-genital organs,
(f) blood vessels.
"Mouth — The medicine may be in one of the follow-
ing forms: (1) Ball or pill, (2) drench, (3) electuar-
ies or pastes.
"The balls or pills for the horse should be cylindri-
cal, about two inches long, and having a diameter of
about three-quarters of an incn. They should be
freshly prepared, because when old they are apt to be-
come dry and hard, and may even be passed whole,
without being dissolved, or having done any good.
Usually, the drugs in these balls are bitter and dis-
agreeable to the taste, and would be accepted with
difficulty in any other form. The body of the old-
fashioned balls was linseed meal, which was added
to the drugs, and mixed together with soap or treacle.
They must not be sticky, and for this reason it is
usual to wrap them in thin, strong paper. Many
modern balls are given in capsules. It is easy to
understand that only those drugs which occupy a
small compass can be made into balls. In order to
give them to the horse, take off the coat and roll
up the right sleeve. Now loosen the halter and turn
the horse around in his stall. This is to prevent him
from flying back. Now take the ball in the right
hand, holding it by the tips of the first two fingers and
the thumb, and form the whole hand into a long cone
like a letter 'y.' Now take the tongue in the left
hand, pull it forward and sideways, so that it lies be-
tween the teeth on the right side of the jaw. Insert
the right hand, holding the ball into the open mouth,
keeping the ball of the hand against the palate or
roof of the mouth, and push it backwards until the
hinder part of the tongue is reached and there ap-
pears,, to be a space. Keep cool, don't be afraid, and
don't be in a hurry, but push well in. The horse
cannot hurt you. He is unable to bite while you hold
his tongue. Withdraw your right hand, leave hold
of the tongue, hold up his head, and you will see the
ball move along the left side as it is swallowed.
Some horses hold the ball in their mouths for quite
a time. For such, have a bottle near at hand, with
a little clean water in. When the tongue is released,
the water can be poured into the mouth, and the
whole sent down together. You can pour in the
water before releasing the tongue, if you prefer. The
advantage of giving a ball is that you know exactly
how much you are giving, and it is far easier for
both man and beast. Some would prefer to use an
instrument called a speculum, to keep the mouth
open, but I never use one. Others, again, use an in-
strument for throwing the ball into the mouth. It is
termed a 'balling gun,' but it is not really necessary,
unless you are treating 'bronchos.' It would be well
to practice this until you are able to do it without
fear.
The drugs are given in the liquid form when they
are bulky, and each dose is termed a drench. If the
drug is insoluble, it may still be mixed with water,
but be sure to shake the bottle up well. Use enough
water (or raw linseed oil) to prevent the medicine
being too strong, because if you burn or injure his
mouth, he may resist you the next time you want to
drench him. The bottle I use and prefer is a strong
one, with no shoulder. An aerated water bottle is
just the thing. In many cases a cow's horn is cut
so as to form a kind of sloping spout and is kept for
drenching alone. Or a tin bottle can readily be ob-
tained. These latter are used because of the risk
of having the bottle broken by the teeth; in which
case you may cause serious injuries. To hold the
horse's head up, take a rope, make a loop at one end,
throw the other end over a beam, pass the loop over
the upper jaw, just past the bridle teeth, then pull
up the head and pour the medicine into the open
mouth. Perhaps there is no beam. Then, tie a loop
in the end of a strap, rope, etc., put this over the
upper jaw not upwards. Put a stable fork under
this, and lift up the head by means of the fork.
Notice that in both instances the lower jaw is free.
He will probably open his mouth himself. If not,
pull the corner of his mouth outwards, to form a
funnel, and pour the medicine in. Don't be in a
hurry; two or three ounces are enough to give at
once. If you press the mouth of the bottle between
the bridle teeth and the molars, and towards the roof
of the mouth he will at once open his mouth. If he
does not swallow I rub my finger or the bottle (finger
generally) along the bars on the roof of the mouth,
and he very rarely causes any trouble. Then I pour
in a little more, and so on, until all is taken. Some
men take more of the medicine on their clothes than
the horse takes inside. Personally, I feel that it is
my fault if any is lost. Patience and gentleness are
all (hat are required. Do not on any account pinch,
thump or rub the throat, and there is no necessity to
pull the tongue. Simple tickle the roof of his mouth
with the finger, and he will swallow. Should he
cough, drop his head at once — at once, mind. Or
some of the medicine may go down to the lungs and
cause machanical pneumonia. This tells you not to tie
the heal up. Leave it so that it can be dropped at
once. Tt is for this reason that you are strongly urged
never 'o drench through the nose. Do not even put
water in. I might have said that sometimes a syringe
is used for drenching a horse, hut unless the quantity
given is small, it is too troublesome. Do not, for the
sake of keeping the medicine to suit the syringe,
give it too strong. Far better dilute it, and use the
bottle or horn.
"Electuaries or pastes are generally used in cases
of sore throat. The medicine is mixed up with syrup
or honey, and licorice powder to a soft paste. Then,
with a long iron spoon, or a piece of smooth, flat
wood shaped like an oar, the paste is put into the
mouth and rubbed upon the back of the tongue, gums
or back teeth. The mixture, being rather pleasant
t« the taste is licked or sucked in without any trouble.
This is a rather nice way of giving medicine. In lung
diseases, medicines can be applied directly to the air
passages from the nose to the lungs. A pail of hot
water can be taken, and a tablespoonful of the medi-
cine, oil of turpentine, oil of tar, spirits of camphor,
oil of eucalyptus, creolin, tincture of myrrh, etc., be
added to it. Then the pail should be so placed that
the horse would be compelled to breathe in or inhale
the stream, and with it the medicine. For this rea-
son, it is termed inhalation. I also advise that more
steam could be made to rise by stirring the water
with a wisp of hay and keeping the water hot. Some-
times chloride of lime is sprinkled over the bottom
of the manger so that he is compelled to breathe the
chloride gas arising from it. Sometimes a hot brick
is placed in the manger, and the oil of tar, creolin,
carbolic, etc., poured upon it. Other times, a nose-bag
is used and the bottom covered with hay wet with
hot water, upon which is added the volatile medicine.
But do not do it that way. I mention this merely to
warn you. You may easily scald him; besides, he
wants to breathe air, not steam with very little
air. Some add the drug to a hot bran mash, in cases
where a nasal discharge is to be encouraged, as in
strangles or distemper. I wonder if these people ever
thought what a vile, disgusting thing they were doing
They compel the horse to eat the discharge with the
bran. I prefer to spend a few minutes bathing the
face and forehead, while I keep his head over the
steaming pail. Of course, everyone knows the sur-
geon gives ether and chloroform by means of the
nose, and they are inhaled. Sometimes the nose has
to be washed out, or medicine applied locally. Each
wash is termed a douche. They are very rarely re-
quired, and are generally resisted by the animal.
"Insufflation consists in blowing a fine powder into
the nose for local treatment. It is done occasionally.
Medicine is injected directly into the trachea or wind-
pipe when it is desirous of treating the breathing
tubes or lungs locally. In such cases, whatever medi-
cine is used must occupy but a small compass, and it
must either be oily or insoluble. It is not often done,
even by veterinarians. Turpentine is sometimes used
thus.
"On the outside of the skin drugs are very rarely
or never placed to produce their constitutional effect,
but that they will do this is evident from the follow-
ing cases: (a) I have seen a dog poisoned by car-
bolic acid through being bathed in water containing
carbolic acid, (b) I have seen inflammation of the
kidneys produced in a horse when too much canthar-
ides was used in the form of blisters. In both cases
the drug was absorbed by the external skin and pro-
duced its effects upon the internal organs. There is,
however, the useful hypodermic method of giving
medicines. By this we mean placing the medicine
under the skin, whence it is rapidly absorbed into the
blood, and thus produces its effects very rapidly. To
physic a horse by a physic ball given by the mouth
takes anywhere from eighteen to thirty hours; but by
giving a hypodermic injection of eserine and pilocar-
pine, the same effect is produced in about fifteen
minutes.
"Of course, everyone knows that morphine is admin-
istered in this way, and in a few minutes the patient
— be it man or beast — is free from pain. This is also
the most satisfactory way of poisoning an animal,
and this sentence tells me that I should say it is
essential that only certain drugs be used. They, in
most cases, are known as alkaloids and are extremely
strong poisons — so strong that an apparently trifling
variation in the dose is suffcient to produce the most
undesirable effects. For this reason, they should be
used but by the professional. If an improper drug
be used hypodermically, or if an unclean syringe be
used, an abscess may be the result. Unclean, in the
last sentence, refers mainly to freedom from germs.
This is the method we use in testing horses with
mallein for glanders, and cattle with tuberculin for
tuberculosis. The new school of practitioners, who
follow Pasteur with his treatment for hydrophobia,
and the still more recent ones who have found or are
finding one serum or anti-toxin to counteract the poi-
son of disease germs, largely or mainly use this
method.
"The rectum is the last portion of the intestine.
Very little absorption takes place in it, so that we
can give but few medicines effectually here. Still,
some will act well. It may be used in cases where,
for any reason, the mouth cannot be used, or when
the stomach will not retain the medicine. The rule
to be observed is this: A small dose will be re-
tained, but a large dose will be ejected. If the horse
cannot swallow, say in sunstroke, a dose of alcohol
or other stimulants will be absorbed if placed here.
Again, if the animal cannot eat, he may often be kept
alive by injecting small doses of liquid food into the
rectum; but if a large quantity be placed in it, it will
be thrown out. But we use this part for a very dif-
ferent purpose. This is the seat of the pinworms ot
the horse. Then, by throwing up from a quart to a
gallon of vermifuge (tobacco, quassia, etc.) , we may
clear these away without needlessly disturbing the
whole system. Again, it often happens that when a
horse is constipated, the whole bowel is more or less
torpid, or still; but if we can cause the last part, the
rectum, to move, the wavelike movement will travel
along the whole. For this reason we inject, say, a
gallon of warm water. This not only brings away the
manure collected in the rectum, but causes all the in-
testines to move, and largely assists the action of
medicines given by the mouth.
"These rectal injections are properly termed ene-
mas or enemata, but were formerly called clysters.
Of course, they may be repeated as often as neces-
sary or desired. Personally, I prefer to use clean
water for the first, and either slightly salt or soapy
water afterwards. To inject these, I use a pump,
but the same effect may be obtained by using about
four feet of three-quarter inch rubber garden hose
with a ten-cent funnel in one end. The free end is
inserted, the funnel raised, the fluid poured in, and
this finds its way inside by gravitation and the pres-
sure of the atmosphere; the higher the funnel is
raised, the quicker will be the flow. I prefer this on
every ground to the 'veterinary' syringe sold for this
purpose, but this latter instrument is useful when the
amount to be injected is small, and desirous of being
retained.
"About the temperature of these enemas but little
need be said. The temperature of the horse is
about 100, a little above or a little below, and the
fluid thrown up should not be far from this. There is
one exception to this. In the case of sunstroke it
may be necessary to produce a shock to the system,
and this can often be done by injecting ice-cold
water. We sometimes mix up a drug with cocoa-
butter, make it into a conical mass and insert it into
the rectum, especially of the dog. We term this a
suppository and it forms a nice way of treating piles,
among other ailments."
A JUST CRITICISM.
When the congress of the American Trotting As-
sociation meets in Chicago May 3 for tne purpose
of revising their rules and other business that de-
volves on the bi-ennial session, it would be well for
them to take into consideration some plan to compel
racing associations to live up to their agreements
in the same manner as horsemen are compelled to.
In the two major circuits, the Great Western and the
Grand, the last two years there has been a contin-
uous shifting of dates and declaring off meetings that
has certainly been a hardship to campaigning horse-
men.
This year this is again anticipated by the present
chaotic condition in the Grand Circuit, following
Cleveland. Buffalo, Hartford, Readville and New York
all made application for dates in the Grand circuit,
and right at the present time, judging from the daily
press reports, it is almost impossible to tell whether
any of these meetings will be given or not. Buffalo
first declared out and then, after the passage of the
Canadian racing bill, a new association claimed the
same dates for a meeting over the Fort Erie track.
In the meantime the representatives of the Hart-
ford, Readville, and New York associations concluded
to abandon their prospective meetings, owing to the
break at Buffalo. Later these associations were
reported to come back again after Buffalo had de-
clared in the second time. While all these con-
flicting reports were passing some of the big stake
events in the West are closing and leaves campaign-
ing horsemen in a quandary as to what to do.
In the Great Western, Terre Haute, by different
parties said to represent the association, has de-
clared both out and in with the chances in favor of no
meeting being held in Terre Haute this season, thus
leaving a gap between Fort Wayne and Grand Rap-
ids, which will compel horsemen to lay up that week,
as Fort Wayne will not care to move forward a week,
owing to her Fourth of July dates.
It seems to me there ought to be some rule pro-
mulgated that wrould penalize associations who failed
to fulfill their circuit obligations, as "horsemen who
maintain large stables at a great expense should not
be subjected to the whims and caprices of racing as-
sociations.— Palmer Clark in Inter-Ocean.
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$2,000 CHALLENGE CUP.
The following dispatch was received by the
Breeder and Sportsman from Mr. W. E. D. Stokes
on Tuesday last:
New York, April 25, 1910.
Breeder and Sportsman: The brother of the late
D. D. Streeter has offered a challenge cup, the value
of which is to be not less than $2,000, to be called
the D. D. Streeter Memorial Peter the Great Cup,
and to be awarded the owner of descendants of
Peter the Great 2:07%, or descendants of sons of
Peter the Great exhibiting the greatest early ex-
treme speed in races. All races to be under control
of the American Breeders' Association.
W. E.-D. STOKES.
Redlette, a nine-year-old mare with a record of
2:23i4 and that trotted a trial mile on a half-mile
track last season in 2:12%, fell March 22d while
coming down a hill near Chester, Pa., and broke
her back. She was put to death by a veterinary.
She was owned by Edward S. Fry and was sired by
Rey Direct 2:10, out of Sidlette 2:22 by Sidney
2:19%.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, April 30, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
PHEASANT FARMING.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. Do A ITT.
ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
[By August Wolf.)
Frederick C. Selous, African huuter, collector and
author, who was at Nelson, B. C, visiting his
cousin, Harold Selous, mayor of that city, where he
also met a number of sportsmen from Spokane on
April 17, expressed great admiration for Colonel
Roosevelt, both as a man and as a big game hunter,
in the course of an interview. He said among other
things :
"1 immensely enjoyed my intercourse with Mr.
Roosevelt on his African shooting trip. Though he
and Lieutenant Governor Jackson and myself rode on
the cow-catcher practically from Mombasa to Nai-
robi I was not actually a member of his party,
though he invited me to become one. But I thought
that five white men and 200 natives was a large
enough expedition and denied myself that pleasure.
Our parties encountered from time to time, how-
ever, in the jungle, and all I saw of Mr. Roosevelt
confirmed my previous estimate of him. He is no
feather-bed hunter, but a hard worker all the time,
ready for anything. Mr. Tarleton, who shot with
him all through the trip, spoke to me very highly
of the ex-president's skill as a big-game hunter.
"Swapping hunting experiences around the camp-
fire is a relaxation that Mr. Roosevelt particularly
enjoys, and we enjoyed those times. The ex-presi-
dent is so full of enthusiasm about everything that
he infects every one. I know he enjoyed every
minute of his long and successful shooting trip, get-
ting acquainted with African big game. The white
rhinoceros mentioned in the dispatches is a species
very restricted in range and rapidly becoming ex-
tinct. But the nine specimens he shot will not be
wasted as they all go to museums.
"That lad Kermit was a general favorite. I ex-
pected the boy to tire out, especially as he is of
studious bent, reading Euripedes in the Greek. But
at the end of three months you never saw a keener
young hunter, well set up, with quite a degree of
skill, and of boundless enthusiasm. The long hunt
of several months trimmed down the ex-president
nicely, and he is in splendid physical condition."
Mr. Selous left Nelson the morning of April IS for
New York, where he was the guest of the New York
Zoological Society at a luncheon, sailing afterward
for England, where he expects to entertain Colonel
Roosevelt at his place at Worplesdon, in Surrey, and
show him his famous collection.
While visiting his home in Spokane recently, Gov-
ernor Marion E. Hay announced he has appointed
a State commission to draft a new code repealing
the present game law of Washington. The commis-
sion is composed of Josiah Collins, Seattle, president;
Thomas J. Church, Seattle, secretary; Senator F. L.
Stewart, Palouse; H. W. Myers, Tacoma; T. P. Fisk,
Mason county, and Charles E. Cline, Bellingham. R.
E. Benedict of the United States forestry service of
Olympia is an honorary and advisory member. While
the appointment of the commission was not author-
ized by the last legislature, it is believed there will
be no objection to the revised code when it is
presented for enactment next January.
The feature of the new code will be a law limit-
ing the size and number of game fish that any one
person may catch in one day. The taking of trout
less than six inches long and bass less than nine
inches long will be made illegal. The closed season
for trout and bass will be during March, April and
May, as during those months the commission is
informed that the fish are spawning and should be
protected. The commission will also oppose stock-
ing with bass lakes in which trout live, or that have
trout streams emptying into them, and also to the
selling of trout in the market.
Members of the commission believe the hunting
of deer with dogs should be made illegal and it was
suggested that the open season be extended until
January 1. It is probable that more stringent laws
will be proposed for the protection of pheasants of
all varieties.
If the new code is adopted, farmers will be per-
mitted to hunt on their own land without obtaining
licenses. It is expected that this will put an end
to the feeling that now exists between the farmers
and city sportsmen.
Messrs. Myers and Kline were chosen to codify the
laws for the protection of game birds and animals
and Messrs. Fisk and Stewart were chosen to draft
provisions for the protection of game fish.
Fishermen in Montana will rejoice over the news
that the State fish hatchery at Anaconda will have
a yield of 10,000,000 of fry this year, and furthermore
from the fact that these are eastern brook and black
spotted trout and grayling. Plans have been made
for stocking streams in all parts of the State in the
immediate future. Henry Avare, state fish and game
warden, has a letter from C. F. Healea. superintend-
ent of the hatchery, in which the latter says that a
car of fish is ready for distribution at points along
the line of the Great Northern road. The initial
shipment will be accompanied by F. Clinton of Ana-
conda, W. L. Collins M. B. Ives, Judge W. M. Bick-
ford of the State Anglers' Association and others in-
terested in the matter. Returning another ear will
be taken by Mr. Healea from Anaconda for dis-
tribution in the waters of western Montana streams.
As soon as this can be accomplished, another car
will be taken east over the Northern Pacific line
and as soon thereafter as possible, another shipment
wil lbe made to points along the Oregon Short line.
The early spring is hastening the spawning of the
grayling and black trout, which makes it necessary
to distribute eastern brook trout at once, so as to
make room for the new eggs.
Thomas Mullen, a former warden in Yakima
county, Wash., who sent through the State depart-
ment of fisheries and game, applicationsfor eastern
brook trout to be planted in the streams of North
Yakima and vicinity, has received a letter of noti-
fication that 1,500,000 eastern brook trout are avail-
able for distribution this spring and summer and the
sportsmen of the district were given an opportunity
to obtain some of them. There are seven streams,
the Yakima, the Naches, the Wenas, the North and
South fork of the Cowiche the Ahtanum of the
Batchelor and all are good trout streams. In all a
number of trout have been planted every season for
several years and the results have been excellent..
J. A. Uhlig, Deputy State Fish Warden of Wash-
ington, reports he has distributed 60,000 young brook
trout from the hatchery on the Little Spokane river
in the western part of the Big Bend wheat belt, west
of Spokane. Thirty-five thousand were shipped to
Almira for distribution in streams north of that
place, and 25,000 went to Coulee City. Out of the
large hatch this spring, about 750,000 young eastern
brook trout have been distributed, and there are yet
on hand more than 850,000, which will go to lakes
and streams of Spokane and adjoining counties. A
specimen of a speckled trout on exhibition at the
hatchery weighs iy2 pounds. It was taken from a
stream nead Coulee City stocked two years ago.
D. L. Oliver, superintendent of the state fish hatch-
ery on the south shore of Lend Pend Oreille, has gone
to southern Idaho, where he will direct the work of
taking fish spawn from mountain streams of that
section of the state. Six hundred thousand eggs
will be received during the coming season and
hatched at the Sandpoint plant the matured fish to
be planted in the streams of the six counties in the
northern par of the state. Mr. Oliver will be gone
about two months.
War to the death has been declared by sportsmen
at Walla Walla upon bull trout, which inhabit the
streams in south central Washington. The bull trout
consumes young trout with avidity, devouring as
many as 3,000 of the tiny fellows in a day. Experi-
ments are being made under the direction of C. L.
Whitney, county game warden, to devise means to
rid the streams of the pest.
Boring a hole in an earthen embankment which
sustained one side of an artificial pond at Kalispell,
Mont., a muskrat drained the pool and caused the
loss of a large number of the fish, many of which in-
stinctively headed up stream when the waters began
to fall, floundering into a small creek that poured
into the pond, and escaped into the small marshes
that lined the stream. The pond was owned by Rich-
ard Greig, who stocked it several years ago with
brook trout supplied by the government. With this
small amount of "seed" in the pond, which had
hitherto been used by ducks only, he rapidly bred a
splendid school of fish, and for two years the pond
has been visited by many, who have taken large
strings. The fish have been more difficult to hook,
however, than when wild owing to overfeeding. Mr.
Greig expects to rebuild the pond with concrete
walls.
F. E. Kruntz and J. E. Callahan have planted
25,000 eastern brook trout in Wilson creek, Douglas
county, Wash. The supply came from the state
hatchery on the Little Spokane river. Wilson creek
furnishes excellent trout fishing and is an ideal place
to spend a day's outing, and is greatly enjoyed by
people of this district. The fish are protected during
the closed season and the stream is restocked at
regular intervals.
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Utah Sportsmen Organized. — That the sportsmen
of Salt Lake are anxious to see the fish and game
laws rigidly enforced is evident by the fact that
within the past few days the Salt Lake County Fish
and Game Protective Association has increased its
membership from 50 to 107, and is now one of the
strongest associations of its kind in the country.
The association members were deputized as special
wardens, about ten days ago, for the purpose of
assisting the State Game Wardens in their work of
protecting the fish and game. The idea took hold at
once and now many other sportsmen in Salt Lake
want to join the association.
Every member is sworn to see that the fish and
game laws are not violated and has power to arrest
violators. A similar organization exists in Cache
county and is known as the Smithfield Rod and Gun
Club.
F. W. Chambers, State Warden, is giving much
encouragement to the organization of fish and game
protective associations, and violators of the laws
will find it a hard matter to escape arrest.
Conservation of the fauna, including the game
birds of the United States, requires the strict en-
forcement of laws intended to control the shooting
and marketing of wild birds, and necessarily limits
both the period during which they may be hunted
and the number available to supply the increasing
demands of those who desire those table luxuries.
This lack may be remedied by the product of
aviaries, preserves, and private parks, devoted to
rearing of domesticated game, the marketing of
which under suitable saieguards is already per-
mitted in several of the States, indicating that Amer-
ican markets will open more and more to these
domesticated substitutes to the fast disappearing
wild game.
In order to call the attention of tne farmers and
the suburban population to this subject, the United
States Department of Agriculture issued some time
ago a bulletin on "Deer Farming in the United
States" (Farmers' Bulletin No. 330), and is about
to issue the results of recent investigations of pheas-
ant raising in the United States (Farmers' Bulletin
No. 390).
At present there is no lack of demand for pheas-
ants lor various purposes. Owners of private pre-
serves and State game officials pay profitable prices
for certain species for stocking their covers, zoologi-
cal and city parks, and owners of private aviaries
are ready purchasers of the rarer and more beautiful
species, and large numbers of dead pheasants are
annually imported from Europe to be sold for several
times the price they bring in European countries.
The demand for pheasants is increasing.
In response to numerous inquiries for information
on pheasant raising the present bulletin was pre-
pared by Prof. Henry Oldys of the Biological Survey,
and contains a chapter on the "Diseases of Pheas-
ants," by Dr. George Byron Horse of the Bureau of
Animal Industry. It presents a clear and concise
account of methods used by successful pheasant
raisers, and gives practical information to those
now engaged in or contemplating entering this com-
paratively new but rapidly growing ■ industry, in
methods of propagation, care of young pheasants,
protection from enemies, housing, feeding, and mar-
keting, both in field and covert. It taks up in detail
the question of species suited to various purposes,
game and exhibition stock, how to obtain stock,
mating and hatching, and the proper and requisite
provision for the successful rearing of these valu-
able and interesting additions to the food supply of
the nation.
The seventeen illustrations make very clear the
descriptive text, presenting actual conditions, at the
the Illinois State Game Farm, the New Jersey Pre-
serve and the Preserve on Long Island, besides show-
ing pictures of ten species, and photographs of
coops, rearing fields, breeding pens, and runways.
Copies of these publications may be obtained upon
application to Senators, Representatives, or Dele-
gates in Congress; to the United States Department
of Agricu'ture; or to the Superintendent of Docu-
ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.
C, who has them for sale at five cents per copy.
In the last year and a half the Fish and Game
Commission have distributed about 1200 pairs of
Hungarian partridges in different localities in this
state. From many sections most favorable reports
have been received as to the success of the experi-
ment.
Pheasant breeding can become an important indus-
try in this state and the Commission is encouraging
this idea whenever it can. Once understood the rais-
ing of pheasants is practically as easy as raising
poultry. Both lines require, however, intelligence
and some skill to insure success. An effort will eb
made at the next session of the Legislature to the
end that pheasants raised in captivity may be sold.
This will serve a two-fold purpose It would give pri-
vate citizens, hotels, clubs and restaurants a de-
licious game bird for the table; reduce proportion-
ately the drain on the supply of wild game in the
fields, and give the profit that formerly went to the
market hunter, to citizens and taxpayers engaged in a
legitimate business. The market hunter is a de-
stroyer and a non-producer.
Women folks and owners of small holdings, it is
believed can engage in pheasant farming to a profit-
able degree. The Commission announces that it will
issue, in the near future, some printed matter giving
full instruction as to the care of pheasants in cap-
tivity and rearing of the young birds.
San Diego Angling Notes. — With ideal weather
conditions and with surf fishing at its best many
disciples of Isaac Walton are having at present en-
joyable sport in search of the finny tribes in the
surf about some of San Diego's beaches. La Jolla,
Ocean Beach, Imperial Beach and Coronado are the
goals of those who seek sport in surf fishing.
Observers who are in a position to speak of the
outlook for the season say that the catches this sea-
son should be the largest ones on record. It is ex-
pected that fish stories will now take the place of
those told of the number of ducks bagged. What
would the sport amount to without the fun of telling
your friends of the largest one which got away
before it could be landed? Up-to-date sportsmen, to
back up their claims as to large catches, have in late
years made a camera part of their equipment, seek-
ing solace in the fact that they can convince their
friends of their catches by exhibiting photographs.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 30, 1910.
THE RETRIEVER.
The term "retriever" may signify the duties or the
breed of the dog concerned. The retriever, proper
as a breed, is a comparatively recent introduction,
but retrievers in the sense of dogs which would
fetch and carry, have been in existence from early
ages. The tendency, the natural inclination to fetch
and carry is much more marked in some breeds than
in others, but it is liable to occur in almost any
variety of the dog. When it comes to a matter of
sport, however, something more is required that the
mere keenness to retrieve; there must be the size
and power essential to lift and carry game of more
than trifling weight, such as -in eight-pound hare,
there must be the tender mouth, so that the game
may not be mauled, the keen scent,, the high intel-
ligence, and the docility and obedience to command.
These qualities are not found in every dog however
keen it may be to fetch any object that may be
thrown for the purpose; so, although for the re-
quirements of the sportsman in the matter of work,
it is of little consequence whether the dog is beau-
tiful or an obvious mongrel, or what its breed and
color and shape may be, as long as the essential quali-
ties are possessed it came to be found that the dog
now known as the retriever by breed fulfilled the con-
ditions better than any other. There may be admir-
able retrievers by occupation among many other
breeds, or in dogs of no particular breed at all, but
unless cross-breeding is adopted with a special and
definite purpose, it is usually a matter of chance, and
it is of the retriever proper I now propose to write,
the dog, which is both in breed and vocation a re-
triever whether it is bred for sport or not.
To those who are fond of dogs, to whom the large
size is not an objection, and who are not dwellers
where the climate is hot, the retriever has only to be
known to be appreciated. The black dog, whether
curly or flat coated, is an exceedingly handsome ani-
mal, of great intelligence as a companion, and a
first-rate guard. Idstone, who understood all dogs
and none better than the retriever, wrote "isn't
he ornamental as he stretches himself in your hall
at full length, or looks in at the breakfast-room win-
dow with his four-feet upon the sill? And isn't he
a protection as w7ell as an ornament if you send him
out with his young mistress? And doesn't he show
his importance, sitting up on his haunches and show-
ing his white teeth, and simulating surliness, with
his silk surtout riffled till you see the silver lining
that proves his close descent from Labrador ances-
tors, scaring the surdy tramps and loafers?"
I have said the "black" variety only, because they
are invariably the handsomer, but I have Known the
most estimable creatures in liver and other colours,
and a wavy coated iiver retriever, the property of
my brother, was one of the very cleverest dogs at
work, or tricks I ever saw. They cannot however
compete with the black for beauty, and if a retriever,
in addition to other qualities, can also win in the
show ring the owner is not likely to be the less proud
of his ownership. In blacks, there are the two main
varieties, the curly coated and the flat haired, the
latter being sometimes quite flat-haired, though
densely coated sometimes wavy and sometimes al-
most smooth. The well-bred retriever of either dis-
cription of coat is an aristocratic and attractive look-
ing animal with a demeanor that seems to take a
pride in lineage. I cannot help liking the appearance
of a really good curly retriever, there is something
very attractive in the smooth face and forehead, and
the small ears, the glossy, nigger coat, and the racy
build; but I know that the flat-coated kind are the
most reliable in the special qualities a retriever is
required to possess, otherwise first in the field
the curlies would never have been routed by their
rivals.
How either was bred originally, is now largely a
matter of conjecture. The flat-coated kind was no
doubt a cross between the Labrador and the setter,
other blood may have played its part in a small de-
gree, hut the Labrador or setter characteristics,
or both, are always evident. The curlies were prob-
ably a cross between the Labrador and the water
spaniel of Ireland or England with possibly a dash
of the poodle thrown in. Both breeds are however
now well-established and breed true. The curly
made the first start; but the flat, once introduced,
acquired the reputation of being less headstrong and
more tender mouthed, and on the survivial of the
fittest principle soon held the premier place in the
general popularity. Consequently, though those who
are old enough to remember curlies of tne type of
Mr. George's Jet will always regret the decadence
of this variety, when it comes to a question of ad-
vice which to choose at the present day the answer
must be in favor of the flat.
With all these credentials, the retriever is not
a common dog in hot countries, probably because the
breed does not stand heat well. The Labrador, so
largely its basis, is a dog of a cold climate, and it is
nothing less than cruelty to expect the retriever to
flourish in the plains of India. The late Maharana
of Dholpur, wTho took so -keen an interest in dog
shows, used at one time to exhibit some beautiful
specimens, and retrievers of quite good stamp have
red on and off at Simla shows, but still, as a
rule, in spite of its usefullness and beauty and com-
panionable qualities, the breed is rare in this coun-
try. It flourishes however in the hills and to those
who are so circumstanced in the matter of climate
that a, retriever can he kept, some advice may be
usefr'i.
It :'s a question in the first place whether the dog
;= v >nted solely as a companion and for tricks or
for sport; but in either case, if the owner possesses
the firm and patient temperament it is desirable to
purchase quite a young puppy which he can train
himself. It is always far more difficult to eradicate
objectionable habits, the results of bad training, or
of no training at all, than to teach a dog the way
it should go ab initio retriever puppies of good
strain are very sensible and tractable even at a very
early age, and learn what is required of mem very
rapidly. There is a tendency on the part of some
people to decry tricky dogs, but it is all the same
foolish. If tricks are not wanted, they need not be
taught, but a well-trained, obedient animal is a treas-
ure to the owner, when a badly-behaved one is a
nuisance, not only to the owner but to all his friends
and neighbors, and a dog which is intelligent enough
to learn tricks is also capable of learning good man-
ners. To train a dog to stay at home loose, when for
reasons he cannot be taken out, or to wait quietly at
the doorstep while his owner is inside, is as much
a trick as teaching him to give three cheers for the
King or to shut a door. The training of a field
retriever to keep to heel to drop, and to deliver to
hand might in a sense be described as tricks. Tricks
might of course be sub-divided into the useful and the
trick pure and simple, but to the dog t'ney are all
education, and in teaching them to think his brain
and intelligence are developed.
If the dog is required as a companion, a retriever
favoring the Newfoundland or Labrador type has
advantages, it will be more amenable than the more
active and more headstrong field type, and it will be
easier to train it to the every day manners of ordi-
nary life. Choose a big, all black, thick-set, big-boned,
plucky, good-tempered, mild-eyed puppy; and avoid
anything approaching timidity, snappishness, light
sour eyes, and a sour expression. Boldness is a
great desideratum for a companion or for sport, a
timid dog is always difficult to train and remember-
ing that the full-grown retriever is a large and
powerful animal, the gay, good-tempered expression
is always preferable to the shifty, unlovable face with
the light eye denoting ill-temper and treacherous
disposition. The eye should be dark in color and
brimful of intelligence. If the puppies be very young,
the parents will always be a guide; but even in a
young litter, a sudden stamp of the foot or a shout
will make the bold ones advance and wag their
tails, while the cowardly and the querulous will
shrink away.
For a field retriever, much of the above equally
applies, the fearless, mild and dark eyed puppies
with a frank, open expression of curiosity and intel-
ligence are always the most promising. Also, ceteris
paribus the stronger and larger the better, for the
retriever whether for work in the open, or in covers,
or in water, should play its part with dash and
energy to the end. For this purpose nowever the
puppy judged by its strain and breeding should be
more setterlike and not too shambling and heavy in
gait after the manner of the Newfoundland and Lab-
rador. It will then possess a keener nose ror trail-
ing and more activity in the field. If required for
punt work, a dog with a very heavy coat, though pos-
sibly handsomer for that reason, is apt to import a
good deal of water into the boat, and a lighter coat
is advantageous.
Having picked his puppy, there is then the ques-
tion of education for the owner, but that subject is
too long a one to deal with in the course of this
article. I will only here say that if a man possess
the energy and the patience to train his retriever
himself from puppyhood, he will not only nave far
more pride in the results, but the dog wili obey
him as he would never do if another's hand had
moulded him. If however the requisite temperament
is absent the owner would preferably purchase his
retriever ready broken from some reliable trainer,
in which case he must be prepared to open his purse-
strings pretty wide. Between the two, the aim being
a handsome, companionable, thoroughly useful dog
in the field, there is no desirable middle course.^
"Peeping Tom" in The Asian.
FIELD TRIAL MEN BANQUET.
For a good, wholesome and clean-cut fair-minded
review of the present situation Coast fanciers and
clubs are much indebted to last week's inssue of The
American Stock-Keeper. Harry Lacey does not mince
matters, but puts the situation up to the American
Kennel Club in a manner that should receive the seri-
ous consideration of A. K. C. officials, untinctured by
the biased program suggestions of the smug and oily
Vrede.
J. Maxwell Taft distinguished himself signally last
week. He attended a meeting of the Oakland Ken-
nel Club, signed the incorporation papers as vice-
president, then resigned and immediately organ-
ized (?) another Oakland Kennel Club and applied for
incorporation. The name, Oakland Kennel Club, had
been originally registered as a trade-mark, however,
and his queer efforts were futile.
Possibly the Oakland Kennel Club will be hung up
in the air and a new A. K. C. fungus will germinate
across the bay. Taft seems to be a willing and rabid
catspaw.
It is pleasant to dance to the music of the "Fried
Liver Artist. '
The second annual dinner of the Continental Field
Trial Club was held at the Hotel Lafayette, New
York, April 21st, in the evening. It was a most
agreeable function in every particular. It has a
special significance in field trial matters, inasmuch
as plans were informally matured for the general
welfare of the sport which in a general way hereto-
fore were lett to the exigencies of the moment.
Judge R. C. Cornell presided as toastmaster in his
tactful, gracious manner. Other members and their
guests were; Washington A. Coster, Howard Rath-
bone, Irving M. Hoaglund, George D. Cross, Cecil
Lyon, Ancell H. Ball, Edward C. Hoyt, H. L. Pierson
Jr., Edmund H. Osthaus, F. L. Hadkins, Dr. A. Schuy-
ler Clark, Dr. Ewing, Dr. James Russell, Martin
Perkins, Lawrence Perkins, John A. White, John
A. White Jr., James Fox, Paul J. Rainey, Udo M.
Fleischmann, Alfred A. Maclay, P. P. Huntington,
Mr. Lapsey and B. Waters.
After-dinner talks enhanced the pleasure of the
gathering. Dr. Ewing, of Cornell University, Ithica,
N Y., delivered a most interesting and 'instructive
discourse on distemper, recounting specially a long
list of scientific investigations from the first recorded
attempts to isolate the germ of distemper up to the
present time. The net results of the various at-
tempts were far from successful. For this special
form of research Cornell laboratory is specially and
efficiently equipped in its brilliant staff, its scientific
resources and its serious purpose to accomplish for
the benefit of the dog what heretofore has not been
accomplished. Strange as it may seem, as ex-
plained by Dr. Ewing, one of the obstacles is the
lack of proper subjects. If those who have distemper
cases will place them at the disposal of Dr. Ewing,
they thereby will contribute materially to the fur-
therance of the good work. The cur dogs of the
streets seem to be immune to this disease and are
therefore unavailable. The Continental Field Trial
Club members have subscribed a sufficient important
sum to meet the coft of this investigation. Mr. Udo
M. Fleischmann, chairman of the committee of the
organization of a national union of clubs, reported
on the committee's doings and its successful efforts.
Plans to perfect the future welfare of the club and
field trials in general were considered and a working
committee was appointed to that end.
o
Capital City Show. — Sacramento is to have a dag
show. This is the signal for all dog breeders and
fanciers to sit up and take notice, and prepare to
enter their dogs in the show, states the Union. In
September, when the state fair opens, the National
Dog Breeders' Association, under the auspices of the
national association, will hold a three or four days'
show at Agricultural Park. The usual trophies will
be offered for the winners in the various Classes.
Judge Carroll Cook of San Francisco, a member of
the association, was in Sacramento Tuesday and took
the matter up with the agricultural society in behalf
of the breeders' and fanciers' association, which was
recently formed with headquarters in San Francisco.
Judge Cook was instructed to offer to hold the first
show of the association in this city during the State
fair providing the fair commission wanted it, and
when he broached the subject this week the directors
jumped at the chance and assured him that every-
thing would be done to promote the popularity of the
show.
The dog breeders' association was organized re-
cently in San Francisco and has for its purpose the
improvement of the various breeds of dogs. So far
the organization has held three meetings and at the
last one it was decided to hold the initial show in
Sacramento during the State fair. Prizes will be
offered for the winners in the various classes
and the show will run at least three days. Entries
are barred from no section and all competitiors are
welcome. The only other dog show that will be held
in the State in September will take place in San Jose
but will only contiue for one day, and undoubtedly
many of the dogs will be shipped to Sacramento and
be entered in the show here.
If the present plans of the association are carried
out the show will be one of the biggest and best ever
held ih tne State. Many local entries are looked for.
Arizona Coursing Park Closed. — The dog races in
Tucson are officially closed. The California grey-
hounds have been sent back to their Coast kennels,
and the local hounds are baying around their own
back yards and calling for three square meals a day,
now that their racing training is over.
"The fault lies not with the dogs nor with the
mechanism, nor yet with the people of Tucson,"
stated John Reilly, secretary of the association. "We
did have some trouble with the motor and the track,
it is true, but the real reason for failure lay in the
fact tnat Tucson is not large enough to support the
sport. We got tired of the expense, transferred the
privilege to another man, and he quit after having a
breakdown or two."
Tacoma bench show came off last week with a
good entry, English setters being particularly promi-
nent. Major J. M. Taylor judged all classes, 290 dogs
wTere benched.
Seattle will show May 4th to 7th. Portland show
is on this week. Such being the case, where does
the "big string" from the North come in for the
"cuckoo" kennel club show in this city next week.
Possibly complimentary entries may swell the cata-
logue list; absentees, however, do not make up a suc-
cessful bench show. On the contrary, this showing
would indicate a lack of confidence.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, April 30, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
AT THE TRAPS.
In the regular weekly practice sheet held by the
Walla Walla Rod and Gun Club April 10th, Fred
Dryden, of Walla Walla, was high for the day with 96
per cent, John Smails second with 94 per cent. On
this date several visitors were in attendance, amongst
whom were Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Woodward and G.
F. Egbers, of Pasco and W. A. Robertson, the popu-
lar representative of the Du Pont Powder Company.
Weather conditions were not all that could have
been desired; a driving rain for a portion of the
time interfered very materially with some of the
scores. Mrs. Woodward took part in the shoot and
made a very creditable showing. Her score of 80
out of 100 was very good indeed, considering that she
has been shooting but a very short time, and was
on strange grounds. She has a fine position at the
traps and her shooting elicited praise from all sides.
With a little more practice she will make the old
timers shoot their best to beat her.
Targets
Woodward
Egbers
Smails
Dryden
Barclay
O'Brien
Meyers
Fulton
Mrs. Woodward
Kremer
G. York
Dr. York
Robertson
Dooly
Potter
Hoskins
Holman
Dr. Warner
Mowers
Anderson
Brown
25
25
25
25
25
25
150
21
19
21
22
100
22
24
22
23
100
25
24
22
23
100
24
23
24
25
100
2 fl
20
24
24
23
24
150
22
22 23
23
23
125
21121
• •
50
21|21
20
22
23
125
19
IS
22
21
..
100
21
17
19
75
26
21
50
23
16
50
24
24
21
21
100
14
19
16
18
18
125
13
17
15
75
12
25
19
22
50
1
4
50
4
75
15
17
18
75
19
25
83
91
94
96
135
113
44
107
80
57
24
39
90
85
45
12
41
5
50
50
19
Seventy-one of the faithful ones attended the West
Seattle Gun Club's weekly shoot April 10th. The
combination of north wind and rain made the shoot-
ing very difficult, and the boys deserve a lot of credit
for the scores they made.
Lee Barkley certainly had his shooting clothes on.
His score of 94 out of 100 was the best made on the
grounds for some time. Garrison was second with
90. Logan had to be satisfied with S3. Ross and
Maltbie tied for high amateur honors with 85 each.
Nelson was second with 84.
Smith is trying hard to became the owner of the.
Selby watch. He won it again after one of the hot-
test contested races yet held for it. Scott deserves
great credit for the showing he made in shooting
off the ties in this contest. At the fiDish Smith was
only one point ahead of him.
Simmons and Marbet were new shooters. By tue
way they shot they certainly know how to point a
gun right.
J. W. Considine, Jr., was out again and shot well.
All he needs is practice and he will be able to give
a good account of himself.
Sunday was the first time Hall has had time to
shoot at 100 targets. He forgot nis rabbit's foot,
though, and the best he could do was 75. George Ol-
son and George Miller each shot at over ;'00 targets
yesterday. Olson likes to shoot, and always stays
until the trap house is locked up. Scores:
Events |1|2|3|4|5|6
Targets |15|15|20I15|15|20
13|13
9|12
10 10
14J11
10111
19 9 10 16
20|15|14|17
17
11 20
IS
12 11
11
11
15
Williams |10
Barkley 115
Logan |13
Nelson |13
Garrison .
Smith ....
Miller . . .
Ulversted
Hall
Olson ....
Ross
Scott
Miller ....
Olson ....
Maltbie . .
McKinnon
Gilkey ...
Simmons
Marbet . .
Guist
Thrilman
Events 1, 4, 5, 6, singles ; Event 2, Ballistite cup
Event 3, Selby trophy.
8| 9|20|12! 7118
14|13[15il2 1219| 100
11|20U0|11|18| 100
8'17
6 17
10
J"
IS
1(5
9jl5'16
10J11J. .
11|14|17
100
70
100
50
50
50
50
40
35
The first practice shoot of the New Oakland Gun
Club was held on their grounds in Oakland on Sun-
day the 23rd. This was the best attended shoot the
club has yet had. They had installed an Ideal-Leggett
trap and with one set of expert traps a large crowd
of shooters can now be accommodated.
On May Sth the club will give a merchandise shoot
for which a fine list of valuable prizes, cups and
medals have been promised. This shoot will attract
shooters from all the bay counties and a good time
will be given all who attend. It will be free to all
with no entrance money and targets at 1V2 cents
each. The grounds will be open for practice on Sat-
urday, May 7th, from one o'clock until five thirty.
Targets 2 cents each. For the shoot on the Sth
lunch can be had on the grounds and shells in all
makes and loads can be had at regular store prices."
The following scores were shot in practice at 100
targets: E. Holling, 92; G. Clark, 90; Tony Prior, 87;
Ashlin, 87; C. H. Lancaster, S6; Thomas, 80; Willet,
79; Dorcey, 78; W. J. Lancaster. 75; Al Cook ,74;
F. Nelson, 72; Hammond, 71; Patrick, 70; Conley, 56;
Maran, 56; Sherwood, 56; Wood, 56.
Twenty -five guns were in the line-up for the Sonora
Gun Club's second annual tournament on the 24th
inst. The day was exceedingly hot. The traps were
located in a gully on Sonora creek, with a background
of trees and hillside. Conditions were not favorable
to big scores. The Sonora boys took care of visiting
shooters and sportsmen in a very hospitable manner.
Dick Reed was high gun with 166 out of 180. H.
Garrison of Modesto second, 162 out of ISO. D .C.
Davison 158, D. C. Wood 155. The scores were:
Targets 120120
Events 12
I. Dambacker [19(14
H. Garrison |17|18
Dick Reed |20|20|lSjl7J23'[20jl7|17il6
M. T. Carkeek |16|14|16|15j23;i8|16|13jl4
Louis Rink | 9 1010:13;12 lSil3ill|15
20 20 25 20 20 15 20
314 |5|6|7| 8|9|
14 16|21 12 9 13J17I
19|17|20|17|20!14i20i
C. A. Haight
W. Davison
E. Hoelle .
A. Bryson .
D. C. Wood
F. F. Ball .
117,15117115119 13 19 14 19
1. 13 15J16 15|ll|20:10jl5|
16 17|12 1S|16|15|17|10|11|
17[13|15|16|21jl3|14jll|10j
17|18|18|17|23119|17|14|12|
13jl3|14|15|15|..|.
ISO
135
162
166
145
111
14S
134
132
130
155
Geo. Morss |16|15|15|10|20jl7|13|12[14j 132
W. J. Richards |16|19|10|17i20|13|16 11[15| 137
13|17| 152
15|17| 15S
11|16| 133
'9|15| '
W. J. Richards fl6|19|10|17J20|X3 JX6
D. W. King |18[16|16|16|19|19|18
D. C. Davison |20jl8|15|14:23|17|19
T. R. Carne 19 17 13 12117 11 17
W. E. Burnham |12[11| 9j'l6|13|..|
C. Bendorf 15ll8[18|16|19]14jl7
A. E. Freer jl8|17|13jl8 15|15J16J12J14
H. Dammas : jlO 12| . .[.. . .j.. .. .. ..j
A. E. Elsbree |..j..[16|15 13118|17| 8|12|
M. Scanavina I - - 1 • • I 3[ 8 . . |. . |. . . . j . . j
C. E. Scott | . . [ . . | . . | 9 16J13J17J 9|13|
B. Oliver
Chas. Livingston
.|..|..|..|16
■I--I--I--I-
141
138
14|..|..|..|..|
4|13|15| 7|12|
At the recent shoot of the Twin Falls Trap and
Gun Club there was a representative gathering of
Idaho shooters. In the main event at 50 targets — two
15 and one 20 target race, the scores were: K. L.
Egan, Jerome, Ida., 42; W. H. Anderson, Ogden, Utah,
46; A. L. Cummings, Salt Lake, 48; D. J. Holohan,
45; Wm. Vincent, 43; Chas. Fuller, Shoshone, Ida.,
41; W. H. Harrington, 44; Winn Tatro, Boise, 43;
W. H. Mankey, Boise, Ida., 42; John W. Gray, Boise,
Ida., 4S; O. M. Gaut, 44; B. O. Harrison, 43; Mrs.
Nellie Stewart, 30; J. D. Akins, Rupert, Ida., 41; C.
S. Graybill, Nampa, Ida., 42; A. G. Fisher, 40; Everett
Sweeley, Ida., 30; D. A. Cannon, 44; Chas. Mull, 36;
John Maxwell, 29. John W. Gray and A. L. Cum-
mings were high wTith 48 each.
Gray and Garber were high guns in the 100 target
handicap shoot, the scores were: P. J. Holohan, 20
yards, broke S6; K. L. Egan,, 20-7S; W. H. Anderson,
20-84; A. L. Cummings, 20-86; D. J. Holohan, 20-S1;
William Vincent, 1S-90; Chas. Fuller, 18-18; W. R.
Parker, 18-82; A. S. Garber, 19-93; W. S. Harrington,
18-85; Winn Tatro, 18-89; W. H. Mankey, 18-S6; B. S.
Eastman, 1S-S3; Al Edelmen, 18-93; John W. Gray,
18-93; O. M. Gaut, 17-84; Mrs. Nellie Stewart, 16-82;
J. D. Akins, 16-79; C. S. Graybill, 16-6S; A. S. Fisher,
16-68; Everett Sweeley, 16-91; D. A. Cannon, 17-83;
Charles Mull, 16-S2; Ben Bean (Pocatello) 18-88; L.
M. Steger (Pocatello) 16-74.
A party of enthusiastic trap shots attended the
shoot at the Anaconda grounds recently to meet
Frank Klepetko once more under the auspices of the
organization which is proud of him as a pioneer
member and booster. The weather conditions wTere
favorable and excellent sport was enjoyed.
The principal event was for the Twohy medal at
25 birds. In this eventt C. H. Smith, Hasley, and
Drumgoole tied with 23 each, and in the shootoff
Smith won with 15 straight. The score in detail
follows :
Targets |25[25|15|10|20 10[10
141 91 7110
22
Klepetko |20
C. H. Smith 22
Mathewson p.9
L. G. Smith |16|19
Hasley |24f23
Drumgoole |23j23
Dawson |17|22!
Mahan [21|22|l4j. .
Events 4, 5 and 6 were at double rises
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Urbita trap shooters burned smokeless powder on
the 17th inst. The results reported are: "J. Weber
won the first class medal, w-hich the club bought from
Harry Allison, he having won it two times, after ad-
vancing him to a higher class, by a score of 24 birds
out of 25.
"For the second class medal held by Weber, now in
the first class W. Randle won, 15 out of 25, but he
was challenged by L. Lewis, Frank Smith and Shay.
Score: Randle S, Lewis 16, Shay 16 and Smith 15.
On the tie shoot off Lewis won the medal.'
The blue rock shoot at Folsom recently did not ma-
terialize, owing to the fact that the shots of the vil-
lage had no intention of holding it until a week later.
In some mysterious manner, Frank Newbert, Frank
Ruhstaller and the other Sacramento Franks who en-
joy smashing clay birds, got their wires crossed on
dates and had their forage into the hills for nothing.
Mayor Jacobs made amends, however, and they
did not regret their trip.
A recent three-man team shoot at Billings. Mont..
shows a score of 146 out of 150 by Cummings, Huse
and Selvidge. Shooting in four 25 target events, at
unknown angles, the scores were: Stroup 20, 17. -8,
— ; Cummings, 21, 24, 23, 25; Robbins, 21, IS, 19, 24;
Huse, 24, 23, — , — ; Selvidge, 24, 24, 24, 25; Logan,
20, 21, 20, — ; Schlekel, 17, 16, 19, — ; Mowre, 16, 17,
J. Ed. Vaughan shooting on the "Dead Shot" Gun
Club grounds at Orange, Cal., broke 103 out of 105,
pretty good shooting that, if the Orange "News" is
correct in the figures. Southern California shooters
will now hear some great stories about "D. S."
The Klamath Falls, Ore., Gun Club proposes to hold
regular blue rock shoots. On the 3rd inst. the scores
were, at the initial shoot:
At 50 targets — Orin N. Ford, 44; C. Thomas, 42;
W. H. Clark, 39; H. P. Hoey, 39; Ed Jacobson, 36; J.
Hilton, 36; E. W. Muller, 37.
At 5 double rises — Hilton, 6; Clark, 6; Muller, 5;
Hoey, 4.
Santa Cruz powder burners are waking up again.
Two weeks ago rainy weather stopped the day's sport.
A shoot is billed for tomorrow.
The California Wing Club and the Bay View Gun
Club regular monthly shoots, live birds and blue
rocks, will take place tomorrow.
Tacoma Rod and Gun Club new grounds have now
a new "Ideal" trap installed. The grounds are much
easier of access than the old Mountain View location.
Captain Arthur W. Du Bray arrived here a week
ago and has been a welcome figure on Sportsman's
Row. The genial Captain showed the boys several
1 6 and 12 gauge "Old Reliables" that are marvels of
the gunsmith's art.
Courtland, Ariz., has a gun club and trap grounds.
In shooting at 50 bluerocks April 10th, D. Evans and
C. K. Barnes tied with 31 each, Evans won the tie.
J. G. Smith broke 28.
Los Angeles trap shooters met at the Sherman
grounds a week ago and held a small shoot.
CALIFORNIA RECORD STRIPED BASS.
The largest striped bass yet taken in California
waters was on display last week at a local fish
dealer's stall. This monster stripad bass, a veritable
leviathan of its tribe, was 60 inches in length, 35
inches in girth, 12 inches through at the pectoral
fins and 18 inches deep. It weighed, when received
by the marketman, 70 pounds. There was, possibly,
a shrinkage of from eight to ten pounds between the
time the big bass was caught and when placed on ex-
hibition.
This great bass was a fresh run female and full of
roe; the roe weighed 9 pounds. The catch was made
by an unknown Benicia fisherman, fishing with a
heavy handline from the wharf at Army Point.
Striped bass had been running in the waters of
Carquinez Straits and daily a number of wharf
loungers found lucrative fishing for striped bass
along the Benicia wharves. Many of the fish caught
were purchased by a fish buyer and shipped to this
city.
Our salt water anglers have been enjoying excellent
striped bass angling in Prospect and Cache creeks
in the Yolo basin recently, the largest bass taken
on angling tackle was the 59 pounder mentioned
in last week's issue. The unsportsmanlike fate of the
big bass above mentioned has been a matter of c'ia-
grin with many ambitious anglers. A striped bass
weighing 64 pounds was caught in a net several
weeks ago off San Pablo.
It is rather a singular coincidence that our record
sized bass should have been caught in almost 1he
identical spot where striped bass w-ere first liberated
in California waters. Through the efforts of the late
Harry Emeric, then Fish Commissioner, a shipment,
from New Jersey of 100 young striped bass, none
over six inches in length, arrived in poor condition
in 1S79, the survivors were liberated near Army Pcint.
In 1S82, a second shipment of 300 young striped bass
reached "here in better condition, about 200 o' these
were placed in the water at about the same location ,
where the pioneer bass were turned loose. How obi
this big bass was has been a matter of conjecture
with our anglers, safe to assume, however, the fish
must have been over ten years old.
o
A Large Salmon.— Part of the menu of the ban-
quet served in the Armory in Roseburg, Ore., last
Wednesday night, following the dedication of the
new four-story Masonic Temple, were the choice
parts of a 56-pound Chinook salmon, tne largest
ever known to have been caught in the Unipqua
river. The fish was landed with a trolling line by
Walter Cordon, after a 40-minute battle at Wincnes-
ter, five miles north of Roseburg. It measured 47
inches in length and 14 inches through the biggest
part of the body. It was neavier by just one pound
than the Chinook caught at Winchester four years
ago by Charles Bruce.
Game Warden Anton King, for many years a terror
to fish and game law violators in the Feather river
canyon country, has resigned.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 30, 1910.
GOVERNMENT PROMOTION
PRACTICE.
OF RIFLE
RIFLE PRACTICE IN AMERICA AND ABROAD.
The "Report of Rifle Shooting in the United States
for the Year 1909, ' issued by the National Board of
Promotion of Riflle Practice, is a document which
will be of interest to all devotees of the sport. It
is the most comprehensive document of the kind
yet gotten out by the national board and is profusely
illustrated. It contains extracts from the reports of
the executive officer of the national matches of 1909,
Colonel R. K. Evans, U. S. A., who is also executive
officer for the matches of 1910. All the scores of
the winning teams in the national match are given.
There is also a copy of the bill for the promotion
of rifle practice among the schools, universities and
civilian clubs, with extracts from the report of the
Secretary of War. In the report of the National Rifle
Association, which is included in the report of the
national board, citizens are told how to organize
government rifle clubs and the regulations governing
them are set forth at length. The rules and regula-
tions under which arms and ammunition for such
clubs may be purchased from the government, with
the prices for the United States magazine rifle and
ammunition, as well as revolvers and ammunition,
are given in detail.
Interesting information is given in regard to rifle
practice in institutions of learning. Instructions are
given as to the organization of schoolboy rifle clubs
and a copy of the by-laws of such clubs with a brief
history of the rifle practice movement in institu-
tions of learning.
Various indoor and outdoor interscholastic and
intercollegiate matcnes for 1909 are reviewed at
length. The intercollegiate outdoor championship
for 1909 is held by tne George Washington Univer-
sity rifle team of Washington, D. C, which won the
trophy from teams representing Columbia Univer-
sity, Massachusetts Agricultural College, University
of Pennsylvania and Delaware College, the matches
being held at Sea Girt, N. J., June 19, 1909. The
intercollegiate indoor championship is held by the
State College of Washington, which won it from
seventeen other competitors. During the year the
competition was held. Thirty-seven preparatory
schools entered teams of ten pupils each and the
match was won by the Morris High School team of
New York City.
An interesting review is given of the outdoor rifle
tournaments held for the benefit of the schools of
the District of Columbia on the national guard
range last November, and also of schoolboy indoor
shooting tournament held in New York City, Phila-
de'phia and Baltimore. Complete plans for the con-
struction of both indoor and outdoor ranges are also
contained in the report.
Secretary of War Dickinson has selected the offi-
cers to conduct the tests of the ammunition manu-
factured by the government and by private concerns
which will determine what ammunition is to be used
in the national matches of 1910 and in the prelimi-
nary practice. The personnel is a follows: General
Bird W. Spencer of New Jersey and General James
A. Drain of Washington, representing the National
Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice; Major W. H.
Palmer, Seventh Infantry, New York National Guard,
and Captain Charles H. Cole, First Corps of Cadets
of Massachusetts, representing the national guard,
and Captain C. H. Stewart of the Ordnance Depart-
ment, U. S. A.
The trials will take place at Sea Girt, New Jer-
sey, where the concrete bases for the machine rests
which were installed in 1909 for similar tests are
still available. The War Department has ordered
one million rounds of ammunition from each of the
four ammunition companies equipped to make such
ammunition, and the Frankfort, Pa., arsenal fur-
nishes a like number of rounds. All the ammunition
is to be ready by May 1st and the tests will take
place soon after that date.
The National Rifle Association of America has
selected Saturday, June 18th, as the date for the
outdoor championship team match for universities
and colleges. The match will be shot on the range
of the national guard of the District of Columbia
at Washington, D. C, and preparation will be made
to give the college students in attendance such enter-
tainment as the facilities of those interested admit.
The intercollegiate championship match is open to
teams of six from any university, college or institu-
tion conferring degrees, members of the teams to be
in full academic standing in the undergraduate years
of the institution represented. Each contestant fires
two sighting shots and ten shots for record at 200,
300 and 500 yards, the kneeling at 300 yards and the
prone at 500 yards. The .30 caliber military rifle
must be used with any ammunition.
The prize championship trophy will be held by the
institution represented by the winning team until
the next competition. The trophy becomes the prop-
erty of the instittuion winning it the most number
of times in sixteen years. The members of the
winning team receive silver medals and those of the
second team bronze medals. It has been won once
by Princeton University and three times by George
Washington University, which now holds it.
Philip Sanfillippa was fined $200 by Judge Buckle
of Fairfield. Solani county, for illegal fishing. He
took the alternative of 100 days in jail, not caring
to loosen up so much gelt.
Hungary owes much to one of its patriotic citizens,
Nicholas de Szemere the originator of target prac-
tice for young people in Hungary. In 190Z he or-
ganized at his own expense the first -course of in-
struction in rifle practice for young men. He en-
rolled 567 youths in his classes and on his own
estates he built a magnificent rifle range and threw
it open to the public, with the words: "I have built
this house for the Hungarian young men in order
to give them an opportunity to learn to defend their
native soil." Since then the government has estab-
lished courses of target practice in universities and
public schools.
In 1907 the president of the Hungarian Rifle Fed-
eration, a deputy of the Hungarian parliament, was
authorized to visit the principal cities of the country
and organize rifle shooting societies among the young
men. His efforts were crowned with success every-
where he went, and with the co-operation of the
towns and cities themselves ranges were built and
societies organized, with the result that during the
year 1909, 6,656 young men received a thorough
course of rifle instruction.
Adjutant General Frank M. Rumbold, of Missouri
has presented a magnificent trophy to the National
Rifle Association of America for cempetition in the
Championship regimental team match at Camp Perry,
Ohio, next August. The last trophy for this match
was won in 1908 by the Sixth Massachusetts infantry.
It had been won by this regiment the two preceding
years and the third winning gave it permanent poses-
sion of the trophy.
The new trophy was designed by General Rum-
bold's sister, Mrs. Estelle Rumbold Konn, a sculp-
tress living in New York City. It is a silver punch
bowl, 18 inches in diameter, and weighing 299 ounces.
It is an Indian bowl supported on four legs, held to-
gether by a simple-braided band, the two figures sur-
mounting it representing on the one hand an early
Eastern tribesman and on the other an early Western
tribesman. The inscription goes entirely around the
bowl and the name of the winners will be inscribed
inside the bowl. The design is one which has been
freely executed and the sculptress has kept it as
primitive and vigorous as possible.. Adjutant Gen-
era Rumbold, the donor of the trophy, has served
in the National Guard and also in the U. S. Volun-
teers, during the Spanish war. He was recommended
for brevet for gallantry and bravery in action ana
he received the silver live-saving medal of the gov-
ernment in recognition of gallant conduct exhibited
by him in saving a number of persons from drowning
in the waters of Manila bay during a storm on the
night of December 19, 1899.
In line with the attempt of the United States to
interest its schoolboys in rifle practice, a bill for
which purpose has recently passed the Senate and is
now pending in the House comes the information
from London that on Empire Day, May 24, will take
place a contest for an Imperial trophy to be com-
peted for by teams of eight boy marksmen from all
parts of the British Empire. The trophy is donated
by the Earl of Meath, and other trophies have been
presented by Princess Alexandra of Teck,, the Duch-
ess of Marlborough, the Duke of Wellington, and
others of nobility. The matches will be held under
the auspices of the Imperial Cadet Association. Ar-
rangements are being made so that where the cadets
come from a greater distance than 20 miles they will
be taken care of as far as possible by invitation to
private houses. If the funds permit the cadets who
take first or second place in the matches will receive
camp scholarships entitling them to attend the sum-
mer training camp in August free of cost.
The shooting for the Meath trophy will be foliowed
in August by the shooting for the Lord Roberts Im-
perial trophy which is also for schoolboys. The
Lord Roberts trophy is also for teams of schoolboys,
the difference being that in the Meath trophy match
miniature rifles are used, while in the Roberts com-
petition service rifles are used. The teams of eight
boys which won the Lord Roberts trophy last year
had an average age of 14 years and ten months.
They learned to shoot first with miniature rifles and
found no difficulty in handling the heavier weapons.
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Natal and the Trans-
vaal will 11 be represented by teams in this competi-
tion on Empire Day.
That the interest in the British Empire in the
schoolboy rifle practice is widespread is demonstrated
by the fact that the boys of Dawson City Alaska,
have a cadet corps 500 strong. The Dawson City
team was the youngest as well as the northermost.
After our schoolboys become better versed in the
art of handling rifles, it is not improbable that
matches will be arranged between them and the
English schoolboys after the order of those conducted
by the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs in which
teams of fifty representatives of America, Australia,
and England participate each winter. These matches-
are of course shot by correspondence.
A sturgeon weighing 234 pounds was caught in the
San Joaquin near Newmans recently.
Mudhen Shoot. — A dczen or more members of the
Salinas Duck Club enjoyed their annual mudhen
shoot and high jinks at their preserve on the 10th
inst., one of the principal features of which was a
barbecue. Among those in attendance were Albert
J. Zabala, William Davies, J. E. Hunter, Oliver Bar-
din, Dr. C. H. Lemon, Edward W. Palmtag, Rinaldo
Reghetti, Frank B. Lauritzen, Dr. C. B. Outhier, Gus
Smith, the Anderson brothers, M. J. Boradori, Carl
Menke and Mr. Attridge.
INDOOR RIFLE SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP.
After a struggle lasting twelve weeks, requiring
the shoot-off of a tie between two clubs, the rifle
shooting team championship of the United States on
the indoor gallery has been won by the Rocky Moun-
tain Rifle Club of Butte, Mont. This club, though but
recently organized and new to the game of gallery
shooting, has succeeded in wresting the laurels from
all the old established dubs of the East.
The gallery rifle club championship of the United
States is determined by a series of matches extend-
ing through the winter months. Each club in the
league so organized, shoots with every other club,
using targets that have been previously stamped by
the National Rifle Association of America, and which
are returned to the office of that association here in
Washington after being shot on, the scores being
determined by a committee and the results an-
nounced.
Each club was represented by five riflemen, each
one of which fired twenty shots at 75 feet on a bulls-
eye %-inch in diameter, counting 10 and 9 graduated
circles, counting from 9 to 1. All the shooters used
-22-caliber rifles with military sights in front of the
firing pin. The possible score that a team could make
was 1,000, and the highest score made in the compe-
titions was that of the winning team in the last con-
test 9S5. To make this score means that all of the
100 shots fired by the team were placed inside of a
circle which could be covered by a 25-cent piece.
Of the eleven matches shot, the Rocky Mountain
Club and the Winchester Rod and Gun Club of New
Haven, Conn., each lost one match and thus tied for
first place. In the shoot-off for the championship,
which was held two weeks ago, the former club made
985 and the latter 980, a very close finish and one
which showed the mettle of the riflemen, as both
scores were the highest ever made by either team.
The third in the league was Myles Standish Rifle
Club, of Portland, Me., with a record of nine matches
won and two lost; the Warren, Pa., Rifle and Revol-
ver Club was fourth with eight matches won and
three lost; St. Paul, Minn., Rifle and Revolver Club
was fifth with six won and five lost; the Seattle,
Wash., Rifle and Revolver Association was sixth
with seven won and four lost; Fort Pitt Rifle Club of
Pittsburg, Pa., came seventh with a record of five
won and six lost. Other clubs in the league were
Birmingham, Ala., Athletic Club Rifle Association,
Italian Rifle Association of New York, Los Angeles
Rifle and Revolver Club, of Los Angeles, Cal., Tacoma
Rifle and Revolver Club, of Tacoma, Wash., and the
Triangle Cadets Rifle Club, of Los Angeles, Cal.
TRADE READERS
U. M. C. Notes.
Dick Reed, shooting U. M. C. shells, won first high
general average at the second annual blue rock tour-
nament of the Sonora Rod and Gun Club, April
24th— 166 out of 200.
Selby Loads Shoot Well.
At Modesto, in practice shooting, just to show
the reliability of Selby loads— the Big Red S"
kind — the following scores were shot: Fred Willett
9"8 out of 100, E. Hcelle 97 out of 100, Dick Reed 95
out of 100.
Winchester Wins.
At the second annual tournament of the Sonora
Rod and Gun Club, held on Sunday, April 24th, at
Sonora, one of the trophies in a special event for
professionals was won by Geo. D. Morse, shooting a
Winchester gun and Winchester Leader shells.
Henry Garrison of Modesto won first high amateur
average, using a Winchester gun. D. C. Davison,
also of Modesto, won second high average and
longest straight run with Winchester Leader shells.
M. T. Carkeek of Sonora distinguished himself by
capturing high amateur average of the club, 145-180
and also individual championship of Tuolumne
county, 23-25, and longest straight run for club mem-
bers, 26 straight, with a Winchester gun.
Peters Points.
At the Empire Gun Club, at Alameda Point, April
17th, Mr. Emil Holling was high man, breaking 96
out of 100, and was also hign at the Oakland Gun
Club on April 24th, breaking 115 out of 125, making
an average of 92 per cent. Mr. Holling shoots Peters
Ideal factory loads.
Mr. L. S. Hawxhurst was shooting in fine form on
Sunday, April 24th, making the high average scoi*e
at two club shoots in Stockton. At the Merrill Club
he broke 91 out of 100 and at the Novice Club broke
89 out of 100. It is rather unusual for one man to
carry away the honors at two different clubs on the
same day and speaks well for the ammunition used.
Mr. Hawxhurst used Peters factory loaded shells.
The tournament held at Madera-on April 16th and
17th was the means of demonstrating what can be
done with Peters factory loaded shells. Both the
first and second high professional and general aver-
ages were added to the list of winnings of this am-
munition. Mr. H. E. Poston was high, with 341 out
of 360, and Mr. Frank Howe was second, with a
score of 340 out of 360. Mr. Poston was high on all
targets (including practice), breaking 376 out of
400. The combined scores of the gentlemen was 681
out of 720 — an average of a trifle over 94% per cent.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, April 30, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
THE PURCHASE, CARE AND
PREPARATION OF FOOD.
The foods used to give variety to the
diet in the home vary with time, place,
and circumstances, but the staple foods
the country over are cereal grains and
their products, meat, dairy products,
eggs and the more usual vegetables and
fruits. According to results of a large
number of carefully conducted studies in
American homes, it appears that meat
and poultry supply 16 per cent of the to-
tal food material, HO per cent of the pro-
tein, and 59 per cent of the fat in the
average American dietary; dairy pro-
ducts 18 per cent of the total food, 10
per cent of the total protein, 36 per cent
of the total fat, and 4 per cent of the to-
tal carbohydrates; cereals and their pro-
ducts, 31 per cent of the total food ma-
terial, 43 per cent of the total protein, 9
per cent of the total fat, 62 per cent of
the total carbohydrates; and vegetables
and fruits, 25 per cent of the total food,
9 per cent of the total protein, 2 percent
of the total fat, and 19 per cent of the
total carbohydrates. These figures in-
dicate clearly the relation which the
principal agricultural products must of
necessity bear to home problems. It is
evident that utilization of these staple
foods to the best advantage is of great
importance to every housekeeper.
Bread, meat, and vegetables form a
large part of the food of the nation, and
their purchase, care and preparation for
the table are the themes of Farmers'
Bulletin 256 (Preparation of Vegetables
for the Table); 375 (Care of Food in the
Home) ; 389 (Bread and Bread Making) ;
391 (Economical Use of Meat in the
Home).
These bulletins are not "cookery
books," although a large number of re-
cipes for cooking vegetables and meats,
and mixing and baking bread are found
between their covers, and as each of
these recipes has been carefully tested, a
cook should follow them accurately the
first time, at least, she attempts to use
them.
The bulletin on "Bread and Bread
Making" has just been issued; the
pamphlet on "Use of Meat" was issued
March 21, last, while "Care of Food in
the Home" was published in November,
1909, and the "Cooking of Vegetables"
appeared in 1906. But the four form a
set which would be useful to every house-
keeper. The instruction contained in
these pamphlets could be supplemented
by the information in the other sixteen
pamphlets treating on the relative value
of fish, milk, sugar, eggs, poultry, peas,
beans, fruit, potatoes and other root
crops, corn and corn products, and meat
as food, and the preserving and canning
of fruits and vegetables. Copies of all
of these publications can be secured by
application to Senators, Representatives,
and Delegates in Congress, the Secretary
of Agriculture, or to the Superintendent
of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, D. C, who has
them for sale at five cents per copy.
If you are looking for results, the bal-
anced ration is absolutely essential to the
dairy cow. The most important com-
ponents of the animal body are water,
ash, protein and fat. If any of these
elements are lacking in the dairy ration
there will be a decrease in the flow of
milk. On the other hand, if any one
substance is fed more than is necessary
it will be wasted.
$S DUE ON MAY 2, 1910
SECOND PAYMENT
PACIFIC BREEDERS FUTURITY STAKES NO. 10
$7,250 Guaranteed.
MARES SERVED 1909. FOALS OF 1910
To trot or pace at 2 and 3 years old. ENTRIES CLOSED DEC. 1, 1909.
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$3000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on ivho.se entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Trot.
1250 for Two -Year- Old Trotters.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two- Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot
when mare was bred.
1000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry is
named the Dam of Winner of
Three- Year-Old Pace.
750 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
200 for Nominator on whose entry Is
named the Dam of Winner of
Two-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of
Winner of Three-Y'ear-Old Pace
when mare was bred.
SIX SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR STALLION OWNERS— $250.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1909.
when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; |5 May
2. 1910; ?5 October 1, 1910; $10 on Yearlings, April 1, 1911; ?10 on Two-Year-Olds,
April 1, 1912; 510 on Three-Year-Olds, April 1, 1913.
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.
Nominator » must designate when making payments to start whether the
horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again in the
three-year-old divisions.
For Entry Blanks and further particulars, address the Secretary.
REMEMBER THE SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE — If the mare proves barren
or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before
April 1st, 1911, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitute
another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. In Futurity Stakes No. S the
demand for substitutions far exceeded the supply.
Be sure and make payments in time.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 36C Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
E. P. HE A 1,15, President.
ADVERTISE IN THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Offers the Following Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses
To be Given at the
CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, 1910, September 3rd to September 10, 1910.
Entries Close May 1st and Aug. 22, 1910.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
10. CONSOLATION 2:20 TROT $ 400
FREE-FOR-ALL TROT 1,000 CLOSE MAY 1,1910
2:15 Trot 1,000 Close August 22, 1910
Amateur Driving Clubs Close later.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.
2:15 Pace $ 700 Close August 22, 1910
Consolation 2:20 Pace 400
2:10 Trot 1,000 Close August 22, 1910
Amateur Driving Club Close later.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH.
16. Stanford Stake Closed.
17. 2:08 Pace • ,$1000 Close August 22, 1910
18. Amateur Driving Clubs Close later.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.
Occident Stakes Closed.
2:20 TROT $2,000 CLOSE MAY
Special Driving Club Contest Close later.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
2-YEAR-OLD TROT $ 400 CLOSE MAY
2:20 PACE 2,000 CLOSE MAY
2:12 Trot • 1,000 Close August 22, 1910
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.
3-YEAR-OLD PACE $ 400 CLOSE MAY 1,1910
2:10 Pace 800 Close August 22, 1910
FREE-FOR-ALL PACE $1,000 CLOSE MAY 1,1910
1, 1910
1, 1910
1, 1910
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Entrance on Stakes 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, close on May 1st, 1910.
Payments due 2 per cent May 1, 1910; 1 per cent additional it not declared out on or before June 1, 1910, and 2 per cent additional if not declared out on
or before July 1, 1910. Five per cent o£ the total amount of the stake deducted from winners except Stakes 10 and 14.
Horses to be named with entries.
In Stakes No. 2 for 2:20 Trotters and No. 5 for 2:20 Pacers, $2000 each, $400 in each stake has been reserved for consolation purses in which no additional
entrance is charged, but there must be four starters, nothing deducted from winners, if less than 4 starters the race will be declared off and the money added
to the main purse.
Stakes Noy. 6, 8, 12, 13, 15 and 17 close August 22, 1910, and horses must be eligible on that date. Entrance 5 per cent to accompany the nominations.
Nominators have the right of entering two horses from the same stable in any race, by the payment of one per cent for that privilege, due when entry is
made. Only one of the two horses so entered to be started in the race and the starter to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the first day of the meeting.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
Declarations (to declare out) must be mailed to the Secretary, and will not be accepted unless accompanied by the amount due at time declaration is made.
All races mile heats, three in five, except two-year-olds, two in three.
Moneys to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent, unless otherwise specified in conditions.
All races to fill satisfactorily to the Board of Directors, or they may be declared off.
Distances in all heats, SO yards; but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards. A horse not winning, making a dead heat or twice second in the first three heats
to be ruled out but will retain his position in the summary.
Stakes are for the amount guaranteed — no more, no less.
When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided 66 2-3 per cent to the first and 3*3 1-3 per cent to the second.
A horse distancing the field will only be entitled to first and fourth moneys.
Hopples barred in trots, but allowed in pacing races, except where otherwise stated.
The Society reserves the right to start any heat, regardless of the position of the horses.
The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race. The right reserved to declare off or postpone any or all races on account of
weather or other sufficient cause.
Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 P. M. on the day preceding the race, and must be worn on the track in all races. Colors will
be registered in the order in which they are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected by the Secretary.
Drivers must weigh in by 12 o'clock noon day of race they are to drive.
The Board reserves the right to inflict penalties for non-compliance with the above conditions.
Otherwise than as herein specified, National Trotting Association (of which this Society is a member) rules will govern.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
H. A. JASTRO, President.
J. A. FILCHER, Secy, Sacramento, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 30, 1910.
POOR MILK.
There is no article of food so generally
used from the cradle to the grave as
milk. In this we are all agreed that it
may be good, bad or indifferent, and the
meagre intelligence, or shall we say in-
stinct, of the infant is equal to the task
of differentiating one quality from an-
other. But the children of a larger
growth are generally ignorant of the con-
ditions which enter into one phase of the
production of inferior milk.
"What I refer to is the common mis-
take in believing that the quality of milk
is determined largely by the nature of
the food that the cow eats.
One of the stock arguments used in
Denver against the feeding of brewers'
malt to dairy cows was that it produced
a poor quality of milk. The same argu-
ment has been used in the case of beet
pulp. This is a mistake. Each cow is a
physiological unit in the production of
milk constituents, when in a healthy
condition. The quantity of milk var-
ies greatly according to the kind and
amount of feed consumed, but the qual-
ity remains uniform with remarkable
persistency.
If the cow is sick or starved, and the
body functions abnormal, then it maybe
different. It is a fact of much interest,
as well as of economic importance, that
the cow under all sorts of adverse condi-
tions will persistently adhere to her
standard in the relative proportion of
milk constituents.
The flavor of milk will vary according
to the feed and other things. The milk
may be red or blue in color, and the
cream may be ropy; it may sour quicky
and many things may happen to it be-
cause of the presence of bacteria — when
cans and bottles are not sterilized, and
the milker is careless; but the same
amount of cream, casein, milk sugar and
other constituents are there, quart for
quart, providing the cow is healthy and
the milkman has not skimmed it down
to three per cent — or more.
There is a great difference in the qual-
ity of milk in individual cows, as well as
in breeds. Samples of milk from a cer-
tain cow were brought to the Veterinary
Department of the Colorado Agriculutral
College for analysis. The complaint
was that there was no cream on the
milk. Analysis of each sample revealed
about two per cent butter fat. The cow
has been examined and found healthy.
The feed has been changed, but the milk
remains poor. She is that kind of a
cow.
GEO. H. GLOVER,
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Col-
lins.
The experiment station of Kansas a
few years ago made the most complete
test of hogs that we have seen from any
experiment station. The hog that makes
the largest ham of red meat is the ani-
mal that the ham eater thinks is the
best hog. The weights of hams in the
test were as follows: Berkshire hams,
23^ pounds; Duroc- Jersey, 24)4 pounds;
Poland-China, '2o% pounds. These hogs
in size were as near the same weight as
possible to get them. The shoulders of
the Berkshire weighed 213^ pounds ;
Duroc-Jersey, 10££a and Poland-China,
19M pounds. The Berkshires have
larger shoulders than any other breed.
The butcher who saw the hogs slaughter-
ed thought the Duroc-Jersey had the
most fat on the back; the Poland-China
next, then the Berkshire. The Berk-
shire ham showed more lean and less fat
than the Poland-China. The butchers
considered the breed of hogs that had the
most fat the most profitable hog, both
for the farmer and the butcher.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says
he entertains very serious doubts as to
the ultimate success of dry farming in
the semi-arid sections of the country,
and yet the government continues to en-
courage the settling up of thousands of
acres of land where it must be dry farm-
ing or nothing, and one or two real
old-fashioned drouth years may be need-
ed to prove either the value or the use-
fulness of the system, but in any event
it is rather hard on the settler who takes
up the land in good faith.
o
Different breeds are suited to different
localities and conditions. Study the
characteristics of each and choose the
one best suited to the conditions by
which you are surrounded. And re-
member that the term "dairy breed"
does not include any of the so-called
dual purpose kind. Neither can you se-
cure a breed that will successfully yield
both milk and meat. You might as
well expect a horse to pull two tons and
trot in the two-minute class.
o
The first requisite in the dairy herd is
good breeding. To start with registered
stock is not absolutely essential, but se-
lect some good dairy breed and stick to
it. There is no one dairy breed superior
to all others. If there was we would all
have it. Each breed has its imperfec-
tions as well as its redeeming features.
Get as good a bull as possible from the
chosen dairy breed, preferably one that
has one or more daughters of high merit.
It is often impracticable to buy a fully
matured sire. In that event secure one
with high producing ancestors, particu-
larly the dam and grandam.
Young calves need whole milk for
the first few days. Skim milk is a
cheap feed for calves hut should be
fed carefully in small rations and only
while it is warm and sweet. Skim
milk may form the principal diet of
the calf for six months to a year. Fac-
tory skim milk should always be pas-
teurized to avoid the spread of tuber-
culosis. The best skim milk is that
which is fresh from the separator and
still warm. Experiments show that it
is only one-fourth as expensive to
raise a calf on skim milk as on whole
milk. Two pounds of grain with the
proper amount of skim milk equals
in feeding value one pound of butter
fat. Buttermilk properly handled may
profitably be fed to calves The grain
for calves should be fed first while
the calf is quite small with a little
bran to aid it in learning how to eat.
High priced concentrates are unneces-
sary and give no better results.
Cows relish soft corn, and it is one
of the best feeds to give them, because
i: is succulent and easily digested.
Warranted
to give satisfaction.
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diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria.
Removes all Bunches from Horses or
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As a HTMA\ REMEDY for Bhen-
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Warranted to p-ive satisfaction. Price SI..IO
per bottle. Sold by druppists, or sent by ex-
press, charpes paid, \<dth full directions for ita
use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo-
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DAIRY DOTS.
Every parm should have a small
herd of heifer calves coming on.
It is better to raise calves from best
cows than to buy up new and unknown
milkers.
It requires grain as well as rough
ness to produce butter-fat, and butter-
fat at present prices is what pays.
You should rot only know how much
each cow produces, but how much it
costs to do Ihe producing.
Dairying has crowded out sheep rais-
ing in Australia. The Australian but
ter is in good demand in Europe.
Oil meal contains 32 per cent pro-
tein, consequently it is good for milk
cows, but should not be fed too liber-
ally.
Milk at a stated hour both morning
and evening and keep everything
about the stable and the dairy clean
and fresh.
Stripplmgs are three times richer
than the first milk. For that reason
the cow should be thoroughly milked.
A quart of milk by actual chemical
analysis is said to possess as much
nutritive value as a pound of beef
steak.
Keep the cows comfortable at night
and when the weather is cold and wet.
In daytime if they have pasture and
good water they can care for them-
selves.
Cool milk quickly before delivering
it to the creamery. To cool the milk,
place the cans in cold water and stir
thoroughly, so as to drive out animal
heat and odors.
FOR SALE — A ZOMBRO COLT.
KILDARE, a handsome 3-year-old
black stallion by Zombro; nas a good
disposition, shows speed and is a
beauty to look at. Address
A. H. BELT, Ocennside, Cnl.
STALLION FOR SALE.
EAGLE BIRD, S years old. 16 hands, weighs
about 1300 pounds, sound, stylish, good disposi-
tion, fine driver. Sired by Eagle Bird dv Jay
Bird. Well bred on dams side. Get pedigree.
Will be sold cheap.
Also a filly 19 months old, by Eagle Bird ; kind
and gentle. For further particulars address
T. J. STANTON,
1149 McAllister St.,
or 3341 Point Lobos Ave.. S. E. Cor. 23rd Ave.,
San Francisco. Cal.
HIGHLY BRED STALLIOX FOR SALE.
I offer for sale the bay stallion Alpine
Prince, five years old, sound and all
right; weighs 1250 pounds; sired by
Jumbo (son of Silver Bow 2:16 and the
great broodmare Grace, dam of Daeda-
lion 2:08*4, by Buccaneer), dam Nelly
by Hawthorne, son of Nutwood, second
dam Pauline Jordan by Electioneer. Al-
mont Prince is a square trotter and a
high-headed, rangy horse. Will be sold
right and at a very reasonable price.
For further particulars, apply to
JOHX PHIPPEX,
San Jose Race Track.
FOR SALE.
Free Trial, brown filly, 15.2, foaled
1905, trotter, registered in Vol. 17, bred
at Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Dan-
ville, Cal. Sired by Charles Derby 2:20,
dam Pippa by Stilleco 14346, dam of
Frank Dale 2:23%, second dam Lucy E.,
dam of Azalia 2:15 and Joe Scott 2;1S,
by Black Walnut 17361, third dam
Ethel by Enfield 128, fourth dam Betsey
Trotwood by Peck's Idol, fifth dam
Pilotta by Little John, sixth dam
Dairy Maid by Tennessee 2:27. This
fill j- was worked 60 days as a three -
year-old and trotted a full mile in
2:23, and % in 35 seconds. She has
since been used for light road driving,
is a handsome filly, gentle for a lady
to drive, is a beautifully gaited trotter
with great knee and hock action.
Guaranteed absolutely sound. Address
5008 East 14th Street, Oakland.
Fine Mare and Foal for Sale.
IREXE AYERS and her foal by Lynwood W.
2:20% for sale, cheap. Irene Ayers by Iris,
sire of Jasper Ayers 2:09, Visalia 2:12, Ira P.
2:10M. Jaspine 2:14 and several others with rec-
ords of 2:30 and better. Irene Ayers is a full sis-
ter to Jasper Ayers 2:09, May Ayers 2:23%. May
Ayers is the dam of the good little mare Ayeress,
trial 2:14, % 1:04. % 31 seconds. Irene's foal is a
brother in blood to Ayeress. Irene trotted 4th
heat with 10 weeks work, off alfalfa, in 2:32%
at three years of age. She had 2:20 speed then.
Her trainer said she was another Jasper Ayers.
sure, if given a chance. Irene's dam is Babe by
Altimont 9f>5, he by Almont 33; Babe, dam by S.
F Patchen. he by Geo. M. Patchen Ir.. '2nd dam
by Owendale. Here we get the much desired
Electioneer-Wilkes cross. In Irene's foal we
have one of the best formed colts in the State.
He is entered in Breeders Stake Xo. 10 and paid
up to Oct. 1. 1910. This youngster is sure to keep
the good name of his noted half sister. Sonoma
Girl 2:05%, unless some accident overtakes him.
Irene will sure make a great brood mare if given
a chance. I cannot give her and the foal the at-
tention they should have and this is my reason
for offering them for sale. Address
H. T. OWEN, Kern, Cal.
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the best of profes-
sional services to all cases 01 veterinary
dentistry- Complicated cases treated suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonable prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Oetavla St. , between Fulton and Grove.
Phone Special 207*. San Franoiaoo, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of ihe
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade — 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino
— Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams-
Rams for sale at all times.
P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph,
Dixon. Cal. Address. Dixon, Cal.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tacicie to let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boau at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat Mouse,
Capt. F. Wir. Eheke. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake, Moffit & Towne. Los Amreias.
Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland, ore.
CALIFORNIA
PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY,
High-Class Art in
HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING
Artistic Designing
141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
Weather Proof, Acid Proof, Fire Kesisnng.
BONESTELL & CO.
118 to 124 First St.. San Francisco. Cal.
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. McKINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:14X— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2:0&i and 4 others
Service Fee: $30.
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY. Manager.
Hemet. Riverside Co . Cal.
Horse Breeders
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Saturday, April 30, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
STILL HAVE HIGH PRICES.
The high, price of meat and meat
animals, as well as all farm animals,
is still with us, and no doubt will con-
tinue to be for a long time to come.
Until recent years the extensive graz-
ing sections of the West has furnished
a large bulk of the cattle and sheep
for market purposes. Herds of meat
animals from those sections are grad-
ually diminishing. There are at least
two reasons for this. One is that the
good lands have been taken up by
homesteaders for general and special
farming, and the other is that alfalfa
and other feeds which were so cheap
formerly there are now so high that
cattle and sheep men cannot purchase
and feed it with profit. Only a few
years ago stockmen in the West could
buy all the choice alfalfa hay for
winter feeding and for finishing their
animals for market at for less than
$3 a ton. Now it costs them from $10
to $15 a ton, and then they cannot se.
cure a full supply. These conditions
are driving range stock out of the mar-
ket so fast that it is becoming almost
alarming, especially to those who must
buy meat.
The high prices that have prevailed
for the past months on all live stock
markets have been the cause of the
marketing of many valuable breeding
animals, both young and old, and of
all classes. High prices of feeds and a
scarcity and high prices of live stock
of all kinds will work strongly in keep-
ing up prices of all meats for many
months, if not some years to come.
People in general will have to take to
eating more eggs when they are as
reasonable in price as they are now,
and suburbanites will do well to start
small poultry plants on their home
grounds, if they expect to live and
consume animal products. Of course
farmers are not complaining about the
high prices of animals and animal pro-
ducts, but when any products of daily
human consumption become so high
that the using of them works hard*
ships on the masses then all the peo-
ple suffer in common. It is a good
thing for products to be on a high
plane, but it is a bad thing when some
things are very high and others very
low.
Since western stockmen are fast
going out of the live stock business,
it devolves upon the average farmer
to supply all of the animals for future
trade. In times past when there was
a shortage of pasture or feed in the
large grazing sections, train loads of
cattle and sheep were sent to large
packing centers to glut the market,
and incidentally to lower the price of
live stock in the regular farming sec-
tions below the point of profit. When
the growing of live stock becomes
more evenly distributed, and all farm-
ers grow a few, there will be less ten-
dency for gluts in the market and
more of a certainty of market prices
remaining reasonably firm and con-
stant.
o ■
About the scarcest thing in the
country nowadays is a sow, young
or old, of breeding capacity. Breed-
ing stock is simply not for sale at any-
thing like intrinsic value and no one
with a pipeful of sense would go look-
ing for it. A few farm sales are being
held it is true, and when a sow is
brought under the hammer she fetches
an astonishing price. No piggy sows
are now sent to market, which is one
reason why the movement is so light.
Every gilt is held back to raise a litter
of pigs, large or small, and until after
weaning time, the supply will natur-
ally be shorter than charity.
HOW TO MAKE A COW GO DRY.
When the pigs' bowels are just right
and they have a keen appetite and
come from the pasture on the run for
their food you can make up your
mind that they are getting a fairly
well balanced ration.
o
We are in the midst of intensive
conditions which are producing the
specialist. But the man who is pro-
ducing pork for the open market does
not like to be the first to take up a
new thing, nor the last to lay the old
aside.
o ■
When we have a good breed it is
best to stick to it until we are thor-
oughly satisfied that there is a better
one.
This is a question that has been
asked many times during the past few
months and is one of grave import^
ance to all dairymen. It is an easy
matter to dry off some animals but in
others it is quite a problem. A very
persistent milker should not in some
cases be dried off at all, but is gener-
cases be dried off at all it is gener-
from four to six weeks rest.
A common mistake frequently made
in the dairy business is that of turn-
ing a supposedly dry cow into a past-
ure when she should have been re-
tained in the yard with the other
milkers. The udder should not he al-
lowed to retain any thick mattery sub-
stance, for undoubtedly that causes
many of the udder diseases so com-
mon among cows. There is great dan-
ger in forcing a cow dry that a portion
if not all of the udder will be de-
stroyed. Many troubles may be
averted by giving the cow careful at-
tention at the close of the lactation
period. Instead of forcing cows dry
that persist in giving milk for several
years without rest, better to continue
milking.
A decrease in the flow of milk is
generally noticeable about three
months from calving time, and while
there are no set rules for feeding
during that period, a decrease in the
grain allowance will generally cause
them to go dry. providing some milk
is left in the udder after each milking.
Above applies more to heavy than to
thin cows. If the animal is thin there
is no need of making a change in the
quantity of her food, as her milk sup-
ply can usually be reduced by leaving
a small amount in the udder. After
doing this for about a week, one milk-
ing a day is generally sufficient. It
should not take longer than two weeks
to dry a cow, and she should be dry
for six weeks or two months. Before
turning the cow out to receive no more
attention care should be taken that all
or nearly all of the udder secretions
have ceased. If she is very thin she
should be well fed in order to be in
good condition for the following year's
work.
PROFIT AND LOSS FROM NINETY-
EIGHT COWS.
Professor Wilber J. Eraser, Univer-
sity of Illinois, after figuring out his
table of the keep and profit of cows of
all degrees of production, illustrates
its use in a very striking manner, by
interpreting the records of five herds
chosen from the scores of herds the
Illinois Station has tested for a full
year.
Herd 1 contains 24 cows, whose aver-
age production is 5,565 pounds of milk
and 199 pounds of butter-fat, with a
profit of $11.18 per cow. The individ-
ual records show only three unprofit-
able cows, which lost a total of $17.15,
but nine other cows make a very
small profit from $1.21 to $S.93. Just
six cows return profits that should be
expected, from $21.35 to $129.70. No
cow producing less than $16 profit per
year should be retained. Had this
herd consisted of 10 cows like the best
one, the owner would have made $710
profit, instead of $268.44 for the year.
Herd number 2 had 34 cows that
averaged 4,233 pounds of milk and 163
pounds of butter-fat, and made a total
profit of $64.79 — only $1.91 per cow
for the year. Fifteen of these cows
were kept at a positive loss, totaling
$101.87, and only four cows had as
much as $16 profit. If the owner had
milked only these four cows, he would
have made more money and would
have saved the labor of caring for the
other 30.
Herd number 3 had 12 cows, every
one of which shows a profit above $16
and an average profit of $21.66. Herd
number 4 had 15 cows, which aver-
aged only 3,147 pounds of milk and 124
pounds of butter-fat.
Ten of these cows were kept at an
actual loss and the best cow made a
profit of only $10.21. The total loss of
this herd was $112.39 or $7.49 per cow.
Herd number 5 had 13 cows, aver-
aging 8,628 pounds of milk and 326
pounds of butter-fat, making a total
profit of $553.84, and an average of
$42.60 per cow. And the best four
cows in this herd made a profit of
$244, which is more than the total
profit of the whole three herds, 1, 2
and 4, containg 73 cows and returning
only $221 profit in a year. Although
a grade herd, its lowest cow returned
a profit of $22.66, which is more than
twice that of the best cow in herd
number 4.
Brood sows should be fed sufficient
food to keep them gaining in flesh
from the time they are mated until
they are due to farrow.
The young sow will make excellent
growth while she is with pig if she is
properly fed and cared for while she
is carrying her litter. — Farm World.
"AVO'fcTH ITS WEIGHT IX GOLD."
No use to deny it, ABSORBINE is
one of the most successful remedies
on the market for removing soft
bunches, reducing inflammation, kill-
ing- pain. One customer, A. C. Free-
man of Dixon, Cal.. recently reported,
"I have used -some of your AB-
SORBINE. It is worth its weight in
gold. I used it on a mule that was cut
in barbed wire. I was going to take
her out and kill her — she couldnt
walk. I saw ABSORBINE advertised
and so tried it, and it cured the mule.
In two or three applications she could
walk around the yard." Why not give
this remedy a trial? It is an excellent
preparation for Bog Spavin. Wind
Puffs. Swollen Tendons, Collar Bruises,
Shoulder Boils, etc. At druggists. $2.00
a bottle, or sent direct upon receipt of
price, express prepaid. A descriptive
pamphlet sent free upon request. Write
for it. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54
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THE HORSEMAN'S HANDBOOK
contents:
CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF STALUOHS-The Stall-Pad-
dock —Food— Diseases— Exercise— Grooming
—Serving Mares— Amount of Service.
CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF BROOD MARES— Getting mares
in foal— Care during Pregnancy— Abortion-
Foaling— Time When Mare is Due— In Season
Again — Weaning Colt— Period of Gestation
Table.
BREAKING AND DEVELOPING OF COLTS— Care of Colt— Ed-
ucating— Feeding— Care of Growing Feet-
Breaking to Drive— Developing, Shoeing and
Booting.
MANAGEMENT OF CAMPAIGNERS— How to Keep the Race
Horse in Condition and Keyed Up for a Kace.
CARE OF THE FEET— Booting and Shoeing— Bonner's
and Berry's Views.
CARE OF THE HORSE IN SICKNESS— Some Brief, Simple
Kules and Remedies.
GAITING AND BAUNCIN6-Correction of Faulty Gaits
etc,
ANIMAL TAMING AN0 TRAINING— Methods Employed by
Gentry in Overcoming Wild Instincts of the
Horse and Teaching Him to Learn.
STATISTICS— Championship Records of every class
—Leading Sires of 2:30 spet'd— Time of Fastest
Miles bv Quarters— List of High Priced Horses
—List of Horse Associations and Registers-
List of Horse Journals— List of Books on the
Horse— Table of all stake winners. Conditions
and Dates of Payments on ah Futurities, etc.
AMERICAN TROTTING RULES— The Complete Rules gov-
erning Harness Racing with Index, Officially
Signed by Secretary W. H. Knight, also the
betting niles.
USEFUL INFORMATION— Eules for Admission to Stan-
dard Registers. Rules for Laying out Tracks—
—Treatment of Horse's Teeth— How to Groom
a Horse— About Clipping Horses— Where to
Buy Specialties for Horsemen, etc.
PRICE | Leatherette Cover $1
-address-
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Stop
That
Limp
Keep your borse9 -worklrjn perfectly all "
the time. Don't let a Spavin, Curb, Splint,
Ringbone or any Lameness stop them. Care
It quickly and safely, without leavlLj a scar,
blemish or white hairs, by using
Kendall's
Spavin Cure
"Ihaveusrdyour Spavin Cure far over 25 years for
treatment of horses for Sweeney, Spavins and general
lameness. J believe that it has jio equal. 1 have
had a large exper'-Te with its use, and mawelous
success, and mua. . .^mly recommend it as a general-
purpose liniment. Respectfully,
C. K. Edwards, Los Angeles, Cal."
"We have thousands of other letters like this.
Price- 31.00 a bottle; 6 for 35.00. An excel-
lent liniment lor household use. Sold by all
drutrcists. Ask them for free book, "Treatise
on the Horse," or write to
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburg 1 ,11s, Vt
The Original Egyptian "
As they Som
times Are.
There are no baneful and viciouN
tV:niin-s attending the UNe of "Save-
tlie-Hor.se/'
With it you have a definite and ab-
solutely permanent recovery and one
which shall stand the scrutiny of the
infallible eye of the veterinarian or ex-
pert and all endurance tests.
You obtain results without delays, re-
lapses, blistering, fevered, swollen and
permanently thickened tissue or sus-
pended use of the horse.
DARLINGTON", Ind„ Nov. 29, 1909.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.:
Dear Sirs: — In June, 1909, I pur-
chased one bottle of "Save-the-Horse"
Spavin Cure. I used it on my trotting
mare than had a bone spavin of about
six months' standing. She was so lame
at times that she could not trot at all.
The bony enlargement was about the
size of one's little finger, situated on
the extreme front of hock. After two
weeks' treatment she went sound and
has never taken a lame step since.
Long before the bottle was used up the
mare seemed to be entirely well, but
I used the entire bottle to insure a per-
fect cure. The bony enlargement was
reduced until several good horsemen
have been unable to find it without
close examination. I have roaded this
mare almost every day since I began
the treatment, about six months now,
and now call her sound. Yours,
WILLIAM J. HOLLOWAY.
JEFFERSON, Okla.. Nov. 16, 1909.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.:
Dear Sirs: — I have used "Save-the-
Horse" on bone spavins and growths on
bone. I wish you would let me know if
it will cure a bog spavin. I had an old
trotter, Capt. Brocket, 2:13; he was
stove in the front ankle; there was a
leakage of the joint the same as a bone
spavin. His joints were enlarged big
enough for two joints. I fired him and
got no results. I then used "Save-the-
Horse" and he is now sound. If your
"Save-the-Horse" will act the same on
bog spavin, let me know. Our druggist
has it on hand and I will try a bottle.
Yours respectfully,
J. S. STREETS.
"Save-the-Horse" permanently cures
bone and bog spavin, ringbone (except
low ringbone), curb, thoroughpin. splint,
shoe boil, windpuff. iniured tendons,
and all lameness, without scar or loss
of hair. Horse may work as usual.
Send for copy and booklet.
$5.00 per bottle, with a written guaran-
tee as binding to protect you as the
best legal talent could make it.
At Drng-srists and Dealers or Express
Paid.
TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY,
Binghamton, N. Y.
D. E. Newell,
5fl Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal.
110S Market Street, San Franeiaco, Cal.
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A Delightful Scenic Water Trip
For tourists and auto parties.
Meals — Beautiful staterooms and
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Ask Agents
Pacific Street Wharf, Market Street
Ferry Depot, Flood Building,
SAN FRANCISCO
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 30, 1910.
AGAIN
Because they used
PETERS FACTORY LOADS.
Madera, Cal.. April 16th and 17th, 1910.
H. E. Poston, High Professional and General Averages 341 x 360
Frank Howe, Second Professional and General Ayerages 340 x 360
Wm. Sears, Third Amateur Average . - . . . 326 x 360
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FREEZING OF CROPS-
SUNSHINE THE PANACEA.
The terrific, unlooked-for storms and
damaging blizzards that have manifested
themselves throughout the Middle West
States of late, damaging and destroying,
you might say, with assurance, the total
crop of early spring blossoms and par-
tially matured taps of the fruit trees, and
laying low the grain that had just
sprouted during the fair warm weather
previous to the visit of the unwelcome
monster ravisher, have incurred a loss
which will be greatly felt in that immed-
iate vicinity and also all over the
United States as well.
There is presented quite a different
contrast in the sunny, never-failing State
of California, so much so that it is hard
to realize the truth of the given out
statement. With delightful balmy wea-
ther and the growing of grain in the
fields and the ripening of early fruit on
the trees, California folk bid fair to have,
reap and enjoy one of the largest pro-
ductive and most prosperous year's
known for some time.. This means and
assures ample employment for one and
all — prosperity and abundance, which are
very essential towards happiness, peace
and harmony.
0
The Mexican government is encour-
ageing a large colonization project in the
State of Coahuila, where American
farmers from Galveston and Utah, with
their families, will settle, by giving ten
thousand acres of land to the colonists.
A hundred and fifty Mormon families
who found farming a failure in a certain
section of the State of Chilhuahna, ow-
ing to the scarcity of water, will move to
the new colony in Coahuila. Five hun-
dred other families from Utah and a
number from Galveston will settle on the
land in a short time. For the first five
years the government has guaranteed the
importation of farm implements free of
duty.
THE WOMAN AND HER POULTRY
PROFITS.
I did not realize until a few years
ago how much it paid to keep account
ot the profit and loss from the flock.
Last year I tried this with a mongrel
flock of 65 head, with the following
result:
I paid for feeding during the year
$80.65, and for chickens $13.40; a total
cost of $94.05. I sold poultry for
$47.91, eggs, $57.56; eggs used and for
setting, $54.86; value of pullets,
roosters and 10 hens on hand, Dec,
30th, $78.75— total, $239.08.
This would leave a profit of $145.03.
This includes the value of the chicks
or pullets from the 65 hens.
The 65 hens were kept in one flock,
on a side hill. The house was 16x20x6,
facing south, with a concrete wall and
dirt floor. One end was partitioned
off and made fire-proof for an incu-
bator room. I ran a small incubator
of 60-egg size until April, when I pur-
chased one of 80-egg size.
During the fall months all of this
flock was sold but ten hens. I had on
hand from the season's hatching 115
pullets. They were kept in three col-
ony houses until late fall when they
were divided into three flocks; one of
White Leghorns to be kept for layers;
one of Rhode Island Reds, to he used
for raising broilers, and the third flock
of mongrels. — Mrs. Upton.
Governor Hughes in the report of
the state water supply commission,
ascertains that in the State of New
York a million and a half horse power
of water energy, is now running to
waste which has a yearly rental value
of 15,000. This in one state alone.
It is becoming more and more evident
that the conservation of our natural
resources is a tremendously vital
and important question.
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This book contains 75 blank certificates to be given to owners of mares, certifying that
said mare has been bred to a certain stallion. Also 75 notes suitable for owner of mare giv-
ing to owniT of stallion on account of stallion service fee. This book is well bound, and makes
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ADDRESS
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
AUCTION SALE
Having sold the property known as the Fashion Stable5, I have decided to retire from
business and
Will Sell at Public Auction, Thursday, May 5, 1910,
At 11 a. m. at the
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Atnasham
Race Rec. 2:09^.
Reg. No. 45026.
sjsVijT
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
bv Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09*4, Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13^ and 8
others in 2:30) ; dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10V3,
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), bv Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05^, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June 15th, at Orchard Farm.
Fresno, Cat., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT. R. R. 1, Fresno. Oal.
SIR RODERICK
'The Handsome."
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 1380 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a lisrht cob. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
FEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRUAX, 727 I St., Bet. 8th and 9th Aves., Sunset District, San Francisco
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam Martha Frasier by Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
Wickersham, dam of Nogi 2:10V4. Athasham 2:09%, etc., by Whippleton 1SS3; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator 8336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson 187. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. Hie colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturago
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSING, Pleasnnton, Cal.
DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
COPA DE 0R0 2:011
Box 1.
Reg. No. 52785.
Fastest Horse on the Pacific
Coast.
By Nutwood Wilkes 2 :16H.dam Atherine 2:16% by Patron 2:16%.
Service Fee $100. Usual return privilege.
CARLOKIN 2:081 SttMSk.
UmiLUIMit tiuu 4 By McKinney 2 :llM.dam the great
broodmare Carlotta Wilkes.
Service Fee $75. Usual return privilege.
The above stallions will make the Season of 1910 at
AGRICULTURAL PARK, LOS ANGELES
For further particulars address
W. G. DURFEE, University Station, Los Angeles, Cal.
New Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter"
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
" Life With the Trotter gives ua a clear insiKht into the wayB and means to be adopted to increaee
pace, and preserve it when obtained. ThiB 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. Beeeder and Sportsman I\ O. Drawer 447. San Francisco, Cal.
Pacific Bid*.. Cor. Market and Fourth Sts.
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853 *ec
2:20i2
Sire of
s; Sonoma Girl 2:05],4, Charley Belden
. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15Vi, Sonoma
, Clipper W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25.
:27%, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
. 2:13V4, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15V.
:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
, (2 yr) 2:30.
ly ones that we know of that ever had any
ASON 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
PEE, $30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08^
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03l4.
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08*4 Is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam. grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
For further particulars address, E. S. TRAIN, Owner. Fair Grounds, Oregon.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Pull brother to Berta M c 2 :08,
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:ll1/i, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:0S, by Altoona S850, sire of S. son of the great
Almont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
undoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
2
i.
Pf
1-
:;
m
lars, address
W. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
JR PI I MRU DIP V O'lQl By Parnell 5119. Rec. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
■ °" "Wmr nr\t. I .t.l^ 2:i2M and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino hief 11.
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1 91 0 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
PRINCE McKINNEY -2- 2i294
Winner of 2-y-o Trotting Division Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 3
PRINCE McKINNEY is by McKinney 2:11*4, the great-
est of all speed sires, and is out of Zorilla. by Dexter Prince, one of the
most successful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Farm ; next dam
Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; next dam Lady Thorn Jr.. dam
of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:11%, that sired Sidney, grand-
sire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%,
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing
10 hands .and weighing 1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone.
a rugged constitution and fine trotting action.
Season of 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES,
3tith Ave. and
Fulton St.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Good opportunity for f,an Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion. FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Applv to or address
F. GOMMET, Owner. CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stnbles, 3Uth Avenue, San Francisco.
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 30, 1910.
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners !
BON VOYAGE ®"«
^ W " " " W " " " W ™ Reg. No. 39813
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1910 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
At Seven Years of Age.
Sire of
BOX VIVAXT (2> 2:16^4
Fastest Two -Year- Old Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Tno-Year-Old Trotting
Divi-ion. Pacific Breeders' Fntnrlty
Stake No. 7.
HONADAY <2) 2:27*4
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26*4
VIATICUM |2> 3:29
Matinee record to wagon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mc -
trial
Delia Lou (3)
Armon Lou
Harold B.. p. Mat.
trial
Kinney G., p
Debutante <3> trial
Kalitan (31 trial
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
Lolo B. (31. trial - , 2:28
Four Stockings (31. trial *2 1:07
Princess Lou (21. trial H - :3o
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
2:26K
2:16
2:27%
2:27%
2:13%
2:10
2-24%
2:19%
Will make the Season of 191 0 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to S75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts o£ any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P»"rk where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old. are now
being trained look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal. For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. XICHOLS. Salinas, Cal.
COOD LOOKS— WELL BRED— CAME.
ALL STYLE 47622
By Stam B. 2:11%
Dam Zaya by Boy Bird.
ALL STYLE is one of the handsomest young stallions in California, and has
proved his gameness in his races. He is four years old, and after serving a sea-
eon in the stud will be prepared to race this year and given a low record. He is
a good gaited trotter and has all the qualities that go to make a great race horse
and a sire of race horses. His dam, Zaya. was out of that famous old California
race mare Man- Lou 2:17, the dam of that beautifully formed, fast trotter, Kinney
Lou 2:07%, and Mary Lou's dam was one of our great broodmares — Brown
Jennv, the dam of three fast and freouent race winners, viz.: Ned Winslow
2:12%, Shylock 2:15*4 and Mary Lou 2:17.
FEE: $25 for Season.
To Insure, $35.
Season 1910 at
RACE TRACK, CHICO, Cal.
For further particulars address
L. B. DANIELS, Chico, Cal.
Aerolite
2-y.-o. Record 2:l5i
3-y.-o. Record 2:ll|
Public
Exhibition
2:05
2
By Searchlight 2=03H; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16>2, sire of John A.McKerron 2:01*4.
Copa de Oro 2:01J£. Tidal Wave 2:06%, Miss Idaho 2:0934, etc.
DamTrix, dam of MonaWilEes 2:03^i and 3 others all by different sires that have beaten 2:15;
second dam Trixy by Director 2 :17 ; third dam Mischief (darn of Bnlliant. sire of Brilliantine 2:T7}£]
by Young Tnckahoe 2 :28>2, son of Flaxtail: fourth dam Lide by Flastail; fifth dam by Peoria Blue
Bull : sixth dam Fanny Fern by Irwin's Tuckahoe and seventh dam by Leffler's Consul (Thor.).
Will make the Season at CLARKSON FAIR GROUNDS, WASH.,
Across the river from Lewiston, Idaho.
FEE: $50 for the Season.
C. L. Cifford, Owner.
Return privilege or money refunded.
For further particulars apply to
E. L. Boomhouer, Manager, Lewiston, Idaho.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of tha World.
Record 2:05*4 in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Albert S. 2:03%- Sir John S. 2:04*4. Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc., etc.) ;
dam Effie Ix>gan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05K. Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12>£1 by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2 :12>2' etc.); second dam Kipple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
&10 returned if mare fails to get in foal . Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11*4, dam Maud J. C. by Nearest
2:22%; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13^) by Menlo 2:21*4 (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16*4 (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05,%, W. Wood 2:07. Directum Kelly 2:0S*£ and Gray Gem 2:09*4);
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. SI. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: ?50_the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
F< r tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
T .one Black 2841. T. W. BARSTOW, San Jose, Cal.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Speed 2:03%
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11*4, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13*4, sire
of Katalina 2:11*4- General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2284,
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief S9; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo, "Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMOMO 2:11m Is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:0314, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20.
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:01%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina bv Bayard 53, next dam
Blandma by Hambletonian 10,
FEE FOR THE SEASON *40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at 53 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RT7SH & IIA1LK. Sulsnn, Cal.
Zolock 2:05i ~ "
Terms:
$50.
McKinnay'a Faatast Entire Son
34471.
SlEE OF
Sherlock Holmes2:06 R. Ambush - 2:0934
Delilah 2:06>i Velox - - 2:09^
Bystander - - 2:07*4 Boton de Oro 2:10J4
Josephine 2:07% McO.D. - - 2:11%
etc.. etc.
By McKinney 2:11*4'. dam. the great brood
mare. Gazelle 2:11%.
Will make a short season, Dec. 1st to April 1st, at
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, SAN JOSE, CAL
Monterey Road.
Address. N. S. YOUNG, San Jose
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Cirp \lltwnnH WillfPC ?'ln^- sireof Copa de Oro 2:01%. John A.McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
JIIC, HUlffUUU TTIUVCS i.lU2» damsofSan Francisco 2:07%, Mona Wilkes 2:03*4. etc.
Hflm Pallta C)\ ?'ln dam of 2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20.
vain, raiua y l j *■««» dam of 4: fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete. second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:1334. and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season $&£%££^2£IF&FiaBiM " my
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11%
Pacing Record 2:06%
By McKinney 2:11%. dam Nona Y. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Hen 111 of San Frnneisco.J
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
V. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :06%.
Alceste 2:07*4. Allerton 2 :09*4, Duke Jay 2:09%. Early Bird
2:10. Gitchie Manito 2:09^, Invader 2:10, Justo (3) 2:10*4".
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:05*4, Charley Hayt 2:06*4. etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:1S. sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33. sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:1134. by Mamb. Patchen 5S; 4th dam Estella. dam of
S. by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown hor^e, 15.3 bands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris,
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Charley P. 2:06
Sire McKINNEY 2:11M, sire of
Dam, Flewy Plewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 187, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taj'lor. son of Morse Horse 6. fourth dam by son of Argyle. thoroughbred.
"Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
Saturday, April 30, 1910.]
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PRINCE McKINNEY -2- 2;29l
Winner of 2-y-o Trotting Division Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 3
PRINCE McKINNEY is by McKinney 2:11^4. the great-
est of all speed sires, and is out of Zorilla. by Dexter Prince, one of the
most successful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Farm: next dam
Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer: next dam Lady Thorn Jr.. dam
of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:11%, that sired Sidney, grand-
sire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing
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Season of 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES,
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THE WEEKLY
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
(Established 1882.)
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.
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STALLIOXS ADVERTISED.
ALL STYLE 47622 L. B. Daniels, Chico
ALCONDA JAY 46S31 H. Helman, Pleasanton
AEROLITE (3) 2:11% . .C. L. Gifford, Lewiston, Idaho
ATHASHAM 2:09*4 D. L. Eachant, Fresno
BONNY McKINNEY 413S3V H. Busing, Pleasanton
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DEMONIO 2:11*^ Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47S70 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05*£ . . . .J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYNWOOD "W. 2:20*£. .Lynwood Stock Co., Santa Rosa
NEAREST McKINNEY 40698.. T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. TV. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
PRINCE McKINNEY (2) 2:29%
Chas. James, San Francisco
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19% J. H. Donaldson, Topaz
RAY O'LIGHT 2:0S*4 '. E. S. Train, Salem, Ore.
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax, Alameda
ZOLOCK 2:05% N. S. Young, San Jose
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit,
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
"Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair, Hanford Oct. 10-15
North. Pacific Circuit.
Everett, "Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem. Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla "Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
Centralia Sept. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readvllle Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4- 8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•KalamazQU July 25-29
♦Detroit Aug. 1- 5
♦Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamlin e Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee ■. Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
♦Member of Grand Circuit.
FULL VALUE FOR THEIR MONEY was received
by the taxpayers of California when the Legislature
in 1906 appropriated $150,000 to buy nearly eight
hundred acres of land near Davis on Putah creek
and to establish thereon a State Farm, where agricul-
ture, viticulture, horticulture and stock breeding
could be scientifically and practically taught to the
young men of this State who wish to become farmers.
This fact was deeply impressed on the writer last
Tuesday, when he visited this State Farm for the
first time and saw over two thousand deeply inter-
ested people there gathered to listen to remarks
from the presidents of both the great universities of
this State and from several of the heads of depart-
ments at this farm school. The occasion was the
dedication of some of the new buildings just erected
at the farm, but the State Farm picnic, held for the
first time last year and given its renewal last Satur-
day, is to be made an annual event that the tax-
payers of the State who are interested in the success
of this splendid institution may gather to inspect
the work that has been done and to hear something
of the plans for its future. For our readers who are
not acquainted with the farm and its object we will
quote from a circular issued by the management:
The Farm consists of 780 acres and was purchased
for the University in 1906 by a special appropriation of
$lo0,000 made by the Legislature of 1905. which covered
the cost of land and of the pavilion, dairv building,
and two cottages. The dormitory, dairy "barn, seed
house, shops, and water tower were built with an
appropriation made in 1907.
The new buildings erected since last May are the
dining hall, horticulture, veterinary clinic, horse and
sheep barns, poultry houses, addition to seed house,
and the grape house.
The Dormitory is the home of students attending the
Farm school. It accommodates sixty people.
The Dairy Building — First floor, separator, churning,
cold storage, cheese, and power rooms; second floor,
milk-testing laboratory, classrooms, and offices.
The Pavilion — For auditorium and judging livestock.
It seats 500 people.
The Dairy Barn has space for fifty-two cows, be-
sides as many calves, and a number of box stalls and
large hay storage. It has concrete floors and mangers
throughout.
The livestock includes choice specimens of Short-
horn, Jersey, and Holstein cattle. Berkshire and Po-
land China swine, and Shropshire sheep, and grade
mares representing Percheron and Shire types.
The Seed house contains laboratory and storerooms
for cereal investigations.
The Shop is a one-story structure temporarily used
for offices and laboratory for horticulture and animal
industry. It will be enlarged this season to provide
for instruction in carpentry and blacksmithing.
The water tower supports a 30,000-gallon tank and
supplies from a deep well pure water for domestic
purposes.
Agricultural students in the four-year college course
at Berkeley come to Davis for a portion of their time
to get in touch with the practical side of agriculture.
The University Farm School is for boys of fifteen
years or older who have finished the grammar school.
Instruction is given in the lines of agriculture in-
cluding horticulture, viticulture, animal and dairy in-
dustry, soils and farm crops, farm mechanics, and
poultry husbandry. The full course is for three years
of about eight months each.
The exercises held during, the day at the farm
were most interesting. Prof. E. J Wickson, dean of
the College of Agriculture, presided and addresses
were made by Presidents Wheeler and Jordaji of the
University of California and the Leland Stanford Jr.
University. Luncheon hour was then announced, the
vast crowd dividing into groups that picnicked be-
neath the beautiful oak trees, or patronized the tables
where an excellent lunch was served by the young
ladies of Davis. In the afternoon there were ad-
dresses by E. W. Major, professor of animal indus-
try and resident manager of the farm, C. M. Haring,
professor of veterinary science, Miss Katherine
Winans, matron of the new dining hall, M. E. Jaffa,
professor of poultry husbandry, and W. T. Clarke,
professor of horticulture. Each of these speakers
told what the school was accomplishing and had in
view in its different departments. There was a
parade of the farm stock, comprising Shorthorn, Hol-
stein and Jersey cattle, Percheron, Shire and Stand-
ard bred horses. The writer could not help noticing
that during the passing of this procession the most
attention was attracted by the two uandsome stand-
ard bred mares, one a daughter of Nushagak from
a McKinney mare, the other a daughter of Knott
McKinney and an Iran Alto mare. They are the
foundation of the farm's driving stock and are both
fine animals. During the entire day all the buildings
were open to all the visitors and the professors and
their pupils were untiring in their efforts to show
and explain the uses of these buildings and their
equipments. Every farmer in California, no matter
in what line he may be engaged whether as stock-
raiser, grain or fruit grower, should visit this farm
if he can find time. The taxpayers are getting bet-
ter value for their money here than in any other
channel they are expending it. It is turning out
scientific and practical young farmers, who will go
back to the land and know how to make it pay. It
deserves the earnest support of every Californian.
PRICES GOOD AT PORTLAND.
The following is an extract from a letter written
by Manager Westgate of the Portland Horse Sale
Company to the editor of this journal:
"We have finished our annual combination sale
with good success. We commenced with Shorthorns
and sold the young bulls, none of them two, at an
average of $250 per head. We reached as high as
$250 for females, none of them being especially
classy. We took up horses on Wednesday morning
and ran through to Friday noon, selling Holsteins
Friday afternoon. The Holsteins were pure bred but
thin and out of condition. However, the herd bull
brought $260, a six-year-old, we got $280 for a seven-
year-old cow and up to $160 and $165 for the best
yearling heifers. The horses in the sale this year
were many of them seconds, but somebody was will-
ing to take them in anyway and it would surprise you
how ancient mares and rough young colts sold. We
got $660 for a two-year-old pure-bred Clyde filly, not
an extra either. On account of conflicting dates, Mr.
Higginbottom was unable to be present, and Col.
Harriman took the whole work for the four days,
and that Missouri warhorse never did better work
on the block. California representatives were C. L.
De Ryder, W. T. McBride, Jas. Thompson and A. L.
McDonald. The general sentiment is that the sale
was a good one, quality considered, and quality
offered shows the scarcity of horses. We had car-
load buyers for good drivers who went away with
their orders unfilled.
THE EARLY CLOSING STAKES offered by the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association
failed to fill. It is the intention of the association to
reopen the 2:20 pace and 2:20 trot for purses of the
same value, to close July 1st by which time the date
and place of the meeting will be known. This is the
first time for years that the Breeders' Association
has failed to fill its $2,000 early closing events. So
many California horses will be raced through Ore-
gon and Washington this summer that the uncer-
tainty as to when the Breeders' meeting would be
held no doubt kept many from entering in its stakes,
but as this will be remedied before July 1st all the
purses which the Breeders offer to close then should
get large entry lists.
THE NEW YORK LEGISLATORS seem deter-
mined to stop all professional betting on races in
that State, even though they have to stop racing to
do it. The gamblers manage to ply their trade, how-
ever, no matter how stringent the law. Here in
California it is the same thing. Open gambling is
carried on at Emeryville every day, in spite of the
California law and the only associations that obey
the law in this State are those that give harness
races. There is just one way to put the bookmakers
and professional gamblers out of business, and that
is to limit racing. As long as meetings can be run
for six or seven months continuously the gamblers
will control racing even if they have to go up in a
balloon to make their bets.
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IN TRAINING AT WINTERS.
S. H. Hoy, the Winters, Yolo County, horseman,
has a string of eight or ten trotters and pacers that
he is working on his private track adjoining that
town. Mr. Hoy a few years ago set out an almond
orchard in the infield of this track, and the trees
are just now coming into full bearing. The outlook
is good for a heavy crop this year, and it looks as
if Hoy's entry in the almond stake would win for
him every year from this time on. Hoy has put
lots of money and hard work into this orchard and
is entitled to all the profit that it is sure to yield.
In the stallion Jules Verne by Demonio, Hoy has a
stallion that is bound to be a very successful sire,
and we are pleased to know that he is meeting with
good patronage. Among the get of this horse is the
three-year-old Babe Verne, winner of second money
in the two-year-old Breeders' Futurity last year. The
fastest mile Babe Verne has been asked to trot this
season was one in 2:28 last week, but he has a lot
of speed whenever he is permitted to have his head
for a short spurt. Another very fast horse by Jules
Verne is a trotting gelding called Vera Anta. This
fellow was injured a year or so ago and will prob-
ably never race, but he has two-minute speed. A
colt pacer by Jules Verne out of a Nutwood Wilkes
mare, owned by Thornton Glide, has been driven an
eighth in 16 seconds, and another by the same sire
out of the dam of Friday 2:11% has shown a mile
in 2:25 with the last quarter in 31% seconds. A
three-year-old by Jules Verne out of the dam of
Complete, trotted a quarter in 45 seconds the second
time he was taken on the track. There is a two-
year-old by Jules Verne out of the dam of Pal (2)
l-.Yiy^, owned by E. D. Dudley of Dixon, that trotted
a quarter in 39% seconds one month after it was
broke. The get of Jules Verne are all well made,
have good bone, a good head and not only have natu-
ral speed but like to race.
Hoy is training the big pacer Jim Briggs, a full-
brother to Kelly Briggs 2:08 for Joe Harlan of Wood-
land. Jim showed a mile in 2:11 last year, but
has not been asked to go that fast this spring. He
is in fine shape, nowever, and could doubtless turn
a mile track right now very close to 2:10. A two-
year-old full-sister to Chas. De Ryder's three-year-old
Roan Hal, is the property of Mr. E. A. Gammon of
Courtland. She has only been broke a month but
can show a 2:40 gait. Hoy is also handling a Bon
Voyage colt out of a Demonio mare. It only took
ten days of schooling to enable this fellow to trot
a quarter in 40 seconds and he looks like a good
one. A filly by Star Pointer 1:59%, out of a full-
sister to the pacer Stanton Wilkes 2:10%, owned by
Mr. E. A. Gammon, is a square trotter and shows
speed, although on breeding she ought to pace.
One of the fast ones in Hoy's string is Nelmonio by
Demonio, owned by M. C. Keefer of Woodland. She
will be raced on the Coast this year and will give
a good account of herself.
THE CHAMPION RUSSIAN TROTTER.
A most remarkable performance is that of the
pure-bred Orloff trotter Krepesh that trotted a mile
against time on the ice track at Moscow, February
26th. The mile was made in 2:08% (their fractions
are given in eighths over there), the first quarter in
30% seconds, the half in 1:02, the three-quarters in
1:34, and the last quarter in 34% seconds. Krepesh
has a record of 2:09% on a dirt track. Murray Howe
wrote an interesting story about this horse in the
last Christmas Horse Review and described him as
a gray stallion over 16.2.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Hay 7, 1910.
GOOD RACING AT THE STADIUM.
THE PORTLAND SALE.
San Francisco Driving Club Opens the Season With
Big Crowd in Attendance.
Sunday, May 1st, was a windy, dusty day in San
Francisco, and while there was not quite so much
wind, and considerably less dust in Golden Gate
Park than in the streets down town, it was far
from an ideal day with which to open the matinee
racing season, but as eyidence that the sport of har-
ness racing is popular with San Franciscans, there
was a crowd of not less than two thousand people
at the Stadium to see the races given by the San
Francisco Driving Club. The grand stand which
will seat 1800 people, was crowded to its utmost
capacity and there were at least five hundred per-
sons standing during the afternoon.
When the first race was called by President W. J.
Kenney at noon, the wind was blowing almost a gale
from the ocean, but later in the day it dropped to a
gentle breeze and was not unpleasant.
Six races were on the card, all being at heats of %
of a mile, the horses not being in shape at this season
of the year to go miles. While a majority of the
events were won in straight heats, there were several
close contests during the day. showing that the class-
ification committee had done its work exceedingly
well for the first meeting of the year.
In the free for all trot there were but two starters
— Charley T. and Dr. O'Brien. The latter was not in
condition and in fact absolutely refused to take to
his gait and stick to it, consequently Mr. A. Ottinger
has almost a walk over with his handsome black
trotter Charley T. by Zombro and won his two heats
in a jog in 2:06 and 1:51. Had Dr. O'Brien been in
the form he displayed last year Charley T. would
have been compelled to trot the % in about 1:39
to have beaten him.
The free for all pace, was considered to be Kitty
D.'s race, but Phil Kohn's Alfred D. after a break
that put him out of the contest in the first heat, paced
steadily and won two heats and the race in 1:40%
and 1:41%, the fastest heats of the day. He was well
driven by Mike Donnelly.
One of the popular wins of the day was that of
Lady Nell in the fifth race. This fifteen-year-old or
over filly simply walked away with her field, Mr.
Herzog, her owner and driver, being content to take
her away in any old position, go the overland route
around the first turn, and to trust to her speed and
gameness the rest of the way. His confidence in the
old mare was not misplaced and she won her race
handily. In this race Mr. H. C. Ahlers the popular
Post street jeweler, drove his green mare Sunset
Belle by Gossiper, and landed her a good second in
the final heat in 1:47%, a 2:23 gait. This mare
never started in a race before and her showing
therefore was remarkable. She looks like a good
prospect and will be trotting mile heats below 2:20
in another month.
A band rendered music during the entire afternoon,
and all the details of the meeting were carried out
in good shape.
The turns on the track have recently been thrown
up and given a new coating of clay, which made the
track a little slow but it will be faster than ever
with a little more work.
The officials who had charge of the arrangements
and the races during the day were: Starter, W. J.
Kenney; assistant starter, M. M. Donnelly; judges,
L. Mathes, George Giannini, Gus Lindauer; timers,
H. Schottler, John Nowlan, John Descheler and Wil-
liam Higginbottom; marshal, F. P. Lauterwasser, Jr.
W. J. Kenney, the Club's president and starter,
did his work well, getting the horses ?way promptly
and in good order. There were no long waits and the
long program was finished by 5 o'clock.
The result was as follows:
First race 2:30 Pace:
Al Schwartz's Jerry D 1 1
H. D. Chase's Don C 2 3
D. E. Hoffman's Lucero 3 2
T. D. Sexton's Sister Vesta 4 5
W. Higginbottom's Billy Van 5 4
Times, 1:53, 149.
Second race, 2:30 trot:
E. T. Ayer's Dalta A 1 3 1
C. L. Russell's Queen 2 1 2
W. P. Hammer's Clara W 3 2 3
Times— 1:45, 1:49%, 1:45%.
Third race, 2:20 pace:
D. Campbell's Ginger 1 1
H. Freilson's Jack 2 2
Bert Edwards' Baldy Mitchell 3 4
W. J. Kenney's W J K 6 3
R. P. Giovannini's Golden Buck 4 5
R. J. Lathrop's Marin 5 6
H. Schlottler's Lulu S 7 7
Times— 1:44%, 1:44%.
Fourth race, free-for-all trot:
A. Ottinger's Charley T 1 1
D. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien 2 2
Times— 2:06, 1:55.
Fifth race, 2:25 trot:
M V. Herzog's Lady Nell 1 1
J. W. McTigue's Darby Mac 2 3
H. C. Ahler's Sunset Belle 5 2
C Mitchell's M. & M 3 4
H. D. Chase's Doughnuts 5 d
Times— 1:50, 1:47%.
Sixth race, free-for-all pace:
Phil Kohn's Alfred D 4 1 2
R P. Giannoni's Kitty D 1 2 2
Geo. Kitto's Deroll 2 3 3
F. Donnelly's Sister Bess 3 4 4
Times— 1:44, 1:40%, 1:41%.
The auction sale of horses and cattle at Portland,
Oregon, last week, was quite successful. There were
horses of nearly all breeds, from Percherons to Shet-
lands, consigned to this sale, as well as many well
bred cattle. Following is a report of some of the
principal sales of trotting bred horses:
Consigned by Brook-Nook Ranch, Montana.
Royal Prince, b. s., by Jubilee de Jarnette; dam by
Lambert Boy; Courtway & Reed, Wenatchee, Wash.;
$260.
King Hunter, b. s., by The King Red; dam by Al-
tamont; William ..icKeown, Gresham, Ore.; $180.
Missel Thrush & Red Ruby, b. m., 4, by The King
Red, and Jubilee de Jarnette; A. H. Cocking, Van-
couver, B. C; $420.
Citizen Scout, b. s., by The King Red; dam by
Alfonso; W. S. Bower, Portland; $215.
Hollis Allerton, b. s., by Alerton, dam by Constan-
tine; W. H. Boyd, Portland; »215.
Aegle. b. s., 2, by Alcone dam by Alfonso; C. E.
Holtgrieve, Portland; $130.
Joyero, b. s., 2, by The King Red, dam by Alfonso;
Cturtway & Reed, Wenatchee, Wash; $185.
Anat, b. s., 3, by Alcone; dam by Alaska; Berlin
Bros., Centralia Wash; $230.
Alica, b. m., 4, by Alcone, dam by Malcolm; Ward
& Robertson, The Dalles, Ore.; $215.
Chakra, b. m. 4, by Keeler, dam by Alaska; Ward
& Robertson, The Dalles, Ore.; $180.
Flic Flac, ch, m. 4, by Keller, dam by Special
Telegram; Courtway & Reed, Wenatchee, Wash.;
$190.
Golden Pert, b. m., 4, by Jubilee de Jarnette, dam
bv Lambert Bov; A. H. Cocking, Vancouver, Wash.;
$225.
Mestee, b. m., 4, by Keeler, dam by Alaska; Ward
& Robertson, The Dalles, Ore.; $115.
Khanjee, gr. g., 4, by Keeler, dam by Red Wilkes;
Courtway & Reed, Wenatchee, Wash.; $150.
Shadow Bird, b. m., 4, by The King Red, dam by
Com. Belmont; Ward & Robertson, The Dalles, Ore.;
$150.
Queeil, ch. m., 4, by The King Red, dam by Com.
Belmont; Courtway & Reed, Wenatchee, Wash.; $190.
Consigned by Fred Brooker, Portland, Ore.
Exaris, b. s., 6, by Expedition, dam by Nexible; N.
K. West, La Grande, Ore.; $360.
Alice B., blk. m., 4, by Zombro, dam by Scarlet
Letter: August Esche, Portland, Ore.; $175.
Sakrat, b. m., 8, by Vice Regent, dam by Rock-
wood; C. R. Gibson, Molalla, Ore.; $130.
Bromont, b. g., 4, by Malheur; John Dungan, Mol-
alla. Ore.; $110.
Gypsy, blk. m., 14, by Altamont, dam by Duroc
Prince; J. J. Kadderly, Portland; $75.
Jenny, blk. m., 14, by Harrigan, dam by Consul;
J. J. Kadderly, Portland; $75.
Sibyl, b. m., 2, by Exaris, dam by Alcone; A. Meis-
ter, Portland; $75.
Tonv Bacon, b. c, 1, by Exaris, dam by Alcone;
J. D. Welch, Portland. $80.
Chas. DeRyder's Consignment.
Record Searcher, by m., 8, Searchlight, dam by Di-
rect; Oscar Hartnagle, Seattle, Wash., $165.
Sis Meridian, ch. m., 6, by Meridian, dam by Clar-
ence Wilkes, Thomas Murphy, Portland; $275.
Fun Maker, b. s., 2, by King Entertainer, dam by
Sidmore; F. F. Folsom, Kent, Wash.; $170.
Nutwood Pointer, ch. g., 2, by Star Pointer, dam by
Nutwood; J. W. McCrum, Portland; $200.
Bav mare, 10, by Dexter Prince; Matt Mosgrove,
Union, Ore., $165.
Hunky Dorv, b. g., 10, by Atahadon, dam by Dexter
Prince; G. K.' Hewitt Portland; $360.
Tabasco, b. g.. 10, pacer, by Timothy B., Thomas
Murphv, Portland; $335.
Bay gelding, Roy Scaggs, Centralia, Wash., $120.
W. T. McBride's Consignment.
Guvlight. b. g. 6, Searchlight, dam by Guy Wilkes
2; Dr. A. G. Smith, Spokane, Wash.; $400.
Little Joe, b. g., by Diablo, dam by Wildidle, J. A.
Wood, Walla Walla, Wash.; $365.
Mvstle, ch m. S, by Arronax, dam by Ingersoll,
Charles Hov, Portland; $150.
Bay fillv, 2, bv Bon Voyage, dam Miss Logan 2:06%,
J. A. Wood, Walla Walla, Wash.; $365.
Shelagh, br. m., 10 by McKinney dam by Stein-
way; J. Johnston, Portland; $455.
James Thompson's Consignment.
Chestnut gelding, 7, by Temescal; S. E. Kramer,
Portland; $180.
Black gelding, 6, by Hawthorne, dam by Dexter
Prince; J. D. Gordon, Dundee Ore.; $180.
Black gelding 7. by Hawthorne; J. Canfield, Golden-
dale, Wash.: $180.
Bay gelding, 7, by Hawthorne; A. F. Garrison, Port-
land; $137.50.
Black gelding, 6, by son of McKinney; A. H. Cock-
ing, Vancouver Wash.; $120.
Betty Direct, ch. m., 5, by I. Direct, dam by Silver
Bee, H. C. Morse, Portland: $145.
Ferdina, by, m., 3, by Ferd dam by Silver Bee;
Ward & Robertson, The Dalles, Ore.; $140.
Manuel, ch. g„ by Nutwood Wilkes; C. W. Todd,
Portland, $300.
Miscellaneous Consignment.
Mokelumne, br. s., 11 by Silver Bow, dam by Pan-
coast: S. E. Kramer, Portland; $305.
Lothrop, br. g., 4, by Evergets, dam by Jersey
Wilkes; A. Lyons, Portland; $255.
Gentry Dillon, b. g.. 4, by Sidney Dillon, dam by
Nearest; Oscar Hartnangle, Seattle, Wash.; $315.
Black mare, 10, by Memo, dam thoroughbred;
Grant Wright, Centralia, Wash.; $160.
Black gelding, by Lovelace, dam by Memo; Grant
Wright, Centralia, Wash.; $160.
Hal Wilkes, b. g., 1, by Hal B. 2:04%; J. B. Stet-
son, Portland; $235.
Lost Bird, b. s. by Akcone, dam by Com. Belmont,
H. F. Fisher, Boise, Idaho; $300.
Red Bluff, ch. g., 8, by Vice Regent, dam by Alaska,
Theo. Kruse. Portland; $250.
Sweet Fern, ch. m., 7, by Keeler dam by Frank
Morgan; Captain T. L. McCann, Hood River Ore.;
$190.
Sue S., b. m. 10, by Lovelace, dam by Planter;
Geo. D. Berlin, Centralia, Wash.; $190.
Bessie Lovelace, br. m., 10, by Lovelace, dam by
Rockwood: J. J. Kadderly, Portland; $300.
Lovely Hal, b. f., 2 by Hal B, dam by Lovelace;
R. Kirk, Portland; $195.
Dan S. p. by AUablo, dam by Daybreak; J. W.
McCrum, Portland; $295.
HEADED FOR THE FREE-FOR-ALL CLASS.
L. B. Daniels, who is training a string of horses
at the Chico track, has, if reports that come from
up that way are true, one of the very best pros-
pects for a free-for-all trotter that has been seen in
this State of some time. The trotter referred to is
the mare Katalina 2:11%, daughter of Prof. E. P.
Heald's McKinney stallion Tom Smith 2:13%. Kata-
lina has not been worked any miles faster than 2 : 15
this year, but she has trotted several halves around
1:05 and can come through the stretch in 31 sec-
onds any time she is asked. As she is a game trot-
ter, it looks as if Daniels would have an extra good
mare in her this season, and we understand she will
be raced through the Northwest. Katalma is now
five years old, being a foal of 1905. She comes
from a developed ancestry, her dam being Kate
Lumry 2:20% by Shadeland Onward 2:18%. Kata-
lina was bred by Mr. J. W. Zibbell of Fresno, who
raced her as a two-year-old in 1907, during which
year she started in three races. Her first start was
in the Breeders' Futurity for two-year-olds; she won
the race in straight heats in 2:25% and 2:22%, de-
feating a field of six. She then won a two-year-old
purse race at Woodland in the same manner in
about the same field, both heats in 2:23%, then at
Sacramento won again in 2:26% and 2:26. As a
three-year-old she started in seven races. Her first
start that year was in the Breeders' Futurity, won
by Cleo Dillon. Katalina got third money, but was
second in three heats and third in the other, thus
being the contending horse all through the race.
At the State Fair she won second money in the
Occident Stake, also won by Cleo Dillon, but won
the Stanford Stake later in the week, distancing
Cleo Dillon in the first heat. She was then taken
North and won every race in which she was started,
getting first money five times. She closed the sea-
son with a three-year-old record of 2:15%, and was
sold during the season to N. J. Miller of Chico. Last
year as a four-year-old she was started eight times,
and while she did not win a race, won several heats,
earned second money five times, was fourth one and
twice unplaced. She reduced her record to 2:11%
at Chico. As she met a very fast field of horses
during the year, her showing was a good one, espe-
cially as she was not just right at any time during
the season.
Katalina is looking and trotting better than ever
this year, so we expect to see her still further re-
duce her record before racing is over for the season
and to place Tom Smith among the sons of McKin-
ney, whose names appear in the list of 2:10 sires.
CHIQUITO AND CHIQUITA.
There are two lightning-fast pacers in training in
California this year, whose names are very similar.
One is a gelding by Diablo owned by N. J. Miller
of Chico, that bears the male cognomen of Chiquito,
the other a mare by Highland C. owned by Walter
Maben of Los Angeles, and carrying the feminine
name of Chiquita. The names are Spanish, meaning
little one.
It was stated in the Breeder and Sportsman re-
cently that El Volante, the four-year-old stallion
by Zombro owned by Mr. C. A. Canfield of Los An-
geles, had trotted a quarter in 29%, whicn was prob-
ably the fastest quarter made at either the pace or
the trot this year, but we are reminded by a letter
from Mr. R. R. Ketchum of Arroyo Grande tha. ,i
had been previously stated in our Los Angeles let-
ter that Chiquita by Highland C. had paced a quar-
ter in 28% seconds, consequently was entitled to
this honor. We had overlooked this fast quarter and
on receipt of Mr. Ketchum's letter hastened to make
this correction, but had no sooner done so than a
letter was received from Mr. N. J. Miller of Chico,
who says that on Friday, April 22d, his horse
Chiquito by Diablo paced a quarter in 27% seconds
and an eighth in 12% seconds at the Chico track,
driven by L. B. Daniels. Mr. Miller added that
Chiquito would start in a race at Dixon on Satur-
day, April 30th, and to keep an eye on him. We
did, and notice that he won his race in three straight
heats.
We also notice that the mare Chiquita has since
stepped a mile in 2:07% at Los Angeles ,and con-
sequently the "little ones" with the Spanish name
hold the records for fast pacing in work-outs this
year in California.
If tbey should both start in races this year the
compilers of summaries should be careful to not get
them mixed.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, May 7, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
FAST TIME AT DIXON.
SACRAMENTO DRIVING CLUB.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Big Crowd Sees New Record Set on the Half Mile
Ring in Northern Solano.
The May Day Festival at Dixon, the pretty and
prosperous town in the northern part of Solano
county, drew a crowd of four thousand people last
Saturday. The day was a perfect one, the sky being
partly overcast with clouds, through which the sun
shone the greater part of the time, passing fleecy
c'-ouds and the gentlest of breezes making the green
landscape only more beautiful. There were visitors
from Woodland, Winters, Esparto, Davis, Sacramento
and from every town in Solano county, while the
farmers and their families living within a radius of
twenty miles were all there, the majority having
come in their automobiles, this section of country
having as many machine owners to the square mile
as any farming community on earth. May Day at
Dixon means a procession of beautifully decorated
floats and vehicles, the crowning of a May Queen,
in the town and then adjournment to the half-mile
track with its grove of beautiful oaks, where after
a basket picnic under the trees, base ball, horse
races and various other sports are held for the
entertainment of the crowd. The Dixon people
have held this annual May festival for more than
thirty years, and it has become more popular each
year. One cause of its popularity is that amusement
and entertainment is provided for all. It is like a
county fair minus the exhibits, and is a general
gathering of the people of the country side who
feast and visit and enjoy a general good time. On
Saturday last there were a thousand people scattered
about through the grove, while several hundred were
dancing on an immense platform among the trees,
another thousand crowded the grandstand and every
other vantage point to get a view of the races, while
another thousand crowded close around the base ball
diamond where two games were played during the
afternoon by four nines, with the score 2 to 2 in one
game and 3 to 2 in the other — pretty good ball for
country clubs to put up.
The harness races were at half mile heats, best
three in five and furnished the hottest kind of con-
tests. The track is a half mile oval, and while it is
narrow, the footing is excellent and the horses put
up some very fast racing, the track record being
lowered to 1:02% in the second heat of the second
race by Henry Smith's pacer Denirvo, a Solano
county bred and raised horse, by Demonio 2:11%.
The first race had three starters and was won very
handily in three straight heats by the three-year-old
colt Alba, driven by Lou Martivia, and sired by Mr.
Mativia's good stallion Alton. This colt is owned
in Dixon and the victory was a very popular one as
Alba was racing against older horses. He is a level
headed fellow and performed like a campaigner. He
is a credit to his sire, Alton.
The track record was reduced two full seconds in
the second event which had four starters, all pacers.
The white faced mare Jessie E. driven by William
Pritchard of Dixon, the bay mare Lady Listowell
driven by her owner, Jerry Doran of Oakland, the
bay horse Billy M. owned by A. C. Stevens of Wood-
land and driven by Frank E. Wright of Sacramento,
and the Pleasanton owner pacer Dinervo, driven by
his owner. Jessie E. has a world of speed and in the
first heat she rushed to the front so fast that some
of the others turned dizzy. She was around the turn
and at the first quarter in a little more than 30
seconds. Billy M. broke going around the first turn,
and fell back, while Denirvo was so far behind that
he could not get up in time to make a fight on the
homestretch and Jessie E. won.
In the next heat Smith was careful to get Denirvo
away a little closer to Jessie E. and while he let her
lead to the first quarter in 31 seconds he was at
her wheel and paced right around the mare and came
home in 31% seconds pulling up, the half mile hav-
ing been paced in 1:02%. This was a new record
for the Dixon track and there was great cheering
when starter W. J. Kenney announced the time.
Denirvo then won the next two heats in handy
fashion. Billy M. was not just right and did not do
his best, while Lady Listowell was a little outclassed.
Denirvo is a green pacer without a record, but has
won several matinee events and has worked the
Pleasanton track in better time than 2.10 and a half
over it in 1:01%. He is by Demonio, dam Minerva
by Guy Wilkes, the dam of Solano Boy 2.07%.
In the third and last race Carey Montgomery, of
Davisville drove Chiquita by Diablo to victory in
straight heats, the best time 1:06% which was only
play for him. Results:
First Race, Buggy Horses.
Alba ch. c. by Alton (Mativia) 1 1 1
Dixon Maid 2 2 2
Little Billy 3 3 3
Time, 1:10%, 1:12, 1:08%.
Second Race, Named Horses.
Denirvo, by Demonio (H. Smith) 2 111
Jessie E 1 2 2 3
Lady Listowell 3 3 3 2
Billy M 4 4 4 4
Best time, 1:02% in second heat.
Third Race, Free-for-AII.
Chiquito by Diablo (C. Montgomery) 1 1 1
Alton 2 2 3
Falmont 3 3 2
Best time, 1:06%.
Judges, C. J. Uhl, Vacaville; M. C. Keefer, Wood-
land; Dr. Haile, Winters.
Timers, J. W. Marshall and E. D. Dudley, Dixon.
Starter, W. J. Kenney, San Francisco.
There were five good races on the card with which
the above-named club opened the matinee season of
1910 at Agricultural Park in Sacramento last Sun-
day. While nearly all the horses were short of work
fairly good time was made, the fastest heat of the
day being 2:14, which was made by Mr. S. H.
Cowell's Kermit in the class A pace. Charley Mar-
ley, of Woodland, won a hotly contested race with
Nusta, by Nushagak, the fastest heat in 2:21%. The
summaries :
First Race, Class E.
C. F. Silva's Stambird 1 1
G. C. Powell's May B 2 2
Sam Gault's Sandy 3 3
Best time, 2:37.
Second Race, Class C.
Chas. Marley's Nusta 1 2 2 1
T. C. Horrigan's Del Oro 3 13 2
Dr. E. J. Weldon's Expedio 2 3 1 3
Best time, 2:21%. -.
Third Race, Class A.
S. H. Cowell's Kermit 1 1
C. F. Silva's Natoma 2 2
H. C. Pike's Harold B. 3 3
Best time, 2:14.
Fourth Race, Class D.
E. O. Burge's Princess Flora B 1 1
M. C. Keefer's Ansevola 2 2
J. H. Donnelly's Tony 3 3
Best time, 2:26.
Fifth Race, Class B.
I. Christie's Briarwood 1 1
J. F. Heeman's Joe Dick 2 2
Paul Sims' Capt. Gorgas 3 3
Best time, 2:23.
Frank Wright was official starter. The judges
were M. H. Dupenbreck, W. O. Bowers, Jay Wheeler.
The timers were "Vet" Tryon and H. Leininger; an-
nouncer, George Vice.
FAST PACING AT CONCORD.
The Contra Costa Driving Club's matinee at Con-
cord last Saturday certainly did have the savor of
a Grand Circuit meeting, judging from the hostiy
contested finishes that marked each of the three
races: a blanket could have covered the whole field
in each and every finish of the free-for-all pace.
The feature of the afternoon's card was an exhibi-
tion mile by the pacers Pilot and Patery, the dis-
tance being traveled in 2:21, the last naif in 1.04 and
the last quarter in 29% seconds, which makes this
the fastest quarter ever stepped on this track.
Better time would have been made in all the races
had it not been that there was an extremely high
wind blowing. Summaries:
First Race, 3-Year-Old Pace.
May Day (Palmer) 3 1 1
Mount Diablo Maid (Benson) 1 2 2
Edna (Thompson) 2 3 3
Time, 2:48, 2:48, 2:43.
Second Race, Free-for-AII Pace.
Nellie Gaines (Harlan) 4 1 1
Irvington Girl (Palmer) 1 5 5
Haro (Soto) 3 2 2
Crazy Jane (Botello) 2 3 4
Jim Rankin (Benson) 5 4 3
Time, 2:28, 2:21, 2:18%.
Third Race, 2:40 Pace.
Mabel D. (Duarte) 1 1
Gov. Perkins (Botello) '. 3 2
Maude (Benson) 2 3
Time, 2:41, 2:31.
Exhibition Mile, Pacing.
Patery (Soto) 1
Pilot (Galindo) 2
Time — Mile, 2:21; last half in 1:04, last quarter in
:29%.
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CASTLE GIVES THE REASON.
"Why is it," George Castle, the Chicago theatrical
manager, was asked by a discouraged follower of
the thoroughbreds during a recent Southern trip,
"that prohibition of betting nor any other fact, cir-
cumstance, or happening — barring a rainstorm — has
the slightest effect on the popularity of that trotting
and pacing game they tell me you put in the sum-
mer playing? I notice that it was not the suppres-
sion of the poolselling that caused a slump in the
demand for racing dates at the Eastern end of the
Grand Circuit, but the imposition of a 5 per cent tax
on the gross receipts, including entrance fees. How
about it?"
The Chicagoan explained to the puzzled sport that
harness racing flourished because the public enjoyed
the sport simply as a spectacle, the same as base-
ball, and furthermore because only four or five days'
racing was permitted annually in any town. Like-
wise because the men who owned trotters and pacers
were in the game for the fun of it, not to make
money. That instead of being a profitable venture
the ownership and training of harness horses was
the best bank roll crimper known to modern civil-
ization.
That the breeding and racing of sulky jerkers was
a fad, not a business, depending largely, in the mat-
ter of its exploitation, upon the opulence of the man
bitten by the bug. That trotting attacked all nation-
alities alike. After these remarks Mr. Castle took
a train for home and began getting his nags ready
for the campaign of 1910. — Chicago Tribune.
Chiquita by Highland C. Makes a Mile in 2:07'/2
Over the Arcadia Track.
It has been a little cool here for the last few days
lor working fast miles, and the high fogs in the
; morning delay the trainers in getting to work, but
the track is improving every day, and is now as
fast as the Agricultural Park track was, and the last
quarter is a regular toboggan slide, as it is down
grade and has the best of footing.
Since I wrote you last Will Durfee stepped his
green mare Leonora McKinney a half in a minute,
and Walter Maben worked his green pacing mare
Chiquita by Highland C. a mile in 2:07%. I would
not be surprised if this is the fastest mile East or
West so far this year.
Durfee worked Zomwoolsey a mile in 2:10 and a
half in 1:02 and his green Coronado mare Water-
cress a half in 1:03, and Del Oeste, a two-year-old
by Del Coronado, a mile in 2:26. Durfee tells me
that Copa de Oro's and Carlokin's books are about
full for this year.
J. S. Stewart's two-year-old pacer Buster by Zolock
that had the distemper so badly has rounded to and
can fairly fly over any kind of going. The track
was heavy this morning before it aired out, yet he
stepped an eighth in 15 seconds. This colt will bear
watching whne he gets to the races, as he has a
world of speed. Distance does not bother him and
he never makes a mistake and will stand the hardest
kind of a "drive."
W. A. Glascock's two colts by Murray M„ Del
Murray and Atlantic Fleet, have both recovered from
their sickness and are getting back in shape. As for
Atlantic Fleet, the pacer, he is looking as fine as
silk and one would never think he had been under
the weather.
Dr. Smith has a good looking two-year-old colt by
Petigru, dam Egaletta, in J. S. Stewart's barn that
goes on a pace and promises to he very fast.
The black mare Lacey Mac, in his same stable, has
been "let up" on and she is as round as an apple
and looks more like her dam's family, the Directs,
every day.
Walter Maben has a true campaigner in his grey
gelding, Zomell, and should he be entered in the
$10,000 purse up North he will be a very hard norse
to beat. He ought to trot in 2:10 this year, and
if he can go one mile in ten he can come right back
in the same notch. All tracks look alike to him,
hard or soft, muddy or dry, he likes them all and
will race anywhere, in the lead, in the bunch or trail
along till he is pulled out to go by. I suppose you
could get him off his feet with a derrick, but that
has never been tried.
By the looks of the flower beds in front of most
of the stables at Arcadia it looks as if the trainers
would all be qualified gardeners by fall and so have
a second string to their bows, if they get in wrong
on the season's races.
Wm. Morgan of Pasadena, the owner of the great
race mare Era 2:10 is going to give up racing, as
will be seen by his advertisement in another column.
He tells me he does not care for the sport and
would much rather see Frank Williams develop a lot
of colts he has, and intends keeping than to see Era
win a thousand dollar purse. So he is going to let
the mare and her full-brother, the stallion Crisis
with a trial of 2:15 but no record, go, as well as
Clara G. 2:22%, trial of 2:19, by Zombro. Una Boy,
record 2:29%, trial of 2:24, and nas been a mile
double to wagon in 2:26%, one of the most perfect
pole horses on the Coast, and several others, includ-
ing four brood mares. I saw Era today and she
is bigger and stronger than I ever saw her, and in
just the condition after her winter's let-up to go to
work on, and this season should lower her mark
at least a couple of seconds, and the same may be
said of Crisis. They are both as sound as a new-
milled dollar and like all the rest of Mr. Morgan's
stock, Frank Williams has them in the best of con-
dition. I also saw a two-year-old filly in Williams'
stable owned by Mr. Morgan (not for sale) by Red-
lac, dam Sonia by McKinney. She is just begin-
ning her education, but as far as conformation,
breeding, color, size and beauty goes she could step
right into a show ring now and capture the blue rib-
bon on her breeding and conformation. She can't
help trotting fast as soon as she knows what is
wanted of her.
Capt. Springer, of Sonoma Girl fame, is back in
town and has several head at Arcadia, but as they
are now arrivals I don't know yet just how good
they are or what they are.
The next payment in the Canfield-Clark Stakes for
two-year-old trotters will be due on June 1st, and
with the high-class lot of colts entered only a small
percentage should drop out.
Mr. Southerland has named the Del Coronado filly
for which he paid $3,000 a couple of weeks ago, Rue-
belle. She is still in Maben s string and will prob-
ably be carried over till next season and then cam-
paigned East, possibly with El Volante 2:13% and
Chiquita, trial 2:07% (pacing). Those three with
Zomell would give Walter Maben about as nice a
bunch" to go to his races with as anybody would
want, and there would be no "dead wood" for the
rest to carry.
W. G. Durfee has not made his plans yet for the
season and does not know where he will race his
string.
C. A. Holcomb shipped his horses yesterday to
Baltimore, Md., where he will make his first start
and then go through the Maryland and Virginia cir-
cuit of half-mile tracks.
JAMES.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 7, 1910.
1 NOTES AND NEWS
Mr. F. D. Cobb of Stockton reports that his mare
A Novel, by Altivo-Novelist, will shortly drop a foal
by Bon Voyage and will be bred back to him again
this year.
Dixon's half- mile track has a new record-
An old-fashioned county fair is to be held at Susan-
-1:02%. * ville, Lassen County, California, this fall and more
than $2,000 has already been subscribed by the
The two-year-old filly by Bon Voyage, dam Miss enterprising citizens of that county to make it
Logan 2:06%, brought $365 at the Portland sale. financially successful.
Carey Montgomery's two-year-old colt St. Patrick
by Dan Logan paced a mile in 2:25 at Woodland
last week.
Spring racing for purses at half mile heats would
he very popular in California if some Association
would inaugurate it.
The San Jose rose carnival will be held next week,
with flying machines and harness races at the new
San Jose Driving Park.
Charles Dean, the Palatine, Illinois, trainer, has
recently purchased a farm in New Mexico where
he will build a track and train during the winter.
The Blonde 2:20, nominated in the Pacific Breed-
ers Futurity, has foaled a nice bay filly by Carlokin
2:08%. She is owned by Mr. Chas. A. Riggs, of Los
Angeles.
The horsemen are saying that the trotter that can
beat the mare Sophia Dillon 2:11% this year will
stand a pretty good chance of getting first money
in the two big Oregon stakes in September.
Fred Stoppelfeld, of San Bernardino, advertises a
mare for sale that should be about the thing for
some San Francisco matinee enthusiast to get hold
of. Read the advertisement in this issue.
Sam Norris returned last week from his trip to
Kentucky with the mares purchased by Mr. F. J.
Kilpatrick for the Patchen Wilkes Farm. He says
they all reached the blue grass in good condition.
Special days at the Oregon State Fair have been
designated ae follows: Tuesday, German Societies'
day; Wednesday, Salem day; Thursday, Portland
day; Friday, Oregon Agricultural College day; Sat-
urday, children's day.
This journal cannot answer the questions of cor-
respondents who do not sign their names to inquiries.
We have received several such inquiries recently,
and until the writers sign their names the questions
will remain unanswered.
Det Bigelow's two-year-old trotting filly, Dorothy
Ansel, by Prince Ansel, worked a mile on Wednesday
of last week at the Woodland track in 2:23. Several
horsemen who held watches on the filly got the time
in that notch, some a shade better.
W. E. Detels bought the mare Melba, dam of May
T. 2:15 a few months ago for the purpose of breeding
her to his colt Bon Guy. Melba foaled a nice bay
colt April 6th by Charley T. and Mr. Detels sold the
youngster to C. A. Durfee for $200, and the colt is
now the property of Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick, owner of
the youngster's sire.
Not to be outdone by larger towns of the Northwest
in sports, Waitsburg, Wash., ten miles west of Day-
ton, with a population of 2200, has organized a Rid-
ing and Driving Club with a membership of 53, in-
cluding business men and horsemen. A fund of
$2000 has been raised to be expended by the Club in
building a half mile track.
Mr. Frank H. Burke's many friends will be glad to
know that he is rapidly recovering from the injuries re-
ceived in the recent automobile accident and that he has
been removed to his home, La Siesta Farm, near San
Jose. The broken ribs are knitting well and he is able
to be up and walk about. He expect to be back in his
office in this city in about three weeks.
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Thos. Ward, of Lompoc, California, writes that he
has had the stallion known sometimes as Avalon,
registered as Menlow 51476, as there was already
a horse registered some years ago by the name of
Avalon. This horse is the sire of the mare Blanche
that won a matinee race in 2:20 at Los Angeles, also
of Aviator, a three-year-old gelding that Will Dur-
fee is training for Clarence Berry.
Chas. Durfee drove his mare Helen Stiles a mile
in 2:15% at Pleasanton last week, the last half in
1:05% which shows that the daughter of Sidney Dil-
lon is some trotter. The list of trotters eligible to
that big $10,000 stake at Portland and the $5000
stake at Salem is a big one, and those that are show-
ing speed enough to justify their owners in entering
them, are getting quite numerous. It will he a great
race.
Henry Imhof of San Jose has a handsome new
McMurray sulky that he purchased from W. J. Ken-
ney, of 531 Valencia street, this week, and Kenney
also sent one of the new model McMurray carts to
D. Lynn of Salinas. Anyone who wants a sulky or
cart for the racing season should turn in his order
to Mr. Kenney right away, and get the pick of his
In 'ge stock of new vehicles.
Charley D. 2:06% has been given slow miles this
spring, but is now having an occasional heat around
2:15. He is in fine shape and can pace quarters at a
two-minute gait any time.
Charley B., the trotter by Col. Benton, owned by
Charles Becker, of this city, is working very fast
at Pleasanton, where Charles De Ryder has him in
charge. He trotted a quarter in 30 seconds one day
last week.
Roan Hal, the three-year-old pacer in Chas. De
Ryder's string, is improving every day. He will
surely give a good account of himself in the stakes
this year, barring accidents.
The widow of E. H. Harriman is having an ele-
gant and commodious stable built at Arden Farms,
Goshen, N. Y. The building is to be 195 feet long,
151 feet wide. There will be 21 box stalls 10 feet
square and 13 straight stalls 9%x6 feet, also mud
stalls for horses with sore feet.
The $15,000 guaranteed championship stallion stake
for foals of 1907, given by the American Association
of Trotting Horse Breeders, probably will be decided
the coming fall at Lexington, Ky„ during the meet-
ing of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' As-
sociation. It will be one of the big trotting events of
the season.
Dione 2:07%, the handsome little Eros mare, bred
by Mr. A. B. Spreckels, but now the property of Mr.
Cowell of Santa Cruz, was bred to Bon Voyage
2:12% on May 4th this year. Dione was a great little
trotter and her produce by this popular sire will be
watched with interest.
The starting done by W. J. Kenney of this city at
the Dixon races last Saturday and at the San Fran-
cisco Driving Club races in Golden Gate Park last
Sunday was first-class. He had some big fields
Sunday, but got the horses away in good shape and
with absolute fairness.
Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick, of this city, has named Lady
McKinney in the Tavern Stake at North Randall.
This is the only entry of a California-bred trotter in
this event, and we sincerely hope the beautiful mare
will be so good and so fast on the day of the race
that she will be able to show a clean pair of heels
to the rest of the starters, and that her owner will
he able to handle the reins and nelp her do it.
Geo. W. Putnam of Salt Lake City has had his
mare Jessie Tilden shipped to San Jose to be bred
to Bon Voyage, with instructions to keep her there
until she has produced at least two foals by that
great son of Expedition. Jessie Tilden is the dam
of Star Tilden, the very promising two-year-old by
Star Pointer, whose picture appeared on the front
page of the Breeder and Sportsman a few weeks
since.
A good program of harness racing has been
arranged by the Park Amateur Driving Club for this
afternoon at Golden Gate Park. The stadium track
is rapidly getting into fine shape. The turns are
now thrown up at an angle that enables the fastest
pacers and trotters to get around them at top speed,
and while the new soil is not thoroughly packed as
yet, the footing is safe. There is no better training
track on the Coast than this one.
S. Christenson of this city drove his three-year-old
Star Pointer colt a mile in 2:22 at Pleasanton last
Wednesday. The youngster has had the hopples put
on him recently, and they tired him so that he went
to a break in the stretch when struck with the whip
and then fell just as he reached the wire. Chris sat
still and the colt soon regained his feet with no
damage except one buckle on the harness broken.
Entry blanks for the North Pacific Fair Circuit
are out and have been well distributed among the
California horsemen. The book contains blanks for
$50,000 in stakes and purses to be trotted and paced
for at Everett, Washington, Portland and Salem,
Oregon, and Walla Walla, Centralia, North Yakima,
and Spokane, Washington, and Boise, Idaho, the
meetings to be held in the order named, beginning at
Everett, August 30th and ending at Boise, October
15th.
The famous "four-cornered" race track on which
so many world records for the harness horse were
made, is to he destroyed and, as if by the irony of
fate, an automobile man is at the head of a syndi-
cate which will plat the land in town lots. For weeks
the Terre Haute Trotting Association had been try-
ing to readjust its affairs that the meeting in July in
the Great Western circuit might be given, but the
readjustment not being effected, the owner of forty-
seven acres of what is commonly called the fair
grounds gave an option to the syndicate headed by
Frank Fox.
C The Limit, the large pacer by Searchlight 2:03%
from Bertha (dam of nine) by Alcantara 2:23, is
again being named in the big events. He was out
of form practically all of last season and would not
strike a pace, appearing sore behind; but when right,
he can surely march around 2:05, as he showed a
saddle gait that fast at the initial meeting at North
Randall.
Harold Dillon, the stallion by Sidney Dillon, out of
Biscari by Director that went to New Zealand from
Santa Rosa Stock Farm, is the sire of a phenomenal
two-year-old trotter that won the Metropolitan futur-
ity stake there last month. The stake was worth
$1000 to the winner and Dillon Bell (the colt referred
to) won pulled up by twelve lengths in 2:29%. He
went to the half in 1:08 and was then so far ahead
that it was only a jog for him the rest of the way.
The turf papers say he is the most promising two-
year-old ever seen in New Zealand. Dr. C. E. Far-
num of San Francisco, owns a full brother to Harold
Dillon, the stallion Dillcara.
The North Randall (Cleveland) stake entries break
all records. There are no less than 191 entries in
"The Tavern Steak" for 2:16 class trotters, 49 in the
2:14 trot, 19 in the 2:05 pace, 16 in the 2:10 trot,
and 31 in the 2:14 pace. In "The Tavern Steak"
Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick of this city, has named Lady
McKinney by Washington McKinney, and this is the
only California bred trotter named in this novel
stake. In the 2:14 trot The Angelus (son of Zombro
and Hazel Kinney 2:09%) is entered, and in the 2:14
pace C. The Limit and Joe McGregor are named.
There were 308 entries for the five races, an average
of a little over 61 entries to a race. The North
Randall people evidently struck a popular chord
when they announced their early closing events.
Fred Stoppelfeld is at the San Bernardino track
with eight head of horses, all of which are doing well.
Deidrich by Direct Heir has trotted a mile in 2:34
with a half in 1:09; Mabel Van by On Stanley, a
green three-year-old filly has trotted a mile in 2:30
with the last quarter in 36 seconds after only three
weeks work. A three-year-old gelding by Larry Mc-
Kinney trotted a mile in 2:38 with the same amount
of work, the last half in 1:14, and he does it right.
Lady Patrick, a green pacing mare by a son of Zolock
2:05% dam by Inca, paced a mile in 2:15, half in
1:06 quite handily and wears nothing but the har-
ness. She can also trot squarely a mile in 2:20. Mr.
Stoppelfeld has a few other green things that he
thinks quite well of, and expects several additions to
his string soon. The weather has been fine and the
track in good shape.
The four horses which Mr. William H. Moore will
take to England to represent him in the coaching
marathon at the London International Horse Show
this spring are all well-bred American trotting
horses, and George Chipchase — who is fitting them
for the race — says he will wager $10,000 that he can
drive them 14 measured miles in a hour on a trot
before a road coach, provided Mr. Moore will consent
to the trial of speed. One of the leaders of the crack
four is the chestnut mare Myrtle Belle, that gained a
record of 2:22% at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in 1907.
She is by Marble City, a son of Allandorf 2:19%,
by Onward 2:25%, and her dam was by Lord Well-
ington, son of Cuyler. Her mate in the lead is the
gray trotter, Advance Guard, formerly owned and
shown by E. T. Stoteshury of Philadelphia; he was
sired by Guardsman 2:23%. son of Alcyone 2:27.
The wheelers of the team are the gray gelding
Ranger, by Manager, son oi Nutwood 2:18%, and the
gray mare Lady Gray, by Pilot Medium. The wheel-
ers are 16.1 hands and the leaders are 15.3 hands
high. — Horse World.
A few days ago a lady driving a fine sorrel geld-
ing hitched to a gig, with a footman seated by her
side drove up in front of the carriage entrance to
one of this city's leading stores. In a moment the
footman was out assisting the lady to alight, and
then, with folded arms, stood at attention in front
of the horse. Immediately adjacent to this rig were
ten or twelve large automobiles, of various makes
and designs. It was near noon, and hundreds of
people were passing in and out of the great store,
and as they passed the horse the man and the gig
they seemed as if drawn by a magnet to stop and
look, and these are a few of the remarks that the
writer heard as he stood and listened:
"Fine outfit," "Good horse," "Well made," "Finely
groomed," "Beauty," "Elegant rig," "Great outfit "
"A dandy cart," "The man looks his part," "A beau-
tiful harness," "The people who own it know their
business."
These were only some of the remarks made by
those who passed, stopped and admired the horse,
the man and the gig. As I stopped and listened
I wondered why some of the people who were pass-
ing did not say something about the automobiles.
Then I remembered the remarks of a man who I
was recently talking with, who owned both automo-
biles and horses.
He said: 'You can buy an automobile almost any-
where you wish, and can duplicate the purchase most
any time if you choose to do so, but it is different
with a horse. He is like man himself! A high-class,
good horse is hard to find and always attracts the
attention of the people and buyers. A good man and
horse are alike, as one commands a good salary and
the other always commands a good price when sold.
They are both always scarce and always exceedingly
hard to find." — Philadelphia Record.
Saturday, May 7, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
SCOTCH JOHN 2:11(/4 DROPS DEAD.
Tile trotter Scotch John by Tomonco, that was
raced on the California circuit last year by L. B.
Daniels of Chico, who drove him to a record of 2:11%
at Woodland, dropped dead on the track at Chico
last Saturday, while being exercised by Jack
Matthews. The horse was being driven at an easy
gait and suddenly fell lying motionless. It was
soon ascertained that he was stone dead and the
probability Is that ne was dead before he hit the
ground. An autopsy was held and showed that en-
largement of the heart was the cause of death.
Scotch John was owned by Frank Colm of Chico,
who had refused several times to sell him at a figure
that would have tempted most men to part with
him. He was raced all through the California circuit
last year. At the Los Angeles meeting in July he
won first money in the 2:20 trot for a purse of
$1,000, defeating a field of twelve good trotters. At
Fresno he was distanced in the same class, where
Kid Wilkes won. In Salinas at the Breeders' meet-
ing he was again a starter in the 2:20 trot, and
after being 7-5-6 was distanced in the fourth heat,
won by Kid Wilkes in 2:11%. At Pleasanton he won a
heat in 2:16 in the 2:30 trot and was second to
Rapidan Dillon the next three heats in faster time.
At Chico he started twice, getting third money in
the 2:20 trot, won by Kid Wilkes, the winner taking
his record of 2:09% in this race. Two days later
he started in the 2:11 trot and won the first, third
and fourth heats, beating Kinney Rose, Monicrat and
Silver Hunter. At Woodland the lollowing week he
was outside the money in the 2:20 trot won by Kid
Wilkes, but won the 2:14 trot, getting his record
of 2:11% in the second heat of that race. At the
State Fair he was outside the money in the 2:20 trot,
where Kid Wilkes was again a winner.
Scotch John was a stout built, strong going trotter
and was expected to be a much faster horse this
year. He was sired by Tomonco 34197, that horse
being mated as yearling with the two-year-old filly
Vanity Fair by Kentucky Baron 32047. He was
claimed to be the fastest trotter ever produced by
the union of parents so young. Had he lived he
would have been raced this year on the North Pacific
circuit.
PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB.
Following is the program of races to be held at
the stadium track in Golden Gate Park this after-
noon, beginning at 1:30 o'clock sharp:
First Race — Class C Trotters.
Three-quarter mile heats, 2 in 3.
Billie Burke (R. Nolan).
Gardenia (S. Christenson).
McKinney M. (Capt. Matson).
Dividend (R. Consani).
Second Race — Class A Trotters.
Three-quarter mile heats, 2 in 3.
Modicom (H. Boyle).
Reina Directum (S. Christenson).
Dr. O'Brien CD. Hoffman).
Monicrat iB\ J. Kilpatrick).
Red Velvet (J. W. Smedley).
Third Race — Class B Trotters.
Three-quarter mile heats, 2 in 3.
Charles 2d (A. P. Clayburgh).
Barney Barnato (I. L. Borden).
Bird Eye (Capt. Matson).
Lady Washington (F. W. Thompson).
Sunset Belle (H. C. Ahlers).
Fourth Race — Three-Year-Old Pace.
Three-quarter mile heats, 2 in 3.
Zodell (H. Boyle).
Black Wings (I. L. Borden).
' Yankee Boy (D. Hoffman) .
Fifth Race — Class A Pace.
Three-quarter mile heats, 2 in 3.
Ring Rose (H. M. Ladd).
John T. (I. B. Dalziel).
Belle Brandon (T. F. Bannan).
Searchlight Colt (F. E. Booth).
Starter, G. E. Erlin.
Judges, J. A. McKerron, A. J. Molera, Joseph Perry.
Timers, Geo. R. Gay, A. Melletz.
Marshal, H. M. Ladd.
Secretary, F. W. Thompson.
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AMERICAN CAVALRY.
M. H. Tichenor, the well known horse dealer of
New York and Chicago, who is recognized as one
of the very best judges of a horse in the world, has
the following to say about the American cavalry:
"I have seen them all and studied men and horses
carefully, and I want to go on record that the United
States cavalry outclasses any in Europe. Our men
are better riders, and they are better mounted. I
know it is popularly supposed that Germany and
France have the finest cavalry horses in the world,
but it's wrong, if I know anything about horses. In
the cavalry of both countries you see a light and
weedy horse, too much on the modern thoroughbred
racing type to stand rough work, and lots of it, in my
opinion. Our cavalry horses represent a mixture of
thoroughbred, trotting, saddle and bronco blood, and
they are essentially rustlers and doers. The Eu-
ropean horses might beat them in the show ring
or on dress parade, but not in a forced march or a
hard campaign. When it comes to riding, American
cavalrymen are the best in the world and I don't bar
the Cossacks."
HANDSOME AND FAST.
On the front page of this issue are two pictures
of the young stallion Leccona, register number 39623,
owned by Mr. J. O'Keefe of Oakland. Leccona is by
the stallion Lecco 2:09%, a horse that stood in Cali-
fornia a couple of seasons and when taken East was
purchased at a long price for shipment to Europe.
The dam of Leccona is Amy Fay by Anteeo 2:16%,
son of Electioneer, second dam Armida by Alexander
490, third dam Alborak by Naubuc 504, fourth dam
Sacramento Maid.
This colt is, as his picture shows, a handsome
individual of splendid conformation, gentle disposi-
tion and wonderful trotting speed, and is one of the
best prospects for the big purses in the races of
1910. His owner is not a professional horseman,
only an amateur, and has owned this colt since he
was IS months old, virtually developing the colt's
speed himself, but being busy at his work on week
days, has only driven for speed on Sundays.
Leccona has trotted a mile this year in 2:20, a
half mile in 1:0S and a quarter mile in 32 seconds.
He is a coal-black, about 16 hands, and weighs 1,150.
He has never served any mares. His owner never
raced a horse for money in his life, and only takes
the pleasure of developing youngsters and producing
speed.
THE RESTORATION OF TYPE.
DIXIE ALTO'S OWNER PLAYS GOLF.
Mr. W. B. Veirs of Melbourne, Australia, owner
of the Palo Alto bred trotting stallion Dixie Alto
and also of many other trotters that he purchased
in California, is gaining fame as a golf player. As
Mr. Veirs has many friends and acquaintances in
this State, having often stopped here while on trips
to his native State of Maryland, the following item
from a recent Melbourne daily will be of interest to
them:
"The final round for the trophies presented by the
captain of the club, Dr. S. A. Ewing, was played last
Saturday, at Fishermen's Bend, in glorious autumn
weather. With the course in good order, and con-
ditions favorable, good scores were expected.
Strangely enough, with one or two exceptions, the
majority of the players were strokes worse than the
previous Saturday, an da good number of cards were
not even returned. W. R. Veirs, of Dixie Alto fame,
who was leading first round with the fine card of 72
net, although not maintaining this form at his second
attempt, secured a well-deserved victory by two
strokes, his rounds being 90 and 98, total 1S8, handi-
cap 36, net 152. With the exception of one or two
missed tee shots, the winner, who is known to his
intimate friends as the gentleman from Maryland,
played excellent golf. His long game was very fine
indeed; whilst his iron play, if a little strong at
times, was also good. At the finish there was great
jubilation in the Dixie-avenue camp at the success of
their colt, who, to use the expression of one of his
mentors, was trained to the hour.
RACING AT SAN JOSE.
There will be four races at the San Jose track on
Wednesday next, during the Carnival of Roses which
is to be held in that city during the week. The
entries are as follows:
2:20 pace, three in five — Al Schwartz's Jerry D.,
W. J. Kenney's W. J. K., Bert Edwards' Baldy
Mitchell, Tim Sexton's Cole Direct, R. J. Lathrop's
Marin.
Free-for-all pace, two in three — R. Giovannani's
Golden Buck, T. W. Keough's Toppy, P. Donnelly's
Sister Bess, Jas. O'Kane's King V., Chase & Gian-
nini's Kitty D., D. Campbell's Ginger.
Match trotting race, $400 — Ginis' Kisskadee and
Simpson's Nick.
2:30 pace, two in three — Chas. Hubbard's Mike,
J. Monderaldo's Princess Lou, A. Faigardia's Lady
San Jose, W. Joseph's Faradan.
TO BE TROTTED AT LEXINGTON.
The Breeder and Sportsman: The Executive Com-
mittee of the American Association of Trotting Horse
Breeders have awarded to the Kentucky Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association their Championship Stal-
lion Stake No. 1 for foals of 1907. The trotting and
pacing divisions of this stake will be held at the
Lexington meeting next fall. The trotting division
will probably be raced for on Monday, following the
great Kentucky Futurity which leaves a gap of six
days between these two races. The pacing division
will be conducted in the same manner and probably
will be carded for the following Wednesday.
Yours very truly,
H. K. DEVEREUX, Secretary.
HACKNEYS SELL WELL.
The horses from the Woodland Hackney Farm,
taken to Portland by the farm's superintendent,
A. H. Brinton, brought an average of $495 per head.
They were nearly all by the farm's stallion Man-
chester, and numbered fourteen nead.
Mr. Brinton also sent the saddle mare Grace to the
horse show at Vancouver, B, C, and she carried
away one first prize and two second prizes. The
prizes were one first in the gaited saddle horse class ;
second prize in the high school class and second
prize in the ladies' saddle horse class, the last being
in an entry list of twenty-five horses. The mare
was sold .n Portland after the close of the show.
In a talk with Henry S. Wardner, president of the
Morgan Horse Club, I discovered that in efforts to
restore the Morgan type he favored keeping the size
below 15 hands, writes Hamilton Busbey in last
week's American Horse Breeder. He seemed to
think, as Mr. Blunt did of the Arab, that size, even
through nutrition, could not be increased without de-
stroying the very things which made Justin Morgan
a foundation sire. The Arab loses his symmetry and
many of the qualities which have made him a
romantic figure m the equine history of the world
when you elevate him above 15.1 hands. Mr. Ward-
ner called my attention to a thoughtful article re-
cently published by the New England Farmer, in
which the writer contends that for the first fifty
years of the Morgan breed, in the face of constant
criticism that the breed was too small the height
remained nearly the same. "Then and thereafter the
speed craze, in its most virulent form, dulled the
minds of the breeders and wrought havoc with the
substance and conformation of the horses. The
desire tor greater size also continued with undimin-
ished force. The history of the last fifty years con-
firms the results of the first fifty; and while it has
furnished some speed records and has produced many
horses of larger type than Justin Morgan, it comes
near proving to a certainty that the Morgan breed,
as a breed, cannot be converted into a larger breed
and that the matter of its height is, and always has
been, practically a fixed quantity and averaging four-
teen two." Justin Morgan himself stood 14 hands
and weighed 950 pounds. Sherman Morgan was but
13.3 and weighed 925 pounds, while Gifford Morgan
was 14.2 and weighed 1,000 pounds. In the "History
of the Horse in America," published in 1906, I went
into this question and thus quoted W. H. H. Murray
"The reproducing capacity of this horse IJustin Mor-
gan), considering the treatment he received was
simply marvelous. Unappreciated and abused half
of his life, it was the merest accident that his value
as a stock horse was discovered at all; and even
then he was bred indiscriminately to mares un-
assisted by the least intelligence in the matter Still
m spite of all obstacles which neglect and ignorance
imposed, the reproductive faculty was so super-
latively strong in him that he founded a family truer
to the original type and more able to protect itself
from infringements of foreign blood than any family
ot horses, perhaps, that the world has seen" I
called attention in the same chapter to the paralleled
incidents in the lives of Justin Morgan and the Godol-
phin Arabian. The latter, a small horse, was rescued
trom a life of drudgery in France, and taken to Eng-
land, where he was bred to Roxana, because the
aristocratic Hobgoblin refused to mate with her and
the result was Lath, a horse 15 hands, who 'sired
Matehem, the head of a prepotent line. Accident
gave the Godolphin Arabian his opportunity and he
improved it as thoroughly as Justin Morgan did
Lach of these remarkable stallions died at the age
ot 29. Through judicious mating and nutrition the
power of the English race horse was multiplied with
Godolphin Arabian at the base of the structure. No
attempt was made to preserve the ancient type but
pains were taken to advance it. Imp. Watercress a
magnificent horse of 1,440 pounds, owned by Mr
James B. Haggin, and a great sire of winners, traces
directly more than once to the Godolphin Arabian
and who will contend that he is not a far better indi-
vidual than the teaser which was forced upon the
attention of Roxana? We have wandered far from
the type of Justin Morgan, but we find his blood at
the bottom of many families renowned for speed at
the trot. The great original was not much of a trot-
ter himself; he was a sprinter at the run and power-
ful for his inches, in work harness; but he contrib-
uted tenacity of purpose to the Hambletonian-Mam-
brino Chief combination. Four years ago I said:
"The rule established by Mr. Battell that the founda-
tion stock to be entered for registration should trace
direct in the male line to Justin Morgan and have
at least one sixty-fourth of his blood is too elastic to
admit of a quick restoration of type. Only through
generations of inbreeding can we recover what has
been lost." One hundred and twenty-one years have
passed since the birth of Justin Morgan, and the
constantly growing passion for speed in harness led
to the submergence of his blood. It is not by any
means a short road back to the small but rugged
type. I shall follow with no little interest the work
of the Morgan Horse Club.
HORSES FOR FOOD.
English horsemen are warmly discussing the ex-
portation of wornout horses to the continent. An
immense traffic exists in these cheap old horses
which are exported to Belgium and adjoining coun-
tries where they are slaughtered for food. Some
argue that this business is a national disgrace and
shourd be abolished or else laws passed requiring
slaughter before export. Others argue that the
horses are better off dead than alive and that the
$30 or more they bring for export induces poor Eng-
lish owners to part with them before forcing the last
possible year's work out of their infirm bodies and
unsound legs. It is feared that an attempt to
force slaughter before exportation would entirely
check this trade that at present brings many old
British horses to a comparatively merciful end. —
Breeders' Gazette.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 7, 1910.
PHEASANT RAISING IN THE UNITED STATES.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. D»WITT.
to domestication. At present their high price — $40
to $60 a pair — is pratically prohibitive of any ex-
tensive attempt to domesticate them, but should they
become more common, they would be excellent sub-
jects for such experiments.
Other aviary pheasants are the horned pheasants
(Tragapan), large, brilliantly plumaged birds, whose
ranges extend from the Himalayas to central China;
the firebacks (Lophura), likewise large, bright-
feathered birds, from the Shan States Cochin China,
and the southern islands from Sumatra to Borneo;
the peacock pheasants (Polyplectron), from the same
general region; the monauls (Lophophorus), from
the wooded heights of the Himalayas, the best known
of which is the gorge, usly iridescent impeyan pheas-
ant; the Argus pheasants (Argusianus), the most
expensive of all the pheasants and rarely imported
from their home in Siam and islands to the south-
ward; the blood pheasants (Ithaginis), from the high
mountains of eastern Tibet, northern India, and west-
ern China; the koklass pheasants (Pucrasia), moun-
tain birds of northern Afghanistan, eastern Tibet,
China, and Manchuria; and finally the jungle fowls
(Gallus), whose home is in the extreme south of
Asia and islands to the southward, and whose gen-
eral appearance strikingly supports the belief that
they are the birds from which our domesticated
chickens are derived.
History of Pheasant Raising.
Europe. — The English pheasant (Phasianus col-
chicus) derives its specific name from the ancient
country of Colchis, on the eastern shore of the
Black Sea. It was imported thence into Europe by
the Greeks, probably under Alexander the Great and
was by them reared for food. Perhaps at the same
time, but probably one or two centuries later, it
was brought from the adjoining country of Media
to Egypt, where it was reared in the palace at Alex-
andria and was highly esteemed as a dainty for the
table. Its propagation in confinement was continued
in the days of the Roman Empire, under which it
appears to have been carried throughout much of
Europe and as far west as Britain. It was intro-
duced into Ireland and Scotland before the close of
the sixteenth century, and has recently been estab-
lished in Sweden and Norway. It is now acclimatized
practically all over Europe, and has been introduced
into the United States, Canada, Australia, and New
Zealand.
The pheasant was doubtless reared in English
preserves from the time of its introduction, but the
earliest actual evidence cf its propagation is the
record of the employment of a pheasant breeder
for Henry VIII in 1502. At the present day the
number propagated in confinement in England
greatly exceeds the number breeding there in a wild
or semi-wild state. The comparatively recent intro-
duction into Great Britain of the German custom of
pheasant driving, which consists of shooting pheas-
ants driven by beaters over the shooters, or "guns,"
has given great impetus to pheasant raising during
the past century, and the pheasant preserve is now
a common adjunct of the English estate.
This stock, however is nearly all of mixed blood.
A little more than a hundred years ago the ringneck
pheasant (Phasianus torquatus) was introduced into
Great Britain and crossed with the English pheasant,
then the only pheasant in British coverts. And
about the middle of the last century the Japanese
versicolor pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) was in-
troduced for crossing with the hybrid English ring-
neck. Both species interbreed freely with the
English pheasant and with each other, and the
hybrids are perfectly fertile. In each case the first
effect of the crossing was a decided improvement
of the stock, due doubtless to the introduction of
new blood. As a result hybridizing became so
popular that now, outside of Norfolk, where the
original stock has to some extent been retained
unmixed, pure birds of any one of the three species
are rare in England. Other crosses also have
been made, but only here and there, and without
the same general intermixture of type as a result.
[Because of this intermingling of species, all pheas-
ants imported as pure stock should be examined
carefully. Even in English pheasants that appear
to be pure bred (that is which have no trace of a
white neck ring) , the subterminal bar of the ring-
neck is usually more or less developed on the feath-
ers of the lower back, and the basal part of the
central tail feathers is rather widely barred with
black, instead of showing the narrow bar of the
pure-blooded English pheasant. — ogilvie-Grant, Cata-
logue of Birds in the British Museum, XXII, 321,
1893.]
United States. — Efforts to acclimatize pheasants
in the United States are of comparatively recent
origin, though earlier than is popularly supposed.
More than a hundred years ago, Richard Bache, an
Englishman who married the only daughter of Ben-
jamin Franklin, imported from England both pheas-
ants and partridges, which he liberated on his estate
in New Jersey, on the Delaware river, where the
town of Beverly now stands. But although he pro-
vided both shelter and food for them, the birds
had all disappeared by the following spring.
A second attempt was made early in the nineteenth
century by the owner of a New Jersey estate sit-
A reference was made last week to Farmers' Bul-
letin No. 390 issued by the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture. This publication should prove of much
value, particularly to sportsmen who are interested
in stocking preserves with game birds. "Pheasant
Raising in the United States," by Henry Oldys, As-
sistant Biological Survey, and "A Chapter on Dis-
eases of Pheasants, by George Morse, M. D., V. S.,
Assistant in Bacteriology and Pathology, Bureau of
Animal Industry, will appear reprinted in these
columns and will no doubt be appreciated as a guide
to such of our readers as may take interest in what
promises to become an industry of wide spreading
interest:
Introduction.
Within recent years a new industry, the rearing
of pheasants has begun to engage attention in the
United States, and propagating ventures, ranging
from the single pen with one or two pairs of birds
to the pheasantry of many acres and thousands of
birds, are scattered throughout the country. Some
of these experiments have been conducted by the
States through their game officials; others by asso-
ciations and individuals. In a few cases large ex-
pense has been incurred and great care and atten-
tion have been bestowed on the experiments. Efforts
have been made also to stock numerous public
and private parks, preserves and aviaries. To sup-
ply the demand, not only have pheasants been im-
ported from the Old World, but many persons in
this country have undertaken to rear them. In
view of the widespread and rapidly increasing in-
terest in the subject, the Department of Agriculture
has made a special investigation of the methods of
pheasant raising. The results are here condensed
in the form of practical suggestions for the benefit
of those interested in the industry.
Species of Pheasants.
A few words as to different kinds of pheasants are
essential to a proper understanding of the subject of
pheasant propagation.
The ringneck pheasant (Phasianus torquatus),
usually imported from China, its natural home, has a
broad white ring about the neck. It is variously
called ringneck pheasant, Chinese pheasant, China
pheasant, China torquatus pheasant, Chinese ring-
neck, Mongolian pheasant, Denny pheasant and
Oregon pheasant. [Present knowledge indicates that
the ringneck really comprises several species and
subspecies that have been included under a single
name, but in the absence of a final decision of the
matter the name will be here used as referring to
a single species.]
The English pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) has
no ring about the neck. It is imported from Europe,
but in comparatively small numbers, and is known
as the English pheasant, dark-necked pheasant, and
Hungarian pheasant.
The English ringneck pheasant (Phasianus col-
chicus x torquatus), a hybrid between the English
and ringneck pheasants, has been brought from
Europe in large numbers. It is generally correctly
named, but is sometimes designated as English
pheasant, ringneck pheasant, and even Mongolian
pheasant. It often has more or less of the blood
of the versicolor pheasant of Japan (Phasianus
versicolor). In England both the English pheasant
and the English ringneck are referred to as the
common pheasant.
The Mongolian pheasant (Phasianus mongolicus),
which has a more or less complete white ring about
the neck, but in other respects resembles the Eng-
lish pheasant more than it does the ringneck, is the
rarest of the four kinds in American preserves and
aviaries. It is a native of the region about Lake
Balkash, Central Asia.
The Bohemian pheasant and the white pheasant
are merely color puases chiefly of the English pheas-
ant and the English ringneck. The Reeves pheasant,
a large and striking bird with a tail sometimes 5
or 6 feet long is usually met with in aviaries, though
it has been placed in game coverts in Europe and,
to a very limited extent, in the United States, and
may still be found on certain Scotch estates, where
it ranks very high as a game bird. It normally in-
habits east central Asia.
Two of the best known and most commonly im-
ported pheasants are the golden and Lady Amherst,
both of the genus Chyrsolophus, originally from the
mountains of eastern Tibet and western and southern
China. Both are favorite aviary birds, and the golden
pheasant has been liberated in various game covers
in America and Europe, but with indifferent success.
The silver pheasant (Gennaeus nycthemerus) is
often seen in parks and aviaries, but the numerous
other members of the genus, usually called kaleeges
'or kalijes), are not often imported into this coun-
try. The home of the genus is the Indo-Chinese
countries and the lower ranges of the Himalayas.
The eared pheasants (Crossoptilon), large, dull-
colored birds of the higher ranges of central and
eastern Asia, are known in American aviaries mainly
thrc ugh the Manchurian pheasant the most northerly
member of the genus. These pheasants lack the
timidity so characteristic of most of the pheasant
fs- lily and would probably lend themselves readily
uated between the Hackensack meadows and the
Passaic river, opposite Belleville. A park was fenced
and stocked with deer and English pheasants, but
despite feeding and careful protection these birds
likewise disappeared during the winter. [Forest and
Stream, XXV, 103, Sept. 3, 1885.]
Nearly eighty years ago, a writer in the Turf
Register stated that Robert Oliver, near Baltimore,
Md., had for many years imported foreign game,
including not less than 100 English pheasants. These
increased rapidly and were in time turned out, some
at Hampton, some at Brookland Wood, and a large
number at Harewood. Those liberated at Hampton
and Brookland Wood bred, and were occasional'y
seen afterwards, but those turned out at Harewood
soon disappeared, the last being seen in 1827. In
1S29-30, Mr. Oliver liberated at his estate at Oak-
lands, in Anne Arundel County, more than 20 pheas-
ants of his own raising. On Mr. Oliver's death, his
son Thomas continued the experiment, but they
proved unsuccessful. [Turf Register, II, 227, Jan.,
1831; III, 79, Oct., 1831.]
These initial importations were followed by simi-
lar attempts to stock private preserves, but met with
like failure. About thirty years ago, however, a
successful effort was made to introduce the ringneck
pheasant into Oregon, and since then acclimatization
experiments have followed broader lines and have
assumed greater importance. It will be convenient
to consider these later ventures by states.
Oregon. — In i.880 Hon. O. N. Denny, then United
States consul-general at Shanghai, shipped a lot of
ringnecks to Oregon. All died on the way but 12
cocks and 3 hens, which were liberated 12 miles from
Portland near the mouth of the Willamette river.
[Annual Report Department Agriculture for 1SSS,
p. 485, 18S9.] The next year Judge Denny shipped
another lot of ringnecks to Oregon, of which 28
(10 cocks and 18 hens) arrived safely at Portland
and were liberated on the ranch of his brother, Mr.
John Denny, in the Willamette valley in Linn County.
[Report of Fish and Game Protector for Oregon for
1895-96, p. 85, and letter from Hon. O. N. Denny,
quoted in report of Massachusetts Fish and Game
Commission for 1894, p. 17, 1895.] These birds in-
creased rapidly and spiead until they became thor-
oughly established in the State. A shooting season
of two and one-half months was opened in 1892, and
50,000 were reported to have been killed on the first
day. In 1896, 10,000 were marketed in one month,
nearly double the number of native grouse sold.
[Report of Fish and Game Protector for Oregon for
1895-96, p. 89, 1896.]
The successful stocking of Oregon with ringneck
pheasants at once aroused general interest in the
United States, and requests for birds began to pour
in. To meet the demands, numerous pheasantries
were established in Oregon, and were soon doing a
thriving business. The following list of shipments
of pheasants from Oregon in 1899 indicates the wide-
spread interest in the industry: Washington, 107;
California 187; Arizona, 2; New Mexico, 10; Idaho,
2; Montana, 9; Colorado, 73; Oklahoma, 2; Indian
Territory, 6; Kansas, 3; Arkansas, 4; Missouri, 4;
Iowa, 9; Illinois, 31; Indiana, 17; Ohio, 7; Tennessee,
12; Georgia, 12; Virginia, 6; Pennsylvania, 2; New
Jersey, 2; and Massachusetts, 2; total 509. [Report
of Game' and Forestry Warden of Oregon for 1899-
1900, pp. 7-8, 1901.] Orders for pheasants for even
Alaska and Mexico have been filled from these
Oregon pheasantries. Most of the efforts to trans-
plant the bird have failed, owing chiefly to unsuit-
ability of locality or improper methods of handling,
but in the region of original introduction the ring-
neck is now a permanent addition to the game list.
It is fairly well established in Oregon, Washington,
and British Columbia.
Massachusetts. — In Massachusetts state pheasan-
tries were established at Winchester and Sutton in
1894. The first year's experiment with a setting of
English ringneck pheasant eggs was unproductive,
and in 1895 a few ringnecks were obtained from
Oregon. The account of succeeding years, as told in
the annual reports of the Commission of Inland
Fisheries and Game, is a record of patient endeavor
to surmount obstacles — cold and wet seasons that
diminished the vitality of eggs and chicks, various
diseases, mistakes in feeding, destruction by rats,
deterioration of stock through inbreeding. These and
minor difficulties marked one of the most thorough,
capable, and untiring attempts to raise and liberate
pheasants under state auspices made in this country.
In 1906 an epidemic of cholera occurred at Sutton
and only 75 birds were raised from 1,200 eggs. De-
spite these numerous and dispiriting setbacks, sev-
eral thousand pheasants have been liberated, and
through these efforts and those of private individuals
the State now contains a moderate stock in its
covers. In November, 1906, more than 3,000 pheas-
ants were killed in Massachusetts in the open season
of one month. The game commission is now devot-
ing its propagation experiments mainly to the res-
toration of native game, as more likely to yield satis-
factory results than pheasant introduction.
Ohio. — Ohio records a similar- experience. The
game commission began in 1892 with English ring-
neck pheasants and their eggs. In 1895 it undertook
the propagation of ringnecks, of which it raised sev-
eral hundred in a hatchery established at Celina.
Twelve ringnecks were placed on Rattlesnake Island,
near Put-in-Bay, to breed in the wild state. L'ater a
pheasantry was established in London, where opera-
tions were for a while very successful. In 1900,
from 161 hens 7.0 io eggs were obtained, of which
4,500 were set and 2,575 distributed in the State.
From the 4,500 eggs 3.1S1 chicks were hatched. Of
those reaching maturity 2,239 were distributed, some
Saturday, May 7, 1910.]
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being placed in every county in the State, and 41S
were carried over to the next breeding season. Dur-
ing this year a three-week season was opened, but
so great was public interest in the experiment that
few took advantage of the opportunity to shoot the
birds. On March 17, 1901, 38 cocks and 228 hens
were placed in the breeding pens. The number of
eggs collected was 9,041, of which 5,000 were set
and 4,000 distributed (in 66 counties). At the pheas-
antry 3,420 chicks were hatched, of which 2,852 were
reared. The distribution of adult birds was 1,688
(in 88 counties). In July, cholera made its appear-
ance at the pheasantry, and before it was under con-
trol killed 1,124 birds. The following year the experi-
ment was abandoned, as the impression prevailed
that for climatic and other reasons pheasant raising
could never produce satisfactory results in Ohio, and
the legislature failed to provide the necessary funds.
The game commission had reported that pheasant
rearing involved large expense and that despite the
utmost care, disease was likely to sweep away a large
part of the hatch. They stated in their opinion bet-
ter results could be attained by rearing quail. Pheas-
ants in considerable numbers are still to be found in
the game covers of Ohio, but they are likely to die
out unless replenished with fresh stock.
New York. — In 1897 New York raised 40 ringnecks
from a stock of 12 birds at its hatchery at Pleasant
Valley. In 1898 its stock had increases to 180, and
in 1899 more than 400 were raised; in 1900, 230 were
hatched; in 1902 the stock was 520, of which 199
were liberated; and in 1903 it was 534, of which 225
were liberated. In 1904 cold and rainy weather re-
duced the stock to 448 and the experiment, although
popular and successful, was abandoned as unprofit-
able, owing to the readiness with which pheasants
could be procured from commercial hatcheries.
Meantime the efforts of the game commission were
being supplemented by propagation and liberation
of pheasants by individual pheasant raisers. Hon.
W. A. Wadsworth, of Geneseo, in particular, liberated
a large number of pheasants in the Genesee Valley.
In 1904 he turned out 350, one and a half times as
many as were distributed by the game commission
in that year. The total distribution of pheasants by
the game commission, covering the period from 1898
to 1904, and embracing 47 counties, was 1,191, of
which the average cost was $12.50 per pair. Eggs
were distributed to the number of 484; but this
methoa of stocking the State was not deemed de-
sirable and after one distribution was practically
discontinued. At present many pheasants are being
raised on private preserves in the State, particularly
in the Adirondacks, on Long Island, and in the
Genesee Valley, and the legislature of New York
has recently passed a measure providing for the
establishment of a state game preserve, where
pheasant propagation will be resumed.
Indiana. — Indiana liberated about 700 English ring-
necks in the period from 1897 to 1902. A pheasantry
was established at Madison in 1903 and, as usual,
promised to be very successful, but it failed and was
abandoned in 1906. At present the state game com-
missioner is trying the experiment of establishing
numerous preserves of 4,000 to 10,000 acres each
throughout the State by contracts with farmers.
Imported pheasants and partridges purchased for the
purpose are liberated on these preserves, and the
farmers agree to allow no hunting thereon for four
years after stocking. These birds are fed and cared
for, but are allowed to propagate naturally. More
than a hundred ~uch preserves have been established
within the last three years, with 40 to 100 game
birds on each, mainly, however, Hungarian partridges,
which the commissioner believes to be better adapted
to the purpose than pheasants. The object of this
course is to provide numerous refuges where the
birds may increase and from which they may spread
so as to stock the State. The movement is popular
with both farmers and sportsmen and has thus far
proved successful. The number of pheasants in the
State at present is estimated by the commissioner at
6,000 to 8,000.
Illinois. — In 1891 a pair of ringnecks (the first, it
is claimed, to cross the Rocky Mountains) was
brought from Oregon by a citizen of Illinois and lib-
erated at his home. This initial importation was
followed by others, the total number shipped in the
eleven years from 1896 to 1906, inclusive, being 135.
Pheasants of various other species also were intro-
duced, but all these attempts to stock the State were
futile. The establishment of the resident-hunting-
license system later produced a very large revenue,
and it was decided to undertake pheasant propaga-
tion and introduction on a broader scale than had
yet been tried anywhere in the United States. In the
spring of 1895 a state game farm was established
on a tract of 400 acres, and here the work of pheas-
ant raising was begun under the personal super-
vision of the state game commissioner. The main
stock is English ringneck pheasants, though other
species — ringneck, versicolor, English, and Mongol-
ian— have been used in breeding experiments. The
game farm has not been an unqualified success. An
outbreak of roup in 1907 carried off thousands of the
young of that year, and other oostacles have been
encountered. In 1908, 20,000 eggs were distributed
among the farmers of Illinois, while 15,000 chicks
were hatched on the game farm. The extensive scale
of this experiment gives it special interest, but it
is. too early yet to pronounce on results.
California. — In California the ringneck was intro-
duced by private enterprise in 1894. ,i 1897 the
board of fish commissioners began purchasing
pheasants from Oregon, and from 1897 to 1900 bought
and liberated 416 ringnecks and 153 English ring-
necks. The commissioners subsequently abandoned
the attempt to stock the State by this method, and
have recently established a state garm farm at
Haywards. They are, however, devoting their ef-
forts mainly to Hungarian partridges. They report
that pheasants are being propagated in a small way
by people in all parts of the State, and that there
are probably a few breeding wild in the State, par-
ticularly in Santa Clara Santa Cruz, Fresno, Hum-
boldt, and Kern counties.
New Jersey.- New Jersey was one of the first
States in which interest in the importation and pro-
pagation of pheasants was aroused, and several pri-
vate preserves in the northern part of the State
attest the continuance of this interest to the present
time. About ten or fifteen years ago the state game
commission bought and liberated a considerable
number of ringnecks, which did well at first but
soon began to decrease and in three or four years
had disappeared. In 1904 the commission established
a small preserve at Oradell and for a year or two
undertook the propagation of pheasants on a small
scale. The commission had in mind about this time
the plan later adopted by Indiana of forming pre-
serves by agreement with owners of continguous
farms, but does not seem ever to have put it into
practical operation. Nevertheless, within the past six
years more than 2,000 pheasants have been dis-
tributed throughout the State, mainly in trios of
one cock and two hens. Thus far the experiment
has proved successful.
Vermont. — In Vermont more than 1,200 English
ringneck pheasants were turned out in 1892 from
Shelbourne Farms, a private preserve, and later
the Vermont Fish and Game League liberated a
number of ringnecks. In 1902 the game commission
reported that the latter attempt had failed, but that
pheasants were yet to be found along the shores of
Lake Champlain; these were, however, being ex-
terminated by gunners.
Pennsylvania. — In Pennsylvania apparently no at-
tempt was made to stock the State with pheasants;
but as early as 1871 a pheasantry with 30 birds was
started at Blooming Grove Park, a large private pre-
serve in Pike County. Since then the propagation
of pheasants has been continued, the surplus each
year (3,000 in 1904) being liberated in the preserve
for shooting by the members of the association own-
ing it. Other preserves have since been established
in the State on which pheasantries are conducted
and small stocks of birds maintained.
Other States. — In Utah ringnecks liberated in Salt
Lake County from a private preserve about 1895 were
reported in 1906 as doing exceptionally well. In
New Hampshire the game commissioner liberated a
few English ringnecks and ringnecks in 1896 hut
apparently without lasting resuit. The Minnesota
game commission started a pheasant propagation
plant in 1905, and liberated a few birds, but on ac-
count of great mortality among the chicks little
has been accomplished. The commission is still
experimenting, but reports that it can buy pheas-
ants more cheaply than it can raise them. Dela-
ware, in 1903 and 1904 liberated 88 pairs of pheas-
ants, which have practically disappeared. Kansas
has liberated, since 1906, more than 3,000 ringnecks
and English ringnecks, which are at present reported
to be multiplying. In the past few years a propagat-
ing company has turned out a large number of
pheasants in Colorado, with results yet to be de-
termined.
Private Preserves. — In addition to these more note-
worthy attempts to introduce pheasants into differ-
ent States, many private preserves have been stocked
with pheasants in the last thirty years, while to
supply the demand for birds, numbers of individuals
in this country have undertaken to propagate pheas-
ants in confinement.
It is difficult to transplant pheasants to a new
region without considerable care in feeding them
and protecting them from enemies. Occasionally,
as in the case of the ringneck pheasant in western
Oregon an exotic species finds the new conditions
suited to its requirement and thrives, hut such in-
stances are comparatively rare. In rearing birds in
confinement, however, success is less dependent on
the character of the region than on individual ex-
perience and capacity. Most of the commercial
pheasantries established in the United States and
Canada have been comparatively short-lived, but
some have succeeded and have proved an important
source of revenue to their proprietors. The private
preserves have been, as a rule fairly successful.
On some, English gamekepers and English methods
are employed; others are American in character,
though borrowing largely from the long experience
of England and other countries of Europe.
[Continued next week.]
AT THE TRAPS.
Forest Ranger A. B. De Lariva, of San Bernardino,
has two mountain lion kittens and a poor opinion
of their mother, as the result of experience while
trail building en the Sespe last week.
De Lariva was cutting away brusn when he heard
a scratching and grunting on the other side. He
picked up a small .22 caliber rifle and crawled
through the thicket, expecting to find a wildcat.
Instead he saw a large she lion and two very young
kittens. He fired at the mother, feeling a little reck-
less as he did so and expecting an attack. She
merely spit at him and he let go again. This time
the big animal jumped to her feet and ran away,
leaving her offspring. De Lariva took them to his
cabin and will try to raise them.
California Wing Club members and sportsmen
guests found weather conditions favorable at the
Stege grounds on the 1st inst., when the regular
monthly club shoot took place. The quality of the
birds supplied was a bit "patchy." The usual six-
bird pools were not shot, the supply of pigeons being
just enough for two regular 12-bird shoots, in which
24 shooters took part.
Among the club guests were Captain Arthur W. Du
Bray, P. C. Thede of Madera, John K. Orr, Harold
Havens and R. M. Woolner of Oakland and Henry
Stellings, formerly of Yolo county. Messrs. Du Bray,
Havens and Woolner were elected members of the
club at a "field meeting" held during the afternoon.
In the forenoon race the "straights" divided the
added money purse. They were: Frank Turner 25
yards, Dick Reed, A. J. Webb, and Ed Schultz, each
at 28 yards rise, R. C. Haas 24 yards. Captain Du
Bray, H. Stellings and Harold Havens also scored
clean from the 30-yard peg. Captain Du Bray shot
up two back scores, killing 11 birds in each race.
Havens scored two straights during the day.
In the afternoon match the straights again con-
nected with the whole purse. They were: C. A.
Haight 29 yards, P. J. Walsh 30 yards, W. E. Mur-
dock 28 yards and H. Havens 30 yards. Haight lost
his second bird in the forenoon race, an awkward
straightaway flyer. Walsh used but one barrel on 11
of his birds, reserving the double for a safe on his
last. Murdock's first bird missed in the forenoon
spoiled his chance for a clean score for the day.
Golcher's second, dead out, was aggravating. He
drew the three hard birds during the day. Three
shooters withdrew after losing birds. The birds were
a faster lot generally in the afternoon. The wind
did not make the shooting easier either.
Fred Willet is now high gun in the medal race.
He has scored 34 out of 36 birds trapped. Last Sun-
day he scored straight in shooting up a back score.
Medal race, 12 pigeons, ?50 added, 4 moneys, high
guns, distance handicap —
A. J. Webb 28 2 2 12 2 2 2 2 12 2 2—12
F. Turner 25 22222211112 1—12
Dick Reed 28 21122222222 2—12
R. C. Haas 24 21112211122 1—12
Capt. Du Brayt 30 22222222222 2—12
H. Stellingt 30 22112111111 1—12
H. Havenst 30 11122122121 2—12
E. L. Schultz 28 22221222212 2—12
T. Prior 29 22222202222 2—11
C. A. Haight 28 20222121222 2—11
C. J. Ashlin 27 22202221111 1—11
W. E. Murdock 26 01112112121 1—11
F. Willet 31 22222211101 1—11
P. J. Walsh 28 112*1111012 2—10
W. J. Golcher 30 11120220122 1—10
C. C. Nauman 30- 012112*2221 1—10
E. C. Prather 24 11121012220 1—10
W. W. Terrill 28 22012021*211—9
N. L. Nielsen 26 22012202022 1—9
F. Munday 28 22020102210 1—8
P. C. Thedet 30 12022022022 0—8
L. Rink 24 112000002*0 0—4
J. K. Orrt 30 0222 121w — . .
*Dead out. tGuest.
Purse Race, 12 pigeons, $50 added, 4 moneys, high
guns, distance handicap —
Haight 29 12122221112 2—12
Walsh 30 11111111111 2—12
Murdock 28 12122211221 2—12
Havenst 30 12212112212 2—12
Golcher 29 2*111212122 1—11
Willet 30 21120222122 2—11
Terrill 27 22122120112 1—11
Ashlin 28 21111101121 1—11
Prather 24 02222211211 2—11
DuBrayt 30 22221222021 2—11
Munday 28 21210111221 0—10
Reed 31 21202222022 2—10
T. Prior 30 12120220222 2—10
Turner 27 12020211111 1—10
Rink 25 21112021112 0—10
R. M. Woolnert 30 22200222121 1—10
Haas 26 01122220122 0—9
Thedet 30 20222001022 0—7
Nauman 32 20000202002 2—5
Webb 30 211*w — . .
Nielsen 28 llOw — . .
Stellingt 30 1121010110W *— . .
Schultz 29 2 0 Ow — . .
*Dead out. tGuest.
Thirty guns took part in the Bay View Gun Club
monthly shoot in Alameda last Sunday. A heavy
wind blowing across the traps from the northwest
sent the "rocks" tumbling in many eccentric curves.
A number of visiting shooters took part in the sport.
Nearly 4,000 blue rocks were used during the day.
Swales was high gun in the first club race. Hawx-
hurst was one bird behind him. In the "double"
shoot Ricklefson was high gun. Captain Billy Price's
team of 13 men scored 137 out of 195 against a total
of 120 broken by Captain Swales' team. The wind
interferred materially with the shooters during the
match. The best run in the miss and out, 11 breaks,
was .shot by Ricklefson. A new evenc at 50 targets,
for a trophy donated by the Selby S. & L. Co.. has
been added to the club program. Swales shot top
score in the initial race last Sunday. Hoelle, with 42
breaks, tied him, but is barred from the competition.
The scores follow:
Event 1, club race, 25 targets —
H. Swales 11111 10111 01111 11111 11111—23
L. Hawxhurst 11111 11110 11111 11111 10101—22
W. H. Price 11111 11110 11111 11101 10101—21
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[Saturday, May 7, 1910.
H. Swales* 11111 01001 11111 11101 11111—21
H. Ricklefson 11111 11010 10111 10011 11111—20-
S. W. Parker 11110 11111 01011 11100 11111—20
G. Morss* 11110 01101 11111 11111 01011—20
E. Hoelle 11101 10111 01111 01111 01111—20
G. Tait 11101 11101 11111 10110 11010—19
E. Holling 11110 01111 11101 00111 10111—19
E. Hoelle* 1111101111100111101111010—19
G. Morss 10111 01111 11111 OiAll 11010—19
F. Anderson 11111 01111 11001 10111 01011—19
J. Connelly 01111 OHIO 11001 10111 01111—18
F.Adams 11100 10111 10111 10010 11111—18
E. Hoelle* 11010 11101 11111 11101 01001—18
J. Vosburgh 11101 10100 01101 11111 11011—18
H. Wobber 11101 11010 10111 00111 1011O— 17
W. Price* 00011 01111 11110 10111 11010—17
F. Parker 00011 11101 10110 11110 11101—17
J. H. Jones 00110 10111 11101 01100 11101—16
I. Foster 10100 11010 01111 11010 00110—14
L. Vosburgh 10100 11000 10011 11111 01100—14
P. Fox 01101 01101 10100 10111 01001—14
H. Wobber* 01010 10000 01111 11110 01011—14
A. Spietzen 10000 11100 11100 00111 10011—13
\V. Hodges 00000 10100 10011 01111 10011—12
J. H. Jones* 00101 01000 10001 01111 01011—12
J.Hardin 10010 10111 11001 00001 11000—12
J H.Jones* 00110 00001 10011 10110 01101—12
H. Gillam 00011 11011 10100 00110 00010—11
E. Painter* 01001 00111 10011 00001 01000—10
G. Killam* 00100 11001 11010 10000 00011—10
K. Killam* 00100 11001 11010 10000 00011—10
H. Jacobsen 00110 10101 00000 11000 00111—10
J. Vosburgh 10010 U0011 10010 00010 01001— 9
E. Painter 10001 00111 10000 01001 00100— 9
M. "Uhlrieks 10010 01010 10000 1000100001—8
H. Gillam* 00000 00100 10000 00110 01010— 6
R. E. Moon 00000 00001 01000 11100 00000— 5
T. Welch 00000 00000 00000 00100 00000— 1
*Back scores.
Event 2, six double rises —
E. Hoelle* 11 11 11 11 11 11—12
Ricklefson 11 10 10 11 11 10— 9
Hoelle ■ 11 00 11 10 11 10— 8
Morss* 10 10 10 10 11 11— 8
Swales 11 10 11 10 10 01— 8
Ulrichs 00 10 11 11 10 11— S
Morss 11 10 00 10 10 11— 7
Price 11 10 10 10 10 10— 7
Price* 01 10 10 01 11 10— 7
Fox 11 10 11 00 10 01— 7
Spietzen 11 10 00 10 10 11— 7
Hoelle* 01 00 10 11 10 10— 6
Adams 00 10 11 11 10 00— 6
Foster 10 10 10 11 10 00— 6
S. W. Parker 10 11 00 01 00 01— 5
Jacobsen 10 00 10 10 10 10— 5
Killam 10 00 10 10 10 10— 5
Hawxhurst 10 10 01 10 10 00— 5
F. Parker 10 01 00 10 01 10— 5
Connelly 10 10 01 00 00 10— 4
Tait 00 10 01 10 00 10— 4
Wobber 00 00 01 10 10 00— 3
Hardin 00 01 11 00 00 00—3
Jones 00 00 01 10 00 10— 3
Event 2, team shoot, 15 targets per man —
Price (captain) 11110 11100 11111—12
Ricklefson 11111 11110 01111—13
Hoelle 11111 11101 11111—14
F. Parker 10001 11000 11111— 9
Connelly 11101 01101 11110—11
Adams 011 JO 11010 10111— 9
Anderson 10111 01100 01111—10
I. Foster 11110 10111 10011—11
J. Vosburgh 01111 11111 00010—10
Hodges 10010 00011 01011— 7
Hardin 10100 01011 01101— 8
Gillam 11101 01011 11111—12
Holling 00111 11111 10110—11
Swales (captain) 011111111111111—14
S. Parker 10111 11110 00110—10
Morss 11110 OHIO 01011—10
Jacobsen 00111 OHIO 00010— 7
Wobber 10001 01101 01010—7
L. Vosburgh 01001 11101 11110—10
Uhlrichs OHIO 11110 01111—11
Jones 01001 ullll 10111—10
Speetzen 11110 11010 01110—10
Killam 11110 00010 00101—7
Painter 10111 10110 00101— 9
Moon 01100 01010 00000— 4
Hawxhurst 11111 01001 11101—11
Event 4, miss and out — Ricklefson, 11, 7; Swales,
10, 10, 6, 2; Jones, 7, 1; I. Foster, 8; Connelly, 4, 0, 4,
0, 2; Jacobsen, 1, 0, 2.. L. Vosburgh, 3; Tait, 3;
Wobber, 0; Price, 0, 1; Hawxhurst, 2, 1; Clark, 2;
Hoelle, 1; Ulrichs, 2; Hardin, 1; Speetzen, 1, 2.
Event 5, Selby trophy race, 50 targets — Hoelle, 42;
Swales, 42; Ricklefson, 40; Morss, 36; Price, 35;
S. W. Parker, 35; Jones, 34; Speetzen, 34; F. Parker,
33; Adams, 32; Wobber, 32; L. Vosburgh, 32; I.
Foster, 30; Connelly, 28; Hodges, 26; Gillam, 26;
Ulrichs, 25; Jacobsen, 18.
"Some skillful shooting was done yesterday morn-
ing (April 23d), when the Walla Walla Rod and Gun
Club had a practice shoot, in preparation for the big
annual meet, which takes place on May 16th, 17th,
18th and 19th. From present indications, it looks as
if the Walla Walla club would not be among the tail-
enders, if shooting 230 clay pigeons out of a 250 is
any indication," writes a Washington sportsman.
"While the day was hot for some, it was perfect
for the sportsmen who were shooting, as little wind
blew to swerve the pigeons, and bunglesome cloth-
ing was discarded, making the movements of the
men nore easy.
"Visiting prefessionals remained in town on Mon-
day and again went to the traps. Shooting was cut
somewhat short because of the scarcity of targets.
This day we had Mr. Frank Howe, formerly of Port-
land, but now with headquarters in Walla Walla.
Mr. Howe has been shooting a wonderful clip all
spring and the local club is glad to welcome him."
Walla Walla Rod and Gun Club practice shoot on
their grounds April 24th the following scores were
made:
Events |1|2|3|4|5|6|7-
Targets |25|25|25]25|20|20|10|25
*Holohan
Edgbert 25J24
Woodward 2121
*Lee 22|23
*Hillis 23J25
Meyer 16|19
Smails 19J21
Dryden 25 23
Barclay 23 25
O'Brien 24 24
Mrs. Woodward. 15 20
Dr. York 19 20
Reed 18|14
Hogue 20|18
Hauber 12|. .
'Forbes 23124
Fulton |22|17
Anderson 120114
22|25|21|24|15
22|21
21121
Willis . . .
Glasscock
Guy York
Harris . . .
White . . .
L. Smails
Dooly
Walker . .
4 ..
17|17
21|23
22 21
16|16
16
211
19114
201..
181..
23|19
10
11
9|23
6|24
22
9J24
9|21
25
24|23
22|20
10|11
25|25
21|23
21|22
250
250
250
23|20 250
15|22~
250
24
25
23
■a
25
250 227
'!■■,
250 233
100 71
162
230
218
225
219
206
213
73
79
32
75
12
225
163
93
4
34
31
14
16
22
11
19
Event 5, at 10 known traps, unknown angles and
10 known traps, unknown angles reversed pull, use
of both barrels: Event 6, at 10 known traps, known
angles and 10 known traps known angles, reversed
pull. Event 7, 5 pairs doubles. These three events
make up what is known as the Globe trophy.
Holohan, Hillis, Dryden, Barclay, Forbes, 20 yards;
Edgbert, Smails, O'Brien, Fulton, 18 yards; all other
shooters 16 yards. 'Professionals.
The Walla Walla Rod and Gun Club practice
scores, April 25,(Event 5, 20 yards distance), follow:
Events
Targets
*Holohan
♦Forbes . .
*Lee .
•Howe . . .
York . ...
Smails . . .
Dryden . .
Barclay . .
O'Brien . .
Dooly . . .
314
25125
22J24
23123
23J21
2425
23|23
125
125
125
125
100
50
125
125
125
125
50
113
111
104
95
35
113
118
106
116
21
The New Oakland Gun Club merchandise shoot
tomorrow offers the inducements for a large gather-
ing of shooters.
Merchandise prizes are put up in 10 events. No
entrance, targets 2% cents. The program calls for
200 targets. A silver cup is offered in Event 5, 25
rocks, for the championship of the bay counties.
The twenty-sixth annual blue rock tournament of
the Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest is
billed for Walla Walla, Wash., May 17th, 18th, 19th.
the program scheduled for each day is:
First day, 11 events— 10, 15, 15, 15, 10, 15, 15, 20, 20,
40, 25. Event 9, W. W. Brownlee trophy. Event 10,
Dayton medal. Event 10, Individual championship.
Second day, 11 events— 10, 15, 15, 20, 10, 15, 20, 25,
25, 25. Event 20, Multnomah medal. Event 21, Du
Pont Anaconda cup. Event 22, Spokane Brownlee
medal.
Third day, 11 events— 15, 15, 20, 15, 20, 15, 20, 15,
15, 50, 20. Event 32, Globe trophy. Event 33, Team
trophy. Total entrance $70.50, total added money
$1,000, value of trophies $2,000.
Baker City, Ore., sportsmen have organized a rod
and gun club.
The following scores were made April 24th at
Stockton by the Novice Gun Club in the 25-target
shoot: Hawxhurst, 23; Lonjers, 22; Hansford, 21;
Whipple, 20; Fitzgerald, 19; Hampton, 18; Phillip-
son, 48, and Faber 14.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
Reports from the Truekee are not very favorable
to good fly-fishing this early. Below Boca but few
fish have been taken with the fly. The San Fran-
cisco Fly-Casting Club members have enjoyed excel-
lent sport further up the river.
Reports from the Klamath river fishing resorts
state that the river is in splendid condition, running
low and clear. There is now very little snow on the
Siskiyou range, indications pointing to a fine fishing
season, similar to three years ago. Among the
pioneer anglers at Klamath Falls early in May will
be Al M. Cumming, Billy Hillegass, Hugh Copeland,
F. H. Carroll and A. W. Thornton.
The trout of Clear lake have been a puzzle to
anglers for years past. Large trout of the rainbow
variety, steelhead originally in all probability, and
brown trout, which latter variety were planted in
that water, have been exceedingly hard to catch.
The rainbows remain in the deepest parts of the lake
and the brown trout have not made any progress at
all in the lake.
Glenn E. Barnes of Upper Lake solved the rainbow
problem recently while fishing up a small tributary
at. the upper end of the lake. He caugat eight trout,
four of them over twenty-iour incnes long. Coming
to a fall with a deep hole at the bottom he was
astonished to find several hundred big trout swim-
ming about. One cast of the spoon and a fight was
on. The commotion created by the hooked trout was
contagious and the pool was churned into foam by
the whole community of fish following the struggling
trout. It seemed to the angler as if ne had hung on
to the entire lot of fish. After landing this big
fellow he had as much weight with nine trout as
he wished to pack down the gulch. These big trout
run up the small streams to spawn and that time is
about the only period when they can be seen.
Deputy Fish and Game Warden M. A. Carpenter
was in Marysville recently, looking after reported
dynamite criminals who have been making a practice
during the past few weeks of fishing with dynamite
and other high explosives on rivers and creeks in
this section.
The warden states that he has received reports
that these law violators have been operating on Rush
creek south of that city, and that the waters of that
creek, as a consequence, are covered with dead perch,
catfish and bass.
A careful search was made at tne point where the
dead fish appeared to be the most numerous, and a
quantity of dynamite wrapped in a sack, together
fith a fuse and caps necessary for the explosions,
were found.
Two fish-poles were also dug up from beneath a
log, where they had been carefully placed in an
attempt to hide them from view. It is believed by
the game warden and others that the guilty parties
will be traced within the next few days, and a stop
put to this unlawful method of fishing.
May 1st was the opening of the season for trout
fishing in the San Gabriel mountains, Southern Cali-
fornia, and every stream had its fishermen, big, little,
old and young. For over a week camping outfits
had been going into the mountain trails equipped
for two to three weeks' angling. Trout fishing is
said to be better this year than for several years on
account of the low water in the streams and the
abundance of fish. Although there has been more
rainfall in the mountains than a year ago, neverthe-
less the streams are much lower. This fact makes
fishing better and traveling up rugged gorges easier.
The Forest Reserve rangers had deputies guard-
ing all the streams for several days to prevent fish-
ing before the opening day. Sunday there was not
a saddle horse, mule, or burro to be found in Pasa-
dena or any of the foothill towns. Everything had
been rented and was out in the mountains.
The Nevada Fish and Game Protective Association,
which was formed a little more than a year ago by
a number of public spirited citizens, has started a
movement that directly concerns every citizen of the
State of Nevada. The movement is none other than
to encourage the propagation of fish and game, the
passage of reasonable State laws for the protection
of the same and the establishment of branches of the
association throughout the entire State.
Secretary James of the association is sending out
a circular which lully sets out the objects which the
organization desires to accomplish.
Although comparatively young, the association has
achieved wonders during its existence. In 1909 it
secured a fishway at the Derby dam, stopped the
pollution of the Truekee river by the mills at the
head of the stream, secured a government fish culture
station for the State, stocked many of the streams
of the State with fish and did many other deeds
which were highly commendable.
Peters Points.
The largest sing'e shipment of small arms ammu-
nition ever made in the United States was twenty-
one carloads, a solid train of cartridges and shells,
shipped April 13th, to one customer, by the Peters
Cartridge Company from its factories at King's Mills,
Ohio — a record-breaking shipment. This enormous
ammunition shipment weighed about three-quarters
of a million pounds.
J. E. Gorman of San Francisco, Cal., on April 10th,
at the Shell Mound Park range, Oakland, Cal., made
the phenomenal pistol score of 486 out of a possible
500 points, at 50 yards distance. This score has on'y
been excelled by Mr. Gorman's performance last
August, when he scored 486 out of 500. These rec-
ords refute the claim that 467 out of 500 is the high-
est Coast pistol score. Mr. Gorman shot his remark-
able scores with the never-failing Peters .22 long rifle
semi-smokeless cartridges.
At Dalton, Ohio, April 22d, Mr. C. A. Young won
high general average 97 out of 100, using Peters
shells.
At Thompsonville, 111., April 20tlf and 21st, Mr. H.
D. Freeman, shooting Peters factory loaded Premier
shells, scored 390 out of 400, or 9/% per cent.
Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, shooting Peters Ideal
factory loads at Circleville, Ohio, April 20th and 21st,
won high professional and high general averages, 382
out of 400. Second amateur average at this tourna-
ment was won by Bert Cooper of Thornville, 377 out
of 400 also with Peters shells.
At Quarryville, Pa., April 22d, Mr. Sim Glover won
high professional and high general average, 166 out
of 170, with Mr. Neaf Apgar second, 162 out of 170;
both gentlemen shot Peters factory loaded shells.
Saturday, May 7, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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THE BREEDING PROBLEM.
[Communicated]
Did you ever stop to think that you can't make
something out of nothing? Neither can you make
nothing out of something. Our agricultural colleges
are teaching us by theory and demonstration that
we can not plant the poorer grade of any seed and
obtain a large yield, neither can we plant the best
grade of seed and obtain a small yield, if everything
else is favorable. And our large breeding farms
are teaching us by their experience that the same is
true when applied to raising horses.
You can not breed a scrub mare to a scrub stallion
and get a good colt, and neither can you breed a
good mare to a good stallion and get a scrub colt.
There may occasionally be an exception to this rule
but it is only an exception. If the former proposition
and I believe no good horseman will deny it, then
the latter is obvious. Then if you change the propo-
sition and breed a scrub mare to a good stallion,
or a good mare to a scrub stallion, you increase the
chance of getting a good colt by one-half, or you
are sure of getting a colt better than the scrub parent
but not so good as the good parent. There may be
some excuse for the former proceeding but there
is none for the latter. A man may own a scrub
mare and wish to improve his stock. By breeding
her to a scrub stallion he knows he will only get a
scrub. But by breeding her to a good stallion he
knows he will get a colt that will be an improve-
ment on its dam. But the man who has a good mare
and breeds her to a scrub stallion, is sure to get a
colt not so desirable as its dam. But if he breeds
her to a good stallion he is sure of a good colt, and
if the mating proves the best it should be an im-
provement on both its sire and dam.
That brings us to the second proposition. That
is of selecting individuals to mate. The object in
breeding is not only to secure a good one, that is as
good as its sire and dam, but by judiciously mating
a good mare with a good stallion secure a profusion
or commingling of blood that will be an improve-
ment on both sire and dam. In other words desire
to raise a better one. The best one is always still to
come. In selecting individuals aim to secure a stal-
lion that has the opposite defects or tendencies of
the mare. If you have a mare that is long-coupled
and has a tendency to weak back breed her to a
stallion with a short stout back. Or if your mare
has a very high action and seems to waste energy
in getting up too high, breed her to the stallion that
goes low and has a long stride or, vice versa. Too
many mares are bred to the stallion wltn a reputation
with no thought on the part of the owner as to the
conformation or tendencies of either. The mare
is bred with too much of the thought of taking the
gambler's chance.
Then the third thing to do is to learn from
history and unite the blood of the families that
have proven successful. For instance in the be-
ginning Mambrino Chief mares and Hambletonian
stallions mated well. Then later the blood of George
Wilkes and Electioneer commingled produced good
ones. And one of the large questions today is to
decide which branches of these families will mate
best. To realize the possibilities in this matter we
need only to stop to think that the combining of the
blood of three or four trotting families in Kentucky
has produced the Kentucky saddle horse who now
boasts of a family of its own.
Then when all these questions have been decided
to our own satisfaction, the mare secured, stallion
selected, mare bred and colt foaled, all has not been
accomplished. You owe it then to your colt to see
that is has an equal chance. Every colt foaled of
good breeding has great possibilities. But if it is
hadicapped by poor care, feed, water or handling,
you will never know what it might have been. "And
of all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are
these-.-'It might have been."' ^^
WORK THE STALLIONS.
labor. All winter long they labored in the plow.
When spring came, he had two stallions in perfect
bodily vigor and condition. He turned one of them
out with a band of mares in pasture. The other ue
kept up in the stable and made nim work every
day, breeding mares morning and evening. The
stallion that was kept up got the larger percentage
of foals, though both did vastly better than any
other stallion of the breed ever owned on the place
had done.
Nowadays, every breeding horse owned by this
Texas breeder has to earn his grub by the sweat
of his hide every working day in the year. My
friend tells me that his stallion does a great deal
more work in the plow, or at other heavy work, than
any of his grades, and that they far more than earn
their keep by the work they do. When he adds to
this the augmented percentage of foals begotten, he
thinks he made a whole lot of money when he threw
tradition and custom outdoors and made his stal-
lions labor.
Another friend of mine lives in Nebraska and pins
his faith to the Belgians. He bought two enormous
mature stallions of that breed and while they did
well for him, he found it very hard to keep them
from growing as fast as Poland-China swine. Read-
ing my advice to make the fellows work in the har-
ness, he set about breaking them, and in the course
of a short time put them to hauling corn to town
on a good road. By degrees ne increased the size of
the load, and by the end of the winter was drawing
to the elevator greater loads than any of the other
teams in his vicinity. I forgot how many bushels
he said he hauled at a load, but I remember that he
bought a new, low-wheeled wagon and loaded the
pair of stallions down to their capacity with the
result that they soon got into fine, shapely condition,
became much more active than they had ever been,
and when spring came got their mares in foal with
regularity and precision.
He did not let these stallions up in their work. He
made them work right along at whatever there was
to do on the farm, one of their especial tasks being
to haul manure on the spreader. He let them serve
sometimes as often as three times a day — morning,
noon and night — and made them do their fair share
of the farm work. It was not long before his neigh-
bors, hearing that these stallions were setting their
mares certainly, began to bring them along, with
the result that the horses never left the farm during
the entire season, worked every day and yet had all
they could do in the stud.
Most trotting-bred stallions are in fairly active
training while making their seasons in the stud. It
would not be fair to ask a stallion to breed mares
and undergo the work necessary to put on the fine
edge required for record-breaking miles, but anyone
can see from the very start made by a stallion, that
he had done a lot of strong work while covering his
mares. Dan Patch, 1:55%, has made several very
heavy seasons of late years, yet he has always been
ready in August to go against the record, and often
to beat it.
When Dan made his record he must have been
on razor edge. During the spring previous he had
done a big season. Does anyone think that he was
not doing a lot of jogging work while attending to
his mares? Racing horses are proverbially sure.
Their fees are high. If they would do better idle
than in hard work, they would be allowed to remain
idle. But their owners, most of them very astute
men, know that it pays best to work a sta'lion, and
so their stallions are worked.
When the stallion is made to labor every day in
the harness, his bodily functions must of necessity
attain the highest degree of efficiency. No one can
make out a good case in favor of letting a horse of
any kind stand idle when the object is to make him
as fit as he can be made. Then the feeding of an
idle horse is quite a problem. Feeding a horse that
works every day is the simplest thing on earth. All
he needs is good, sound food and plenty of it, with
no sudden or violent change in the manner of feed-
ing or the food that is fed.
It is astonislrng that the world over there should
be such a general disinclination to make stallions
work like other horses, says a writer in an exchange.
Just what is to be gained by keeping a breeding
horse cooped up in a stall or a small yard from one
end of the year to Ue other is something that I
have never been able to comprehend. A stallion is
no harder to work than a gelding or a mare. In
fact, as a general thing he makes the best of all
workers, for the reason that he is not timorous and
is not easily scared. For many years I have
preached the doctrine of working stallions. It would
be far better for sta'lion owners generally if I had
made many more converts than I have to date.
That there is so much benefit inherent in the
working of stallions regularly in the harness admits
of no doubt. I have plenty of proof by me, in the
shape of letters from men wno have put their stal-
lions into the leather and derived profit therefrom,
not only in the amount of work performed, but in
the increased number of foals begotten. One of my
friends in Texas fancies the Suffolk horse; he im-
ports a few from England now and again and finds
no difficulty in getting high prices for the foals be-
gotten by his horses; but, as every importer of
draughters has, he had trouble in getting a large
enough percentage of foals. Reading my advice
concerning the working of horses, he broke his two
stallions to harness and set them to plowing. Being
a horseman, he went slowly with the hig beasts at
the start and gradually toughened them into hard
GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID AND HER FOALS.
The famous mother of trotters produced, all told,
sixteen foals, fourteen were sired by Messenger Du-
roc 106, one by Hambletonian 10 and one by Middle-
town 152. Green Mountain Maid was foaled in 1862
and produced her first foal in 1867, which was
the bay mare Storm (2:26%), by Middletown. Storm
made her record when seventeen years old, after
having been used as a brood mare most of her life.
She only had six weeks preparation before she
trotted in 2:26%, and as a producer of fast per-
formers, she was a failure, as only one of her produce
secured a standard record. Gale, Storm's first foal
was driven a mile in 2:27% on a wager. Electioneer
125, the second of the famous old mare's foals could
trot a 2:20 gait, and is credited with 158 trotters and
two pacers in standard time, while 104 sons sired
1347 trotters and 361 pacers, and 110 daughters pro-
duced 146 trotters and 26 pacers in the list. The bal-
ance (14 in all) of Green Mountain Maid's foals were
by Messenger Duroc 106. Her foal of 1869 was the
black gelding Prospero, that trotted to a record of
2:20. In 1870 she produced Dame Trot (2:22). The
following year, the chestnut gelding Paul, history un-
known. In 1872 came the chestnut mare Miranda
(2:32), that never gained fame as a producer, and
in 1873 she again produced a black colt, that was
killed on account of a broken leg. Her foal of 1874
was Elaine (2:20), now famous as the dam of four
standard trotters, one son Iran Alto 2:121/4, sired
eleven standard trotters and two daughters produced
eight trotters and one pacer in the list. In 1875,
Green Mountain Maid failed to prove in foal, but in
1876 she produced the chestnut stallion Mansfield.
(2:26), that is now credited with nine trotters and
one pacer, four sons sired ten trotters and seven
pacers, and five daughters produced five trotters in
standard time. Her foal of 1877, the bay mare Elsie,
had a three-year-old trial with capped hock in 2:51
and is the dam of one and one daughter is credited
with three standard trotters. The foal of 1878 was
the bay mare, Elite, and she trotted a half-mile trial
in 1:08. Elite is the dam of three standard trotters,
one son sired six trotters and one pacer and two
daughters produced four trotters in the list. Antonio
(2:28%), the foal of 1880, was a bay horse that is
credited in the Year Book with twenty trotters and
two pacers, one son sired two trotters and two pacers
and five daughters produced four trotters and one
pacer in standard time. A bay filly (dead), was her
foal of 1881, and she missed in 1882. Her next foal
Elista (2:20%), came in 1883. She is the dam of one
standard trotter, one son sired seven trotters and two
pacers and two daughters produced two trotters in
2:30. The black mare Elina was the old matron's
foal in 1885. She had a record of 2:28 trotting but
never gained fame as a producer. Green Mountain
Maid's last foal was the bay stallion, Lancelot (2:23)
sire of thirteen trotters and seven pacers, three sons
sired two trotters and seven pacers and six daughters
produced six trotters and two pacers in standard
time. Green Mountain Maid died in 1888. — E. L.
Churchill in American Horse Breeder.
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HORSE PRICES HIGHER.
Horse prices are higher now than ever before,
according to Fiss, Doer & Carroll, who sell most of
the work horses used in and around New York. "The
street car lines used to get all the horses they wanted
at about $115," said J. D. Carroll the other day.
"Today they are paying about $200, and if they were
buying as many as they used to the heavy demand
would probably put prices up to $250 or more.
"All classes of horses have gone up in about the
same way," continued Mr. Carroll. "I can remember
when one of the big department stores used to have
a contract with us to supply delivery chunks at $100.
That same store is now paying $250 for its wagon
horses and is getting no better ones than in the
old days.
"It's the same story in the draught-horse trade.
We sold hundreds of fine big Percherons to the
breweries of New York at from $275 to $325 the first
year we were in business. George Ehret was the
only brewer in the city, if I am not mistaken, who
paid us a higher price. He gave $350 for the toppers
fifteen years ago. This year his contract calls for
fifty head for $25,000, an average of $500. All first-
class brewers' horses now bring from $400 to $550,
and there is not as much profit in them for the
dealers as there was when we sold them at lower
prices. It is true the suppiy has increased tremend-
ously, but the demand for the big fellows has gone
ahead a good deal faster.
"Contractors thought they were paying big prices
for big horses when they gave up $200 and $250 for
them in those days, and here we have just put in 100
head to William Bradley at $50,000."
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THE HOPPLE SCARE.
The legislation aimed at the hopple appears to be
creating consternation in the minds of some lest it
cut off the supply of racing material, and particularly
in the pacing classes. But there appears no real
occasion for uneasiness in this direction. There is
provided a period of use in which the hoppled brigade
that already exists may continue racing as long as
probably they will be serviceable for the purpose.
By that time there will come upon the boards a new
generation that have never been taught to depend
upon tied legs to pace and not inured to the buckskin
and there will be doubtless enougn of them developed
to meet the demand as well as is done at present.
Some men and some horses may be put out of the
game by restriction, but others will come in that
have gone out or kept out because of what was re-
garded "a hopple peril," or "hopple injustice." There
are not a few who decline to take their lives in their
hands, as seems to many to be done, by starting in
paces where a lot of hoppled starters are in the con-
tests, and so they keep out. There are others that
regard hoppled pacers as so worthless for any other
use than racing that they will not develop or handle
or own them, and yet they know this class have such
advantage in racing particularly over half-mile
tracks, that they do not care to attempt to start
against them with free-legged horses. Owing to this
fact many good natural pacers are never developed
at all and those who would like to join In the sport
were it not for coming up against the hopple proposi-
tion do not do so. It is probably the case that rac-
ing for a time will not be as fast without the straps
but as it will be on the level, the contests will be
more or less interesting. That it is encouraging a
mofe useful and serviceable horse for all purposes
and means improvement of the breed, will also have
a tendency to popularize and encourage the develop
ment of more free-legged and natural pacers and will
turn into the trotting ranks a class tied and made to
pace not natural side-wheelers. On the whole, thus,
any alarm felt about the abolition of the straps
lessening the number of race horses may be
dispelled— Spirit of the West.
o
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 7, 1910.
TESTING CREAM.
It is best to skim a cream that will
test from 30 to 40, or, in other words, in
skimming ten gallons of milk, one or
one and one-third gallons of cream
should be obtained. It is not the
amount of cream that is important, but
the amount of butterfat. If the cream
is sold to the creamery where sampling
for testing is done by weighing instead
of measuring, the correct test will be ob-
tained whether the cream be thick or
FOR SALE.
TRACK HORSES AND BROODMARES.
Mr. William Morgan, having given
up racing, will sell:
ERA, b. m., record 2:10, by Zombro,
dam Nellie K. Zombro's most consist-
ent performer; will beat 2: OS this year.
CRISIS, br. h., trial 2:15, foaled 1903,
full brother to Era 2:10.
CLARA G., br. m., record 2:22%,
trial 2:19, by Zombro, dam by Wool-
sey; foaled 1905.
UNA BOY, b. g., 2:29%, trial 2:24;
best pole horse on the coast; trotted
with mate to wagon in 2:26%.
CONEY, b. m. (pacer), foaled 1906,
by Zombro, dam by Conners; trial
2:28, half 1:10, quarter 32y2 seconds.
TRACY, blk. g., foaled 1906, by
Direcho, dam Grace McK., by McKin-
ney.
CI MA, b. m., foaled 1906, by Limon-
ero, dam Sona, by McKinney.
Three broodmares by McKinney —
Ethel, Una K. 2:14% and Sona— all
bred to Walter Barker by Heir-at-Law.
Sona has foal at foot by him. Bever'y
by General Beverly, with foal by
Crisis, and bred back to him.
One-year-old filly by Direcho, dam
Una K.
One-year-old filly by Limonero, dam
Sona.
These horses will be sold worth the
money, but not given away. For
further particulars, address
WM. L. JAMES,
317 West 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
thin. Cream testing between 30 and 40
means more skim milk left at home.
Higher testing cream keeps better, and
naturally there is less to transport. If
a certain amount of cream is churned at
home and an equal amount sent to the
creamery, the number of pounds of but-
ter obtained will be a trifle more than
the butterfat figured from the test of the
cream at the creamery, simply because
the test determines the amount of but-
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FOR SALE
the fast pacing mare Lady Patrick.no record,
and can step right now in 2:15 without straps or
boots, sou ad. sis years old. uay. 15.2. standard
and eligible to registration, not afraid of cars or
automobiles; also a brown gelding six years old,
16.2. weighs 1250 lbs., a grand road or surrey
horse, and can road 12 miles per hour without
urging him, not afraid of a thing. Address
FRED STOPPELFELD.
San Bernardino, Cal.
Fine Mare and Foal for Sale.
IRENE AYERS and her foal by Lynwood W.
2:20% for sale, cheap. Irene Ayers by Iris,
sire of Jasper Ayers 2:09. Visalia 2:12, Ira P.
2:10>2. Jaspine 2:14 and several others with rec-
ords of 2:30 and better. Irene Ayers is a full sis-
ter to Jasper Ayers 2:09. May Ayers 2:23%. May
Ayers is the dam of the good little mare Ayeress,
trial2:14, %l:0i, % 31 seconds. Irene's foal is a
brother in blood to Ayeress. Irene trotted 4th
heat with 10 weeks work, off alfalfa, in 2:32^
at three years of age. She had 2:20 speed then.
Her trainer said she was another Jasper Ayers.
sure, if given a chance. Irene's dam is Babe by
Altimont 9S5, he by Almont33; Babe, dam by S.
F Patchen. he by Geo. M. Patchen Jr., 2nd dam
by Owendale. Here we get the much desired
Electioneer-Wilkes cross. In Irene's foal we
have one of the best formed colts in the State.
He is entered in Breeders Stake No. 10 and paid
up to Oct. 1. 1910. This youngster is sure to keep
the good name of his noted half sister. Sonoma
Girl 2:0534- unless some accident overtakes him.
Irene will sure make a great brood mare if given
a chance. I cannot give her and the foal the at-
tention they should have and this is my reason
for offering them for sale. Address
H. T. OWEN. Kern. Cal.
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Free Trial, brown filly, 15.2, foaled
1905, trotter, registered in Vol. 17, bred
at Oakwood Park Stock Farm. Dan -
ville, Cal. Sired by Charles Derby 2:20,
dam Pippa by Stilleco 1434G, dam of
Frank Dale 2:23^, second dam Lucy E.,
dam of Azalia 2:15 and Joe Scott 2:18,
by Black "Walnut 17361, third dam
Ethel by Enfield 12S, fourth dam Betsey
Trotwood by Peck's Idol, fifth dam
Pilotta by Little John, sixth dam
Dairy Maid by Tennessee 2:27. This
filly was worked 60 days as a three-
year-old and trotted a full mile in
2:23, and % in 35 seconds. She has
since been used for light road driving,
is a handsome filly, gentle for a lady
to drive, is a beautifully gaited trotter
with great knee and hock action.
Guaranteed absolutely sound. Address
5008 East 14th Street, Oakland.
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GEO. W. MCKINNEY 35573
Race Ree. 2:1 4^— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2 :09J4 and 4 others
Service Fee: $30,
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
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Hemet. Riverside Co . Cal.
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Saturday, May 7, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners !
BON VOYAGE ®J£|
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
nON VIVANT (2) 2:10^4
FunUvm. Two-Year-Old Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two-Yenr-Old Trottlne
Division, Pacific Breeders* Futurity
Stnke >*o. 7.
BO"VADAY <2) 2:27*4
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1900.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:28*4
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot. dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES. 961 So. First St.. San Jose, Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mc
trial
Delia Lou (3)
Armon Lou
Harold B., p. Mat.
trial
Kinney G., p
Debutante (3) trial
Kalitan (3) trial
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial
John Christensen (3) trial
LoloR. (3), trial - -
Four Stockings (31. trial % 1:07
Princess Lou (2), trials - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
2:26%
2:16
2:27%
2:27'2
2:13%
2:10
2:24%
2:19S
2:27
2:27
2:28
;28
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
Will make the Season of 1 91 0 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we "have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P»rk where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale Cal For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, Snn Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. F. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer or the World.
Record 2:05% in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list: sons sired Sir
Alberts. 2:03K. Sir JohuS. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2:03K. etc., etc.) ;
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05%, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%. etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Rest of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
J. E. MONTGOMERY, .... Pleasanton, Cal.
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11%, dam Maud J. C. by Nearest
2:22%; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13%) by Menlo 2:21% (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16% (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05%, W. "Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:08% and Gray Gem 2:09%);
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: $50 the season, with return privilege in' case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
For tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
Phone Black 2841. T. W. BARSTOW, San Jose, Cal.
The Great
Speed Sire
Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20',
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05*4, Charley Belden
2:0Sy2, R. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15%, Sonoma
Boy 2:20, Clipper W. 2:24Vi, Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27^., Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13',i.
Schley B. 2:13%, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:1514.
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 19IO AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
FEE, $30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
New Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter"
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
" Life With the Trotier rives us a clear inai»ht into the ways and means to be adopted to increase
pace, and preserve it when obtained. ThiB work is replete with intereBt. and should be read by all
sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish
d „i« T^J"1 „ .. , . .,„ B«f5Dm> "«> SFOMimiN, 1.0. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Oal.
Pacific Bide., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts.
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP OWES.
Demonic Speed 2:03s ■
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10): dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2 13V. sire
of Katahna 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2-2811
X,a"^J0„„Glrl 2:101<i' and Pr°f- Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 35S3, son of Clark
.,. 82,; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:11'4 Is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%. Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
S^llk?sn,2,:,09%iM,ss Wln1 2:121/*' Normono (2) 2:14%. and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07% He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 220,
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
?,?™rS ,° nEpe?? ln Qt. ^ori,d- Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
JhS-„L Wa ^frt.2'-"!?- °w>'n° 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diabl, 2:09%, and 5
PtVnnrtin? L %, i, / Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletonian 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON !juo. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
,„k„nS^fllmr,'vtiIrnKP.r'V"ese- Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAII.E, Sulsun, Cal.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2:09^. A Game Race
Reg, NO. 45026. Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09>4, Sue 2:12, Listerine 2:13% and 8
others in 2:30) ; dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10Vo.
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June 15th. at Orchard Farm,
Fresno. Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACH ANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
^irf Nllfwnnri WllWpC. ?'ln^ sireof Copa de Oro 2:01%. John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
3IIC, HUIWUUU miI\C:> £.IU2» damsof San Francisco 2:07%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%, etc.
Nam Palifa (1\ ?*1n damof 2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine- 2:20,
l/dlll, raiua yi, J i.iv, damof 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, damof 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%. and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters.
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
f!il TpriTIQ' tAfl ffir thfl ^P/KMI with return privilege, or money refunded at my
, UflL. ICIIIIb. $«fU IUI UI0 OCd&UII option if mare proves not in foal.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY. (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED NcKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11%
Pacing Record 2:06J4
By McKinney 2:11%. dam Nona T. 2:25. dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09V., Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:1814.
(Owned Ijy Professor E. P. Heald of Sail Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at" end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
t' V. J. Gil, LETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 M%.
Alceste 2:07^. Allerton 2:09^. Duke Jay 2:09s.!. Early Bird
2:10. GitchieManito2:0'.i14. Invader 2:10. Justo (3)2:1033.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02. Allerson
2:0534. Charley Hayt 2:06JsJ, etc.
Dam A!ma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:18. sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33. sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30. including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%. by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella.dam of
8. by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horre, 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting --peed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Charley D- 2:06
Sire McKINNEY 2:llVi, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 187, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 7, 1910.
The different breeds of fowls re-
quire different methods of feeding. A
Brahma or Cochin, for instance, as
soon as matured, fatten so easily that
unless great care is used they soon
become sluggish, and cease to lay.
In fattening poultry keep the birds
as quiet as possible. Place them in
a pen where there is not much light
and where everything is as quiet as
possible. Feed all they will eat five
or six times a day and the birds will
soon be fat and plump.
Anyone starting in with poultry on
a fairly large scale should have a
definite purpose in view, and select
those breeds which best conform to his
requirements, as there are breeds that
excel in egg production, while others
readily convert food into flesh.
If the fowls are kept confined, it
is desirable to have two yards, each
to be used alternately. One can be
cleaned up while the other is in use,
and also sown to some quick growing
vegetation that will provide green food
when the fowls are turned back.
REDUCINE
THE HUMANE TREATMENT
WILL CURE YOUR LAME HORSE,
CURE HIM PAINLESSLY, REMOVE
THE ENLARGEMENT AND YOU
CAN WORK HIM ALL THE TIME
MADE IN IRELAND
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REDUCINE
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cures by absorption.
is as easily applied as paint.
leaves no scar, blemish or discolored hair.
causes no pain, but will relieve it instantly.
will remove a wart from a horse, dog or cow.
removes the enlargement and you can work the horse all the
will relieve deep-seated lameness in shoulder, hip, back or stifle,
will grow a new hoof quicker than any other preparation in use.
will cure any case of thrush in one week and will remove the
soreness from a corn.
REDUCINE will cure any case of Cracked Heels, Scratches, Mallenders or
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REDUCINE will cure the most obstinate case of Collar Gall, Sore Neck,
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the best possible dressing for a recent wound.
REDUCINE requires no bandages, no preliminary treatment, no after treat-
ment— simply paint one coat over another once a day for ten days — noth-
ing more.
REDUCINE will cure the worst case of Sprung Tendon, Bog Spavin, Curb,
Splint, Big Knee, Sprung Hock, Capped Hock, Capped Elbow, Shoe
Boil, Wind Puffs, or any other similar joint or bursal enlargement.
REDUCINE, if applied at once, will destroy Tetanus germs, thus preventing
Lock-jaw from nail, calk or other wound, and will cure Mange or com-
mon Eczema on horse or dog with one application.
REDUCINE is the best possible application for Swelled Glands, etc., and
will remove any enlargement from any animal, whether on its legs,
throat or body, and will leave no trace of the swelling ever having existed.
NOTICE.
REMEMBER, REDUCINE is not a WASH or a LINIMENT.
N. B.
REDUCINE will take all the soreness, stiffness, bunches and thickness from
old second-hand, worn legs and make them look, feel and work almost
like new.
P. s.
If your horse's throat is sore, is swollen from distemper, cold or old age, ap-
ply REDUCINE at once. It will relieve the soreness and reduce' the
swelling— leaving the neck and throat as fine and clean as it ever was.
If the horse's wind is thick on account of this sort of swelling, REDU-
CINE will make him sound again in the wind.
P. P. s.
In case of recent injury, no matter how caused, apply REDUCINE as soon as
possible. No other treatment will relieve the soreness and remove the in-
flammation so quickly and certainly.
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Office of the Treasurer,
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of New Paltz, New York.
Treasurer's Office, 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, N. J.
Thomas G. Hinds, Treasurer.
„ D . . „ XT „ , JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 25, 1910.
The Reducine Co., New York City-
Gentlemen: I have used Eeduciue this winter on my horses and have
found it excellent, and recommend it to others, who have used it with good
results. Have just ordered more from Capt. Boyce, to keep it on hand.
Yours truly, THOS. G. HINDS.
It will be remembered that Mr. Hinds is the Secretary and Treasurer of
the New York Driving Club. It will also be remembered that Mr. Hinds last
year won the Fort Pitt Hotel Cup, given by the Pittsburgh Matinee Club at
Pittsburgh, Penn.
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BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Bam, Martha Frasier by Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
Wickersham, dam of Nogi 2:10^, Athasham 2:09*4, etc., by Whippleton 1SS3; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator S336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson 1S7. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. Hie colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturage
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSING, Pleasanton, Cal.
SIR RODERICK
"The Handsome.")
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 13S0 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a liffht cob. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will eet one that will
please you. See this grand voung horse. Call or address
FEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRU AX, 727 I St., Bet. 8th and 9th Aves., Sunset District, San Francisco
DURFEE'S STALLIONS.
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19
By Parnell 5119, Rec. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
2:12% and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly {dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder; second dam Molly by Mambrino
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
hief 11.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08i
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03V
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08% is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam. grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. LTsual return privilege.
E. S. TRAIN, Owner. Fair Grounds, Oregon.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
For further particulars address.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta M c2:08.
Will mate the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:11^4, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:08, by Altoona SS50, sire of 8, son of the great
Almont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 5558, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
andoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address
W. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas. Cal.
Pedigrees Tabulated
(Typewritten, Suitable for Framing.)
Registration of Standard-Bred Horses Attended to.
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete
tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on
back page.
Stallion Cards
Two sides, size 3J£ x 6J£, to fit exvelope.
Stallion Cards for Posting
Size, one-half sheet, 14 x 22; size, one-third sheet, 11 x 14.
STALLION SERVICE BOOKS, $1.
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366 Pacific Bldg. , San Francisco
Saturday, May 7, 1910.]
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Stanford Stake for 1912
TROTTING STAKE FOR FOALS OF 1909.
Entries close Wednesday, June 1, 1910.
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1910, -with J. A. Filcher, Secretary, at the office in Sacramento.
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money.
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Registration of Standard-Bred Horses Attended to,
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PRINCE McKINNEY -2- 2;291
Winner of 2-y-o Trotting Division Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes Xo. 3
PRIXCE McKDrNEY is by McKinney 2:11*4, the great-
est of all speed sires, and is out of Zorilla. by Dester Prince, one of the
most successful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Farm: next dam
Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; next dam Lady Thorn Jr., dam
of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:11%. that sired Sidney, grand-
sire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing
16 hands and weighing 1160 or more pounds. He has grand bone,
a rugged constitution and fine trotting action.
Season ot 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES,
36th Ave. and
Fulton St.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Good opportunity for San Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
high-class stallion. FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Apply to or address
F. GOMMET, Owner. CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stables, 30th Avenue, San Francisco.
Saturday, May 14, 1910.]
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T. W. KELLEY. Proprietor.
Turf and Sporting Authority of tha Pacific Coast.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco.
P. O. DRAWER 447.
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
ATHASHAM 2:09& D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BONNY McKINNEY 41383 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
CHARLEY D. 2:06& Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11"4 Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47S70 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. PRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYNWOOD W. 2:20% . .Lynwood Stock Co., Santa Rosa
NEAREST McKINNEY 40698.. T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
PRINCE McKINNEY (2) 2:29%
Chas. James. San Francisco
J. B. POMPHREY 2:19& J. H. Donaldson, Topaz
RAY' O'LIGHT 2:0S'A E. S. Train, Salem, Ore.
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax, Alameda
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair, Hanford Oct. 10-15
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
Centralia Sept. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3-8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1-5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readvllle Aug. 29-Sept 2
Harttord Sept. 5-9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4-8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3-8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1-5
Phoenix Nov. 6-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
THE BREEDING AND RACING of thoroughbred
and trotting-bred horses has been the leading sport
in the United States for many years, and until the
bookmaking fraternity gained control of thorough-
bred racing, it was considered a sport fit for all
respectable people to engage in, while the breeding
of both thoroughbreds and trotters engaged the at-
tention of many of the country's leading statesmen
and business men. A list of the names of horse
breeders in the United States who were also states-
men and patriots could be quoted that would fill a
column in this paper. Presidents, Senators, Gov-
ernors, clergymen, lawyers, physicians, farmers, and
men of other pursuits have bred runners and trot-
ters and considered they were adding to the welfare
and wealth of the country by their efforts to improve
those breeds. But unfortunately the gamblers saw
in continuous horse racing a chance for great profit
to themselves financially, and they secured control
of it in all parts of the country, very soon making it
as everything else they touch, a source of debauchery
to the youth of the country. Within a few years rac-
ing as conducted by these gamblers, has aroused
such antagonism among the voters and taxpayers,
that legislatures in a majority of the States have
passed laws prohibiting race gambling entirely.
Breeders and owners of horses have seen when too
late that continuous racing has not benefited them as
they were led to expect it would, but has actually
injured the thoroughbred breeding interests; were
the bookmakers to once obtain control of harness
racing they would place harness-horse breeders in
the same unfortunate position. It is too late now
tn talk about the old days of the auction and mutual
pools, and to refer to the fact that racing was once
the most respectable of sports. The people, a ma-
jority of them in nearly every State in the Union,
have decided that the racetrack gambler shall go,
and they will listen to no plan that will even permit
limited bookmaking on race results. It is not the breed-
ers and owners of racehorses that this antagonism
is against, but finding the breeders and the gamblers
in company they will not listen to any plea from
either. There is just one thing for the breeders
and owners of horses to do, and that is to divorce
themselves entirely from the gamblers. Instead of
fighting the laws against race betting they should
give them their support, and ask the legislatures to
provide for annual county, district and State fairs,
where speed contests between horses may be given
for good purses and stakes. Many of the Eastern and
Western fairs at which no gambling is permitted
give as large or larger purses tLan a majority of
the associations that make gambling one of their
chief sources of revenue. We know of one fair that
gives two $5,000 purses, four $2,500 purses, and
six $1,000 purses, where gambling is positively pro-
hibited, and yet as many as 100,000 people have
passed through its gates in one day. Why cannot the
leading breeders of thoroughbreds and of trotting
and pacing horses get together and organize against
the gamblers? Here in California, and in New York,
the associations giving meetings have depended on
the revenue from the betting to make their books
show a profit instead of a loss. Associations like the
one at Hamline, Minn., look to the gate and grand-
stand receipts for their chief assets. Nearly $300,-
000 was the amount received at Hamlin last year
for admissions and seats in the grandstand. It
provides a week's amusement for the people and
the people respond with their presence and their
money. The gambler is looked upon as an enemy
to society and so treated. Other fair associations
should take a lesson from Hamline, and the breeders
of thoroughbreds and the breeders of trotters should
realize that the decent people of the country who do
not gamble for a living are the ones with whom they
should side in the battle against bookmaking.
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THE WAR DEPARTMENT has finally concluded
to give California hay a trial in the Philippines. The
last 4,000-ton contract for hay for shipment to these
islands was awarded to Scott & Magner of this city
and a Kansas firm, each being asked to supply two
thousand tons. Just why hay should be shipped all
the way from Kansas to California and thence to the
islands, when there can be plenty of hay secured in
this State, is not clearly understood unless it is
because the railroad companies need the money paid
them for freight. This favorable action of the de-
partment is the result of some first-class enterprise
on the part of the California dealers. Army authori-
ties in the Philippines had placed the ban on Cali-
fornia hay, alleging that it was of inferior quality.
The San Franciscans thereupon, of their own intia-
tive, sent a shipment to the Philippines and have
otherwise campaigned, with the result that the good
name of the California product is restored and an
important market reopened for it.
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AN EFFORT TO AMEND the Louisiana law pro-
hibiting racetrack gambling was abandoned this
week, when Governor Sanders announced that he
would veto any measure repealing the Locke law.
The gamblers might as well retire from the racing
game now as they will be put out of business all
over the United States before long. Whenever the
breeders of thoroughbred horses realize the fact
that it is the professional gamblers who have ruined
racing, and will cut loose from them entirely, thor-
oughbred racing can be restored to the prestige it
once enjoyed as the greatest of all sports.
by Athadon being too close to the stud in breeding.
The survey of the new track at Agricultural Park
will probably be made next week and work started
immediately afterwards. It will be a great layout
when completed. Of course, it is to be a mile track
with an inside track for jogging on and all the rest
of the infield will be devoted to an athletic field for
the school children of the city and county.
Entrance to the infield will be had by tunnels
under the track, so there will be no danger of acci-
dents to people crossing the track when horses are
being speeded. Surely this ought to revive the
interest in the light harness horse and matinee, as
well as professional racing.
There is now a movement on foot headed by Mr.
Canfield and four or five gentlemen interested in
the game, to subscribe $5,000 each annually and get
as many others as possible to subscribe smaller
amounts and then each year in conjunction with a
county fair give a race meeting and hang up four
or five $5,000 purses, and others large enough to
induce really high-class horses to enter. A $5000
purse for colts would be an attraction and should
bring out a very large entry list, for with all the
Zombros, Walter Barkers, Carlokins and Bon Voyages,
to say nothing of the get of the other high-class sires
on the Coast, there would be at least twelve or four-
teen starters, especially if the first two or three pay-
ments were very light and the starting payment
made ten days before the race.
Now that automobiles are in such general use an
effort is being made to interest the Pasadena people
in the new track. There are any number of wealthy
horse lovers in the Crown City who would find it a
delightful trip by auto from their homes to Agricul-
tural Park for the matinees, as the roads are excel-
lent and the distance nothing in a high-power
machine.
What the game needs here is "fresh blood," an
element like that at Cleveland, Boston and New
York — men like Messrs. C. A. Canfield and W. A.
Cark Jr. — who are willing to spend their money for
the sake of the sport and do not look upon a matinee
race as a sales ring when they can get a few extra
dollars for the winner of a heat.
A number of inquiries from all over the State have
been received already about Mr. Morgan's horse,
advertised in last week's Breeder and Sportsman,
which will undoubtedly result in the sale of some, if
not all, of them, for each and every one of them
would make perfect matinee horses, in their class, if
they were not wanted to race, as Frank Williams
has them all perfectly mannered and easy for any
one to drive. None of them pull or lug and they
are all as nice on the road as on the track.
W. R. Murphy tells me his horse Red McK. has
already had forty-five mares and has enough ahead
to about fill his book. The pride of Murphy's heart
at present is a chestnut stud colt he owns, born on
Easter Sunday, that he has named Easter Star. He
is a full-brother to E. A. Montgomery's stake colt
Victor Mc. The newcomer is a big upstanding
youngster with a star and two white hind ankles.
W. G. Durfee livened things up at the track today,
after the general slow work of the week, by stepping
Zomwoolsey a half in 1:01%, Leonora McKinney a
mile in 2:10, last quarter in 28% seconds, last eighth
in 13 4-5 second, and his two-year-old colt by Del
Coronado a quarter a shade better than 31 seconds.
I. C. Mosher, I am told, went a very fast mile with
his Tidal Wave pacer, somewhere round 2:08, but I
did not hear the exact time.
The broodmares C. A. Canfield bought from A. B.
Miller were Bay Leaf by Telephone 2:15, Belle Ray-
mond by Raymond, dam Gipsey, dam of Delilah
2:06%, and Bell Wellbin by St. Vincent, dam Baroness
Belle. JAMES.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 10, 1910.
Mr. C. A. Canfield visited his string at Arcadia
today and saw Maben step one of his two-year-old
fillies by Walter Barker, dam Cloe by Conifer, a quar-
ter in 33 seconds on a trot. All of his other young-
sters are doing as well, if not better. His colt El
Volante 2:13% caught a bad cold a day or so ago
and fearing that pneumonia might develop a veteri-
narian was called in yesterday, but today the danger
is past and the horse on the road to recovery.
Walter Maben bought three broodmares a day or
two ago for Mr. Canfield from A. B. Miller of Rialto.
the owner of Zomell and Chiquita. They are to be
mated with El Volante, as Mr. Canfield had nothing
to breed to him, all his mares except Cloe and Sue
GRAND CIRCUIT REORGANIZED.
Representatives of Eastern trotting tracks held
a conference in New York Saturday, April 30th, and
effected a reorganization of the Grand Circuit, which
assures the usual summer meeting at Buffalo, New
York, Boston, Hartford and Syracuse.
The New York meetings will be held at the Empire
track from August 23d to 27th, following Buffalo and
preceding Boston in the circuit. Five stakes of
$2,500 each have been opened for the meeting.
Commemorating old times, these stakes have been
named the Robert Bonner Memorial, for 2:30 trot-
ters; the Speedway Stake for 2:16 trotters; the
Fleetwood Park Stake, for 2:14 trotters; the Union
Course Stake, for 2:20 pacers, and the Fashion
Course Stake, for 2:10 pacers.
All races at the meeting are to be mile heats best
two in three. Entries for all stake races will close
on May 23d. The schedule for the reorganized cir-
cuit is now as follows:
Kalamazoo, Mich., July 25th-30th; Detroit, Mich.,
August lst-6th; Cleveland. Ohio, August 8th-13th;
Buffalo, N. Y„ August 16th-19th; New York, N. Y.,
August 23d-27th; Boston, Mass., August 29th-Septem-
ber 5th-9th; Syracuse, N. Y., September 12th-17;
Columbus, Ohio, September 20th-30th; Lexington,
Ky., October 3d-15th.
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Mr. S. Christianson, who drove his mare Reina
Directum, to victory at the stadium last Saturday
is very confident that he can drive her a mile in
2:10 within two weeks as she is in fine condition.
Dr. Masoero reports that the tendon of the leg that
bothered her last year is now as hard as steel and
he is certain it will never bother her again. It is
possible that Reina Directum will be seen In some of
the regular races this year either up north or on the
Great Western Circuit.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 14, 1910.
TROTTING HORSE GOSSIP.
C. C. Crippen Writes Entertainingly of the Horses
at San Jose, Santa Rosa and Elsewhere.
The track at San Jose is now surrounded by* a
tight eight-foot board fence and 50 new stables have
been completed and are already occupied or engaged,
and there is a demand for more. A close-wire fence
has been built on the outer edge of the track, from
the seventh-eighths pole past the grandstand and
around the first turn. Judges' and timers' stands-
have been built and the grandstand made to accom-
modate a couple thousand spectators, and all is in
readiness lor the big time anticipated during the
Rose Carnival, which takes place this week and will
be nearly over before this appears in print. Har-
ness laces, automobile races and exhibitions in
flying are. to be the events of the week and large
crowds are expected to be in attendance. The track
is in good condition and all the horses in training
are doing well, or as well as they can. In the
infield are many brood-mares that have been sent
from all parts of the country to be bred to Bon
Voyage and other sires located here.
One of the latest mares sent to the court- of Bon
Voyage is Jessie Tilden, by Roy Wilkes 2:06%, a
great pacing racehorse in his day and a 2:10 sire of
speed. First dam Bo Peep by Mark Field (sire of
Daisy Field 2:0S%), son of the great Geo. Wilkes;
second dam Shepherdess by Lakeland Abdallah, full-
brother to Harold, sire of Maud S. 2:08%, and third
dam Puzzle, by Mambrino Chief 11. This highly
bred mare is the property of Mr. Geo. W. Putnam of
Sale Lake City, and has been sent to Bon Voyage to
be bred to the great son of Expedition this year and
next. She is the dam of a very fast two-year-old
colt called Star Tilden, now in Charley De Ryder's
stable at Pleasanton, and sired by Star Pointer
1:5914.
Another grand mare that recently joined Bon
Voyage's harem is Schoolgirl 2:16, by Prodigal 2:16,
a great sire of early and extreme trotting speed,
having sired more two-year-olds to enter the 2:30
list than any other stallion in the world first dam
Marie Bell, by Albert W. 2:20 (sire of Little Albert
2:10, etc.); second dam by Echo, sire of the dam of
Direct 2:05%, etc.; third dam Maybell, full-sister to
Beautiful Bells (dam of 11 in 2:30); fourth dam
Minnehaha, dam of 8 in 2:30. ■ When Ted Hayes
broke Schoolgirl to harness on Marcus Daly's Bitter
Root Stock Farm, ih Montana, he little thought that
16 years later she would be sent to be bred to a
famous stallion in his charge in sunny California.
Marcus Daly has long since gone where he could not
take his millions with him. His daughter has mar-
ried a foreign nobleman and the famous Bitter Root
farm as a home and nursery of many highly bred and
fast trotters is a thing of the past, but Ted and bis
pupil, Schoolgirl, meet again after 16 years in the
land of the Golden Poppies.
Dr. Harry Calmus of Fruitvale recently bred Carrie
B. McKinney, by Kinney Lou 2:07%, dam Palo Belle
2:24y2 by Palo Alto 2:08%; second dam Belle Isle
by Piedmont 2:1.7%; third dam by Hambletonian 10;
fourth dam by American Star 14 to Bon Voyage. The
produce of this mating will have a pedigree worth
talking about.
Another mare worth mentioning that is being bred
to the son of Expedition is Kitty Harris by the
champion of all trotting stallions, Cresceus 2:02%,
dam Silpan by Silver Bow 2:16, next dam Kitty Fox
by Pancoast 2:21%. She is owned by Geo. Fox of
Clements, Cal. This mare is inbred to the great old
racehorse and sire Robert McGregor 2:17, "Monarch
of the Home Stretch." These here mentioned are
on'y a few7 of the many highly bred matrons that
have been sent this year to Bon Voyage (3) 2:12%.
Kinney Lou 2:07%, McKinney's fastest trotting son
on the Pacific Coast, is also getting his share of
patronage. Frank Blessing of Hollister has sent to
Mr. Doble's horse a young daughter of Stam B.
2:11%; first dam Salinas Maid by Junio 2:22; sec-
ond dam Salinas Belle (dam of Dictatress 2:08% and
four more in 2:30); Geo. Bollinger of San Jose has
bred a fine black mare by Direct 2:05%, out of the
dam of Our Boy 2:12% and Our Boy's sister 2:13%,
and Oliver Blanchard has bred Lady Barondafe
2:29% by Barondale 2:11%, dam Mary Knowles by-
Memo, son of Sidney 2:19%. •
T. W. Barstow's Nearest McKinney is also doing
business and from the way his youngsters are step-
ping it off he will soon make a reputation for him-
seli as a sire of speed. He has two two-year-olds
that can take standard records any day. and have
had less than two months' track work. Nearest Mc-
Kinney is now going on a pace and at that gait he
looks like another Charley D. 2:06%. On account
of an injury to a foot two years ago Mr. Barstow
was uiraid he would not stand training at the trot
and shifted him to the lateral gait, thinking it would
be much easier for him. He takes to it like a duck
to water.
Jack Phippen, who has been incapacitated by ill-
health a greater part of the time for the last two
months, is again able to train his own stable. De-
butante, his fast daughter of Kinney Lou, is working
nicely and occasionally stepping a mile better than
2:20. He recently received from Mr. Dunn of Gilroy
a mixed gaited four-year-old black gelding that is an
unusually promising young trotter. When Mr. Dunn
shipped the horse he wrote Mr. Phippen that he
wanted him gaited and squared away, that he did
not know whether he was a trotter or a pacer. Jack
got him shod for trotting. At first the horse paced
a little, single-fotted a good deal and finally struck
a trot and went away at a 2:40 gait in a week he
showed 2:20 speed, and there is not a horse at the
track with better trotting action. He looks like the
making of a sensational trotter. We do not yet
know how he is bred.
Patsy Davey is well located with the La Siesta
Stock Farm's stable of trotters of about ten head
and there is not an equal number of as good looking,
good acting and well bred horses in any stable at the
track. In the bunch are three choice daughters of
the great McKinney. They are the good trotting
mare Yolanda 2:14%, trial 2:10%, and her full-sister,
and Wanda II, full-sister to The Roman 2:09%.
They are all being bred to Bon Voyage. Daphne
McKinney, full-sister to the first mentioned two, is
the dam of Ted Hayes' two-year-old Bon McKinney,
the best son and best bred son of Bon Voyage. The
three will be trained, raced and given records this
year. Wanda II is a grand mare, a beautifully gaited
trotter and it is my belief that nature intended her
for a faster trotter than her famous brother, The
Roman 2:09%. that Budd Doble raced through the
Grand Circuit a few years ago. She is the idol of
Mrs. Burke's heart and we hope she will beat 2:10,
as she is perfectly capable of doing if everything
goes well with her. Yolanda is also capable of en-
tering that charmed circle and with her sister in the
2:20 list and Vallejo Girl 2:10% the La Siesta farm
will have four of the most valuable brood mares,
daughters of the great McKinney, of any stock farm
in the country. Those are the kind of mares that
are sure to bring success to any breeding establish-
ment, as they are all out of great dams. The best
is none too good, and none but the best is good. La
Siesta has other good mares and other good things
in the training stable that we will mention at another
time, when we have more space.
"Billy" Scott has P. H. McEvoy's good trotting stal-
lion Milbrae 2:16% and a number of his get. An
attempt will be made to reduce Milbrae's record,
which is no indication of his speed, as he has been
a mile in 2:13. Billy is also w7orking his father's
good son of McKinney, Scott McKinney, with the
viewr of giving him a record, w7hich should not be a
hard task. In the same stable are a number of the
get of Scott McKinney, a horse that is just begin-
ning to make a showing as a sive of speed. His un-
sexed son, Mike, that won a race on St. Patrick's
day in 2:32 when entirely untrained and undevel-
oped, can pace better than 2:20 now and has brushed
eighths at a two-minute gait. Jack Villar, who is
training Mike, is bringing him along just right, and
with no bad luck he will be a fast side-wheeler before
next Thanksgiving day. He has better than 2:10
in his head and only wears the harness. His dam
is said to be by Nutwood Wilkes. Jack has another
very promising green pacer in the stable that was
sired by Nutwood Wilkes himself. When the great
son of Guy Wilkes and Lida W. was sold to Eastern
parties last spring the greatest sire ever bred in
California (barring only the mighty Zombro) left his
native land less appreciated by breeders than he will
be in a few years hence, but they need him over
East more than we do here, where he has spent
nearly all his years of usefulness, and where he has
left a host of sons and daughters to perpetuate his
fame. Among the horses and colts at the San Jose
track that can show speed the blood of the great Nut-
wood Wilkes predominates.
Wm. McDonald of San Martin is a recent arrival
at the track. Among the few horses he brought with
him is a grandson of Nutwood Wilkes that is about
as handsome as anybody's horse. He is not over
large, but very compactly built, smoothly made and
a stylish chestnut in color, with a light mane and
tail, narrow strip in the face and a pair of white
ankles behind and a trotting way of going. He a'so
has a four-year-old back mare owned by Mr. Miller
of Morgan Hill, sired by Searchlight 2:03%, king of
pacing racehorses, out of a mare by Director 2:17,
another racehorse and progenitor of a family of race-
horses. This mare is a real pacer and while she has
had but little work, acts like one that would learn
to go fast and make a useful race nag.
Ed Dowling has San Felipe, the big four-year-old
son of the might}' Zombro, dam full-sister to Waldo
J. 2:08, working miles around 2:20. His beautiful
little three-year-old daughter of Kinney Lou, dam
Alva, by Secretary, is beginning to develop speed.
She will surely trot fast some day.
Joe Cuicello is industriously getting bis horses
ready to go for the money. Game little Lady Inez
2:14 has been a mile to equal her record, and the
very handsome chestnut stallion Prof. Heald (3)
2:24 has been a mile in 2:15 and a quarter in :31%.
Both these fast trotters are by Nutwood Wilkes, and
both are quite likely to become additions to that
great sire's 2:10 list. A trotter that looks to have
all the qualities of a high-class racehorse and capa-
ble of racing around 2:07 or 2: OS before the season
is over, is in Joe's stable, and is owned by Thos.
Smith of Vallejo; his name is Vallejo B037. Anyone
wanting to buy a useful green trotter that can show
miles around 2:12 over the San Jose, Pleasanton or
any other decent track, would do well to investigate
this fellow7.
Both Diamond Mc and Kinney de Lopez in Budd
Doble's stable are getting in shape to show that their
sire Kinney Lou must be recognized as a sire of
extreme trotting speed.
Ray Mead's three-year-old filly Lovelock by Zoloek
2:05%, dam Carrie B. 2:1S (dam of Ray O'Light (3)
2:08%) is fully justifying her speed inheritance.
She posseses both a well-balanced gait and a well-
balanced head, only wears the harness and is always
on the pace with more speed than she has yet been
asked to show.
One of the grandest pacing yearlings I have ever
seen, both in breeding, physical development and
ability to pace fast, is Harry Brown's Cole Pointer,
by the great first two-minute performer, Star Pointer
1:59%, dam Grace Cole by Nutw7ood Wilkes, second
dam Lilly Langtry, dam of Ed B. Young 2:11%, trial
2:09; Dudley 2:14, trial 2:09%; Directina 2:16, trial
2:08; Estelle 2:24, trial 2:0S%; Diavolo 2:17; ch.
gelding by Diablo, trial 2:18; Grace Cole, trial 2:15;
full-brother to Grace Cole, trial 2:22; another full-
brother, trial 2:21; Calvin, trial 2:24; and full-
brother to Estella that w7orked a mile in 2:28; mak-
ing her the dam of eleven foals (all her produce) that
have records and trials from 2: OS to 2:2S, six pacers
and five trotters. This w7onderful mare is by
Nephew, son of Hambrino 2:21 and Trotting Sister
by Abdallah 15, sire of Goldsmith Maid 2:14. Her
dam was Miss Trahern by Gen. McClellan 143, next
dam Belle Mahone by Norfolk (thoroughbred), next
dam Maid of Oaks by Jack Haw7kins, and next dam
by Imp. Glencoe. It is hard to beat this breeding,
hard to beat the colt as an individual and he has
speed to burn. In the hands of some trainers he
would be_ a sensationally fast yearling if not a
champion, but Mr. Brown is only giving him exercise
work.
T. A. Carroll, the popular horseshoer of San Jose,
has a daughter of McKinney in Ray Mead's stable.
This is a very handsome little gray mare out of a
dam by Baywood, son of Nutwood 600. Three years
ago P. W. Hodges of San Francisco 2:07% fame,
worked her six w7eeks and drove her a mile in 2:26
on the Brace helf-mile track and considers her an
excellent prospect for a fast trotter.
Yu Tu, the extremely fast and beautifully gaited
three-year-old daughter of R. Ambush 2:09%, has
been bred to Ted Hayes' sensational two-year-old
Bon- McKinney. son of Bon Voyage and Daphne Mc-
Kinney. If pure trotting action, extreme speed and
intense speed inheritance on both sides count for
anything the produce of this union should be able to
trot fast before it can walk.
Sophia Dillon 2:11% (timed in a race in 2:07%),
that splendid trotting daughter 01 the great Sidney
Dillon unfortunately got out of her stall one day
recently and before she could be caught had injured
an ankle so badly that it has been decided not to
train her this year, but to lay her over and give her
time to fully recover. Of course, this is a great
disappointment to her trainer. Jack Groom, as be.
believed her capable of a mile in 2:05 this year, and
Jack is not alone in his estimate of Sophia's ability.
Mr. A. J. Clunie of Palo Alto ow7ns a charming lit-
tle p!ace just over in San Mateo County, across the
San Francisquito Creek from the once famous Palo
Alto Stock Farm. Mr. Clunie purchased the place
for a country home, but has in reality made a minia-
ture stock farm of it, and has it pretty well stocked
with some well-bred mares and young colts and
fillies, beside several valuable driving horses. Four
of his mares are now in San Jose, being bred to
Kinney Lou and Bon Voyage. Banker's Daughter
2:13% by Arthur Wilkes 2:28% (grandsire of Boli-
var 2:00%, the fastest horse ever bred in California),
dam Sunflower 2:24, dam of four in 2:30, uy Elmo
2:27, second dam Ella Kellogg, by Chieftain 721, has
been bred to Kinney Lou. Vera, by Silver Bow 2:16,
dam. by Alaska, son of Electioneers, second dam by
A'gona, sire of Flying Jib 2:04 and sire of the dam
of Anaconda 2:01% pacing and 2:09% trotting. Star
by Bayswater Wilkes (sire of Kelly Briggs 2:08,
etc.), dam by McKinney and Antralia, by Alexis 2:18
(sire of Gen Huertus 2:09%), dam by Antrim (sire
of Anzella 2:06%) have been bred to Bon Voyage.
Antralia has a nice colt by her side by Birdman,
full-brother to Bodaker, that worked a mile in 2:08%,
the fastest mile ever trotted over the Pleasanton
track. Mr. Clunie purchased this mare, together
with a yearling solt at a sale of Thos. Ronan's
horses held in San Francisco a year ago. The colt,
now a two-year-old, is a nice sized, handsome and
b'ooded loking bay that w7ou!d attract attention in
any kind of company; as yet untrained he has a
way of trotting around the paddock that is very sug-
gestive of a fast natural trotter. He is by the
fast trotter by Bodaker, dam Mystle, by Arronnax
19,027, son of William L., sire of the great Axtell
(3) 2:12, dam by Geo. Wilkes. This colt has four
crosses to the great founder of the Wilkes family of
harness racehorses and will only justify his inheri-
tance if he proves a fast trotter himself.
My old friend, Kinney Lou, never sired a finer or
handsomer youngster than a black yearling filly out
of Banker's Daughter 2:13%, that frolics in the rye
grass pasture of the Clunie Stock Farm. Although
from a pacing dam, she is a pure-gaited trotter.
Mr. Clunie's favorite driving horse is the nearly
white pacing gelding, Gray Boy, brother in blood to
the great Anaconda 2:01%. This horse is a very
attractive, stylish fellow and a fearless and cheerful
roadster with plenty of speed, as he has been a mile
in 2:11% and a half in 1:03. A grand pair of car-
riage horses 16% hands high, 1,250 pounds, are Don
by McKinney and Mendota by Mendocino 2:19%,
dam Laura Drew7 (dam of Freedom (1) 2:29%, first
yearling to trot in 2:30) by Arthurton 365. Mendota
has 2:20 speed, but is so gentle and kind that Mr.
Clunie's little seven-year-old daughter drives him to
surrey, accompanied by the nurse and the smaller
children of the family, all about Palo Alto and the
surrounding country.
I was in Santa Rosa last w7eek and, of course,
visited the famous Santa Rost Stock Farm, the
birthplace of the world's fastest trotter, the incom-
parable queen. Lou Dillon 1:58%, and many other
famous track performers, as well as Sidney Dillon,
the world's greatest sire of extreme speed. The
Saturday, May 14, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
only breeding establishment that ever could favor-
ably compare with the banta Rosa Stock Farm as
a nursery of 2:10 speed was the Village Farm of
Buffalo, N. Y., and that establishment has gone out
of existence since the death of its proprietor a few
years ago. But the percentage of 2:10 speed bred
at the Santa Rosa farm in proportion to the size of
the establishment and number of horses bred is
greater than that of any other stock farm in the
world, and the returns are not all in yet by a long
ways.
The farm's present premier sire is Guy Dillon (3)
2:23%, the grandest and best bred son of the great
Sidney Dillon on the Pacific Coast. Guy Dillon is an
extremely fast trotter himself, capable of 2:10. or
better, and full-brother to Sophia Dillon 2:11%,
timed a mile in a race last summer in 2:07%, and
Martha Dillon 2:10% that Millard Sanders warked
a mile over the Lexington track last fall in 2:07.
The dam of Guy Dillon and these two fast trotting
mares is By Guy, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, sire of
four in 2:10 and the dam of the world's champion
yearling trotter Miss Stokes 2:19%. The second
dam is By By, that the Pierce Bros, paid $10,000 for
at auction, by the great Nutwood. By By is dam of
Rapidan Dillon 2:12%, timed in a race at Phoenix,
Ariz., last fall in 2:07%, Marengo King 2:29%, trial
2:12, sire of Marie N. 2:08%; third dam Rapidan,
dam of Lockheart 2:08% and three more in 2:30, by
Dictator, sire of Jay Eye See 2:10, and the dam of
Nancy Hanks 2:04; fourth dam Madam Headly, dam
of Expert Prince 2:13% by Edwin Forrest 851; fifth
dam by Mambrino Chief 11.
I know of no other trotting stallion whose first four
dams have all produced better than 2:15 performers,
or whose first, second and third dams have each pro-
duced a trotter with a record or tnat has been a
public mile better than 2:10 and whose first dam
has produced two to publicly beat 2:08.
One of the greatest bred colts on earth is a three-
year-old son of Guy Dillon out of Carlotta Wilkes,
dam of the game race mare Inferlotta 2:04%, Mary
Dillon 2:06%, second in a race in 2:03%, the great
racehorse trotter Carlokin 2:08%, public exhibition
2:05%, Volita 2:15%, second in a race in 2:08%,
Ida Dillon (2) 2:27%, four-year-old trial 2:11, and
Lottie Dillon 2:26%, trial 2:16. This wonderful
broodmare is by Charley Wilkes 2:21%, a 2:10 sire,
son of the mighty Red Wilkes. Here dam is another
great broodmare Aspasia, dam of four by Alcantara
2:23, another great Wilkes sire of 2:10 speed, whose
dam Alma Mater was a wonderful mother of trotters
and speed siring sons. The second dam of Carlotta
Milkes was a producing daughter of Clark Chief 89.
Except for a two-year-old and yearling full-brother
this is the best bred colt on the famous farm, where
each and all are bred in the purple, and especially
rich in the blood of famous brood mares.
The track that was always considered fast and
over which so many California horses have been
branded for life was greatly improved last fall by
having the turns throwrn up to an angle of a little
more than an inch to the foot, and now is faster and
better than ever before. It is a pity that there is
to be no harness race meeting there this year.
Frank S. Turner, the proprietor, intends keeping the
track in first-class condition for training this sea-
son, as he is going to put Guy Dillon and his two
fast pacing sons of Sidney Dillon, California Dillon
(3) 2:18% and Major Dillon in shape to take fast
records, believing all three capable of 2:10 or better,
besides training some others.
NEW RECORD FOR STADIUM TRACK.
Up and down the length and breadth of the State
of California the report has been circulated that
Sonoma King, the magnificent two-year-old chestnut
brother to the wonderful trotter Sonoma Girl 2:05%
has a spavin. How such a story ever got out is a
mystery, as I am sure that this handsome colt is
absolutely free from the slightest suspicion of a
blemish of any kind. It is like the story that was
once circulated about his famous sister while she
was still the property of her breeder, S. B. Wright of
Santa Rosa, and before the world had heard of her.
My old friend, Mart Rollins, was talking of buying
her, but was advised not to, as she was thick-winded,
or wind-broken. Without investigating the truth of
the report, Mr. Rollins let Sonoma Girl go by and
bought the colt that afterwards became known to
fame as Charley Belden 2:08%, which was not such
a bad buy as the gelding turned out to be a fast,
game and consistent racehorse.
There are few as handsome and well-developed
two-year-olds as Sonoma King, and he surely ought
to make a fast trotter and a sire of trotters. He is
a golden chestnut with a beautiful mane and tail,
slightly of the flaxen color. Mr. Wright recently
sold his dam, Maud Fowler, but as he has several
of her daughters and grandaughters he is still well
supplied with the blood of the dam of one of the
most sensational trotters that has yet appeared.
Joe Cuicelle recently worked her three-year-old
granddaughter, Jean Fowler, a mile in 2:22 and a
halt in 1:08.
C. C. C.
The fast stallion Baywood 2:10 by Woodnut 2:16%
dam by Ecno, that was racing on the California cir-
cuit fifteen years ago, is still hale and hearty and
used in the stud. He is still owned by Mr. D. Mini
of Vallejo, California.
Directum's Half-Sister Circles Track in Golden Gate
Park 'at 2:12 Gait.
A new trotting record was made at the stadium
track in Golden Gate Park last Saturday, when S.
Christenson drove his beautiful black mare Reina
Directum a heat in 1:39 in the class A trot. This
being the opening of the matinee season of 1910, the
races were all at three-quarters of a mile heats, once
around the track in each heat being considered far
enough for (the hpjrse^s to, go at this time of the year,
when the majority are short of work. There were
five starters in, the . class A trot, those besides Reina
Directum being Mr. Boyle's Modicum Dan Hoffman's
Dr. O'Brien, F. J. Kilpatrick's Monicrat and J. W.
Smedley's Red Velvet. There were but two horses
in the race in reality, both heats being between
Reina Directum and Modicum, the others being far
behind. Modicum put up a good race and went as far
as she could each tinie, but was not in condition
and the black mare out-trotted her every part of
the race. Mr. Christenson had only to sit still and
hold the lines, as Reina Directum made her own pace
and would have trotted faster had she been asked
to. This handsome mare was lame last year, hav-
ing a bad tendon, but her legs all look sound now
and she shows no signs of any lameness or even
any weakness. She is by Rey Direct 2:10 and her
dam is the famous mare Stemwinder, dam of the
champion Directum 2:05% and three or four others.
Reina Directum surely looks capable of trotting a
mile in 2:10 this year. There was never a better
mannered or a better headed trotter than this beau-
tiful mare, and she is a great tavorite with those
who attend the matinee races in Golden Gate Park.
Another race last Saturday in which two trotters
furnished all the racing was the class B trot. Sec-
retary Fred Thompson drove his chestnut mare Lady
Washington to victory in straight heats in this event,
but Mr. H. C. Ahlers was close to him with Sunset
Belle in both heats.
In the class C trot, R. Nolan won with his mare
Billie Burke, after R. Consani had taken the first
heat with Dividend, each heat of this race being
faster than the preceding one.
There were but two starters in the race for three-
year-old pacers, H. Boyle getting two straight heats
with the brown filly Zoe Dell that he purchased at
the Pleasanton sale last March.
In the class A pace Mr. x . E. Booth won in straight
heats, with his Searchlight colt, beating Ringrose
and Belle Brandon. This was one of the prettiest
races of the day all three horses going lapped to the
far turn, not being further tnan heads apart this
far in the race.
The track was not fast, but since the turns have
been regraded the horses get around them much
easier, and when the new soil is well packed there
will be no faster track on the Coast.
The results were as follows:
First race — Class C, trotters.
Billie Burke (R. Nolan) 2 1 1
Dividend (R. Consani) 1 2 2
Time— 1.57, 1:55, 1:53.
Second race — Class A, trotters.
Reina Directum (S. Christenson) 1 1
Modicum (H. Boyle) 2 2
Red Velvet (J. W. Smedley) 3 4
Monicrat ( F. > J. Kilpatrick) 5 3
Dr. O'Brien (D.E. Hoffman) 4 5
Time— 1:39, 1:40.
Third race — Class B, trotters.
Lady Washington (F. W. Thompson) 1 1
Sunset Belle (H. C. Ahlers) 2 2
Barney Barnato (I. L. Borden) .5 3
Charles H. (A. T. Clayburgh) ... 3 5
Bird Eye (Captain W. Matson) 4 4
Time— 1:47, 1:43%.
Fourth race — Three-year-old pacers.
Zodell (H. Boyle) 1 1
Yankee Boy (D. E. Hoffman) 2 2
Time— 1:57%, 2:02%.
Fifth race — Class A, pacers.
Searchlight Colt (F. E. Booth) 1 1
Ringrose (H. M. Ladd) ■ 3 2
Belle Brandon (T. F. Bannon) 2 3
Time— 1:57%, 1:55.
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Red Garrety has four horses in his .string at,
Wheaton, Illinois: Mark Night 2:10% pacing, The
Golden Girl by Zombro, Mr. W. H. Knight's two^
year-old by Grattan and a three-year-old colt by'
Boreal.
RIVERSIDE MATINEE.
. .
'-'The matinee given by the Riverside Driving Asso-;
ciation May 4th at the grounds of the club was a'
very successful "meeting "and 'was' fully enjoyed by'
the good-sized audience composed of lovers of good
fforses. All of the events scheduled to take place
were pulled off and there was general enthusiasm
manifested as the winners of the different heats of
the races came down the home stretch. A number
of horses appeared for the first time on the grounds
and the time made was very satisfactory to the own-
ers of the horses taking part in the events. Results:
3:00 class, trotters and pacers.
Dark Strong (Webster) l 2 1
Bettie McKinney (W. C. Busch) 2 1 2
June Wilkes (G. M. Carrigan) 3 3 3
Best time, 2:42.
2:20 class pace, half-mile heats.
Harry H. (C. R. June) l i
Teddy Rover (G. H. Judd) 2 2
Time— 1:13 1:12.
•2:40 trot, mile heats.
Lady Worth While (Axel Nelson) 1 1
Colonel (J. M. Holland) :-M 2 2
Prince Valentine IG. M. Carrigan) 3 3
Lora Madison (C. R. June) 4 4
Time— 2.:40%, 2:41.
2:25 trot, mile heats.
Emma Z. (L. Fotter) 1 1
Marigold- (G. H. Judd) 2 2
Time— 2:26, 2:24.
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STALLION STAKE FOR LEXINGTON.
It has been decided that the first racing of the
Championship Stallion Stake, guaranteed by the
American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders,
would take place at the Lexington meeting in the
fall. This stake will surely be worth $15,000 and it
may exceed that much in value before time of its be-
ing raced.
The Championship Stallion Stake is for foals of
1907. It will bring together the cream of the three-
year-old trotters and will undoubtedly be the banner
event of the season, outdoing even that renowned
race for youngsters, the Kentucky Futurity. The lat-
ter event is worth $14,000, of which $10,000 goes to
the winner, but the stallion stake looks as if it
would be the richest race competed for.
All starters in the Championship Stallion Stake
must be owned by members of the association. All
moneys that are received in entrance will go to the
stake, including the sum which will be added by the
Lexington association. . Of the total amount three-
fourths will be divided among the trotters and the
other fourth left for the pacers to speed for. The
races are to be mile heats, contested under the best
two in three system, and then the money divided
in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. All hop-
ples are barred.
In addition to the money, received by the winners,
a $250 silver trophy or its equivalent in money will
be given to the nominators ' of the sires of the
winners of both divisions. By adding these two new
races to its program, the Lexington meeting next fall
will be the best ever held in the blue grass coun-
try. It is still undecided where the Matron Stake
will be raced. Under the present conditions of this
event it cannot be contested until after August 1.
A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.
Directum 2:05%, although dead, has just made a
new world's record. The "Black Demon," as the
famous stallion was known on the country's race
courses, was in a class by himself when alive and his
owner has made him unique in death, by having his
body mounted. He will still occupy a prominent
place at his home on M. W. Savage's breeding farm
near Minneapolis.
' As a racehorse, "Directum was always great. His
name is written large in turf annals. For years he
held the world's four-year-old trotting record and as
a sire he has left his impress upon the harness-horse
world.
Directum died last November. Mr. Savage
mourned his loss and determined to give future gen-
erations 'bf breeders and horse enthusiasts a chance
to see and study the stallion as he was in life. He
turned the body over' to a Minneapolis taxidermist.
It was an "experiment, but it has proved very suc-
cessful and may become a precedent for other own-
ers of great horses.
Scott McCoy has twenty head in his stable at
Columbus, O., all the get of Moquette 2:10, with the
exception of the pacing mare Annabel Lee 2:11%.
owned by George Smith of Chillicothe, O. Among
the lot are several which are sure to race to fast
records..
Dan Mahaney, formerly superintendent at Hon.
Frank Jones' farm at Portsmouth, N. H., has sent
his brood mare Peeress Maid (dam of Peeress Audu-
bon 2:29%, etc.), by Dexter Prince, dam Peko
2:11%, by Electioneer, to the court of Audubon Boy
1:59%.
The premium list of the seventeenth annual Spo-
kane Inter-State Fair has been issued by Secretary
Robert Cosgrove and is pretty good evidence that
the fair is to be greater than ever this year.
Lloyd Geddo of Byron, Cal., has recently purchased,
from Dr. Hammond of that place, a very handsome
three-year-old filly by Bonny McKinney, dani Blue
Bells by San Diego.
Ted Bunch is educating a very promising
string at Richmond Va. He has Akar, by Aquiiin
2:19%, dam Pavetta by Pistachio, Berro by Bingara,
Wanna West 2:22% by Wannamaker, Phoebe Fail-
by Fair Promise, Tony Griffith, a two-year-old colt
by Akan, and several other youngsters.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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I NOTES AND NEWS
A. Ottinger attended the races at San Jose Wednes-
day and while at the track looked at Bon Voyage
and booked his fast trotting mare Lady Irene to him.
Entries -will close Monday next for two days' rac-
ing at San Bernardino. The races are free-for-all
trot, free-for-all pace, 2:25 trot, 2:25 pace, 2:40 trot,
2:35 pace.
Claymont 2:14%, brother to Chehalis 2:04%, died
April 10th at Toler Stock Farm, Tolervllle, Kansas.
He was fifteen years old and took his record at the
trotting gait in 1908.
Henry Helman drove Mr. A. Abrott's pacing gelding
by Chas. Derby a mile in 2:11 one day last week.
This horse has shown wonderful improvement for the
short time he has been trained.
Amateurs who want to race for money will have
plenty of chances this year on the Grand Circuit.
The $3000 Tavern Steak at Cleveland and the $2500
Speedway stake at New York are pretty good
starters.
If the regular trotting meetings get any less nu-
merous in California, and the matinee clubs continue
to increase as they have in the past two years, it
will soon be known as the greatest matinee State
in the Union.
We understand that J. W. Zibbell of Fresno has
sold to Mr. J. W. Springer, former owner of Sonoma
Girl, a very promising four-year-old trotter. Mr.
Springer has located at Los Angeles fo a while and
will handle a few horses to pass away the time.
Our front page picture this week is of Dixie M., the
handsome chestnut pacing mare owned by D. C. Mc-
Callum of Oroville. She has paced a half mile in
1:05 this spring hitched to a heavy breaking cart.
Sutherland & Chadbourne are training her.
None of the early closing stakes offered by the
California State Agricultural Society filled, and con-
sequently have been declared off. A new program of
races to close later, will be advertised shortly. There
will probably be $600 set aside for amateur races.
William Leech of Marysville, Cal. claims the name
Hi Pointer for a fine bay colt by Star Pointer 1:59%,
dam Hiawatha. Mr. Leech says he has named this
colt after the fastest two he knows, and all horse-
men know who Hi is. He also says he expects to
see him win without a wind shield.
The May sale of the Chicago Horse Sale Company
demonstrated very forcibly two things. First, the
scarcity of horses for the market and second, that
the price of good horses is higher than ever. Less
than two hundred head were sold, but these including
many young things and a lot of only ordinary merit,
brought an average of over $215 per head.
The American Trotting Association at its meeting
held last week in Chicago, adopted the same rule
in regard to hopples that was adopted by the Na-
tional Trotting Association at its congress a few
weeks ago. This settles the hoppled pacer and after
1914 the straps will not be seen on any association
tracks.
The two-year-old pacer by Nearest McKinney out
of Much Better 2:07% is one of the speed prospects
at San Jose track. T. W. Barstow has given many
fast record horses their colt training, but he never
got hold of one that took the gait more naturally
than this one, or showed any greater rate of early
speed.
Secretary Harry Shepard, of the Columbus, Ohio,
Association, says that the Hoster-Columbus Brew-
eries $10,000 purse for 2:16 trotters, contains 30 en-
tries; The Hotel Hartman $5,000 purse for 2:14
pacers, 23; Buckeye purse, $5,000 for 2:19 trotters,
30; The King purse, $5,000 for 2:05 pacers, 24; The
Columbus purse, $3,000 for 2:11 trotters, 18, and The
Board of Trade purse of $3,000 for 2:06 pacers, 15
entries.
The grand stand receipts at the Minnesota State
Fair last year were $56,475; and the total received
for admission and grand stand tickets was in the
neighborhood of $300,000. It is well to remember
in this connection that the principal amusement at
this fair is the harness races, purses ranging from
$1000 to $5000, and no betting of any kind is per-
mitted and no liquors sold on the grounds.
Mr. S. Christianson's handsome mare Gardenia by
Stam B. 2:11% had the misfortune to wrench her
shoulder so badly last Saturday that she wil have to
be thrown out of training entirely this season. Dr.
Masoero is treating her and states that when the
soreness is lessened, it will be advisable to turn the
mare out for the summer. Mr. Christianson intended
racing her in the matinees all summer and as she
was showing a very high rate of speed it was thought
that her place would certainly be in class A after a
race or two.
Maybreaker, a registered trotting mare owned by
Ralph Fuller of Orange, California, died recently.
Maybreaker was a chestnut mare by Nutbreaker and
had a trotting record of 2:17%. She took her record
at Streator, Illinois, in 1894. She was foaled in
1889, consequently was 21 years old at the time of
her death. She was the dam of Joe Schlitz 2:2S%.
Mr. Frank H. Burke was at the matinee races at
San Jose last Wednesday and looked fairly well,
considering the fact that an automobile fell on him
three weeks ago. He has his body well bandaged
and says the broken ribs are knitting nicely. He
walks about some every day and will be "sound and
all right" in another month. His many friends were
greatly pleased to see him out again.
Ted Hayes recently received from Mr. G. C.
Schrieber of Berkeley the latter's mare Sadie Mason
by Bob Mason, to be bred to Bon Voyage. Ted was
asked to give the mare a little work to see if she
had speed and after three weeks' handling drove her
a mile last Wednesday in 2:18. She is a smooth-
going pacer, and has had many years of roadwork,
but has as great a brush of speed as many race-
horses. A foal from her by Bon Voyage should be
very speedy.
Henry Imhoff drove his green mare Princess Bes-
sum a mile in 2:27% at the trot on the San Jose
track last week, and as she was well within the
limit of her speed she could have stepped in 2:25.
He also drove Prince Del Monte a mile in 2:35, and
the yearling Prince Malone a mile in 2:50. Delia
Lou 2:26%, his chestnut mare by Kinney Lou, he
drove a mile in 2:28 with the last half in 1:10 and
the last quarter in 34 seconds. He has bred Delia
Lou and Princess Bessum to Bon Voyage.
The two-year-old filly Little Lucille that won a
pacing race at Woodland on April 23rd this year,
taking a record of 2:21, was driven a half mile in
1:04% on the Woodland track on Wednesday of
last week. This is remarkable speed for a youngster
and as Little Lucille is entered in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, is looked upon as a very likely
winner of this year's stake. She is by Palo King,
out of a mare by Diablo, and is being trained by
Hiram Hogoboom. She is owned by john Clark of
Woodland.
Henry Helman tells us that Mr. H. E. Armstrong
has decided to race his horses on the other side of
the Rocky Mountains this year. Mr. Armstrong has
recently secured a lease on the fast pacing mare
Princess Ethel from her owner, Mr. R. S. Wood of
Los Banos. This mare is by Prince Charles out of
Ethel C. 2:20, by Sidney, and has better than two
minute speed. Nearly all her training was given
her by William Brown, who won a large amount of
money with her in half-mile races, and she has no
record. That she will go a full mile at a very high
rate of speed was demonstrated by Brown a few days
ago at Pleasanton, and shortly thereafter Mr. Arm-
strong opened negotiations with Mr. Wood which
resulted in his securing a lease on the mare.
Between heats at San Jose last Wednesday Joe
Cuicello took out a good looking bay gelding belong-
ing to E. Domenichini of San Francisco and gave
him some fast work. This gelding was purchased a
year or so ago by nis present owner for $87.50, being
used in a grocery wagon at the time. Finding that
the horse could trot fast he turned him over to
Cuicello, who says he is fast enough to race on the
circuit. On Wednesday he sent him through the last
quarter of the track in 30 seconds flat, and after-
wards drove him a full mile in 2:14. This is going
some for an $87 grocery horse. The trotter was
sired by the pacing stallion Gaff Topsail, son of
Diablo. He may be seen in some of the matinee
races on the stadium track before long.
Empire track, New York, is to have a big meeting
this year, and advertises five early closing stakes to
close May 23rd. Each stake is guaranteed to be
worth $2500, and all the entrance money received in
excess of this valuation wil be added to the stakes.
As stakes in the east often have as high as forty
entries, the added money is very liab;e to be con-
siderable in these stakes. They are the Bonner
Memorial for 2:25 class trotters; The Speedway for
2:16 class trotters, to wagon, amateur drivers; The
Fleetwood, 2:13 class trotters; The Union, 2:20 class
pacers; The Fashion, 2:12 class pacers. These stakes
should be very attractive to owners who intend to
race their horses east this year. See the adver-
tisement for full particulars.
Mrs. Frank H. Burke has decided to breed her
favorite mare Wanda 2:14% to the fast trotter Prof.
Heald 2:24%, winner of the Stanford Stake of 1906.
Wanda is now 27 years old, but is healthy and strong
with a coat that is as slick as a mole. She is
heavy in foal to Bon Voyage and Mrs. Burke expects
great things from the foal, but as she is convinced
that the mare Daisy S., dam of Vallejo Girl 2:10%,
Tom Smith 2:13%, and four or five more in the list,
is one of the greatest broodmares this country has
ever seen. She desires to get a strain of Daisy
S 's blood in one of Wanda's foals, consequently will
have her mated with Prof. Heald, a son of Daisy S.
that is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, also a great speed
sire. Prof. Heald is a wonderfully fast trotter and
fully capable of a mile in 2:10, while his gait is
nearly perfect. We think Mrs. Burke has made a
very wise selection.
Mr. A. Ottinger dropped into the Breeder and
Sportsman editorial rooms on Tuesday wearing a
broad smile on his face as he had just returned from
the stadium three-quarter mile track where he had
driven his favorite trotter Charlie T 2:10% a mile
in 2:12% with the last quarter in 32 seconds. He
says the Zombro gelding is in fine shape just now and
expects him to step close to his record in the mati-
nees this summer. This mile by Charley T. is the
fastest mile trotted on the stadium track this year
and has never been equalled but once and that was
when Walter Wilkees trotted an exhibition mile there
last year. There is no finer driving horse than this
gelding as he is absolutely fearless of all objects and
can be driven by a lady or a child anywhere. Many
of the horsemen who have seen him at work re-
cently are inclined to believe that he can still farther
lower his record, as he seems to be in better shape
tha never. Mr. Ottinger thinks he has found a great
pole trotter in Merrylina, a brown four-year-old mare
by Merry Mac 2:19%, dam Tuberlina by Tuberose
2:25%, son of Falrose. He hooked her up with his
gray gelding Mike Kelly by Gossiper last Saturday
and he states that she trotted so fast that Mike had
to put in his very best licks to keep up with her.
As she is a dark brown and Mike Kelly a light gray,
they make a handsome cross-matched pair.
Among the visitors at San Jose on Wednesday was
Charles Whitehead, lessee of the Salinas track. He
states that his old stallion Delphi 2:12% is looking
well this year, his coat being as black as a raven's
wing, with no gray hairs yet in sight. Whitehead is
handling quite a string of trotters and pacers. A
two-year-old by Star Pointer out of Dictatus Belle
has paced a mile in 2:22 and looks like a good one.
Old North Star 2:11% is high in flesh but feeling
extra good and his legs seem to be in fine shape. A
four-year-old mare by Nutwood Wilkes trotted a mile
with scarcely any work in 2:38 and will be bred to
Bon Voyage. One of the good gaited prospects in the
stable is a two-year-old colt by Oro Guy out of Nina
B. by Electioneer. This colt stepped a mile in 2:50
soon after he was bridle wise. A two-year-old by
Bon Voyage out of a Sidney Dillon mare is a trotter
and has shown 2:46 for a mile. A black mare by
Delphi, green, has been a mile in 2:15, and a four-
year-old trotter by Delphi out of Nina B. a mile in
2:29. A two-year-old trotter by Highland C| out of
a Nutwood Wilkes mare showed a mile in 2:45, with
the last quarter in 39 seconds. One of the fastest in
the string is a five-year-old pacer by Diablo, dam
by a son of Altamont, and second dam by Altamont
himself, that has been a mile in 2:15%, the last half
in 1:04%. The pacer is owned by Mr. O. West of
Oregon. The other horses in training are the prop-
erty of Mr. J. B. Iverson and other Monterey county
horsemen. Mr. Whitehead says that Mrs. Whitehead
is recovering from her accident of several weeks ago
and while the process seems a slow one, the injury
received being of the spine, the physicians are con-
fident that she will soon be entirely well.
A CHALLENGE FOR $20,000.
William G. Grant, the manager of Paul A Sorg's
stable in New York, authorizes the statement that he
stands ready to produce four horses that can beat
any team in the world ten miles on a trot before a
loaded coach in a match race for any part of $20,000
a side. He stipulates that ten or more passengers
must be carried and that one man only shall occupy
the box and drive from start to finish, the race to
take place at any time after June 15th and before
November 15th.
When asked what horses he would name Mr. Grant
said that he would not bind himself to drive any
particular team, as the animals might go wrong, but
the four he relies upon ar eMr. Sorg's racing four.
King of the Road and Queen of the Road, leaders,
and Brown Jack and Tom Mountain, wheelers. They
are three browns and a gray, all 16.1 hands high. On
the recent fast run from New York to Atlantic City
and return Mr. Sorg drove this team from Absecom
in to Young's Hotel in forty-five minutes. The dis-
tance is called twelve miles.
FORAGE POISON KILLS HORSES.
A peculiar kind of forage poisoning, from which
many valuable horses have died in the past few
years, has again come under the observation of Dr.
J. H. Eddy, a veterinary surgeon of Stockton. He
has at present under observation several bunches
of horses, among them being seven head owned by
J. N. Nicolson of Tracy. These horses, four of
which have already died, displayed symptoms of this
peculiar poisoning several days ago, and two of the
number died between sunrise and sunset of the day
they were taken ill, while two others died the day
following. Three still remain, but Dr. Eddy states
that they also will die.
Forage poisoning, as it is known to veterinarians,
is due to a peculiar vegetable fungus, so minute that
it can only be detected by using the strongest micro-
scope. It abounds in hay. and usually develops about
this time of the year. Nothing has yet been found
which will offset the fatal effect of the poison it
contains, when eaten by horses.
Last year H. G. Learned, living about a mile south-
east of Stockton, lost nine valuable animals from
the same cause, and Julius Moose of Roberts Is'and
a like number.-^Stockton Mail.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, May 14, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
GOOD RACING AT SAN JOSE.
Program of Five Events Draws Large Crowd on
Opening Day of Rose Carnival.
The Rose Carnival, which opened on Wednesday at
San Jose, and will close tomorrow, has filled that
city with people from all parts of the State. The
floral parades and other exhibitions have all been
gorgeous affairs, from the crowning of the festival
queen to the battle of roses, and visitors who do
not know California well have marvelled at the
wealth of flowers and wondered where they all
came from.
On Wednesday, the opening day of the carnival,
a program of races was given at the new San Jose
Driving Park, which drew pjobably fifteen hundred
people. The new park is yet in an uncompleted
state, but it will be one of the finest plants on the
Pacific Coast when fully equipped. There are now
about two hundred stalls, all occupied, a judges-'
and timers' stand, an uncovered grandstand that will
seat 3,500 persons, an eight-foot board fence sur-
rounding the property, and a fully completed mile
track sixty feet wide all around, that is certainly
one of the best and fastest trotting tracks ever
built. Every horseman who raced over it Wednesday
was loud in his praise of the footing and predictions
were freely made that records would be broken over
it whenever a circuit meeting was held at San Jose.
The race program of Wednesday consisted of a .
matinee race for San Jose horses, two pacing events
for $250 purses, in which all the starters were
horses owned and driven by members of the San
Francisco Driving Club, a match trotting race, and a
running race at one mile.
In the judges' stand were T. L. Matthes of San
Francisco, Henry Struve of Hollister and H. E. Arm-
strong of Pleasanton. The timing was attended to by
Henry Helman, John Phippen and T. H. Corcoran.
I. B. Dalziel of San Francisco acted as marshal,
and W. J. Kenney, president of the San Francisco
Driving Club, was the starter. He got the horses
away to fair and very even starts in every instance,
being applauded several times when he gave the
word with the horses nose and nose at the wire.
His announcements were made clearly and could
be heard by everybody.
The first race, with four San Jose owned horses
in it, was decided in two straight heats, Mr. C. Hub-
bard's pacing gelding Mike by Scott McKinney, well
driven by J. Villar, winning easily from the others.
The time, 2:18% and 2:21, was excellent for a green
horse that has had but very little training.
The second race was for 2:20 class pacers owned
by members of the San Francisco Driving Club.
There was a purse of $250 to contest for in this
event. In the first heat Ginger and King V. made
a close finish, the Gossiper gelding winning by a
narrow margin. In the second heat there was the
hottest sort of a finish between Ginger, King V. and
Toppy. About one hundred feet from the wire Ginger
broke and in pulling him to his gait his driver
allowed him to swerve from his position and cross
in front of Toppy. Ginger got to pacing again, how-
ever, when he was ten yards from the wire, and
shot his nose in front of King V., beating him out
by a half-head. Toppy was third at the rail behind
the other two. The judges very properly gave the
heat to King V., but many who had not noticed the
swerve of Ginger thought the latter should have had
the heat. In the third heat Ginger won handily from
Sister Bess in a drive down the stretch, King V.
dropping back to last positon, as he had second
money won and could not be.-.t Ginger. The time
in this race was excellent, 2:15%, 2:17, 2:17.
The match race for $200 a side was not much of
a contest, although the heats were split. The owners
had agreed to waive distance, and in the first heat
Old Nick threw a shoe and came in many lengths
behind Kis-Kee-Dee in the slow time of 2:40%. The
horse with the Satanic name won the other two heats
in hollow fashion however, in 2:36 and 2:30%.
The last race of the day was the 2:20 pace for
horses owned by members of the San Francisco Driv-
ing Club, and was three best heats in five for a
purse of $250. There were five starters in this race
and after five heats had been paced sundown com-
pelled the judges to declare the race ended. R. J.
Lathrop's good-looking bay norse Marin was awarded
first money, Jerry D. second money, Cole Direct third
money and Baldy Mitchell fourth. Tim Sexton won
the first heat handily with Cole Direct, but the black
horse broke his hopples and cut one foot very badly
in the second heat and was not driven hard after
that.
There were many close finishes during the after-
noon and the crowd was highly pleased with the
racing. A running race at one mile ended the day's
sport. Results:
Pacing, 2:30 class — Matinee.
Mike, by Scott McKinney (Villar) 1 1
Princess Lou, by Kinney Lou (Montavildo) 2 3
Lady San Jose (Cecil) 3 2
Savadan (Joseph) 4 4
Time— 2:18%, 2:21.
Pacing, fre-for-all, purse $250.
Ginger, by Gossiper (Schwartz) 1" 2 1
King V., by Steinway (O'Kane) 2 1 5
Sister Bess, by Prince L. (Donnelly) 3 4 2
Toppy, by Delphi (Keough) 4 3 3
Golden Buck, by Diablo (Giovannoni) 5 5 4
Time— 2:15%, 2:17, 2:17.
Trotting — Match race, $200 a side.
Old Nick, by St. Nicholas (Rutherford) 2 1 1
Kiss-Kee-Dee, by Scott McKinney ( Villar)... 1 2 2
Time— 2:40%, 2:36, 2:30%.
Pacing, 2:20 class, purse $250.
Marin, by Dr. Hamilton (Lathrop) 2 2 112
Jerry D., by Sidney Howard (Schwartz)3 13 3 1
Cole Direct, by Direct (Sexton) 1 5 4 4 3
Baldy Mitchell (Edwards) 4 3 2 2 4
W. J. K., by Dexter Prince 5 4 dr.
Time— 2:21, 2:17%, 2:19%, 2:22%, 2:18.
Running, one mile, purse $75— Copperas won, Bo-
nalto second, Gold Cress third. Time, 1:44.
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FRESNO RACES.
Close finishes and good time marked the May
driving meet held by the Fresno Driving Club Sun-
day, May 1st, at the fair grounds in conjunction
with the aviation meet.
The officials of the meet were Pat Sweeney,
George Haines and F. B. Stockdale, judges; O. S.
Kellogg, H. C. McGKay and D. L. Bachant, timers;
and Frank Malcolm, starter.
First race, mixed.
Alice R. (A.Allen) 2 1 1
Little Edna (S. C. Walton) 1 2 2
Foxy (John Suglian) 3 3 3
Time— 2:29%, 2:30, 2:30.
Second race, match race.
Light Rose (S. C. Walton) 3 1 1
Miss Dividend (D. L. Bachant) 2 2 2
Firebaugh (Jack Gruber) 1 2 *
•Drawn.
Time— 2:25%, 2:25, 2:30.
Third race, class A pace.
David St. Clair (D. L. Bachant) 1 1
Dollie T. (J. W. Zibbell) 2 2
Oleander (S. C. Walton) 3 3
Time— 2:16, 2:18%.
RACING AT OROVILLE.
Matinee racing was held at the Oroville half-mile
track last Sunday, the feature of the afternoon's
sport being a mile in 2:15 by J. B. Halls Rockaway,
although he was beaten in the race by W. J. Miller's
Chiquita. The results were as follows:
No. 1, running race, one-half mile dash — O. A. Mat-
tin, Oroville, Red Bill, first; L. B. Daniels, Chico,
Estelle D., second. Time, 52 seconds.
No, 2, special race, one mile (2 in3).
Dr. I. L. Tucker Oroville, Harry T 3 3
Frank Sealey, Oroville, Earthquake 1 1
Mrs. H. J. Meek, Oroville, Flora H 2 2
Time— 3:06%, 2:54%.
No. 3, special buggy race (2 in 3).
Adam G 1 1
Hooligan 2 2
Babe Hefner 3 3
Time— 3:33%, 3:06.
No. 4, special buggy race, owners driving — M.
Schubener, Dr. Leggo, first; Dr. I. L. Tucker, Oro-
ville, Babe T., second; Horace Onyett, Palermo,
Hamilton Bend, third; J. W. Spencer, Oroville, Sorrel
Dan, fourth. Time, 2:54.
No. 5, free-for-all, one mile (2 in 3).
W. J. Miller, Chico, Chiquita, Daniels driving. 2 1 1
J. B. Hall, Oroville, Rockaway, Brain driving. 1 2 2
Time — 2:15, 2:17, 2:22.
A VANCOUVER EXHIBITION.
About four years ago, a few business men in Van-
couver met and agreed that an annual exhibition
held in Vancouver would do more good to boost
British Columbia, and advertise the city, than all
other agencies combined.
The Vancouver Exhibition Association was formed,
and much useful missionary work was done during
1907 and 1908. In 1909 the city granted a lease to
the exhibition association of sixty acres at Hastings
Park and that year the electors voted $50,000 both
for exhibition purposes.
In 1910 the city voted a further sum of $85,000,
thus making a total of $135,000, all for the erection
of exhibition buildings and preparing the grounds.
In addition the members of the association have
found about $20,000 for the special purpose of making
a race track and playground for games of every kind.
The members who put up the money will get no re-
turn for same — no dividends will be paid; all profits
(if any) will be devoted to erecting buildings, beau-
tifying the grounds and promoting the development
of the province.
The Vancouver Exhibition Association is preparing
for the first exhibition, which will be held during
the week, commencing August 15, 1910. There will
be prizes and premiums offered to the value of
$25,000, of which amount the provincial government
has voted $10,000.
Prizes and premiums will be offered for most
breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and
agricultural products, garden produce, butter, cheese,
honey, etc.
Arrangements have been made with the railway
and steamship companies for special rates for ex-
hibits, also for passenger excursion rates.
Postal and telephone facilities will be on the
grounds, and the convenience and comforts of vis-
itors will be studied as far as possible.
Arrangements are well in hand for entertaining
attractions.
The citizens of Vancouver are looking forward to
having large numbers of visitors from all parts of
the province during the exhibition week.
MATINEE RACING AT OAKWOOD PARK.
On Sunday last the horse-owning and horse-loving
people of the countryside round and about Danville,
in Contra Costa county, assembled at the training
track of the once famous Oakwood Park Stock Farm
to see a few matinee races. This farm was the
birthplace of Charles Derby 2:20, Klatawah (3)
2:05%, Don Derby 2:04%, Capt. Derby 2:06%, Queen
Derby 2:06%, Much Better 2:07%, Diablo 2:09%
that has sired six 2:10 performers, his full-brother
Demonio 2:11%, sire of three in the 2:10 list, and
it was the home during nearly all his lifetime of the
great speed progenitor Steinway, whose descendants
that have entered the 2:10 list are, like the guests
at a political banquet "too numerous to mention."
There were about a thousand persons on the
grounds when the racing began, and all thoroughly
enjoyed the contests, although the time made was not
fast. The Frates Band played lively tunes during
the intermissions, and while there were six races
scheduled, the first one was called promptly at 1
o'clock and by sandwiching from the start long de-
lays were avoided and the enthusiasm was kept at
concert pitch during the entire afternoon, and the
program finished at 5:30.
The matinee was under the management of R.
Podva and W. R. Meese, with Frank Reynolds, Fred
Booth and T. J. Judge officiating as judges and
Messrs. Sutherland and McBride of Pleasanton hold-
ing the timing watches.
The weather was delightful and the famous old
farm was at its prettiest. The races resulted as fol-
lows, all the races being best two in three:
Trotting, 3:00 class.
Queen Virgilia (C. Scott) 2 1 1
Anthony C. (T. Cabraw) i 2 2
Little Johnny (F. Cabraw) 3 3 3
Miss Brown (Meese) ^4 4 4
Time — 3:10, 3:08, 3:09%.
Pacing, 3:00 class.
Lady Brown (R. Halverson) 1 2 1
Forget It (R. Podva) ' 2 1 2
Lady Adelaide (W. Meese) 3 3 4
Lucky Dick (Roger Podva) 4 4 3
Time — 2:53, 2:50, 2:43%.
Pacing, free-for-all.
Jim Rankin (L. Palmer) 1 1
Nellie Gaines (J. Harlan) 2 2
Irvington Girl 3 3
Time— 2:31%, 2:29.
Mixed event, 2:40 class.
Welcome Jr. (J. Botello) 2 1 1
Recadotte (J. McCeil) 1 2 2
Time— 2:39, 2:38%, 2:44.
Trotting, 2:50 class.
Lassie (R. Palmer) 1 2 1
Don Carlos (A. Abrott) 2 1 2
Winifred M. (W. Meese) 3 3 4
Babe (P. Peterson) 4 4 3
Time — 2:35, 2:39, 2:29.
Running, half-mile dash.
Footlight won, Maggie G. second. Time, :56%.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Subscriber, Aguanga, Cal.— The horse J. F. Dona-
hue is a thoroughbred, foaled in 1903. He was sired
by Onondaga, dam Peavine.
F. N. Folsom, Forestville, Cal. — Dorsey's Nephew
was sired by Nephew 1220 and owned by Caleb Dor-
sey of Calaveras, Cal. He sired Ottinger 2:09%,
F. W. 2:10%, George N. 2:22%, and Jay 2:25. He
is not registered as a standard trotter.
Subscriber, San Luis Obispo — Fred Branch is
standard and registered, No. 45,525. His sire is
Morris A. 45,046, his dam Bessie Vachell by Acrobat
15,184. He was registered as a standard trotting stal-
lion under rule 1, his sire and dam both being regis-
tered as standard trotters. Many pacing horses are
trotting bred and therefore registered as trotters.
W. R. Murphy Los Angeles.— Daisy Graham by
Diadem is recorded as non-standard in Vol 12, page
801, of American Trotting Register. The record is
as follows: "Daisy Graham, bay mare, foaled 1878;
by Diadem 2644, dam not traced. Bred by C. E.
Sampson, passed to E. Roberts, Tecumseh, Nebraska,
then to W. H. McCord, Omaha, Nebraska." We can
find no record of any horse called Red Ayer or Red
Air by Wild Ayer. There were several horses called
Wildair, one an imported thoroughbred.
R. G, Ramona, Cal. — As Stanton Wilkes is not
registered, foals by him will not be eligible to regis-
tration as standard-bred trotters until he is regis-
tered. Cobwallis 46 681 is standard and registered.
Non-standard stalhons are not given a number.
W. C. Brown, Vancouver, B. C. — The American
Trotting Register Association, 355 Dearborn street,
Chicago, can give you the proper advice in this
matter. If a horse has raced under a certain name,
it will cost $50 to have his name changed.
A crop of fine hay that will run about four tons
to the acre is being cut on the infield of the Con-
cord, Contra Costa County, mile track.
, Dr. Rae Felt of Eureka, Humboldt County, came
down to Pleasanton last week to see his mare Tell-
tale at work at the Pleasanton track, where Trainer
Hunt has her in charge. This mare is looked upon
as one of the best prospects now in training in Cali-
fornia; her dams back for several generations
have been owned in the Felt family. Dr. Felt owns
quite a number of trotting-bred horses, having sev-
eral good young prospects on his farm in Humboldt
County.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 14, 1910.
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ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DvWITT.
PHEASANT RAISING IN THE UNITED STATES.
[Continued from last week.]
Pheasants in Field and Covert.
The failure of many efforts to add pheasants to
our fauna is largely due to insufficient knowledge
of their habits, and the character of their normal
environment. It is useless to undertake to accli-
matize a bird in a region differing widely in cli-
matic and other physical conditions from those to
which it has been accustomed. Thus, an attempt
to introduce into one of the prairie States the
common blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentes), which
inhabits the Himilayas at from 10,000 to 14,000 feet
elevation, would result in failure.
It must be remembered, also, that introduced
birds have to adapt themselves to a new flora and.
fauna, and that this is often a slow process and
frequently fails. If liberated in the wilds, they
must be provided with reserve food and shelter,
until able to care for themselves, which may take
several years. In Oregon the ringnecks put out
came at first regularly to farmyards to feed with the
domestic fowls; and English ringnecks liberated on
Grand Island, Michigan, were driven back by severe
weather to the pens from wh ,.ch they had been al-
lowed to escape a few months before.
If pheasants are imported for stocking preserves,,
suitable coverts should be prepared for them. In
their native country pheasants frequent the margins
of woods, coming into open tracts in search of food
and retreating into thick undergrowth when
alarmed. An ideal pheasant country is one contain-,
ing small groves with underbrush and high grass.
between the trees, thorny hedges, berry-growing
shrubs, water overgrown with reeds, and occasional
pastures, meadows, and cultivated grainfields.
Bleak mountains, dry sandy wastes, and thick
woods are not frequented by pheasants normally;
nor do they seek pines, except for protection. A
small grove of mixed evergreen and deciduous trees
on the southern slope of a hill furnishes favorable
shelter.
On the preserve additional shelter should be pro-
vided in winter. Rude huts or even stacks of straw
will serve. Suitable food should be planted — such as
buckwheat, millet, corn, cabbages, and turnips.
Stacks of untbreshed grain or of beans may be placed
about the preserve.
When shooting is permitted, it is not wise to
shoot only the cocks. If all the bens are spared,
they will increase out of proper proportion, to the
detriment of both quantity and quality of the pro-
geny. Very old cocks and hens should be destroyed.
Old cocks are inferior for breeding purposes, and old
hens will frequently beat off 2 and 3-year-old hens
and prevent their mating.
If the birds are annually caught up for breeding,
it is important to remember that continued rearing
in confinement tends to decrease of vitality and
other changes that impair the value of a game bird.
The Massachusetts Game Commission,, after ten or
twelve years' experience, found that their stock de-
teriorated, becoming smaller and more variable in
markings and showing a. lower vitality in both eggs
and chicks. An infusion of wild blood, especially of
another species, will temporarily correct this ten-
dency; though the experience of the last hundred
years in England seems to indicate that hybrids even-
tually reach a grade inferior to that of either parent.
Hybrids betwen the English pheasant and the ring-
neck, and later between this hybrid and the versi-
color pheasant, were at first- greatly sought, but at
the present day the pure-blooded birds of these three
species are more highly valued than the composite
birds.
Game Pheasants. — There is not much difference
between the pure versicolor, ringneck, and English
pheasants, as regards value in the field or on the
table, though the Japanese bird is smaller than either
of the other two, a trifle wilder, a more potent
breeder, and possibly less disposed to stray; while
ringneck hens are perhaps more prolific than those
of the other species.
The Mongolian pheasant (Phasianus mongolians),
a large, hardy, handsome bird, may prove < t value
in game preserves. Pure stock of this species is
maintained by Hon. Walter Rothschild in his nbeas-
antry at Tring, Herts, England. The cross between
this pheasant and the ringneck is reported as both
larger and handsomer than the ringneck, and also
a bolder flyer; but we should hesitate to regard this
improvement of stock as permanent. The Prince of
Wales pheasant (Phasianus principalis), recently in-
troduced into England from Afghanistan, and since
imported to a slight extent into the United States,
is generally praised by those who have tried it. The
handsome Hagenbeck pheasant (Phasianus hagen-
becki) from the Kobdo Valley in northwestern Mon-
golia (the most northerly point occupied by any
member of the pheasant family) is strongly recom-
mended by W. B. Tegetmeier, a leading English au-
thority, on account of its large size, handsome plu-
mage, and fine edible qualities; and the Reeves
pheasant, ir the few places where it has been tried,
has proved very desirable. Many species of true
pheasants (Phasianus) "have not yet been tested in
Europe or America, .but probably each in a suitable
region would prove 'satisfactory to both sportsmen
and epicures.
As regards the pheasants of other geiieifS, usually
seen only in aviaries and zoological collections, some
would be of little value in game preserves. Thus the
Manchurian eared pheasant, a large and heavy bird
from the mountains of Manchuria and northern
China, is too tame and apathetic for the game fields.
The silver pheasant, a favorite aviary bird and one
of the easiest to raise in captivity, is not a satis-
factory game bird, as it runs too much before the
dog, flies too low, and is rather inferior in flavor.
In addition, its pugnacity makes it dangerous to other
game birds. It is still found wild in limited numbers
in northern Oregon, where it was introduced shortly
after the successful introduction of the ringneck.
The Golden and Lady Amherst pheasants, have been
introduced into game coverts, both here and in Eng-
land, and the gorgeously feathered monaul has re-
ceived a limited trial in Wales. The better place for
these birds is probably the aviary.
Methods of Propagation.
Obtaining Stock. — A pheasantry may be started
with mature birds or with eggs, the latter to be
hatched by barnyard fowls. Many are tempted to
begin with eggs because of smaller cost, but the
uncertainties attendant- on hatching the eggs and
raising the young are such that it is probably cheaper
to secure full-grown birds at the outset If eggs are
to be tried, they should he ordered in January or
February, to be delivered in April or May. :- They
should be placed under the hen as soon as possible.
Pheasants may be obtained from reputable dealers,
of which there are a score or more in the United
States and Canada, or they may be imported from
Europe or Asia. If stock be imported, trouble may
be saved by securing it through experienced and re-
liable bird importers, who are familiar with the
business. A pen should be provided and supplied
with food and water./ On the arrival of the birds the
crate should be placed in the pen. an opening should
be made in the crate (preferably in the evening)
sufficient to allow the birds to escape one at a time,
and the attendant should withdraw, leaving the birds
to find their way out alone. For the first few days
they should be disturbed as little as possible.
Prices. — The prices of pheasants vary with the
season. They are lowest at the close of the breed-
ing season and increase gradually until the next.
They -vary also according to the dealer; but so many
things are to be considered, such as purity of stock,
freedom from disease, care in shipment, and other
details, that the lowest prices do not always mean
the cheapest birds. English ringneck pheasants are
least expensive — about $5 a pair. English pheasants
and ringnecks (the pure-blooded birds) cost a little
more; Reeves and versicolor pheasants, about $18
a pair; and Mongolian $40. Of the more common
aviary birds golden and silver pheasants are the
cheapest, at about $12 per pair; next in price are the
Lady Amherst and Reeves, which retail at about
$18 or $20 a pair, while others range from this price
up to $150 or $200 a pair. These prices are only ap-
proximate, and serve merely to give an idea of the
relative values of the birds mentioned.
Pens. — Any well-drained ground is suitable for
pheasant pens, but a gentle slope of sandy loam,
comparatively cool in midsummer, furnishes ideal
conditions. Clay is the poorest soil for the purpose,
as it is likely to foster diseases. The pens should
be provided with plenty of both sunshine and shade.
They should be constructed of chicken wire, like or-
dinary poultry runs. Each pen should cover at least
100 square feet, more if possible; contracted quarters
induce disease and afford their timid occupants too
little protection from alarms. The pen should be
from 6 to 8 feet high, and should be inclosed above
with wire. If the pheasants are likely to be dis-
turbed much, cord netting should be stretched 6
inches or more below the top wire, to prevent the
birds from injuring themselves by flying violently
against the top, as they, are apt to do when
frightened.
It is of course feasible to keep pheasants in a pen
open at the top, by pinioning them or clipping their
wings. But pinioning, besides disfiguring pheasants,
disables them permanently. Birds that are to be
liberated should never be pinioned, as it makes them
useless for sport and a ready prey to natural ene-
mies. Clipping is objectionable, owing to the neces-
sity for frequent repetitions. Pheasants are timid
and the less they are disturbed the better, specially
when breeding. Furthermore, clipping is not always
effective, as clipped pheasants sometimes climb up
the sides of the- pen and escape. Another objection
to open-top runs is the danger af the attacks by
hawks and owls, particularly fif the run can not be
readily guarded. If a small open shed or inclosure
be placed at one end (the upper), the birds will al-
ways have a dry dusting place, also a shelter in wet
or stormy weather. The floor of this shed should be
natural earth, to furnish dust bath for the birds, and
it should be raised slightly above the level of the run
to avoid flooding. Dust baths are as necessary to
pheasants as to poultry. They free them from lice
ami keep the plumage in good condition. Mortar,
cinders, (which birds seek with avidity), and plenty
of grit should be kept in the shed. The sides of the
run may be boarded if necessary to furnish seclusion,
though it is usual to board them only at the base,
and a few pheasant raisers regard even this as ob-
jectionable. The side wire should enter the ground
for a foot and a half or two feet, to keep out burrow-
ing animals.
It is very advantageous to have for alternate use
an extra communicating pen alongside the. one occu-
pied. This affords opportunity to freshen the ground,
grow grass, clover, or other cover, separate birds
with objectionable traits, and in other ways add to
convenience of handling and safety of stock. It has
been found, too, that after hen pheasants have stop-
ped laying in one pen they may be induced to resume
by removal to another. One pheasant raiser reports
that seven of his hens laid 131 eggs and then stop-
ped; but when he put them into a fresh pen they laid.
114 more. Perches should be supplied in the shed
and also in the open pen. Pheasants usually spend -
the night in the open air in preference to the shed!
even in winter. In their Asiatic homes, the English
and ringneck pheasants are accustomed to severe
cold weather in winter. They require protection
from storms and dampness, rather than from low
temperature, and they will frequently remain in the
open runs during the roughest weather.
The pens and sheds should be kept scrupulously''
clean. There is no more fruitful source of disease1'
among pheasants than uncleanliness. As has been
aptly said, the pheasant pen should be kept as neat
and clean as the front dooryard. Nevertheless chips
and twigs may be scattered about to attract insects,,
and boughs for shelter should not be omitted. Each
pen should be thoroughly spaded and limed every
two or three years. Cover should be provided for the
birds. The pens may be sown with clover, timothy,
and other grass early enough to furnish ample cover
by the time the birds are turned in. Small ever-
greens may be grown inside with decided advantage,
or cut branches of evergreen or deciduous trees may
be placed within. If growing grass or clover can not.
be conveniently provided in the pen, a piece of sod
should be placed there occasionally. The birds enjoy
tearing sod to pieces for the seeds, insects, and grass
it contains.
Protection from Enemies. — Careful protection must
be provided against various enemies. Hawks, owls,
crows, and other predatory birds, as well as cats and
raccoons [two raccoons are said to have killed 150
young pheasants in one night' on the Illinois State
game farm], will be kept out if Ure top is covered.
If traps and guns are used to protect pheasants from
birds of prey, the destruction of mice-catching hawks
and owls will result in serious losses through the un-
checked increase of rodents. If the top of the pen
is open, a foot of wire inclined outward 'and slightly
downward should be extended from the . top all
around to prevent animals from scaling the sides.
Burrowing animals may he frustrated, by continu-
ing the wire netting down into the ground, as already
described. As an additional precaution is 'is a good
plan to connect with the sides a strip of wire netting
extending outward horizontally on the ground about
a foot, as dogs, foxes, rats, and other burrowers try
to dig close to the fenc*. Unbaited traps set along-
side the pen will catch minks and other creatures
that may be looking heedlessly for an opening. A
lighted lantern on one of the posts at night will help
to keep away minks. The old method of fastening
a dog to a wire by means of a ring, which allows him
to run along the wire for its full length, is still in
use, and is an effective means of guarding the birds.
Attendance. — The pheasants should be attended,
as far as possible, by the same person. It will even
be well if the attendant always wears the same
clothes when entering the pen, as pheasants are
frightened by anything unfamliiar. English game-
keepers are accustomed to announce their approach
by whistling as they near the birds, whether these'
are in pens or in the open. A former pheasant raiser
states that she always tapped with a fork on the
china feeding dish to call the young pheasants to-
gether at feeding time. If the pheasants are not in-
tended for game covers, it will be found advantage-
ous to tame them somewhat by gentle treatment.
When care and consideration are shown and occa-
sional delicacies are fed, they will respond and will
readily learn to eat from the hand. Besides the
pleasure this brings to the attendant, this course di-
minishes danger of losses through the birds dashing
themselves in fright against the netting.
[To be continued.]
After Colorado Game Butchers. — Game and Fish
Warden Thomas P. Gable, on a recent trip to the
New Mexico-Colorado boundary, in Colfax and Union
counties, appointed a number of additional deputy
wardens to keep keen watch on Coloradoans who
trespass on the New Mexico game preserves without
license. The principal offenders are workmen in the
coal mining camps, near the border, who when on
a holiday or when out of work, take a shotgun, cross
the boundary and butcher game.
The projected fishing preserve on the Truckee. river,
mentioned several weeks ago in these columns, has
taken shape and the land on both banks of the river,
from Lake Tahoe for a distance of fourteen miles
down stream will soon be a fishing preserve owned
by San Francisco and Oakland sportsmen.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, May 14, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
9
FLY CASTING CONTESTS.
GOLDEN GATE KENNEL CLUB SHOW.
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club members com-
peted a week ago at Stow lake in the third contest
this season of the classification series. The recent-
ly added event, long distance lure casting, has be-
come a popular feature of the gatherings at the
lakeside. On Saturday afternoon Walter D. Mans-
field was high rod in this event, with a score of 140
per cent. Charles G. Young and F. J. Cooper scored
132 per cent. E. A. Mocker led in the bait casting
event 97 9-10 per cent. The decilacy scores were of
a high average, not a contestant scoring under 95
per cent. The results in the accuracy casting event
were of a still better average, Mocker's score of
96 12-15 being the lowest; T. C. Kierulff with 98 14-15
was high.
Among the beginners this season, John D. McKee's
81 feet in long distance, 98 9-15 per cent in accuracy,
95 10-60 per cent in delicacy, is a very clever per-
formance.
The Sunday delegation was a fair one, most of
those present having, a week previous, had a try at
trout in the Truckee river. Net percentages in the
delicacy event show very flattering averages — Tom
C. Kierulff was high witn 99 per cent, F. J. Cooper
was at the other end with almost 96 per cent, the
rating of the intermediary good scores can readily
be surmised.
In accuracy casting the highest score was over 99
per cent, cast by H. B. Sperry, and the lowest, by
Cooper, over 97 per cent. Probably the showing in
this short-distance casting at anchored buoys is the
best that has ever been made in a similar competi-
tion in this country.
Sis members competed in the long-distance cast-
ing. C. R. Kenniff's cast of 106 feet led the rest.
Several members placed themselves in full record
of the competition by casting up back scores.
Saturday Content No. 3. Classification series, Stow
Lake, May 7, 1910. "Wind, southwest. Weather, fair.
Judges, E. A. Mocker, T. C. Kierulff, Geo. C. Edwards.
Referee, C. G. Young. Clerk, B. O. Ritter.
12 3 4 5
a b e
SI
96.12
98.4
98.20
98.12
97.9
9S.14
9S.44
97.50
98.17
91.5
98.7
98.4
98.40
9S. 22
96.8
98.1
US. 32
9S.40
9S.36
81.9
9S.2
9S.40
9S.20
98.30
97.9
98.4
95.56
96.10
96.3
96.3
97.13
98.40
99
9S.50
96.8
9S.9
97.40
92.40
95.10
104
125
132
98
106
132
140
E. A. Mocker. . . .
T. C. Kierulff
C. G. Young
F. H. Reed
Geo. C. Edwards.
F. J. Cooper
W. D. Mansfield. .
John D. McKee..
Sunday Contest No. 3. Classification series. Stow
Lake, May 8. 1910. Wind, southwest. Waether, cloudy.
Judges, Dr. W. E. Brooks, H. B. Sperry, C. R. Kenniff.
Referee, E. A. Mocker. Clerk, E. O. Ritter.
13 3 4 5
b
C. R. Kenniff
H. B. Sperry
T. C. Kierulff . . .
106
103
104
98.6 197.56
99.2 98.12
98.14|98.20
98.8! 98.20
98.11197.12
98.5 97.40
98.14 98.52
97.12 96.56
99
99.30
99.40
99.20
97.40
98.30
98.10
98.40
9S.3H
9S.40
97.30
96
98.28
9S.51
99
98.50
97.20
98.5
98.31
97.48
98.17
9S.30
97.39
95.54
97.4
97.2
98
67
95.4
131.6
C. A. Kierulff
C. H. Kewell
E. A. Mocker
87
94
102
92.5
93.7
98.7
98.6
105
96.4
Dr. W. E. Brooks. .
98.9
97.14
IIS. 20
97. 4S
95.48
94.5
97.5
98
106
123
97.9
134.4
147.4
Re-entry—
98.3
98.8
97.24
97.56
99.10
99.20
98.17
98.38
C. R. Kenniff
C. H. Kewell
99
95
NOTEs Event 1 — Distance casting, feet. Event 2 —
Accuracy casting, percentage. Event 3 — Delicacy
casting; a, accuracy percentage; b, delicacy percent-
age; e, net percentage. Event 4 — Lure casting. Event
5 — Long distance lure casting, average.
Fractions in Event 2. fifteenths; in Event 3, six-
tieths; in lure casting, tenths.
TUNA CLUB PRIZES.
The winter tournament of the Catalina Tuna Club
terminated April 30th. The summer tournament
began May 1st.
The prize winners in the light tackle class, nine-
ounce rods and nine-strand lines, were announced
by the Tuna Club, thus:
Largest yellowtail — Commodore C. G. Conn, weight
40% pounds', second yellowtail, J. W. Myers and L. C.
Wilson of Duluth, tie, weight, 32% pounds; third,
H. T. S. Young of Berkshire, England, weight 27
pounds.
For largest white sea bass — J. W. Frey of Los An-
geles, weight, 57 pounds; second, Mrs. M. H. Cham-
berlain, Jr., weight 51 pounds and 4 ounces; third,
Mrs. J. E. Babcock of New York, weight 49% pounds.
For largest albicore over forty pounds— W. N. Mac-
Millan, East Africa, weight 50 pounds; largest albi-
core, lady, Mrs. W. H. Chamberlain, weight, 32%
pounds; lor largest albicore,' W. N. MacMillan,
weight, 50 pounds; for third largest albicore, A. L.
Beebe and M. H. Chamberlain, Jr., Of Detroit, tie,
weight of fish, 30 pounds; for second largest, Mrs.
M. H. Chamberlain, Jr., weight of fish, 33 pounds and
12 ounces.
Largest bonita — Miss Susie Conn, weight, 14%
pounds; for the second largest bonita, Richard
Vivian, weight, 11% pounds; for the third largest
bonita, Charles D. Willetts, Berkeley, Cal., 11%
pounds.
Boatman to anglers receiving prizes are — Capt. M.
Mathews, O. I. Danielson, P. Neaje, Chappie, T. Grey,
S. Clover.
Buttons awarded during tournament — Gold buttons,
3; silver, 9; bronze, 48.
This is the first winter tournament which has "been
held by the Tuna Club. The rules are: Anglers
must bring their catches to gaff unaided; the fish
must be reeled in. A broken rod, before or after
gaffing disqualifies the angler.
The first annual bench show of the recently organ-
ized Golden Gate Kennel Club, May 4th, 5th, 6th and
7th, at the Auditorium Rink, San Francisco, will be
noted in the annals of Coast dogdom history as a
smirch on the escutcheon of the American Kennel
Club. This show was held despite the protests of
the kennel clubs and specialty organizations located
in this city, as well as the remonstrance of a ma-
jority of our show patronizing exhibitors.
The result of this forced play of the American
Kennel Club can be regarded in no other degree
than that of ignominious failure in every important
respect. The show last week did not have the sup-
port of the clubs and fancy at large. The attend-
ance was not a paying one, if the evidences of
"paper1' offered and spread broadcast throughout
the city is any evidence. Even with this attempt at
packing, the number of visitors was noticeably less
than at previous San Francisco shows.
The number of dogs benched, as given in the cata-
logue is 315, one number (104) was dropped. Of
the 314 dogs entered 8 were in for specials only
and 10 marked absent, these not counting for points.
A careful count by different observers of the num-
ber of dogs actually in the €how is stated to have
been 286.
The catalogue lists 209 exhibitors, of these 67 are
out of town exhibitors (10 from Los Angeles and
vicinity and the balance hailing from within 50
miles of this city, saving two from Pacific Grove).
Out of this list of 209 but 46 names appear as hav-
ing exhibited at the S. F. K. C. show in 1909.
But 38 names in the G. G. K. C. catalogue are listed
as exhibitors out of a total of 1S8 printed in the San
Mateo Kennel Club show for 1909. The Oakland
show (a 3-pointer) for 1909 had 169 exhibitors, but
only 36 of their names appear in the G. G. K. C. list.
The San Francisco show in 1909 was a 5-point
show. The Golden Gate Kennel Club show despite
every effort to dig up a strong entry can not go
over three points. Scouts were enlisted to secure
entries, so it is reported, at so much per head. The
club members and their immediate friends, greatly
to their credit, accounted for about 40 per cent of
the dogs benched — this entry made by not over 10
exhibitors. ■
The catalogue shows signs of hurried work and
also discrepancies and inaccuracies. Among other
amusing things is that of three separate dogs en-
tered, each of a different date of birth, all by the
same dam, and the three whelped within a period of
nine months. A pretty strenuous bitch that.
Notwithstanding systematic and competent pub-
licity efforts — a press agent, quarter cards, bill-
boards placarded with "San Francisco Dog Show" —
the dose was .top nauseous for both the fancy and
the general public.
Fulsome preliminary press notices and pictures of
famous dogs published, dead and alive, heroes of
by-gone shows some of them, exaggerated state-
ments as to the large number of entries which the
show secretary confidently expected, the leaven
would not rise but developed into an unrecognized
mass of sour dough.
What support the show and its promoters received
from "society" is intimated by the following from
The Chronicle's society editor, Tuesday, May 10th,
which we quote in full:
"Entering society via the Dog Show is a cir-
cuitous and expensive route, and in not many cases
is it now efficacious. An investment of $50,000 in
dogs is placed as the estimate of one man's recent
venture whose wife has social aspirations, and'
whose name appears next to Jennie Crocker's at' no
function but at the dog show. About ten years ago
the Kennel Club, with its attendant annual dog
show, had upon its list of entries names identical
with those appearing in the social register and the
mistresses- of, the pedigreed canines on exhibition
were all in the smart set, called each other by their
first names, chatted familiarly over the board par-
titions within which their pets were temporarily con-
fined and exchanged confidences as to the wonderful
attainments of their respective dogs. In those days
the Burlingame set made a strong point of dogs and
vied with each other in the imoprtation of the finest
breeds. Every girl in society had a dog or two of
high degree and the annual dog show took on the
dignity of a social function. But times have changed.
The entries at the meeting of the Kennel Club last
week showed a comparatively small percentage of
the names of those who were always in, evidence in
the older days. That society's interest in dogs has
not waned is evident from the fact that any num-
ber of the women in the smart set are still the
owners of fine animals, but that their pets are not
entered at the dog show is obvious.
"Mrs. Lansing Kellogg's dogs have the reputation
of being the ugliest and most blue-blooded of their
kind; Dorothy and Elsa Draper's collies have pedi-
grees that are unimpeachable; Virginia Jolliffe has
a dog of aristocratic mien, but not within leagues of
the dog show do these animals now appear.
"It has become such an easy matter for so many
without the charmed circle to purchase $2,500 dogs
that the possession of one- of these, pedigreed quad-
rupeds is now indicative of wealth, hut not of ex-
clusiveness. The discerning wife of the newly rich
man prefers the gift of . a blue-blooded canine to
that of an expensive diamond dog collar with which
to adorn her own fair person, because it is seem-
ingly a more valuable asset when preparing for a
social -campaign, and when the animal is entered
in the show and receives a blue ribbon in the same
class with dogs belonging to Jennie Crocker, Irene
Sabin' and "a few' others, what nearer approach to
society's portals could the lady wish? It is easy,
and logical reasoning that if her- dogs are in the '
same class as those of some reputed society queen,
it follows that she herself will sooner or later be a
power to be reckoned with in the social scheme.
"But society has refused to accommodate itself to
this method of re-enforcement, so keeps its dogs at
home and resorts to polo ponies when ;seeking ex-
ploitation through the medium of excjhjsiveness in
the ownership of high-priced animals.;;;-;
The general management of the shpw hall was
apparently all that could be desired. % noticeable
feature being the new banching supplied by.Spratts.
Marked catalogues appeared early" on Friday. The
opening price of 50 cents each did not meet with the
approval of visitors or exhibitors, the catalogues
were soon placed on sale at 25 cents. Another;
feature of the show was the bar, which privilege was
a side-line speculation of the superintendent's.
Thrifty, this was, if nothing more: When one of
our professional dog men overlooks a chance to
"slip" something it is accident and not design.
The general run of quality and class was: but ordi-
nary, here and there some good dogs were shown in
different breeds. The awards of the judges,- George
S. Thomas and Ben Lewis, were received with gen-:
eral satisfaction. The regular classes were finished
on Thursday evening. The specials and variety
classes were judged Friday night. Prizes were dis-
tributed on the closing "night. Mrs. Robert Wallace
presented the trophies to the winning exhibitors.
A most unpleasant episode occurred Friday even-
ing, after the show had closed, when W..E. Chute
was the victim of an unprovoked and brutal assault
by Superintendent Bradshaw. Chute was attacked
whilst sitting in a chair near the entrance to the
hall. Ben Lewis, with whom he was conversing,
temporarily prevailed on Bradshaw to conduct hirri^
self decently. Bradshaw made a second' attack upon
Chute while Lewis' back was turnea. Chute in tryj
ing to defend himself tripped over a dog-crate and
was for a few second at Bradshaw's mercy, until the'
latter was compelled to desist by George- Thomas.
The consensus of opinion of fanciers in general over
this uncalled-for display of ruffianism is condemna-
tory of the asailant. This affray is not the first in
Bradshaw's bench show career during the past de,-
cade. He usually cames off second best. In this case,
however, he attacked a man nearly 100 pounds less
in weight and smaller in stature. He offered the
cowardly excuse for this brutal' e'bulition that
Chute "made a motion to draw a gun."'. Such action
is denied by reliable witnesses.
In connection with this bench show we will quote
a paragraph taken from a report of the proceedings
of the Pacific Advisory Committee. The same iS'
part of a report of the special' committee, Messrs.
Hunnewell and Vredenburgh, to the American Ken;
nel Club and appears in the A. K. C. Gazette of'
April 30th:'
"No opposition kennel league on the Coast can
be successful; the bulk of the fanciers will- always
rally to the standard of the American Kennel Club:
A formation of an opposition eague cannot be pre-
vented, but this Committee has had experience in the
past in dealing with an outlaw league, and assures
you it will handle any new organization formed for
the purpose of injuring the American Kennel Club's
interests on the Coast in a manner that will not
warrant any life insurance company taking the
risk."
If the G. G. K. C. bench show is an indication as,
to the manner in which the A, K. C. interests are
to be "handled" and taken care of, the paragraph
is boastful and impotent and resolves itself into
merely an expression of intention. This intention
does not look healthy for Coast dogdom. The recep-
tion the "foundling" was accorded leaves the issue
in no doubt.
If the majority of our fanciers are content with
the current of doggy affairs as they are and have
developed, well and good. If not so, the remedy is in
their own hands. They can go out of the fancy or
they can adopt such action as may appeal to them
under the circumstances.
So, without prejudice, we will continue with some
comparative figures regarding the variqijs, breeds
shown. n , f
Cocker Spaniels — There were 32 dogs benched for
33 entries, as against 62 dogs benched for 95 entries
in the San Francisco Kennel, Club, show in 1909. Of
these 32 cockers benched, 8 were entered by Uvas ,
Kennels (George A. Nieberger), 5 by. Mission Cocker .
Kennels (Jas. Rolph, Jr.) and 3 from Denniston
Kennels (W. M. Dennis), a total of 16 by three ken-
nels, just one-half of the dogs entered.
The cocker showing is a most significant rebuke
to the "cuckoo" kennel club from the majority of
the cocker fancy here and shows the position of a
leading Coast specialty organization, the California
Cocker Club, for fair play, consistency and sports-
manlike observance of show-giving ethics.
English Setters — The class was ordinary with but
one or two exceptions. Eleven were benched (one
absent), 15 entries in all. In 1909 San Francisco
show had 44 English setters for .63 entries, 2 ab-
sentees. Quite a difference, it will be seen.
Irish Setters — In 1909 there were benched 20 dogs,
counting 24 entries, np absentees. Last week 8 dogs
(12 entries) were benched — another difference.- '
Gordon Setters — This breed mustered but 2 speci-
mens as against 6 (8 entries) shown last year.
Field Trial Class — In 1909 there were 4 entries.
This class did not" fill to any visible extent last
week.
There was a decided lack of enthusiasm and "sup-
id
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 14, 1910.
port on the part ot the owners of "bird dogs." The
fact that the Pointer and Setter Club had filed reso-
lutions of protest against the holding of last week's
show may have had some influence with sportsmen
fanciers.
The general quality of the above classes, with the
exception of some of the pointer entries, was but
ordinary. There was a supposed opportunity to peg
up, in the absence of competition, for "near" cham-
pionships. The names of but four exhibitors, last
week of "bird dogs" appear in the San Francisco
catalogue, 1909.
Irish Water Spaniels — Five of this breed were
shown. Last year 11 were benched for 18 entries.
Collies — There were 24 dogs benched counting 29
entries. Of these exhibitors but three names appear
in the San Francisco catalogue 1909, where 41 collies
(23 entries, a total of 64 entries) are listed, among
which are the famous entries that have made the
pages of Coast kennel history an object lesson of
intolerable program methods.
Field Spanieels. None entered, in the previous
year 3 were shown.
Bulldogs. A pleasing class in general, numbering
24 benched and 37 entries. The previous year 26
dogs, counting 39 entries, were entered.
Dachshunds. But 2 were entered and benched. In
1909, 10 were shown, counting 13 entries.
French Bulldogs. In this class 10 dogs (19 entries)
as against 11 for 22 entries the previous year.
Chihuahuas. Two dogs for 3 entries. Last year
7 were shown.
Curley Poodles. Two were shown. Three were
exhibited last year in 6 entries.
Dalmatians. None. In 1909 there was 1 shown.
West Highland Terriers. None entered. In 1909
the showing was 2 dogs for 3 entries.
Scotch Terriers. None. Last year the catalogue
lists 3 and 6 entries.
Manchester Terriers. None. In 1909, 1 was shown
in 2 classes.
Yorkshire Terriers. One entry. Four were benched
in 1909.
Toy Black and Tan Terriers. Four are listed in
the catalogue. The same tally occurs in the 1909
catalogue.
Pomeranians. Four entered, 5 entries. Five are
catalogued for 8 entries in 1909.
Japanese Spaniels. Three are catalogued. In
1909, 3 are listed for 5 entries.
Pekingese Spaniels. None. Last year 1 entry ap-
pears.
Italian Greyhounds. One dog in two classes. This
dog is entered as Duke S., "particulars unknown."
Three of the breed were shown last year, one was
entered as Duke S., breeder S. A. Cummings, by Ch.
Duke II-Queenie II.
English Toy Spaniels. One dog in two classes
appears in both catalogues for this breed.
St. Bernards. One entry appears as against 5
entries by 4 dogs in 1909.
Bloodhounds. None. In 1909 two were shown.
Newfoundlands. None. The previous show 2 were
entered.
Great Danes. Eight dogs (2 absent), 11 entries.
Nine were shown in 1909, counting 13 entries.
Esquimaux. None. One Arctic specimen was
benched in 1909.
American Foxhounds. One entry. Five dogs (8
entries) appear in the 1909 list.
A slight increase over the entries for the 1909
show is shown in the following breeds:
Boston Terriers — A class of 33 dogs, 48 entries,
none absent, none in for specials only, 16 entries
from one kennel. Thirty-two Bostons were banched
in 1909, listing a total of 57 entries, 2 dogs absent.
The kennels previously mentioned had 13 entries in
1909.
Bull Terriers — A very good class with 33 dogs cata-
logued for 51 entries. Of these exhibitors but eight
names appear in the 1909 catalogue, where are listed
30 dogs, counting up 59 entries.
Airedale Terriers — A class of 17 dogs, generally
good in quality, numbering 23 entries, is listed. In
1909, 15 dogs were counted, a total in entries of 35,
a little difference after all.
Greyhounds — This breed stands 7 dogs for 1910 as
against 6 shown last year in 9 entries.
Russian Wolfhounds — Five dogs in 8 entries. Last
year but 2 were shown. These two, however, were
c-ntered in 9 classes. The two exhibitors last year
appear in the G. G. K. C. catalogue list down for
but two dogs, one entry each.
Toy Poodles — Six are listed in the catalogue. Five
appear in the 1909 catalogue.
Fox Terriers — Twenty-one smooths, totaling 27 en-
tries are catalogued. Thirteen dogs are shown from
one kennel. Thirteen smooths counting 25 entries
appear in the 1909 list. Eight dogs were from the
kennels first referred to.
In wires, the count is 15 dogs for 17 entries; 6
dogs are entered by one kennel. Eight wires were
entered in 1909 for 15 entries. The kennel above
referred to had but one entry.
Irish Terriers — Were 14 dogs, counting 20 entries.
In 1909, 10 dogs are listed for 17 entries.
Skye Terriers — One entry. None in 1909.
Maltese Terriers — One entry. None in the pre-
vious show.
Chows — One shown. None entered for 1909 show.
Miscellaneous Class — Two dogs were entered.
One an alleged Russian sheepdog, the other an un-
recognized breed — an Australian hound. If this
mongrel original)' came from the antipodes, it left
there on a ticket of leave.
Champion Variety Class — Three entries 1910, six
entries in 1909.
Ladies' Variety Class — Six entries 1910, sixteen en-
tries 1909.
Smooth Terrier Variety Class — Two entries 1910,
seven entries 1909.
Sporting Variety Class — No entries 1910, five en-
tries 1910.
All Terrier Class — Two entries 1910, the same as
are entered in the smooth terrier class. No entries
in this class for 1909.
Variety Team Class — One entry 1910. Three teams
entered in 1909, each entrant then is an exhibitor in
the 1910 show also.
Brace Class — Four braces entered 1910, 9 braces
were entered in 1909.
The foregoing comparisons are taken from the
catalogues of the two shows. There may be minor
discrepancies in footings, which, however, will not
alter the showing as to facts and an expression of
positive sentiment that stands for fair dealing, self-
protection and consistency.
A list of awards will appear in next week's issue.
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AT THE TRAPS.
On the Walla Walla Rod and Gun Club grounds,
last week, three shooters, Tom Barclay, Dryden and
Frank Howe, each broke 99 rocks out of the first
100 trapped.
This feat is without doubt a Coast record for three
shooters. The targets were thrown about 50 yards,
and the weather was ideal. A large number of
shooters who will participate in the tournament at
Walla Walla next week are engaged at steady prac-
tice until the shoot begins. Scores made last week
in practice, 25 target sections, were:
•Morris |21|21
O'Brien |21 20
Barclay 123 24 24
Dryden |23 24 25
Fulton |22|21 22
Dryden |24|23 25
Barclay [25125 23
O'Brien |20|21 23
Smails 122118 20
Fulton |15|16 19
Dooly |12|13 16
Dorsey |20|23 16
Myres |18|23 23
Anderson |19|22 22
Dimmick |21|21 22
Smails, L |19|20 ..
Barclay |25I25|24
19|21|.
1724
Dryden 25
•Howe 25
Fulton 15
O'Brien 20
Dorsey 21
Dooly |11
Smails |23
25|25
25125
16|19
21|21
18122
18123
20[23
25|24
25
24
19
22
17
21
23
20
22
82
82
95
95
90
144
144
134
126
93
93
78
84
85
64
39
123
99
99
113
106
78
93
j 89
J. Dale, 93 out of 100, was first amateur average at
the Owl Rod and Gun Club shoot, Modesto, May 8th.
Henry Garrison was second, with 92. H. Garrison,
48 out of 50, was high gun in the Du Pont trophy
race, events 2 and 4. Dale and Davison, 46 out of 50,
tied in the B. & E. race, events 1 and 3. Davison's
run of 65 was the best continuous string.
The new McCrea traps installed on the club ground
worked excellently. The scores, four 25-target races,
and distance handicaps, follow:
Frank Bell 18 yds
R McHenry 16 yds.
R. Cadrett 16 yds.
J. Giovanetti 18 yds.
E. S. Richards 16 yds.
D. C. Wood 18 yds.
D. C. Davison 18 yds
H. Garrison 18 yds.
J. Dale IS yds.
W. Garrison : 18 yds
C. Weeks 16 yds.
E. S. Turpen 16 yds.
23
22
22
20
87
21
15
19
16| 71
22
23
19
20
86
17
23
19
23
82
21
19
21
19
80
20
18
20
21
79
21
19
25
25
90
20 25
24
23
92
22123
24
24
93
18
22
22
20
82
16
15
19
19
69
20
17
21
22
80
The New Oakland Gun Club tourney on the 8th
inst. was a well conducted shoot. The weather was
favorable and about six squads participated in the
ten scheduled events. The winners of each event in
the order named were Al Cook, C. H. Lancaster, H.
J. Faulkner, B. Blanchard, C. C. Nauman, G. Clark,
H. D. Swales, W. J. Lancaster, C. I. Wood and a
team composed of Cook, C. H. Lancaster Blanchard,
Nelson and Clark.
The closing event for the Selby trophy was won
by C. H. Lancaster, who broke 25 straight from the
20-yard mark. Event 5 won by Nauman, 23 out of
25, was for a cup emblematic of the bay counties
championship. C. H. Lancaster and Blanchard tied
for high average, 159 out of 175 targets, 90 per cent.
Lancaster was high gun for all targets shot at, 184
out of 200, 92 per cent. Guy Clark won second high
amateur average.
Fred Willet was high professional average, 160 out
of 175; Emil Holling, 156 out of 175, second high
professional average. Holling won the professional
prize in the tenth event, 23 out of 25, 20 yards.
The club provided an appetizing free lunch for the
shooters that was appreciated. The new trap worked
very satisfactorily. The grounds will be "open to
all" on the second and fourth Sundays of each
month.
The fifteen high scores out of total of 200 targets
shot at, were: C. H. Lancaster 184, Fred Willet 181,
E. Holling 179, B. Blanchard 178, Dick Reed 172,
L Hawxhurst 171, E. Hoelle 169, H. J. Faulkner 169,
G. Clark 167, H. D. Swales 162, Al Cook 161, F. Nel-
son 159, A. J. Webb 159, C. C. Nauman 157, T. Hard-
man 155
Empire Gun Club members shot up the club regular
events at Alameda Junction on the Sth inst. The
scores in the championship race at 25 targets were:
J. W. Dorsey 21, Dr. Geo. Clark 19, C. D. Laing 17,
W. B. Sanborn 15, J. Peltier 15, J. B. Hauer 14, H. S.
Dutton 14, T. C. Van Ness 11. In the money event,
25 targets, the scores were: Dorsey 22, Peltier 18,
Clark 16, Sanborn 15, Laing 12, Van Ness 10, Hauer
10. Sanborn was high with 13 breaks in the special
handicap race, 10 doubles. Laing ran 11 in the
Sweeney medal shoot miss and out.
A day's outing at the Pastime Gun Club bungalow
near Alvarado was enjoyed by several local shooters,
guests of George Thomas, last Sunday, a feature of
the day was the "mulligatoney" prepared by Prior.
In this event everybody scored straight. The club
members will hold a regular outing tomorrow at the
clubhouse. A few trap scores shot last Sunday fol-
low:
Targets
Geo. Thomas . .
J. Connelly . . .
L Rink
W. E. Murdock
T. Prior
Miss Meyer . . .
25
25 15
22
10
19 11
19
13
24
10|25]25|25
-'21J24
17|13
20 17
24 ..
241..
10
The Oakland Revolver Club scores for the tourna-
ment held May 5th, 6th and 7th on a 20-yard indoor
range show J. E. Gorman in the lead, with 99 out
of a possible 100 (50 and 49). Pretty good pistol work
that, on the standard American target.
J. E. Gorman 99, Geo. Armstrong 98, J. R. Trego 96,
W. C. Priehard 95, H. Merrill 95, W. H. Seaver 93,
R. P. Prentys 93, Vaughn 93, C. H. Linder 93, H. A.
Harris 93, C. F. Armstrong 92, Barley 92, Mills 91,
A. P. Miller 89, M. W. Blasse 89, W. H. Christie 89,
Dr. R. A. Summers 89, A. J. Braunagan 89, M. W.
Hausner 89, Poulter 88, Walter Cooley 86, W. F.
Blasse 86, Jonas, B., 86, J. A. Jones 85, Goodburn 84,
C. A. Whaley 84, O. Lillemo 83, W. B. Williamson
82, S. I. Kellogg 82, M. Kolander 79, Dr. S. Smith 77,
L Hawxhurst 77, Son Trego 77, Kindgram 65.
The Bald Eagle Rod and Gun Club is a recent or-
ganization in Modesto county. The club is limited to
fifteen members and they have already built and fur-
nished a clubhouse on the Bald Eagle ranch. A blue
rock set of traps has been installed and weekly
shoots are in order.
The charter members and officers are as follows:
Frank M. Bell, president; Robert A. McHenry, sec-
retary and treasurer; Dr. A. R. Vogelman, John Gio-
vanetti, Floyd Wisecarver, Carl Handley, A. B. Wise-
carver and Roy Cadrett.
A press report from Grangeville, Idaho, informs us:
"The Grangeville Rod and Gun Club's shoot came off
Friday (April 29th) with a good attendance and fine
weather, excepting sudden puffs of wind which lost
a few birds to the shooters.
"Jack Forbes was high average by breaking 94%
per cent out of 200 birds. Mr. Forbes is with the
Selby Lead Company, and is a good fellow as well
as a good shot.
"W. A. Hills was second with 89 per cent on 200
birds and treated the onlookers with some expert
rifle work while exhibiting Remington rifles and U.
M. C. cartridges.
"Mr. Hillis made several converts to the automatic
rifle among the big game hunters.
"Adolph Woelm, representing Marshall, Wells
Company, and Peters Cartridge Company, made 75
per cent and O. Lee, for the Winchester Arms Com-
pany, shot 84 per cent.
"Other shooters made out of 200 as follows:
Green, 84 per cent; Wade, 80 per cent; Turner, 79
per cent; Cole, 76 per cent; Day, 75 per cent; Lar-
son, 74 per cent; Porter, 73 per cent; Davis, 72 per
cent, and Titus, 54 per cent."
Jack Cullison was the high man at Portland in the
shoot at the Multnomah Gun Club traps again Sun-
day, May 1st, with a score of 97 out of 100. In the
shooting for the trophy cup, Hilgers shot a perfect
score of 50 birds. He had a handicap slate. Culli-
son, Long and Abrahams, all scratch men, did not
fare so well. The shoot had been on for two Sun-
days, and Long and Smith are tie for first with 95
each. Cullison has 94 and Abrahams, Hilgers and
Beal have 91 each. It is a 500-bird handicap and will
be shot for ten Sundays. The scores were:
Cullison shot at 100, broke 97, Abrahams 100-94,
Long 50-46, Hilgers 100-90, Smith 100-90, Caldwell
100-90, Beal 100-85, Borders 50-40, Krimbel 50-40, Gill
65-48, Champion 65-46.
Cup race: Hilgers broke 39, handicap 11, total 50;
Smith 46-147, Cullison 46-0-46, Long 46-0-46, Abrahams
44-0-44, Beal 41.2-43.
The Sunnybrook Shooting Club was recently or-
ganized by Guadalupe, Cal., sportsman. Trap grounds
have been installed and regular shoots will be held.
Down in San Luis Obispo county the streams com-
ing into Morro, Cayucos and Cambria are reported
to be full of large sized trout. San Luis creek is
also apparently on the jobbing list for plenty of trout
from recent reports.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, May 14, 1910.]
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THE FARM
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Fence every square rod of available
pasture land for the stock this summer.
Grass and other forage can be turned
into good money by the animals.
Have on hand a supply of movable
fencing so that any field and lot on the
farm may be fenced in and pastured
when not in cultivation.
Sheep are among the most valuable
animals that can be kept on the general
farm. They will kill out weeds and
brush, and they will make rich soil on
all land they tramp over. Why not get
a start of good sheep this year?
Sheep do not require as much water
as other animals, yet they should not be
compelled to run in a pasture where
they receive no water at all. The dew
on the grass and herbage is not enough
water for their best needs.
Lice on animals sap away their vital-
ity, and hence rob you of money. It is
cheaper to invest ten or twenty dollars
in a dipping vat and oil than to lose
many times as much from lice ravages.
A good way to kill lice on hogs is to
have crude oil on posts where they will
rub up against it. Wrap the post with
rough bagging and saturate the bagging
with oil.
Sow rape and other forage plants for
the hogs this summer, and grow pump-
kins and turnips for fall and winter
feeding. The most profit in growing
hogs is through making them consume
much green feed in connection with
grain and other concentrates.
It is not necessary to allow the foal to
always follow the mare, but let it feed at
noon. Do not allow the mare to become
excessively warm at the time when the
foal is turned with her for feeding.
Teach the foal to eat hay and ground
feed.
THE GRADE COW.
Some farmers and dairymen can not
see their way in securing a herd of pure
bred cows. Such men should at least
try to breed for and raise good grade
cows.
A good dairy sire carries with him a
marked ability to reproduce the good
points bred in him, and through him
many of the poor qualities of the dam
are eliminated. The external markings
of the grade calf are very pronounced
in favor of the sire, and the milking
qualities of the grade heifer, or cow, are
greatly improved over the dam. Some
grade cows are phenomenal milkers, and
almost all of them are good ones, at
least better than their dams, unless they
have been stunted in growing or have
some uncommon defects. Some grade
cows have turned out to be such good
milkers that they have been entered in
contests and have sold for as high as
$1,000.
Often grade cows turn cut to be as
good or even better than pure-bred ani-
mals. In many herds the half and
three-quarters pure cows can not be
told either in markings or milk yield
from the registered stock.
In attempting to grow grade cows,
breed to the very best dairy bull avail-
able in the neighborhood, although the
price of service be high. A few dollars
more in service fee, from a really good
bull of a strong milking line will mean
many dollars more in the mature grade
cow. The better the sire, the more per-
fect dairy type markings will the grade
cow have and the more milk she will
give, the latter of course being the high-
est test of her value.
One great value in breeding and grow-
ing grade cows is that they get better, or
the herd increases in value, with the
breeding. After a few generations of
careful breeding from good dairy sires
the herd becomes practically pure bred,
and it will yield practically as much
milk.
DAIRY NOTES.
If you are not able to purchase a ma-
ture bull, why not purchase a pure bred
bull calf and raise him yourself? This
is a good and cheap way to begin grad-
ing up the herd.
Pure bred dairy bull calves can be
purchased all the way from ten dollars
and up. The same ones at maturity will
cost from one hundred dollars and up.
The dairy bull is ready for first service
at about one year of age.
Whether the dairy calf to be kept for
breeding is a bull or heifer, keep it
growing vigorously all the time. Stunt-
ed dairy animals are as unprofitable as
stunted animals of other kinds.
Where milk or cream is being held for
creamery delivery, with no other cooling
arrangement, the milk or cream can
may be hung in the well. With a tight
cover, water dripping from the top of
the well will not injure the contents of
the can. The deep, cool well is a cheap
and efficient refrigerator for dairy pro-
ducts.
As the days grow longer do not milk
earlier in the morning and later in the
evening, but milk at regular periods,
dividing the day into two equal divisions
of twelve hours each.
Those who have silage will find it a
good feed all spring and summer, espe-
cially when pastures are short. In the
absence of silage, the rye patch makes a
good soiling crop. It may be cut every
two or three days and stored in the barn
out of the sun. If the weather is favor-
able, and the soil fertile, early cat rye
for soiling will grow up for a second
crop.
Milk will sour more easily iD warm
than in cold weather. However, as
summer comes on there is more sunshine,
and hence the milk vessels can be ster-
ilized with sunshine. There is no better
disinfectant than direct, warm sun for
killing troublesome dairy germs.
If you wish to keep your fowls in a good
healthy condition watch them closely
and if any evidence of lice appear im-
mediately commence eradication by
cleaning the hen house and dipping the
fowls. Lice produces weakness in fowls
and is the ultimate cause of twro-thirds of
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CONDITIONS — All races mile heats, best two in three, except that in the
Speedway Stake the right is reserved to divide the field and start the horses in
divisions of not more than seven in preliminary heats (2 in 3), the best two horses
in each division to start in the final and take the stakes. Drivers in this race
must be members of clubs composing the League of Amateur Driving Clubs, must
be acceptable to the Trotting-Horse Breeders' Club, and must carry not less than
175 pounds. Money in all races divided ?1500 to winner, $500 to second, $300 to
third, $200 to fourth; the winner of the race to receive all surplus subscriptions,
or entrance money, paid in. In the Speedway Stake a piece of plate will be
presented to the driver of the winner. Two or more horses owner by the same
person or trained in the same stable may start on payment of the subscription
or entrance fee for each horse.
Subscriptions or entrance fees payable as follows: If paid on or before
Monday, May 23, two per cent ($50) to start; if after May 23 and on or before
"Wednesday, June 15, three per cent ($75) to start; if after June 15 and on or
before Saturday, July 2, four per cent ($100) to start; if after July 2 and on or
before Saturday, July 23, five per cent ($125) to start; if after July 23 and on or
before Saturday, August 6, six per cent ($150) to start; if after August 6 and on
or before Saturday, August 20, seven per cent ($175) to start. An additional five
per cent will be charged to the winner of each division of the money. Rules of
the National Trotting Association, of which this club is a member, to govern,
except as otherwise provided.
made after August 6 no bar. Rules of the National Trotting Association, of which
this club is a member, to govern, except as otherwise provided.
If, owing to continued unfavorable weather, any race has not been started at
five o'clock on Saturday, August 27, it shall be declared off and all subscriptions
or entrance money in th>e hands of the club as stakeholder returned to the
subscribers or parties making the entries, and if any race then remains unfinished
it shall be declared ended and the money divided according to the summary.
ADDITIONAL STAKES OF NOT LESS THAN 91500 EACH WILL BE
ANNOUNCED LATER, TO CLOSE ON AUGUST 0.
Entry blanks and all information may be obtained from the Secretary.
Communications should be addressed and checks made payable to
THE TROTTING-HORSE BREEDERS' CLUB,
Temporary Office: 308 West 07th St., New York City.
JAMES BUTLER, President. GURNEY C. GUE, Secretary.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 14, 1910.
IMPORTATION OF CATTLE.
Each year immigration is becoming
more pronounced which is no doubt due
to the fact of eagerness to attain greater
wealth and for this reason it has been
found necessary to enforce various laws
in the various States in order to protect
the residents therein against disease.
This same may be applied to the im-
portation of cattle, it having been found
necessary that, in order to protect the
stock owner all cattle before entering the
State must be thoroughly inspected and
passed upon as being free from any in-
fectious or contagious disease.
While each and every disease in cattle
has a tendency to reduce the profits of a
herd, exceptional attention has been
paid in the eradication of tuberculosis
and for this reason most States require
that, before a non-resident herd can en-
ter the State, it shall have been accom-
panied by a certificate which shows that
every animal has been tuberculin tested
and is free from same.
"While cattle that have been imported
may have been apparently free from dis-
ease at the time of purchase, owing to
the delay of arrival and exposure they
are subjected to, it has been deemed
necessary to hold same in quarantine for
a certain length of time, thereby defin-
itely determining as to the exact condi-
tion of each individual animal before its
introduction into the States, and while it
has often been found that they are free
from tuberculosis, the owner is many
times disappointed to find upon thor-
ough examination that they are afflicted
with ■ the germs of contagious abortion
and for this reason each animal is treat-
ed until all signs of this disease have dis-
appeared before introducing them into
their new quarters, in this way following
out the theory that one ounce of preven-
tion is. worth a pound, of cure.— Dr.
David Roberts, Wisconsin.
SPRING PIGS.
Pigs which came in March and have
the right breeding, l can be made to
weigh 200 to 250 pounds for the October
market, but they will need the best care
and feed.
Many farmers in the busy season
neglect their young stock. They are so
busy planting and harvesting that they
can riot, or think they can not, find time
to feed and water the growing animals.
The crops of course need attention in
season, but so does the live stock. It
will pay to hire hands at big "wages than
to allow either field crops or stock to
suffer for want of attention.
Just as soon as spring pigs are a day
or two old they must be allowed to go
out of the house and exercise in the pen.
. After they are a week old they should
be given the run of a grassy lot or pas-
ture with the sow, and all through the
summer they must be allowed freedom
to feed and exercise on good range.
It is a well known fact among stock-
men that the cheapest meat put on an
animal is the first hundred pounds, and
that the second hundred pounds is put
on more cheaply than the third. With
hogs, at the present prices of grain, the
third and fourth hundred pounds repre-
i-ent no profits. With spring pigs on
good pasture and fed morning and eve-
ning with good slop of shorts and a little
dry corn, they will put on a pound of
weight each day and be ready for heavy
feeding when corn is ripe or ready to
hog down. They will not do it on water
and corn alone. The variety during the
first months of growth must be furnished
to give them large frame and a vigorous
constitution so that they will have ca-
pacity for grain feed in the fall.
A great diminution in the number of
sheep in Ei rope is shown by statistics
furnished by M. Tisserand, a French
agricultural authority. In 1S40 France
had 32,000,000 head of sheep, whereas
on January 1, 1907, the number had fal-
len to 17,000,000. Bub a greater decrease
is shown in Germany. Official figures
placed the number of sheep in that
country in 1870 at 25,000,000; in 1907 it
had fallen to 7,000,000. In Austria-
Hungary there are only half as many
sheep as in 1869, when the country pos-
sessed 20,000,000. The least variation
has been in England. In 1871 there
were 33,000,000 sheep there, and to-day
there are estimated to be 31,500,000.
THE GENTLE COW.
One of the essential qualities of a good
cow is gentleness.
The time to train the cow for gentle-
ness is when she is a calf. Work with
and feed the heifer calves from infancy
till they have their first calf and they
will never need any "breakin in." The
way to get near the affections and good
will of any animal is through feeding.
It is useless to try to pet a hungry ani-
mal. And here is where the value of
hand feeding calves with skim milk
comes in.
A few weeks ago I got a five-months' -
old calf in a crate sent by expressage a
long distance. It seems that on the
road and at both ends of the journey
everybody took a "poke" at the calf in
the crate, so that by the time it was de-
livered over by the express company it
seemed as vicious as a lion. The express
agent and his assistant told me that this
calf was the meanest animal they ever
saw, and I am sure the calf thought so
of them, for they teased it enough to
make a lamb angry.
I did not attempt to lay my hands on
it any way at first. On the road home
long green grass was gathered from the
roadside and given it to eat. This was
repeated several times, and a good feed
was given it as soon as it was uncrated.
It kicked and butted at the express
agent and his assistant, but it has never
done so to me or any others of the fam-
iiy-
When our young dairy stock comes up
from the pasture well satisfied with good
bluegrass these evenings and the young
stand around cantentedly in the lot, we
give each one a little bran or oats, and
then brush or rub them. They are sat-
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A Delightful Scenic Water Trip
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Meals — Beautiful staterooms and
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SAN FRANCISCO
isfied with their feed, and they seem sat-
isfied and glad for us to pet and handle
them. They are all tame. — M. S.
The registered Shorthorn cow R,ose
of Glenside finished a year's da! ry
work March 3rd with a record of
18,075 pounds of milk, and 735 pounds
of butter. This milk yield exceeds all
Ayrshire, Jersey ana shorthorn rec-
ords and is a splendid demonstration
of the capabilities of the dairy-bred
Shorthorn as a dairy cow. Rose of
Glenside was bred and is owned by
Glenside Farms, May & Otis, proprie-
tors, Bradford county, Pa., the home
of the greatest milking Short norns in
the world. She is a cow of grand size
and conformation and weighed, at the
close of her record, 1,450 pounds. She
is nine years old and has had seven
calves. In seven consecutive days she
gave 62.02 pounds milk per day.
It is best to keep breeding geese
rather thin in flesh.
FOR SALE
the fast pacing mare Lady Patrick.no record,
and can step right now in 2 :1 5 without straps or
boots, sound, six years old, Day, 15.2. standard
and eligible to registration, not afraid of cars or
automobiles; also a brown gelding six years old.
16.2, weighs 1250 lbs., a grand road or surrey
horse.andcan road 12 miles per hour without
urging him, not afraid of a thing. Address
FRED STOPPELFELD,
San Bernardino. Cal.
FOR SALE.
Free Trial, brown filly, 15.2, foaled
1905, trotter, registered in "Vol. 17, bred
at Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Dan-
ville, Cal. Sired by Charles Derby 2:20,
dam Pippa by Stilleco 14346, dam of
Frank Dale 2:23^. second dam Lucy E.,
dam of Azalia 2:15 and Joe Scott 2:18,
bv Black Walnut 17361, third dam
Ethel by Enfield 12S, fourth dam Betsey
Trotwood by Peck's Idol, fifth dam
Pilotta by Little John, sixth dam
Dairy Maid by Tennessee 2:27. This
filly was worked 60 days as a three-
year-old and trotted a full mile in
2:23, and y± in 35 seconds. She has
since been used for light road driving,
is a handsome filly, gentle for a lady
to drive, is a beautifully gaited trotter
with great knee and hock action.
Guaranteed absolutely sound. Address
500S East 14th Street, Oakland.
Fine Mare and Foal for Sale.
IRENE AYERS and her foal by Lynwood W.
2:20% for sale, cheap. Irene Ayers by Iris,
sire of Jasper Ayers 2:09, Visalia 2:12, Ira P.
2:10%, Jaspine 2:14 and several others with rec-
ords of 2:30 and better. Irene Ayers is a full sis-
ter to Jasper Ayers 2:09, May Ayers 2:23%. May
Ayers is the dam of the good little mare Ayeress,
trial 2:14, % 1 :0i, K 31 seconds. Irene's foal is a
brother in blood to Ayeress. Irene trotted 4th
heat with 10 weeks work, off alfalfa, in 2:32%
at three years of age. She had 2:20 speed then.
Her trainer said she was another Jasper Ayers,
sure, if given a chance. Irene's dam is Babe by
Altimont9S5. he by Almont33; Babe, dam by S.
F Patchen, he by Geo- M. Patchen Jr., 2nd dam
by Owendale. Here we get the much desired
Electioneer-Wilkes cross. In Irene's foal we
have one of the best formed colts in the State.
He is entered in Breeders Stake No. 10 and paid
up to Oct. 1. 1910. This youngster is sure to keep
the good name of his noted half sister, Sonoma
Girl 2 :05K. unless some accident overtakes him.
Irene will sure make a great brood mare if given
a chance. I cannot give her and the foal the at-
tention they should have and this is my reason
for offering them for sale. Address
H. T. OWEN, Kern, Cal.
WHEN
DOCTORS
DISAGREED
— orat any other time,
ii-'- Kendall's Spavin
Cure to cure that
Spavin, Curb, Ringbone. Splint,
Bony Growth or any other lameness. It'3 the
safest way. Keep a bottle of
KENDALL'S
SPAVIN CURE
on hand so you can use it promptly.
'-Please send me nne of vour books, "Treatise
on the Horse.' I have been using KendalFa
Spavin Cure for years and find It a sure cure lor
Spavin. Ringbone. Splint and Lameness.
W. M. Singlr, Perhan^Mlnn.'
Good for man and beast. Tour drugget will
supply yon. Price $1.00 per bottle: 6 for $5. 00.
Also ask him for that valuable book, "Treatise
on the Horse,,Torwrltedlrectfora copy. Address
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, VL
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Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the beat of profes-
sional services to all cases ot veterinary
dentistry- Complicated caseB treated suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town nromptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonaoie prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Ootavla 8t., between Fulton and Grove.
Phone Special 2074. San Franoiaoo, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
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P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon, Cal. Address, Dixon, Cal.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann shore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat House,
Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke, Prop.. Tiburon, Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake. Mofflt it Towne, Los Anjreies.
Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland, ore.
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HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. McKINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:1 4K— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2 :09j£ and 4 others
Service Fee: $30.
Stake Prospects — Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY. Manager,
Hemet. Riverside Co , Cal.
Horse Breeders
MARE IMPREGNATORS
We GUARANTE E you can get from 2 to 6 mares in
foal from one service of stallion or jack. Increase the
profits from your breeding stables by using these Im-
pregnators. No experience necessary to use them
successfully. Prices. £3.00 to $5.00 each prepaid.
Popular SAFETY IMPREGNATING OUTFIT, especially
recommended for impregnating so-called barren and
irregular breeding mares, §7.50 prepaid.
Write for CATALOGUE, which illustrates and de-
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For aale by Langley & Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.;
Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Braon Co.,
Brunswig Drag Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Los An-
geles, Calif.; Kirk, Cle.iry ffi Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific
Drag Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drag Co., Spokane, Wash.
Saturday, May 14, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners !
BON VOYAGE^.!
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1910 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
At Seven Years of Age.
Sire of
BON VIVANT (2) 2:16*4
Insi.si Two- Year-Old Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders' Fnturlty
Stnke No. 7.
BOXADAY (2> 2:27^
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stnke
of 1909.
VOVAGEUR (2) 2:26%
VIATICUM <2> 2:29
Matinee record to wason.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
flam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mo 2:26%
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (31 - - 2:27 s
ArmonLou - - 2:'_'7';
Harold E., p. Mat. - 2:1:!',
trial - 2:10
Kinney G.. p - - 2:2|V»
Debutante 13) trial - 2-.WK
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (3), trial - • 2:28
Four Stockings 13). trial J4 1:07
Princess Lou (2). trial V\ - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2 :10
this year.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Pj»rk where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale Cal For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511. or DR. J. P. NICHOLS. Salinas. Cal.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05M in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Albert S. 2:0334. Sir John S. 2:04^. Mona Wilkes 2:033-4. etc., etc.) :
dam Effte Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:0534 Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2 :12J4- etc.): second dam Hippie by Prompter: third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jini Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11*4, dam Maud J. C. by Nearest
2:32%; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13%) by Menlo 2:21% (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16% (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05*4, W. "Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:0S^4 and Gray Gem 2:09*4);
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Fatchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: $50 the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
For tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
Phone Black 2S41. T. W. BARSTOW, San Jose, Cal.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
sSL^e Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20'
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Charley Belden
2:08%, R. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15VS, Sonoma
Boy 2:20, Clipper W. 2:24}i, Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27%, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13^4.
Schley B. 2:1314, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15%.
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21. Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
FEE, *30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
ft
New Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
" Life With the Trotcer gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to incneat
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
o. rs =,eJ"' „ „ , ^ ~ Beeedek and SpoirrsMiN, V. O. Drawer «7, San Francisco, Oal.
Pacific Bide.. Cor. Market and Fourth 8ts.
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP OWES.
Demonio Speed 2:03%
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10): dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13M, sire
"f ,Ka.talIna 2:11%. General Vallejo 2:22%. Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
Y,a!'?-,°„„Glrl 2:1°Vi. and- Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
»,'.?£ SJ!,: second tiam F-anny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hind-
some, good-gaited. black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:11
DEMONIO 2:llH is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
yilk?s„,2,;,09?4iM!ss WlnIi 2:12V4. Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
?? uS. *"• ■ +i.s ?ne„ °f tne best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
7^™S , r,Spe£? ln t„hS,worid' Demonio-s dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, DiabH 2:09%, and 5
B'lanSn'a" iy^il^lTT™ ™' ""* *"" BarClna by Bayard ^ ^ A™
FEE FOR THE SEASON Mo. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
,„i,„^SUal return. Privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAII.E, Snlaun, Cal.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2:09 ;,
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:0934. Sue 2:12, Listerine 2:1336 and 8
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:173&, (4) 2:10^,
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:223£ (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:053,4, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910. Feb. 15th to June 15th. at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25- Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Oal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
^irP NntufiAji Willf-PC 7-lni sire of Copa de Oro 2:0134 John A. McKerron 2:04%.etc., and
.31. C, miiWUUU TTimca LAM^i damsof San Francisco 2:07%, Mona Wilkes 2:03M. etc.
Ham Pallia (1\ ?'In dam of2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5; third dam Elaine 2:20.
l/aiii, rama \b ) a.iu, dam of 4: fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old state winner Pal 2:17%, and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete. second to the Occident Stake winner El Vol ante in 2:13K. and timed separately in 2:14%- Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL, Terms: $40 for the Season ^^^^SfiffiStf*""** " my.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:llJ^
Pacing Record 2:06Ji j
By McKinney 2:1114, dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09%, Adam
G. 2:06^, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Heald of Sail Frnncisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
V. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:0634.
AJceste 2:0734. Allerton 2:0934". Duke Jay 2:09%, Early Bird
2:10. Gitchie Manito 2:0934. Invader 2:10. Justo <3) 2:1034-
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02. Allerson
2:05%, Charley Hayt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10: 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
byAlmont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%, by Mamb. Patchen 5S; 4th dam Estella.dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris,
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Charley D- 2:06
Sire McrJINNEY 2:ll'/i, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 1S7, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6. fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cnl.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
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J B PUMPHREY 2-1Q1 By Pamell 5119. Rec. 2:23 (sire of P&mell Jr.
"*" "*" ruinrnntl '■''l 2:l&i and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam N'elly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12ji) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino hief II.
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1 91 0 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
SIR RODERICK
" The Handsome.
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16H hands; solid black; weight 1380 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in evjry respect. If you want to breed a light cob. heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you See this grand young horse. Call or address
FEE S 25. "Usual return privilege.
**Rl JC, 727 I :st.f Bet. 8th and 9th Aves., Sunset District, San Francisco
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam, Martha Frasier bv Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
Wickersham, dam of Nogi 2:10^, Athasham 2:09*4. etc., by Whippleton 1SS3; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator S336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson 1ST. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. Hie colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturage
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUS IX G, Pleasanton, Cal.
ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta M c2:0S,
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:11%, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:0S, "by Altoona SS50, sire of 8, son of the great
A.lmont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
endoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address
W. PARSOXS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
Ray o' Light
J-y.-o. record 2:08|
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03-4.
RAY O' LIGHT 2:0S*& is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
For further particulars address, E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds. Oregon.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
Saturday, May 14, 1910.]
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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1910.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 21, 1910.
THE GRAND OLD CIRCUIT
Kalamazoo,
July 25 to 29
Detroit,
Aug. 1 to 5
READVILLE PARK, BOSTON, MASS.
$50,000 in purses
August 30, 31, September 1, 2, 3.
Entries close May 31, '10.
The Never Failing Sheet Anchor of the Turf.
37th Renewal of the World's Greatest Carnival of Light Harness Racing, 37th.
At cities in which millons have been paid in premiums.
Cleveland, Buffalo, New York, Boston, Hartford,
Aug. 8 to 12 Aug. 16 to 19 Aug. 23 to 27 Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 Sept. 5 to 10
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN PREMIUMS
Syracuse,
Sept. 19 to 24
Columbus,
Sept. 26 to Oct. 9
$15,000
$15,000
Third Annual
AMERICAN DERBY
HANDICAP FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS.
Open to All Horses That Have Started in a Race.
$10,000 FOR TROTTING DIVISION. 95,000 FOR PACING DIVISION.
Money divided as follows:
TROTTERS, $10,000.
Divided 50% to First
25% to Second
15% to Third
10% to Fourth
PACERS $5,000.
Divided 50%, to First
25% to Second
' 15% to Third
10% to Fourth
Entries close Tuesday, May 31st, when horses must be named. Entrance fee
for trotters pavable as follows: $25 May 31, $50 June 30, $75 July 30, and $100
August 26. Entrance fee for pacers: $15 May 31, $25 June 30, $35 July 30, and
$50 on August 26.
Distance one mile and one-eighth for slowest horse.
An age allowance will be made for three-year-olds, Trotters and Pacers.
In case of a dead heat for any division of the purse in the handicap, money
involved will be divided equally between horses making the dead heat.
Trotters or Pacers that can race in 2:19 have an equal chance with Free-for-
All Horses.
Handicap will be announced not later than August 19.
If more than twelve accept in either handicap the field will be divided by lot
and the first six in each trial heat will be eligible to the final.
$3,000 THE BUNKER HILL $3,000
For 2:05 Pacers.
Mile heats, best 2 in 3.
Divided $1,500 to first, $750 to second, $450 to third and $300 to fourth.
CONDITIONS:
May 31st, one or more horses may be named and will be eligible to start with-
out further payment for $60 each.
June 30th, one or more horses may be named and will be eligible to start with-
out further payment for $90 each.
July 30th one or more horses may.be named and will be eligible to start with-
out further payment for $120 each.
August 19th, one or more horses may be named and will be eligible to start
without further payment for $150.
Fifteenth Renewal
$10,000 THE MASSACHUSETTS. $10,000
2:14 Class Trotting.
Mile heats, best 2 in 3.
Money divided 50% to first, 25% to secon^, 15% to third and 10%, to fourth.
Entrance 5 per cent, of purse, pavable as follows: $75 May 31, $125 June 30,
$150 July 30 and $150 August 19.
$2,500 THE NORFOLK. $2,500
2:14 Class Pacing.
Mile heats, best 2 in 3.
Money in Blue Hill and Norfolk divided 50% to first, 25% to second, 15% to
third and 10% to fourth. Payments, May 31, $15, when horses must be named;
June 30, $25; July 30, $35, and August 19, $50.
Entries close Tuesday, May 31, when horses must be named. No substitution.
Five per cent, of purse will be deducted from each money winner in these
races.
More than one horse, if trained in the same stable, may be entered in a class,
and one per cent, of purse additional will be charged for each horse so named.
Any horse of a plural entry which may be separated from the stable from which
they were named will be eligible to start by paying a sum in addition to that
already paid on the horse, which will equal the full five per cent, entrance fee.
Nominators will not be liable for forfeits falling due after they have declared
out in writing.
Rules of the National Trotting Association, of which Readville Park is a
member, to govern. Hopples not barred in pacing races.
The American Horse Breeder Futurity — $7,000 for Trotters and $3,000 for
Pacers — will be raced at this meeting.
SPECIAL NOTICE — The American Derby will be raced the first day of meet-
ins, the Massachusetts, Norfolk and Bunker Hill later in the week, giving horses
a chance to win two races for one carfare.
All entries, requests for information, etc., to be made to the secretary.
Make all checks and money orders payable to the secretary, Readville Park.
E. M. STALKER. Secretary, Readville, Mass.
CHARTER OAK PARK, HARTFORD, CONN.
Connecticut Fair Association.
EARLY CLOSING PURSES FOR MEETING.
September 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Entries close May 31, '10.
TWENTY-FIFTH RENEWAL OF
No. 1. The Charter Oak $10,000 Purse for 2:09 Trotters:
The Charter Oak will consist of three races of one mile each, purse divided
as follows:
1st Race — $1,500 to winner, $750 to second, $450 to third, $300 to fourth.
2nd Race — $1,500 to winner, $750 to second, $450 to third, $300 to fourth.
3rd Race — $1,500 to winner, $750 to second, $450 to third, $300 to fourth.
$1,000 to the horse winning the greatest number of races. He will be declared
the winner of '"The Charter Oak." In case of a tie between two or more horses,
they shall race off the tie until the winner is decided.
The earlier you enter the less you pay.
CONDITIONS:
Horses named May 31 can start for 2% ($200) of which $100 is due on date
of entry and balance $100 June 30.
Horses named June 30 can start for 3% ($300) of which $150 is due on date
of entry and balance $150 July 30.
Horses named July 30 can start for 4% ($400) of which $200 is due on date
of entry and balance $200 August 23.
Horses named August 23 can start for 5% ($500).
Horses must be eligible to the 2:09 class when named.
Five per cent, will be deducted from each division of the purse in this race.
Positions will be drawn for before the first race, but in the second and third
races the horses shall start, as they finished in the preceding one. A horse dis-
tanced in one race cannot start in the subsequent one.
One per cent, to name May 31 and one per cent, more to start in The Charter
Oak.
Lowest entrance fee ever offered for a $10,000 purse.
No. 2. Free-for-All Trotting. Purse $2,500.
Mile heats, best two in three.
Divided $1,500 to first, $600 to second, and $400 to third.
Five per cent, deducted from each division of the purse.
CONDITIONS:
May 31st one or more horses may be named and will be eligible to start with-
out further payment for $50 each.
June 30th one or more horses may be named and will be eligible to start with-
out further payment for $75 each.
July 30th one or more horses may be named and will be eligible to start with-
out further payment for $100 each.
August 23d one or more horses may be named and will be eligible to starf
without further payment for $125 each.
Horses must be named on or before May 31st to start for the low entrance fee.
No. 3. The "Blue Ribbon" for 2:10 Class Trotting. Purse $2,500.
Amateurs to drive, to sulky, mile heats, three in five.
Money divided 50% to first horse, 25% to second horse, 15% to third horse,
10% to fourth horse.
Five per cent, of purse will be deducted from each v7inner.
Any portion of this purse will be paid in currency or plate.
No. 4. "The Nutmeg" for 2.14 Class Pacing. Purse $2,500.
Mile heats, three in five.
Money divided 50% to first horse, 25% to second horse. 15% to third horse.
10% to fourth horse.
Five per cent, of purse will be deducted from each winner.
Payments in Nos. 3 and 4 — Mav 31st, $15. when horses must be named;
June 30, $25: July 30th, $35; August 23d, $50.
CONDITIONS:
Entries close Tuesday, May 31st.
Rules of the National Trotting Association, of -which the Connecticut Fair
Association is a member, to govern except as otherwise specified.
Two or more horses under the same ownership or control, or trained in the
same stable, may enter and start in any race.
The Association reserves the right to decline any entry. Liability of nom-
inator ceases when written notice of withdrawal is lodged with the manager.
Other events will be announced later to complete the racing programme and
no purse will be less than $1,500.
For information, address
I. H. BUTTERFIELD, Manager,
25 and 20 Hartford Trust Company Building, Hartford, Conn.
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Saturday, May 21, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE WEEKLY
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
(Established 1882.)
T. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
Turf and Sporting Authority of tha Pacific Coast.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sta., San Francisco.
P. O. DRAWER 447.
Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office.
Terms— One Year. $3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Monthi. tl.
STRICTLY IK ADVANCE.
Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. 0. Drawer 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.
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L- Bachant, Fresno
BONNY McKINNEY 41383 H. Busing, Pleasanton
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
CHARLEY D. 2:06% Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47S70 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOTJ 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYNWOOD W. 2:20%. .Lynwood Stock Co., Santa Rosa
NEAREST McKINNEY 40698.. T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITB 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
PRINCE McKINNEY (2) 2:29%
Chas. James. San Francisco
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19% J. H. Donaldson, Topaz
RAY O'LIGHT 2:08% E. S. Train, Salem, Ore.
SIR RODERICK D. V. Truax, Alameda
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair, Hanford Oct. 10-15
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
CentraWa Sept. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3-8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1-5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 16-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5-9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4-8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
THE COUNTY FAIR, held on grounds only large
enough for a half mile track, is the very cradle of
the trotting horse industry in the United States.
These small fair grounds are very numerous through
all the eastern and middle west States, and in most
instances offer purses no larger than $300, but they
comprise three-fourths of the tracks in membership
with the National and American associations, and
furnish a very large proportion of the new additions
to the list of standard performers every year. One
of the principal causes of the bad condition in which
trotting horse affairs are in California to-day is the
fact that we have no circuit of county fairs or small
meetings. The $300 purse meetings held all through
the country east of the Rocky Mountains are the
"feeders," so to speak, of the big circuits. Thousands
of horses are raced for these small purses every year,
the majority of which never see the big circuit
tracks, although those that show Grand Circuit cali-
bre in nearly every instance graduate to the big ring
after the first year. Here in California years ago,
when we were still in the boom days of rich gold and
silver mines, and big ranches, we ran our trotting
meetings on the same plan that we ran everything
else. A California circuit was then in existence that
tabooed any track that could not give $1000 stakes
for the majority of the classes. There were a dozen
or more big stock farms, owned by millionaires who
paid ten per cent entrance fees as cheerfully as they
paid from $40,000 to $50,000 for a stallion that suited
them. The money Californians were making so
easily then was spent in the same easy manner.
Times have changed however, and the thing for the
horsemen to do is to come to a realization of this
fact. California needs a circuit of harness racing
where the purses will run from $300 to $500. There
are a dozen towns north of Fresno that could become
members of such a circuit where the associations
could be certain of financial success with ordinary
good management. Not over five or six towns in this
State can support racing for $1000 purses and the
sooner the smaller places realize that they can give
successful racing even though the purses are not
up to Grand Circuit standard, the better it will be for
everybody. In ordinary years, the Breeders Asso-
ciation, the California State Fair, the Los Angeles
Association, and the Associations at Portland, Salem,
Seattle and Spokane, can made a succ ss of fc'g
stakes and purses. Why would it not be well for
these seven associations to organize the Pacific
Coast Grand Circuit, make their announcements early
in the year and work together in harmony as to
dates and other matters. If such a circuit were or-
ganized, the smaller associations could also work
together, arranging their dates so as not to conflict
with the main circuit, and provide good racing for
the owners who would be willing to race for purses
of $300 to $500. There are at least twenty towns
in California that could become a member of- one of
these smaller circuits, and then harness racing
would boom again in California. The county fair will
revive this sort of racing. Every horseman in Cali-
fornia should therefore do everything he can for the
restoration of these fairs.
WILL RACE AT CONCORD MAY 19th, 1910.
THE BREEDERS MEETING.
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association was held
Thursday afternoon, and it was decided to reopen the
2:20 class pace and the 2:20 class trot for $1000 each,
entries to close on July 1st with the remainder of the
program, and under the same conditions as the other
races. The program will be advertised in full in this
paper during the month of June, and entry blanks
will be sent out to the horsemen.
It was also proposed that the Breeders Association
give race meetings this year at Chico, Pleasanton,
Santa Rosa and other places offering inducements
sufficiently encouraging to warrant it in doing so. If
this can be accomplished, we will have quite a cir-
cuit in California previous to the big circuit in Wash-
ington and Oregon, and while the purses will not be
so large as heretofore, still there will be good racing,
and as the meetings will only be held where the
tracks are safe, the horsemen will be warranted in
starting their horses for small purses, as it will be
better for them than to be idle while waiting to go
north. The proposition of Mr. Ray Mead, the pro-
prietor of the San Jose track, which was accepted
under certain conditions at the meeting of the Board
held on March 23rd, came up and in case provisions
can be made at the San Jose track for the comfort
of spectators, the Association feels bound to go to
San Jose as no other proposition was presented at
that date, although later greater inducements were
offered for it to hold the annual race meeting at
Pleasanton or at Chico. If the towns that failed to
get the annual meeting come through for one of the
other meetings, the Association is disposed to do all
it can to get up as good a circuit as possible during
this year which is an off year for racing in California.
If the California Harness Horse and Live Stock
Breeders Association, which is rapidly increasing in
membership and power should succeed in getting
appropriations restored for District Fairs, and the
local driving clubs and the Breeders Association can
keep up the interest by giving meetings until that
time, harness racing will be flourishing again in
California.
GEROME INSTEAD OF JEROME.
Salem, Oregon, May 1st. 1910.
Breeder and Sportsman: — I see that your Los An-
geles correspondent, Mr. James, gives the breeding
of Lady Hackett as "by Jerome, a son of Elec-
tioneer." I wish to state that she is by Gerome
29631, record 2:26, by Montana Wilkes 2:17. Ger-
ome's dam is Alberta, dam of Florida 2:14%, by
Delgamo, etc. Lady Hackett was bred by \Mr.
Earl Pooler of Pratum, Oregon; her dam was sired
by Oneco 2:29%, son of Altamont 3600. Gerome
also sired Zulu, the black pacing mare owned by
Capt. Olson of San Francisco; her dam was by
Bedouin a son of Sultan, second dam untraced. Zulu
was bred by Mr. L. Recol of Eugene, Oregon. Please
publish this as information for the owners of those
mares. Yours respectfully,
F. LONG.
Concord, May 19th, 1910.
On May 29th the Contra Cista Driving Club will
give another of its Blue Ribbon Matinees, in which
all of the clubs' best horses will particiapte.
The horses here at the track are surely "going
some;" last Saturday Mr. Galindo stepped Pilot six
heats, as follows: 2:30, 2:23, 2:18%, 2:17, 2:14% and
the last in 2:liy2, the last % in .03%, last quarter
in .30%. Patery, a green pacer stepped 4 heats yes-
terday as follows: 2:30 2:23, 2:17 and 2:11%, which
breaks the track record of 2:11% formerly held by
Geo. Perry.
But the real great horse at the track, is the pony
trotter, Harold K., who drew a 70-lb. cart last Satur-
day in 2:30, 2:19, 2:17 and 2:15 with the last half
in 1:05%, last quarter in :31%. Keep your eye on
this lad, he has 2:10 in his head.
Mr. Harlan's mare Nellie Gaines, is working along
nicely, and has not been asked to step better than
2:17.
S. Benson is working four head, among them being
the matinee pacer, Jim Rankin, who at Danville last
Sunday, won the free-for-all pace.
Lou Palmer has several in his string. Irvington
Girl is beginning to show her old time lick. He also
has a very nice going trotter, who is a half sister
to Pilot, that can step some, and looks like a real
trotter.
Capt. Durham the dean of Contra Costa horsemen,
is back on the track, working May Day, a nice three-
year-old by Dictatus. The Captain is as young to-day
at 84 as he was 45 years ago, when he broke into the
game. "THE ON-LOOKER"
PARK AMATEUR CLUB.
Five races are on the card for this afternoon at
Golden Gate Park, when the Park Amateur Club will
hold its second meeting of the season. The program
is as follows:
First race, three-year-olds, mile heats, 2 in 3. — H.
Boyle's Zoe Dell, D. E. Hoffman's Yankee Boy.
Second race, class B trot, mile heats, 2 in 3. — F.
L. Matthes' Walter G., F. W. Thompson's Lady Wash-
ington, J. W. Smedley's Red Velvet, H. C. Ahlers'
Sunset Belle.
Third race, class A pace, mile heats, 2 in 3. — L.
Marischs' Little Dick, D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum, I.
L. Borden's Roberta.
Fourth race, class C trot, mile heats, 2 in 3. — F.
L. Matthes' Raymon M., R. Consanis' Dividend, I. L.
Borden's Barney Barnato, R. Nolan's Billie Burke, A.
P. Clayburgh's Charles II, Capt. W. Matson's Birdeye.
Fifth race, class B pace, % mile heats, 2 in 3. —
T. F. Bannan's Belle Brandon, H. M. Ladd's Ringrose,
I. B. Dalziel's John T., J. Perry's Little Medium, F. E.
Booth's Searchlight colt.
Mr. G. E. Erlin will act as starter of the races, and
Messrs. J. A. MeKerron, A. J. Molera and L. Marisch
will be in the judge's stand. The timers are M. W.
Herzog and Geo. R. Gay. The races will be called at
2 o'clock.
GOOD PRICES FOR WORK STOCK.
A sale of work horses and mules was held at
Woodland last Saturday. The highest price paid was
$610 for a span of young grade Belgians, and Gus
Lindauer, of San Francisco, was the purchaser. Two
more spans sold for $600 each. J. R. Jones, a Madi-
son farmer, gave $525 for a span of three-year-old
mules. Clarence Day of Woodland, purchased
twenty-three two-year-old mules for the lump sum of
$4,140. V. F. Hartley of Vacaville paid $165 a head
for thirteen two-year-old mules. Thomas Brennan,
of San Ardo, bought twenty-five head of yearlings
mules at $121 a head.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
J. R. Brown, San Luis Obispo. — Highland C 43835,
and Fred Branch 45525, are both standard and regis-
tered, and their numbers as here given are coirect.
Both horses are registered as standard bred trot-
ting stallions.
o
Clara Direct by Direct 2:05%, dam Miss Alcan-
tara Davis by Alcantara 2:23, has been sent to the
Edgewood Farm of Joseph L. Serrill, Newtown
Square, Pa., to be bred to Del Coronado 2:09%.
Clara Direct is the dam of the world's champion three-
year-old pacing filly Maggie Winder (3) 2:06%. Del
Coronado is receiving the patronage of some very
high class mares and the offspring should make turf
history. Coralene, a son of Del Coronado, is pro-
ducing youngsters which are taking records as two
and three-year-olds, while Del Coronado has several
youngsters which will make good on the turf this
season.
M. W. Savage, owner of Dan Patch, George Gano,
Minor Heir and others, thinks enough of Rena Patch,
a daughter of the great Dan Patch, to stake her
through the Grand Circuit, hence it is figured that
Rena must be worth considering. As a three-year-
old she got a record of 2:24% and last year worked
a mile "at Phoenix, Ariz., in 2:06. She is five years
old and is said to have as much brush as Minor Heir
1:59%.
Under the new Canadian law, no light harness or
running meeting can extend for more than three
days. In order to get around that proviso and have
four days of racing, several of the track managers
will give a mixed program. This puts the meeting
under another division which permits of seven days
of consecutive racing instead of only three.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 21, 1910.
OCCIDENT STAKE WINNER IS DEAD.
THE RELEGATION OF THE HORSE.
NEW YORK, BOSTON AND HARTFORD.
C. A. Canfield's El Volante (3) 2:13|4 by Zombro
Succumbs to Pneumonia.
The sympathy of all the horsemen in California
will he given to Mr. C. A. Canfleld, when they hear
of the death on Friday, May 13th, of his great colt
El Volante 2:13% by Zombro-JIamie Elizabeth by
Red Regent. As I wrote you last week, the horse
was sick and a veterinarian called, but he was not
considered dangerously ill. It began with an attack
of distemper, which has been almost epidemic here
this spring, and developed into pneumonia, and
though a silver tube was inserted in his wind-pipe
his life could not be saved.
El Volante was regarded by the horsemen here
as the very best four-year-old trotter in the State of
California, and by many as the most promising one
in the United States. He was as perfect in color,
size, disposition and gait as if made to order. He
worked a mile last year in 2:10 as a three-year-old,
and could undoubtedly have knocked a couple of
seconds off that over such a track as the one at
Phoenix. This spring he trotted a quarter at Agri-
cultural Park in 29% seconds, and with as appar-
ently little effort as he would have stepped one in
35 seconds. His gait was absolutely frictionless and
he displayed the same magnificent form either at
a three-minute or a two-minute gait. It is a loss
Mr. Canfleld feels, particularly as he raised him and
still owns the dam. and it was his intention to stake
him wherever eligible next year through the Grand
Circuit. As for the pecuniary loss, 530,000 was
offered and refused this winter for him, hut from Mr.
Canfield's point of view, this is a secondary consid-
eration. The whole State has suffered a loss in El
Volante's death, as had he lived he would undoubt-
edly added to the prestige of California-bred horses
and have gone down in turf history with Lou Dil-
lon and Sweet Marie.
There are a number of horses down with the dis-
temper at Santa Anita now and some are very sick,
while others are recovering.
W. G. Durfee set the three-year-old pacer Aviator
by Menlow. owned by Clarence Berry, down for his
first fast half, and the first time hooked to sulky,
and the watches caught him in 1:03%. C. B. was
naturally pleased.
Joseph Torrey, from Long Beach, is settled at the
track with two or three, including Bessie T. and
Baronteer Todd. He has a yearling from there too
that his tenth time in harness showed a quarter in
59 seconds.
W. A. Glascock has sold a half-interest in his
great two-year-old pacer Atlantic Fleet by Murray
M. to his trainer, Jas S. Stewart. Atlantic Fleet had
the distemper badly, but has so far recovered that I
saw him step a half today in 1:11 and the last quar-
ter in 30% seconds, and he was bare footed behind
at that. Glascock's trotting filly Dell Murray has
also recovered and is taking her work nicely and is
getting better headed every day. Before she was
sick she had tramped a quarter better than 34 sec-
onds.
Arms, the chestnut stud by Limonero. was also on
the sick list, but is working round 2:25 for Jos.
H. Williams, who still has him in his charge, though
he sold him a couple of months ago, as noticed in
the Breeder and Sportsman, for 51,500, after showing
a mile in 2:15.
C. T. Hewitt is going on an Eastern campaign this
year with Miss Weynian and others in his stable.
He leaves on June 1st.
Jos. H. Williams worked his Audubon Boy on]*
Jimmie Gatcomb an easy mile in 2:45, last quarter
in 40 seconds.
I. C. Mosher's Steve Bailey, by Tidal Wave, worked
a mile last week in 2:07%, and the veteran trainer
has let up on him and is going to carry him over
till next year, and then send him for the money. He
has always gone without the straps. Mosher has
in his charge C. C. Price's three-year-old filly Grand
Junction Girl (that will take up all the room on the
blackboard), by Zombro. I saw her work a nice half
today in 1:10 and back in 1:09. Price has a bright,
upstanding two weeks old filly by Carlokin, dam
Miss Williams, the dam of G. J. G. She is a hay
with two white hind ankles.
Frank Williams is certainly getting Wm. Morgan's
horses in great shape and when the buyers attracted
by the ad in the Breeder and Sportsman see them
they will agree with me. He has not asked the stal-
lion Crisis, trial of 2:15, for a full mile yet but
that he has all his speed, and then some, he demon-
strated by stepping a half in 1:07, with the last
eighth in 15"^.
Cony, in the same stable, paced a mile in 2:22%
with the last eighth in 15% seconds, The Redlac
filly a quarter in 40 seconds and the Direcho filly
one in 38j4. Williams has only begun letting Era
step along in spots as yet, and then at hardly more
than road gait.
On my way to the track today I passed through
Pasadena and saw Mr. Morgan coming down Colo-
rado street with his matched team, Una Boy and
Clara G. They were hooked to a no-top wagon and
certainly looked classy. Mr. Morgan was doing the
learning and the gait he was going showed he must
be a friend of the Chief of Police. The team is
gaited, colored and styled alike and more like one
horse. I don't doubt for a minute that the owner,
who is 79 years old, could drive them a mile any day
better than 2:30.
V '. H. Nesmitn drove his recently-converted pacer
a mile over Agricultural Park, which is now like a
co inty road, in 2:19 last week. This trotter is by
S" y Edwin.
A Humboldt County subscriber sends us a clipping
from a newspaper in which the great inventor Thos.
Edison asserts that "there is no reason why horses
should be allowed within the corporate limits of
cities" and forecasts that "the time is not far dis-
tant-when the horse and the large centers of popula-
tion will be strangers."
Our correspondent asks us "to resent this a little
bit, because if old Dobbin don't get some protection
he will soon be down and out."
The best answer to the predictions of Mr. Edison
is the fact that while there are more horses in the
United States now than there were ten years ago,
their value is greater by 20 per cent than it was
then. During the past ten years electricity and gaso-
line have been applied most successfully as motive
powers to all manner of road vehicles, and yet there
are more horses than ever in use and their value is
greater. In the light of such facts old Dobbin needs
no pen to defend him. Edison is a great inventor
and is also a great dreamer, and this is clearly proven
by his dream of "a concrete house for 51200 that will
be equal to one of stone costing 550,000." It has
often been said that it takes" more than walls to
make a home, and Edison will never be able to build
for 51200 a concrete house big enough for the aver-
age family that will be anything more than walls.
We hope our Humboldt friend will lose no sleep over
the predicted shelving of the horse. When the first
steam railroad was built the prophets predicted his
passing, and when the bicycle came on the stage the
sons of these prophets renewed the prediction. Now
the grandsons and great grandsons of the original
soothsayers are gazing into a crystal globe and telling
us that the horse will soon be a mere memory, but
all the while his price keeps going up and his num-
bers increasing.. Many of the automobile enthu-
siasts who start out in the morning for a whirl along
the country roads are ready to say with Edison that
the horse and civilization will soon he strangers,
but when in the evening their machines refuse to go,
or are stuck in the mud twenty miles from home,
they are ready to say with King Richard: "A horse!
a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! "
NOT A DAUGHTER OF ZOMBRO.
Columbus, Ohio, May 7, 1910.
Mr. F. W. Kelly, San Francisco, Cal: Dear Sir: —
I saw in the Breeder and Sportsman recently an ad-
vertisement wherein a lady by the name of Mrs. J.
Johnston, 500S East 14th street, Oakland, Cal., offers
a mare for sale by Zombro, dam Bolita 2:14 by Guy
Wilkes, second dam by Director. This is all a farce.
There never was such a mare as Bolita 2:14 by Guy
Wilkes, bred to Zombro. Last year at Newtown
Square, Pa., a Guy Wilkes mare was bred to Zom-
bro, and this is the first and only Guy Wilkes mare
he ever served. Your advertiser says her mare is
five years old. I went east six years ago, and only
bred a few mares to Zombro in Los Angeles before
I took him east.
There are too many selling their colts nowadays
and saying they are sired by Zombro, and it is about
time it was stopped.
Yours very truly.
GEO. T. BECKERS.
[We are very pleased to publish the above from
Mr. Beckers, owner of Zombro, and hope that when-
ever any stallion owner, or other person sees a
false pedigree given in any advertisement in the
Breeder and Sportsman that they will expose the
same. — Ed. B. and S.]
RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Matinee racing was held at the Bishop, Inyo
county, track, on Saturday afternoon, April 30th,
under the auspices of the Bishop Driving Club.
Jim Scott, a son of Mountain Boy, owned by R.
W. Scott and driven by L. J. Horton, took a 3-minute
trot in straight heats from A. W. Longley's Lady
Night, by Ben Benton; time 2:5S and 2:52%. Lady
night, new to track work, broke badly on the third
quarter in the first heat, spoiling what promised to
be a close finish.
Prince, owned and driven by J. B. Collett, and Bill
Irwin, owned by W. W. Yandell, made a good race,
which Prince took in 2:42 and 2:39. Both are by
Osito 2:13%.
Evangeline, by Zolock, owned by G. H. Parker, Hor-
ton. driver; Eva Osito. by Osito, owned and driven
by C. E. Johnson; and Zenohia, by Zolock, owned and
driven by G. H. Parker contested in the last race.
Eva Osito nosed out in the first heat, in 2:42;
Zenobia took the next two, with Eva a length hack,
and Evangeline, back in the dust; time 2:34% and
2:32.
The Speedway Stake, for amateurs to drive to
wagon, will be one of the features of the big trot-
ting meeting in New York in August this year. The
stake is guaranteed to be worth 52000, and the
horses must be eligible to the 2:16 class. While
drivers must be members of clubs composing the
League of Amateur Driving Clubs, the Trotting
Horse Breeders Club, under whose auspices the
meeting is to be given can arrange to make ama-
teurs eligible to drive in the race.
For 1910 the "Grand Old Circuit" presents an array
of early closing events which in amounts and liberal
conditions are away and beyond any series that has
ever heen offered in the thirty-seven years of its
existence, and during which it has annually given a
carnival of light harness racing that has attracted
the attention of the world. Looking back over the
pages of turf history, such names as Goldsmith
Maid, Smuggler, ..Ianibrino, Gift, Dexter, Rarus,
Maud S., St. Julien, Phallas, Directum, Johnson, Star
Pointer, Direct, Cresceus, The Abbott, Nancy Hanks,
Lou Dillon, Major Delmar, Hamburg Belle, etc., etc.,
all champions, pass in review, and that others will
follow them and in all probability perform greater
deeds, is evident, by the purses offered as an induce-
ment to have the owners of to-dav prepare ror the tap
of the bell in 1910.
During the present season which opens in Kala-
mazoo in July and closes in Columbus in October,
the racing stables will visit Detroit, Cleveland, Buf-
falo, New York, Boston, Hartford and Syracuse, in
addition to the opening and closing cities and do
battle for over half a million dollars, and of the
races programmed none are so liberal in their con-
ditions or so profuse in the offering of premiums for
early closing events as New York, Boston ana Hart-
ford. All of the events in New York are on the 2
in 3 plan. At Boston the American Handicap is re-
vived, one portion being for trotters and the other
for pacers, while Readville Park also renews The
Massachusetts for the fifteenth time, The Blue Hill
and the Norfolk, and added The Bunker Hill a 53000
purse for 2:05 pacers. Hartford again makes its
bow with the Charter Oak purse at the top of the
program. 'It is a 510,000 event for 2:09 trotters, and
nominators who name their horses on May 31st,
when the event closes, can start upon the payment
of 5200. This is the lowest entry fee that was ever
attached to a purse race for this amount. In addi-
tion to this Hartford also presents the Blue Ribbon
for 2:16 trotters driven by amateurs. An event of
this character also appears on the program in New
York, while the amateurs will appear in the 2:30
trot at Boston. The Nutmeg for 2:14 pacers also
appears on the program at Hartford, together with
a free for all trot. The latter is an event which has
not been on the card at a Grand Circuit meetings for
a great many years. In fact it is doubtful if any
member of the Grand Circuit has ever before offered
an early closing event for free for all trotters. It
will be the whirlwind event of the year, and under
it the old time champions will have an opportunity
to meet the best horses of 1910, as the graduated
entrance plan adopted in this race and the twenty-
fifth renewal of the Charter Oak will give the best
performers of 1910 an opportunity to start at Hart-
ford, Conn.
A MOST IMPORTANT MEETING.
The time for concerted effort on part of all organi-
zations having for their object the betterment of con-
ditions in California is at hand. With such concerted
effort vast benefit will come to the entire State.
Realizing this condition the California Development
Board intends making the coming semi-annual meet-
ing of the Counties Committee, which is to be held
in Nevada City, Saturday, June 4, the beginning of
a great campaign of co-operation so that every part
of the State shall feel the effects of the co-ordinated
influence of all organizations.
It is the intention of this movement to bring about
such a movement as will aid every organization by
throwing behind it such influence as will enable it to
bring about fullest results from its expenditures.
Under the movement contemplated each local organ-
ization will spend its individual money on its individ-
ual locality, and in addition to this will have the
benefit of a backing that will be State wide in its
scope. ,
There is not an organization in the State that will
not be benefitted by this meeting, and every one
should make special effort to have at least one
representative present. The railroads have declared
a rate of a fare and a third for the round trip, the
people of Nevada County have prepared a splendid
program of entertainment, including a visit to the
deepest gold mines in the country.
CHICAGO PRICES.
The grand stand at Hamline. Minn., has been en-
larged until it will now seat 13,000 people.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
The following prices were quoted in last week's
Chicago Breeders Gazette report of the horse market:
Desirable drafters. 1.700 and over 5275@500
Light drafters, 1,550 to 1,650 lbs 250@325
Chunks. 1,350 to 1,500 lbs 215@275
Wagon horses, 1,250 to 1,350 lbs 165@250
Delivery wagon horses, 1,050 to 1,250 lbs 165@250
Desirable farm mares 190@275
Farm workers 140@185
Southern horses, 900 to 1,100 lbs 100@165
Feeders, choice heavy .""". 250@300
Feeders, medium weight 185@240
Mules.
Medium to extra.
14 hands 5 75.00@145.00
14% hands 92.50@157.00
15 hands 117.50@192.50
15% hands 135.00%225.00
16 hands 150.00@275.00
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J. B. 2:10% a pacing gelding that tool; his record
four years ago in Alabama, is by that champion sad-
dle horse sire Rex McDonald.
Saturday, May 21, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
MANY HORSES AT MARYSVILLE.
Following is a list of the trotting and pacing
horses in training at Marysville, California, their
breeding and the names of the owners and trainers:
Sir John S. 2:04% bay stallion, by Diablo, dam
Elisa S., by Alcantara Jr.
Easter Bells 2:11 bay mare, full sister to Sir John
S. 2:04 1-3.
Tonopah, bay stallion by Billups, (son of Boydell)
dam Elisa S., dam of Sir John S. and Easter Bells
2:11.
Brown colt, two-year-old, by Bon Voyage, dam
Elisa S.
All the above owned and trained by William Vance.
Rex, b. g., by McNear, dam by Alexander Button;
owned by C. A. Powell; trainer, Philip McCune.
R. W. P., 2:13%, b. g. by Lynwood W., dam by
Rosewood by Nutwood, owned and trained by Frank
Atkins.
Edna May, b. filly, by Sir John S. dam by Falrose
son of Fallis by Electioneer; owned and trained by
Frank Atkins.
Barney M., b. s. by Diablo, dam Zephyr by Wood-
nut, by Nutwood; owned and trained by W. W. Mid-
dleton.
Sir John R., ch. c. 2-year-old, by Sir John S., dam
Madeline S. by Horace S., owned and trained by
John Renatti.
Moneto, b. s. by McNear, dam by Washington.
Wanda R„ b. f. 3-year-old, by John S., dam Madeline
R. by Horace S.
Unexpected, ch. yearling by Sir John S., dam Made-
line, by Horace S., all owned and trained by John
Renatti.
Easter, gray g. by Fearnot, dam Jennie L. by
Moses S„ owned by Fred Cooper, trained by J. Re-
natti.
Evelon McKinney, black s. by Bronzo McKinney,
dam by Silver King, owned by G. B. Merrill, trained
by J. Renatti.
Ch. yearling colt and bay 2-year-old filly, both by
Sir John S., dam by Brigadier, owned by Dr. J. L.
Sullivan, trained by J. Renatti.
King Pointer, b. colt, by Star Pointer, dam by
Silver King, owned by G. H. Magruder, trained by
J. Renatti.
Anona, b. m. by Red Devil, dam Anona by Baron
Bretto, owned and trained by W. Leech.
Agnes Pointer, b. yearling, by Star Pointer, dam
Hiawatha by Baron Bretto, owned and trained by
William Leech.
High Pointer, b. c. (suckling), by Star Pointer, dam
Hiawatha, owned by William Leech.
Red Devil., b. s. by Baron Bretto, dam s. t. b. thor-
oughbred, owned and trained by William Leech.
Morris S., b. g. by King S., by Silver King, dam by
Lochinvar, owned and trained by J. H. Strain.
Peggy, b. f. by King S., dam by Brigadier, owned
and trained by J. E. Strain.
King, s. s. by Silver King, dam by Brigadier, owned
and trained by J. E. Strain.
Mack, b. s. by Clarence Wilkes, dam by Alcantara,
Jr.. owned and trained by John Harris.
Aerolita, b. f. yearling, by Aerolite 2:11%, dam
Deviltia, 2:10%, by Diablo, owned by W. S. Harkey,
trained by William Duncan.
George Woodward, b. g. by Senator B., dam Annie
E., by Tilton Almont, trained by William Duncan.
This one has been quartered in 30 seconds and a
mile in 2:12.
Anita M., ch. m. (full sister to Diamont 2:10) by
Lynmont, dam by Friday McCracken, owned and
trained by William Duncan.
Hazel, br. f. by Sir John S., dam by Lynmont,
owned by G. H. Magruder, trained by William
Duncan.
Trilby, b. f. 2-year-old, by Sir John S. 2: 04%, dam
by Lynmont, owned by G. H. Magruder, trained by
William Duncan.
Mare, eh. by Diawood 2:11, dam by Bay Prince,
trained by William Duncan.
Alice, b. m. by Bronzo McKinney, dam by Lyn-
mont, owned by George Littlejohn, trained by Wil-
liam Duncan. This one has made miles in 2:34.
Filly, br. by John S., dam unknown, owned by Her-
man Berg, trained by William Duncan.
Klondyke, b. s. by Tuberose, dam by Director H.,
trained by William Duncan.
Emeline. b. m. by Sir John S. 2:04%, dam by Silver
King, owned by George H. Magruder, trained by W.
Duncan.
Lady Galveston, by imp. Galveston, dam My Secret
of Santiago, ownew by E. P. McDaniel, trained by
John Granholms.
First Fruit, br. g. by Sir Appleby, dam Courie by
Berham, owned by F. P. McDaniel, trained by John
Granholm.
Lil Apple, bl. f. 2-year-old, by Sir Appleby, dam
Lolilla by Adam Andrew, owned by E. P. Daniel,
trained by John Granholm.
Charlisa, bl. f. 2-year-old, by Sir Appleby, dam
Machen. by Adam Andrew, owned by E. P. Mc-
Daniel, trained by John Granholm. — Marysville Dem-
ocrat.
One of the old guard trainers and drivers of trot-
ters passed away with the death of Andrew J. Feek,
which occurred at his home in Syracuse, May 7th.
Mr. Feek was for many years one of the most promi-
nent reinsmen on the trotting turf and he brought
out and raced a large number of the Grand Circuit
stars of the period extending from 1870 to 1890. He
was 75 years old at the time of his death.
The stallion Codero 2:09% has been sold from
Austria to Italy for a reported price of $8,000.
NEWS FROM THE NORTHWEST.
[Portland Rural Spirit.'!
I. D. Chappelle is now at Calgary, Alberta, with his
training stable.
. W. W. Ford of Arlington, Wash., has in Blue Grass
Belle, by Sultan, sire by Stamboul 2:07%, etc., dam
Molly Fister 2:22, a mare that has both speed and
style. Mr. Ford is using her as a roadster. This
mare has a fine colt by Meteor 2:17%.
Jasper Sill, of Arlington, has quite a promising
trotter sired also by Meteor 2:17%, by Mr. Larrabee's
old favorite Commodore Belmont 4340, one of the good
speed siring sons of Belmont 64.
A. K. Ware, a prominent horseman, formerly of
Minnesota, has purcnased large orchard interests
near Medford but will arrange to breed and train
some horses. Mr. Ware will ship his eastern horses
out this fall. Mr. Ware has stirred up the horse
interest about Medford and it is expected that a
good track will be laid out and racing be revived
there.
At the Wilson Stock Farm, the handsome mare
Sally Bird by Vinmont 14017, dam by Fred Hamble-
ton 6463, has foaled a fine colt by Arner 2:17%, Arner
being an own brother to Diablo 2:09% and the others
of the famous Chas. Derby-Bertha family.
Harry Squires has moved to Portland track with
an attractive stable. Last Sunday, J. S. Crane, Al.
Powell and Paul Dick journeyed to the track to
christen Mr. Crane's Hal B., two-year-old out of
Altalena, by Altamont. Selection of a name was,
however, deferred to another occasion. The colt is
handsome of true Hal B. form and is just well broken.
Mr. Squires has the good pacer Sadie T. that showed
so well as a two-year-old. Rural Jay, son of Jay
Bird, now belongs to Mr. Squires and is a promising
young stallion. Sis Meridian, own sister to the great
Perfection and a good three-year-old by Rubenstein,
p., 2:05, are the other stars of this stable.
A. L. McDonald worked his bay mare by Cresceus
2:02% an easy mile last week in 2:21, the half in
1:08. This mare is the right kind. Al's particular
pet is The Grafter, a youngster by Lynwood W. out
of the dam of the old five mile champion Zambra.
Mrs. A. R. Shreve's handsome filly, Ruby Light,
by Aerolite 2:11% out of the great brood mare Ber-
tha, has been sent to Dick Wilson to train.
Fred Brooker has bought Bonnie Antrim, p, (2)
2:23% from W. T. McBride. This good four-year-old
is one of the good prospects of the year.
Walter Gallup has Capy Wilder, a good pacing son
of Antrim fitting him for the races this fall.
The Patchen Boy 2:10% is doing well and horse-
men who have seen him and his get believe him to
be one of the greatest sires that has stood in the
west.
H. C. Davis of Vancouver, Wash., is now quartered
at McMinnvilie, and has Bluejacket, p, 2:23 by Oro
Gpy, dam by Duke of Portland, owned by L. W. Watts
of Portland. He is going very nicely and is being
prepared for the Valley circuit. This horse made
nine starts last year and was in the money each time.
Sunny Jim, p. 2:20 by Laddie Boy, dam Atelena by
Altamont, is rounding in to form and will be sent
after the money this year.
Star Patch, trotter by Oregon Patch, dam Lenora
Maxwell, by Scarlet Letter, is a fine looking piece of
horse flesh. This colt is entered in both the Port-
land and Salem No. 1 Futurities and is coming right
along. Another one belonging to Mr. Davis is the
pacing horse Sable Hal (2), p, 2:24%. He was sired
by Hal B. 2:04% out of Greeting by Sable Wilkes.
Geo. Bransom feels pretty chesty these days and
nobody blames him as Babe, the dam of Lou Miller, p,
2:15, has a ten-day-old Ally by Lord Sidney Dillon
2:19% skipping along by her side. Mr. Branson also
has the two-year-old filly Dixie Smith by The Black-
smith 2:19%, dam Babe by Response.
H. G. Cox has the good horse Blacksmith 2:19%.
Mr. Cox says, the Blacksmith is now far ahead of his
last year's form. Another good one in the stable is
Lou Miller, p, 2:15. Lou will also be raced this year.
Mrs. E. I. Tedd has purchased from Sam Morsden,
Marhsfleld, Ore., Mack N, pacer 2:15% by McKinney
2:11%. Mrs. Tedd has turned Mack N. over to Mr.
Cox to prepare him for the races. He is showing
lots of speed right now and should be in the money
this year.
R. L. Bewley, the owner of McMinnvilie track and
for years one of McMinnville's prominent business
men, but now a resident of Portland, nas been here
for the last two days looking over the track and
getting things in shape. Mr. Bewley is thinkiug very
seriously of giving races every Saturday afternoon
and hanging up purses for the same. Let us hope
that McMinnvilie will show her appreciation of these
races by turning out crowds that would do justice
to a larger town. Mr. Bewley is having Gerry by Bert
C, dam Johanna Flynn prepared for tne Salem cir-
cuit. He is a fine looking horse and is showing lots
of speed in the hands of H. G. Cox.
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Lady Ethel 2:24%, the dam of the noted sire Con-
sternaro 2:16%, is again in foal to Constantine
2:12%, the sire of Consternaro. Lady Ethel is now
at the King Hill Farm at St. Joseph, Mo. She is
twenty-three years old and has not been bred to
Constantine since Consternaro was foaled.
HARNESS RACING ON A NEW BASIS.
By a coincidence at once singular and significant,
there was organized in New York last week, while
the legislature at Albany was enacting laws which
will completely wipe out public betting on races, a
club composed of amateur breeders who are plan-
ning to put harness racing on a new basis in New
York at a Grand Circuit trotting meeting to be held
at the Empire track on August 23-27.
The new organization is called the Trotting-Horse
Breeders' Club, and back of it are some of the
prominent, wealthy and influential horse fanciers of
the United States — among them W. C. Brown, Pres-
ident of the New York Central Railroad, who is
going to campaign a few colts in the urand Circuit
this season; General Bray ton Ives, President of the
Meropolitan Trust Company and owner of the Ken-
tucky Futurity winner Baroness Virginia 2:08%; W.
E. D. Stokes, owner of Peter the Great 2:07%; and
breeder of the champion yearling trotter Miss Stokes
2:19%; W. B. Dickerman, formerly President of the
New York Stock Exchange and breeder of four trot-
ters with records of 2:10 or better; William Simp-
son, who owns a one-hundred-acre stock farm in New
York State and who paid $50,000 for the trotting stal-
lion McKinney 2:11%; E. T. Bedford, of the Stan-
dard Oil Company, who bred Hamburg Belle 2:01%;
John H. Schultz, who has spent more than $1,000,000
in the last twenty years to gratify his liking for the
trotters; William Bradley, owner of Bingen 2:06%,
and the largest stud of trotting horses in the East;
Jacob Ruppert, owner of Oakland Baron 2:09%, and
the Hudson River Driving Park at Poughkeepsie; J.
Howard Ford, President of the Orange County Driv-
ing Park and owner of the famous Stony Ford stud;
James A. Murphy, owner of Star Pointer 1:59%, the
first harness horse to beat 2:00; James McClenahan,
formerly President of the Mutual Bank and owner of
Wilteen 2:25%; James Butler, owner of the Empire
track and breeder of Ann Direct 2:10, and A. H.
Cosden, owner of Vito 2:12%, and formerly President
of the Road Drivers' Association of New York.
Formed on the lines of the American Hackney
Horse Society and the English societies for improving
the various breeds of British horses, the Trotting-
Horse Breeders' Club is a purely un-commercial or-
ganization, its constitution providing that "the in-
come of the Club, from whatever source derived, shall
be applied solely toward promotion of the objects
of the Club, and no portion thereof shall be paid or
transferred, directly or indirectly, by way of divi-
dend, bonds, or otherwise, howsoever by way of profit
to the members of the Clubs or out of them."
A city clubhouse, where resident members and
breeders from all parts of the country, can come to-
gether to talk horse when in New York, is planned,
to be opened next fall, shortly after tne Grand Cir-
cuit meeting.
To finance the August trotting meeting a reserve
fund of $10,000 has been raised by subscription
among the wealthy breeders composing the Club;
but it is hoped by good management the races can
be held without material loss, even though book-
making and poolselling are prohibited on the
grounds. No attempt, however, will be made to force
the horse owners to foot the bills, as has been the
case at so many trotting meetings in the last fifteen
years.
Instead of offering purses, in which the entrance
fees accrue to the association giving the meetings,
and often exceed by several thousand dollars the
amount paid out to the horse owners in purses, the
Breeders' Club will give only stake races, in which
all surplus entrance money will go to the nominator
of the winning horse, and the club can by no possibil-
ity retain any part of it.
A new system of graduated entrance fees has been
itroduced with a view to making it feasible for
owners to nominate their horses at the lowest pos-
sible cost. By this system a horse entered on May
23, at a total cost of $50, can start :n August for
a stake guaranteed to be worth not less than $2500,
with a possibility that it may amount to $3000 or
$3500. The entrance fee is thus two per cent or less,
which sets a new record for the Grand Circuit.
Five stakes of $2900 each have been opened, for
trotters of 2:12, 2:16 and 2:15 classes, and for pacers
of the 2:13 and 2:20 classes.
The officers of the new club are James Butler,
President; Ed. A. Tipton, Treasurer and Gurney C.
Gue, Secretary. Mr. Butler has given the club free
use of the Empire track for the meeting, and the
other officials are serving without compensation for
the good of the sport.
Now that public betting is said to be a thing of the
past, horse racing, if it survives, will have to be
supported by clubs like that of the trotting-horse
breeders, according to the opinion of many turfmen.
Whether the owners and trainers will give their sup-
port to the club remains to be seen, and the experi-
ment in New York will be watched with Interest by
horsemen everywhere.
W. W. Shuitt, who for 21 years was superintendent
and manager of the trotting establishments owned
by the veteran Brooklyn breeder, John H. Shults, has
been engaged to take charge of Ardmaer Farm at
Raritan, N. J„ the newly-founded stock farm owned
by William Bradley of New York, and the home
of Bingen 2:06%.
Eva Bellini, the filly by the now dead sire Bellini,
dam Expressive (3) 2:12% by Electioneer, trotted a
mile in 2:09% last year as a two-year-old. John
Dickerson has her in training now at Indianapolis,
and while she has not been asked to step a mile in
2:30, she is going so nicely that the prediction Is being
made that she will get a record of 2:08 or better as a
three-year-old. Expressive's dam, the thoroughbred
mare Esther, by Express, has founded a family that
will be one of the greatest in trotting history.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 21, 1910.
1 NOTES AND NEWS
The Chico Driving
this afternoon.
Association will hold a matinee
Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick left last week tor New York
and will remain east until next October.
A large acreage of hay will be cut in California this
year, much of which will be of extra fine quality.
The three-year-old gray filly by Star Pointer in
DeRyder's string paced a half in 1:03 last week.
The Yuba and Sutter Driving Club has selected
Sunday, May 29th, as the dates for its next matinee.
Normono (2) 2:14%, winner of last year's Breeders
Futurity for pacers, has been a half in 1:05 for Chas.
DeRyder recently.
There are still hopes that meetings will be held this
year at Salinas, San Jose, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa,
Woodland and Chico.
Custer 2:05% pacing, has been shifted to the
trot and is being entered in the slow trotting purses
on the Grand Circuit.
The fast trotter Longitude by Meridian is now in
Charley James stable in 36th avenue, and is being
driven on the speedway.
Henry Neill, a pioneer horseman of Santa Ana,
Orange county, California, died at Los Angeles re-
cently at an advanced age.
The Central California, or San Joaquin Valley cir-
cuit of fairs has not yet advertised Its race program,
but will soon. Four good meetings will be given.
J. E. Madden has mated his seven-year-old pacing
mare Markala 2:18% by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam
Nanck Hanks 2:04, with the champion three-year-old
trotter Gen. Watts 2:06%.
Adam G. 2:06%, Charley D. 2:06% and Sherlock
Holmes 2:06 have all been named in the 2:06 pace
for a purse of $3000 at Columbus.
The Empire City Farms now have a yearling colt
and a weanling filly, own brother and sister to Zolock
2:05%, California's popular sire.
Borena D., the Bonnie Direct trotter owned by
Henry Dunlap of Pleasanton, showed a mile in
2:16i4 last week, with the last half in 1:06%.
Oakwood, the green pacing gelding by Chas. Derby,
owned by Mr. Ahrott of Danville, was driven a mile
in 2:11% one day last week by Henry Helman at
Pleasanton.
Cedric Mac is doing a good business in the stud
this year. Among many good mares that have been
bred to him this season is Romeria, the dam of Kid
Wilkes 2:09%.
Tonopah by Billups out of the dam of Sir John S.
2:04% and Easter Bells 2:11%, trotted a work out
mile in 2:14 on the Marysville track one day last
week. He will be raced up north.
The two Orloff stallions at the Empire City Farms
are greatly admired and are being appreciated by the
farmers in the vicinity of the farm as far superior as
a cross to that of the thoroughbred runners.
J. M. Alviso has a little black mare by Lecco 2:0»%
that has shown him a mile in 2:20. She is out of a
Diablo mare, and is so small and so busy ail the
time that she has been given the name Chipmunk.
Mr. F. Holmes, a prominent trainer and driver of
New Zealand, arrived in San Francisco last week and
will remain in California a short time looking over
the horses in training at the different trotting
tracks.
Pitiless, by Searchlight 2:03%, dam Babe Marion
2:17% by Steinway, foaled an extra good looking
brown colt May 11th, by Wayland "W 2:12%. This
mare and colt are the property of Mr. H. H. Elliott,
of Santa Rosa.
Sam McKinney, the five-year-old green pacer by
Washington McKinney that Mr. F. Kilpatrick sold
with others at the Midwinter Sale in New York last
February, is now in the stable of Ed Rowe at Athol,
Massachusetts, and is showing a high rate of speed.
Geo. W. Fraser of Pinole, reports that his mare
Bright Eyes, by Charles Derby, foaled a handsome
filly on the 25th of April this year, the sire of
which is Sidmoor. The dam of the filly is also the
dam of the fast matinee pacer Dictatum by Dictatus.
The sales of international stock food were 41 per
cent la-ger in 1909 than any previous year since it
was plnced on the market. Eight hundred and ninety-
seven ieople are now employed in its manufacture
and o' er departments.
W. J. Kenney, 531 Valencia street, is selling a great
deal of Fernloc, "the best body wash ever made."
All the horsemen commend it very highly.
W. S. Harkey, of Gridley, refused $750 for his
fifteen months old filly by Aerolite 2:11%, dam Devil-
etta 2:10% one day last week. She is being handled
at the Marysville track and shows a lot of natural
speed.
Farmers are the principal buyers at the sales of
work stock held in the country this spring. The crops
of all kinds will be large this year and more horses
are needed than the farmers have on hand.
Entries for the early closing stakes of the Con-
necticut Fair Association's meeting at Charter Oak
Park, Hartford, will close Tuesday, May 31st. See
advertisement.
The Sacramento Driving Club will give a matinee
on Sunday, June 5th, and has invited the Park Ama-
teur and the San Francisco Driving Clubs to parti-
cipate.
Icon 2:10 has a filly by Siliko (3) 2:11%, at Cleve-
land. This filly was sired by an American-bred stal-
lion her dam was likewise American-bred, but she
was got in England and foaled in this country.
C. C. Crippen purchased a road cart and a speed
cart from W. J. Kenney this week, and Jos. Cuicello
also got one of the white enameled carts. These are
all McMurrays, a cart that is very popular with Cali-
fornia trainers.
Payne Shatter tells us that the sire of the pacer
Marin 2:19% that has been given as Dr. Hamilton
is a horse called Teddy that was sired by Meridian
2:12%, dam by Rustic 917. Teddy was owned by
Mr. Shafter's brother-in-law, Mr. Hamilton.
Hartford, Conn., has an early closing event for
free-for-all trotters. This is probably the first race
of that nature ever given on the Grand Circuit, those
in the past for the same class were always open until
a week or ten days preceding the meeting.
The Hartford track (old Charter Oak) is now open
for training purposes. The early closing purses for
the big grand circuit meeting to be held on this
track, will close May 31st. The meeting will be held
from September 5th to 9th.
The Park Amateur Driving Club will race at the
stadium track this afternoon and the San Francisco
Driving Club will race May 29th. The track is
getting in fine shape and with good weather fast time
may be expected.
The Spokane interstate Fair offers $10,000 for har-
ness races and the same amount for running races
during the week of October 3rd to 9th this year. The
entire program for the six days racing has already
been advertised. Harness stakes close July 1st, har-
ness purses September 1st.
The City Stables, at Fresno, advertises a thoroughly
sound, gentle pacing mare for sale. This mare re-
cently won a heat in 2:15% in a matinee race. She
has had very little training and has no record. See
the advertisement and if you want one worth the
money correspond with the advertiser.
The large hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, owned by the
well known horse breeder Mr. J. C. Adams, President
of the Arizona Fair Association, was burned this
week. Every horseman that ever visited Phoenix
will sympathize with Mr. Adams in the loss of his
fine hotel and hope that he will be able to rebuild it
soon.
Collis H. 2:20% and Ned Wilkes 2:22% having been
raced through Oregon, Idaho and Montana last year
out of their classes by C. B. Burton and A. H. Sco-
field of San Francisco, the American Trotting Asso-
ciation has declared them suspended until they re-
turn all the money won by these horses in classes
slower than their records.
The Chicago Horse Review, while strongly opposed
to the use of hopples on horses in races, is doubtful
about their abolition by legislation. As both the
parent associations have passed rules which will pro-
hibit them on all horses raced over association tracks
in 1915, about all that is necessary to have the rules
observed is for the trotting horse journals to endorse
them and "boost" the good cause.
Adam G. 2:06% owned by Mr. D. L. Bachaut. of
Fresno, and being trained again this year by Charles
DeRyder, will probably make his first start of the
racing season at Terre Haute, Indiana, and will wind
up at the Arizona State Fair at Phoenix. If Adam G.
is in as good form as he showed last year, Mr. De-
Ryder expects him to come home with a reduced
record and with quite a sum to his credit.
The well known trainer, W. J. Andrews, who is
now located at the North Randall track, won his
suit against Dr. J. C. McCoy, in the Supreme Court
at Buffalo, May 6th, securing a verdict of $950. Mr.
Andrews brought action for $1,000, which he claimed
was due as a ten per cent commission for bringing
about the sale of Ethel's Pride 2:06% in August 1905,
and also for $200 claimed due for his services as
trainer and driver during the fall of 1905.
The famous brood mare, Fanella, the dam of Todd
and Sadie Mac, was sold the first of this week by
Edward and Joseph Madden to the Dromore Farm
and will be added to the large collection of valuable
matrons now owned by Mr. George Moore, of St.
Claire, Michigan.
Don't forget the big meeting at Readville if you in-
tend to race your horses on the Grand Circuit. The
program is in our advertising pages and is a very
tempting one. There are quite a number of horses
in training in California that are fast enough to win
at Readville
A mare that should be one of the season's stars,
if no ill-hap befalls her, is Wynema, a daughter of
Liberty Chimes 2:22%, that as a three-year-old trot-
ted for trainer "Doc" Curry at Lexington a fourth
and fifth mile In 2:12% and 2:11%. She is now six
years old and reported in good shape.
The death of Mr. Canfield's four-year-old, El Vo-
lante (3) 2:13% is a great loss to the harness horse
industry of California, as well as a great disappoint-
ment to Mr. Canfield. Such horses as El Volante are
rare, and the death of this splendid son of Zombro
is to be deeply deplored.
The new mile track, over which Hamburg Belle
2:01%, placed the trotting race record of the world
last year, driven by W. J. Andrews, is a beauty. The
grand stand, a concrete structure, and all of the
buildings painted old gold with white trimmings,
present an inviting apearance — a credit to American
light harness races.
If Henry Helman should reduce the record of
Thomas M 2:12% to 2:10 or better this would make
four McKinney's to his credit in the 2:10 list. The
others that he marked below 2:10 are Lady Mowry
2:09%, Mack Mack 2:08 and Berta Mac 2:08. They'll
be calling him 2:10 Henry after awhile instead of
Senator Helman.
We are pleased to announce that Prof. E. P.
Heald, President of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse
Breeders Association, is able to be out again. He has
been confined to his bed several weeks with a severe
illness, but is now fully convalescent and able to at-
tend to a part at least of his many duties. His many
friends will be glad to know of his recovery.
Among the trotters in the string of John H. Dicker-
son at Indianapolis is a three-year-old filly whose
actions will be of much interest to California horse-
men. Her name is Lou Billings and she Is a three-
year-old by John A. McKerron 2:04%, dam Lou Dillon
1:58%. She is said to be a very rugged filly, just
nicely broken and has been a mile in 2:35%, a quarter
in 34 seconds and an eighth in 16% seconds. Her
two-year-old full sister is just getting her first les-
sons in harness.
Horse meat sells higher in Germany than beef in
England, according to statistics recently collected
by Chancellor Lloyd-George. He found that the aver-
age retail price in England of foreign-frozen meat of
good quality, such as is largely consumed by the
poorer classes ranges from 8 to 12 cents per pound.
The retail price of horse flesh in Germany ranges
from 9 to 13 cents and even as high as 15 cents per
pound is paid for what are considered choice cuts.
Miss Florida 2:18% by the California bred stallion,
Alfred G., barring accidents, should acquire a record
well down in the 2 : 10 column this season and is being
well taken care of in the various early closing purses
by C. C. Patrick, Lexington, Ky. She was three times
second to Margin 2:05% in the Grand Rapids 2:16
trot of $2,500 value, forcing the daughter of Time
Onward to go the first trip in 2:08%. Her showing
in that race should indeed, indicate that she will
bear watching.
A veteran road driver of Boston, lately remarked
to the editor of the American Horse Breeder that the
number of vehicles drawn by horses which he meets
this season is surely 33 1-3 per cent greater than
were on the Boston boulevards in 1909. It seems
that the tide is turning in favor of the horse. Breeders
of gentlemen's fine roadsters and carriage horses
have reason to renew their courage. Better times are
coming.
This is a new one for Murray Howe's famous Ex-
cuse Book. It is taken from the columns of the Oro-
ville Register of May 10th: "In reply to the criticism
of some persons who witnessed the races Sunday,
in regard to the manner that Harry T. was driven by
Anton King, the owner of the horse, Dr. I. L. Tucker,
states that the horse was entered not with the ex-
pectation of taking first place, but rather that he
might gain experience in racing, and that Mr. King's
instructions, which he followed implicitly, were that
the horse was not to be allowed to break his pace,
no matter where he might finish."
Plans are being made for organizing a fair asso-
ciation at Newman, California. A temporary organi-
zation was made a week ago at a meeting which was
attended by many of the most energetic men of the
county, and the spirit of the gathering was that a
fair should be held annually that would be a credit
to that section of the State. W. M. Carruthers was
selected as chairman of the meeting, L. Dobrzensky
as secretary and a committee of twenty-five was ap-
pointed to prepare plans for a permanent organiza-
tion.
Saturday, May 21, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Butchers' Day with its usual program of harness
and running races, will be held at the Emeryville
track June 8th. Thos. H. Williams has given the
Butchers' Association the use ot the track free of
charge.
An important bit of news is that V. L. Shuler and
the noted reinsman, M. E. McHenry, have joined
forces. McHenry will arrive about June 1 and will
pilot Telemachus 2:11%. Volunteer Lockheart, Baron
Penn 2:24% and the other Shuler horses in all of
their engagements. The arrangements do not pre-
vent taking outside horses, as Shuler and McHenry
are to devote all of their time to training. Shuler,
as is well known, is one of the most adept fitters and
trainers in the business, and with the wizard Mc-
Henry to look after the driving, the combination pre-
sents a strong front.
The Great Western Circuit, under its new makeup,
will open on July 4 at Fort Wayne, with weeks fol-
lowing at Terre Haute and Grand Rapids before join-
ing forces with the Grand Circuit for the Kalamazoo
Detroit, and Cleveland meetings that follow upon
consecutive weeks. The Great Western then jumps
to Peoria. Galesburg, Joliet and the state fairs at
Hamline and Milw aukee before swinging in with Co-
lumbus for the meeting there the last two weeks of
September.
Oakwood Park Stock Farm, famous as the home of
Steinway and Charles Derby, two of the best sires
ever owned in California, has once more changed
hands. Several years ago Mr. John F. Boyd sold it
to Humphrey Bros, of Chicago, who sold off all the
trotting bred stock. The farm was then in the hands
of a receiver for some time, and has now been sold
for something near a half million dollars. There are
nearly six thousand acres in this farm, which lies
on the slope of Mount Diablo, in the San Ramon val-
ley, Contra Costa County, and of these 5740 acres are
patented land. There are many fine improvements
on the property including a handsome residence, nu-
merous barns and a training track. The purchasers
are H. D. Loveland and S. L. Bright, of San FVancisco,
and A. P. Holland of Oakland. The property was
doubtless purchased by these gentlemen for other
parties, and it is rumored that the big farm will be
divided into small tracts and sold.
seven others in the 2:10 list. Guy Dillon's dam was
By Guy, a daughter of Guy Wilkes that is in the
great broodmare table; his second dam is the fa-
mous mare By By by Nutwood, dam of Marengo King
sire of the fast trotter of 1909, Marie N. 2:08%, and
By By is also the dam of Rapidam Dillon 2:12%, the
fast trotting mare campaigned by Walter Maben last
year. The third dam is Rapidan, dam of Lockheart
2:08%, by Dictator, sire of Jay Eye See 2:06%, etc.
and the dams of Nancy Hanks 2:04, etc.; the fourth
dam of Guy Dillon is Madam Headley, a great brood-
mare by Edwin Forrest 49 and the fifth dam by Mam-
brino Chief 11. On his dam's side Mr. Crippen's pur-
chase is equally well bred. His dam Carlotta Wilkes
is one of the superlatively great brood mares having
three in the 2:10 list. His second dam, Aspasia is the
dam of five in the list, and is by Alcantara a full
brother of the sire of McKinney, and Alcantara sired
Bertha, the greatest of brood mares. The colt's third
dam, Miss Buchanan is a producing mare by Clark
Chief 89, sire of the dam of Martha Wilkes 2:08, his
fourth dam is by Sebastopol a son of Whitehall, the
sire of Rhode Island, sire of Gov. Sprague, sire of
McKinney's dam, etc. The fifth and sixth dams are
by Imported Monarch and Woodpecker, two famous
thoroughbred stallions. If theie is any better bred
colt in California than this son of Guy Dillon and
Carlotta Wilkes, we have not heard of him. Mr.
Crippen is to be congratulated on having such a well
bred one in his string and we hope he will trot in
2:10 for him.
On Monday, June 20th, in the animal pavilion at the
California State Farm at Davis, Yolo County, Fred H.
Chase & Co. will sell for Mr. A. A. Sandahl, of Mon-
tana, fifty head of pure bred Percheron and Belgian
horses. These are all registered animals, many of
them imported. Of the Percherons there are 27 brood
mares in foal or with colts at foot, four two-year-old
stallions, four two-year-old fillies, and one seven-year-
old stallion. There are eight registered Belgian
mares, one two-year-old filly, two two-year-old, two
three-year-old, and one six-year-old stallion. This is
beyond any question the best lot of draft stock ever
offered for sale in the State. Mr. Sandahl bought
them abroad for his breeding farm in Montana, but
being ordered by his physicians to locate in Califor-
nia for his health, he has consigned all his stock
to the auction ring. This sale will furnish a grand
opportunity for California farmers to get pure bred
stock.
The Haggin ranch, comprising nearly fifty thousand
acres just acress the American river from Sacra-
mento, has been sold to an Eastern syndicate for
nearly two million dollars. The great farm will be
divided into small tracts and sold to settlers. It is
very rich land and will support a large population.
The thoroughbred and harness horses were moved
from this farm several years ago, the majority of
them being disposed of by auction here and in the
eastern states. It was at one time the greatest race
horse breeding farm in the world and more race win-
ners were bred there than on any one farm in
America. As late as 1905 there were thirty stallions
and nearly six hundred thoroughbred mares on this
farm. Mr. Haggin was also a breeder of trotters
and pacers, there being at one time three or four
hundred mares and seven or eight stallions of trot-
ting blood in use. The breeding stock not sold at
auction a few years ago was all sent to Mr. Haggins
famous Elmendorf Farm in Kentucky, and since then
the California farm has been for sale. The cutting
up of this big tract of land will be of great benefit
to the State as it will support several thousand
persons.
BUYS A GOOD ONE.
Word has reached this office that the Santa Rosa
Stock Farm has sold to C. C. Crippen acting for a
patron, the three-year-old black colt by Guy Dillon
(3) 2:23%, dam the famous broodmare Carlotta
Wilkes, dam of Inferlotta 2:04%, Carlokin 2:0S%,
Mary Dillon 2:06%, Ida Dillon, four-year-old trial
2:11, Volita 2:15%, Lottie Dillon, four-year-old trial
2:16, .etc. The price is reported to be $1000. The
colt is practically unbroken, having been driven but
six times last fall. He is said to be a colt of very
speedy conformation, though, like his famous half
brother, Carlokin 2:08%, slightly under medium size.
Mr. Crippen has shipped the colt to San Jose where
he will train him togeher with some other young
prospects. This three-year-old is one of the best
bred young stallions ever foaled in California. His
sire Guy Dillon is a son of Sidney Dillon, sire
of the champion trotter Lou Dillon 1:58% and
NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCIATION.
The board of review of the National Trotting As-
sociation opened its Spring session at the Murray
Hill Hotel New York. May 10th, and was kept busy
judging turf cases in open and executive session up
to 6 o'clock.
As was expected, a large number of former wrong-
doers made their usual applications for mercy, but
on the opening day few received a favorable answer,
these being left for to-day.
There were open sessions both morning and after-
noon, each being followed with executive sessions in
which decisions were rendered and the result an-
nounced by the secretary.
Two "ringing" cases received the full attention of
the board. A. L. Bacon, of Conneaut, Ohio, was
promptly expelled for ringing Ethelyn C. 2:11%, alias
Rosewood 2:10, alias Pet Morgan. The investigation
shows that this mare was raced under three different
names. As Ethelyn C. she secured a record of 2:11%,
and later was entered as Rosewood. She was raced
under the last name quite extensively in 1904 and
obtained a record of 2:10 pacing at Hartford, Conn.,
in the third heat of the 2:14 class.
After Rosewood was outclassed, it appears from the
records that her owners secured a false pedigree
issued by the registrar of the Morgan Horse Breeders
Association for a mare named Pet Morgan.
The mare was then consigned to one of Fasig-Tip-
ton Company's Cleveland sale and sold as "Pet Mor-
gan," 2:17%, showing the false registration papers
as evidence of her identity and breeding. Secretary
Gocher, through some news item in a paper, read of
a mare named and registered as the real Pet Morgan
and his investigation showed that she had never been
raced.
The identity of the ringer was soon discovered and
A. L. Bacon and the mare were given a vacation,
which looks good for at least ten years.
E. L. Leas, of Tiffin, O., has been in bad favor with
the trotting authorities for several years and some-
time since he was granted a temporary reinstate-
ment. He asked that this reinstatement be made
permanent, but the board decided it would be to the
better advantage of all concerned to have Mr. Leas
stay as he is until further order of the board.
T. J. Conners, of Bayonne, N. J., bought a pacer
named John W., for matinee driving but it later
turned out to be Prine 2:15%, a "ringer" according
to turf rules. Mr. Conners made application for the
reinstatement of his horse, but the board denied it,
although nothing was found against the owner.
Another gelding named simply Bob, was found to
be a ringer. His last owner, a man named Jones, was
asked for identification and made every effort to fur-
nish same, but the horse, after being traced through
several owners, was found to have been owned by a
woman in Cincinnati and there all trace was lost.
"Bob" is expelled.
J. B. Pierce, of Toronto, O., received a long vacation
from trotting turf for being implicated in "ringing"
the mare Sallie Reel 2:13%, in slower classes as
Florentelle, at Hagertown, Md., last Fall, as was
also the mare. The peculiar part of the case was
that Pierce was punished, not for racing the mare,
but for planning or devising the ringing up.
Sallie Reel gained her record when the property of
M. L. Ricer, of Saginaw, Mich., w7ho later leased her
to W. T. Baker, of Toronto, Ont., who, in turn, leased
her to Pierce. The latter owned Florentelle at the
time, and, knowing that the newcomer had a faster
mark and looked verjr much like his mare, hid Flor-
entelle and gave the name to the newcomer.
M. C. Sweeney and Robert Hill, btoh of Steuben-
ville, O., were then selected as owner and driver for
"Florentelle" and started out for a "killing.' ' The
aggregation reached Hagerstown, Md., as the point
for their initial efforts and bet heavily to win. Their
entry won the first heat of the race handily, and that
was all she won in her career.
Among the drivers in that race was the Gutten-
berg (N. J.) trainer, Billy Rhodes, who at once dis-
covered the real identity of the ringer, and asked her
backers to stay in the rear or get ready to hear some-
thing drop. This order of advice was obeyed
promptly. The killers stood back and watched their
coin burned and ended their invasion of the turf then
and there. The three men, as well as the mare, were
expelled.
The board spent nearly two hours to hear the case
of George M. Stevens of Lancaster, N. H., against
the Newport (Vt.) Driving Club, the latter being
represented by Dr. J. H. Gaines. The complainant
claimed that the defendants declared off a $500 stake
race by consent of four eligibles to start, and while
paying three of them their entrance fee of $25 and a
bonus of $50, had refused to pay him anything more
than his entrance fee.
There was some hot talk between the parties on
the same order as takes place Oiten on an old-fash-
ioned racetrack, but the board decided that Mr. Ste-
vens was entiled to the same reward as others. The
Newport Driving Club members now stand suspended
until the order is fully complied with.
W. S. Hunnel, of Titusville, Pa., who was sus-
pended last December in the case of a horse known
as Hal L., alias W. H. Pointer, was granted a tem-
porary reinstatement, hut the new owner of the
horse could not persuade the board to reinstate the
horse; he having bought a counterfeit, he must not
expect to receive mercy.
It seldom happens that the board is called upon to
expel a horseman in a foreign country, but such a
decision was made with the result that John He-
Arthur of Liverpool, England, is barred from trotting
circles. MacArthur sold a trotter named Society Bell
to be shipped to Germany, the sale including an ex-
port certificate supposed to have been furnished by
the National Trotting Association, stating that the
mare was by Expedition 2:15%, and out of a daughter
by Allerton 2:09%. As no such mare of that breed-
ing is registered MacArthur was expelled for alleged
fraud.
The case of the $250 fine imposed by the judges
at Lexington during the big Futurity race on Thomas
W. Murphy and Thomas Nolan, drivers, respectively
of Baroness Virginia and Czarenvna, was discussed
by the board for a long time. The evidence showed
that after the fines were imposed and announced the
judges decided that they had made a mistake, and
recommended that the fines be remitted or removed.
The board remitted both fines.
The Montreal horseman E. LaFavre, who was ex-
pelled in December, 1900, for having painted the bay
horse Prince, a bright chestnut, and raced him at
Worcester, Mass., as F. M. B., was allowed to come
in under a temporary reinstatement. This is the fa-
mous case of the horse being caught in a shower
while racing and the paint washed off.
H. O. Neill of Springville, N. Y., was expelled for
racing the horses of Robert Daggert of Buffalo, who
is under expulsion from the association. Charles
Cassidy and George W. Louden, both of Altoona, were
expelled for giving a record of 2:16% to Fannie
Bowers, while her real time was a second faster.
Some sensation was caused in trotting horse circles
last year when a Miss Elsie Palmer of Maryland was
expelled officially by the board for racing her pacer
Bertin 2:15%, under the name of Aristocrat in slow
classes. The case came before the authorities again
when Peter Flavin of Havre de Grass, Md., who
drove for the woman at the Timonium track, was also
expelled.
The last act of the board was to tell M. J. Titreault
of Greenfield, Mass., not to try to get in turf affairs for
some years. This horseman was expelled four years
ago. The records show that he went to Ohio and
bought two horses named Faddie Burns 2:1S% and
Mack, no mark, but when he reached New England
Faddie Burns was dubbed Mack and raced until the
deception was discovered.
The unfinished work of the last trotting congress
was acted upon by the reappointment of Lewis J.
Powers of Springfield, Mass., as Treasurer, and W.
H. Gocher of Hartford as Secretary.
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[Saturday, May 21, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DoWITT.
GOLDEN GATE KENNEL CLUB SHOW.
Awards.
St. Bernards. — Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs.
Jas. Hewitt's Bruno.
Great Danes — Puppy and novice dogs — 1 M. Farlat-
ti's Golia. Absent, W. H. Bissell's Happy Hooligan.
Limit dogs — 1 Miss G. Hinz's Tyros. 2 A. L. Nelson's
Sancho. Open dogs — 1 J. Marcellino's Deer. Win-
ners dogs — 1 Tyros, reserve Golia.
Novice bitches — 1 Dresser, McDonald & Co.' Queen,
2 J. Marcellino's Ida. Limit bitches — 1 Mrs. C. G.
Saxe's Harlequin Pearl. 2 Ida. Winners bitches — 1
Harlequin Pearl, reserve Queen.
Specials — Cup for best, Harlequin Pearl. Trophy
for best of opposite sex, Tyros.
Russian Wolfhounds — Puppy dogs — 1 Miss J. For-
geus' Borki of Mirasol. Open and winners dogs — 1
Miss Alice N. Wilkins' Ch. Tybo, 2 Borki of Mirasol.
Puppy bitches — 1 Miss J. Forgeus' Nadeshda of
Spring Valley. Limit bitches — 1 Mrs. W. E. Mad-
den's Navy Girl of Tatiana. Open bitches — 1 Miss
Irene Sabin's Soudarka O'Valley Farm, 2 Nadeshda
of Spring Valley, 3 Navy Girl of Tatiana. Winners
bitches — 1 Soudarka O'Valley Farm, reserve Nadesh-
da of Spring Valley.
Specials — Cup for best, Soudarka O'Valley Farm.
Greyhounds — Novice dogs — 1 J. Carroll's Tom Finn.
2 Geo. C. Lewis' Dhu, 3 Geo. C. Lewis' Thor. Limit
dogs — Absent, D. Burns' San Antone. Open dogs — 1
T. J. Cronin's Ch. Black Tralee. Winners dogs — 1 Ch.
Black Tralee, reserve Tom Finn.
Open and winners bitches — 1 T. J. Cronin's Ch.
Forepaw, absent Willie Bourne's Lady Tralee.
Specials — Greyhound Club of America challenge
cup for best in novice class, Tom Finn. Cup for best,
Ch. Forepaw. Trophy for best of opposite sex, Ch.
Black Tralee. Five other specials offered by the
Greyhound Club of America void for non-eligible
competition.
American Foxhounds — Open and winners dogs— 1
J. Olcovich's Dexter.
Pointers — Novice dogs — 1 J. P. Andrews' Richard
Kent II, 2 W. H. Watson's Pete. Limit dogs— 1 E. H.
Feathestone's Imprimis Vacquero, 2 Richard Kent II.
Open dogs — 1 Imprimis Vacquero, 2 Richard Kent II.
3 H. P. Andersen's Cop. Winners dogs — 1 Imprimis
Vacquero, reserve Richard Kent II.
Limit bitches — 1 J. P. Andrew's Teddy's Nina.
Open bitches — 1 Mrs. A. L. Holling's Lady Beresford.
Winners — bitches — 1 Lady Beresford, reserve Ted-
dy's Nina.
Specials — Cup for best, Imprimis Vacquero. Cup
for best of opposite sex, Lady Beresford.
English Setters — Puppy dogs — 1 T. Giometti's Jack.
Novice dogs — 1 H. A. Perrone's Caesar, 2 R. W. Bow-
dich's Sand. Limit dogs — 1 Caesar, 2 C. Luhr's Prince
L. Open dogs — 1 G. D. Roach's Marshfield Mark.
Winners dogs — 1 Caesar, reserve Marshfield Mark.
Puppy bitches — 1 W Hagerman's Casa Verde
Countess. 2 F. Giometti's Flora II, 3 W. Hagerman's
Casa Verde Duchess. Novice bitches — 1 Casa Verde
Countess, 2 Casa Verde Duchess. Absent, G. Wil-
son's Bella Vista Bessie Whitestone. Limit bitches —
1, 2 Carroll Cook's Shadow, Light. Open bitches — 1
S. Tyler's Oak Glen Victress. Winners bitches — 1
Oak Glen Victress, reserve Shadow.
Specials — Cup for best, Oak Glen Victress. Cup
for best of opposite sex, Caesar.
Gordon Setters — Novice and winners dogs — 1 Ed
Viner's Gordon II.
Novice and winners bitches — 1 J. Trade's Miss
Florence.
Special — Cup for best, Gordon II.
Irish Setters — Novice dogs — 1 G Asplund's Prince.
Limit dogs — 1 P. N. Hanrahan's Pat, 2 P. N. Hanra-
han's Broadway Teddy, 3 K. D. Wentworth's Red
Rex. Open and winners dogs — 1 Pat, 2 Broadway
Teddy.
Puppy bitches — 1 S B Stevenson's Brownie. Novice
bitches — 1 P. N. Hanrahan's Lady Maid. Limit
bitches — 1 Lady Maid, 2 P. N. Hanrahan's Lady
Nixon, 3 R. P. Baldwin's Queen. Open bitches — 1
Lady Nixon. Winners bitches — 1 Lady Maid, reserve
Lady Nixon.
Specials — Cup for best, Pat. Cup for best of oppo-
site sex, Lady Maid.
Irish Water Spaniels — Novice dogs — 1 G. W.
Roseter's Frisco Pat. Open and winners dogs — 1 J.
M. Rodgers' Murrigan Shee, 2 G. T. Wayman's Sprig.
Novice bitches — 1 W. T. Wattson's Wicklow Queen.
Open bitches — 1 V. M. Comerford's Ch. Girl. Winners
bitches — 1 Ch. Girl, reserve Wicklow Queen.
Specials — Cup for best, Murrigan Shee.
Cocker Spaniels — Black. Puppy dogs — 1 Mission
Cocker Kennels' Mission Chief. 2 A. C. Kobler's
Cresswell Boy. Novice dogs — 1 G. Roth's Tom Mullin.
Limit dogs — 1 Uvas Cocker Kennels' Midnight. Open
dogs — 1 A. Wolfen's Ch Searchlight. Winners dogs —
1 Ch. Searchlight, reserve Mission Chief.
Other than black, parti-color — Limit dogs — 1 Mrs.
F M. Conner's Silver Lake Result, 2 Miss J. M.
Lynch's Gladiator Ken. Open dogs — 1 Mission Cocker
Fennels' Mission Roue. Winners dogs — 1 Silver Lake
Jiesult, reserve Mission Roue.
Black— Puppy bitches — 1 Denniston Kennels' Den-
niston Zoula, 2 G. A. Nieborger's Uvas Vesta. Novice
bitches— 1 A. Wolfen's Highlignt, 2 W. B. Kincaid's
Cressella Romie, 3 G. A. Nieborger's Uvas Dot, res
Mrs. G. A. Nieborger's Floss, v. h. c. S. Lunt's Uvas
Dagmar. Limit bitches — 1 Mrs. P. H. Hines' Winona,
2 Uvas Cocker Kennels' Uvas Aloha. Open bitches —
1 Mrs. G. A. Nieborger's Uvas Selva, 2 Uvas Cocker
Kennels' Uvas Creole Belle. Absent G. A. Nieborger's
Brynwood Camille. Winners bitches — 1 Highlight,
reserve Uvas Selva.
Pacific Coast bred — Open bitches — 1 Cressella
Romie.
Other than black — Novice bitches — 1 Denniston
Kennels' Denniston Lady Margaret, 2 Mrs. J. F. Mc-
Nultj's Denniston Daphne, 3 R. A. Russ' Bete.
Solid color — Limit bitches — 1 Mrs. Geo. Shane's
Nan Patterson, 2 Mrs. F. Deakin's Bonnie Francisco.
Open bitches — 1 Miss A. Flexnor's Ch. Patience. For
specials only, Miss C. Nieborger's Ch. Brownland
Babble.
Parti-colored — Limit bitches — 1 Mission Cocker
Kennels' Mission Peggy, absent Denniston Kennels'
Cymbeline. Open bitches — 1 Mrs. Wm. Babcock's
Mission Bells. For specials only, Mission Cocker
Kennels' Ch. Lady Drassac, Ch. Lucky Peggy.
Winners bitches — 1 Mission Bells, reserve Nan
Patterson.
Specials — Cup for best, Ch. Lady Drassac. Cup for
best of opposite sex, Ch. Searchlight. Cup for best
parti-colored, Silver Lake Result. Cup for best red
novice bitch, Denniston Daphne. Cup for best puppy,
Mission Chief. Medal for best California bred bitch,
Highlight. Cup for best, solid color, Highlight.
Dachshunde — Open and winners dogs — 1 Master
W. W. Burnett's Pumpernickel, 2 Mrs. Laura Allen's
Billie Marshall.
Puppy bitches — 1 H. J. Meertens' Tetrazzini. Nov-
ice bitches — 1 Mrs. H. Hastings' Twopenny Tube.
Limit bitches— 1 Miss G. Locke's Liesel Ideal, 2 Two-
penny Tube. Open bitches — 1 A. B. Buchner's Queen
Bee. Winners I "tches — 1 Liesel Ideal, reserve Queen
J5ee.
Specials — Cup for best, Liesel Ideal.
Collies — Puppy dogs — 1 Dr. G. F. Harrison's Lufra
Boy. Novice dogs — 1 H. M. Cross' Duke Euphart.
Limit dogs, sable and white — 1 Miss Lurline Mat-
son's Berkie, 2 Robt. Wallace's Ryton Royal Rogue,
3 Miss I. A. Wittschen's Scott. Open dogs, sable and
white — 1 Robt. Wallace's Ryton Rough Rider, 2 Mrs.
A. Armstrong's Highland Chief V, 3 Berkie. Limit
dogs, any other color — 1 Robt. Wallace's Ryton Dic-
tator, 2 P. B. Goss' Presidio Obie. Open dogs, any
other color— 1 Robt. Wallace s Dictator II. Winners
dogs, any color — 1 Dictator II, reserve Ryton Rough
Ryder.
Pacific Coast bred, open dogs — 1 Duke Euphart,
2 Lufra Boy, 3 Mrs. C. B. Enderlein's Presidio Sport.
Puppy bitches — 1 Mrs. W. W. Merriman's Carmel
Maid, 2 W. W. Merriman's Carmel Queen, 3 Max
Mehlen's Queen. Novice bitches — 1 H. McCracken's
Presidio Floss. Limit bitches, sable and white — 1
Miss Sybil R. McLaurin's Bonnie Jean, 2 J. B. Scha-
firt's Burres, 3 S. Ayres' Dorothy Vernon. Open
bitches, sable and white — 1 Robt. Wallace's Ryton
Rose, 2 Bonnie Jean, 3 J. Campbell's Lady Campbell.
Open bitches, any other color — 1 Robt. Wallace's
Ryton Rosalie. Winners bitches— 1 Ryton Rose, re-
serve Ryton Rosalie.
Pacific Coast bred, open bitches— 1 Dorothy Ver-
non.
Specials— Cup for best, Ryton Rose. Cup for best
of opposite sex, Dictator II.
Poodles — Limit, open and winners dogs — 1 Miss
Alice N. Harrison's Orchard Cabin Boy.
Open and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. L. A. Souc's
Margot De Montmartre.
Specials— Cup for best, Orchard Cabin Boy.
Chow Chows— Open dogs— 1 M. E. Getz's Chow.
Bulldogs— Puppy dogs— 1 A. C. Morrison's Techau
Tavern Bill, 2 A. E. Montgomery's Dapper, 3 J. K.
Lerk's Toreador Cupid. Novice dogs— 1 Elesgy Ken-
nels' Monarch VII, 2 Techau Tavern Bill, 3 Miss
Rhoades' Brighani Young, res Dapper. Limit dogs —
1 Arroyo Kennels' Arroyo Rajah, 2 Monarch VII,
3 Fearless Kennls' Fearless Lincoln, res R. H. Wag-
gener's Ivel Jax, v. h. c. V. Waldron's Nairod Weiss
Pasha, h. c. C. Thompson's Empire Day, e. Dr. C. A.
Clinton's Mutt. Open dogs— 1 F. J. Jordan's (?) Ch.
Endcliffe Advance, 2 Arroyo Rajah, 3 Fearless Lin-
coln, res Mutt. Winners dogs— 1 Ch. Endcliffe Ad-
vance, reserve Arroyo Rajah.
Pacific Coast bred, open dogs — 1 Ivel Jax, 2 Brig-
ham Young.
Puppy bitches — 1 H. W. Cole's Hermit's Louise.
Novice bitches — 1 Fearless Kennels' Fearless Laurel,
2 Mrs. T. J. Golden's Toreador Victoria, 3 Elesgy
Kennels' Elesgy Duchess, res Geo. A. Davies' Ward-
ress, v. h. c. Hermit's Louise, h. c. V. S. Gray's
Patricia Mutt. Limit bitches— 1 Fearless Laurel, 2
Fearless Kennels' Fearless Loyal, 2 C. Thompson's
Rosana, res Patricia Mutt. Open bitches — 1 Elesgy
Kennels' Ch. Saint Queenie, 2 Fearless Loyal, 3
Mrs. C. Thompson's Louvima. Mrs. J. P. Nor-
man's Ch. Toreador Venus, for specials only. Win-
ners bitches — 1 Ch. Saint Queenie, reserve Fearless
Laurel.
Pacific Coast bred, open bitches — 1 Fearless Ken-
nels' Fearless Barnone.
Specials — Cup for best, ,Ch. Endcliffe Advance.
Cup for best of opposite sex, Ch. Saint Queenie. Cup
for best puppy, Techau Tavern Bill. Cup for best
Pacific Coast bred bitch, Fearless Lady Barnone.
Pacific Bulldog Club trophy for best dog, Arroyo
Rajah. Pacific Bulldog Club trophy for best bitch,
Nairod's Weiss Pasha. (See marked catalogue.)
Airedale Terriers — Puppy dogs — 1 R. Hyde's
Thayerdale Jock. 1 Mrs. G. H. Buckingham's Thay-
erdale Sandy. (Two firsts in this class given in cata-
logue.) 2 Mrs. A. G. Tasheira's Colne Akela, 3 W. I.
Saunders' Del Portal Woodcock, res Dr. Ira B.
Ladd's Tacksdale, v. h. c. R. H. Rountree's Del Por-
tal Emperor. Novice dogs — 1 Thayerdale Sandy, 2
Del Portal Woodcock, 3 Tacksdale, res D. D. Had-
den's Dale. Limit dogs — 1 A. Russell's Thayerdale
Tenny, 2 C. L. Watson's Thayerdale Munk, res Miss
Jennie A. Crocker's Matlock Buster, v. h. c. Colne
Akela. Open dogs — Absent Chas. Heffernan's Roy-
ston Briar. Winners dogs — 1 Thayerdale Tenny, re-
serve Thayerdale Jock.
Pacific Coast bred, open dogs— 1 Del Portal Wood-
cock.
In the foregoing classes listed by the catalogue,
appears the amazing entries of five dogs, in three
litters, whelped by Ingafield Rose in April, June and
October, 1909, respectively!
Puppy bitches — 1 J. B. Martin's Golden Poppy.
Limit bitches — 1 W. H. Creed's Colne Knoc Greine,
2 Thayerdale Kennels' Thayerdale Nance. Open
bitches — 1 L. A. Meyers' Parnassus Nancy, 2 Colne
Knoc Greine. Winners bitches — 1 Parnassus Nancy,
reserve Colne Knoc Greine.
Specials— Cup for best, Thayerdale Tenny. Cup
for best of opposite sex, Parnassus Nancy. Cali-
fornia Airedale Club specials — Best limit bitch, Colne
Knoc Greine. Best open bitch, Colne Knoc Greine.
Best puppy dog, Thayerdale Jock. Five other club
special void for non-competition.
Bull Terriers— Puppy dogs— 1 Miss A. Poston's
Montecito Candlelight, 2 Trebora Kennels' Trebora
Reuben II, 3 Richardson Bros'. Edgecote Don, res
J. Burton's Hawthorne Wonder, v. h. c. Mrs. M.
Harris' Edgeeliffe Banjo, v. h. c. Mrs. J. J. Mathe-
son's Cedarbrook Peerless, h. c. W. W. Westerfeld's
Bill. Novice dogs — 1 Montecito Candlelight, 2 E. C.
de Pomeroy's Wyncote Tyke, 3 J. C. Berry's Tama-
rack Victor, res T. Hughes' Eskdale Dan, v. h. c.
Montecito Kennels' Montecito Archlight, h. c. Cedar-
brook Peerless. Limit dogs— 1 Tamarack Victor, 3
Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Silkwood, res Eskdale Dan,
v. h. c. Mrs. L. Nathan's Englewood Berkeley Beau.
Open dogs — 1 Trebora Kennels' Ch. Sound End Chal-
lenger, 2 E. P. Shortall's Ch. Silkwood Ben Ali, 3
J. Cawkwell's Silkwood Surprise. Absent, F. E.
Watkins' Willamette Brilliant. Winners dogs— 1 Ch.
Sound End Challenger, reserve Montecito Candle-
light.
Pacific Coast bred, open dogs — 1 W. D. Kant s
Terror Del Rey.
Puppy bitches— 1 Mrs. E. Cranfield's Bow Bells, 2
Mrs. E. L. Cross' Becky Sharpe, 3 G. Flexnor's
Bradford Fancy, res Richardson Bros. Edgecote
Violet, v. h. c. Richardson Bros'. Edgecote Chip, h.
c J M Taft's Montecito Cloudlight. Novice bitches—
1 Bow Bells, 2 Bradford Fancy, 3 Montecito Cloud-
light. Limit bitches— 1 Bow Bells, 2 Bradford Fancy,
3 J. M. Taft's Montecito Directoire, res Mrs. T.
Lundy's Princess Leona. Open bitches— 1 Bow Bells,
2 J M. Taft's Montecito Princess, 3 Trebora Ken-
nels' Ch. Willamette Starlight, res Becky Sharpe, v.
h c. Bradford Fancy. Winners bitches — 1 Bow Bells,
reserve Montecito Princess.
Pacific Coast bred, open bitches— 1 Montecito
Princpss
Specials— Cup for best, Ch. Sound End Challenger.
Cup for best of opposite sex, Bow Bells. Cup for
best brace, Ch. Sound End Challenger, Ch. Willam-
ette Starlight. Trophy for best puppy bitch, Bow
Bells. Terror trophy, Bradford Fancy.
French Bulldogs— Novice dogs— 1 Miss W. Fmne-
gan's Tige. Limit dogs— 1 F. A. Ford's Arroyo Pier-
rot 2 Tige. Open dogs— 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker s
Ch' Halcyon Alexandre, 2 Arroyo Pierrot, 3 1L.
Tourin's Bounou, res Tige. Winn rs dogs— 1 Ch.
Halcyon Alexandre, reserve Arroyo Pierrot.
Puppy bitches— 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Margot
of Wonderland. Novice bitches— 1 Margot of Won-
derland 2 Miss W. Finnegan's Marguerite, 3 Mrs. C.
W Conlisk's La Fleur de la California. Limit
bitches— 1 Miss L. T. Swales' Princess Peggy, 2 Mar-
got of Wonderland, 3 Marguerite, res La Fleur de la
California. Open bitches— 1 Miss Jennie A. Crock-
er's Halcyon Zantippe, 2 L. Tourin's Zezette, 3 Mar-
guerite res Master Chas. L. Fisher's Nellie. Win-
ners bitches— 1 Halcyon Zantippe, reserve Princess
pgggy
Specials— Cup for best, Ch. Halcyon Alexandre.
Cup for best puppy, Margot of Wonderland. Cup for
best bitch, Halcyon Zantippe.
Boston Terriers— Puppy dogs— 1 Dr. T. Martin
Smith's Yankee Doodle Dick, 2 Mrs. C. A. Barr s
Arroyo Alderman, 3 Miss Stilhnan's Trapelo II, res
Miss M. J. Samuels' Bingo Boy III, v. h. c. Olivia
Pillsbury's Ted. Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Happy of
Wonderland, for exhibition only. Novice dogs — 1
Miss E H. Taylor's Straight Tip. 2 Yankee Doodle
Dick 3 Mrs. Ella F. Morgan's Jones Sammie, res
Arroyo Alderman, v. h. c. Bingo Boy III, v. h. c. Ted,
h c Mrs. A. G. Wernich's Cubbee. Limit dogs, 12
and under 17 pounds— 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's
Honey Peach of Wonderland, 2 Jones Sammie. Limit
dogs, 17 and under 22 pounds— 1 A. H. Hayes Jr.
Dallens Pattson, 2 Mrs. T. E. Crist's Blitzen. 3 F. A.
Ford's Arroyo Aviator, res N. H. Neustader's Ramer
Dick. Limit dogs, 22 pounds and under 28 pounds—
Saturday, May 21, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
1 Straight Tip, 2 Miss G. Willard's Endcliffe Dandy
Yankee. Open dogs, 12 and under 17 pounds — 1
Honey Peach of Wonderland. Open dogs, 17 and un-
der 22 pounds — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Sir
Barney Blue, 2 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Dick
Dazzler, 3 Dallens Pattson, res Blitzen, v. h. c. Miss
Jennie A. Crocker's Frisco Cinders, v. h. c. Arroyo
Aviator. Open dogs, 2*. and under 28 pounds — 1
Straight Tip, 2 Endcliffe Dandy Yankee. Winners
dogs — 1 Ch. Sir Barney Blue, reserve Ch. Dick
Dazzler.
Puppy bitches — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's My
Girl of Wonderland, 2 Dr. T. Martin Smith's Rose
Anthony, 3 H. McCracken's Presidio Midget. Novice
bitches — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Endcliffe Ruby,
2 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Duchess of Wonderland,
3 M. Levy's Kenwood Venus. Limit bitches, 12 and
under 17 pounds — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's End-
cliffe Ruby. Limit bitches. 17 and under 22 pounds —
1 Miss Ella F. Morgan's Vixen III. Limit bitches, 22
and under 2S pounds — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's
Wood Daisy of Wonderland. Open bitches, 12 and
under 17 pounds — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's End-
cliffe Jade, 2 Endclike Ruby, 3 F. A. Ford's Ch. End-
cliffe Claudia. Open bitches, 17 and under 22 pounds
— 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Endcliffe Cymbal. Miss
Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Willowbrook Glory, for spe-
cials only. Open bitches, 22 and under 28 pounds —
1 Wood Daisy of Wonderland, 2 Miss Jennie A.
Crocker's Little Mother. Winners bitches — 1 End-
cliffe Jade, 2 Endcliffe Ruby.
Specials — Cup for best, Ch. Sir Barney Blue. Cup
for best of opposite sex, Ch. Willowbrook Glory.
Cup for best Pacific Coast bred, Straight Tip. Cup
for best reserve in winners' class, Ch. Dick Dazzler.
Cup for best puppy dog, Yankee Doodle Dick.
Fox Terriers — Smooth. Puppy dogs — 1 W. W. Stet-
theimer's Tallac Hunter, 2 W. W. Stettheimer's Tal-
lac Fireaway. Novice dogs — 1 Tallac Hunter. Limit
dogs — 1 I. C. Ackerman's Humberstone Reckon, 2
W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Tartar, 3 I. C. Acker-
man's Humberstone Trixter, res J. R. Brandon's
Belvidere Blizzard, v. h. c. W. W. Stettheimer's Tal-
lac Skirmish. Open dogs — 1 Humberstone Reckon,
2 Tallac Tartar, 3 Humberstone Trixter, res Belvi-
dere Blizzard. W. W. Stettheimer's Ch. Tallac
Dasher, for specials only. Winners dogs — 1 Humble-
stone Reckon, reserve Tallac Tartar.
Puppy bitches — 1 W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Sea-
foam, 2 W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Hawk, 3 W. W.
Stettheimer's Tallac Sycamore. Novice bitches — 1
Tallac Sycamore. Limit bitches — 1 W. W. Stet-
theimer's Wandee Tina, 2 W. W. Stettheimer's Tal-
lac Sylph. Open bitches — 1 W. W. Stettheimer's Ch.
Tallac Green, 2 J. B. Martin's Golden Gate, 3 W. W.
Stettheimer's Tallac Seabreeze. Winners bitches — 1
Wandee Tina, reserve Ch. Tallac Green.
Specials — Cup for best (wire or smooth) Ch. Tal-
lac Dasher. Cup for best (wire or smooth) of oppo-
site sex, Wandee Tino. American Fox Terrier Club
cup for best American or Canadian bred smooth, Ch.
Tallac Dasher. Cup for ditto bitch, Wandee Tina.
Western Fox Terrier Breeders' Association specials.
Best smooth dog puppy, bred by exhibitor, Tallac
Hunter. Best ditto bitch, Tallac Soafoam. Best
smooth dog, Ch. Tallac Dasher. Best smooth bitch,
Wandee Tina.
Fox Terriers — Wire-haired. Novice dogs — 1 W. V.
Johnson's Hillcrest Frazzle. Limit dogs — 1 H. Hast-
ings' Endcliffe Plasmon. Absent R. Reyntien's and
H. Hastings' Flash Remus. Open dogs — 1 I. C. Ack-
erman's Ch. Endcliffe Prevent, 2 Endcliffe Plasmon,
3 P. J. Carolan's Cairnsmuir Ortheris. F. Hall's End-
cliffe Prevail, for specials only. Winners dogs — 1
Ch. Endcliffe Prevent, reserve Endcliffe Plasmon.
Puppy bitches — 1 R. Reyntien's Overland Whis-
kers, 2 I. C. Ackerman's Humberstone Charm, 3 R.
Reyntiens' Overland Trilby, res H. Hastings' Shady
Girl. Novice bitches — 1 Humberstone Charm. Open
bitches — 1 I. C. Ackerman's Ch. Hillcrest Facile, 2
I. C. Ackerman's Ch. Humberstone Hope. I. C. Ack-
erman's Ch. Endcliffe Precise and W. W. Stettheim-
ers' Ch. Wandee Lucretia, for specials only. Win-
ners bitches — 1 Overland Whiskers, reserve Ch. Hill-
crest Facile.
Specials — American Fox Terrier Club, Baywood
challenge cup, Carnsmuir Ortheris. Best American
or Canadian bred wire dog, Cairnsmuir Ortheris.
Best ditto bitch, Humberstone Charm. Best wire
puppy bitch. Overland Whiskers. Best wire dog, Ch.
Endcliffe Prevent. Best wire bitch, Ch. Wandee
Lucretia. R. Reyntiens' cash prize, for best coated
wire puppy, Overland Whiskers.
Irish Terriers — Puppy dogs — 1 F. J. Carolan's Pat
II. Novice dogs — 1 Pat II, 2 W. J. Cougley's Daniel
C. Limit dogs — 1 A. H. Coney's Kilbarron Solicitor,
2 Jas. Wood's Donacloney, 3 E. McDonnell's Tommy
Atkins, res Miss A. L. McDonald's Danny L., v. h. c.
C. H. Wolford's Patsy. Open dogs — 1 H. M. Papst's
Ch. Thorncroft Ignito, 2 Kilbarron Solicitor, 3 Dona-
cloney, res Tommy Atkins, v. h. c. J. Peters' Belfast
Ignito. Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Thorncroft Ignito, re-
serve Pat II.
Pacific Coast bred, open dogs — 1 Capt. T. D. E.
Wilson's Jerry.
Puppy bitches — 1 L. R. Cooper's Belle Brandon,
2 T. McManus' Norah I, 3 J..D. Magner's Noreen, res
A. Drindaun's Little Shamrock. Winners bitches — 1
Belle Brandon, reserve Norah I.
Specials — Cup for best Pacific Coast bred. Jerry.
Cup for best, Ch. Thorncroft Ignito. Cup for best
of opposite sex, Belle Brandon.
Skye Terriers — Open bitches — 1 Mrs. J. J. Fagan's
Lady Trixie.
Black and Tan Terriers — Puppy dogs — 1 C. Bar-
nett's Nemo Jr. Novice dogs — 1 Geo. R. Armstrong's
Niggie. Open dogs — 1 C. Barnett's Don Q Jr. Open
bitches — 1 C. Barnett's Neita. (Barnett was dis-
qualified by the Pacific Advisory Committee several
years ago.)
Special — Cup for best, Niggie.
Pomeranians — Limit dogs, under S pounds — 1 Mrs.
L. Roos' Itte Fritz. Limit dogs, S pounds and over —
1 Mrs. M. E. McLaren's Buster. Open dogs, under 8
pounds — 1 Mrs. I. C. Ackerman's Ch. Humberstone
Masher. Open dogs, 8 pounds and over — 1 Buster.
Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Humberstone Masher, reserve
Itte Fritz.
Novice bitches — Absent, Mrs. I. C. Ackerman's
Humberstone Topsy.
Specials — Cup for best, Ch. Humberstone Masher.
English Toy Spaniels — Limit and open dogs — Mrs.
Geo. Cameron's Boots. No awards given in cata-
logue.
Maltese Terriers — Open dogs — Miss Anna Craig's
Tassel. No award marked up in catalogue.
Japanese Spaniels — Open and winners dogs — 1
Mrs. J. Schalike's Fujiyama. Open and winners
bitches — 1 Mrs. J. Schalike's Tori.
Toy Poodles — Limit dogs — 1 Mrs. N. F. Carlton's
Bob. Open dogs — 1 Mrs. W. Hartnup's Ch. Dandy
Boy. Winners dogs — 1 Bob, reserve Ch. Dandy Boy.
Limit bitches — 1 W. Hartnup's Dimples, 2 Mrs. J.
D. Waterman's Beauty. Open bitches — 1 Mrs. Hart-
nup's Lorisse, 2 Miss F. Biggs' Daisy Bell II. Win-
ners bitches— 1 Lorisse, reserve Dimples.
Specials — Cup for best, Lorisse.
Yorkshire Terriers — Open and winners dogs and
bitches — 1 Mrs. J. H. Neustadter's Weenie.
Chihuahuas — Open and winners dogs — Mrs. C. J.
Lindgren's Chihuahua Toy.
Limit, open and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. Ida
Byrne's Beauty.
Italian Greyhounds — Limit, open and winners
dogs — 1 Mrs. R. Lindsey's Duke S.
Miscellaneous Class — Open dogs — 1 Schmidt Bros.'
Russian sheep dog Bum, 2 J. W. Treadwell's Austral-
ian hound (?) King I.
Champion Variety Class — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crock-
er's Ch. Sir Barney Blue, 2 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's
Ch. Willowbrook Glory (Boston Terriers), 3 Mission
Cocker Kennels' Ch. Lady Drassac (Cocker Spaniel).
Ladies' Variety Class— 1 Ch. Sir Barney Blue, 2
Miss Irene Sabin's Soudarka O'Valley Farm (Rus-
sian wolfhound), 3 Miss Alice Harrison's Orchard
Cabin Boy (Curley poodle), res Mrs. J. Schalike's
Fujiyama (Japanese spaniel).
Smooth Terrier Class — 1 Ch. Sir Barney Blue, 2
Ch. Willowbrook Glory.
All Terrier Class — 1 Ch. Sir Barney Blue, 2 Ch.
Willowbrook Glory.
Brace Class — 1 Ch. Sir Barney Blue and Ch. Wil-
lowbrook Glory, 2 Geo. C. Lewis' Thor and Dhu
(Greyhounds), 3 Carroll Cook's Shadow and Light
(English setters).
Team Class — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Sir
Barney Blue, Ch. Willowbrook Glory, Ch. Dick
Dazzler and Endcliffe Ruby.
Unclassified Specials — President's cup for best
in the show, Ch. Sir Barney Blue. Best toy shown,
Ch. Humberstone Masher. Ladies' Kennel Associa-
tion of California trophy for best shown by a mem-
ber, Harlequin Pearl (Great Dane).
PHEASANT RAISING IN THE UNITED STATES.
[Continued from last week.]
Egg Eating and Feather Plucking. — The need of
plenty of room for penned pheasants can not be too
strongly emphasized. Overcrowding, besides being
conductive to disease, leads to the practices of egg
eating, and feather plucking. Egg eating is usually
begun by cocks, though hens readily acquire the
habit. Broken eggs left in the pens will almost cer-
tainly start it. The practice is more common in cer-
tain species, among them the Reeves and melanotte
pheasants, than in others, while the versicolor seems
to be free from it. If the pens are of ample size and
the eggs are promptly and regularly removed, egg
eating usually need not be feared. If begun, it
should he checked at once. Various devices have
been used to break up the practice, such as placing
in the pen eggs of glass or wood, or eggshells filled
with red pepper, soft soap, or other disagreeable
substance. It is better, however, to remove the of-
fender immediately to another pen, before the habit
spreads. Feather plucking also requires immediate
removal of the offender and of any badly plucked
birds, which are likely to be objects of general at-
tack as otherwise serious damage to the other occu-
pants of the pen may result. An abundance of room
is preventive of both these faults. Cover should be
provided for the hens in case the cocks are disposed
to attack them. It may be necessary even to clip
the wings of the cocks and furnish high perches
for the hens to fly to for safety, or, better still, place
in the pen a partition too high for the clipped cock
to fly over.
Food. — Pheasants are small feeders, and there is
greater danger of overfeeding than underfeeding.
Overfeeding is productive of disease. In order to
guard against it, the attendant should at first
sprinkle a little food on the ground, wait for that to
be eaten, and then repeat until the birds lose their
eagerness, when feeding should he discontinued. The
proper quantity of food for each pen may thus soon
be ascertained. Pheasants are omnivorous, and as
variety is advantageous, almost any edible substance
may be fed — grain of all kinds, finely chopped meats,
cooked cereals, table scraps, boiled potatoes, boiled
rice, aples, turnips, rose hips, the tubers of Jerusa-
lem artichokes, and finely chopped green food, as
lettuce, grass, cabbage, onion tops, garlic, and chick-
weed. Green food is important and should be con-
stantly supplied, even if it must be raised under
glass. All green food must be chopped fine, as other-
wise the birds are likely to become crop bound.
Ground bone is excellent. Seeds of various weeds,
when obtainable, may be furnished; hay seed also is
good. Chestnuts, especially wormy ones, add to the
variety. Grit should be supplied, as with chickens,
and charcoal and cracked oyster shells are of great
service. The food should not be thrown on the
ground, but should be put into flat tin or enameled
dishes, which after each feeding should be removed
with every scrap of scattered food. The dishes
should be scalded daily. Water should be furnished
freely, but must not be allowed to become dirty or
stale, or to remain in the sun. Sun-heated water
often causes fatal diarrhea. A trough of running
water in the pen is excellent.
Mating. — The mating season usually begins in Feb-
ruary and extends to June or July according to lo-
cality. As pheasants mate more readily if thor-
oughly accustomed to their surroundings, it is well
to obtain stock in the fall. The birds should be
placed in the breeding pens at least one month be-
fore the mating season. Most pheasants are polyga-
mous, [Evidence indicates that in its natural wild
state the English pheasant is monogamous. In game
coverts, however, even when allowed to breed wild,
it has acquired the habit of polygamy, owing, it is
supposed, to the overproportion of hens resulting
from the great destruction of cocks.] and each pen
should usually contain one cock to from three to five
hens, though the number of hens with one versicolor
cock may range up to 30, while silver, Swinhoe, and
Soemmerring pheasants breed in pairs. An extra
number of cocks should be kept to replace any that
die or are killed. In some pheasantries all the pheas-
ants of one species are placed in one large pen, the
proper proportion of cocks and hens being main-
tained, on the theory that while a smaller number
of eggs results from this method, the chicks are
stronger. But during the breeding season pheasant
cocks are very pugnacious, and if not kept separate
are apt to injure one another. Hence it is customary
to have a small pen, not less than 9 by 18 feet, or
more than 30 by 30 feet, for each cock and his hens.
Breeding pens should be on well-drained ground,
and should have plenty of cover, to furnish retired
places in which the hens may deposit their eggs.
Shelter is usually necessary for the birds, but a dust-
ing place must be provided, and for this purpose a
shed should he placed at the side of the pen from
which storms usually come, or some other means
provided by which a spot may be kept dry.
The laying period varies somewhat with the
species and locality. In northern New Jersey, the
ringneck, English, English ringneck, and Reeves be-
gin about March 1 and continue to about the middle
of July, and the golden and silver lay from April
1 to about the middle of June. No nest is required.
The eggs should be gathered once or twice daily.
They should be placed in bran as gathered, and
should be set as soon as possible; but if it is not
convenient to set them at once, they will remain in
good condition for not more than two weeks in a
covered box of fresh bran kept cool and dry; they
should be turned daily. During the laying period the
birds should have a plentiful supply of fresh gravel,
old mortar, cinders, and ashes. Iron tonic in the
water once a week is beneficial.
Hatching. — Eggs should be hatched under barn-
yard hens unless it is convenient to procure turkeys,
which are excellent for hatching and for brooding
the chicks. Pheasant hens are broody but very
wild, and the invariable experience has been that it
is extremely difficult to secure satisfactory results
by leaving them to hatch the eggs. Incubators may
be employed, but the results are usually unsatisfac-
tory. Bantams, especially Cochin bantams, are fre-
quently used on account of their lightness. In the
Royal Zoological Gardens of Antwerp, where pheas-
ants are reared very successfully, half-bred Japanese
silkies are used. Hybrids between Japanese silkies
and ordinary game have been tried with good results.
The silkies are small, light, and broody, while the
game make excellent mothers, owing to their fight-
ing qualities. Wyandottes and Rhode Island reds are
very satisfactory. Some of the large and successful
pheasantries of the United States use any hens that
are light, clean-legged, and free from disease, as it is
difficult to secure enough sitting hens when they
are wanted. A few pheasantries raise their own
hens, which is perhaps the better practice. In se-
lecting a hen, it is essential that she be free from
scaly leg, roup, and lice. Dipping the hen's legs in
a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid before placing
her on the eggs, and repeating the treatment several
times during the season, is a useful precaution
against scaly leg. To guard against lice, which are
very fatal to young pheasants, the hen should he
dusted with insect powder before she is set and
once a week thereafter, though not within three days
of the hatching. In addition to this precaution the
hen should have ready access to a good dust bath.
The style and dimensions of the hatching box or
coop may vary according to the judgment of the
pheasant raiser, but the simpler it is the better. It
should have no floor, but should be simply a cover
for the nest, more for protection than for warmth.
It should be well ventilated; a close, hot, stuffy
hatching box will soon be infested with fleas and lice,
which irritate the hens and injure the chicks. Im-
pure air also lowers the vitality of the chick, even in
the shell. The nest should consist of a sod placed
grass side down on the ground and lined with a
little short straw or grass. A 1-inch mesh wire or
board run should extend in front of the coop for at
least 2 or 3 feet, in which the hen may eat, drink,
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 21, 1910.
exercise, and dust herself at pleasure, and in which
the chicks may run hefore they are removed to the
rearing field. The run should be covered with ordi-
nary poultry wire. A hinged top to the coop is con-
venient, as it gives ready access to the nest and eggs.
Feed and water may he placed in the run once a
day. If natural dust can not be readily secured,
ashes may be supplied. It is well to place other eggs
under the hen for a day or two while she is shaping
the nest, and thus avoid possible loss of pheasant
eggs by breakage. If many settings are made, it
will be found convenient to record the date of set-
ting and the number of eggs to each hen. This may
be done by marking the eggs or labeling the coops.
On the ninth or tenth day the eggs may be examined
and the fertile ones distributed so as perhaps to free
one of the sitting hens for a fresh setting. If, how-
ever, only one or two broods are being raised, it is
better not to disturb the hen by examining the eggs.
Nests should be kept clean. Broken eggs and all
other refuse should be removed, and the remaining
eggs washed, if soiled. When an egg has chipped
but the chick is unable to break out in eight hours,
it may be assisted by placing the egg in a shallow
pan of water (at blood heat) for a minute or two,
chipped part uppermost and out of the water, to
avoid drowning the chick. The chick should never
be drawn out of the shell by hand, but should be
allowed to emerge naturally.
[To be continued.]
AT THE TRAPS.
The Urbita Gun Club is to be congratulated for
pulling off a very successful two days' tourney.
Twenty-seven shooters tourned out on Saturda3T, the
14th inst, 49 guns participated on the second day.
We quote a prominent local sportsman who attended
the shoot and writes us:
"The shooting grounds were ideally located at
Urbita Park, about one mile from town. A fine lunch
was served beneath the trees alongside of a beauti-
ful little lake and every comfort for the shooters
was looked after in a manner that endeared the San
Bernardino boys to every one present. The traps
were situated in a place where the targets were
thrown out into space, and the only objection that
could he registered was that the wind played havoc
with the steady flight of the targets. They surely
did jump and dodge.
"While the wind was not exceedingly strong, it
effected the targets considerably, because they were
thrown over a deep ravine and the current of air
caused many a target to jump out of the pattern.
"E. J. Vaughn had his shooting clothes on the
first day and snuffed out 195 out of 200, with a
straight run of 87. He was closely followed by C. B.
Monaghan 1S9, F. B. Mills 1SS, and Gus Knight 1S6.
Though Vaughn finished the first day considerably
ahead of his nearest competitor, Charlie Monaghan
shot a wonderful up-hill race, and until the last event
it was a toss-up who would win out, but Vaughn
finally finished three birds to the good.
"The second day the wind was stronger and the
weather exceedingly hot, which made the shooting
considerably harder and consequently the scores
didn't show up to the previous high standard. C.
Monaghan, H. Rodden, Gus Knight, Ben Thomas,
J. C. Draper and several of the other San Bernardino
boys were on the entertainment committee, and they
certainly did themselves proud. Every visiting
shooter left San Berdoo with a light heart and a
vow that when the next tournament rolled around
they would be there again to mingle with the jolly
crowd of powder burners of San Bernardino."
This shoot was the largest gathering at a trap
shoot in Southern California for some time past, and
can be regarded as an indication of renewed enthus-
iasm and interest in the "clean sport," south of
Tehachipe.
The first day's program called for 10 events, 20
targets each, $17.50 added for each race (5350 added
money), entrance $2 each event. Sunday's program
was identically the same — events, targets, entrance
targets, entrance and added monies, $700 added for
and added monies, $700 added for the two days.
Money division was the "percentage or class system,"
four equal monies.
High averages for the two days were: E. J.
Vaughn, 377 out of 400; C. B. Monaghan 374, Fred
B. Mills 372, Gus Knight 367, H. Rodden 359, M.
Lane 338, A. B. Thomas 335, Geo. Thomas 334, Lee
Slocum 331, J. C. Draper 328. M. Chubb 321, A.
Weber 146.
First day's five high averages: Vaughn 195 out of
200; Monaghan 1S9, Mills 188, Knight 186, Rodden
182. Second day, 200 targets: Monaghan 1S5, Mills
184, Vaughn 182, Knight 181, Haile 180.
High professional general average: Emil Holling
363 out of 400: Dick Reed 362, Fred Willet 354, W. A.
Robertson 354, Harry Hoyt 292. The scores follow:
Urbita Gun Club, San Bernardino, Cal., May 14,
1910, blue rocks-
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Dick Reed
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M. Chubb
R. O. Bobinson
E. E. Moss
T. W. Neil
W. R. Sexton
Jas. Gibson
M. W. Page
T. A. Crawford
J. Weber
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W. C. Shonewolf . . .
E. Swanson
W. W. Brison
H. L. Allison
C. Hurt
W. Haile
A. McRae
D. Cooley
C. Jensen
G. Gallehue
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W. Pugh
Sam Smith
Ed. Mitchell
C. A. Stoops
H. S. Fox
F. Brownleaf
N. C. Nelson
M. E. Taber
J A. Ricker
L. L. Lewis
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What was enthusiastically declared to he the
greatest trap shooting event in the history of the
South began May 3d, when the first gun was fired
in the Fifth Southern Handicap Tournament, held
in Columbus, Ga., May 3d, 4th and 5th.
Southern Handicaps there have been before, and
in such cities as Nashville, Richmond and Birming-
ham, but those in attendance said that the Columbus
tournament was in a class all by itself. One hun-
dred and thirty-five different contestants took part
in the several events. Contestants were present
from many States, and the visitors declared that the
grounds of the Columbus Gun Club are ideal, and
this, with the big attendance and the fine weather
conditions, gave all the essentials of a successful
tournament.
The preliminary practice began Monday after-
noon, May 2d, at 1 o'clock. Every arrangement had
been made for the tournament, traps having been
installed, adjusted and tested, a grandstand having
been erected, a pavilion for the shooters having
been provided, etc.
Many members of the Columbus Gun Club were
on hand to do the honors of the occasion and to ex-
tend every courtesy to the visitors. President
Methvin, Secretary Beach, Treasurer Greer, Field
Captain Waddell and Cashier Woodruff had their
hands full. Nice dinners, lunches and other refresh-
ments were sold on the grounds, this feature being in
charge of a committee of ladies.
The preliminary practice scores were good, but
not exactly record breaking. Among the amateurs,
R. A. King was high with a score of 9S broken out
of SO singles and 10 doubles shot at. C. M. Powers
was in second place with 96 and J. S. Young was
third with 95.
Among the professionals, C. G. Spencer was high
with 98. William Heer was in second place with 97
and W. R. Crosby and R. O. Heikes were third
with 96.
First day, May 3d — Among the amateurs, C. M.
Powers was high with 196 out of 200 shot at. R. A.
King was in second place with 195, and Ira Galbraith
was third with 192. The program consisted of ISO
single targets and 10 double targets. The actual
contestants numbered 129.
Second day, May 4th — When a shooter fires at 120
targets that fly in all sorts of unexpected directions
and with dips, curves and twists that only the most
practiced eye can anticipate, and breaks 119 out of
the number, he is, in the language of the day, "shoot-
ing some." That's what J. S. Younf of Chicago did
in the regular events on the second day. The next
statement that nobody else duplicated his record
will not be particularly surprising. Mr. Young made
perfect scores until the fifth event, when he let one
target escape. This did not rattle him, for his score
in the sixth event, at 10 double targets, was without
a flaw. Some of the other especially good amateur
records were made by C. M. Powers, who scored
116; J. W. Gillespie, 114; G. V. Dering, 113; W. T.
Laslie, 112; V. Cate, 112; H. R. Howard, 111; Ira
Galbraith, 111, and R. A. King, 111.
Standing at the 21-yard mark, C. M. Powers of
Decatur, 111., won the Preliminary Handicap with a
score of 97 out of 100 shot at. There were 116 en-
tries for the event, which was shot under excellent
weather conditions and in the presence of a deeply
interested crowd of spectators.
J. R. Livingston, standing at the 20-yard mark,
George M. Collins at the 19-yard mark, and P. C.
Townsend at the 17-yard mark, were in second place
with 96. John Phillip Sousa and V. Cate, at the 18-
yard mark, and C. C. Bates, at the 17-yard mark,
were in third place with 95.
Third day, May 5th — One hundred and twenty-
eight contestants shot in the Southern Handicap,
which was closely followed by a large gathering of
spectators.
The Southern Handicap, the main event of the
toournament, was won by Mr. J. S. Young, with a
score of 96 out of 100 shot at from the 22-yard mark.
W. T. Laslie was in second place with a score of
95 made from the 20-yard mark. P. H. Luttrell at
the 19-yard mark, J. A. Blunt at the IS-yard mark,
and Ollie Williams at the 18-yard mark, were third
with 94. In the regular events G. V. Dering was
high- with a score of 118 out of 120 shot at; C. M.
Powers and J. S. Young were in second place with
117, ard J. A. Goodbar was third with 116.
C. M. Powers was high amateur for the entire
tournament and was the winner of the Columbus
(Ga.) cup, the most magnificent trophy ever be-
stowed at a Southern Handicap. Mr. Powers made
the fine record of 617 out of 640 shot at, doub'e tar-
gets and targets shot from handicap rise included.
The Squier money-back system was used through-
out the tournament, with the exception of the pre-
liminary and Southern handicaps. The total purse
amounted to $765, of which amount $492.80 was used
to pay back the losses. The amounts paid back
ranged from ten cents to $31.05. The surplus
amounted to $263.20, and it was divided among the
eighteen high guns, the double targets and handi-
cap events not being included in the division. The
eighteen high guns follow: C. M. Powers (395),
$42.05; J. S. Young (389), $32.85; G. V. Dering (389),
$32.85; R. A. King (387), $23.65; Ira Galbraith (380),
$19.70; H. Howard (380), $19.70; W. T. Laslie (379),
$15.80; Charles Nichols (378), $13.15; V Cate (375),
$10.50; J. E. Crayton (370,, $10.50; J. W. Gillespie
(375), $10.50; J. F. Fletcher (374). $7.90; H. E. Ed-
wards (372), $5.25; G. M. Collins (372), $5.25; J. R.
Livingston (372), $5,25; J. A. Blunt (371), $2.65;
C. C. Bates (371), $2.65; C. G. Westcott (370), $2.65.
The Preliminary Handicap purse amounted to $466.
Following are the scores made by the winners and
the several amounts won by them: C. M. Powers
(97), $74.55; J. R. Livingston (96), $52.80; G. M. Col-
lins (96), $2.80; P. C. Townsend (96), $52.S0; V.
Cate (95), $32.60; C. C. Bates (95), $32.60; J. P.
Sousa (95), $32.60; Ira Galbraith (93), $18.65; W. T.
Laslie (93), $18.65; J. E. Crayton (93), $18.65; Chas.
Nuchols (93), $18.65; Ollie Williams (93), $1S.65; H.
Howard (92), $10.85; J. W. Gillespie (92), $10.85;
C. W. Tway (92), $10.85; J. S. Young (91), $2.30;
R. A. King (91), $2.30; S. H. Finley (91), $2.30; P.
C. Ward (91), $2.30.
The Southern Handicap purse amounted to $743.
Following are the scores made by the winners and
the several amounts won by them: J. S. Young (96),
$133.75; W. T. Laslie (95), $111.45; P. H. Luttrell
(94), $76.75; J. A. Blunt (94), $76.75; Ollie Williams
(94), $76.75; G. M. Collins (93), $44.55; G. V. Dering
(93), $44.55; H. B. Crowell (93), $44.55; Ira Galbraith
(92), $26.00; S. L. Dodds (92), $26.00; D. A. Edwards
(92), $26.00; J. W. Gillespie (92), $26.00; C. M.
Powers (91), $425; J. K. Warren (91), $4.25; J. E.
Crayton (91), $4.25; J. B. Goodbar (91), $4.25; R. R.
Skinner (91), $4.25; H. E. Edwards (91), $4.25;
J. W. Baker (91), $4.25.
What is said to be a world's record was broken
on the afternon of May 5th. Standing at the 21-yard
mark, H. D. Freeman, of Atlanta, a professional,
broke 99 out of 100 targets. This feat has been ac-
complished at a distance of 20 yards rise, but never
before, it is claimed, at the 21-yard mark. Mr. Free-
man made the highest score in the Southern Handi-
cap, but could not win on account of being a pro-
fessional.
The recent decision of Judge Orr of Nevada de-
clared unconstitutional the law concerning fishing for
trout. The results are that the fish are now be-
ing taken from every fishable water. The only re-
striction not removed by this decision is that which
fixes the legal size of trout which can be caught.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, May 21, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
VEGETABLES OF AN ACRE.
A good farmer can raise ou one acre
of land any one of the following:
Onions, 445 to 600 bushels.
Tomatoes, 300 to 400 bushels.
Sweet potatoes, 500 to 600 bushels.
Beets, 300 to 400 bushels.
Carrots, 300 to 400 bushels.
Cabbage, 8000 head.
Potatoes 100 to 300 bushels.
Here are actual results, each item
referring to the product of an acre
where the grower was a specialist:
Aspaagus, 300 bushels, 20 cents a
bunch, $600.
Cauliflower, 100 to 300 pounds, $450.
Onions, 600 bushels, 75 cents, $450.
Cabbage seed, 1000 pounds, 4$ cents
a pound, $400.
Potatoes, 175 bushels, low estimate,
$87.
Cabbage, 7000 heads, $500.
To be a successful trucker you must
keep in mind these things:
Produce sufficient to supply th*»
family to begin.
Contiuous succession of crops.
Ease and cheapness of cultivation.
Maintain and increase the land's
productivity year after year.
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Stockton March 13. — The scarcity
of horses for use en the farms in this
country is already causing the farmers
much uneasiness and trouble. It is
feared thai the shortage will delay
the harvesting of what promises to
be a large crop and may cause the
agriculturists heavy losses. Up to
date the grain, fruit and vegetable
yield gives promise of proving a
record-breaker, and the crops cannot
be harvested with automobiles, though
many of the ranchers have accumu-
lated so much money they ride in the
machines coming to the city or
transacting business.
In nearly every farming community
throughout this valley farmers are ex-
erting every effort and resorting to
extreme measures to secure sufficient
animals to carry on the farm work.
In a startling number of cases their
efforts have been unsuccessful.
In place of the regular plowing
many farms are being harrowed in an
effort to keep the ground turned
until horses can be secured to carry
on the plowing. The recent dry spell
has made the lack of animals all the
more keenly felt. As a result, horse-
flesh of any kind is selling at fabulous
prices.
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Among them heing a number of (iold Medal winners in Belgium and France.
Sale takes place MONDAY, JUNE 20, '10
at 1 p. m. at
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Horses can be seen at Mr. O. A. Lowe's Lowlands Farm, 2 miles north-
west of Woodland, up to Tune 18th. Visitors are invited. June 19th and
20th they can be seen at Davis. Horses loaded f. o. b. cars Davis.
Send for catalogue to
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Livestock Auctioneers,
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the genuine as possible, but the article itself is very different, and will not give
the same results.
ALL GENUINE are stamped G. S. Ellis & Son on the supporting strap and
back part of Check Rein. Any that are not so stamped are not genuine.
FREE — Our new Catalogue No. 45, with wholesale discount sheet, the largest,
finest and most complete Horse Goods Catalogue ever published, is ready for
distribution. It contains illustrations, descriptions, and guaranteed to be lowest
prices on Harness, Horse Boots, Horse Clothing and Turf Goods of every descrip-
tion. Every horseman should have a copy. Tou can save many a dollar during
the season by buying direct of us, as we are now selling direct to horsemen and
allowing them from 30 to 50 per cent discount from list. Write us today for a
copy and we will take pleasure in sending it to you all charges paid.
Patented Aug. 11, 1S96. Patent No. 565,681
2 PER CENT
TO START.
STAKES $2500
ENTRANCE $50
THE TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS' CLUB
Invites entries to the following
GUARANTEED STAKES
(All Surplus Entrance Money Paid in to go to Winners)
For the Grand Circuit Meeting, August 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
AT EMPIRE CITY PARK, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ENTRIES DUE ON MONDAY, MAY 23.
No. 1—2:25 class, Trotting; Bonner Memorial Stake, guaran-
teed value ..... $2500
No. 2—2:16 class, Trotting to Wagon, Amateur Drivers,
Speedway Stake, guaranteed value . . 2500
No. 3 — 2:13 class, Trotting; Fleetwood Stake, guaranteed val. 2500
No. 4—2:20 class, Pacing; Union Stake, guaranteed value 2500
No. 5—2:12 class, Pacing; Fashion Stake, guaranteed value 2500
CONDITIONS — All races mile heats, best two in three, except that in the
Speedway Stake the right is reserved to divide the field and start the horses in
divisions of not more than seven in preliminary heats (2 in 3), the best two horses
in each division to start in the final and take the stakes. Drivers in this race
must be members of clubs composing the League of Amateur Driving Clubs, must
be acceptable to the Trotting-Horse Breeders' Club, and must carry not less than
175 pounds. Money in all races divided $1500 to winner, $500 to second, $300 to
third, $200 to fourth; the winner of the race to receive all surplus subscriptions,
or entrance money, paid in. In the Speedway Stake a piece of plate will be
presented to the driver of the winner. Two or more horses owner by the same
person or trained in the same stable may start on payment of the subscription
or entrance fee for each horse.
The Trotting Horse Breeders' Club will arrange to make any amateur eligible
to drive in the Speedway stake race.
Subscriptions or entrance fees payable as follows: If paid on or before
Monday, May 23, two per cent (?50) to start; if after May 23 and on or before
Wednesday, June 15, three per cent ($75) to start; if after June 15 and on or
before Saturday, July 2, four per cent ($100) to start; if after July 2 and on or
before Saturday, July 23, five per cent ($125) to start; if after July 23 and on or
before Saturday, August 6, six per cent ($150) to start; if after August 6 and on
or before Saturday, August 20, seven per cent ($175) to start. An additional five
per cent will be charged to the winner of each division of the money. Rules of
the National Trotting Association," of which this club is a member, to govern,
except as otherwise provided.
If, owing to continued unfavorable weather, any race has not been started at
five o'clock on Saturday, August 27, it shall be declared off and all subscriptions
or entrance money in the hands of the club as stakeholder returned to the
subscribers or parties making the entries, and if any race then remains unfinished
it shall be declared ended and the money divided according to the summary.
ADDITIONAL STAKES OF NOT LESS THAN $1500 EACH WILL BE
ANNOUNCED LATER, TO CLOSE ON AUGUST G.
Entry blanks and all information may be obtained from the Secretary.
Communications should be addressed and checks made payable to
THE TROTTING-HORSE BREEDERS' CLUB,
Temporary Office: 308 West 97th St., New York City.
JAMES BUTLER, President. GURNEY C. GUE, Secretary.
12
THE BREBDEI
SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 21, 1910.
DAIRYING IN SCOTLAND.
In a letter from Glasgow, Scotland,
Consul J. N. McCunn says:
Agriculture as a practical science
has for many years made rapid prog-
ress in Ayrshire and surrounding
countries, tie results of which are
clearly shown in the agricultural sta-
tistics of the district. The cattle of
the district, especially dairy cows, are
exceptionally well cared for and have
a world-wide fame. The Ayrshire
is evidently allied to the North De-
von, the Hereford, the Sussex, the
Falkland, and the West Highltnd
breeds, or to the other descendants
of the original cattle of Gret.t Britain,
and it possibly passed slowly into a
distinctive variety under the modify-
ing influences of Ayrshire soil and cli-
mate.
No cow in the British isles fc'lres
more milk according to its weight
than the 'Ayrshire. The greater por-
tion of the milk in Ayrshire is made
into cheese, the best of which is "Dun-
lop," from the parish near Kilmarnock,
where the Ayrshire was first syste-
matically bred for the dairy.
Large areas are kept in pasture, but
cereal and root culture has been un-
dergoing vast improvement. Reclam-
ation of waste lands — particularly
moors and mosses — has been greatly
effected, so as to bring under the plow
not only a large acreage which lay
waste till the beginning of rhe last
century, but also to improve the soil
of the district.
ALFALFA FOR SWINE.
J. E. Woodford, of Coffey county,
Kansas, April 1, 1905, placed teen
choice pure-bred Poland-China brood
sows from 12 to 18 months old, that
were due to farrow in the latter days
of June, on a five-acre field of alfalfa.
They were given no other feed than
the alfalfa pasturage until they had
farrowed and their pigs were a week
old. After that the sows had in addi-
tion to the alfalfa, some bran slop until
about August 20th, when new corn was
fit for feeding. He wrote: "The sows
from the time they were turned on the
alfalfa until the last week in Jane
made a remarkable growth, besides
gaining somewhat in flesh. They did
well with their pigs, reared an aver-
age of seven to each sow, and as stick-
lers they were a sight to see. The
pigs were the most attractive bunch
ever raised in Coffey county, as ad-
J. P. Dieter, Manager. Daily Capacity, S5 Tons.
COXSUMERS ICE & COLD STORAGE CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF DISTILLED WATER ICE.
CARLOAD SHIPMENTS AND RE-ICING OF CARS A SPECIALTY.
El Paso, Texas, March 17, 1910.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.
Dear Sirs: Received yours in regard to the black mare and will be guided
by your advice. I have tried "Save-The-Horse" on a mare with very large
windpuffs on hind legs just above ankle and these were very hard and she was
too lame to drive. One bottle fixed her alright and she worked all summer on
ice wagon and showed no sign of lameness. Respectfullv,
JOHN SCHUBERT.
Cambridge Springs, Pa..
Apr. IS, 1910.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.
Gentlemen: I "would like to have an-
other bottle of Save-The-Horse Spavin
Cure as I want it for another man.
This is four bottles I have bought from
you and it is good stuff.
Enclosed find order for $5.00.
Tours truly,
LEE SCHANK.
Makes a Tendon Like a
Rod of Steel.
$5
A BOTTLE
with
Signed Guarantee.
Gila Bend, Ariz., Apr. 23, 1910.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.
Dear Sirs: I have a stallion that has
a lump on breast that I "would like to
remove. Have tried "Save-The-Horse"
on other horses with great success.
Send a bottle C. O. D. to me here.
Yours respt.,
DAN SHERIDAN.
This is a binding contract and pro-
tects purchaser absolutely in treating
and curing any case of Bone and Bop;
Spavin, Tliorouphpin, Ringbone (except
low), Curb, Splint, Capped Hock, Wind-
puiv, Sboeboil, Injured Tendons and all
Lameness. No scar or loss of hair.
Horse works as usual.
Send for copy of this contract, booklet
on all lameness and letters from promi-
nent business men, bankers, farmers
and horse owners the world over on
every kind of case.
At all druggists and dealers, or ex-
press paid.
N. Y.
TROY CHEMICAL CO., BINGHAMTON,
D. E. NEWELL,
S8 Boro Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal. 1108 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Stanford Stake for 1912
TROTTING STAKE FOR FOALS OF 1909.
Entries close Wednesday, June 1, 1910.
To be trotted at the California State Pair of 1912. Entries to close June 1,
1910, with J. A. Filcher, Secretary, at the office in Sacramento.
Fifty dollars entrance, of which $5 must accompany nomination, June 1, 1910;
$5 November 1, 1910; ?10 June 1. 1911; $10 June 1, 1912, and ?20 on the tenth day
before the first day of the State Fair of 1912; $300 added by the Society. Mile
heats, three in five, to harness.
The stakes and added money to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Right
reserved to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two start thev mav con-
test for the entrance money paid in. to be divided 66 2-3 per cent to the winner
and 33 1-3 per cent to the second horse. A horse distancing the field will be en-
titled to first money only. In no case will a horse be entitled to more than one
money.
A horse not winning a heat in the first three shall not start in the fourth heat.
unless said horse shall have made a dead heat; but horses so ruled out shall have
a right to share in the prize according to their rank in the summary at the close
of their last heat.
Nominators are not held for full amount of entrance in case colt goes wrong;
only forfeit the payments made, which relieves vou from further responsibility
and declares entry out.
The stake is growing in value each year; every breeder should enter in it;
it will enhance the value of his colt in case he desires to sell.
Your colt entered in the Occident Stake for 1912 is eligible for entry in this
st ike.
Remember the date of closing is June 1, 1910.
J. A. FILCHER, Sec'y.
mitted by our breeding competitors.
We weighed a gilt from tnis lot when
six months and five days old, and her
weight of 225 pounds was not above
the average of the whole lot. In our
lifelong experience in rearing swine
we have found nothing as a grazing
crop for swine that in value ap-
proaches alfalfa." — From Coburn s
"Swine in America."
FOR SALE.
Eeautiful bay mare, seven years,
weight 1025, absolutely sound, and gen-
tle for a lady. No mark, but can pace
around 2:15 now without boot or hop-
ple, amateur driving. Is an easy 2:10
pacer or better. The price is right.
Address City Stables, Fresno, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Free Trial, brown filly, 15.2, foaled
1905, trotter, registered in Vol. 17, bred
at Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Dan -
ville, Cal. Sired by Charles Derby 2:20,
dam Pippa by Stilleco 14346, dam of
Frank Dale 2:23^, second dam Lucy E.,
dam of Azalia 2:15 and Joe Scott 2:18,
by Black Walnut 17361, third dam
Ethel by Enfield 128, fourth dam Betsey
Trotwood by Peck's Idol, fifth dam
Pilotta by Little John, sixth dam
Dairy Maid by Tennessee 2:27. This
filly was worked 60 days as a three-
year-old and trotted a full mile in
2:23, and *4 in 35 seconds. She has
since been used for light road driving,
is a handsome filly, gentle for a lady
to drive, is a beautifully gaited trotter
with great knee and hock action.
Guaranteed absolutely sound. Address
5008 East 14th Street. Oakland.
Fine Mare and Foal for Sale.
IREXE AYERS and her foal by Lynwood W.
2:20H for sale, cheap. Irene Ayers by Iris,
sire of Jasper Ayers 2:09. Visalia 2:12. Ira P.
2:10K. Jaspine 2:14 and several others with rec-
ords of 2:30 and better. Irene Ayers is a full sis-
ter to Jasper Ayers li:09. May Ayers 2:23>£. May
Ayers is the dam of the good little mare Ayeress.
trial 2:14, Xl:04. K 31 seconds. Irene's foal is a
brother in blood to Ayeress. Irene trotted 4th
heat with 10 weeks work, off alfalfa, in 2:32K
at three years of age. She had 2:20 speed then.
Her trainer said she was another Jasper Ayers.
sure, if given a chance. Irene's dam is Babe by
Altimont 9S5. he by Almont33; Babe, dam by S.
F Patchen. he by Geo. M. Patchen Ir., 2nd dam
by Oweudale. Here we get the much desired
Electioneer-Wilkes cross. In Irene's foal we
have one of the best formed colts in the State.
He is entered in Breeders Stake Xo. 10 and paid
up to Oct. 1. 1910. This youngster is sure to keep
the good name of his noted half sister. Sonoma
Girl 2 :05%. unless some accident overtakes him.
Irene will sure make a great brood mare if given
a chance. I cannot give her and the foal the at-
tention they should have and this is my reason
for offering them for sale. Address
H. T. OWEN. Kern, Cal.
PASTURAGE.
At J. H. White Ranch. Lakeville, SonomaCo..Cal.
Good Feed, Water and Accommodations
for fine horses. No danger from wire. Shipper
Steamer Gold. Leaves Jackson St. wharf 4 p. m.
except Sundays. Ranch % mile wharf.
Phone 2Ssl Rural. Address
T. A. ROCHE,
Lakeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.
HEALD'S
BUSINESS
COLLEGE
trains
for
Business
and places
its graduates
in positions.
Call or write
425 MoALLISTER ST.,
San Francisco.
WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S.
Veterinary Surgeon.
1155 Golden Cate Av.
Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana cnestnu
Streets.
San Francisco, Cal.
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. IMINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:14^— 3rd beat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2:09% and 4 others
Service Fee: $30.
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY, Manager.
Hemet. Riverside Co . Cal.
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the best of profes-
sional services to all cases ol veterinary
dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town oromptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonaoie prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Ootavla St., between Fulton and Grove,
Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of ihe
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-S Spanish Merino
— Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams —
Rams for sale at all times.
P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon. Cal. Address, Dixon, Cal.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat House.
Ca.pt. F. Wji. Ehkke. Prop., Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1 400-1 450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake. Mofflt & Towne. Los Anaeiies.
Blake. McFall & Co.. Portlana. ore.
CALIFORNIA
PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY,
High-Class Art in
HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING
Artistic Designing
141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
Weather Proof. Acid Proof. Fire resisting-.
BONESTELL & CO.
118 to 124 First St., San Francisco. Cal.
Gun Insurance
For 50 4
Try a 50-cent new size bottle of
"3-in-One" and insure your gun
against wear and tear and repair
expense.
"3-in-One" has the most won-
derful lubricating, cleaning, polish-
ing, rust -preventing, gun-saving
qualities.
Every action part works easier,
surer, truer, if oiled with '"3-in-
One." Saves wear on delicate parts.
**3-in-One" is a penetrating, non-
drying oil. Won't gum, harden,
or collect dust no matter how long
gun stands. Removes residue of
burnt powder "clean as a whistle."
All big gun factories use it. Con-
tains no acid.
3
Buy the economical 50-cent
size— just 8 times as large as 10-
cent size— 2% times as large as
25-cent sizel
FRFF Write for sample
^^ bottle and '3-in-
One" Dictionary. L.brary
SUd free with each .sottle.
"3-IN-ONE" on CO.
102 NeW St., New York City
AJJSORBINE
Cures Strained PuKy Ankles.Lymphangitis,
Poll Evil, I istula, Sores, Wire Cuts, Bruis-
es and Swellings, Lameness, and Allays
1 Pain Quickly without Blistering, removing
™* the hair, or laying the horse up. Pleasant
to use. $2.00 per bottle st dealers or de-
livered. Horse Book 5 D free.
ABSORBINIi, JR., (mankind.-51.00 bot-
1 f tle.JFor Strains, Gout.VarlcoseVeins.Vai*-
icocele.Hydrocele, Prostatitis, kills pain.
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass
For sale toy Langley & Michaels, San Francisco. Calif.;
Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Brann Co.,
Branawig Drug Co., Western Wholesale Drag Co., Los An-
geles, Calif.; Kirk, Cleary & Co., Sacramento. Calif.; Pacific
Drag Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drag Co., Spokane, Wash.
Saturday, May 21, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners!
BON VOYAGE ®Mj
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
■winner of 1905.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
TERMS: $75. Keturn privilege.
At Seven Years of Age.
Sire of
BOIV VIVAXT (2) 3:16Vt
Fastest Two- Year-Old Stallion of li>09.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:17%
Winner of Two -Year -Old Trotting
Division, Paeific Breeders* Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BOXADAV (2> 2:27*4
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of li)09.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:20%
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
J762I
2:26M
2:16
2:27%
2:27%
2:13%
2:10
2:24%
2:19%
2:27
2:27
Will make the Season of 1 91 0 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
Sire of
Diamond Mc
trial
Delia Lou (3)
Armon Lou
Harold B., p. Mat.
trial
Kinney G., p
Debutante (3) trial
Kalitan (3) trial
Kinney de Lopez (3), trial
John Chris tensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (3), trial - iy 2:28
Four Stockings (3), trial Yz 1:07
Princess Lou (2), trial % - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
virced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Psrk, where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale Cal For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05H in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sired Sir
Alberts. 2:03K. Sir JohnS. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2:03^4. etc., etc.) ;
dam Eflie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05%, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11%, dam Hand J. C. by Nearest
2:22*4; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13%) by Menlo 2:21% (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16% (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05*4, W. Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:0S?4 and Gray Gem 2:09*4);
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: $50 the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
For tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
Phono Black 2841. T. W. BARSTOW, Sau Jose, Cal.
The Great
ZoTs-te Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20V
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Charley Belden
2:08%, R. VT. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15%. Sonoma
Boy 2:20, Clipper W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25,
Dennis 2:27%, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11. Santa Rosa Girl 2:1314.
Schley B. 2:131/1. Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15yo.
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASON 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
FEE, $30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Box 213.
New Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter"
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
" Life With the Trotier zivea us a olear insisht 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 Mndness to the horse from start to finish
p—ie^S"' r- >. , . *„ B=E5DEK ■"«> Sfoktsmak, r. o. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Oal.
Pacific Bid*.. Cor. Market and Fourth Sts.
Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP ONES.
Demonio Speed £:03'4
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13%. sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) -2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:2814,
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
chl„. SS.; seconu dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2 £1*4 is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09*4, Demonio
yilkSs„,2,:,095iT'. Mfss Wmn 2:12Vi. Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
V , i **po ls one of the best sons of tha* great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
/jclrs .of^spe?,<J ln t„h5.worId' Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2-.0TA, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
ki^TL'I1 £ u"St2, b7 Al0antara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletoman 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON $40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
(„lot,s">1 return privilege. Excellent pasturage at 53 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Sniann, Cal.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2:09^.
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09%, Sue 2:12, Listerine 2:13^ and 8
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17y2, (4) 2:10%,
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
lias every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June 15th, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Oal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Qirp Niitwnnri WillfPc 7'ln-l- sire of Ctopa de Oro 2:01%, John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
OI1C, nuiWUUU TMIItCS A.IU2) damsof San Francisco 2:07%, Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc.
Ham Paliffl (1\ ?'ln dam of 2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20.
Uaiu, rama \i, ) i.iu, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%, and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%. and timed separately i» 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
fnr thfl ^PJKfin with return privilege, or money refunded at my
iui mo oguouii option if mare proves not in foal.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner), Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
DIXON, CAL. Terms:
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11%
Pacing Record 2:06%
By McKinney 2:111,4, dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09^4, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(OAvned by Professor E. P. Henld of San Frnncisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. "Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st. "
For further information, call at stable, or address
1. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:06%.
Alceste 2:07%. Allerton 2:09%, Duke Jay 2:09%. Early Bird
2:10, Gitchie Manito 2 :09%, Invader 2:10. Justo (3)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locauda 2:02, Allerson
2:05%. Charley Hayt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2 :18, sire of 12 in 2 :10 ; 2nd dam Almeta 2 :31
by Almont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%. by Mamb. Patchen 58: 4th dam Estella, dam of
S, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, I'smi return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris,
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Charley D- 2=06
Sire McKINNEY 2:11^4, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam, Flawy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 187, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cnl,
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 21, 1910.
High General Average ... 487 X 500
High OI1 All Targets (including Handicap and Team Races) - 562 X 585
With Three Long Runs of 99-107-108 by Mr. H. E. Poston
At the IDAHO STATE SHOOT, Boise, Idaho, May 10th, 11th, 12th
High Professional Average, San Bernardino, Cal., May 14-15th, won by Mr. E. H. Holling 363 x 400
BOTH USING
PETERS FACTORY LOADS.
MODESTO, MADERA, and BOISE, the THREE important Coast Shoots, ali won with PETERS QUALITY.
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0,
New York: 9S Chambers St., T. H. Keller, Mgr.
San Francisco: OOS-612 Howard St., J. S. French, Msr.
New Orleans: 321 Magazine St., P. R. Litzke, Mgr.
i«aCS(V(XSCXXS$XX%%jeXX$3CXX3(3rc%S3CS%SC^^
PRINCE IMINNEY --2- 2:291
Winner of 2-y-o Trotting Division Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 3
PRINCE McKINNEY is by McKinney 2:11*4, the great-
est of ail speed sires, and is out of Zorilla, by Dexter Prince, one of the
most successful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Farm; next dam
Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; next dam Lady Thorn Jr.. dam
of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:17%, that sired Sidney, grand-
sire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing
16 hands and weighing 1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone,
a rugged constitution and fine trotting action.
Season of 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES, •%&2#fl SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
Good opportunity for San Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion. PEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Applj' to or address
F. G09IMET, Ovrner. CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stables, 36th Avenue, San Francisco.
No road too rough. Carries
weight over the wheels, not
on the axle. It has the
strength. Never a tired driv-
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Why? The long spring makes
it easy riding.and does away
with all horse motion. Furn-
ished with either Pneumatic
or cushion tires.
McMurray
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WI IfFNNPV Sales agentfor
. J. AC11HLI, California.
531 Valencia St., San Francisco
DEALERS may "KNOCK" our CARTS and SULKIES. If so, it is because
they can't make any money out of them.
We give the CONSUMER THE DISCOUNT and sell direct.
Miller Cart Co., Goshen, N. Y. i Established msi
SIR RODERICK
"The Handsome.*')
Sired by Y. ADONIS,
the great imported German horse.
SIR RODERICK stands 16% hands; solid black; weight 1380 pounds. Perfect
in conformation, stylish in extreme and splendid knee and hock action. High
class in every respect. If you want to breed a light cob, heavy coach or nice
saddle horse breed your favorite mare to him and you will get one that will
please you. See this grand young horse. Call or address
FEE $25. Usual return privilege.
D. V. TRUAX, 727 I St., Bet. 8th and 9th Aves., Sunset District, San Francisco
The First National Bank
Corner Post and Montgomery Streets
Complete Banking
Service
I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business.
II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank,
pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal.
III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee
absolu'j protection for valuables.
Inspection Invited
BONNY McKINNEY 41383
Will make the Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK
FEE: $40 for the Season.
Usual return privilege.
Dam Martha Frasier by Rustic 917; second dam Emma, full sister to Cora
Wickersham, dam of Nogi 2:10%, Athasham 2:09*4, etc., by Whippleton 1S83; third
dam Gladys by Gladiator 8336; fourth dam Kate bv John Nelson 1S7. Bonny Mc-
Kinney is a coal black, stands 15.3, is a magnificent individual and a natural trot-
ter. Hie colts all have size, good looks, solid color and perfect dispositions. I
will be pleased to show Bonny McKinney and his get at any time. Best pasturage
for mares and good care taken of them. H. BUSLXG, Pleasanton, Cal.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta 31 e 2:08.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:11*4, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:08, by Altoona 8S50, sire of 8, son of the great
Almont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, by Sken-
andoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. . All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address W. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08i
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03^.
RAY O* LIGHT 2:08% Is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-vear-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE. B"^.5£J*&^X8£S&B£!
For further particulars address. E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds. Oregon.
Awarded Gold Medal at California State Fair, 1892. Every horse owner
who values his stock should constantly have a supply of it on hand. It improves
and keeps stock in the pink of condition. Ask your grocers or dealers for It.
Positively cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion. Manhattan Food Co., C. P.
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Positive Prevention
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Charges prepaid Mention this paper.
Saturday, May 21, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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JR DIIMPUDPY 9-1Q1 By Parnell 5119. Rec.2:23 'sire of Parnell Jr.
" D" rWIWirnreci A. 194 2;i^ and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
hief 11.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
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FIFTH SOUTHERN HANDICAP TOURNAMENT
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Second Place — W. T. Laslie, Tuskegee, Ala.
95 out of IO0 from the 20 yard mark.
Place Tied for by J. A. Blunt, Greensboro, Ala., and P. M. Lut-
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[Saturday, May 21, 1910.
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Stanford Stake for 1912
TROTTING STAKE FOR FOALS OF 1909.
Entries close Wednesday, June 1, 1910.
To be trotted at the California State Fair of 1912. Entries to close June 1,
1910, with J. A. Filcher, Secretary, at the office in Sacramento.
Fifty dollars entrance, of which $5 must accompany nomination, June 1, 1910;
$5 November 1, 1910; $10 June 1, 1911; $10 June 1, 1912, and $20 on the tenth day
before the first day of the State Fair of 1912; $300 added by the Societv. Mile
heats, three in five, to harness.
The stakes and added money to be divided 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent. Right
reserved to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two start they may con-
test for the entrance money paid in, to be divided 66 2-3 per cent to the winner
and 33 1-3 per cent to the second horse. A horse distancing the field will be en-
titled to first money only. In no case will a horse be entitled to more than one
money.
A horse not winning a heat in the first three shall not start in the fourth heat,
unless said horse shall have made a dead heat; but horses so ruled out shall have
a right to share in the prize according to their rank in the summary at the close
of their last heat.
Nominators are not held for full amount of entrance in case colt goes wrong;
only forfeit the payments made, which relieves you from further responsibility
and declares entry out.
The stake is growing in value each year; every breeder should enter in it;
it will enhance the value of his colt in case he desires to sell.
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stake.
Remember the date of closing is June 1, 1910.
J. A. FILCHER, Secy.
2 Dispersal Sale »
The Grandest Collection
of impoited and registered Belgian and Percheron stallions and mares ever
offered at public auction by one owner. Certificates with every animal.
(Property of A. A. Sandahl, Montana.
14 head BELGIANS,
36 head PERCHERONS.
Among them being a number of Gold Medal winners in Belgium and France.
Sale takes place MONDAY, JUNE 20, '10
at 1 p. m. at
STATE FARM, DAVIS, Yolo Co., Cal.
Horses can be seen at Mr. 0. A. Lowe's Lowlands Farm, 2 miles north-
west of Woodland, up to Tune 18th. Visitors are invited. June 19th and
20th they can be seen at Davis. Horses loaded f. o. b. cars Davis.
Sentl for catalogue to
FRED H. CHASE & CO.,
Livestock Auctioneers,
478 Valencia St., San Francisco
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Sulkies and
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Standard the world over.
Address for printed matter and prices.
Sales agent for
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W. J. KENNEY,
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Saturday, May 28, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BREEDER
THE WEEKLY
AND SPORTSMAN
i Established 1882.)
T. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
Turf and Sporting Authority of tha Pacific Coast.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco.
P. O. DRAWER 447.
Entered as SecoDd Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office.
Terms— One Year, $3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Monthl. $1.
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 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.
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
CHARLEY D. 2:06% Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47870 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05% J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
LYNWOOD W. 2:20%. .Lynwood Stock Co.. Santa Rosa
NEAREST McKINNEY 40698.. T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
PRINCE McKINNEY (2) 2:29%
Chas. James, San Francisco
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19% J. H. Donaldson, Topaz
RAY O'LIGHT 2:08% E. S. Train, Salem, Ore.
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair, Hanford Oct. 10-15
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
CentraMa Sept. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readvllle Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5-9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4- 8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazob July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg : Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
TROTTERS THAT CAN TROT are in good demand
all over the country. There has not been a sale in
the United States this year where the supply of fast
trotters was anywhere near the demand for them.
Hundreds of "alleged" trotters go for the price of
ordinary roadsters and business horses but the horse
with known speed never lacks bidders when led be-
fore the auctioneer. The auction is the one place
where delusion in regard to the "ought to be" trot-
ters is soon dispelled. There are too many breeders
who mate their mares on theory and are disappointed
when the public refuses to endorse those theories
by paying high prices for the animals that represent
them. No one would expect a running bred horse
that could not run, or a draft bred horse that could
not pull, to bring a good price in any market, yet
there are hundreds ot trotting bred horses that can-
not trot or pace in standard time sent to the sales-
ring every year with the expectation that buyers
will pay high prices for them on their breeding.
Happily for the best interests of the breed of trot-
ting horses the demand that once existed in this
country for everything with a trotting cross in its
veins, no longer exists, but in its place is a very
strong one for trotter able to do the thing for which
they were bred, and the better they can do it, the bet-
ter the prices they will bring.
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A POSSIBILITY EXISTS for harness meetings to
be given at Salinas, San Jose, Pleasanton, Santa
Rosa, Woodland and Chico this summer even though
the announcements for the same will be so late
that many horses will be thrown out of training be-
fore the advertisements appear. As stated in the
Breeder and Sportsman last week the directors of the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
feels itself bound to hold its meeting at San Jose
provided the conditions required are complied with,
but is willing to hold meetings in the other towns
mentioned should they offer it inducements to do so.
Secretary Kelley has written to these towns, hut so
far has only received letters from the organizations
at Chico and Woodland and both say they will hold
their own meetings. Perhaps Santa Rosa, Pleasanton
and Salinas wi'l conclude to do the same or they
may ask the Breeders to hold meetings at their
tracks. Consequently there is still a possibility for
a circuit of five or six weeks racing in Northern
California before the State Fair is held. There are
plenty of horses in training for races where the time
would not be faster than 2:20 trotting and 2:15 pac-
ing, and a program that would provide liberally for
horses of that class would doubtless fill well. A 2:08
pace would fill well if the purse were large enough,
and a 2:12 trot should get numerous entries, and
these two classes could be made the features of a
harness racing program and attract many good
horses.
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KING HILL FARM, St. Joseph, Missouri, has just
issued its catalogue for 1910. The book contains the
extended pedigrees of 125 horses, mares and young-
sters, all well bred and many of the most fashionable
breeding. The stallions are five in number — Con-
stantine 2:12%, Washington McKinney 2:17%, Cap-
tain Aubrey 2:15%, Edgecombe D. 2:15% and Grand
Bingen. The band of brood mares contains many
great producers, such names as Carpet 2:28, dam of
Gen Watts (3) 2:06%, Lady Ethel, dam of Consten-
aro, sire of Paderewski 2:05% and many other great
producers. We notice among others from California
in this catalogue the mare Georgie B. 2:12%, dam of
Miss Georgia 2:08%, and the mare Mamie R. that
took a three-year-old record of 2:15% when owned
by Mannie Reams of Suisun. King Hill Stock Farm
is owned by Mr. John Donovan, and the well known
horseman A. L. Thomas is superintendent. It is the
aim of the management to breed animals that along
with speed possess qualities that will make them
desirable as roadsters of the kind a gentleman takes
pleasure in owning, and they surely should succeed.
applying to the Office of Public Roads, U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Washington, Farmers Bulletin
No. 403 will be sent without charge.
VOLUNTEER, whose contributions to the Chicago
Horse Review in recent years are the classics of
trotting horse literature, calls attention to the fact
in a recent article, that the Leyburn family and the
family of Williamson's Belmont have a common
source, tracing to American Boy, the thoroughbred
son of Seagull whose ancestry can be traced back
through the mare Queen Mab, imported prior to the
Revolutionary war by Gov. Ogle, of Maryland, to the
Barb mare Sleuzey. The Leyburn family, or rather
the Mamie family as it is termed by John Madden,
descends from the mare Mamie by Star Almont, and
Mamie was out of a mare by Long's American Boy.
As Williamson's Belmont was by American Boy the
sire of Long's American Boy, the relationship of the
two families is readily seen. "Volunteer" has writ-
ten a very interesting article on the subject, which
will be found in the May 18 issue of the Horse
Review.
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CALIFORNIA FOR THE SETTLER is the title of
a handsomely printed and beautifully illustrated book
that has just been published by the Southern Pacific
Company. It shows in a concise form the natural
advantages of California for the present day farmer,
and gives reliable statistics as to prices of land,
cost of setting out orchards and vineyards, and is
written for the plain American farmer who wants
to know about California and how he can build a
home here. The text is from the pen of A. J. Wells,
a well known expert on all that pertains to farm life
in this State. An application by letter to the Ad-
vertising Department of the Southern Pacific Com-
pany, Flood Building, San Francisco, a free copy
of this publication will be sent by mail.
CONCRETE POSTS is the title of a Farmer's Bul-
letin No. 403, recently issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture. This bulletin goes into
details giving full and minute instructions that will
enable farmers and stock breeders to build their own
fences with ordinary farm labor. A wire fence strung
on concrete posts is the best fence now in use. By
WILL RACE ON MONDAY.
The Park Amateur Driving Club has prepared an
excellent program for Monday next, Memorial Day.
There are five races on the card, and in the free-for-
all trot the five fastest trotters in the Club have been
entered. There is expected to be a hot contest m
this race between Rein'a Directum and Charley T.
but some think Modicum will be closest to the winner
at the finish. The entries in the races are as follows:
First race, class C trot, mile heats — A. P. Clay-
burgh's Charles II, R. Nolan's Billy Burke, R. Con-
sani's Dividend.
Second race, free-for-all trot, mile heats — H. Boyle's
Modicum, S. Christenson's Reina Directum, D. E.
Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien, A. Ottinger's Charley T. and
Mike Kelly.
Third race, class B trot, mile heats — F. L. Matthes'
Raymond M., I. L. Borden's Barney Bernatto, H. C.
Ahlers' Sunset Belle, F. Von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon.
Fourth race, class A trot, mile heats — F. L. Mat-
thes' Walter G., I. L. Borden's Lady Washington, E.
Cerciat's California Belle, J. W. Smedley's Red Velvet.
Fifth race, class A pace, mile heats — T. F. Ban-
nan's Belle Brandon, I. L. Borden's Roberta, H. M.
Ladd's Ringrose, J. Perry's Little Medium. I. B. Dal-
ziel's John T., F. E. Booth's Searchlight colt.
Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick will act as starter of the
races and will enforce the rule of the club that tae
first race shall be called at 1 o'clock sharp. Messrs.
John A. McKerron, H. A. Rosenbaum and J. Perry
will officiate as judges, Messrs. M. W. Herzog and R.
Nolan as timers, and H. M. Ladd will act as Marshal.
This is the first meeting at which winnings will
count for the five handsome cups to be raced for dur-
ing the season as follows:
Clark-Hoffman Cup. — Free-for-all Trotters — To be
awarded to the horse winning the greatest number
of races in this club between the dates May 30th
and August 15th inclusive. In the event of there -
being a tie the horses tying to race off the tie.
I. L. Borden Cup. — Free-for-all-Pacers — Conditions
the same as the Clark-Hoffman cup races.
F. J. Kilpatrick Cup. — To be awarded to the horse
representing this club in any race winning the great-
est number of heats during the entire season of 1910;
three or more horses to start in each race.
F. L. Matthes Cup. — To be awarded to the horse
winning the greatest number of races during the
season to commence May 30th. In case said horse
should have won any other cup, then the Matthes
cup to go to next best horse.
Molera & Joseph Cup. — To be awarded to the green
trotter or pacer that has not previously raced, mak-
ing the fastest time in a winning race; must start
at six or more races.
WOODLAND TO HOLD FAIR AND RACES.
The Woodland Driving Club met this week and con-
sidered the proposition of the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders Association to give a meeting there.
After the matter was thoroughly discussed it was
the opinion of the club members that a county
fair and race meeting combined would be of far
greater benefit to the county than a harness meet-
ing given by the breeders. Consequently the Wood-
land club will manage the fair and race meeting
again this year and will hold the same two weeks
prior to the California State Fair which opens Sep-
tember 3rd.
Committees were appointed and a race program
will be arranged and announced very soon.
The dates set for the Woodland meeting will give
horsemen who intend racing in Oregon and Wash-
ington a chance to start their horses prior to ship-
ping to Portland where the first big meeting on this
coast will be held.
Woodland's track is in fine shape and an endeavor
will be made by the club to arrange a program that
will give the horses now in training in California
as many races as possible.
We hope that Pleasanton, Santa Rosa and Chico
will fall in line and give meetings prior to the Wood-
land meeting, thus making at least five weeks of
racing for the horsemen before they ship north.
ALL WILL BE WELCOME.
The semi-annual meeting of the Counties Commit-
tee of the California Development Board, to be held
at Nevada City, Saturday, June 4, will be a most
interesting one, and everybody is invited to attend
and take advantage of the week-end outing. A
splendid program of entertainment has been pro-
vided by the Nevada County organizations. It is
essential that all who intend going send their names
in to the California Development Board, San Fran-
cisco, so that sufficient accommodations may be pro-
vided. Ladies are invited and will be welcomed.
All who intend having ladies with them should so
specify when sending in their names. Take the
train which will connect with the train leaving San
Francisco at noon on Friday, June 3, otherwise there
will be a long wait at night at Colfax.
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Chas. DeRyder drove S. Christianson's three-year-
old colt by Star Pointer, dam Perza by Allie Wilkes,
a mile in 2:16 at Pleasanton last Wednesday.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
HARNESS RACING IN THE PARK.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Stadium Three-Quarter Mile Track Scene of Good
Contests on Saturday and Sunday Last.
The Park Amateur Driving Club holds its racing on
Saturday afternoons, while the San Francisco Driving
Club selects Sunday for its meetings. As Sunday is
a general holiday the last named club always has
the larger attendance, and usually a more hilarious
time, but both clubs give excellent race programs
and the contests are often very close and exciting
at both meetings.
Saturday last the Pack Amateur Driving Club gave
a program of four races, and while all four were
won in straight heats the finishes were very good in
several instances. The results were as follows:
First race — Class B trotters, mile heats, two in
three :
Lady Washington (F. W. Thompson) 1 1
Walter G (F. L. Mattb.es) 2 2
Time— 2:27, 2:23%.
Second race — Class A pacers, mile heats, two in
three :
Little Dick (L. Marisch) 1 1
Roberta (I. L. Borden) 2 2
Time— 2:24%, 2:22.
Third race — Class C trotters, mile heats, two in
three :
Raymond M (F. L. Matthes) 1 a
Barney Barnato (I. L. Borden) 2 2
Charles II (A. P. Clayburgh) 3 3
Dividend (R. Consani) 4 4
Billie Burke (R. Nolan) 6 5
Bird Eye (Captain W. Matson) 5 6
Time— 2:27, 2:25%.
Fourth race — Class B pacers, three-quarters of a
mile heats, two in three:
Little Medium (J. Perry) 1 1
Ringrose (H. M. Ladd) 2 3
Searchlight Colt (F. E. Booth) 5 2
John T. (I. B. Dalziel) 3 4
Belle Brandon (T. F. Bannon) 4 6
Zoe Dell (H. Boyle) 6 5
Time— 1:43, 1:45.
Sunday afternoon the San Francisco Driving Club
also pulled off four races. The win of Sunset Belle
in the last race was a popular one and all were glad
to see Mr. Ahlers receive a blue ribbon for bis mare.
A track record for pole teams was hung up during
the afternoon when A. Ottinger's Charley T. and Mike
Kelly trotted an exhibition mile in 2:19%, after J. J.
Butler had withdrawn Major Cook from the free-for-
all. Results :
First race — 2:20 pace, one mile:
H. Frellson's Jack (Frelson) 1 2 1
R. P. Giovannoni's Golden Buck (Giovannoni.2 1 2
Time— 2:22%, 2:22%, 2:21.
Third race — 2:30 trot, one mile:
G. Passi's Steve D (Passi) 1 1
W. P. Hammer's Clara W (Hammer) 2 2
C. F. Mitchell's M. & M. (Mitchell) 3 3
G. L. Russell's Queen (Russell) 4 4
Time— 2:30%, 2:30.
Fourth race — 2:25 pace, three-quarters of a mile:
Bert Edwards' Baldy Mitchell (Mitchell) 1 3 1
W. Higgenbottom's Der Teufel (Higginbot-
tom) 2 1 2
H. Cohn's Eden Vale (Cohn) 3 2 3
H. C. Chase's Don C (Munson) 6 4 4
W. J. Kenny's W. J. W. (Becker) 5 5 5
John Campodonico's Lucero (D. Hoffman).. 4 6 6
Time— 1:46, 1:46, 1:45.
Fifth race — 2:20 trot, one mile:
H. C. Ahler's Sunset Belle (Ahlers) 3 1 i
E. T. Ayres' Dalta A ( Ayres) 1 3 3
J. W. McTigue's Darby Mc (McTigue) 2 2 2
Time— 2:24%, 2:25, 2:24.
Notes of the Meetings.
Little Dick seems in much better shape than he
was last year. The vacation he has enjoyed from
constant training seems to have done him much good.
He could probably have paced close to his record last
Saturday and was not extended any part of the race.
Lady Washington, Secretary Thompsons sorrel
mare, is a hard one to beat in her class. She is
"strictly business" all the time and is not satisfied
unless she is in front.
Mr. Matthes' Raymond M. made a good race in the
class C trot.
Little Medium, winner of the class B pace Saturday,
was once thought to be a grand circuit prospect. He
is by Dictatus Medium.
The judges did not properly set Eden Vale bacK
to third position for failing to maintain h!s position
in the stretch. If he crossed over in front of the
other horses he should have been set back to last
place instead of third.
Mr. H. C. Ahlers' Sunset Belle won her race very
handily. This was her third start and she is im-
proving right along.
Hans Frellson's pacer Jack, made a very good
showing in his race, and he was well driven.
The mile in 2:19% by A Ottinger's team, Charley
T. and Mike Kelly, was a splendid performance.
There are not many teams that can beat 2:20 at the
trot at this season of the year. This pair are doubt-
less capable of trotting a mile in 2:15 or better.
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RICHARD WAI.DROX,
Mimufnclurer of Fine Hnvnna Clprnrs.
PATERSON, N. J.. May 5. 1910.
Tro* Chemical Co.. Einghamton. N. Y.:
Gentlemen: Enclosed find check for $5.00 for bottle
of "Save-the-Horse." It cured a bad case of strained
ten 'Ion and is well worth the money. Respectfully.
RICHARD WALDRON.
Los Angeles, May 24, 1910.
There have been no new cases of distemper at
Arcadia this week and the sick horses are an getting
along well, none of them in danger.
Two yearlings by El Volante and one by Walter
Barker belonging to C. A. Canfield were shipped out
to Maben at Arcadia yesterday to begin their turf
education and all three, though of different types,
look as if they would well repay the trouble. These
are the three that I saw on the ranch several months
ago and described in the Breeder and Sportsman
at the time. They were good lookers then but now
they have improved 50 per cent in appearance. The
chestnut colt by Volante, dam Cleo by Conifer, would
catch anybody's eye, he has four white ankles and a
big star, his markings and color being inherited from
the dam of El Volante, Mamie Elizabeth. He is tre-
mendously muscled for his age, very sloping
shoulders, short strong back and big quarters but
with it all no trace of coarseness. The other by the
same sire out of Sue by Athadon is a big filly, rangy
though strongly built and already showing very
much the conformation of El Volante and as she
grows promises to be very like him, though neither
has the high strung, nervous temperament he had as
a colt. On the contrary they are afraid of nothing
and want to make friends with all their visitors.
Even when walked up the chute to board the car
for Arcadia they marched up and into the car like
old campaigners.
The third colt is a rich bay by Walter Barker dam
Dixey W by Zolock. He looks as if he had "thrown
back" to some trotting ancestor of forty years ago.
He has a very breedy neck, good head with a most
determined, bull-dog expression, the best of
shoulders, big chest, well rounded quarters a very
long body with short, strong flat legs. Bob his tail
and he would instantly remind you of the old prints
you occasionally see of Flora Temple, especially the
one where she is standing by the manger in a box
stall.
Clarence Berry broke his own record for an eighth
of a mile when he worked his three-year-old pacer
Avalon in 2:28 and the last eighth in 15% seconds.
Now it's up to "Brother Henry" to get busy or for-
feit his reputation as a teamster.
Ethel G by Zombro that John W. Dickerson is
driving on the road at present has a slight attack
of pink eye, a disease that seems very prevalent in
the city at present.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bonfilio, the owner or Copa de Oro
and Carlokin has a very promising yearling colt by
Del Coronado dam Beatrice Zombro.
C. A. Canfield bred Mamie Elizabeth by Red Re-
gent the dam of El Volante to Carlokin yesterday,
which completed his book for the season.
Copa de Oro's book is also filled and Will Durfee
will now move them from Agricultural Park where
they have been making the season to Santa Anita.
Walter Maben stepped a green pacer in his string
a mile last week in 2:08%. This horse was bought
for a boy to ride but developed so much speed and
had such a nice way of going that he was turned
over to Maben to develop.
W. G. Durfee is the busy man these days. He is
out at Arcadia working his string of seventeen every
morning and in the afternoon he is at Agricultural
Park looking after Copa de Oro, Carlokin and some
colts. If it were not for a dish of spagetti a la
Mexicano three times a week which he prepares him-
self after a receipt stored away in the archives of nis
own brain and the secret of which he guards as
jealously as the prescription he has for "Black Dope"
he could not survive his labors. He has promised to
leave the ingredients of each in his will for the use
of posterity. It is to be hoped his executors won't
get them mixed up.
Hastings, a -two-year-old by Del Coronado, worked
a mile in 2:44 last eighth in 18 seconds. Crescent,
a four-year-old, full brother to Copa de Oro trotted
an eighth in 16%. He has been laid up with dis-
temper and has just got back to work.
Will Durfee worked a green mare by Del Cor0nado
owned by Frank S. Ecker, of San Diego, a quarter
in 29% seconds on a pace and the green trotter Mc-
Patch owned by S. W. Crockett a mile in 2:20%, last
eighth in 16 seconds. This horse has only had 60
days work this year and very little last season. He
is by McKinney and his dam is the last mare Mam-
brino Patchen ever sired.
Directum Penn will not race this year, Durfee
having decided to carry him over till next year and
then race him through the East.
A. R. Fraser of Ocean Park has bred his three-
year-old filly by Del Coronado to Carlokin and will
race her next year after she has had her colt. She
is a four-cornered trotter and stepped an eighth last
week in 17V4. Another filly, a full sister and owned
by the same man but a year younger tramped a
mile in 2:42 with the last eighth in isy2 seconds.
Jean Jacques by King Red owned by Samuel El-
more of Astoria worked a quarter in 31% seconds.
He is a good gaited and very fast horse that looks
as if he would race well.
Durfee has a good gaited green trotter in Carolina
C by Axtell dam by Expedition. She has a lot of
brush as she went an eighth yesterday in 15% sec-
onds.
The same trainer has a new member in his barn.
Kid Dillon by Sidney Dillon. He is five years old
and has a lot of speed. As a three-year-old he
started in a matinee here against aged horses and
with but a week's training by an amateur, but in
that week he got a month's work, yet he stood 4 in
[Saturday, May 28, 1910.
the summary and there was a large field. Since
Durfee has had him he has worked a mile in 2:24
with the last eighth in 15 seconds.
E. A. Montgomery's stake colt Victor Mac by Red
McK. worked a mile for Maben in 2:51 back in 2-42
last half in 1:19 and the third mile in 2:41, last
half in 1:17, last eighth in 38 seconds.
I saw his full brother today born last Easter Sun-
day. He certainly is a big, strong looking baby
his owner, W. C. Murphy, has decided to call him
McK. as the name he claimed "Easter Star was al-
ready preempted.
The Breeder and Sportsman is certinly a good ad-
vertising medium for I am still getting inquiries
regarding Mr. Morgan's horses that I have in my
hands for sale and that were advertised three weeks
ago. Some of the letters are from as far north as
Vancouver, B. C. JAMES.
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BUTCHERS DAY AT EMERYVILLE.
Wednesday, June 8th, is the day when the butchers
of San Francisco and Alameda counties will hold
their 17th annual celebration, and as usual a big
program of races has been advertised. The events
will come off over the Emeryville track which Thos
M. Williams has kindly donated free for the pur-
pose. Racing will begin promptly at 12:30 o'clock
and will consist of nine harness events, six running
races, a vaquero race and a steer race.
The harness races open to all will be a free-for-all
pace, a free-for-all trot, a 2:30 trot, and a 2:20 pace
all dashes of one mile for $75, 535 and $20 as the
prizes for first, second and third horses in each
race.
There will also be a two mile dash for both trot-
ters and pacers, the moneys being the same as in
the mile events. The racing will be under National
rules. Entrance is $5 for each race.
Besides the above there will be four or five races
for butchers' horses which are expected to be very
interesting events.
The running races will be between horses that are
now running at the regular meeting at Emeryville
track.
If you want to see the biggest crowd of the season
and the people all enjoying themselves to the ut-
most, visit Emeryville on Butcher's Day.
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CHICO DRIVING ASSOCIATION.
The matinee at Chico last Sunday attracted a good
attendance and resulted in some good racing. W.
J. Miller's Chiquito won the free-for-all pacing event,
and made the first heat in the good time of 2:11%.
The first race, for buggy horses, was won by Ivey
Bell's horse, and the 2:20 trot went to A. T. Jack-
son's Iceman. A half mile running dash was won
by Martin's Red Bill in 49 seconds. Results:
Buggy race, mile heats:
Brown horse (Ivy Bell) 1 l
William J. (Clarence Estes) 2 2
Monte (Frank McEnespy) 3 3
Time— 2:48, 2:52.
Pacing free-for-all, mile heats:
Chiquito ( W. J. Miller) .• 1 2 1
Rockaway (J. B. Hall) 2 1 2
Time— 2:11%, 2:15, 2:17.
Trotting, 2:20 class, mile heats:
Iceman (A. T. Jackson) 1 1
AH Style (L. B. Daniels) 2 2
Lady Alice (Mr. J. O'Connor) 3 3
Time— 2:21, 2:21.
Running — One-half mile dash:
Red Bill (A. O. Martin) 1
Estella D (L. B. Daniels) 2
Time — .49.
WATSONVILLE TO HAVE A TRACK.
The horse owners of Watsonville and vicinity are
organizing a driving club of 100 members, and the
canvassing committee has already secured the signa-
tures of 80 and secured an option on a piece of land
close to town on which it is proposed to build a half
mile track. With frequent matinees there will be a
renewed interest in the improvement of driving stock
in that section. A subscription list to aid the pro-
ject has also been started among the merchants and
it has met with splendid success. There is no doubt
but a good track will be ready for racing on by
the latter part of August. Many good horses have
been bred in the section of country around Watson-
ville and several good stallions are kept in service
there every year.
Among the stallions that were there in 1909 is the
pacer Dr. W. 2:08% of which J. P. Soares had charge.
Dr. W. was bred to 50 mares that year of which 70
per cent got in foal. Mr. Soares has already booked
fifty mares this year and will have twenty-five more
before the season ends.
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BIG FAIR AT VISALIA.
W. T. Ingerwerscn, Secretary of the Tulare County
Fair Association writes us that he is working on the
program for the big fair to be held in Visalia in
September. The association will hang up $6000 in
purses for harness horses and $1000 for runners.
The horsemen that pass Visalia by this year will
miss one of the best towns and one of the best fairs
in California.
Secretary Ingwerson hopes other towns in Cali-
fornia will fall in line so that there will be a good
circuit.
So say we all. - -
Saturday, May 28, 1910.]
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I NOTES AND NEWS
Butchers' races at Emeryville June 8th.
The program tor the Butcher's Day races will be
found in our advertising columns.
Entries tor the Hartford and Readville meetings
will close Tuesday next, May 31st.
The $5000 purse for 2:08 pacers at Salem ought
to bring out a fast field of side-wheelers.
Matinee racing will be given by the Woodland
Driving Club on the afternoon of Thursday, June 9th.
Woodland will give a fair and race meeting on the
dates already selected, two weeks prior to the State
Fair.
The attention of our readers is called to the adver-
tisement for a broodmare which "Velox" wants imme-
diately.
Oroville contemplates a program of three days rac-
ing June 24th, 25th and 26th over the excellent half-
mile track.
Pleasanton horsemen are moving to get one of the
San Francisco driving clubs to hold a meeting there
some Sunday.
Horses are so scarce in the Sacramento Valley
that the price of hay cutting has advanced from
$1.50 to $2.50 per acre.
Saddle horses are bringing better prices in New-
York than they did last year. Riding is becoming
more popular every day.
Armstrong & Helman have reconsidered their in-
tention of going east to race and will try for some of
the big purses up north.
Lady Mowry 2:09*4 foaled a handsome filly last
week by Alconda Jay, and she is a trotter. She will
be returned to the same stallion.
Cricket 2:10, now twenty-six years old, has a fine
filly by her side sired by Charley D. 2:06% and has
been bred back to the same horse.
There will be no Blue Ribbon Sale at Cleveland
this year. The old track is gone and besides, horses
are too scarce to make a first class sale.
Ed Parker, who formerly trained for the late
George Davis of Pleasanton, has gone to Portland,
Oregon, to engage in training harness horses.
Every visitor to Pleasanton speaks in high praise
of the youngsters by Palite that Sutherland & Chad-
bourne are training for E. D. Dudley of Dixon.
Hopland Stock Farm has sent a consignment of
Hungarian ponies to be sold at private sale at
Chase's. All are thoroughly broken to ride and drive.
La Moscovita, dam of Yolanda 2:14% has a colt
by Alconda Jay, and Henry Helman offered Lou
Crellin $500 for it this week. The offer was declined.
There are several pacers in California that can
reach the half mile pole in one minute, and the
question the owners are now asking is can they go
the other half at the same speed.
It is indeed unfortunate that Sophia Dillon 2:11%
should have met with an accident that will prevent
her being raced this year. Her retirement for the
season will make Sidney Dillon's new 2:10 list one
short.
If meetings are given at San Jose, Pleasanton,
Santa Rosa and Chico this year under the auspices
of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Asso-
ciation, there will be quite a circuit in California
after all.
Bonnie McGregor 2:13%, once upon a time tne
champion trotting stallion, is still alive at the ripe
old age of thirty-one years, and apparently good for
several years more. He is owned in southeastern
Kansas.
The handsome trotting stallion Oro Lambert 2:17%
died in Kentucky last week from inflammation of the
bowels. He was by Oro Wilkes dam Vanity W
2:19% by Haldane. He had shown his ability to
trot in 2:10.
The catalogue of the Down East auction which the
Fasig-Tipton Company began last Monday at Read-
ville, contained the names of only 221 horses. The
supply of good trotting bred horses is much shorter
than the supply.
The Pleasanton trainers are saying that Bodaker,
the roan trotter that Elmo Montgomery is training
for Thos. Ronan, should be re-christened Halley's
Comet, as he has tremendous speed, but his tail is
something of a disappointement.
James Marshall's three-year-old, Sirius Pointer
2:18, has paced below his last year's two-year-old
record several times lately. A mile around 2:12 is
the best that has been required of him but he has
reeled off a quarter in 30 seconds.
Claro 2:11%, the big chestnut gelding by Mendo-
cino out of an Ansel mare, again broke the New
York Speedway half mile record for the season last
week by pacing the distance in 1:01%. Claro is now
owned by Mr. Jos. F. Gibbons of New 'iork.
June 1st is the date on which the Stanford Stake
for foals of 1909 will close with Secretary Filcher of
the State Agricultural Society. The foals of 1909
are now yearlings and there should be enough of
them in the State to give this stake a big entry list.
Mr. E. D. Dudley, of Dixon, California, owner of
last year's good two-year-old Pal 2:17% and the colt's
sire Palite, was in San Francisco this week and went
to Pleasanton to see Pal and a couple of younger
sons of Palite that Sutherland & Chadbourne are
working.
J. Harris Cox, who has successfully filled the po-
sition of secretary for the Pleasanton race track since
Mr. Armstrong became the owner of that popular
training track, was operated on last week for ap-
pendicitis. His condition was very favorable at last
reports.
Solano Boy 2:07% stepped a mile close to 2:10
for Elmo Montgomery at Pleasanton last week.
There are few horses in training that have more
brush that this gelding an dif he is started in the
2:08 class pacing events up north he should be close
to the big end of the purse.
The Santa Maria Driving Club is meeting with
much encouragement for its meeting to be held July
4th. A larger number of horses will be entered than
at any previous meeting and the attendance is bound
to be large. This club permits no betting and no
liquor selling at its meeting.
Moortrix 2:07% has all his speed this year and
should make a good showing in the 2:08 class pacing
events. He has not yet been asked for a mile below
2:10 but has been halves at that gait and can come
through the stretch in 30 seconds any time. Fred
Chadbourne has him in fine shape.
The Oregon horsemen are discussing the question
of a stallion stake. Hope they will make it go as
this sort of stake would be very popular with
breeders, especially if the stallion owners woulc
make it of good value by naming a big list of stal-
lions whose get would be eligible to it.
The purses at the meeting to be given at Balti-
more, Maryland, beginning June 7th will all be $300.
The meeting will last four days and the following
are the classes: Trotters, 2:30, 2:28, 2:23, 2:15, 2:20
and 2:12 classes; pacers, 2:14, 2:28, 2:19, 2:11, 2:16
and 2:22 classes, and a mixed free-for-all.
At the May sale of light horses by the Chicago
Horse Sale Co., less than 200 head were sold in-
cluding a lot of young horses and many of common
quality. The average price was $215. Ten good
geldings sold between $310 and $795 and one good
mare sold for $850. No high-class stallions were
sold.
The International Horse Show will be held upon
the dates originally selected, June 6-16. This is in
accordance with the wishes of King George, who
desires that there shall be no interruption in the
program of public affairs except as planned events
may appear inconsistent with the official popular
mourning.
Mr. John O'Keefe worked his black stallion Lec-
cona a mile in 2:17 at Pleasanton last Sunday, the
last half of the mile being in 1:07 and the last quar-
ter in 33 seconds. At least a half dozen watches
were held on the stallion when he trotted this mile
and Mr. O'Keefe says they only varied from a halt
to a quarter of a second.
"Doc" Tanner is back in his old quarters at North
Randall, O., with the Billings horses. Before leaving
Memphis Uhlan 2::02%, worked in 2:17, and Berta
Mac 2:08 in 2:15. Oakland Mirchime, a green trot-
ting gelding, by Oakland Baron 2:09%, stepped home
from the half in 1:03%, and many caught the last
eighth better than 15 seconds.
Dr. Boucher, of Pleasanton, who for the sake of
his health quit practicing medicine for a while and
spent the time in the sulky, training and giving
records to such horses as Miss Logan 2:06%, Harry
Logan 2:12%, Bert Logan 2:16% and others, has
located at the growing town of Los Banos, California,
where he will continue to practice his profession.
The registered horse Ocone 31650, owned by Emil
Kessler, of Sacramento, is doing a good business in
the stud this year. Oconee is by Camp 15487, a
grandson of Nutwood that died as a three-year-old
after making one season in the stud, yet left five
standard performers, among them the fast pacer
Aelse 2:10%. The dam of Oconee is Orpha, the dam
of Little Major 2:20%, etc. She is by Wiesbaden,
an own brother to Wedgewood, by Belmont 64.
McRose, the seven-year-old stallion by McKinney,
dam Sweet Rose by Electioneer, second dam Rose-
mont by Piedmont and third dam Beautiful Bells by
The Moor, is now owned in Colorado. He secured
his first performer last year in Lulu Wilkinson 2:29%
a four-year-old trotting filly owned by J. M. Herbert
of Denver.
A man named J. F. Warren of Hanford, California,
has shipped to the Down East sale at Boston five
horses which he described as follows: "A two
minute pacer, a two minute trotter, a 2:05 trotter, a
2:08 trotter and a four-year-old 2:10 trotter." The
Fasig-Tipton Company say "if this man can make
good he will startle the world." He sure will.
Judge Gore, of Olympia, Washington, has sent a
fine mare by Pricemont to Lewiston, Idaho, to be
bred to Aerolite 2:11%. H. L. Buffingham, of Whue-
bird, Idaho, has also sent a well bred mare to be bred
to the son of Searchlight. Mr. C. L. Gifford, owner of
Aerolite, writes us that they have been having fine
weather in Idaho this spring and that prospects are
excellent for good crops.
Thomas Murphy, the successful trainer who drove
so many winners last year, uses a blind of his own
invention on horses that are inclined to bear in
towards the pole. He calls it a left hand blind. It
is an extension blind considerably larger than those
generally in use, with the edge of the left one turned
in, preventing a horse seeing the pole or a horse
immediately on his left. It is said to work on some
horses better than the common head pole.
Native Bell 2:07%, the champion two-year-old trot-
ter, was fired for two small curbs soon after the close
of the racing season last year and was allowed to
run out for about six weeks, when she was taken
with the Murphy string to Macon. She has been
jogged lightly, but regularly all winter, and a mile
in 2:34 and an eighth in 17 seconds is her fastest
move up to last week. But one trouble confronts
her trainer, and that is, she feels so chipper that
care has to be exercised when she is being worked
lest she meet with an injury while playing. She has
seven Futurity engagements this year.
C. A. Durfee, the well known horseman, was
knocked down by a couple of young men who were
riding on a bicycle in Oakland a couple of weeks
ago and had his elbow injured. A few days later
one of his horses bumped against him and again
injured the same elbow, and a surgeon had to per-
form an operation on the arm. There was danger or
the joint being permanently stiff, but this has happily
disappeared. It is said that what Durfee did to the
bicycle riders when he got to his feet was "a plenty."
A seven year old mare, full sister to Lady Mowry
2:09%, has been sold by Mr. Eccles of Yolo County
to Patchen Wilkes Farm, Kentucky. The negotia-
tions were conducted by Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick for
Mr. Stokes and the latter has already decided to
name this mare Lady Kilpatrick. The mare was not
bred last year, as she was in use as a roadster all
the time, but had a foal in 1909 that is now a grand
prospect as it can trot very fast. This foal is by
Iran Alto. Mr. Kilpatrick has certainly selected a
choice lot of brood mares for Patchen Wilkes Farm,
and has secured them all at fair prices.
The Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders will
not hold a meeting at Chico this year. The citizens
of that town offered to give $2000 toward securing
the Breeders annual meeting for their town, but
now say they do not want it and have declared the
proposition off. It is probable that Chico will give
a meeting under the auspices of the Chico Driving
Club. That organization is capable of giving a first-
class race meeting and has one of the fastest and
best appointed tracks in California.
Last Saturday the picture 0f John Clark's filly
Little Lucille 2:21 appeared on the front page of
the Breeder and Sportsman. The afternoon previous,
just about the time the paper went to press, this
two-year-old filly paced a mile in 2:15% over the
Woodland track, driven by Hi Hogoboom, and did
it well within herself. It looks as if the daughter
of Palo King would be a record breaker. A mile by
a two-year-old in 2:15% in May is certainly going
some.
Twenty-seven thousand dollars will be distributed
in the speed department of the Minnesota State Fair
at Hamline, during the meeting, September 5th to
9th. The program includes two $5,000 events, one for
2:16 trotters and the other for 2:13 pacers, also a
$3,000 purse for free-for-all pacers and a $2,000 purse
for free-for-all trotters; the balance of the card is
made up of $1,500 and $1,100 class races, including
among them an event for trotters, three-year-olds
and under. The contests will be pulled off on both
the mile and half-mile tracks, which is indeed a
novel, arrangement and will unquestionably appeal
to trainers, who object to the fast records usually
obtained on the larger courses.
The four horses which William H. Moore will take
to England to represent him in the coaching mara-
thon at the London International Horse Show this
spring are all well-bred American trotting horses,
and George Chipchase — who is fitting them for the
race — says he will wager $10,000 that he can drive
them 14 measured miles in a hour on a trot before a
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[Saturday, May 28, 1910.
road coach, provided Mr. Moore will consent to the
trial of speed. One of the leaders of the crack four
is the chestnut mare Myrtle Belle, that gained a
record of 2:22% at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in 1907.
She is by Marble City, a son of Allandorf 2:19%, by
Onward 2:15%, and her dam was by Lord Welling-
ton, son of Cuyler. Her mate in the lead is the gray
trotter, Advance Guard, formerly owned and shown
by E. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia; he was sired
by Guardsman 2:23%, son of Alcyone 2:27. The
wheelers of the team are the gray gelding Ranger,
by Manager, son of Nutwood 2:1S%, and the gray
mare Lady Gray, by Pilot Medium. The wheelers
are 16.1 hands and the leaders are 15.3 hands high.
Tommy Murphy, who was expected to finish his
training at the Indianapolis track, shifted his plans
at the last moment and went straight through to
Terre Haute, Ind., from Macon, Ga. He has a large
number of horses and will put the finishing touches
on them at the famous four-cornered track. This
change from Indianapolis to Terre Haute was made
when it was learned that a July meeting would be
held this year at the Terre Haute track.
The New York Trotter and Pacer of May 19th
contained the following: "We were much gratified
to receive a call on Tuesday afternoon from Mr.
Frank J. Kilpatrick, who recently returned from
California, to which State he went last fall. He is
looking and feeling quite well, though not wholly
recovered from his long and critical sickness in San
Francisco last winter, when he was two months
in a hospital, suffering severe pain from blood clots
in his left leg and thigh. After he was able to be
about again he was active in the purchase of many
valuable brood mares and other stock for W. E. D.
Stokes' Patchen Wilkes Farm at Lexington, Ky. Mr.
Kilpatrick will be at Toms River, N. J., during the
next two months, where he will endeavor to recruit
his strength by a complete rest."
Farmers who breed a few horses every year, thus
keeping up the supply necessary to do the farm
work, and providing a surplus to sell at a profit,
should send to Fred H. Chase & Co. at 478 Valencia
street, San Francisco, for a copy of the catalogue
of pure bred draft horses to be sold by this firm at
the State Farm at Davis on the 20th of June. The
farmer who breeds and raises pure bred Percherons
or Belgians is producing the horses that sell for the
best profit in the market at all times of the year.
Three or four pure bred mares of either of these
breeds, will do all the work of a small farm and raise
colts every year, it being perfectly safe to work
them at ordinary work up to within three or four
weeks of foaling time. There has never been a
time, even during the panic years, that a mature
draft horse would not bring a profit on the expense
incurred in his production. The prices of draft
stock will never be much lower than they are now.
W. Detel's colt Bon Guy trotted the Pleasanton
track last Wednesday in 2:20, driven by Joe Twohig.
Bon Guy has been bred to ten mares this year and
they are all thought to be with foal. He will now
be pointed for the Breeders Futurity in which he
is entered.
James W. Rea, the well known San Jose politician
and horseman, owner of the Vendome Stock Farm
and breeder of several fast trotters, claims to have
cured himself of numerous ailments by fasting for
twelve days. Jim Thompson, now located at the Sac-
ramento track, claims that fasting that long is noth-
ing new for a horseman, and says that when he was
campaigning Charley D. 2:06% up in Oregon ana
Washington two years ago he met an old fellow who
asked for a half dollar, saying he had not eaten any-
thing for six weeks. "Jeems" looked at him for a
few minutes, came through with the fifty cents and
said: "By jings, old man, I believe you; but how
in the devil have you kept alive?" "I'm not alive,"
was the reply as the "starved" man made a bee line
for the bar, "I'm the deadest one ^ou ever saw."
Budd Doble recently sent to Chas. DeRyder the
Kinney Lou trotter Diamond Mac, owned by Mr. J.
Hogan of Soquel, and the Searchlight pacer owned
by James Murray of Monterey. As both these horses
are fit to race this year DeRyder may take them
across the mountains.
Jerry Doran, who for many years past iias been
a successful hay and grain merchant of Oakland, has
leased his two establishments and retired to farm life
in Solano County, eight miles west of Dixon. Mr.
Doran is a very enthusiastic road driver and enjoys
a race as well as any one. He entered his mare Lady
Listowell in the Dixon races April 30th this • ear, and
although she had no work to speak of, won third
money with her in the fastest half mile race ever
paced in California
The pacing gelding Joe Brown, by Falrose out of
Chittywee by Chas. Derby, paced a mile over the
Woodland track last week in 2:12%. This horse
paced a mile in 2:08% last year but was not raced,
his owner scratching him from the few minor en-
gagements he had rather than see him take a record.
He looks to be faster than ever this year.
F. Holmes, the New Zealand trainer, now visiting
California, sat behind Chas. Durfee's stallion Alma-
den in a workout at Pleasanton last Wednesday,
and liloted the son of Direct a mile in 2:15%.
The stallion Teddy Rey by Monterey 2:09%, owned
by P. Howard, of Alameda, died recently shortly
after being gelded.
THE M. AND M.
John Renatti is working a large string of horses
at Marysville and will have several ready for the
Woodland and Chico meetings.
Sacramento is to have a horse parade on July
4th and one thousand horses are expected to be in
line.
W. J. Kenney sold this week a handsome red
sulky to John O'Keefe of Pleasanton, and also one to
Frank Malcolm of Fresno. Both are McMurray make
and up to date in every particular.
W. J. Kenney has been engaged to start the har-
ness horses at the Butchers' Day races at Emery-
ville.
The Yuba and Sutter Driving Club will hold mati-
nee races at Knight Park, Marysville, on Sunday.
June 12th, and expect entries from the clubs at
Sacramento, Woodland and Chico.
Chas. DeRyder has a good stable of trotters and
pacers this year and will go east about the first of
July. He wil ltake seven or eight horses with him
and will race on the Great Western and some of the
minor circuits, starting a few times probably on the
Grand Circuit with Charley D. 2:06% and Adam G.
2:06%.
It now seems likely that the famous four-cornered
track at Terre Haute, Ind., which was recently sold
to a syndicate for building lots, may witness one
more meeting before it is wiped out. A few men
have come forward to save the track until after the
Great Western circuit meeting in July and to guar-
antee the purses and expenses for that event. The
syndicate which bought a part of the fair grounds,
which would take the far half of the track and con-
vert it into town lots, has consented to delay plotting
the land until after the race meeting. The trotting
association would not assume the responsibility for
the meeting for fear of increasing the debt, but the
men who have taken charge also assumed the ?15,000
debt. It is the purpose to build a half-mile track,
using the homestretch and present grand stand of the
mile track, and give one or two meetings a year, one
in connection with the fair in the later weeks of the
racing season.
SAN JOSE TRACK NOTES.
T. W. Barstow's Nearest McKinney has been a mile
in 2:25 since being converted to the pace, and is
capable of a much facter mile. His two-year-old
pacing son, One Better, out of Much Better 2:07%,
has been a mile in 2:24, a quarter in :32, and an
eighth in :15%. This colt has had but two months'
track work and will not be two years old till June
20th. The Demon, by same sire, with same amount
of training, has trotted a mile in 2:2S. A three-year-
old filly out of True Heart 2:19% has been a half
in 1:14 on a trot and a gelding same age, out of
Just It 2:19%, has been a half In 1:09 pacing, and
a four-year-old filly by Nearest 2:22% has been a
mile in 2:28 trotting. The get of Nearest McKinney
are showing conclusively that he is a sire of early
and extreme speed.
Ted Hayes worked Bon McKinney, the best-bred
son of Bon Voyage, a mile in 2:25% last Tuesday. It
is a pity that this splendid young two-year-old trotter
is not in any stakes, as he is the kind that wins
futurities. His mile last Tuesday was trotted with
the greatest of ease, yet it was six and a half sec-
onds faster than he had previously been allowed
to step.
Ray Mead worked his three-year-old filly Lovelock,
by Zolock 2:05%, dam Carrie B. 2:18, a mile in
2:18%. This filly is surely the making of a high-
class pacer; she never makes any mistakes and has
the temperament and disposition to make a perfect
racehorse. Her speed is unknown, as she has never
yet been asked to extend herself.
Joe Cuieello worked W. E. Detels handsome young
trotting mare Trina, by Nutwood Wilkes, dam
Pvtrina (dam of two) by Piedmont 2:17, a mile last
Tuesday in 2:17%. This is another bright prospect
for a very fast trotter. Joe also drove A. L. Scott's
three-year-old filly Mamie Alwin a quarter in 31%
seconds and an eighth in 15%. This is a wonderfully
fast young trotter for the amount of training she
has had. She is by Lord Alwin, brother to John A.
McKerron 2:04%, dam Louise Carter (3) 2:24 by
Chestnut Tom 2:15, another son of Nutwood Wilkes.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
H. C. Myers, Aleria, Wash. — Carmenita, chestnut
mare, foaled 1893, registered in Vol. 13, A. T. R., is
by Spanish Cavalier 9925, dam Lady Sheppard by
Dr. Herr 450, grandam Garnet by Bill Golong. Bred
by Shelby Green, Paris, 111., passed to D. A. David-
son, Marshall, 111. Carmenita. We have no record
of her produce and know nothing of her except the
above statement from the Register.
We have received several letters recently asking
for information in this department which we shall
not answer as no names are signed to them. We
will not answer anonymous communications.
Of the twenty-eight entries in the $10 000 M. and
M. there are three which were very much in the
public eye at one time or another during the past
season, writes H. T. White. These are Ario Ley-
burn, Lilly W. and Captain George.
Ario Leyburn was the most talked-of green trotter
along the line of the Grand Circuit last season. R.
W. Rosemire carried the brown stallion along with-
out starting him. He showed himself to be far bet-
ter than a 2:10 trotter early in the season, and at
Lexington shaded 2:08 a trifle in his final workout
of the season. He is a son of Arion 2:07%, dam
Rose Leyburn by Onward. He is owned by parties in
Arkansas and is now in the stable of Rosemire at
the Memphis track.
Captain George is but a fouryear-old, but of the
three named he is the only one which has been seen
in contests for the money. The Philadelphia trainer,
Bob Brawley, had him last year, and his first start
was in the Horse Breeder Futurity at Readville,
where he did everything but trot, and finished on the
wrong side of the flag. At Columbus in one of the
colt events he was on his good behavior and won a
corking good race and was right up fighting for the
money. Later he worked a mile in 2:07%. He is
now in the stable of Tommy Murphy, and if the
Long Island reinsman succeeds in teaching the colt
manners he will be a formidable candidate.
Of Lilly W. little was heard until after the close
of the Lexington meeting last fall, when she worked
a mile in 2:07 and was sold for around $8,000 to the
Denver millionaire, George H. Estabrook, who is
always in the market for a trotter of M. and M.
caliber.
Of the other entries C. W. Lasell, the Massachu-
setts milionaire, who drives his own horses, has two,
Oakland Flobar by Oakland Baron, and Creighton, a
son of The Bondsman. Both have shown themselves
better than 2:10 trotters, but are without racing ex-
perience. President W. C. Brown of the New York
Central named his recent purchase Albia, who
showed 2:10 at Lexington last fall, and Bob Proctor,
of Uhlan 2:02% fame, will prepare the daughter of
Bingen. W. B. Chisholm of Cleveland has three en-
tries, Adele Margrave, Parthenia and Thistle Doune.
The latter was raced as a two and three-year-old
and was a high-class colt trotter, being the main
contender against Trampfast when the roan colt
broke the world's two-year-old race record in the
Kentucky Futurity of 1907.
Geers has the good Western trotter, Dudie Arch-
dale, and Ormonde entered, but will place his main
reliance on the first named. Remorseful, wThich Sam
Wagner of Dayton has named, was a hot tip for the
American trotting derby at Readville last year, but
did not get in the money. The Michigan trotter
Decoration was raced for educational purposes a
little on the half-mile tracks last year by Will Keat-
ing, who brought out the great race mare Lillian R.
2:08%, and the star half-mile trotter Stroller 2:13%.
The Toledo trotter Electric Todd, owned by W. J.
Mooney, showed himself a 2:10 trotter as a three-
year-old, forcing The Harvester out in 2:10% at Syra-
cuse. He is now five years old, and if he trains on
as expected is one of the ones which will have to be
reckoned with when the big stake is decided.
Lon McDonald who won the stake last year with
Margin 2:05%, is depending on Henry Winters, a
big bay stallion, by Ed Winter, to get the coin. This
horse was given a lot of education two years ago
by Dan McEwen, the Canadian trainer, who brought
out The Eel 2:02%, and was close to a 2:10 trotter
at that time.
Altogether it is a very open race and ought to be
a great contest for the speclators.
The San Francisco Driving Club will hold a mat-
inee at Golden Gate Park Track on Sunday, May
29th, and all the best horses in the club will start.
Extra good racing is expected.
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KEEP ABSORBINE OX HAXD.
There is nothing like having a bottle of ABSORBINE
on hand for use in case horses receive injuries in wire
fences, or develop strained tendons or other afflictions
of the limbs. ABSORBINE has proved successful in
curing many horses affected with Bog Spavin. Thor-
oughpin. Capped Hock. Bruised Tissues, etc., without
laving up the horse or removing the hair.
J. F. Koffman of Los Angeles, Cat. wrote about
ABSORBINE as follows: "I had a fine driving mare
that went lame in the foreleg; the muscles of the
leg hurt him all the time, and I put all kinds of lini-
ments on him; but one bottle of ABSORBINE cured
him."
At vour druggist's, ABSORBINE. 52.00 a bottle, or
sent direct upon receipt of price. "Write for descriptive
matter, sent free. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple
Street, Springfield, Mass.
"WITHOUT A PEER."
Clifford Horner, New Egypt. N. J., writes: "I am
no stranger to the use of Quinn's Ointment. Have had
it in mv stable many vears. By persistent application
removed a splint large as half an egg. For thickened
tissues caused by bruises or cuts, it has no equal.
For all ailments that absorbents are used for I rec-
ommend it to be without a peer." For curbs, splints,
spavins, windpuffs and all blemishes, use Quinn's Oint-
ment. If cannot obtain from druggist or dealer, ad-
dress "W. B. EDDT & CO., TVhitehall. N. T. Price, 51.00
delivered.
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-THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BLACK HAWKS, THEIR ORIGIN.
[American Horse Breeder.]
Black Hawk 5. — There were two families of trot-
ters known as Black Hawk. They were unlike in
style and temperament and were of different origin.
One was a branch of the Morgan family and its
founder was a son of Sherman Morgan that is gener-
ally known as Vermont Black Hawk, but is some-
times called Hill's Black Hawk, and by some turf
writers has been referred to as Hill's Vermont Black
Hawk. He was a handsome stylish black horse,
height about 15 hands and weight 1000 pounds, bred
by Benjamin Kelly of Durham, N. H., and foaled the
property of Ezegiel Twombly about the middle of
April 1833. His sire Sherman Morgan was a son of
the original Justin Morgan horse, founder of the
noted Morgan family of roadsters, general purpose
animals and fast trotters.
The dam of Black Hawk 5 originated in New
Brunswick and facts collected and presented by Jo-
seph Battell show quite conclusively that her sire
was a thoroughbred registered in the English Stud
Book as Captain Absolute, got by Clavileno, a son of
Sorceror. Captain Absolute's dam was a daughter
of Pioneer, by Engineer, the paternal grandsire of
imported Messenger. The dam of Clavileno was by
Pot-8-o's, the best son of the invincible race horse
O'Kelly's Eclipse.
Vermon Black Hawk was a beautifully gaited and
fast natural trotter, and wonderful roadster. In 1S42
he won a bet of $1,000 for his owner by trotting five
miles in 16 minutes, as stated in "Chester's Complete
Trotting and Pacing Records." He was the sire of
four, three trotters and one pacer, that made stand-
ard records, viz: Ethan Allen 2:23%, Lancet 2:27%,
Belle of Saratoga 2:29 and Young America (p) 2:23.
He is credited with fourteen sons that have sired
standard speed. His two sons that seemed to pos-
sess the greatest speed perpetuating ability were
Ethan Allen 2:25% and Sherman Black Hawk 142.
The most successful sire of uniform standard speed
among the stallions that trace directly to Vermont
Black Hawk 5, in the paternal line, is Daniel Lam-
bert 102, by Ethan Allen 2:25%. Lambert was a
noted brood mare sire. His daughters have produced
113 standard performers, 93 of which are trotters.
Sherman Black Hawk 142 got Vermont Hero 141,
the sire of Gen. Knox 2:31% founder or the Knox
family of horses of Maine. The Vermont Blaci
Hawk family has always been more noted for fur-
nishing successful dams of winners and dams or
speed producing sires than for producing stallions
that have been noted as successful sires of standard
speed.
Several of the noted sons of George Wilkes 2:22 in-
herited a Vermont Black Hawk cross through their
dams. Among them are Gambetta Wilkes 2:19% and
Baron Wilkes 2:18. Moko 24457 is the most success-
ful son of Baron Wilkes 2:18 as a sire, and the third
dam of Moko was by Stockbridge Chief, a son ol
Vermont Black Hawk.
Black Hawk 24. — The founder of the other Black
Hawk family was known as Long Island Black Hawk
and was foaled in 1837. He is registered as Black
Hawk 24. His sire was Andrew Jackson, by Young
Bashaw, and Young Bashaw was a son of the im-
ported Barb, Grand Bashaw. Andrew Jackson was
the fastest trotting stallion of his day. He also got
the stallion Henry Clay 8, founder of the Clay trot-
ting family.
The dam of Long Island Black Hawk 24 was the
old time trotter Sally Miller that trotted to a record
of 2:37 in the second heat of a five heat race that
she won at Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 21, 1834. Her
sire was Tippoo Saib, and he was by Tippoo Saib, a
thoroughbred son of imported Messenger. Long Is-
land Black Hawk inherited two strains of imported
Messenger; one through the second dam of Young
Bashaw, the sire of Andrew Jackson; the other
through his own dam, Sally Miller 2:37..
Long Island Black Hawk was described by the
noted horseman Hiram Woodruff as a "black horse
with four white legs and a star, a horse of the finest
symmetry, standing fifteen hands two and one-half
inches high, and a splendid goer. He was a great
weight puller and the first trotter that went in 2:40
to a wagon and driver of three hundred and ninety
pounds weight. He made a record of 2:38 to wagon
in a race that he won at Union Course, Long Island,
N. Y., Nov. 17, 1847." Long Island Black Hawk was
highly esteemed by the best horsemen of his day.
Hiram Woodruff undoubtedly voiced the opinion of
many of the best horsemen of his time when he said
of him as follows:
"This Long Island Black Hawk was a capital horse.
He could pull any weight and was good for a long
distance * * * He is not to be confounded with
the tribe of Black Hawks that left the trotting place
up in Vermont and flew all over the Western country
some years ago. This "was a horse of another stamp
altogether."
The above statement indicates the prejudice that
existed against the showy Morgans at that time
among horsemen that were friends of the Messenger
family and shows that they are liable to become so
prejudiced against families of which they have no
personal knowledge as to become blind to actual
merit. The Vermont Black Hawk strain so lightly
valued 40 years ago by some of the leading horsemen
is found today in such trotters as Major Delmar
1:59%, Hamburg Belle 2:01%, Sweet Marie 2:02,
Uhlan 2:02%, also the world's three-year-old cham-
pion trotter General Watts (3) 2:06% and the world's
champion two-year-old trotter Native Belle (2) 2:07%.
The Vermont Black Hawk strain is blended with
that of Long Island Black Hawk 24, in the world's
pacing champion Dan Patch (p) 1:55%. The sire of
Dan Patch is that magnificent equine king in appear-
ance, Joe Patchen (p) 2:01%. The dam of Joe
Patchen (p) 2:01% was by Joe Young 2:18, whose
sire was Star of the West 2:26%, by Jackson's Fly-
ing Cloud 134, a son of Vermont Black Hawk 5. The
dam of Joe Young 2:18 was by Green's Bashaw 50,
a son of Vernol's Black Hawk by Long Island Black
Hawk 24.
The latter got but few foals. He was raced some
as late as 1849 and died in 1850 when but 13 years
old. He is credited with but one performer that
made a record in standard time, viz., the trotter
Prince 2:24%. His sons that sired standard record
speed were as follows: Andrew Jackson, Jr., Ver-
nol's Black Hawk Dandy, Jupiter, Mohawk, Nonpa-
reil and Plow Boy. Vernol's Black Hawk was from
a running bred dam, yet he got Green's Bashaw 50,
that proved the most successful sire of uniform
standard bred of any stallion in the Long Island
Black Hawk family. The dam of Green Bashaw 50,
however, was unquestionably entitled to the credit
of transmitting the strong trotting instinct that his
get displayed.
She was by Webber's Tom Thumb and from the
famous Charles Kent mare, the dam of Rysdyk's
Hambletonian 10, by imported Bellfounder; next dam,
One Eye, by Bishop's Hambletonian, son .of im-
ported Messenger and next dam, Silvertail, by im-
ported Messenger. Green's Bashaw is credited with
17 standard performers, all trotters. He is also cred-
ited with 23 sons that have sired 55 trotters and 15
pacers with standard records; also with 32 daughters
that produced 39 trotters and four pacers with stand-
ard records. The fastest of the get of Green's Ba-
shaw 50 was the chestnut gelding Josephus 2:19%,
that we saw race some in the vicinity of Boston In
1881 and again in 1883. Josephus 2:19% was the
only one of the get of Green's Bashaw to make a
record of 2:20 or better.
These two Black Hawk families now are extinct
or nearly so. Neither of them is breeding on or per-
petuating speed directly in the male line. They have
been absorbed and assimiated by the Hambletonian
family to the evident improvement of the beauty
style, road qualities and trotting action of the latter.
We can recall but few stallions standing for public
service at any of the noted trotting breeding estab-
lishments that trace directly in the paternal line to
Vermont Black Hawk 5. One of the best of these,
so far as possessing and transmitting the character-
istics of Vermont Black Hawk is concerned, is the
government stallion General Gates, now in Vermont.
There are undoubtedly others that have inherited
a greater number of crosses and perhaps nearer
crosses of Vermont Black Hawk's blood than does
General Gates, but the value of a stock horse de-
pends upon his ability to transmit characteristics,
and General Gates is proving a success in that di-
rection.
FILLIES AND MARES FOR BREEDING.
SECY KNIGHT'S INSTRUCTIVE CIRCULAR.
In order that the members of the American Trot-
ting Association might not become confused over the
new hopple rule Secretary Knight forwarded to the
members a timely circular that should put them
right. It is important to note that all futurities ana
stakes or purses which closed before May 3 are not
affected by the rule. Below is the circular:
Chicago, 111., May 11, 1910.
To members of The American Trotting Association:
I enclose you herewith an official copy of the
procedings of the Congress of The American Trot-
ting Association held May 3rd, 1910.
You will note that the rule in regard to Hopples,
reading as follows:
"Hopples shall not be used in races or perform-
ances against time on two-year-olds in 1910, on three-
year-olds or under in 1912; on five-year-olds or under
in 1913; or on six-year-olds or under in 1914, after
which date Hopples are barred," was adopted by a
vote of five to one.
On March 26th I sent to all members a letter
calling special attention to the proposed rule for
abolishing Hopples and received in response only a
limited number of replies, a large majority of said
replies being in favor of the new rule. The in-
structions contained in these replies were strictly
carried out by the persons representing members
at the meeting.
You will note that this rule does not go into full
force until 1914 and that during 1910 and 1911 it
affects only performances of two and three-year-olds,
thus giving opportunity for change, if deemed best
by the members, at the Congress of February, 1912,
or that of 1914, both of which will take place before
the rule goes into final effect.
It should also be noted that the new rule does not
affect or govern races for which entries closed be-
fore May 3rd, 1910.
Also that the rule is identical with that in force
over tracks members of the National Trotting Asso-
ciation.
The officers of The American Trotting Association
feel that regardless of present opinions the rule
should be given a fair trial as an uplift and pro-
gressive measure. If it is found that it will not
work out satisfactorily it can be changed at either
of the succeeding Congresses as above noted.
Trusting you will give this matter full and intelli-
gent consideration, I remain,
Very truly yours,
W. H. KNIGHT, Secretary.
It is pretty generally conceded by horse breeders
that fillies which are destined for a stud career
should always if possible, commence their maternal
duties at a youthful age. There certainly exist strong
reasons why this course should be advocated, for not
only is a young mare more certain to breed than an
older maiden mare, but an early calling into play of
the reproductive functions has the effect of enhanc-
ing the filly's reliability and regularity as a breeder
in future years. This last, in particular, is a most
important consideration, for failure to breed and ir-
regularity in breeding notoriously occur with much
greater frequency in the case of mares than among
the females of any other kind of farm stock.
Carried to its extreme practical limit, the principle
of early breeding means mating a filly at two years
old and this practice is, of course, in quite common
vogue, more especially among breeders of cart horses,
to which class of horse it is in particular applicable.
Light horse breeders do not favor it to anything like
the same extent, although cases in which two-year-
old fillies of light breed are put to the horse are by
no means infrequent. While the system, as has been
said, is common enough, some difference of opinion
is none the less found to prevail among breeders
regarding the question whether it is advisable to
breed from fillies at two years old. There are some
who condemn such early breeding out and out, con-
tending that a filly is still too immature at that age,
and that being put in foal so early has a detrimental
effect upon her, and is apt to interfer with her fur-
ther development. That two years old is a very
youthful age certainly cannot be denied, but this does
not necessarily imply that it is too young an age at
which breeding may be commenced, and under favor-
able conditions no harmful results are likely to ac-
crue when a filly — and more particularly a filly of
cart horse breed — is bred from thus early. It is safe
to conclude that if the practice really involved unde-
sirable effects it would not be so commonly resorted
to by experienced breeders as is actually the case.
But it can, of course, be adopted with complete
safety only provided the conditions are entirely fa-
vorable. Herein in fact, lies the whole crux of the
matter, and it is only on this consideration that
breeding from two-year-old Allies can be advocated.
They must be in a forward, thriving and growthy
condition, and amply developed, and must have
wintered well, while abundant and good pasturage,
as well as ample and nourishing keep in winter, must
be assured for them when they are in foal. If a filly
of this age is backward in her development, or in
an unthrifty condition, it is hardly desirable to mate
her so soon. In this case she ought to be waited with
for another year, so that she may have the chance of
improving and gaining more size before the addi-
tional strain of carrying a foal is put upon her. Fur-
ther, unless the breeder can subsequently keep them
sufficiently well, it will be better not to breed from
two-year-old fillies. It will thus he seen that one
must have some regard to circumstances in coming
to a decision concerning this question.
Whatever difference of opinion may prevail among
breeders regarding the desirableness or otherwise of
putting fillies to the horse at two years old, it is
practically unanimously admitted that they are in
all cases perfectly fit to breed from when they have
arrived at the age of three. They are of course, in a
state of immaturity even then, but that is not in
practice a thing which matters, though in theory
perhaps, it may be considered undesirable to breed
from an immature filly. Such a theory is certainly
not borne out by actual facts; certainly no valid
reasons can be urged why breeding should be ab-
stained from in the case of three-year-old Allies.
In connection with the subject of breeding from
two-year-old fillies, it may be pointed out that the
practice is undoubtedly conducive to early maturity
in horse stock when it is consistently adhered to
through several equine generations.
The surest breeders among mares are those that
are bred from regularly year after year, thongh the
fact of their being allowed to miss breeding for a
year occasionally will not, of course, have any ad-
verse effect upon them as regards this point. In
fact, there are plenty of horse breeders who advo-
cate giving a brood mare a year's respite from stud
duties now and again. This certainly can do no
harm, and when a mare, in addition to being bred
from, is required to do regular work — as is the case
with farm mares, and also often with nag mares —
a rest for a twelvemonth from breeding at fairly fre-
quent Intervals undoubtedly proves beneficial and
will tend to conserve her vitality and prolong her
usefulness.
In bringing mares to the stud fairly late in life
there must always at first be some uncertainty as to
whether they will breed successfully. Especially
mares coming out of town stables, where they have
spent their best years, are liable to prove themselves
barren; but a long turn-out at grass, which means
a return to more or less of a state of nature, is very
usually found to be a most effective remedy for the
temporary barrenness with which ex-town mares are
so frequently afflicted when they are first brought
on to a farm with a view to breeding from them.
And once such oldish mares have successfully been
got in foal, they generally breed readily enough in
future years. — Horseman.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 2S, 1910.
PHEASANT RAISING IN THE UNITED STATES.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. Do WITT.
having been fed on them. Meal worms are very
satisfactory, but are difficult to raise in sufficient
quantity. Maggots are equally good, and enough can
be produced cheaply. The customary method is to
suspend a piece of meat, or the carcass of a dead
animal, over a barrel or tub of bran. The flesh
becomes flyblown and the maggots drop into the
bran. Before they are used the maggots must be
thoroughly cleansed or they are apt to cause purging.
This is usually done by putting burlap or very fine
mesh wire in place of the bottom of the barrel or
box of bran. They will work their way down through
the bran in search of food and may be caught in a
receptacle below, all ready for feeding to the pheas-
ants. This method is very offensive, and may be
replaced by permitting a carcass to become flyblown
and then burying it a few inches in the ground; the
maggots will work their way to the surface, where
they can be secured by the young pheasants. The
Massachusetts Game Commission found sheep plucks
the cheapest and most available material for pro-
ducing maggots. Thirty-six plucks a week produce
enough food for 200 young pheasants — 36 to 48 quarts
of maggots. Three times a week the plucks were
allowed to become flyblown, when they were taken
into a small shed built for the purpose and hung on
meat hooks. In about twenty-four hours the maggots
dropped into boxes below containing 1 quart of
ground beef scraps to 6 quarts of bran. They then
dropped through the quarter-inch mesh wire cloth, of
winch the bottoms of the boxes were composed, into
especially designed drawers. In four or five days
after the meat was blown the maggots were fit for
pheasant food. If not used within a few hours the
maggots change into the chrysalid state, unfit for the
chicks; but development may be arrested for several
weeks by keeping them in a temperature of 40 to 45
degrees. Care should be taken that unconsumed
maggots be not permitted to transform in any con-
siderable number into flies, as flies transmit disease.
The commission found the stench from raising
maggots almost unbearable, and overcame the dif-
ficulty by exposing slightly tainted meat to the flies,
cutting out the egg clusters as they appeared (with
a small piece of the meat), placing them in moist
bran, and feeding the maggots twice a day on as
much thinly sliced fresh meat as they would eat up
clean. It was found necessary, not only to devise
means to obtain a supply of maggots early in the
season, but also to replenish the stock of flies in the
neighborhood. Maggots can be raised unobjeetion-
ably in piles of rotting seaweed, and near the sea-
coast this method may be employed to advantage.
Owing to the numerous difficulties and annoyances
attending the raising of maggots, ants' eggs, and
meal worms, it is now the general custom to feed
raw ground meat, which makes a fairly satisfactory
substitute. Practically every specially prepared
pheasant food on the market contains this ingredient.
No special food formula will be given here, as no
fixed rule will meet all conditions. For the first three
or four days the chicks are usually fed on a stiff
custard of eggs and milk (10 eggs to each quart of
milk, baked dry), with sometimes a little oatmeal
added, but some successful pheasant raisers use hard-
boiled egg grated fine, mixed with other food such as
browned bread crumbs, cracked wheat, finely cut
onion tops or lettuce, crushed hemp seed, or canary
seed.
After three or four days of the egg diet, whether
custard or hard-boiled egg, more substantial food
should be added and the egg gradually decreased.
It is usual, while reducing the egg food, to feed a
dry crumbly mash containing a number of different
ingredients, such as corn meal, oat meal, barley meal,
boiled rice, a little ground meat, and some finely
chopped lettuce, water cress, grass, dandelion leaves,
onion tops, cabbage, chickweed, garlic, or similar
green food. Canary, millet, or hemp seed may be
added in small quantities for variety. A good general
rule is "variety of dry food and liberality of green
food." A satisfactory ration is composed of 1 quart
of milk, 1 quart of bone flour, 2 quarts of corn meal.
■2 quarts of wheat middlings, and 1 pint of beef scraps
(ground fine).
After two or three weeks coarser ground food may
be supplied safely and the grain gradually increased,
both in size and quantity, until the fifth week, when
whole wheat, barley, cracked corn, oats, and buck-
wheat may be added. Sunflower seeds, boiled pota-
toes, kaflr corn, chopped artichokes, chopped onion,
and baked bread crumbs are a few serviceable com-
ponents of pheasant food that may be used to vary
the diet as the chicks approach maturity. In wet or
cold weather a little pepper in the food is beneficial
at all stages, and at the age of five weeks, when the
full strength of the young pheasant is demanded for
growing feathers, a little tonic solution of sulphate of
Iron added to the water daily has been tried with
good effect.
As before stated, however, the change of food and
the proportions in which different ingredients are
combined must be determined largely by the judg-
ment and experience of the one in charge of the birds.
The nature of the locality, the character of the sea-
son, the abundance or scarcity of insect food, the
kind of rearing field — these and other matters must
[Continued from last week.]
Care of Young Pheasants. — The young should go
without food for the first twenty-four hours after
hatching, as during that time they derive all needed
nourishment from the yolk, which they are then ab-
sorbing. Thereafter begins the most critical stage
of pheasant life, and for two or three weeks watchful
and unremitting care is necessary. Extreme cleanli-
ness must be observed. Drinking and feeding vessels
should be washed and scalded daily; weather condi-
tions must be noted carefully, and every precaution
taken to prevent exposure of the chicks to dampness
or direct and excessive sun heat; the slightest dis-
order in the young must be treated promptly and
decisively. In time of severe drought the grass near
the coop should be sprinkled.
Some allow the chicks to remain in the hatching
box and its run for three or four days before removal
to the rearing field; others remove them at the end
of twenty-four hours. Some use the same foster
parent throughout; others, especially those rearing
pheasants in large numbers, use separate hens for
hatching and brooding, and make up broods of 15 to
20 by taking chicks indiscriminately from the hatch-
ing hens. In either event separate coops should be
used for rearing and hatching, and the rearing coop
should be in its proper place in the field for a few
days before it is to be occupied, in order to insure
dryness of the ground beneath it. It is important to
have clean sand or fine grit immediately available
on removing the chicks to the rearing field.
The rearing field may be meadowland or in a
garden or orchard according to convenience (a clover
field is excellent) ; but it should be changed every
year or two, in order to allow a restoration to nor-
mal abundance of its insect life, of which it will be
largely depleted by the young pheasants. It should
be large enough to permit the placing of the coops
30 yards or more apart, not only to give sufficient
territory to each brood, but also to prevent the hens
from killing chicks of other broods, as they some-
times do. If the rearing field is in grass or clover,
paths 12 to 15 feet wide should connect the coops,
and narrower paths at right angles to these are
serviceable. These should be mowed and the cut-
tings removed before the chicks are placed in the
field.
The rearing coop, which may be varied in style,
should be provided with a wire run for the first three
or four days, until the chicks learn the voice of their
foster parent. A satisfactory type is one 2 feet
square, with a sloping roof 2 feet high in front and
somewhat less at the back. It is better to have it
like the hatching coop, without a bottom, though, if
necessary to keep out vermin, it may be floored with
a fine mesh wire netting. It should be provided with
a hinged shutter in front, or some similar device, to
prevent the chicks from going out when the ground
is wet, which is apt to result in cramp, a rapidly fatal
and highly infectious disease. Proper ventilation
must, however, be secured. The coop should be
shifted daily to a fresh spot, except when the ground
is wet.
Near each coop there should always be a leafy
branch to furnish shelter and shade for the young.
The runs may be retained throughout the rearing
season if there is danger from hawks or crows, but in
this event they should be as large as possible.
The hens may be kept cooped and the young al-
lowed to run at large, in which case the front of the
coop must be covered with a large mesh wire netting
or bars; or both hens and chicks may be allowed the
liberty of the field. In this, as in many other mat-
ters, choice depends on local conditions. Thus it
might be advantageous to allow the young pheasants
to run in a vegetable garden, which would be ma-
terially damaged if the hens were given the same
privilege. It sometimes happens, too, that the hen
when at liberty loses one or more of her brood.
When possible, however, it is better to leave the hen
free to go and come with the chicks.
Food of Young Pheasants. — Successful pheasant
raisers agree that suitable food is most important in
pheasant rearing, and each has his own formula.
Certain general principles, which should always be
kept in mind, are embodied in pheasant feeding. As
with the old birds, it is better to err on the side of
too little food than too much. Never feed more than
the birds will eat up clean. In selecting food two
things must be remembered — that variety tempts
appetite and that a gradual transition from soft to
hard food is required. Even seed-eating birds, such
as sparrows and other finches, feed their young at
first almost exclusively on soft-bodied insects.
Young pheasants pick up many insects in the rearing
field, but the supply must be supplemented. It is
customary to depend on so-called ants' eggs (really
the pupae of ants), maggots, meal worms, or finely
ground meat. Almost any soft-bodied insects would
satisfy the need if they could be secured in sufficient
quantity. Ants' eggs are much relished by young
pheasants and are excellent food; but it is difficult
to obtair, enough of them, and unless they can be
obtained throughout the season it is better not to
use then, at all, as chicks will reject other food after
be taken into account. The treatment here prescribed
will serve as a foundation for the care of all kinds of
pheasants.
After the first twenty-four hours food should be
given every two hours for the first week or two;
thereafter the feeding should be gradually reduced to
three times a day at two or three months — that is,
feedings should be two hours apart for the first and
second weeks, three hours apart for the third week
and four hours apart for the fourth week and there-
after to about the tenth week.
While small, pheasant chicks heed the call of the
brooding hen, after they learn it; but as they grow
they become more and more independent, and usually
show a tendency to stray. When they no longer need
the fostering care of the hen they should be placed
in large pens. Their wings must now be clipped,
unless the pen be wired above.
Care in Winter. — Many species of pheasants are
able to withstand cold. Even when the mercury is
below zero, they generally prefer to roost in the open
runs, and they seem to be little discommoded by
snow. Nevertheless, it is well to afford them shelter
from severe storms and from excessive dampness;
and some species normally inhabiting warm regions
require housing in cold weather. Scrupulous clean-
liness must be maintained throughout the winter, as
at other seasons, and dust baths must be provided at
all times. It is necessary to remember also that grit
or fine gravel is essential to the proper digestion of
food by pheasants. In winter it is not usually neces-
sary to separate the cocks from each other or from
the hens.
Marketing Pheasants. — The successful raiser of
pheasants will have a surplus stock to dispose of.
Cock pheasants are produced out of proportion to the
number required for breeding; hens more than 2
years old are generally discarded for breeding pur-
poses; and the natural increase will tend to outrun
the limitations of the successful propagating plant.
Under these circumstances many will wish fo market
their surplus. There is at present no lack of demand
for pheasants for various purposes. Live ringnecks
and English ringnecks can always be disposed of to
owners of private preserves and state game officials,
for stocking covers, and to a small extent English,
versicolor, Mongolian, and Prince of Wales pheasants
will find a similar market. Zoological and city parks
and owners of private aviaries are ready purchasers
of the rarer and the more beautiful species. At pres-
ent the demand for pheasants is increasing. Large
numbers of dead pheasants are annually imported
from Europe to be sold for several times the price
they bring in European markets. In America, several
states have recently passed laws permitting the mar-
keting of domesticated game with suitable safeguards
to prevent the unlawful marketing of native wild
game under this privilege — a fact which indicates
that American markets will open more and more to
pheasant raisers.
Shipment of Live Birds. — The shipment of dead
birds to market is simple, but a few words of advice
as to methods of shipipng live pheasants will be
serviceable. Pheasants intended for shipment should
be caught in deep nets a foot and a half wide that
are provided with long handles. When put in crates,
they must be held with the wings pressed against the
sides and not carried by the legs, which are easily
dislocated. The crate used should be deep enough to
allow the birds to stand upright and commodious
enough to avoid damage to their long tails (some
breeders, when shipping, economize space by cutting
off the tail feathers, which will grow out again at the
next molt). The top of the crate should be of wood
for long distances or wire for short distances. When
of wood it should be amply padded, as pheasants,
when frightened, jump up with such violence as to
break their necks or scalp themselves if the top be
solid. Burlap, stuffed 2 inches deep with straw, is
a good padding. Ventilation should be provided by
means of small holes near the top, and one side
should be closed only by 1 or 2 inch mesh wire, with
a loose burlap or cheesecloth curtain, to allow suffi-
cient air and at the same time prevent the pheasants
from seeing out and thus suffering frequent alarms.
The crates should have handles. The bottom should
be covered with short straw. An ample supply of
grain and water for the journey should be provided,
or the express messenger should be instructed to
supply these en route. For a journey of not more
than forty-eight hours, green, succulent food, such as
apple or cabbage, fastened inside the crate will sup-
ply all the food and water necessary. Lastly, the
crate should be labeled "Live birds — rush."
Eggs may be shipped in various ways. They may
be packed in .cotton, hay, excelsior, or almost any-
thing that will prevent breakage. It is necessary
only to caution the shipper not to use sawdust, as
the resin is likely to spoil the eggs.
[To he continued.]
o
Truckee river anglers will be pleased to learn that
the Nevada Fish and Game Commission- contemplates,
within the next two years, the planting of about 2,000,-
000 game fishes — rainbow trout, and the black spot-
ted trout, a hybrid— in the Truckee and other rivers
and the lakes of Nevada.
The Ukiah fish hatchery, which has been closed
since last fall, is now in operation again under the
management of the State Fish and Game Commis-
sion. Colonel A. V. LaMotte is in charge of the es-
tablishment. Five hundred thousand trout eggs were
recently secured from the Eel river spawning station
and placed in the hatchery troughs.
Saturday, May 2S, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
AT THE TRAPS.
The Interstate Associations' fifth Western Handi-
cap started auspiciously Tuesday, May 24th at Des
Moines, la. A press dispatch on Wednesday stated
that: "W. R. Crosby of O'Fallen, 111., one of the
best-known trap shooters in the country, was the
only man to make a perfect score in the opening of
the Western handicap at the gun club grounds today.
Wm. Herr was next high man in the five events of
the morning among the professionals, scoring 9S.
Spencer, last year's uational champion, lost eight
birds during the five events."
Good for "Billy!"
The program for the Grand American Handicap
has been issued, copies may be had on request by
mail of Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager Inter-
state Association, 219 Coltart Square, Pittsburg, Pa.
The scores in the two feature events of the recent
Southern Handicap shoot were crowded out of last
week's trap notes and are given below:
The handicap committee was selected from among
the contestants who took part in the tournament,
and was composed as follows: G. V. Dering, Colum-
bus, Wis.; C. G. Westcott, Leesburg, Fla.; M. B. Mc-
Kinnon, Brunswick, Ga.; R. H. Baugh, Birmingham,
Ala., and George H. Waddell, Columbus, Ga.
Preliminary Handicap. Columbus, Ga., May 4,
1910. 100 targets per man, distance handicap — 16
to 21 yards. Six events: 15, 15, 20, 20, 15, 15 targets,
singles —
Yds. Bk.
C. M. Powers 21 97
W. H. Heer 21 97
L. S. German 21 96
J. R. Livingston. . 20 96
G. L. Lyon 20 96
Geo. Collins 19 96
P. C. Towser 17 96
Walter Huff 20 95
V. Call IS 95
C. C. Bates 17 95
J. P. Sousa 16 95
W. R. Crosby 21 94
C. G. Spencer 21 94
W. Henderson ... 20 94
Guy Ward 20 94
H. D. Gibbs 19 94
J. T. Skelly 18 94
E. S. Waddell .... 16 94
Fred Gilbert 21 93
Ira Gailbraith
J. R. Taylor .
W. T. Laslie 10 93
J. E. Crayton
Chas. Nuchols
Ollie Williams
H. D. Freeman
E. R. Holt 20 92
A. M. Hatcher ... 19 92
H. R. Howard . .
H. Money 19 92
J. W. Gillespie 16 92
C. W. Tway 16 92
J. M. Hawkins 21 91
J. S. Young 21 91
Homer Clark 20 91
R. A. King 20 91
B. H. Findlay 18 91
P. C. Ward 17 91
E. A. Holt 16 91
S. Glover 19 90
20 93
20 93
18 93
18 93
16 93
20 92
Yds. Bk.
D. A. Edwards 17 88
J. B. Goodbar 17 88
P. M. Golden 17 88
John Lambeth 16 88
L. J. Leavy 16 SS
H. C. Ryding 16 S8
B. C. Yancey 16 S8
W. D. Blood 16 87
T. H. Evans 16 87
H. B. Crowell 16 87
G. O. Goodbrad 17 86
J. B. Snowden 17 86
H. Bellinger 16 86
R. H. McAdams. ..16 86
J. L. Turner 16 86
H. J. Borden 20 85
R. O. Heikes 20 85
S. L. Dodds 18 85
J. T. Fletcher 18 85
A. Lyon 16 85
E. R. Alexander. ..18 84
A. J. Hill 17 84
E. C. Little 16 84
J. H. McDuffie 16 84
T. L. Salter 16 84
B. G. Watts 16 84
R. H. Baugh 16 83
J. S. Paden 16 83
W. E. Carpenter.. 16 83
C. Clayton 16 82
C. L. Gunn 16 82
T. Howard 16 82
Lee Moody 17 80
H. R. Wynne 17 80
F. J. Cahalan 16 80
A. F. Hebard 16 80
J. B. Way 16 80
W. B. Beach 16 79
F. P. Baker 16 78
A. Lawson 16 78
R W Clancy 19 90|W. J. Timms 16 78
H.E.Edwards 18 90 J. A. Clark 16 77
J. W. Hightower. . 18 90
C. K. H. Byrne... 16 90
J. S. Estill 16 90
M. B. McKinnon.. 16 90
G. V. Deering 20 89
J. K. Warren 19 89
P. H. Luttrell.... 18 89
R. R. Skinner 17
T. R. Crovatt 16 89
Wm. Haynie 16 89
John Peterman ... 16 89
F. H. Springer... 16* 89
Ben Ricks 16 89
C. O. Le Compte
C. G. Westcott. .
J. A. Blunt 17
J. A. Clark 16
J. S. Bleecker 16 76
W. W. Curtis 16 76
Chas. Willey 16 76
R. F. Jones 16 75
Brad Timms 16 74
G. H. Waddell 16 74
D. Brown 16 74
C. E. Sands 17 73
J. T. Chambers 16 72
A. A. Ross 16 71
S. M. Welborn. ..16 71
S. T. Nance 16 70
T. S. Methvin 16 62
19 88 J. P. Golden 16 59
18 88 G. F. Walden 16 42
L. Meadows. . . 16 39
1910.
to 23
Columbus, Ga., May 5,
distance handicap — 16
Southern Handicap.
100 targets per man,
yards. Six events —
Targets Yds.jl5ll5
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H. D. Freeman 21
J. S. Young 22
W. R. Crosby 23
L. S. German 23
W. H. Heer 23
W. T. Laslie 20
Walter Huff 22
R. W. Clancy 20
H. Money 20
P. H. Luttrell 19
J. A. Blunt 18
Ollie Williams IS
G. M. Collins 22
G. V. Dering 21
J. T. Skelly 19
H. B. Crowell 17
W. E. Carpenter 16
J. R. Taylor 22
Ira Galbraith 21
Sim Glover 21
S. L. Dodds 18
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D. A. Edwards 18
J. W. Gillespie IS
C. M. Powers 23
G. L. Lyon 22
J. K. Warren 20
J. E. Crayton 20
H. E. Edwards 19
J. B. Goodbar IS
R. R. Skinner 18
T. H. Evans 17
F. P. Baker 16
Fred Gilbert 23
W. Henderson 22
J. R. Livingston 22
H. D. Gibbs 21
C O. Le Compte 20
V. Call 20
Chas. Nuchols 20
J. F. Fletcher 18
J. B. Snowden : IS
W. D. Blood 17
H. R. Wynne 17
L. J. Leavy 17
J. M. Hawkins 23
Homer Clark 21
H. R. Howard 21
H. N. Hall IS
A. Lyon 17
H. C. Ryding 17
F. H. Springer 17
John Peterman 18
C G. Spencer 23
R. A. King 21
H. J. Borden 20
A. M. Hatcher 20
C. C. Bates 20
E. R. Alexander IS
A. J. Hill 17
Ben Ricks 17
P. M. Golden 18
T. R. Crovatt 18
W. M. Haney 18
C. W. Tway 18
H. Ballinger 17
J. S. Estill 17
C. L. Gunn 16
Guy Ward 22
C. G. Westcott 19
B. H. Finley 19
B. C. Yancey 18
T. L. Salter 16
S. M. Welborn 16
P. C. Townsend 20
T. O. Goodbrad 18
Lee Moody 17
Dan Joseph 16
J. S. Paden 16
R. O. Heikes 21
J. P. Sousa IS
M. B. McKinnon IS
J. A. Clark 16
B. Andrews 16
A. F. Hebard 16
E. R. Holt 21
C- K. H. Byrne 18
R. F. Jones 16
J. W. Hightower 19
J. H. McDuffie 16
Fred Schomberg 16
J. L. Turner 17
Chas. Willey 16
E. C. Little 16
W. B. Beach 16
W. W. Curtis 16
R. H. McAdams 17
P. C. Ward 19
John Lambeth 17
E. S. Waddell 18
G. H. Waddell 18
J. T. Chambers 16
J. B. Way 16
Wm. Goody 16
Brad Timms 16
T. Howard 16
Wm. Chambers 16
J. W. Singleton 16
W. J. Timms 16
J. P. Golden 16
S. T. Nance 16
R. H. Baugh 17
A. B. Binns .... 16
J. S. Bleecker 16
B. F. Watts 16
F. Cahalan 16
J. F. Pon 16
W. L. Meadows 16
R. J. Myrick 16
T. S. Methvin 16
G. F. Walden 16
•J. D. Neill 16
W. L. Des Portes 16
E. M. Wheat 16
W. T. Heard 16
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Boise Handicap trophy will hereafter be shot at 25
targets.
Weather conditions were ideal for the opening
day's shoot. The U. C. T. trophy was won by W. R.
Thomas of Lamar, on a shoot-off at 20 targets, with
Ed Farmin, who lost one bird. Each scored 39 out
of 40 (Events 7 and S). Ray Martin, a 16-year-old
Boise shooter, broke 141 out of 160 shot at. John
Gray shot high amateur average with 191 out of 200.
F. M. Eastman, W. R. Thomas, W. D. Bush and L. L.
Burtenshaw were next up with 188 each. Eastman
lost but one bird up to his 140th shot, his best run
was 74.
H. E. Poston ran 107 birds straight and then filled
out the 200 string with a score of 199.
W. D. Bush of Boise won the Holohan trophy the
second day, breaking 39 out of 40. Anderson and
Bayhouse also broke 39. Bush scored 20 straight in
the shoot-off. K. L. Egan of Jerome won the Capital
News trophy after shooting off ties twice. Egan,
Garber, Mankey, Fuller, Miller and Farmin tied with
20 each in the sixth event. Bush and Fuller were
high and tied with 19 each. Bush scored 20 to 19 on
the next string and won.
Egan of Jerome was high amateur with 193 out of
200, Bush and Thomas Broke 191.
F. C. Riehl led the professionals with 193 out of 200.
The Statesman's trophy event, a 25-target handicap,
was won by Sherman Johnson on the last day. John-
son, Farmin, Ben Bean and M. M. Millsap each broke
24. In the tie shoot-off at 25, Johnson won out with 23.
The Boise trophy handicap, 40 targets, went to
A. S. Garber of Nampa with 39 out of 40. The team
shoot honors were won by S. Johnson, Al Edelman
and W. R. Thomas, 58 out of 60.
Frank Eastman won the long run amateur trophy
for the shoot.
The amateur high averages were: John Gray 477
out of 500, W. R. Thomas 476, W. D. Bush 474, K. L.
Egan 473.
The professional high averages were: H. E. Pos-
ton 487 out of 500, Frank Riehl 478, Ellis 475, Lee
Barkley 472. Riehl made the best straight, 137, dur-
ing the shoot and won a DuPont gold watch fob.
Idaho State Sportsmen's Association. Blue rock
tournament, Boise City, first day, May 17, 1910.
Registered —
11| 66
8| 57
111 52
51 51
9( 50
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101 43
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51 20
151 92
The Idaho State Sportsmen's Association's annual
three-day tourney took place this year at Boise City,
May 10, 11 and 12. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year at the annual meeting: Presi-
dent, S. E. Todd, Shoshone; vice-president, K. L.
Eagan, Jerome; secretary-treasurer, W. Hale Home,
Shoshone; directors — A. S. Garber, Nampa; L. L.
Burtenshaw, Council; E. D. Farmin, Sandpoint; Ben
Bean, Pocatello, and F. M. Eastman, Boise.
The next annual tournament will take place at
Shoshone. It is probable the Idaho-Utah shoot next
year will take place at Boise City. The 40-bird fea-
ture events, Holohan medal, U. C. T. trophy and
Events. | 1
Targets. 120
Logan Il7
Joyner 15
Kies ..: 13
C. H. Smith |..
Todd
Millsap
Purdrum
Guntz
Nively
Forbes
C. Adelmann ....
A. Adelman
B. S. Eastman . . .
F. M. Eastman . .
Anderson
Martin
Garber
Mankey
Graybill
King
Thomas
Tatro
Cummings
A. Bayhouse
Ellis
Bush
Gray
Sears
G. M. Anderson. .
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Burtenshaw
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188
176
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188
191
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172
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Second day, May 18, 1910-
Events. J 1 1 2
Targets. 120120
Logan |19!17
Smith ' 13ll7
Bean |18[20
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Purdam ....
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 28, 1910.
Sears
G. M. Anderson.
Holohan
Burtenshaw . . .
S. Johnson ....
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Third day, May 19, 1910—
Targets.
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A. Adelmann
B. S. Eastman
F. M. Eastman
Anderson
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The Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest
twenty-sixth annual tournament held at Walla Walla,
Wash., May 17, IS and 19, was a grand success from
beginning to end. Shooters were present from
Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Mon-
tana— a gathering of trap experts hard to beat in
any section of the country.
Weather conditions were favorable, saving on the
second day when a heavy wind prevailed. Over 75
shooters took part in the shooting during the three
days.
"Professional averages fell to Mr. Lee Barkley,
first, with 571x600; second to Frank Riehl, 561x600;
third to H. E. Poston, 558x600.
"The three high amateur averages fell to A. P. Bige-
low, Odgen, Utah, score 561x600; second to F. A. Dry-
den, Walla Walla, 557x600; and third to G. L. Becker,
Ogden, Utah, and J. I. McLaughlin, Seattle, tied with
556x600.
"In view of the fact that these scores were taken
from scores made under handicap conditions together
with regular events (16 yards) the shooting was high
class and most creditable.
The handicaps in the trophy events are here given.
Several shooters it will be noticed were advanced or
set back.
Twenty yards — Bigelow, Dryden, Becker, Mc-
Laughlin, Chingren, Barclay, Farmin, Eagan, Culli-
son. Ware, Steinke, P. J. Holohon. Thomas, McElroy,
Abraham, D. Holohon, Skeen 20, Confarr, Mapes,
Caldwell, Skeen, Confarr, Mapes, Caldwell, Barkley,
Riehl, Poston, Howe, G. Holohan, Forbes.
Nineteen yards — Bush, Wood, Pennington, Stacy,
Caldwell, Haight.
Eighteen yards — Ware, Converse, Sanborn, O'Brien,
McElroy, Abraham, D. Holohan, Miller, Gray, Fuller,
Eastman, Smails, Caldwell, Carlon, Prather, Baker,
Young, Long, King, Logan.
Seventeen yards — Law, Wood, Robinson, Malloy,
Turner, Fulton, Williams, A. Stacy, Cooper, Fleet,
Masterson, Anderson, Egbers, Gaut.
All other shooters stood at 16 yards.
There were eleven events each day. a total of 620
targets. The last event of the third day, the team
trophy shoot, 20 targets per man did not count on
average. There was ?1000 in added money purses.
The trophies are valued at $2000. Total entrance
money for three days amounted to S70.50.
The handicap events were the following:
E. J. Chingren of Spokane won the ninth event,
first day, Walla Walla Brownlee Medal, 20 targets
known angles reverse pull. Chingren broke 20
straight from the 20 yard peg. Frank Howe also
scored straight in this event. J. F. Smails of Walla
Walla was the previous winner.
A. P. Bigelow of Ogden won the tenth event, first
day, Dayton Medal, 40 targets, unknown angles.
Bigelow shot from the 20-yard slat and broke 39.
Poston also broke 39 in this event. Geo. E. Stacy
of North Yakima was the previous winner.
D. W. Fleet of Montesano, won the eleventh event,
fi> »t day, Individual Championship, 25 targets, known
traps, known angles. Fleet broke 25 straight at 20
yirds rise. Riehl also broke straight in this event.
" om Barclay of Walla Walla, was the winner of this
trophy last year. Mr. Fleet is one of the oldest
shooters in the Northwest having passed the three
score and ten mark.
A. C. Wood won the ninth event, second day, Mult-
nomah Medal, 25 targets known angles, reverse pull.
Woods, whom the press dispatches credit as hailing
from San Francisco, but is not known here by the
fraternity, shot at 17 yards rise and broke 24. He
was tied by H. G. Masterson of Elgin. Wood won
the shoot-off, 23 out of 25. Barkley, Haight, and Pos-
ton each broke 24. Frank Howe of Portland was the
previous winner.
Pete O'Brien of Walla Walla won the tenth event
second day, Dupont Anaconda Cup, 25 targets un-
known angles. O'Brien was on the 18 yard mark and
scored 25 straight. Barkley also broke straight in
the race. Tom Barclay was the winner in 1909.
A. C. Wood won the eleventh event second day,
Brownlee Trophy, 25 targets, unknown angles, re-
verse pull, use of both barrels. Wood broke 25
straight, 17 yards rise. N. Story, Bozeman, Mont.,
was the previous holder of the trophy. Poston also
scored straight in this event.
G. L. Becker, of Ogden, won the tenth event third
day, The Globe Trophy; 10 targets, known traps, un-
known angles; 10 targets known traps, unknown
angles, reverse pull, use of both barrels; five pairs
doubles, 10 targets known traps, known angles, and
10 targets, known traps, known angles, reverse pull —
50 targets. Becker broke 48 targets; his handicap
was 20 yards. N. Storey won this trophy last year.
Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest. Twenty-
sixth annual blue rock tournament. Walla Walla,
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meet with the success of that of 1910."
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Saturday, May 28, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
FOUNDATION OF SUC-
CESSFUL DAIRYING.
Perhaps the first important factor to
consider in dairying is the stable where-
in the cattle are to be housed. Economy
should first be considered, nevertheless
this should not deprive the owner from
establishing the proper conditions for the
betterment of the herd to be housed
therein, keeping in mind the necessity of
plenty of sunlight, proper ventilation,
cement floors, proper drainage, comfort-
able ties, etc.
As to the breed of cattle, this can best
be determined by the contemplating pur-
chaser, which fact he alone can deter-
mine from the standpoint of quantity or
quality of milk required by his market,
some dairy breeds giving large quantities
of milk with little butter fat, while
others give less quantities of milk with
more butter fat, but regardless of this
point in view he should first consider
the animal from the standpoint of health,
ascertaining as to whether or not it is
free from tuberculosis, etc., and under
no condition should any animal be intro-
duced that is not in a perfectly healthy
condition.
A very important part of dairying is
to make it profitable all the year around.
In order to be successful you must imi-
tate in winter what nature provides in
summer, such as permitting plenty of
sunlight to enter the stables, as sunlight
destroys germs ; warm quarters with
plenty of fresh air, clean water with the
chill taken from it, succulent feed, such
as ensilage, clover or alfalfa hay, and a
reasonable amount of other grains that
any farmer can raise on his farm.
In selecting and buying cattle, select
the most healthy looking animals and
then determine positively with the tuber-
culin test as to whether or not they are
free from tuberculosis. Select dairy
cows that have every indication of milk
producers, but determine this positively
by the use of the Babcock test and the
scale. Select a dairy breed of cattle
whose product and offspring will bring
the highest possible price in any market
and you will surely be successful in
dairying. — Rural World.
RAISING DAIRY CALVES.
Most farmers now have a cream sep-
arator. If the milk is fed at once after
being put through the separator the
temperature of the skim-milk for the
calves is likely to be uniform. Where
no centrifugal separation is in use this
question of obtaining uniform tempera-
ture of skim-milk is much more difficult.
Bright, smooth-haired, thrifty, good ap-
pearing calves on a farm are almost con-
clusive evidence that there is a hand sep-
arator on the place, and that, in other
ways, they are well cared for.
Calves do not seem to be able to gauge
for themselves the proper amount of
milk. They are greedy. If healthy,
they, as a rule, do not stop until there is
no more in the pail. Not long ago a
good housewife who takes care of the
calves, told the writer that she fed the
calves much more milk than she did the
lot she raised last year, but these did not
do so well. It so happened that these
calves were fed just previous to our con-
versation and the calves in the yard were
ample evidence of their thrifty condition.
The paunch was the part of the calf most
in evidence.
Each of the calves appeared like a bal-
loon ready for ascension, with one side
more swelled or puffed than the other.
They were slowly walking around in the
yard with their mouths partially open
and froth hanging around their mouths.
There were no sign of thriftiness to be
seen any where. They were in misery.
Perhaps, by the tune the calves got
ready to enjoy life, feeding time would
again be near. The following is the in-
teresting experience of Mrs. J. J. Gas-
ton, Thedford, Nebraska:
"You will hear old ranchers call calves
fed on separator milk 'Knot Heads.'
But I have raised as handsome calves on
separator milk as those that run the
range, and when they were weaned,
they never stop growing. It takes your
undivided attention to raise stock suc-
cessfully, both to a profit for yourself
and purchaser. And if one is inclined
to hug the stove on stormy days, saying,
'let them hustle,' he better find other
employment.
"To begin with, I feed calves three
times a day till they are a month old.
Not all they can consume at once, but
by feeding often their stomachs do not
become deranged, causing bowel trouble,
which is a detriment to the calf. When
they are ten days or two weeks old, I
begin with a tablespoonful of cooked
corn, rye or bran in the milk. When
they are four weeks old I begin to feed
one-fourth separator milk and keep in-
creasing this till I have them drinking
all separator milk and eating grain and
hay.
Now, if calves have clean pails to
drink from, with water at noon with the
chill taken off in cold weather, plenty of
sunlight, yard for exercise, a warm place
at night and stormy days, you have a
calf when a year old that those who
milk a-horseback will have to be hurry-
ing to catch up with."
The body of a sheep should be square
and blocky, but the legs must be long
enough to enable it to walk a fair dis-
tance when necessary. The low, blocky
sheep, with just leg development enough,
seems to have the best endurance. It
has been suggested that the law of cor-
relation of parts makes it difficult to get
wool on the legs without too much on
the face, that the fine-wooled sheep nat-
urally has a drooping rump and a cat
ham and legginess can not be made to
go with food fleshing qualities, but car-
ried out in moderation none of these ob-
jections need discourage us in our at-
tempt to produce a suitable type. The
feet must be good, with hoofs hard and
thick enough to stand the wear of range
travel. The Merino, which has been ac-
customed to nomadic ranging for two or
three thousand years, at least, has good
feet, while some of the mutton breeds or
their crosses are apt to become foot-sore
on the mountain ranges.
Many of the sheep men annually ex-
pect considerable loss when their flocks
are first turned out upon the grass, says
a Denver exchange. Permanganate of
potash is an effective remedy. It can be
obtained from any drug store, put up in
doses of eight grains in gelatin capsules.
These can be carried by the herder with-
out any inconvenience and administered
by him to all animals that are poisoned.
We have seen the antidote administered
even after the sheep had become ex-
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peter, which was but out of the question,
and had he only been supplied with the
proper medicine two-thirds of these
sheep could have been saved.
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A mixture of a little salt, charcoal,
ashes and air slacked lime has a good
effect upon parasites of the digestive sys-
tem of either young or old pigs.
BELLS ON SHEEP.
According to a writer, many modern
western flocks even in pastures, are sup-
plied with bells with one sheep bell on
about every twentieth sheep, and these
bells indicate at any time, day or night,
whether the flock is being pursued by
dogs or wolves. When the flock is lying
still as at night the bells are still, but let
a dog get in and disturb their quiet and
such a clanging of bells is made to bring
utter dismay on the dog, and if he is not
too bold he will desist his nefarious work.
But should he be an old offender, the
ringing of the bells brings the owner of
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TEE LA WRSSCB- WILLIAMS COHPAST, Cleveland, Obi"
the flock to his elbow with gun in hand
and in this manner the flock is saved
from worrying.
Flocks provided with bells are immune
against the intruder of whatever nature
for they always indicate what is going
on. For this reason up-to-date flock
owners keep plenty of bells on their
sheep.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 28, 1910.
MAKING POULTRY PAY.
Census reports tell us that in the
United States we have to-day at least
233,598,085 chickens, 6,559,367 turkeys,
5,676,863 geese and 4,807,358 ducks.
Poultry is an asset on at least 88 1-8 per
cent of the farms of this country, and at
least 250,000,000 chickens, not counting
other varieties of poultry, are consumed
annually. The secretary of the "United
States department of agriculture says
that our hens lay about 1,666,000,000
dozens of eggs a year, amounting to
enough money to pay the interest on the
national debt.
Again, we are confronted with the fact
that the poultry and egg crops comprise
16.3 per cent of the total animal pro-
ducts of this country, and that, exclusive
of the eggs and poultry consumed by the
owners of the hens, the eggs alone bring
annually $225,000,000, and the poultry
crop is worth $150,000,000 a year. Still
further improvements is shown in the
fact that in fren agricultural colleges
poultry husbandry is taught.
The importance of exercise for poultry
might well be placed subordinate only to
good housing and feeding. But a writer
in an agricultural monthly pertinently
remarks that "scratching to get a min-
ute's peace from mites and other pests is
not the right kind of exercise." The
truth is obvious.
Give the fowls plenty of encourage-
ment to scratch for their grain feed by
keeping a portion of each pen deeply
bedded with leaves or straw. There is
nothing like it for promoting thrift and
contentment among a flock of fowls in
the winter, and it is also a great aid
toward getting fertile, hatchable eggs.
Not enough importance is usually at-
tached to the selection of laying hens.
They must be properly cared for, if they
are to lay well during both winter and
summer. Houses must be kept sanitary
and the fowls free from vermin. Care
must be exercised to avoid their being
17th Annual Celebration
BUTCHERS
Of San Francisco and Alameda County
OAKLAND RAGE TRACK, Wednesday, June R, '10
PROGRAM OF RACES.
The order in which the races are to be run off to be determined by the committee
later.
1. BUTCHERS' CART RACE —
(For members of the Retail Butch-
ers of San Francisco); one mile
dash; four or more starters. Own-
ership required. Horses must be
owned sixty days prior to day of
race. Horses entered must be bona
fide cart or wagon horses used
daily in the delivery of meats. Road
cart to be used. Entrance fee,
$5.00. First prize, $75.00; second
prize, $35.00; third prize, $20.00.
2. BUTCHERS' CART RACE! —
One-mile dash, for members of
Oakland Exchange; four or more
starters. Ownership required.
Horses must be owned sixty days
prior to day of race. Horses en-
tered must be bona fide cart or
wagon horses, used daily in the
delivery of meats. Road cart to be
used. Entrance fee, $5.00. First
prize, $75.00; second prize, $35.00;
third prize, $20.00.
3. BUTCHERS' CART RACE —
One-mile dash, free-for-all; four
or more starters. No ownership
of horses required. Butchers to
drive. Entrance fee, $5.00. First
prize, $75.00; second prize, $35.00;
third prize, $20.00.
4. BUTCHERS' TROTTING AND
PACING RACE —
One-mile dash; four or more start-
ers. Ownership required. Entrance
fee, $5.00. First prize, $75.00; sec-
ond prize, $35.00; third prize,
$20.00. .
5. PACING RACE —
One-mile dash, free-for-all; four
or more starters. Entrance fee,
$5.00. First prize, $75.00; second
prize, $35.00; third prize, $20.00.
6. TROTTING RACE —
One-mile dash; free-for-all; four
or more starters. Entrance fee,
$5.00. First prize, $75.00; second
prize, $35.00; third prize, $20.00.
T. TROTTING RACE —
One mile dash. 2:30 class; must be
four or more starters. Entrance
fee, $5.00. First prize, $75.00; sec-
ond prize, $35.00; third prize,
$20.00.
s. pacing race: —
One-mile dash, 2:20 class; must be
four or more starters. Entrance
fee, $5.00. First prize, $75.00; sec-
ond prize, $35.00; third prize,
$20.00.
9. TROTTING AND PACING RACE —
Two-mile dash, free-for-all; four
or more starters. Entrance fee,
$5.00. First prize, $75.00; second
prize. $35.00; third prize, $20.00.
10. VAQUERO RACE —
Race will start at winning post up
track, race to one-eighth pole.
Turn and race to winning post.
Entrance fee, $2.50. Vaqueros to
ride (for vaqueros only). Riders
must weigh not less than 135 lbs.
Spanish bit and Mexican saddle
must be used. For strictly va-
quero horses. The committee re-
serves the right to reject any or
all entries. First prize, $40.00;
second prize, $25.00; third prize,
$15.00.
11. STEER RUNNING RACE, ^ MILE
Must be three starters or more.
Entrance fee, $5.00. First prize,
$40.00; second prize, $25.00; third
prize, $20.00.
In conjunction with the above there will be Six Running Races by Horses
now Racing at Emeryville Track.
RULES.
RACING L'XDER NATIONAL RULES— The committee has the right to reject any entry and to
bar any horse that has not the right to enter the race, or will be detrimental to the success of any
race.
First race will be called promptly at 12:30 p. m. Entries will close Saturday, June 4. 1910, at 5
p. m. Entries will be received by the Secretary, 4£4 Haight St.. San Francisco, and by A. W. Harper.
2512 Grove St., Berkeley. Phone Berkeley 3554, on any day. up to June 4. 1910, from 8 to 10 a. m., and
1 to 5 p.m.. or by any member of the race track committee. Entrance fee payable at the time of
entry.
COMMITTEE 0>~ RACING.— W. J. Cox, Chairman, Oakland; Jno. Xowlan,
San Francisco ; W. R. Harper, Berkeley; A. W. Anselmi, Oakland; Jno. Tassi,
San Francisco; R. N. Weiss, San Francisco; Jno. Lacoste, Oakland; J. Baumel,
Berke'ey.
BEN DAVIS, Sec'y, 484 Haight St., San Francisco.
Fh9- t Park 578; Home S. 3312.
chased by dogs or other animals, or un-
necessarily frightened. Poultry bouses
must be well ventilated, and one or more
windows should be opened every bright
day so that the house will not become
warm during the day and grow cold
again at night.
o
Regardless of the heavy, cold rain
storms we had the first part of April and
the general report throughout the State
that the cherry and apricot crops would
be almost wholly destroyed there is a
fairly gocd yield of both, much larger
tben anticipated. Prices are exception-
ally good both at home and abroad.
Carload lots that have been shipped
East have sold readily and at much
larger prices then were realized last
year. The first cars shipped bringing
$4000 per car. Black Tartarian cherries
are bringing the growers from six to
eight cents per pound and are readily in
demand.
BROODMARE WAXTED.
Must be standard and registered;
have a record (trotting or pacinsr)- pre-
ferred "to be stinted; must pass veter-
inary examination, and be not more
than eight years old. Please state low-
est cash price and particulars regard-
ing breeding, etc., and where mare can
be seen. Address VELOX," this office.
FOR SALE.
Beautiful bay mare, seven years,
weight 1025, absolutely sound, and gen-
tle for a lady. No mark, but can pace
around 2:15 now without boot or hop-
ple, amateur driving. Is an easy 2:10
pacer or better. The price is right.
Address City Stables, Fresno, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Free Trial, brown filly, 15.2, foaled
1905, trotter, registered in Vol. 17, bred
at Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Dan-
ville. Cal. Sired by Charles Derby 2:20,
dam Pippa by Stilleco 14346, dam of
Frank Dale 2:23^, second dam Lucy E.,
dam of Azalia 2:15 and Joe Scott 2:1S,
by Black Walnut 17361, third dam
Ethel by Enfield 128, fourth dam Betsey
Trotwood by Peck's Idol, fifth dam
Pilotta by Little John, sixth dam
Dairy Maid by Tennessee 2:27. This
filly was worked 60 days as a three-
year-old and trotted a full mile in
2:23, and H in 35 seconds. She has
since been used for light road driving,
is a handsome filly, gentle for a lady
to drive, is a beautifully gaited trotter
with great knee and hock action.
Guaranteed absolutely sound. Address
500S East 14th Street, Oakland.
Fine Mare and Foal for Sale.
IRENE AYERS and her foal by Lynwood W.
2:20% for sale, cheap. Irene Ayers by Iris,
sire of Jasper Ayers 2:09, Visalia 2:12, Ira P.
2:10/4, Jaspine 2:14 and several others with rec-
ords of 2:30 and better. Irene Ayers is a full sis-
ter to Jasper Ayers 2:09, May Ayers 2:23>£- May
Ayers is the dam of the good little mare Ayeress.
trial 2:14, %1:04, % 31 seconds. Irene's foal is a
brother in blood to Ayeress. Irene trotted 4th
heat with 10 weeks work, off alfalfa, in 2:32%
at three years of age. She had 2:20 speed then.
Her trainer said she was another Jasper Ayers.
sure, if given a chance. Irene's dam is Babe by
Altimont9S5, he by Almont33; Babe, dam by S.
F Patchen. he by Geo. M. Patchen fr„ 2nd dam
by Owendale. Here we get the much desired
Electioneer-Wilkes cross. In Irene's foal we
have one of the best formed colts in the State.
He is entered in Breeders Stake Xo. 10 and paid
up to Oct. 1. 1910. This youngster is sure to keep
the good name of his noted half sister, Sonoma
Girl 2:05^t. unless some accident overtakes him.
Irene will sure make a great brood mare if given
a chance. I cannot give her and the foal the at-
tention they should have and this is my reason
for offering them for sale. Address
H. T. OWEN. Kern, Cal.
PASTURAGE.
At J. H. White Ranch. Lakeville. Sonoma Co. .Cal.
Good Feed, Water and Accommodations
for fine horses. No danger from wire. Ship per
Steamer Gold. Leaves Jackson St. wharf 4 p. m.
except Sundays. Ranch % mile wharf.
Phone 25x1 Rural. Address
T. A. ROCHE,
Lakeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.
TEAM WANTED.
A High-Class Driving Team.
Must be sound, stylish, good lookers
and good size, well mated and well
mannered. Address giving lowest
price and full particulars,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
San Francisco, Cal.
mi/A'JUHII-Ji
The world-wide remedy.
Once used, always used.
Cares Sparta, Splint, Ring-
bone. Curb, Swellings, Lame-
Si a Eottle; 6 for $5
All druggists. Get free book,
"Treatise on the Horse."
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.
Enosburg Falls. Vermont
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziei
Every facility to give the best or profes-
sional services to all cases oi veterinary
dentistry. Complicated caaea treated suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonaoie prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Ootavla St., between Fulton and Grove.
Phone Special 2074. San Fnnonco, Cat.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade — 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino
—Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams-
Rams for sale at all times.
P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon. Cal. Address. Dixon, Cal.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boaia at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat House,
Capt. F. Wst. Eheke. Prop., Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1 450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake, Moffit ifc Towne. Los Amrei«5.
Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland, ore.
CALIFORNIA
PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY,
High-Class Art in
HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING
Artistic Designing
141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
Weather Proof. Acid Proof. Fire Kesisthag.
BONESTELL & CO.
118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. McKINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:1 4 :. —3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2:09% and 4 others
Service Fee: $30,
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY, Manager,
Hemet. Riverside Co . Cal.
Horse Breeders
MARE tMPREGNATQRS
We GUARANTEE yon can get from 2 to 6 mares il.
f oal from one service of stallion or jack. Increase the
profits from your breeding stables by using these Im-
pregnators. No experience necessary to use them
successfully. Prices. £3.00 to £5.00 each prepaid.
Popular SAFETY IMPREGNATING OUTFIT, especially
recommended for impregnating so-called barren and
irregular breeding mare-s. $7.50 prepaid.
Write for CATALOGUE which illustrates and de-
scribes our Impregnating Devices, Breeding Hobbles,
Stallion Bridles, Shields, Supports.Service Books. Etc
CRITTENDEN & CO., Dept . 9, Cleveland, Ohio.
IncreaseYour Profits
Shoe Boils, Capped
Hock, Bursitis
are hard to cure, yet
£J3S0RBINE
Trill remove them and leave no blem-1
ish; Does not blister or remove"
the hair. Cures any puff or swelling. Horse eno
be worked. S2.00 per bottle.delivered.Book 6 D free.
ABSORBENT;, JR., (mankind, ll.oo bottle.)
For Boils. Bruises, Old Sores, Swellings. Goilr*
Varicose Yeins, Varicosities. Allays Pain
W. F. YOUNG, P. 0. P., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass,
For sale by Langlev & Michaels. San Francisco, Calif.;
Woodward. Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Brann Co.,
Bnmswig Drag Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Los An-
geles, Calif.: Kirk. Cleary & Co., Sacramento. Calif.: Facihc
JDrng Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drag Co. .Spokane .Wash.
Saturday, May 2S, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners !
BON VOYAGE %M
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BOX VIVANT (2) 2:16*4
F am test Two-Year-Old Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:1794
Winner of Two- Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders* Futurity
Stake IV o. 7.
BONADAY (2) 2:2714
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1009.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:26*4
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07;
Reg. No.
37621
Sire ol
Diamond Mo - - 2:26%
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27j.
Armon Lou - - 2:2/ ?
Harold B., p. Mat. - 2:13Vi
trial - 2:10
Kinney G., p - - 2:24! =
Debutante 1 3) trial - 2:l'j1a
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3), trial 2:27
lohn Christensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (3). trial - 2:28
Four Stockings (3). trial y2 1:07
Princess Lou (2), trial V± - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal,
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P*rk where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS. Salinas, Cal.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05% in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list: sons sirea Sir
Albert S. 2 :03K. Sir John S. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2 :03K. etc.. etc.) ;
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05%, Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$40 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasenton, Cal.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11)4, dam Maud J. C. by Nearest
2:22*/&; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13%) by Menlo 2:21% (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16% (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05*4. W. Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:0S*4 and Gray Gem 2:09%);
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2;27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: $50 the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
For tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
Phone Black 2841. T. W. BARSTOW, San Jose, Cal.
ZlTsTre Lynwood W. 32853
Rec. 2:20'.,
Sire of
Records: Sonoma Girl 2:05^4. Charley Belden
2:08V4. K. W. P. 2:13%, Sonoma May 2:15%. Sonoma
Boy 2:20, Clipper W. 2:24%, Sonoma Queen 2:25.
Dennis 2:27%, Sonoma Star 2:30.
Trials: Napa Maid 2:11, Santa Rosa Girl 2:13%.
Schley B. 2:13%, Ayress 2:14, Sonoma Belle 2:15%,
Jim V. 2:20, Annie V. (3 yr.) 2:21, Fernwood 2:22,
Frank G. (2 yr) 2:30.
The only ones that we know of that ever had any
work.
SEASOX 1910 AT SANTA ROSA, CAL.
FEE), $30.
Address LYNWOOD STOCK CO., Boi 213.
New Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter"
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
" Life With the Trotcer givea ub a dear 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 he read by all
sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish
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McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO GOOD ONES.
Demonio Spaed 2:03%
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age C22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13%, aire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief 89; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:11!
DEMONIO 2:liy, is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
yilk?s„,2,:,0934' Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07% He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among thf greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%. Derbertha 2:0794, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53. next dam
Blandma by Hambletoman 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON WO. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
,ot„Ds°!' return privilege. Excellent pasturage at J3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Sulsun, Cal.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2:09J.
Reg, No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse In the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09*4, Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13% and 8
others in 2:30) ; dam the great brood mare Cora
Wiekersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17V*, (4) 2:10%,
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June 15th, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Oal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
^irp Nutwnnri WilL'PC ?*lni sire of Copa de Oro 2:0lM, John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
311 C, liuinuuu TTimca A.IU2» damsof Sau Francisco 2 :07M. Mona Wilkes 2 :03^, etc.
Ham Pallia (1\ ?'In dam of 2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20.
Lfdiii, rauid \t, ) *•!"» dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17*4, and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete. second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season ZtlT^ll^snlun^Lfaniei&tm7
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11J^
Pacing Record 2:06)4
By McKinney 2:11%, dam Nona T. 2:25. dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09M:, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Heald of San Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at ?2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
A. J. GILLETT, Modesto. California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :06j<.
Alceste 2 :07^. Allerton 2 :09*4. Duke Jay 2 :09%. Early Bird
2:10, GitchieManito 2:09*4. Invader 2:10, Justo (3)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:05*4'. Charley Hayt 2:06^. etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:2054); by
Baron Wilkes 2 :18, sire of 12 in 2 :10 ; 2nd dam Almeta 2 :31
by Almont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11*4\ by Marob. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella. dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse, 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris .
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Charley P. 2:06
Sire McKINNEY 2:11*4, sire of 22 In 2:10.
Dam, Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 187, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6, fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
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Address, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
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J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19'
By Parnell 5119, Ree. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
2:12% and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino
Handsome 9orrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
hief 11.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege,
ply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta M c 2:(
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:11*4, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam of Berta Mac 2:08, by Altoona S850, sire of 8, son of the great
A-lmont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, bv Sken-
undoah. Only two of G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a yearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address
W. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:i
Registered No. 46270
H
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:0314.
RAY O* LIGHT 2:0S*6 Is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam. grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds. Oregon.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
For further particulars address,
PRINCE McKINNEY -2- 2:291
Winner of 2-y-o Trotting Division Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 3
PRIXCE McKIXXEY is by McKinney 2:11 %, the great-
est of all speed sires, and is out of Zorilla. by Dexter Prince, one of the
most successful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Farm: next dam
Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; next dam Lady Thorn Jr., dam
of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:17%, that sired Sidney, grand-
sire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing
16 hands and weighing 1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone,
a rugged constitution and fine trotting action.
Season ot 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES, »%££■£* SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Good opportunitv for San Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion. FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Apply to or address
F. GOMMBT, OTvner. CHAS. JAMES.
McKJnnev Stables, 36th Avenue, San Francisco.
Saturday, May 2S, 1910.]
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Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino hief 11*
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
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Positively cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion. Manhattan Food Co., C. P.
Kertel, Pres., 1001-1003 E. 14th St., Oakland. Cal.
Saturday, June 4, 1910.]
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
ATHASHAM 2:09% D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
CHARLEY D. 2:06% Chas. De Ryder, Pleasanton
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47870 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons. Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05V4 J. E. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
NEAREST McKINNEY 40698.. T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
PRINCE McKINNEY (2) 2:29%
Chas. James. San Francisco
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19% J. H. Donaldson. Topaz
RAY O'LIGHT 2:08% E. S. Train, Salem, Ore.
HARNESS RACING DATES.
3 to 10 years of age, and Goldennut 2:11%, also by
Neernut, raced from 4 to 9 and is good to race this
season, while Toughnut matineed and raced from 3 to
13. Neernut is now nineteen years old, looks like a
four-year-old and could trot a good race today. Blood
will tell.
GOOD RACES AT FRESNO.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society. Salinas Aug. 3-6
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair. Hanford Oct. 10-15
.North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
Centralia Sep,.. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oot. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise. Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4-8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1-5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
NEW ZEALAND is getting well up in harness horse
matters and during April two new records were put
up. As will be seen by reference to another column
the New Zealand bred pacer Dan Patch paced a mile
in 2:09 2-5 over a three-quarter mile grass track,
which is only two-fifths cf a second slower than Rib-
bonwood's record made on a dirt track. Dan Patch
is by Rothschild, a son of Childe Harold, and is un-
doubtedly the fastest pacer in Australasia today. A
more remarkable performance perhaps was the record
made by Revenue, another son of Rothschild, the
same week. Revenue is a trotter and won a heat
in 2:11 4-5, thus setting a new Australasian record
for that distance. This record was made at For-
bury Park, Dunedin, and is a big reduction from the
former record of Australasia, which was 2:161-5.
The Australians and New Zealanders are breeding
good horses, and come to the United States every
year to buy more. They are building up the sport
of trotting along good lines, and they may yet be
able to take from us some of the world's records.
NEERETTA 2:09%, the daughter of Neernut
2:12%, bred by Mr. Geo. W. Ford, of Santa Ana,
California, and sold by him to Austria years ago,
is now the dam cf three race winners in that coun-
try and all by different stallions. The Horse Review
gives a report of a recent meeting at Vienna during
which a four-year-old Ally and a three-year-old filly,
both out of Neeretta, won large sums. The Neernut
blood is breeding on. Neernut was a good race horse
racing from the year he was three years old until he
was eleven and retired sound. Neeretta raced from
A CONCORD MATINEE.
The gods were certainly good to the Contra Costa
Driving Club, for a finer day for racing than last
Sunday, could not have been made to order, and as
to the racing, well — the mighty Caesars in their
most glorious hippodrome days never saw more ex-
citing, nor more bitterly contested finishes than those
that marked each and every one of the three heats
of the "Free-for-all Pace." The one thrilling mo-
ment of the first race, was that in which the veteran
horseman, Capt. Durham, was cheered by the specta-
tors upon his receipt of a white ribbon, for his
three-year-old May Day, which captured third place.
Nothing unusual marked the second race; but the
fourth race was of a truly provincial sort, even to
the high wheeled racing equipment. If the club meant
this race to tickle the risib'lities of the spectators —
then the writer wishes to suggest a mule race for
the next matinee as it would perhaps suggest a little
more fun for the fun lovers. But that free-for-all
pace was "some racing." Jim Rankin, Nellie Gaines
and Harold K., finishing closely in the order named.
The little trotter among the pacers — Harold K. —
proved himself a great favorite with every one at the
meet, by his capital performances.
Exhibitions by Patery and Pilot, were announced;
it is too bad that Pilot was not driven by a pro-
fessional driver, as the chestnut was both ready
and willing, and would certainly have stepped the
mile in 2:07 or better, as he went to the half in
1:05 and to the three-quarters in 1:34, making the
third quarter in 29 seconds, but here his driver got
over-anxious, and a bad, stand-still break was made;
as it was he finished in 2:15. During these exhibi-
tions, there seemed to be a general hush, and all
expected big results. Again — too bad, too bad.
Mr. Smith tried hard enough to get the horses
away on even terms in the different races — but. The
attendance was fair.
The following is a summary of the day's racing:
First race: 2:45 Trot or Pace.
May Day (Capt. Durham) 4 2
Lady Clayton (Soto) 5 4
Lady Adelaide (Meese) 2 3
Mt. Diablo Maid (Benson) 3 5
Princess G. (Podva) 1 1
Time — 2:36, 2:35.
Second race: 2:35 Trot:
Rossie M. (Palmer) 2 3
Babe Boswell (Benson) 3 2
Mabel D. (Duarte) 1 1
Time— 2:34%, 2:30.
Third race: Free-for-all Pace:
Harold K. (tr) (Soto) 2 3 3
Jim Rankin (Benson) 1 2 1
Nellie Gaines (Harlan) 3 1 2
Irvington Girl (Palmer) 4 4 4
Time— 2:20, 2:17%, 2:16%.
Danville Road Race:
Anthony C 1 1
Queen V 2 3
Cleopatra 3 2
Time— 3:07, 3:10.
Exhibition Mile:
Pilot (Galindo)
Time--2:15.
Exhibition Mile:
Patery (Soto)
Time— 2:14.
"THE ON-LOOKER."
EARLY HORSES OF NORTH AMERICA.
The Rev. James McSparran, who, in 1721, went
to Rhode Island, to take charge of the church there,
left on record his opinion of the horses of North
America in his day. Writing of the length of the
journey he had sometimes to take into the neighbor-
ing colony of Virginia, he says: "To remedy this
(i. e., to atone for the distance), as the whole prov-
ince between the mountains and the sea, 200 miles
circle, is all a champaign (open country) and without
stones, they have plenty of a small sort of horses,
the best in the world, like the little Scotch Gallo-
ways ; and it is no extraordinary journey to ride from
60 to 70 miles or more in a day. I have often, but
upon larger pacing horses, rode 50, nay 60, miles a
day, even here in New England, where the roads are
rough, stony and uneven."
McSparran proceeds to remark that the Rhode Is-
land horses were "remarkable for fleetness and swift
pacing, and I have seen some of them pace a mile in
a little more than two minutes, and a great deal less
than three." This is a reference to an old breed
called Narrangansett pacers, which were celebrated
for their endurance and speed; they were "highly
valued for the saddle, and transported the rider with
great pleasantness and sureness of foot. The pure
bloods could not trot at all. Formerly they had pace
races. Little Neck Beach, in South Kingston, of one
mile in length, was the racecourse. A silver tankard
was the prize, and high bets were made." "Some of
these tankards," says Mr. Updehe, editor of McSpar-
ran's work, published 1753, "were remaining a few
years ago. Traditions respecting the swiftness of
these horses are almost incredible." The breed ap-
pears to have become extinct by 1750, or thereabouts.
The Memorial Day matinee at Fresno, on account
of the intense heat and many counter attractions,
did not draw a large crowd but there was some good
racing nevertheless. The race between David St.
Clair, driven by D. L. Bachant, and Oleander, driven
by Schuyler Walton, was the feature of the meet.
For four heats these horses battled for honors and
the finishes in every heat were neck and neck. The
big black, however, had more strength than Walton's
animal, and triumphed in the long run.
In the special race, Orosi Girl had an easy time
with Sir John W., and the big black mare finished
a safe winner in both heats.
The second race was a peculiar one. Little Edna,
taking the lead at the start, always held her own
until within about 100 yards of the wire and in each
of the two heats, she broke badly at this point, and
Miss Dividend, who always came up strong, snatched
the laurels.
G. Waterman, driving Don W., in the third event,
had his hands full for the entire three heats. The big
bay stallion after leaving the stretch, became un-
manageable on the first turn on every occasion, and
ran the greater part of the way around the track,
only to settle down on the home stretch and secure
second money.
John Suglian, with his Foxie. made two attempts
during the afternoon to beat 2:30. The first trial
resulted in the time of 2:3S, after Foxie had broken
on the stretch. She settled down, however, before
coming under the wire. In the second heat, she broke
at the same place and as she was running when she
passed under the fire, no time was taken. Suglian
did not make another trial.
Holding his little grandson in his arms, J. W. Zib-
bell, drove an exhibition mile with Sir John W. in
2:23%. The little lad enjoyed every moment of the
going, and as he passed under the wire, was beaming
with great delight.
First Race, Class A. mixed:
David St. Clair, (D. L. Bachant) 1 2 11
Oleander (S. C. Walton) 2 1 2 2
Time— 2:18%, 2:20%, 2:18%, 2:17.
Second Race, Class B, mixed:
Miss Dividend (D. L. Bachant) 1 1
Miss French. (J. B. Frinchaboy) 3 2
Little Edna (E. J. Boust 2 3
Time— 2:32%, 2:24.
Third Race, Class C, mixed:
Rocky (Otis A. Longley) 1 1 1
Don W (G. Waterman) 2 3 2
Alice R. (F. M. Poole) 3 2 3
Time— 2:48, 2:38%, 2:42.
Special Race:
Orosi Girl (Jack McQuaid) 1 1
Sir John W. (Dr. W. W. Whitington) 2 2
Time— 2:33%, 2:23.
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PERSIAN CONSUL IS A HORSEMAN.
"Arabian and Persian steeds are famous for their
greyhound beauty and speed, but when it comes to
the trained and educated harness horse these coun-
tries have to take a back seat for America " declared
H. H. Topakyan, consul general of Persia, who is
spending a few days in Minneapolis and paid his
respects to Dan Patch and the other world champions
on M. W. Savage's Minnesota River breeding farm.
The Persian consul is a horseman, as are most of
his countrymen. He is proud of the fact that his part
of tlie world furnished the first great horses and that
even America's most famous equines trace their
lineage back to Arabian ancestors, but he admits
that, while the graceful Arabian steeds still hold the
beauty records and carry the sovereigns of Eastern
countries, the American breeders and trainers have
distanced all competitors in producing harness
horses.
Mr. Topakyan was the guest of M. W. Savage and
spent several hours looking over the Minnesota farm.
He showed his knowledge of horses in his critical
examination of the champions and was an enthusi-
astic spectator of speed exhibitions by Dan Patch,
Minor Heir, Hedgewood Boy, Lady Maud C. and some
of the farm's promising youngsters on the half-mile
covered track.
"I have seen the sultan's stables at Constantinople
and have always been a great admirer of the beauti-
ful Arabian horses that are the pride of our coun-
try's rich," said Mr. Topakyan. "The pure white
charger of the former sultan of Turkey is known
throughout the East and for grace, beauty and man-
ners he is marvelous. These horses are wonderful
and all that, but I really think the race horses of
this country are more wonderful. They are the
products of a great evolution. They show what
breeders can do. Before I had been in this country
long I became interested in harness horses. I have
visited many of the stock farms in the East and have
a small one myself. I have bought horses in Lexing-
ton, Ky., and know that Persia has nothing to com-
pare with them.
"Of all the farms I know of Mr. Savage's is the
most complete and the most wonderful. I did not
imagine that Minnesota had anything like it. I
was especially interested in pacers. I have never
paid" much attention to pacers. It is a wonderful
gait and it seems to me that it is getting back to
the runners. If great farms continue to breed pacers
I am not sure but that some day they will produce
speed equal to the thoroughbreds. I count my visit
to the home of Dan Patch as one of my most pleas-
ant experiences and I shall certainly watch the per-
formances of the great horses that I saw there and
the results of the breeding of pacers with greater
interest therefor."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 4, 191t>.
AMATEURS RACE IN THE PARK.
MATINEE HORSE RACES AT SAN BERNARDINO.
Hot Weather of Sunday and Monday Last Favor
Fast Time.
The hot wave which swept over the State during
the last three days of May made ideal weather for
harness racing in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
where fog and cold winds generally prevent the
horses from showing their best speed.
On Sunday the San Francisco Driving Club held
five races, all of which furnished excellent sport.
In the free-for-all pace the track record holder, Geo.
Perry, was beaten, although he paced the fastest
heat of the day — 2:12%. This race was won by D.
Campbell's Ginger, well driven by Al Schwartz. The
day's events resulted as follows:
First race, 2:20 pace, one mile:
Robert Bennett's Sidney B. (Bennett) 1 1
H. Cohen's Eden Vale (Cohen | 2 3
W. Higginbottom's Der Teufel (Higginbottom) . 5 2
W. J. Kenney's W. J. K. (Becker) 3 4
H. D. Chase's Don C. (Chase) 4 5
Time— 2:20, 2:18%.
Second race, 2:30 mixed, one mile:
George Rehn's Schley B. (Relm) 1 1
Buckley & Matthes' Walter G. ( Matthes ) 2 2
T. D. Sexton's Sister Vesta (Sexton) 4 3
J. C. F. Mitchell's M. & M. (Mitchell) 3 4
G. Tassi's Steve D. (Tassi) 5 5
A. Benson's J. Arthur (Benson I 6 6
Time— 2:23, 2:22%.
Third race. 2:29 trot, one mile:
F. L. Matthes' Raymond M. (Matthes) 14 1
H. C. Ahlers' Sunset Bell ( Ahlers) 3 1 4
J. W. McTigue's Darby Mc (McTiguel 2 2 3
E. T. Ayres' Dalta A. (Ayres) 4 3 2
Time — 2:21, 2:20, 2:20.
Fourth race, 2:20 pace, one mile:
D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum (Felsen) 1 1
R. P. Giovannoni's Golden Buck (Schwartz).... 2 3
R. J. Lathrope's Marin (Lathrope) 3 2
T. W. Keogh's Toppv (Keogh) 4 4
Time— 2:17%, 2:18%.
Fifth race, free-for-all pace, one mile:
D. Campbell's Ginger (Schwartz I 4 3 11
George Kitto's Deroll (Kitto) 1 2 2 2
George Giannini's George Perry (Becker) 3 14 4
Phil Kohn's Alfred D. (M. Donnelly) 5 5 3 3
P. Donnelly's Sister Bess ( P. Donnelly I . . 2 4 5 5
Time — 2:16%, 2:12%, 2:16. 2:1S.
The Park Amateur Club raced at the stadium track
on Memorial Day and there w-as a big crowd out to
enjoy the sport. There was a big surprise in the
free-for-all trot in which only three horses started —
Modicum, Charley T. and Reina Directum, and they
finished in that order. It was thought that Mr.
Christenson's mare would be able to trot a mile in
2:12 if necessary, but she failed to win a heat. Modi-
cum getting the first and third, and Charley T. the
second.
Mr. I. L. Borden had a good day and drove two
winners, using excellent judgment in both races.
The summaries:
First race, class C trotters, one mile:
Dividend (R. Consani) 2 11
Charles II. (A. Clayburgh) 1 2 2
Billie Burke (R. Nolan) 3 3 3
Time— 2:24%, 2:24, 2:26.
Second race, free-for-all trotters, one mile:
Modicum (H. Boyle) 1 2 1
Charley T. (A. Ottinger) 3 1 2
Reina Directum ( Christenson ) 2 3 3
Time— 2:1,5, 2:15%, 2:19.
Third race, class B trotters, one mile:
Ceta Dillon (F. Von Issendorf) 2 1 1
Sunset Belle (H. C. Ahlers) 1 3 3
Barney Barnato (I. L. Borden ) 3 2 2
Time — 2:22, 2:22%, 2:21.
Fourth race, class A trotters, one mile:
Lady Washington (I. L. Borden I 1 1
Lady Nell (M. Herzog) 2 2
California Belle (E. Cerciat) 3 3
Time— 2:21%, 2:21%.
Fifth race, class A pacers, one mile:
Roberta (I. L. Borden) 3 l l
Little Medium (J. Perry) 1 2 3
Ringrose ( H. M. Ladd) 2 3 2
Searchlight colt (F. E. Booth i 4 4 4
John T. (I. B. Dalziell 5 5 dr.
Belle Brandon (T. F. Bannon) 6 6 dr.
Time — 2:21, 2:18%, 2:20.
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I have a stallion whose teeth get coated with
tartar, in fact very much so, and the horse has been
getting poor for the last four years with the best
of care. His teeth are all right, excepting this tartar
that forms on them. What is the cause and what
can be done, if anything?
R. W. SCOTT.
Ans. — Tartar is deposited from the saliva and con-
sists of salivary mucus, animal matter and calcium
phosphate. I do not know of anything that will
prevent its formation on the teeth. It is usually re-
moved by means of a dental instrument. It would
be well to have a good veterinary dentist treat your
horse' . teeth.
During the five days Centennial celebration at San
Bernardino, which commenced on May 17, two after-
noons, the 19th and 21. ch, were consigned to Mr. J. H.
Kelly, of this p'ace, who had prepared to entertain
the thousands of visitors and home folks with at-
tractions at Association Park. The program for each
day was a flight with au airship, a dirigible balloon
ascension and matinee horse races, the latter being
strictly under the auspices of the San Bernardino
Country Driving Club, but the club was in no way
associated with the other attractions, nor interested
in the gate receipts. The balloon failed to go up
either day; the airship was not even exposed to
view the first day but made three attempts at flying
the second, and at one time succeeded in rising con-
siderably above the fence rail; the other two spurts
had more of a skidding appearance than a genuine
flight, so it fell to the lot of the driving club to fur-
nish the whole attraction, which I feel we did with
much honor and credit to ourselves, although we
had divided up the classes so as to have a short
card each day.
The first event was the 2:40 trot, the entries being
all from the Riverside Driving Club.
Dark Streak by Rayrnon 2:27%, ow-ned and driven
by Henry Webster; Laura Madison, owned and
driven by Chas. June, and Prince Valentine by Ex-
ioneer, owned by G. M. Carrigan, was placed in the
careful hands of Dr. F. A. Ramsey.
Dark Streak won the first heat in 2:34 with Prince
Valentine second. Prince Valentine reached the
wire first in tne second heat in 2:36, with Laura
Madison in second place. The third heat went to
Laura, but only by the mistake of Webster who. being
so far in advance, on approaching the wire pulled to
a jog, but was unable to recover his stride, when the
mare came sweeping down upon him and won by a
nose in 2:3S. The fourth heat was also taken by
Laura Madison, as the other two were not up to a
four-heat proposition.
The next event was the three-year-old trot. Larry,
by Larry Kinney, matinee record 2:20, owned by
J. W. Batchelor of San Bernardino, and driven by
Fred Stopplefield: Lady Worthwile. by Worthwile,
owned and driven by Axel Nelson of Riverside; Mable
Van, by On Stanley 2:17. owned and driven by Frank
Tress of San Bernardino. This race was a proces-
sion in both heats, with Mable Van in the lead,
Larry second. Time — 2:31, 2:3S.
The next event was a mile against time by Amado,
by Direct Heir 2:17. owned by M. S. Severance and
driven by W. L. Miller. Started to beat 2:10 but
owing to a slow track for a low going pacer and
facing a hard wind all down the back stretch, he
failed by three seconds, reaching the wire in 2:13.
Amado has previously beaten this mile three differ-
ent times, stepping one of them in 2:10, and only
yesterday, six days after the meeting, reeled off one
in 2:08 flat, with each quarter in exactly 32 seconds.
Four other watches caugmt him in 2:07% with the
last quarter in 31% seconds. Mrs. Severance, how-
ever, was willing to accept the time as 2: OS, as it
didnt seem possible for the horse to have gone even
that fast owing to the condition of the track. Mr.
Miller, who has been handling the Severance horses
this spring, certainly deserves great credit: while
being an amateur of limited experience, he has not
only produced condition and speed, but has his
horses good enough for a campaign, and will be
heard from later in the season.
The next event was the free-for-all trot. Buster,
bv Neernut 2.12%, owned by G. W. Parsons of High-
land, and driven by G. W. Bonnell of Redlands; Larry
Kinney, bv McKinney 2:11%, owned by Wm. Rourke
and driven by Fred E. Ward of Los Angeles: Mari-
gold by Zolock 2:05 %, owned and driven by G. H.
Judd of Riverside; Bolock by k-olock. owned and
driven by J. H. Kelly of San Bernardino. In this
line up it was thought the unbeaten Larry Kiu-
ney had met his Waterloo, for it was the first time
he had been classified with horses of 2:15 caliber.
Mr. Ward, however, managed to keep him in the
lead both heats, which were in 2:20 flat. Mr. Kelly
with Bolock driving him out the first heat, and Buster
reaching for his scalp in the second. Marigold, the
old time favorite, not being up to her true form, was
fourth both heats.
On the second day, May 20th. the first event on
the program was, the free-for-all pace. On Bly, by
On Stanley 2:17, owned by James Campbell of San
Bernardino, and driven by Fred E. Ward of Los An-
geles; Harry H., by Raymon 2:27, owned and driven
by Chas. June of Riverside; The Conqueror, by Direct
Heir, owned by M. S. Severance of San Bernardino,
and driven by Mr. W. L. Miller of the same place.
This race was conceded to The Conquerer from the
beginning, but Mr. Ward with On Bly made him earn
his title by forcing him out in 2:15% and 2:16. The
old veteran, Harry H.. has seen too many battles
to hold his own with such company.
The second event was the free-for-all trot. Marie S.
by MeKeen Wilkes, owned and driven by G. W.
Bonnell; Bolock. by Zolock, owned and driven by J.
H. Kelley; Diedrich, by Direct Heir 2:17. owned by
J. H. Poole of San Bernardino, and driven by Fred
Stopplefield; Emma Z., by Zombro 2:11, owned by L.
Fotter of Riverside and driven by Fred E. Ward of
Los Angeles; Bolock was the only horse that raced
both days, and it was fortunate for him that he did,
for while he won the first heat in 2:18% the bulletin
board flashed out the figures 2:17 to his credit in the
second heat, beating the free-for-all record of the
day before, three full seconds. The other three raced
close up both heats in the following order: Emma
H. second, Marie S. third, and Diedrich fourth. Died-
rich in the second heat broke at the % pole and
looked like a candidate for the red banner before
he got his stride, but he must have trotted the last
quarter in 32 seconds, for he was in the bunch at
the wire when the counting took place.
The next event was the 2:30 trot. On Conn, by
On Stanley 2:1,, owned and driven by J. H. Kelly;
Buster Wilkes, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, owned
and driven by G. H. Judd. Buster Wilkes proved the
master of the On Stanley colt, and marched off both
heats in 2:31 and 2:29.
This finished the two days program which was par-
ticularly enjoyed by lovers of the sport. Those who
received second and third prizes, from the $75 worth
that were awarded, accepted them with thanks, but
said they were coming back and get first prize next
time.
The officers were: Starter, F. H. Holloway of
Hemet. Judges, C. H. Thomas of Redlands, H. G.
Stanley of Riverside and J. W. Batchelor of San
Bernardino. Timers, T. W. Wells of Highland, F. S.
Pond of Riverside, James Campbell of San Bernar-
dino. Marshal, Hiram Kelly of San Bernardino.
HORSES HIGH IN FAVOR.
In a recent interview Mr. Arnold Lawson of Boston,
son of the noted financier, Thos. W. Lawson, said:
"The horse was never in higher favor than at
present, and it was never harder to find a good one.
Ten years ago fine horses were common and prices
were moderate. Today a matched pair is almost
impossible to find, and the price named by the dealer
when such a combination is discovered is appalling.
Horseback riding is going to be one of the fads of
the summer, and the woman who has grown stout
and listless will take to the bridle paths again to re-
duce her weight and bring her back into form. In
consequence of this society will veer back to the
horse. There is nothing, to my mind, that can take
the place of a well-bred horse. I do not know of
anything that affords more pleasure than handling
the reins over a high-stepping, spirited, blooded
horse. Whether it is true or not that there is a
corner in the supply, they are certainly very hard
to obtain, and fancy prices are being paid for such
as come up to requirements. Horse dealers all over
the world have been gathering up the finest horses
to meet the reaction that they have seen was bound
to come. The supply has been greatly diminished, of
course, because of the small demand of recent years,
ior riding and driving horses. This has made fancy
prices possible. There will be more horses used this
year at fashionable resorts than lor a long time,
while the dearth and demand for gentlemen's driving
horses are making prices soar."
"Mr. Lawson, who is an ardent admirer of the
horse, says that horses are more desirable today than
they ever were, and because of the fact that so many
dealers in lancy stock have been driven out of busi-
ness by the craze for automobiles those who are still
in business have practically cornered the market for
good horses and are selling them at prices which are
almost labulous. It is said at Dreamwold Thomas W.
Lawson's stock of fine horses is as large as ever.
He uses his automobile for long trips, but his horses
ior pleasure. It is intimated that he will have a
stable of show horses at the National next fall. So-
ciety has decreed that the horse shall be in favor
again. The automobile is to be used for long trips,
but the hcrse is to be used for pleasure. Many who
have been accustomed to driving well-bred and
speedy horses are tiring of the automobile, and
horses from this on will be seen more and more till
the tide turns again in favor of some new fad, per-
haps flying machines. Among the wealthy people of
Boston, horseback riding in the parks and bridle
paths alcng the boulevards is now becoming more and
more noticeable. Hundreds of fashionable women
are taking a morning canter on horseback and an
afternoon drive behind a pair of fine horses. There
is a growing demand for the better class of driving
and carriage horses, and prices are increasing with
the demand. Many wealthy men and women, who
sold most of their horses when the day of the auto-
mobile came are now in the market for good horses
with which to refill their stables."
AROUND RIO VISTA.
In my travels among the farmers of the "Monte-
zuma Hills" I have found the best mules in the
State of California, mules weighing from 1400 to
1700 pounds. They are used principally on the com-
bined harvesters. Mr. Perry Anderson, one of the
successful farmers of this section has one team of
32 mules which is one of the best lots in the hills,
all weighing over 1500.
On the farms of the MeCormiek Bros, may he
found a choice lot of brood mares weighing from
1500 to 1900. and also a nice lot of. colts.
This section is one of the favorite places of the
McNab & Smith Dray Company for purchasing heavy
horses.
The country around Rio Vista is_one of the best
sections for raising stock, especially mules, in the
State. Every farmer takes a pride in raising the
best. The Anderson Stallion Company has pur-
chased the best, and paid the highest price for them,
having one four-year-old black Norman, weighing
over 2100.
MeCormiek Bros, have one of the best Belgians
that ever stood for service in the Montezuma Hills,
he having from SO to 100 colts every year.
It would pay any lover of horses to make a trip
to Rio Alsta to see the fine colts that are raised here
every year.
DR. H. HORDORN.
Saturday, June 4, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
Southern California Colt Stakes May Come North
This Year.
HEMET HORSE GOSSIP.
CLEVELAND NOTES.
Los Angeles, May 31st, 1910.
There was very little doing at the Arcadia track
last week, one or two stiff miles round 2:17 was the
best asked for, the balance of the week for both trot-
ters and pacers was in the twenties. This was owing
in the first place to a general let up after the strenu-
ous miles and fractions of miles given the horses and
colts for the previous ten days or two weeks, and
secondly that the track is getting in very bad condi-
tion owing to lack of water and work. There is only
one team at work on it in the mornings and eve-
nings an dthe soil is such that it would require at
least two teams to keep it in shape. If it is allowed
to run down much more one or two of the trainers
say they will have to make a move as they can not
do themselves or their horses or owners justice. It
is so sandy in spots that when a horse strikes one of
the places at speed he simply flounders through, like
on a sea beach at high tide.
It is pretty well assured now that the new track
at Agricultural Park will not be completed in time
for the fall's racing and in the shape Arcadia is at
present racing there would be out of the question,
but even if it were put in good shape, which could of
course easily be done, and at comparatively small ex-
pense it is a question if enough people could be
induced to take the three-quarters of an hour's ride
there and the same time back by trolley and pay the
45 cents for the round trip in addition to the admis-
sion fee and grandstand seat to make it pay.
Last year when there was an excellent card given
and each of the four days racing under the auspices
of the Los Angeles Harness Horse Association, with
a large majority of the very best horses in training
on the coast contending in the different classes and
the track within twenty minutes ride of the center of
the city with a 5 cent car fare each way, but §1235
was taken in at the gate and grand stand for the
whole four days.
The California Breeders, the Canfield and the Can-
field-Clark stakes will of course have to be raced off
this fall and the secretary of the California Breeders
Association has been instructed to get in communica-
tion with some of the northern tracks that will hold
meetings this season with a view to seeing what
arrangements can be made to incorporate these
stakes in one of their programs and have them de-
cided at one of the meetings up north.
Althol, the gray pacer by Athablo that Walter
Maben worked a mile a week or so ago in 2:08% has
been sold to J. H. Woods and will be shipped to
his new owner at Kalamazoo, Mich. This is the
horse I wrote you last week had been used as a saddle
horse by a boy. He is six years old and very smooth
gaited with considerably better than 2 minute speed.
The colts by El Volante owned by C. A. Canfield
have been named as follows: The chestnut son of
Cloe will race as Volador, the bay filly out of Sue
is called El Vuelo and the Dixie W. colt by Walter
Barker is Estrella.
Walter Maben worked C. A. Canfield's three-year-
old filly Duzara by Walter Barker dam Cloe, a mile
in 2:25; this was the first time she had ever been
hooked to a sulky.
The Red McK. colt owned by E. A. Montgomery
and called Victor Mc worked a quarter for the same
trainer in 37 seconds. He is the one matched for
$200 a side against C. A. Canfield's two-year-old filly
Hermosa by Walter Barker, that by the way worked
a half the same day in 1:18%.
Will Durfee stepped the green pacer Kid Dillon a
quarter in 14%, Crescendo, the full brother to Copa
de Oro, trotted the same distance in :15%, McPatchen
a green trotter a mile in 2:17% with second eighth
in 16 seconds and Watercress paced an eighth in 14%
seconds.
Pastora, dam of Regalo and Bonnie Ela, the dam of
Bonnie Russell were bred to Carlokin last week.
JAMES.
COLLEGE COURSE FOR FARMERS.
BERKELEY, May 21. — Announcement has been
made at the university of the short courses in agri-
culture which will be held under the auspices of the
department of agriculture this fall. These courses
are held yearly and attract a large number of farmers
from all over the State, as well as other students.
The courses this year will vary in length from two
to eight weeks and instruction will be given by
members of the university faculty.
During the short courses there will be a farmer's
week, when institutes will be held, and savants will
expound the theories and practice of agriculture.
This will be held from October 10 to October 15.
The railroads have offered special inducements
this year to students coming here for the short
courses and this fact, in the opinion of Prof. E. J.
Wickson, dean of the co-.ege, shouid bring many to
Berkeley who would not otherwise come.
The dates for the short courses are:
General agriculture, September 26 to October 8.
Dairy manufactures, October 3 to November 22.
Milk production and care, October 17 to 28.
Animal industry and veterinary science, October
17 to November 4.
Poultry husbandry, incubating and taking care of
chicks, October 3 to November 19, lectures and
demonstrations October 17 to 29.
Horticulture, viticulture and entomology, November
9 to 23.
Eugene F. Binder, the well known Southern Cali-
fornia horseman sends the following items from
Hemet, Cal., where he is working his horses:
The Hemet half mile regulation track is one of
the best, if not the best in the State. It is kept in
fine condition all the time, money is not spared, and
everything is of the very best. There are about fifty
of the finest box stalls that money and experience
could devise, electric lights in every stall, pure
mountain water and oat hay of the finest quality
at reasonable prices. For this splendid plant we owe
thanks to that grand lover of good sport, W. F.
Whittier who spends his money unselfishly and this
beautiful place will certainly be a monument to his
good taste and liberality as he allows the public
to enjoy it to the fullest.
The premier stallion of Hemet Stock Farm is Geo.
W. McKinney 2:14%, who has already made a name
for himself. There are many promising colts here
by him, and as he started here with only common
mares it is a delight to see the many good roadsters
of his get that are big. fine, good-going trotters.
The farm owns a twelve months old colt by Kin-
ney Lou 2:07% dam Louise Carter (3) 2:24 by
Chestnut Tom 2:15, which trotted on Wednesday,
May 25th, a quarter in 42% seconds and an eighth
in 21 seconds. He is a good one.
Several of the yearlings here are working quarters
in 50 seconds or better. It is Mr. Whittier's aim to
raise a horse on his farm that will beat two minutes,
and it looks as if he may breed one. He is ably
assisted in his endeavors by Superintendent Hollo-
way, whi is the right man in the right place.
I have sold my five-year-old green pacing mare
Welda Schnell by Expedition, dam Alphia Maid
2:18% by Constantine 2:12%. grandam Alphia Wilkes
by Baron Wilkes 2: IS, to C. A. Holcomb of Los
Angeles. He came up one day and expressed a desire
to lease her, but as I did not care to do so, asked
permission to work her out. He drove her the fourth
heat in 2:15, last half in 1:06% and he did not stop
a minute, but paid me my price,, which was well up
in four figures. He shipped her to Baltimore with
three others, and will start racing them about June
1st. She is a good one and will be heard from.
I intend sending my six-year-old stallion. Worth
While, by Allerton, east to race over the half mile
tracks. He has been doing very well here; had a
short season and was mated with some of the best
mares on the Hemet Farm, among them Nealy W.,
Mattie Whittier by Geo. W. McKinney, and Lady
Zombro by Zombro.
The horsemen here are trying to arrange for a fall
meeting with purses about $300 to $400, join the
National Trotting Association and do things right.
E. F. B.
HORSE STATES.
Most people will be surprised to know that Illinois
is the first horse state in the Union, and not Texas,
or one of the Western range States. According to
the estimates of the United States Department of
Agriculture of the live stock in the country Illinois
has 1,655,000 horses, worth $125 each, or a total of
$205,220,000. Only six other States have live stock
of all kinds whose total value exceeds the value of
the horses alone in Illinois. These States are Iowa,
Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio.
Horses comprise nearly 45 per cent of the total
live stock value of the country, their figures being
$2,276,363,000 as compared with $5,138,486,0000 for
horses, milch cows, cattle, swine, sheep and mules.
There are 21,040,000 horses in the country, of an
average value of $108.19 per head. This in an in-
crease of 1,000,000 since 1909 and of 012.55 in value
per head. Horses are most valuable in New Jersey,
where they are worth $134 each, and the cheapest
in New Mexico, at $47.
The United States and Russia have about one-half
the horses of the world, Russia having about the
same number as the United States, Argentina is third
on the list with S, 000,000 head, Asiatic Russia fourth
with about 7,000,000, and Germany next with 4,-
000,000.
The second horse State is Iowa, which has 1,447,-
000 head, valued at $120 each, a total of $173,640,000.
Texas probably to the surprise of most people, is
eighth on the list, being passed by the two States
mentioned, and by Kansas, Ohio, Nebraska, Missouri,
and Indiana, although the Lone Star State has more
horses than any of these seven States except Iowa
and Illinois. Texas has 1,369,000 horses, but they are
worth only $73 each, a total of $99,937,000. Kansas
has 1,1S7,000, valued at $127,009,000, or $107 each;
Ohio has only 977,000 head, but they are worth
$126,0033,000, or $129 each. Nebraska has 1.045,000
head worth $112,860,000, or $10S each. Missouri has
1,005,000 horses, which at $103 each are worth $103,-
515,000. Indiana has S47.000 head, which at $122 each
are worth $103,334,000.
Following Texas in the production of horses come
Michigan, with $93,996,000 worth; tenth. New York,
$S9,625,000; eleventh, Minnesota, $85,137,000; twelfth,
Pennsylvania, $81, 708,000; thirteenth, North Dakota,
$81,168,000; fourteenth, Wisconsin, $80,949,000; fif-
teenth, Oklahoma, $65,124,000; sixteenth. South Da-
kota. $64,260,000; seventeenth, California, $44,100,000;
eighteenth, Kentucky, 842,735,000; nineteenth, Ten-
nessee, $35,2SS,000.
These nineteen States have horses valued at $1,-
S26,638,000, or SO per cent of the total for the
country.
o
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
The Billings string arrived at the track on Friday
the 13th, and certainly they are in fine condition and
enough is said when Doc Tanner is thoroughly
pleased with them.
Uhlan 2:02%, his star pupil, looks fit and ready to
race today, and while Tanner has not given any very
fast miles up to date, the fastest one being 2:17, he
says that the son of Bingen 2:06% can trot a quarter
at the end of a mile in 30 seconds w-ith perfect ease,
and from the manner in which he does it foreshadows
that he has more than an even chance of procuring
the record for geldings.
W. J. Lewis 2:06% looks big and strong, and has
been a mile in 2:20, and a quarter in 33% seconds.
Turley 2:07% worked in the same notch. Peter
Balta 2:11% was given a mile in 2:19% and a quar-
ter in 33 seconds before leaving Memphis. Oakland
Mirchime, the green gelding that Tanner purchased
at Madison Square Garden, a product of Hudson
River Stock Farm, a son of the premier stallion,
Oakland Baron 2:09%, dam Miriam Chimes by
Chimes, has made a good growth, and Tanner is
particularly sweet on the manner in which he is
working. The gelding is perfectly mannered and is
capable of doing anything that his manager and
trainer asks of him, and promises to be quite a
figure in the matinees this season. He has not been
any very fast miles, but has shown that he could
step a two-minute gait when called upon.
W. J. Andrews has been at the local track for the
past three weeks and is much pleased with the course
and its surroundings, and he should be, as there is
no more perfectly equipped trotting track or a more
beautiful country surrounding than the one at North
Randall.
Lady Worthy 2:11%, owned by Tottinger Brothers
of New York, is in fine fettle, and while she has only
been a mile in 2:2S to date, has shown speed enough
that she will surely, with no mishap, cut a big slice
from her present record and be numbered among the
winners.
Soprano (3) 2:08%, a Futurity winner, that was
bred by H. B. Combs, and Mr. Andrews states that
with splendid manners, great speed and the limited
training, he could see no reason why she possibly
would not be as fast as Hamburg Belle 2:01%. So-
prano has been able to do anything that Andrews
asked her, yet he has not given her a mile better
than 2:28, but brushed her at a fast clip.
Another member of his stable that he is particu-
larly pleased with, is the mare Eva Tanguay 2:16%.
She was worked in 2:27 with a quarter in 32 seconds,
showing much reserve of speed. There is no doubt
whatever that she is one of the new 2:10 trotters
of the coming season.
The green trotter, Robert A., by Bernadotte, dam
by Wilkes Boy, who trotted three heats better than
2:12 in his work last fall, has been a mile in 2:25, a
quarter in 23 seconds.
Henry Clayton by Prodigal 2:16, who acquired a
record as a two-year-old of 2:26, was not worked as
a three-year-old, but placed in a team on the farm
as a four-yearold, being taken up and put into train-
ing on August 1st, and driven a mile in 2:16 at the
close of the season. wa3 given a mile in 2:22 and a
quarter in 32 seconds.
Royal Hall by Walnut Hall, dam Fereno, that had
a trial of 2:30. worked in 2:30. He is owned by
Edward and Joseph Madden.
Margaret Parrish, bay filly (2) by Vice Commodore
2:11, dam Lady Leyburn, worked a mile in 2:37, half
in 1:15, quarter in 35 seconds.
Captain David Shaw's horses arrived at the track
less than a fortnight ago and up to date none of
them has been a mile better than 2:40. They, of
course, are in charge of Mike McDevitt. The string
is as follows: Miss Plumbline, bay filly (2) by Guy
Axworthy 2:0S%; Grate, chestnut filly "(3), sister to
Czarevna 2:0<%, who trialed in 2:13% as a two-year-
old; John, brown filly, by Directum Spier, dam Sarah
W. by Hal Braden 2:07%; Miss Baritone 2:21%;
Benetta, .bay filly (3) by Bingara, dam Good Goods
2:09%, credited with a trial last fall in 2:12%;
Peton, bay stallion, four years old, record 2:21 as
three-year-old, by Peter the Great 2:07%.
Bert Shank, notwithstanding his serious injury
last spring, when he had his leg broken in three or
four places, has been seen every day teaming the
Thistle Doune Farm horses. Thistle Doune (5), who
was a close second in 2:13% as a two-year-old at
Lexington and was timed in 2:10 in the Futurity as
a three-year-old, has grown to be an extremely rugged
horse.
Mr. Shank says that he cannot remember of ever
having a stallion that combined more good qualities
than Thistle Doune. He is rugged, perfect mannered
and has a great flight of speed, which can be utilized,
and he looks for him to be good in his class.
This promising stallion of course is the property
of Gen. W. B. Chisholm, who will race him as well
as several other select trotters and pacers down the
big line from start to finish. While Shank is doing
the training for the present, it seems doubtful
whether he will eventually be able to pilot the good
ones in their races. His improvement, however, has
been very rapid, and horsemen hope he will be in
line among the kingpin drivers of the Grand Circuit.
The taking up of the Grand Circuit dates in New-
York, Boston and Hartford gives special satisfaction
to Western horsemen, especially trainers located
here. — Plaindealer.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 4, 1910.
1 NOTES AND NEWS |
Homer Rutherford is going to Salem to locate and
will open a public training stable there.
Henry Smith left for the east in the same car
with Chas. De Ryder. He took his good pacer De-
nirvo by Demonio to race on the Mississippi circuits.
Mr. 0. A. Martin, of 1643 H street, this city, adver-
tises a handsome four-year-old Ally for sale and as
she is well broken should find a ready purchaser for
her.
George H. Estabrook of Denver, Colo., has bred
Dorothy Axworthy, the very fast daughter of Ax-
worthy 2:15%, to his great colt Colorado E., by
The Bondsman.
Chas. De Ryder left Pleasanton this week for his
eastern campaign, taking ten head of trotters and
pacers, including the two crack side wheelers Charley
D. 2:06% and Adam G. 2:06%.
George H. Estabrook's string of 1910 Grand Cir-
cuit performers will receive their final preparation
over the Kalamazoo, Mich., track and Gus Macey ex-
pects to ship them to that point from Denver shortly.
Miss Kanaga, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, dam by Le
Grand, has been bred to Binvolo 2:09%. Miss Kan-
aga is a double producer, being represented by Kan-
aga 2:18%, and the pacer Quo Vadis 2:14%.
M. W. Savage offers to breed mares with a record
of 2:10 or better, or mares that have produced 2:10
performers, on shares if the owner so prefers. From
now on the world's champion will be regularly in
the stud.
John L. Snyder, Springfield, Ohio, has an excep-
tionally promising three-year-old trotting filly in
Misolite, by Searchlight 2:03%. As a two-year-old
she trotted in 2:23%, and this year she has been
eighths in 16% seconds.
D. A. Messner, of Oxnard, Ind., has negotiations
pending with an Eastern buyer for the sale of one
of Dan Patch's full brothers, of which Mr. Messner
has three in his barn.
While driving a pair of spirited Morgans at Middle-
bury, Vt., last week, Col. Joseph Battell, the fore-
most Morgan authority in the country today, was
thrown from his carriage and painfully, but not
seriously injured.
P. W. Hodges has secured the three-year-old colt
by Greco B. dam Oniska, the dam of San Francisco
2:07%, by Nutwood Wilkes. Mr. Hodges bred this
colt and believes he will trot very fast if properly
handled.
Dick Abies is seriously considering retiring from
horse training. He has a small farm near Santa
Rosa and finds the chicken crop quite lucrative. He
says a horseman can find a great deal of pleasure
on a farm where he can get yellow legged chicken
for dinner any time he wants it.
The New York legislature has enacted a law re-
pealing the 5 per cent tax on gross receipts of trot-
ting and running tracks. This tax placed a heavy
burden on tracks and was responsible for the closing
of some of them.
One of the best-bred foals to be reported this year
is a chestnut filly by Axworthy 2:15%, out of Euxi-
nite 2:11%, by Expedition. The mare and foal are
the property of Mr. C. E. Luster of Galesburg, 111.,
who will return the mare again to Axworthy.
Dick Benson, for many years with the light harness
horse and who still enjoys a mount behind a good
one, has charge of the stable of thoroughbreds owned
by Alex. Frasier of Kansas City, Mo., and will race
them at Oklahoma City's early running meeting.
The possibilities of harness racing without public
betting were demonstrated at Boston last year, when
the gate receipts averaged $7,000 daily during the
Grand Circuit meeting at Readville Park.
On Voyage, a three-year-old colt by Bon Voyage,
owned by John Wallace, trotted the Salem track in
2:19 one day last week, the last quarter in 32 sec-
onds. The colt is pretty well engaged in eastern
stakes and has been shipped to Detroit.
Sandy Smith has one of the largest strings on the
North Randall grounds, sixteen in- all, and conse-
quently, every day is a busy one with him, as he is
always on the job and personally sees that each and
every individual in his charge gets the very best of
care and attention.
The trotting gelding, Chase 2:07%, by Keeler,
owned by Chauncey Sears, Fall River, Mass., is show-
ing sensational speed at the meetings of the Mero-
politan Driving Club on the Charles River speedway,
Boston, Mass., and recently trotted the first and sec-
ond heats of a race in 1:00% and 1:00%.
Before M. D. Shutt took Penisa Maid 2:04%, back
to Rock Rapids, la., last month, he gave her her head
one day at the Billings track, in Memphis, and the
speedy daughter of Pennant turned the oval on
2:12%.
GETS $1250 TO BEAT 2:14.
The first of the get of the young sire, Add Guy,
by Guy Axworthy 2:08%, to arrive at Woodlawn
View Farm, Albany, N. Y., is a filly out of Veronica,
trial 2:14, by Neernut 2:12%, the property of Mr.
Charles J. Walker. This filly is entered in the
Western Horseman and the American Horse Breeder
futurities for foals of 1910.
King George of England will maintain a royal
racing stable at Newmarket and a breeding stud
at Sandringham, and he will patronize racing on
the same extensive scale as his father, the late King
Edward. It was at the request of King George that
the National Horse Show will be held according to
the original schedule.
C. A. Durfee, for the first time in his life drove a
hoppled pacer this week. He sat behind Dr. Nash's
good pacer Happy Dentist 2:11% and seemed to like
the experience. As Henry Helman, who has here-
tofore trained and driven this horse, expects to go
east next week, Mr. Durfee may take the Nutwood
Wilkes gelding into his stable.
Guy Miller, who was widely known as a horseman
in Orange county when Rysdyk's Hambletonian was
in his prime, fifty years ago, is training a young
trotter for Theodore Frelinghuysen, president of the
Tuxedo Horse Show Association. The youngster is
entered in the 2:30 race at Goshen and the veteran
reinsman may drive him this season on the historic
track where Hambletonian was exhibited in 1860 or
thereabouts.
Lou Mativia, the veteran horseman, who for many
years has been the lessee of the half-mile track at
Dixon, having taken up his permanent residence in
Woodland, removed his entire string of horses from
the Dixon track to Woodland this week. While
Mativia will continue in the breeding and racing
game he will devote a good deal of his time to farm-
ing, which will be a new departure for him.
Mr. E. R. Dunn, of Seattle, will spend a few months
in California this summer. He had his mare Rose
Lecco sent from Santa Rosa to Pleasanton this week
and Sutherland & Chadbourne will train her. Mr.
and Mrs. Dunn will make a trip through the Santa
Cruz mountains behind a span of trotters during the
next few weeks.
The catalogue of the imported Percheron and Bel-
gian stallions and mares to be sold by auction at the
University Farm at Davis, Yolo county, June 20th,
has been received. It contains the extended pedigree
and full description of all the horses and is hand-
somely printed. This dispersal sale of all the breed-
ing stock owned by Mr. A. A. Sandahl, of Montana,
is attracting much attention. Farmers and horse
breeders should send to Fred H. Chase & Co., 478
Valencia street, San Francisco, for catalogues.
Custer 2:05%, the fastest pacing representative of
Sidney Dillon, is to he raced on the trot this season,
and his owner has named him in the M. & M. and
other big stakes. He has been a mile on the trot in
2:09, and with no mishaps should make considerable
reputation as a trotter this season, in keeping with
that he has already made as a pacer.
Walter Winans, an American transplanted to Eng-
land, has made 147 entries for the International
Horse Show at Olympia, London, a number which
exceeds that of any other exhibitor. He recently
held a private horse show at his estate at Pluckley
where his prospects for honors, including trotters,
Hackneys, cross-breds and jumpers, were exhibited
to interested horsemen. Some of his best harness
horses are from Hackney stallions and American
standard-bred mares.
We desire to call attention to the fact that the
well known horseman, M. C. Delano, the man who
trained and drove Stam B. 2:11% and other fast
horses to their records, recently completed the full
course, and is now a doctor of veterinary surgery
and practice. He is located at Sacramento, his office
being at Gillis' stables, 917 Eighth street. Mr. De-
lano is a thorough horseman, an intelligent well read
gentleman and we believe he will make one of the
most thorough and painstaking of veterinarians. He
put in four years of hard study at the Veterinary Col-
lege here and is fully qualified in every way. We
hope he may build up a lucrative practice in his pro-
fession.
The former American trotting stallion Gold Ring
2:18, by Eden Gold Dust, dam by Fearnaught Gift,
was recently sold in England for $105. He was bred
in Canada and foaled in 1884. While he was the
property of Andrew M. Learn, of London, Ont., he be-
came a ringer and was detected and expelled. Later
he was trained for a "guideless wonder," a trick that
he learned to do well. Then he was sent to England
and exhibited on many of the tracks of that country.
On learning that he was recently sold for $105, Mr.
Learn announced his purpose to repurchase him and
bring him back to America if he can stand the
voyage.
New Zealand Dan Patch Paces Mile in 2:09 2-5 on
Three Quarter Mile Grass Track.
At Auckland, New Zealand, there is a new grass
track, three quarters of a mile in circumference, al-
most egg shaped, with rises and falls at different
stages that have caused it to be looked upon as a
very slow race course. The record of the track was
2:18, made by a pacer, and the Auckland Trotting
Club offered 100 sovereigns to any horse that would
lower it, or 250 sovereigns for one that would beat
2:14. The pacer Dan Patch 2:10, sired by Roths-
child, was named to try for the money and on April
30th, he paced a mile on this track in 2:09 2-5, a
wonderful performance, and one that shows him to
be entitled to a place among the first class pacers of
any country. The New Zealand Referee of May 4th,
has this to say of the performance:
"The enterprise of the Auckland Trotting Club in
hanging up a stake of 250 sovs for any stallion or
mare putting up a record of 2:14 on the Alexandra
Park track, was rewarded last week with signal suc-
cess. When it was announced some weeks ago that
the gauntlet would be taken up on behalf of Dan
Patch, whose record of 2:10 gave every hope of suc-
cess, the keenest interest was aroused in the ven-
ture, not only in Auckland, but in most other centers
where trotting flourishes. There is nothing the rac-
ing public enjoys more than to see high-class horses,
with everything in their favor, competing in matches,
or against time. Then it is that the essence of true
sporting proclivities is brought out, and genuine
enthusiasm is aroused. So it was when Dan Patch on
Saturday week, despite a greasy course and unfavor-
able conditions, made his first attempt on the north-
ern track. Under the circumstances failure brought
with it no disgrace, but served rather as a fillup to
the next day's proceedings. Without the aid of a
pacemaker, the brilliant son of Rothchild reeled
off his first quarter in 32 seconds, and traveling at
exactly the same clip, got to the half-mile mark in
1:04. The third quarter was left behind with little
diminution in speed, taking but 33 2-5 seconds, while
the full mile was finished up in 2:11 4-5. No wonder
the achievement of both Dan Patch, and his driver,
Lou Robertson, evoked the enthusiasm of the crowd,
for as an exhibition of extreme speed it must have
come as a revelation to the majority of those present.
With commendable enterprise, the club came to the
fore again on the last day of its meeting by offering
another purse of 150 sovs for any horse going 2:10
or better. Once again Dan Patch electrified the many
present by pacing to the end of the journey like a
piece of machinery in 2:09 2-5., which is only two-
fifths of a second outside Ribbonwood's Australasian
record made at Addington just over seven years ago.
The visitor was timed to go his first quarter in 31 2-5
seconds, half mile in 1:03 2-5, six furlongs in 1:36,
and full distance in 2:09 2-5, which is claimed to be
a world's record for a grass track. In its present im-
proved condition it is almost certain that Ribbon-
wood, were he still in his prime, or Dan Patch, would
have little trouble in establishing a fresh New Zea-
land record on the Metropolitan course, which, judged
by results, must be considerably faster than the Auck-
land convincing ground. This being so, it is rather
surprising that the premier trotting club of New
Zealand does not attempt to entertain its patrons,
and help to further popularize the sport in outside
quarters by following in the footsteps of its pro-
gressive northern contemporary. The big stumbling-
block is, of course, the effect success would make
on any record-breaker's subsequent handicapping.
Still, there are surely some sportsmen in our midst,
who would not hesitate to let their stallions or mares
attain undying fame, if the inducement held out was
sufficiently attractive. It is not the immediate finan-
cial result that should be considered, and though the
Auckland Trotting Club is not likely to reap any
great monetary benefit from Dan Patch's presence at
its meeting, there can be no question as to the
splendid influence it will have on the sport through-
out the Auckland province.
TOO MUCH JOHNSTONE.
In the Breeder and Sportsman two weeks ago ap-
peared a letter from Geo. T. Beckers, owner of
Zombro 2 : 11, in which that gentleman exposed an ad-
vertiser in this journal who claimed to have a Zombro
mare for sale. The mare was advertised as by Zom-
bro out of a Guy Wilkes mare, and owned by Mrs.
J. Johnstone of 5008 East 14th street, Oakland. Mr.
Beckers showed that no Guy Wilkes mare had ever
been bred to Zombro in California, and denounced
the advertisement as fraudulent. Now comes Mr.
James D. Johnstone, a reputable horse dealer of
Elmhurst, Alameda county, who states that he also
is being injured by the Oakland advertiser, whose
name he states is not Mrs. J. Johnstone, hut Mr. H.
Olsen, formerly of Hayward. Olsen does not sign
his name to his advertisements, but. uses fictitious
names or the names of other persons. He is now
running an advertisement in the Rural Spirit of
Portland over the name of Mrs. G. Larsen, 5008 East
14th street, Oakland.
Mr. Johnstone, of Elmhurst, wishes the public to
know that he does not advertise any horses under
a false description or pedigree, and denounces all
such actions. His address is 1624 Mountain View
avenue, Elmhurst.
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The Zombro mare Zaza, is working nicely at Salem,
Oregon, and a 2:12 gait is easy for her.
Saturday, June 4, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE KING OF PACERS IS RETIRED.
EXPERIMENTING WITH THOROUGHBREDS.
Minneapolis, Minn., May, 1910. — Dan Patch has
been permanently retired from the racing and speed
exhibition stage.
M. W. Savage, his owner, is authority for the state-
ment that Dan Patch will never again be asked to
start in attempts to lower the world's records. He
says that this greatest of all great horses has done
his share of work and that his life from this time
on will be spent in enjoying a well earned rest, in
watching other harness horses struggle to lower his
records and in perpetuating his greatness through
his get.
While the champion will not be called upon to
make any of the mighty efforts that have made him
famous he will still do some traveling and during
the coming summer and fall will be an attraction at
a large number of fairs all over the United States.
He will be exhibited in special stalls where people
can see him for close inspection. He will still be
under the care of Charlie Plummer, who has hardly
left the horse night or day for the past seven years
and his care and equipment will be such as befits
the monarch of the harness horse world.
During the coming season Dan will still be the
topliner of the Savage combination of pacers and
wherever Minor Heir, George Gano, Hedgewood Boy
and Lady Maud C. race and attempt to get new
records Dan will be oh hand to introduce them and
pass judgment on their performances. As the cham-
pion of the world and as the acknowledged greatest
of all great horses he will still be an attraction to
fair goers. Both in his magnificently fitted up stalls
and when jogged in front of the grandstands he will
get his full share of approval and honor.
The definite -announcement of Dan Patch's retire-
ment from active campaigning will cause many a true
lover of the horse to indulge in retrospection. Among
the best judges of horses everywhere it is generally
conceded that there has been and there is only one
Dan Patch. For ten years he has been without a peer
in the harness horse world. In manners, in disposi-
tion, in courage, in gameness and speed he has stood
alone.
The performances of other horses have been judged
largely by the nearness of approach to those of this
world's champion. He has repeatedly performed
what experts have pronounced impossible feats. He
has paced seventy-three miles under two minutes.
He has lowered the world's record fourteen times and
he now holds seven world's records.
Dan's last fast miles were at Phoenix, Arizona, last
fall where he paced two miles in 2:03% and 2:02%
without any fast preparation. Early in the season
Dan slightly injured one leg on a half mile track and
this bothered him some last fall so that Hersey did
not key him up to extreme miles. These two miles
at Phoenix were acknowledged by horsemen to be
simply phenomenal on account of his having no
practical preparation and many considered them the
greatest of performances.
During the past winter on the International Farm
Dan rested in his stall more than ever before in his
life. As a result of his own intelligent care of him-
self he is today in grand physical condition. He is
jogging sound and many who know the horse are will-
ing to venture the prediction that he would train this
season and go more wonderful miles. His owner
firmly believes that he could do this. He has
watched Dan Patch defy all of the laws that ordi-
narily govern harness horses and he has unlimited
faith in him.
Notwithstanding this fact the horse will not be
asked to try. Mr. Savage thinks too much of the
king of all harness horses to take any chances of
breaking him down. He will be kept in good health
to enjoy the many years that are left for him.
As the peerless pacer enters his well earned rest
we can get a better perspective of his life as a whole.
The sum total of his performances show a never
failing greatness and a consistency hitherto unknown
to the horse world. His life and works show more
than consistency. They show a well rounded great-
ness that should raise the horse in the estimation of
man. Dan's life story is an inspiration to breeders
and an object lesson to people who have to do with
man's noblest friend, the horse. It tells of intelli-
gence, strength and endurance. It preaches a pow-
erful sermon on what kindness means to our dumb
animals and what it will accomplish when rightly
applied.
Some day in an unusual burst of speed some
horse like Minor Heir may equal some of Dan
Patch's records, but it will take more than the lower-
ing of his records to take from Dan Patch the glory
of his long career and the place he occupies in the
hearts of millions of Americans.
Wm. Simpson considers the latest foals at Empire
City Farms, two sons of Axworthy 2:15% from Mc-
Kinney 2:11%, mares, about as good as anybody can
think of. One is out of Arboral 2:26 by McKinney,
dam Bowery Belle 2:18% by Baron Wilkes 2:18;
second dam Willie Wilkes 2:28 best daughter of
George Wilkes; third dam Sally Southworth one o?
the best producers by Mambrino Patehen; fourth
dam Puss Prall the famous daughter of Mark Time.
Note the piling up of Wilkes blood in this Colt. The
other is out of Ollis McKinney 2:16% by McKinney
dam Princess 2:27% by Electioneer; second dam
Amrah by Nutwood 2:18%.
The Breeder tenders thanks to some unknown
friend in Frankfort, Ky., for a galley proof of an
interesting article evidently prepared for publication
in a local paper, which is as follows:
"Much interest is being taken by the horsemen
who are breeding the three distinct types of horses
in America, viz., the American saddle bred horse,
the Standard bred horse, and the Thoroughbred
horse, in the undertaking of Adjutant General John-
-ston, who has decided to breed his highly developed
standard bred stallion Kavalli (p.) 2:07% to eighteen
of the most royally bred thoroughbred mares in
America.
"General Johnston is not mating Kavalli to these
mares as an experiment, for he knows what the
result will be; but the other breeders are not so
certain of it. Kavalli is one of the most beautifully
bred light harness horses in America. He is by the
world's champion Kremlin 2:07%, and on his dam's
side traced to Clara, the dam of Dexter 2:17%, and
one of the greatest brood mares from the American
Star family.
"But more than that, he is a perfect type of an
individual for breeding purposes. Being a pacer,
General Johnston knows he will get saddle horses;
being standard bred, General Johnston knows he will
get trotters and pacers, and the mares being thor-
oughbreds, General Johnston knows he will get
hunters.
"Kavalli was bred by William Russell Allen of
St. Louis, whose farm is in Massachusetts. The
mares that General Johnston will breed to him are
many of them producers, and all of them are the
daughters of producing mares, with one or more
winning thoroughbreds to their credit.
"In this mating General Johnston is carrying out
the idea of Simon W. Parlin, editor of the American
Breeder, who has been advocating the breeding of
the standard bred horses to the thoroughbred mares
to improve the breed. Doubtless this noted writer
on horses will watch the outcome of the mating with
more interest than other horsemen in the country,
but General Johnston has no doubt as to the out-
come. He has been breeding his great Prodigal stal-
lion Free Giver to thoroughbred mares for some time,
and the result has always been equally as much as
he expected, and the produce of the mating has been
salable when other horses would not command
buyers.
"Kavalli was shown by General Johnston at the
April Horse Show at Lexington, and while there
were no ribbons tied, it was the consensus of opinion
that none of the other horses shown, unless it was
Free Giver, could touch him in conformation, size and
beauty.
"General Johnston bought this horse from Mr.
Allen last winter. As soon as he was shipped to his
farm he decided that he would select from his list
of thoroughbred mares several of the choicest to
breed to Kavalli, and in carrying out his determina-
tion has selected the following:
"Exlex, ch. m„ (19), by imported Simple Simon by
St. Simon; dam, Miss Helyette, by imp. Woodlands.
Wyf, br. m. (8), by Miller, by Hindoo; dam imported
Loita Kent, by Althotas. Oline, by Al Fresco; dam,
De La Croix, by imp. Hawksley. Oratress, br. m., by
imp. Madison; dam, Brooklet, by imp. Billet. Do Ra
Me, br. m., by Buckeye Leaf, son of imported Athol-
stone; dam, Mary Banjo, by imported Tympanum;
second dam, Cannobie Lee, by Springbok, a son of
imported Australian; and from a daughter of Lexing-
ton. Pholic, br. m., by Frankfort, son of Hanover;
dam, Sun Hawk by imp. Hawksley.
There are also seven mares by Omaha, whose sire
was the 1440-pound thoroughbred imported Water-
cress, and whose dam was Orange Leaf by imp. King-
ston; second dam, Bonnie Leaf, by imp. Bonnie Scot-
land, and third dam, Ivy Leaf, by imp. Australian.
Another one is Artiste, ch. m., foaled 1896; sire, the
renowned Salvator, that lowered the American record
for one mile to 1:35% on a straight course at Mon-
mouth Park, Aug. 28, 1890. The dam of Artiste was
Music by Glenelg; second dam, Acoustic, by imported
Australian.
Harris Cox, secretary of the Pleasanton Training
Park, who was recently operated on at Oakland for
appendicitis, is getting along nicely and will soon be
attending to his duties again.
FAMOUS PONY DEAD.
Poughkeepsie, May 22. — The late Woodbury Kane's
famous polo and tandem pony, Punch, died Friday, at
the age of 45 years, at the farm of A. T. Jones, in
Hyde Park. He was buried yesterday in the front
yard of Mr. Jones' home with all the care that could
be accorded the interment of a human being.
Punch passed his 45th birthday on May 17th.
Woodbury Kane, his original owner, was a dashing
polo player, and Punch the favorite mount. He was
the best known horse in Newport. After Punch
retired from the polo field, Mr. Kane sent him to the
country home of an uncle, Walter Langdon, at Hyde
Park, where he remained until the Langdon prop-
erty was purchased by Frederick W. Vanderbilt fif-
teen years ago. Mr. Jones then took charge of Punch
and he had not had a bit in his mouth for twenty-
three years.
Woodbury Kane often visited his pet pony. He
died two years ago. Mrs. Kane, who is in England,
has sent checks regularly to Mr. Jones, and has
expressed solicitude for Punch's welfare.
Several wealthy New Yorkers who have country
homes at Hyde Park, attended Punch's burial yes-
terday. They knew the old horse's history, and sen-
timent appealed strongly to them. The monument to
be erected will say Punch was the oldest horse in the
world.
LOWERING THE PRICE OF STALLIONS.
Parties with trotting-bred stallions, young or old,
find at this present time the greatest difficulty and
discouragement come up against in the horse busi-
ness in trying to dispose of them at prices even
approximating what they regard them as being
worth. The chief explanation for this will be soon
discovered by one traveling through any section of
the country where roadster horses are being pro-
duced. It is in the custom so largely prevailing of
saving for a stallion about every colt foaled from a
standard-bred mare, and many even non-standard and
very ordinary ones. What breeders are thinking of
when they go on saving every male for stock pur-
poses is past comprehension, when one stallion to
every half-hundred mares bred and used for brood
mares is amply sufficient. That means on an aver-
age that only one in fifty males bred should be
reserved for stallion use. And, in fact, probably not
more than that proportion are really desirable in the
highest sense to be preserved. Because a colt has a
respectable sire, and a dam with four to eight stand-
ard crosses, does not say that he will develop into a
useful horse to breed from. The fact is that merely
registration in the American Trotting Register, while
a good and right thing for a proper purpose, proves
nothing whatever touching the worth of what is
registered for breeding use. Scrubs and plugs abound
among registered stuff in numbers so great that thin-
ning out is as much needed as is the lopping off of
branches of the trees in an orchard, or of fruit-sets
on the limbs left. It is so in every department of
life, unless it be in modern times in the human
family, the portion of it where race suicide has
become so fashionable and dominant. And even the
race of man might be improved immensely by stop-
ping procreation by a large element quite fertile in
reproduction. But be this as it may, there are ten,
twenty or thirty colts kept entire where there should
be a single one. Nothing but the very choicest, from
ancestry the most worthy, should be reserved, and
never at all simply because "standard-bred and regis-
tered." This does not mean that long pedigreed,
deeply bred in the standard, only should be used.
Many short-bred, by the rules, having to make them-
selves so by performance, are by far the most de-
sirable. It is the rankest rot sensible men ever were
found promulgating, the notion that all the material
needed to build a trotting family for the future is
now embraced in stock already registered, and that
all that is needed is to multiply what is embraced.
Every year's practical use of the stock produced on
the track, in the show ring, and elsewhere, demon-
strated to a man who can see, that fresh blood in-
fusion, adding additional qualities, traits, character-
istics and capacity, must be brought into requisition
to complete a trotting tribe of the type the ultimate
American trotter is to reach if he becomes a world's
horse. So it does not do to discourage the addition
and use of what is discovered rich and valuable and
good from outside sources, because the bulk has
become so great of the material pushed, jammed and
crammed into the hodge-podge of the American Trot-
ting Register. As a man with half an eye can see,
not one stallion in a score or more of the upwards
of fifty thousand recorded, and not one mare in ten
of the untold thousands registered as standard, are
worth a groat for breeding from, or will produce any-
thing but rubbish or trash, when selling cheap as
dirt bringing more than it is worth. People must
learn that to get prices they must breed horses, and
not mere things, and to do so they must employ
naught but what measures up to a standard abso-
lutely and wholly another than what is called, and is
no more than "standard-bred." — Spirit of the West.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHT-HOUR
LAW.
A controversy has arisen between some of the
railroads of the country and the larger live stock
shippers in regard to the space in the cars which
must be afforded animals in transit from one State
to another in order to make unloading unnecessary
and still comply with the twenty-eight-hour law.
This law provides that when the animals are car-
ried in cars "in which they can and do have proper
food, water, space, and opportunity to rest" they
shall not be required to be unloaded. The Depart-
ment of Agriculture has been appealed to by both
railroads and shippers, and to-day the position of
the Department is tentatively announced as follows:
If cars are not loaded beyond the minimum weight
fixed by the tariffs, the Department will not, for the
present, raise the question as to whether sufficient
space is provided for the animals to rest; but rail-
roads which load beyond the minimum and do not
unload for rest will have to take their chances of
prosecution in the courts.
It is the intention of the Department to institute a
number of test cases and secure rulings from the
federal courts as to what space must be afforded. It
is claimed by the Department that this is the only
course open, since no power is given the Secretary
of Agriculture by the law to make rulings and regula-
tions regarding space to be afforded in cars.
In all cases where live stock is not unloaded en
route "into properly equipped pens for rest, water,
and feeding," the cars must be provided with facili-
ties for feeding and watering in transit, and live
stock must, when so fed and watered, receive proper
feed and water.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 4, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT.
WALRUS HUNTING IN BEHRING SEA.
[By T. M. Clowes.]
Of all the sports of the far north, among which
are enumerated dog racing, sealing, whaling, ice
yachting, fishing and the hunting of all kinds of
game of the air, land and sea, there is none as fasci-
nating to a novice as the chase of the walrus and the
seal.
The real hunt is arranged for walrus and the seal
that are killed are what a grouse would be to a
deer stalker. To land a seal is, however, a happy
incident, as the brains are a delicacy and a compari-
son between seal liver and calf liver must result in
a decision for the former, the meat of the walrus
being too stringy and tough to be of use in the
commissary.
The writer, accompanied by three robust compan-
ions, one of whom was an experienced hunter, and an
equal number of Esquinios, all hunters, left Nome
on the 5th of June, 1907, for what proved to be an
eventful trip.
The Joe Matthews, a 15-ton, two-masted schooner,
was chartered and the necessary paraphernalia for a
successful hunt was stowed away in her, (or if there
is anything in a name, in his) spacious hold, while
the decks were covered with kyaks (native skin
boats) and cases of gasoline.
The season for such a hunt begins immediately
after the massive wall of shore ice has been loosened
from its anchorage by the rivers that for six weeks
had been pouring their silt-laden torrents from their
mouths against the frozen barrier up and down the
shore. As the ice is loosened from the sands it is
slowly, quietly and majestically floated away by old
Boreas, who is constantly puffing his cold breath
out of the north and towards the open sea that fronts
Seward peninsula to the south. So easily and quietly
is it moved that oftimes what appeared to the in-
habitants of the golden shore at Nome to be a vast
field of ice and snow upon their retiring now, upon
arising is an equally vast and extensive expanse of
smooth and shining water and away in the distance
lies, white and glistening, the great barrier that has
jailed the winter colony of Nome for many long dark
and dreary months.
Carried far out into the choppy Behring Sea, there
it melts and decays through the influence of the
Japanese current from Kamchatka and the June sun
of the Arctic.
Through and around this floating barrier composed
of an infinite number of ice floes, into which the great
sea wall of shore ice has been broken by the action
of the waves, innumerable seal abound, both "nat-
sook" and "oogruk," hair seal. These floes, some of
which are miles in extent in a direction running par-
allel with the shore line and from a few hundred feet
to five miles across, are separated from each other
by narrow leads running sometimes clear through
the barrier to the outer edge and are filled with
smaller pieces of ice wash that have broken off the
edges of the larger floes, which, owing to their thick-
ness— being sometimes 10 and 12 feet through — with-
stood the billows of Behring Sea. At various inter-
vals in the floes great cracks and fissures occur,
caused by weakness of the ice, and it is these cracks
that by constant rubbing and pounding together
break off the edges of the vast fields and create the
openings through them that constitute the paths
of commerce and hunting trails known as "leads."
On the shore side of this sea wall it is as calm as
in any land-locked harbor and while you may And
many seal, yet there are no walrus, as they prefer
the outer edge of the floe, where the waves chop
and break on the edges of the ice pack and where
the white caps foam.
So there, on the outer edge, is the goal of the
walrus hunter, and lucky are they who can locate an
open lead and not a blind one, for it may take days
to get the boat back through the lead that proves
blind, which means the burning of many a gallon of
John D.'s gasoline blend, besides the loss of the ?50
a day which the boat's charter costs. As an illus-
tration it may not be amiss to relate that the un-
fortunate S. S. Ohio one year spent 40 days within
250 miles of Nome coasting up and down the outer
edge of the ice pack seeking in vain for a "lead"
that would be the "Open Sesame" to the harbor at
Nome.
On this particular hunt we made but one false
start. In beautiful weather on our second effort we
easily coasted through between the grinding cakes
and after some 50 hours running we floated on the
bosom of the broad Behring Sea on the outer edge
of the pack. With a cloudless sky and placid sea
before us we cruised for miles up and down the pack
searching in vain for the black cigar-shaped object
lying on the ice, or the black head with glistening
tusks which wa sto be our game.
The walrus is protected in Alaskan waters from
May until October and it is impossible to get them
at any other season of the year in that part of the
sea. Any that we would get in that locality would
be stole i fruit.
For taat reason if not for the more potent one of
"no gatae," we decided to head for Russian waters,
where our captain declared the Joe Matthews was,
as far as speed was concerned, more than the equal
of the Russian navy that patrols the northern sea,
and further that our hunting arsenal was at least
equal to the antiquated guns used by the Muscovites.
After leaving the ice pack we coasted a day in
open water, in which, at various intervals, vast herds
of our game attracted by the noise of our propellers
and the gasoline discharge, would suddenly appear on
all sides of the boat. Rising out of the water with
noisy snorts and splashings, they would fearlessly
view the boat and after satisfying their almost
feminine curiosity, they would disappear — bulls, cows
and calves — to reappear half a mile or more away,
where they would again make known their presence
by their cries and bellowing.
The hunter of our crowd and the natives all de-
clared it futile to attempt to kill one in the winter,
as walrus immediately upon being injured expel the
air from their massive lungs and, sinking like lead,
will remain at the bottom of the ocean until such a
period of time has elapsed as to render their dead
bodies buoyant, when they will again appear on the
surface, floating derelicts, to be washed ashore. The
walrus carcass is eagerly devoured by the carnivor-
ous game that infests the mainland and, in hard
years, the "floater" is a welcome visitor to the Es-
quimo camp. Thousands of these "floaters" come
ashore on this sea, all of them decapitated. These
are the victims of whalers who kill them for the ivory
in the canine tusks of this monster beast of the deep.
These "floaters," however, are all killed upon ice
floes, where, owing to their fearless nature and
belligerent disposition, they fall an easy prey to the
high-power guns of the whalers. After their heads
are removed the massive bodies lie upon the ice
until they are disintegrated by the action of the sun
and waves.
It was with great disappointment that, at the end
of the time allotted to the hunt, we turned our prow
toward Nome without having seen a walrus within
miles of a floe, though there were hundreds in the
open water. Upon turning around, the writer de-
clared his intention of killing the next walrus that
came up.
Argument of the rest proved in vain, so against
this resolve I was joined in busy determination by
the hunter of our party and between us we arranged
a scheme that we had sometimes found successful
in seal hunting, namely that one shoot for the only
vulnerable spot of a seal in water, close back of the
eye, while the other should shoot at the throat of the
mammal, thereby severing the windpipe and so pre-
venting the expulsion of the air from the lungs. It
was but one chance in ten that the shot would be
successful, but we decided to take a chance, and al-
most before our arrangements were completed a herd
was reported "dead ahead."
Slowing down, we took our places in the prow of
the boat, which soon drifted into the midst of the
herd.
Picking out a large cow with a calf riding on her
back, we quickly put our plan into execution and
upon a prearranged signal we fired, my companion
to kill and I to maim. Both shot with deadly pre-
cision and immediately with bellows of astonishment,
the herd all disappeared with the exception of our
victim and her calf. The latter making ineffectual
attempts to ride its mother's back.
Maneuvering the boat alongside the dead cow, the
natives quickly drove their ingenious harpoons into
the body. Upon removing the handles the barbed
point was left in the tough hide of the beast and to
this point was tied, when cast, a thong of hide cut
from the skin of some prior victim. All this was done
in jig time, as we greatly feared the sinking of our
quarry, assisted as she was by the calf, who franti-
cally climbed upon her and endeavored to shove her
under the ensanguined water.
The calf, utterly fearless and harmless, clung to its
mother's side and soon was hauled aboard the boat,
a living, protesting babe of the deep. This was ac-
complished by two men grasping its flukes as it lay
on its mother's back and sliding its 250 pounds into
the boat, where it was destined to play, moan, and
finally become as sea sick — after getting away with
a dozen or more cans of condensed milk — as any
human that ever suffered mal de mer.
The pet became quite a nuisance to us all, as we
had the natives relayed to pour the ice cold wrater
that was baled from over the rail on the sweating,
steaming sides of the poor brute who, out of its
element, in five minutes was as hot as a fever patient
in July.
A cake of ice placed on his "heated brow" would
disappear as rapidly as the reputed snow ball in
Hades. When we got back to the ice we made "ice
packs" of gunny sacks and placed them around the
poor brute who was a sufferer in a temperature of
about 35 degrees above. It was this inability of our
pet to stand the heat (?) of a June day that caused
its downfall and the poor calf finally became so sick
and nauseated from the motion of the boat and the
odor of gasoline that we decided to kill it, and it was
like killing a child. The docility of this tuskless pet
was so astonishing that had I not once seen an
Esquimo quickly killed by the assault of an adult I
would declare all of its race harmless and playful.
Having secured the babe, we next decided to put
the mother aboard. In that we tackled a job of the
immensity of which we did not realize until we tried
it.
First we passed a large hawser around her neck
under the tusks and, swinging a boom from one mast,
expected soon to lay her in the hold.. We fixed
block and tackle on both masts and, after getting her
about one-quarter out of the water, the captain, fear-
ing lest we "break his sticks" and also put her gun-
wales under, ordered us to quit. Thereupon we de-
cided that to get her aboard in the open sea we
would have to "clean" her as she hung suspended
alongside. This we attempted to do by starting a slit
under her lower jaw and cutting from there to the
water's edge through about 10 inches of fat and
through a hide like sheet iron. We succeeded in get-
ting to her stomach. Ripping a great opening in that
monster paunch we emptied into the sea whole bar-
rels of undigested clams — Japanese clams as large
as one's hand, and gallon after gallon of clam juice.
This enabled us to raise her about six inches more
out of the water, when we again threatened to cap-
size the schooner.
The clams found were whole and perfect, neither
munched nor crushed, and looking as though freshly
taken from the shell. How these could be removed
without being injured by the mighty molars of the
diver must remain a mystery until such time as some
gold seeker walking on the floor of Behring Sea,
searching its auriferous sands, shall run across the
feeding herd and watching them root up the delicious
bivalves with their tusks, shall also see how nature
makes it possible for them to open and eat the juicy
morsel without can openers or clam knives. The
writer fears to hazard a guess lest .he be taken to
account by our returning naturalist.
The loss of this meal, consisting of enough clams
to have fed a small town any Friday in the year did
not serve to lighten Mrs. Cow Walrus sufficiently to
notice and once again we were forced to give up.
We then decided to tow her great, bulky carcass to
port, and lashing her alongside we immediately cut
our speed from about nine to four knots an hour.
After several hours' cruising we again neared the ice
floes and in the evening, by rigging a block and
tackle, we got her great body stretched upon a cake
of ice. Her two tons of weight and 12 feet of length
was then ,by the aid of axes and cleavers, relieved of
the hide and head, which in themselves proved to be
all the weight the masts of the ship could handle at
one time.
The skinning finished and the hide stowed away,
we next attacked the carcass, and cutting it into con-
venient pieces, we loaded the tough, black, stringy
meat and the blubbery fat into the hold for the benefit
of the natives. The hide, which upon arriving at the
shore was sold, was a monster, both in size and
weight, and I am informed the same was worth the
sum of five cents a pound green. And the calf, which
was killed just before landing, was sold for almost
enough to cover the expenses of our trip, to a man
who wished it mounted and who was very sorrowful
to hear that we could have landed it alive.
Taking it all in all this hunt was one of the most
unique in the annals of Nome. Old whalers and
hunters all declare that never in their experience did
they see or hear of a walrus, killed in the open sea
being successfully landed on shore.
We arrived at Nome after killing several seal on
our return through the ice. Covered with walrus
blood and glory, we showed our trophy to our friends.
Our catch was the only one made by local hunters
that year. The tough, wiry meat relieved many a
native of the burden of the high cost of living.
A tiny portion of the hide now guards the pin
money in miladi's bag, and one of the tusks of the
mammal of the icy seas finds an inglorious ending
as a cribbage board in a Butte cigar store.
Northwest Airedales. — Kootenai Shy Maid, George
Downer's crack Airedal terrier bitch, has been sold at
a long price to Mrs. Dorothy Buttles of Kansas City,
Mo., wife of the well-known fancier and proprietor
of the Kennel Review. With Shy Maid the Kootenai
kennels won straight through at Spokane, Helena and
Butte last fall. She is a terrier of beautiful finish,
fine coat, color and conformation, and a grand shower,
that is hard to "fault" except in eye, which is a trifle
light. Given a darker eye she would probably have
been a champion by this time. Mrs. Buttles gets a
good Airedale at that, and will show her at the To-
peka and St. Joseph shows.
To take Shy's place Mr. Downer has Kootenai Ra-
diance, a daughter of Ch. Matlock Bob, out of his
grand bitch Ch. Endcliffe Radiance, of which he ex-
pects great things. This little bitch, now 9 months
old, is a typical Airedale, with splendid color, perfect
front, legs and feet and very short back, set off by a
long, lean head of great quality. She is a wonderfully
spirited shower, like her mother, Kootenai Radiance,
together with her litter brother, Kootenai Bob Evans,
will represent the Downer kennels in the coast cir-
cuit at Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. Bob Evans,
the dog puppy, is a remarkable youngster and is now
just past 9 months old, weighs 53 pounds and is
chockful of terrier quality.. Mr. Downer has hopes
of Bob beating his sire, the famoue Ch. Matlock Bob
of Seattle.
Many thousand trout fry have recently been planted
near the base of Loma Prieta, in the headwaters of
the Soquel creek in Santa Cruz county.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, June 4, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
PHEASANT RAISING IN THE UNITED STATES.
[Continued from last week.]
Diseases of Pheasants.
Health and disease are closely correlated with free-
dom and confinement. In the case of poultry, accus-
tomed by long domestication to limited quarters, the
larger the range the stronger the bird. The converse
of this proposition is only too familiar to those who
have attempted to rear pheasants. In fact, having
pheasants in mind, one is tempted to formulate the
law that the hardier the bird in the natural state, the
greater the vigilance required to maintain it in health
in captivity.
The first principle, then, in pheasant hygiene, is
the recognition of the fact that health is more or less
menaced by confinement, which necessitates curtail-
ment of exercise, artificial alimentation, and unnat-
ural shelter. It has been the object of the foregoing
chapters to obviate these dangers as far as possible
by suggestions as to the location and laying out of
the pheasantry, the foods and methods of feeding,
and the special care of the birds during the breeding
season. However, as, in spite of the most careful
attention, there will still be the possibility of dis-
eases, this chapter will indicate methods of avoiding
preventable diseases, and will suggest curative meas-
ures, wherever possible, for the others.
Disinfection. — The subject of disinfection (and
along with it that of disinfectants) is one of extreme
importance in even the most cursory sketch of dis-
eases and their treatment. Its importance increases
in one's mind in proportion to his apprehension of
the extent and seriousness of infectious diseases.
The fact that many diseases are caused by parasites,
and are therefore transmissible directly or indirectly
from one bird to another, or even from other animals
to birds, makes apparent the necessity for thorough
destruction of disease-producing parasites.
Disinfection of the grounds or runs is of supreme
importance, and should be practiced not merely for
the suppression of an outbreak of disease, but regu-
larly as a routine method of preventing such out-
breaks. Fire is the best disinfectant, and where
disease agents are known to assume very resistant
conditions, as, for instance, the eggs of worms or the
spore cysts of the lowest a'nimal forms like the pro-
tozoa, fire is the only absolutely reliable disinfectant.
Where there is no danger to buildings, the ground
may be sprinkled with kerosene and flamed. Even
here we must recognize one possibility of failure.
Earthworms may act sometimes as carriers of disease
agents, and convey into the ground, on their bodies
or in their alimentary tracts, such agencies of disease
as the eggs of the gape worm, or even the gape worm
itself. After the ground has been flamed, and the
surface thus perfectly disinfected, rain may bring the
worms to the surface and with them the parasites
they are carrying. Hence the necessity from time to
time of another very good disinfecting procedure,
namely, top-dressing with lime and plowing under.
Where fire can not be used, this method is invaluable.
Since some diseases appear to arise from contamina-
tion of the soil from prolonged occupancy, top-dress-
ing with lime, plowing, and sowing some quick-grow-
ing green manure, such as cowpeas and oats, should
be regarded as necessary routine. A third method of
disinfection of the soil consists in sprinkling or
deluging the ground with a solution of sulphuric acid
{1 part acid to 9 parts water) or a 5 per cent solution
of carbolic acid (1 part acid to 10 of water).
Disinfection of building or parts of buildings in-
volves the same principles. It may sometimes be
best to burn old houses, or tear out old fixtures and
burn them. Next in value is a thorough washing and
scrubbing with hot water and soap and the applica-
tion by spray or brush of a 5 per cent carbolic-acid
mixture containing enough lime to show where it has
been applied. A coal-tar disinfectant, if known to be
good, may be used in place of the carbolic acid.
Diseases Affecting Young Pheasants.
Pasting. — Pasting occurs usually during the first
week of life. The chick loses its vivacity, sits with
eyes closed and its downy coat fluffed until it appears
like a ball. Examination reveals the vent plugged or
covered by a whitish, chalky, or pasty substance.
This stoppage of the vent frequently leads to death in
a day or two as the result of the absorption of putre-
factive poisons due to retention of the feces. Treat-
ment consists in the immediate gentle removal of this
chalky plug and the application of a few drops of
sweet oil or a bit of petrolatum.
Diarrhea. — Whitish diarrhea may be caused in very
young chicks by cold, by overheating, by overfeeding,
or by too little or too much water. The observant
fancier will come to recognize these conditions al-
most instinctively and will relieve them by at once
altering the regime. This should be all that is neces-
sary. If more is required, it is evident that either
the case has been permitted to run so long that the
chick is too weak to recuperate or infection is oper-
ating.
White diarrhea of chicks, so dreaded by the poul-
tryman, is an affection of pheasant chicks as well.
The diarrhea is merely a symptom of a severe in-
fection of the intestines, especially of the blind
pouches or ceca, by a low form of animal life known
as Coccidium tenellum, and we therefore speak of
the disease as an intestinal coccidiosis. The white
coloration of the fecal discharge, as in the two pre-
vious diseases, is due to excretions from the kidneys.
In certain virulent forms of the disease the minute
blood vessels on the inner portion of the intestinal
wall burst, and the bleeding gives rise to a dark
brown or even blackish coloration, which obscures
the white effect of the uric acid.
Treatment should begin with the administration of
Epsom salts, mixing them in a mash and estimating
from 8 to 15 chicks to one teaspoonful of the salts,
according to age, size, and previous thriftiness. The
drinking water should contain sulphate of iron (cop-
peras) in the proportion of 10 -grains of the copperas
to 1 gallon of water, or enough permanganate of
potash may be added to the drinking water to give
the water a claret-red color. The coops, feeding
utensils, drinking vessels, and runs should be dis-
infected, as previously directed. As a preventive
measure, incubators and brooders should be cleansed
and disinfected, and, prior to incubation, whether
natural or artificial, the eggs should be dipped in 95
per cent alcohol or in a 4 per cent solution of some
good coal-tar disinfectant.
Grapes or Gape Disease. — The disease known as
gapes is particularly fatal to young pheasants. The
two names given above are derived from its chief
symptom. It is caused by a worm called Syngamus
trachealis, the generic name, Syngamus, recognizing
the permanent sexual union that exists between the
male and female. For this reason the worm is also
called the branched worm, forked worm, and Y worm,
From its color it is known as the red worm. Attached
to the wall of the chick's windpipe by means of the
sucker on the head end of both male and female
portions, it is only with great difficulty loosened by
sneezing and coughed up. Death usually results from
suffocation due to obstruction of the windpipe by the
large, well-fed worm distended with .blood drawn
from its host, or to the presence of a few worms and
excessive mucus combined, or again, to the presence
of a large number of worms.
In addition to the symptom of gaping, there is a
peculiar stretching out of the neck, with an actual
gasping for breath. Many claim to be able to diag-
nose the disease by a characteristic sudden, whistling
cough somewhat like a sneeze. However, as these
symptoms might be easily counterfeited by bronchitis,
pneumonia, so-called brooder pneumonia, which is
really a mold infection of the lung, and roupy disease
of the larynx and windpipe, the only sure means of
demonstrating the disease is to find the worm.
The usual method of treatment is to take a horse-
hair formed into a loop, a small feather from which
have been removed all barbs save those at the tip, a
timothy head treated in the same manner as the
father, or even (if great care is exercised) a very
thin wire twisted into a loop, pass it gently down into
the windpipe, and, after making a few turns, care-
fully withdraw it. Sometimes these instruments,
before being used, are dipped in sweet oil, or sweet
oil containing a few drops of turpentine. In this way
the worms are either withdrawn or loosened from
their attachment to the windpipe, so that the chick
can cough them up. Garlic in the drinking water or
mixed with the food has often proved efficacious.
Since the disease is spread by the young birds
taking in with their food the worms and their eggs
that have been coughed up by infected birds, one of
the first steps in treatment is to remove all the birds
from the infected ground and to separate the sick
from the well. The infected ground should be imme-
diately treated so as to destroy the gape worms and
their eggs. As the earthworm has been shown to be,
not an intermediate host, but a carrier of the gape
worms or its ova, the surest, way of raising the young
chicks where the ground has probably been infected
is to fear them on board floors.
Another method of treatment is fumigation. A
smudge may be made from tobacco; tar or sulphur
may be vaporized; or carbolic-acid fumes may be
produced by pouring a small quantity into boiling
water. Caution must be used in the application of
this method, as there is great danger of suffocating
the birds or of their being overcome by the drug
effect of the substances volatized.
Cramps. — Under the name of cramps, used by the
keepers of pheasants. Dr. E. Klein of England has
described a disease which causes great mortality
among birds during the second and third weeks of
life. It begins with lameness in one leg, followed the
next day by lameness in the other. Death occurs, as
a rule, on the third day. Post-mortem reveals soften-
ing and fracture of the thigh bone and of the bone of
the leg, associated with the presence of considerable
blood in the surrounding tissues. The only treatment
is to destroy the bird, burn the carcass, and disinfect
the grounds and houses.
Diseases Affecting Mainly Adult Pheasants.
Roup. — Certain affections known as contagious
catarrh, diphtheria, and roup, if, indeed, they be
distinct diseases, generally group themselves in the
fancier's mind under the one name, roup. The term
diphtheria should not be used, because it belongs
properly to that disease in the human family which
is caused by a special bacillus which does not cause
disease in birds. The other two names may represent
two different stages of the same disease, a conta-
gious inflammation of the mucous membranes of the
eyes, nose, mouth, throat, gullet, or windpipe, which
may express itself by a watery, sticky, bad-smelling
secretion, or by the development of yellowish patches.
In the treatment of these affections the first thing
is to recognize the contagiousness and to isolate the
sick birds. Disinfect houses and grounds. Make a
mixture of peroxide of hydrogen and boiled water,
equal parts ; into this plunge the head of the affected
bird. By means of a slender wire covered with a
little absorbent cotton and dipped in this mixture
clean out the eye or scrape off the tongue and sides
of the mouth all yellowish matter and apply a 4 per
cent solution of borax or boracic acid or the peroxide
solution named above. Give all birds, sick and well,
a dose of Epsom salts. Keep iron sulphate or per-
manganate of potash in the drinking water.
Pneumonia. — Pneumonia as a popular term in bird
diseases probably often includes inflammation of the
windpipe, inflammation of the bronchial tubes (bron-
chitis), and inflammation of the lungs. Difficult
breathing, wheezing, coughing, and shaking the head,
associated with the usual symptoms of feverishness,
weakness, and loss of appetite, call for treatment.
A purgative, such as Epsom salts or a teaspoonful of
castor oil, should be given first. Keep the bird in a
dry place. From time to time allow it to inhale the
fumes of burning sulphur or tar or the vapors arising
from carbolic acid in boiling water. Do not allow
the flames to become too dense.
Enteritis. — Enteritis, as used in bird medicine,
means inflammation of the intestines. While it may
originate from cold, improper feeding, and the like, it
is usually an infectious disease and calls for prompt
cleansing of the digestive tract, which is best accom-
plished by Epsom salts or a teaspoonful of castor oil
containing about 15 drops of turpentine. Add iron
sulphate or permanganate of potash to the water;
isolate the affected birds. Disinfect thoroughly the
houses, utensils, and grounds, and sprinkle lime
everywhere. The causes may be coccidia, such as
we find in white diarrhea of chicks; flagellates, as in
the canker of pigeons; or bacteria, as in Klein's
infectious enteritis.
Cholera. — Cholera would really come under the
third class just mentioned. The organism causing
it is frequently so virulent that death comes within
a few hours, even before the diarrheal symptoms
have time to manifest themselves. The treatment
would be practically that outlined under enteritis,
although treatment is usually of no avail. Kill the
very sick and treat only the apparently healthy,
thus anticipating and preventing the disease. Neces-
sary in all the other diseases, it is of supreme im-
portance in cholera to burn quickly all dead birds,
after saturating them with coal oil. Burying deep
and covering with lime may have to do, but it is not
so good a method. In killing the sick birds do not
use the ax, and thus spatter everything with the in-
fective blood.
Scurvy Legs. — The affection known as scurvy legs,
scabies, or mange of the legs and feet is caused by a
parasite mite, Sarcoptes mutans, which burrows
under the scales and by its presence sets up an irri-
tation which causes a rapid increase in production
of cells, together with a secretion resulting in a
gradual thickening and elevation of the scales. Be-
ing a parasitic disease, scaly legs is transmissible
from one bird to another and from infested houses,
perches, nests, etc. Treatment must begin with iso-
lation of the patient and the thorough application to
the coops and fixtures of boiling soapy water, then
kerosene, and finally a coat of 5 per cent carbolic
acid, to which has been added enough lime to make
a whitewash. The affected bird should have its legs
soaked in warm soapsuds, this part of the treatment
being completed by a good scrubbing, with a small
hand scrub. This alone has cured the disease. How-
ever, it is best to follow this with a good rubbing
of sulphur ointment (1 part flowers of sulphur to 9
parts of lard, sweet oil, or petrolatum.)
Scab. — Body mange or scab is caused by a sarcopic
mite, to which some authors have given the name
Sarcoptes laevis. Loss of feathers at various points
of the body calls for examination, which shows the
skin apparently normal, but the feathers broken off
at the surface. If the rest of the feather is pulled
out, the roots wil be seen to be covered with a dry,
powdery mass made up of dead cells and parasites.
Treatment calls for isolation of diseased stock, disin-
fection of coops and -fixtures, and application to the
skin of flowers of sulphur in the form of either a
dusting powder or an ointment. The aplieation of
sweet oil containing a small quantity of kerosene or
carbolic acid, carbolated petrolatum, or even lard
with carbolic acid, will be found to give good re-
sults.
Air-sac mite. — Serious disease is frequently caused
in a flock by the presence of the air-sac mite. This
mite, Cytodites nudas, inhabits the air sacs of birds,
chiefly those of chickens and pheasants. Often its
presence in large numbers causes congestion and in-
flamamtion of the lining membrane of the air sacs.
Sometimes the bronchi become plugged with them,
sometimes a pneumonia is set up, sometimes the ir-
ritation opens the way for the entrance of bacteria
which cause secondary disease and death. Treat-
ment is very difficult and unsatisfactory. Sulphur
mixed in the food has been recommended. The in-
halations and garlic treatment suggested under gape
disease might be beneficial.
White Comb. — White comb or favus is a fungous
or mold disease of the comb, head, and neck. It is
caused by the Achorion schonleinii. In general ap-
pearance favus resembles mange. There is the de-
velopment of white, powdery scales upon the comb,
and the feathers of the head and neck become brittle
and break off at the surface of the skin. After a few
hours, or the next morning, scrub the parts with soap
and water, rinse, dry, and apply ichthyol ointment (1
part ichthyol to 9 parts of petrolatum). In very stub-
born cases tincture of iodine may be applied.
Intestinal Worms.— Pheasants frequently harbor
considerable numbers of intestinal parasites. It has
generally been considered that no harm results to the
bird from the presence of worms in the intestinal
tract. Nevertheless, it must be recognized that the
plugging of a part of the intestine by a ball of these
worms or a long knotted rope composed of them
must seriously derange the intestinal functions. Seri-
ous inflamamtion of the intestines is often caused by
some of these worms. Where it is evident that a
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[Saturday, June 4, 1910.
flock is thus infested, Epsom salts should be admin-
istered at least once a month. Birds that appear
markedly affected may be given one teaspoonful of
castor oil containing 15 drops of turpentine. Since
the disease is spread by birds taking up with their
food the eggs that were in the droppings of diseased
birds, the ground thus contaminated should be thor-
oughly disinfected.
Tuberculosis. — Tuberculosis is not a subject for
treatment but for eradication and prevention. It is
fairly common among domesticated pheasants and is
often spoken of as 'going light' However, not all
cases of 'going light' are cases of tuberculosis. When
a bird dies of tuberculosis a post-mortem examina-
tion will reveal the liver, spleen, and intestines more
or less filled with yellowish, cheesy lumps ranging
in size from that of a pinhead to that of a walnut
Under microscopic examination these nodules or
tubercles must always show the bacillis of tubercu-
losis or the disease should not be called tuberculosis.
There are other diseases characterized by lumps in
the liver, spleen, and intestines. For this reason the
first pheasant that upon post-mortem exhibits a
nodular condition of the organs should be wrapped
in rags previously soaked in 5 per cent carbolic acid
and shipped to the laboratory of the Bureau of Ani-
mal Industry, Washington, D. C, ■ or to the State
Experiment Station, for diagnosis by miscropic ex-
amination.
When the disease is discovered isolate all 'going
light' birds; disinfect their droppings; if they persist
in their pallor and emaciation, destroy them; disin-
fect all grounds and buildings; keep lime sprinkled
among the droppings. If hens are affected, but are
still laying, cleanse the eggs in 95 per cent alcohol,
hatch in a previously disinfected incubator, rear in
sterilized brooders, and keep the chicks absolutely
apart from all other stock. In this way a new flock
completely free from tuberculosis can be developed.
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NATIONAL DOG BREEDERS' ASSCOIATION.
A meeting of the National Dog Breeders' Associa-
tion was held in San Francisco the evening of May
26th, at which a majority of the members were pres-
ent and several members were represented by proxy.
Judge Carroll Cook presided in the absence of
the president and %-ice-president.
After routine business had been transacted the
question of holding a bench show in Sacramento, at
the State Fair during September was referred back
to the committee having the matter in charge.
A resolution was introduced and carried unani-
mously "That the chair appoint a committee of four
to draft a set of rules governing dog shows and
regulations for clubs holding such shows under the
auspices of this Association, and to further draft
such amendments to the constitution and by-laws of
this Association as shall be necessitated therefrom,
said committee to report at the next regular meet-
ing" (June 16th).
The committee appointed were: J. W. Matthews,
chairman; W. V. N. Bay, D. C. Brown, and George
W. Ellery.
It was further decided to incorporate properly in
accordance with the scope of the amended consti-
tution.
As the matter now stands the guage of defiance and
independence has been thrown down and the initial
overtures for "home rule" on the Coast and the
satisfactory regulating of our own kennel affairs
is now in progress. We believe it will be successful
and a merited rebuke to the A. K. C. officials who are
responsible for the change.
A. K. C. QUARTERLY MEETING.
The regular quarterly meeting of the A. K. C. was
held in New York May 17th, 1910. So far as the Coast
fancy is concerned, nothing transpired that was in
tended to alleviate the present situation or to give
tardy justice in amend for past unfair and arbitrary
ignoring of the rights of clubs or individual fanciers.
We quote from Field and Fancy the following "boil
out" of the report of the meeting of the institution
which proposes to control rough shod the destiny and
affairs of Coast Dogdoni — unless Coast Dogdom has
the manhood and independence to control itself,
which we believe it has.
"There were twenty-seven delegates present.
Twenty members of the Board of Directors were
present.
That the Secretary of the P. A. B. should be a
salaried official.
The Pacific Advisory Board's reports were placed
on the record.
The receipts from January 1, 1910, to May 14 were
$10,647.65; expenses, $10,655.5S; $7.93 deficit.
The Bulldcg Breeders' Association was turned
down in its request to use the A. K. C. copyrighted
rules.
Rule V was interpreted so that the Goo-Goo Club
of San Francisco could be qualified without a white-
wash.
Mr. .lames Mortimer resigned from the Express
Matters Special Committee. What have the com-
mittee done?
The club ran $8 behind for the five months, but
have a nest egg of $19,310.71 in the bank for the
good of the cause.
Mr! Auerbach's bill for $750 was passed along to
the president for further action, and the committee
discharged.
In the cases of Webber vs. Brown, which was ap-
pealed to the Board of Directors, they sustained the
fir.ding of the Trial Board.
The semi-annual meeting of the P. A. B. will take
place June 4 at 1 p. m., at the St. Francis Hotel. The
"riff-raff" will not be permitted to attend.
Three clubs were elected to membership, Washing-
ton, Dandie Dinmont and the St. Clair (Detroit) Club.
Seven new delegates were elected, Messrs John G.
Bates, G. A. Wortheim, M. M. Palmer, O. F. Vedder,
Edward H. Carl, R. Walter Creuzbauer and Tyler
Morse.
Cases for the Trial Board will be sent direct to
the board by the secretary, instead of waiting for the
quarterly meetings and the action of the Board of
Directors.
The vice-president reports two factions on the
Coast; that one side lacked courtesy, and the other
rushed to the law. But they ought to be given the
right to elect their own governing body.
Dr. J. E. DeMund requests an investigation of Dr.
Alfred E. Boultbee's article in the "Canadian Kennel
Gazette" and republished in Field and Fancy regard-
ing certain alleged transactions at Buffalo.
A resolution was passed that if the San Francisco
Kennel Club and Mr. William Ellery will put up $250
each their suspension will be withdrawn. This
amount represents one-half the legal expenses of the
injunction suit.
Mr. Mortimer's proposed amendment that no puppy
under twelve months of age shall be eligible to com-
pete in any class where there is a certain stated
weight or height limit was approved by the Rules
Committee, but turned down by the delegates.
Three members of the Board of Directors were
dropped, Messrs. Edward H. Brooks, (resigned), Mr.
Richard H. Hunt and Mr. C. F. R. Drake. Messrs.
Wilmerding and Andrew Albright, Jr., were placed in
the committee's vacancy caused by the dropping out
of Messrs. Hunt and Drake.
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AT THE TRAPS.
The Ventura Gun Club shoot, May 21st and 22nd at
Ventura was a pleasant gathering of Southern Cali-
fornia shooters with the addition of several promi-
nent visiting sportsmen wrho have the happy dispo-
sition to be extremely popular in many Coast cities
at kindred meetings.
Averages counted on ISO targets each day, 360 alto-
gether. There were two events at doubles.
Fred B. Mills of Long Beach was high amateur
average with 335 out of 360. On all targets shot at,
including 20 double rises, he broke 371 out of 400.
A string of 53 by "Barracuda" Jim Gibson was the
longest consecutive run.
Professional high average at 360 targets was won
by Lon Hawxhurst, 341 out of 360.
The scores on 10 double rises, the eleventh event
shot on the first day were; Monaghan, 18, Mills 17,
Willet 16, Robertson 15, Gibson 15, Witman 15, Lane
15, Crawford 14, Neel 14, Smith 14, Knight 14, Reed
14, Hoyt 13, Slocum 13, Vaughn 13, Cannon 12, Black-
stock 12. The fifth event of the second day was 10
double rises.
We always like to hear nice things about good fel-
lows and will here quote a shooter who was present;
"The shooting grounds were beautifully situated,
about three or four blocks west of town at the old
race track and a better location couldn't be found.
Overlooking a breeze from the ocean every afternoon
which of course interfered somewhat with the steady
flight of the birds, everything was conducted in a
splendid manner and all the shooters went home well
pleased. On Sunday we were all treated to a fine
barbecue and we certainly had a "bully" feed, and in
fact we all participated too freely of the many good
things prepared for the inner man, for there were a
number of complaints of tight belts. On Monday
Tom Crawford and Ed Canet took a party of the vis-
iting shooters for a fishing trip, and we certainly
enjoyed the fine sport. We owe many thanks to Tom
and Ed, for their many kindnesses and hospitality,
and hope that the time may roll rapidly by until
we can again visit with these Venturans."
Ventura Gun Club, blue rocks, May 21, 1910 —
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The Interstate Association's Eleventh Grand Amer-
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June 21-24, on the grounds of the Chicago Gun Club.
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Shaner. secretary-manager, 219 Coltart Square. Pitts-
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Frank Bell 16
Roy Cadrett 16
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Robert McHenry 14
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Tom Barclay mentions the Walla Walla shoot as
follows :
"The arrangements were complete, thanks to the
untiring efforts of the association officers, viz: J. C.
Scott, president; R. E. Allen, treasurer and J. F.
Smails, secretary. J. F. Smails managed the shoot
in a most efficient manner, all purses being paid
each day, and Ed. B. Morris of Portland, was kept
busy in keeping the trappers and scorers on the job.
"The Walla Walla Commercial club opened its doors
to the association, this furnished most delightful
rooms for the visitors as well as affording a spacious
place for the annual meeting. Right here it is in
order to state that the Association decided to ho'd
its tournament at Walla Walla for 1911, all of which
indicates that the sportsmen of the Northwest are
pleased with Walla Walla's management, to which
might be added fair treatment and western hospi-
tality.
"One of the most pleasing incidents of the tourna-
ment was the winning of the Individual Champion-
ship by Dr. D. W. Fleet, of Montesano, Wash., one
of the old guard who has attended the Northwest
shoot for many years past. Mr. Fleet not only won
the championship event, but broke 489 targets out of
550 shot at in the tournament events. Mr. Fleet has
not only won the individual championship of the
Northwest but has won the hearts and friendship
of his brother sportsmen and the city of Montesano
can be justly proud of their representative.
Interest in trap shooting with Stockton sportsmen
is on the increase. The members of the Novice Gun
Club turned out two weeks ago in goodly numbers.
The scores were as follows, each man firing at 25
"birds": Hansford 25, Ellis 23, Lonjers 23, Dutton
22, F. Merrill 21, Hildebrand 21, Fitzgerald 20, Hamp-
ton 20, Coates 20, Parrish 18, Phillipson 17, Reston
17, Brown 17, Schuler 15, Morrill 15, Donovan 13 and
Couterier 12.
The Gridley Gun Club proposes to fit up a trap
shooting ground for this season. Among the mem-
bers are A. Johnson, W. J. Sharkey, W. M. Damon,
R. N. Anderson, Geo. Terrell, Lee Terrell, Major
Jones, Fred Hecker, Chas. Moore, J. J. Hamlyn, M.
Schuebner, Chas. Putnam, L. N. Parks. Henry Vail,
A. King, Dan Roberts and others, well known Butte
county sportsmen.
The regular monthly live bird shoot of the Califor-
nia Wing Club is billed for to-morrow at Stege.
The Bay View Gun Club monthly blue rock shoot
will take place in Alameda at the bay end of High
Street to-morrow.
Saturday, June 4, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FARM
WHY CREAM TESTS VARY.
Variation in tests has caused much
dissatisfaction in the selling of cream.
"When the cream is from the same cows,
which have been fed the same ration and
milked by the same man, and when the
same separator is used, the farmer nat-
urally thinks the per cent of fat in the
cream should remain the same.
Errors are often made in making tests,
especially in taking the sample, but
variations constantly occur that are due
to other causes. The most common
causes of these variations, as pointed out
in a circular, No. 37, by Prof. C. H.
Eckles, of the Missouri Agricultural Ex-
periment Station, Columbia, Mo. , areas
follows:
1. Variations in the speed of the sepa-
rator.
2. Variation in temperature of milk
separated.
3. Rate the milk Hows into the ma-
chine.
4. Amount of water or skim milk
used in flushing out the bowl.
5. Change in the richness of the milk
separated .
6. Adjustment of the cream screw.
Change in the speed of the separator is
the most common cause of variation.
The greater the speed of the separator,
the smaller the amount of cream and the
higher the per cent of fat.
Again, the temperature of the milk
separated varies on the farm from day to
day. If cream tests 30 per cent when
the milk is separated at 90 degrees, it
may test as high as 40 per cent when
separated at 70 degrees. Under average
conditions on the farm, however, the
variation in fat due to change of temper-
ature will not amount to more then 3 or
4 per cent.
A third cause of variation is found in
the rate at which the milk flows into the
machine. If less than the regular quan-
tity flows into the bowl, the tendency is
to increase the per cent of fat in the
cream.
The richness of the milk separated af-
fects the richness but not the quantity of
cream. The richness of a cow's milk de-
pends on inheritance and can not be
changed permanently by feed.
Small variations are likely to occur
from the other causes suggested by Prof.
Eckles. By the use of an ordinary Bab-
cock testing machine and by measuring
the sample of cream into the test bottle
with the same pipette as is used for
measuring milk, any farmer can make a
test of his cream that will satisfy him as
to the accuracy of the test lie receives
from the cream buyer.
A mixture of a little salt, charcoal,
ashes and air slacked lime has a good
effect upon parasites of the digestive sys-
tem of either young or old pigs.
Bran, milk and pasturage are some of
the bulky feeds well adapted to the real
young pig. They help to distend the di-
gestive system, which enables the pig to
use cheaper and coarser feeds to better
advantage than the pig raised on concen-
trates.
Clover hay is a most excellent feed
for sheep, but alfalfa is just as good
as clover. Alfalfa is not only higher
in protein; but is more relished. In
the way of a forage plant there is
nothing better than good alfalfa hay
for sheep. As pasture clover is safer
than alfalfa. In the fall of the year,
however, sheep may be pastured on
alfalfa with little or no loss from
bloat. Any one who can grow alfalfa
successfully can make sheep-raising
very profitable.
HELPS TO SUCCESS.
Persons who devote their time to
swine breeding look for animals with
length and depth of body, good hams
and heavy loins, standing on short,
stout legs with good feet, not down
on their pasterns or weak in the back.
Try to get sows that produce strong,
healthy litters. Eight uniform good
pigs are preferable to a dozen poor
ones.
The sows should be large milkers,
quiet, careful mothers, without being
nervous at farrowing time. They must
have a healthy, strong constitution,
then there will be no troubles in estab-
lishing a herd of money makers. Make
a study of breeding, feeds and feed-
ing and you will find many things to
learn to your advantage. Good care is
one of the essential elements of the
entire transaction. Without knowledge
judiciously applied failure will often
stare you in the face and nothing to
blame but your indifference.
Fitting hogs for the show ring is an
art learned only by experience, the
same is true in handling pigs for
breeding purposes or the packing
house. To obtain best results requires
time and attention to their surround-
ings and sanitary < ondition as well as
the feeding proposition. Beauty of
form rounded out with flesh helps the
feeder to obtain top prices from the
butcher who caters to consumers re-
quiring choice cuts.
Be careful and not over-feed, keep
the appetite keen, but reasonably sat-
isfied. Feed them all they will digest
without waste. Give a change of food
occasionally. Do your part intelligent-
ly and the hogs will respond profitably.
More hogs are grown and fattened on
corn and good pasture than with any
other combinations of food. When
milk is fed freely it improves the
quaMty and cheapens the cost of meat.
A sow well provided for will earn her
owner more net money annually than
a cow.
The boar should be a good one, but
other conditicns being equal there is
uniform prepotency in both sexes. The
influence of both parents on their off-
spring is theoretically equal, therefore
the sows must be good, then they are
certain to make up the other half. It
is important to select both male and
female that mate properly. Feed the
breeding stock, both sexes, with food
that will maintain their usefulness —
not market fat, but in good flesh and
vigorous. It is not a question how
many pigs a sow farrows, but how
many she can bring to maturity. — H.
Stone.
TUBERCULOSIS OF CATTLE.
Bovine tuberculosis is costing the
United States millions of dollars year-
ly, not through the actual death of tu-
percular animals, but by the tubercu-
lar animals infecting the healthy ones,
thereby reducing their actual value. If
all the tubercular cattle in the United
States were slaughtered at once, the
balance of the cattle would be worth
more than the tubercular and healthy
animals together.
It is every man's duty, in justice to
himself, to determine positively that
his herd is free from tuberculosis.
Wiping tuberculosis out of the cattle
of this country is too large a problem
for a handful of people to undertake
and for this reason I contend that we
will never wipe tuberculosis out of the
cattle of our country until the live
stock owners are given the proper in-
formation, both concerning the nature
of bovine tuberculosis and the tuber-
culin test. When this information
reaches the live stock owner, I am sure
that he will be more anxious to wipe
tuberculosis out of his herd than any
one else, owing to the fact that he is
financially interested and he and his
family first of all are consumers of the
products of his cattle.
Supposing these who do not believe
that there is such a thing as bovine
tuberculosis or a reliable tuberculin
test apply this simple, harmless test
to their herd and if they find that
there are animals in their herd that
have reacted to the test, have such
animals placed in one stable and those
that passed the test, indicating that
they are free from tuberculosis placed
in another stable, keepiDg for their
own use the product of the ones that
have reacted and pronounced tuber-
cular, and putting upon the market the
products of those that have according
to this test passed and found free from
tuberculosis.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 4, 1910.
SELECTION OF LAYING HENS.
To insure the best success in his
work, the poultryruan must first have
fixed in his mind the line he wishes
to follow and then bend every effort
to carry it out. If he wishes to breed
hens for eggs, the first thing he must
do is to select his stock with that ob-
ject in view. Thus rightly reasons A.
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station, in a bulletin recently issued
from the station. In supplying this
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several things which should be consid-
ered in selecting hens for layers: (1)
Shape and size, (2) color of head fur-
nishings, (31 actions of the individu-
als, (4) pelvic bone test.
The first thing to notice concerning
the shape, according to the belief of
Mr. Philips, is as to whether or not
the hen is rangy or blocky. A blocky
hen indicates a meat producer, while
the more rangy one indicates the pro-
duction of eggs. Since the develop-
ment of the egg, to a large extent,
takes place in the region of the body
below the broad part of the back, that
part of the body be broader than the
fore part. This gives to the body a
V-shaped apearance as viewed from
the top ,the small part of the V lying
toward the front. When a hen is in
heavy laying condition, her abdomen
is lower than her breast line. This
gives the body the appearance of being
V-shaped as viewed from the side along
the top and bottom lines, with the
small part of the V toward the front.
This enlargement of the body in the
abdominal region makes the back ap-
pear somewhat narrower, giving the
body a V-shaped appearance from the
back downward on the sides as viewed
from the rear. Thus, a body V-shaped
in three directions indicates large pro-
ductive powers.
A large hen usually lays the larger
eggs. This rule may not hold true if
she happen to be a heavy producer,
for then the tendency is to produce
smaller eggs. With such fowls as the
Leghorns, whose tendency is to lay
smaller eggs, the selection should be
for large size of body rather than
small.
A good layer is longer in body, neck
and legs than a meat-producing hen.
She stands up well and has a well
spread tail. Observation has shown
that a pinch-tailed Leghorn is not
generally as good a layer as is a fan-
tailed one.
The character of the head furnish-
ings is an indication of the hen's lay-
ing condition. When a hen is in full
laying her comb is full and bright red.
Some Plymouth Rocks when laying
heavily will have lopped combs, and
therefore become disqualified as show
birds. When hens are molting they
lose all their color in face and comb
and the size of their combs become
very small, but as soon as laying com-
mences, the combs enlarge and the
color returns. Many instances have
been noted with Leghorns and Minor-
cas which indicate that the birds with
the largest and reddest combs are tn
heavy-laying condition. Exceptions to
this rule sometimes occur, but they are
rare.
A laying hen is nearly always a
singing hen. She works and hunts for
food all day, is the first off the roost
and the last to go to roost. She is
nervous and very active, keeping her-
self up to the greatest possible pitch.
This is a test which some have
claimed as final and conclusive. Im-
mediately below the tail at the end of
side pieces of the back are two some-
what bony protuberances. These are
called the pelvic or "lay" bones, and
are just above the vent through which
the eggs must pass. When an egg is
laid, these bones must be forced apart
to allow its free passage. When these
bones are soft and pliable, and spread
sufficient to allow three fingers to be
placed between them, it is an indica
tion that the hen is laying. If they
are hard and bony, and close together,
the heu would not be considered as lay-
ing at that time. Experience has
shown that this method will usually
tell whether or not a hen is laying at
the time the examination was made.
To sum up, an ideal laying hen
should conform as nearly as possible
to the following: She must be heal-
thy; comb, wattles, and face, red in
co or: eyes bright and lustrous; neck
not short, but rather medium to long
beast broad and long, sloping up-
■• ird; back long and broad; abdomen,
wide and deeper than breast; shanks,
well spread and rather long; V-shaped
in three ways, viz: on sides, front to
rear; top and bottom, front to rear,
and base of tail, downwards; well
spread tail.
RAISING CHAMPION HOGS.
This is the way the winner of the
prize for the champion carload of hogs
at the Ft- Worth Feeders' and Breed-
ers' Show fed his hogs: "As soon as
weaned they were given some corn
daily until they were put in the fat-
tening pen 45 days ago. They have
since been in dry lot and I have fin-
ished them on a mixed ration of coarse
corn meal, cotton-seed meal and tank-
age, one pound each of cottonseed meal
and tankage per head per day be-
ing fed, and an average of four bush-
els of chopped corn fed daily to 55
hogs. I found tankage to be a great
appetizer, and considering the amount
of protein it contains, a cheaper feed
than grain or cottonseed meal at pres-
ent prices. I believe the cottonseed
meal, however, a great improvement to
the fattening ration, fed in such quan-
tities as I have used it. I have never
experienced any unsatisfactory results
from the feeding of cottonseed meal,
though I have never experimented in
feeding it in large quantities."
Early shearing of sheep is not to be
recommended unless warm barns are
available, for much more feed is re-
quired by shorn sheep than by un-
shorn while the weather is at all cold.
A fleck of 2000 shorn Colorado lambs
sold recently at 59.75 per hundred, and
the wool brought $1.75 per head. This
is about the price yearling steers were
worth a few years ago.
Phone Main 224U
Residence. 1101 I St.
Phone 1616Y
DR. M, C. DELANO, D, V. S,
VETERINARIAN
Cillis Stable, 917 Eighth St., Sacramento
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SAN FRANCISCO
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. McKINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:14^— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2:09% and 4 others
Service Fee: $30,
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY, Manager.
Hemet. Riverside Co . Cal.
BROODMARE W.IXTED.
Must be standard and registered;
have a record (trotting or pacinar)' pre-
ferred to be stinted; must pass veter-
inary examination, and be not more
than eight years old. Please state low-
est cash price and particulars regard-
ing breeding, etc., and where mare can
be seen. Address VELOX," this office.
FOR SALE.
Beautiful bay mare, seven years,
weight 1025, absolutely sound, and gen-
tle for a lady. No mark, but can pace
around 2:lo now without boot or hop-
ple, amateur driving. Is an easy 2:10
pacer or better. The price is right.
Address City Stables, Fresno, Cal.
FOR SALE.
A handsome, large, choicely bred dark
bay filly coming four years old, sired by
Nutwood Wilkes 2:1G^, dam Lady Di-
rect (dam of Miss Derby and Derby Di-
rect) by Direct 2:0o^, second dam by
Echo, sire of the dam of Direct, third
dam by Langford, son of "Williamson's
Belmont, fourth dam by Vermont Black
Hawk. Broken, and shows lots of
natural speed. Price $250. Address O.
A. MARTIN, 1643 H St., San Francisco,
Cal.
FOR SALE.
Free Trial, brown filly, 15.2, foaled
1905, trotter, registered in Vol. 17, bred
at Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Dan-
ville, Cal. Sired by Charles Derby 2:20,
dam Pippa by Stilleco 14346, dam of
Frank Dale 2:231,£, second dam Lucy E.,
dam of Azalia 2:15 and Joe Scott 2:1S,
by Black Walnut 17361, third dam
Ethel by Enfield 12S, fourth dam Betsey
Trotwood by Peck's Idol, fifth dam
Pilotta by- Little John, sixth dam
Dairy Maid by Tennessee 2:27. This
filly was worked 60 days as a three-
year-old and trotted a full mile in
2:23, and U in 35 seconds. She has
since been used fur light road driving,
is a handsome filly, gentle for a lady
to drive, is a beautifully gaited trotter
with great knee and hock action.
Guaranteed absolutely sound. Address
500S East 14th Street, Oakland.
Fine Mare and Foal for Sale.
IREN"E AYERS and her foal by Lynwood TV.
2:20% for sale, cheap. Irene Ayers by Iris,
sire of Jasper Ayers 2:09, Visalia 2:12. Ira P.
2:10)4, Jaspine 2:14 and several others with rec-
ords of 2 :30 and better. Irene Ayers is a full sis-
ter to Jasper Ayers 2:09, May Ayt-rs 2:23>o. May
Ayers is the dam of the good little mare Ayeress,
trial 2:14, H 1:04. % 31 seconds. Irene's foal is a
brother in blood to Ayeress. Irene trotted 4th
heat with 10 weeks work, off alfalfa, in 2:32%
at three years of age. She had 2:20 speed then.
Her trainer said she was another Jasper Ayers.
sure, if given a chance. Irene's dam is Babe by
Altimont 9S5. he by Almont 33; Babe, dam by S.
F Patchen. he by Geo. M. Patchen Ir., 2nd dam
by Oweudale. Here we get the much desired
Electioneer-Wilkes cross. In Irene's foal we
have one of the best formed colts in the State.
He is entered in Breeders Stake No. 10 and paid
up to Oct- 1. 1910. This youngster is sure to keep
the good name of his noted half sister, Sonoma
Girl 2:053^, unless some accident overtakes him.
Irene will sure make a great brood mare if given
a chance. I cannot give her and the foal the at-
tention they should have and this is my reason
for offering them for sale. Address
H. T. OWEN*. Kern. Cal.
PASTURAGE.
At J- H . White Ranch, Lakeville. Sonoma Co. .Cal.
Good Feed, Water and Accommodations
for fine horses. No danger from wire. Shipper
Steamer Gold. Leaves Jackson St. wharf 4 p.m.
except Sundays. Ranch % mile wharf.
Phone 2Sxl Rural. Address
T. A. ROCHE,
Lakeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.
TEAM WANTED.
A High-Class Driving Team.
Must be sound, stylish, good lookers
and good size, well mated and well
mannered. Address giving lowest
price and full particulars,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
San Francisco, Cal.
HEALD'S
BUSINESS
COLLEGE
trains
for
Business
and places
its graduates
in positions.
Call or 'write
425 MoALLISTER ST.,
San Francisco.
WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S.
Veterinary Surgeon.
1155 Golden Gate Av.
Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana cnestnu
Streets.
San Francisco, Cal.
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalziel
Every facility to give the best of profes-
sional services to all cases of veterinary
dentistry. Complicated caseB treated suc-
cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly
responded to.
The best work at reasonable prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL.
620 Oetavla St., between Fulton and Grove.
Phone Special 2074. San Franoiaoo, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GL1DE
FRENCH MERINO SHEEP.
Glide Grade— 7-S French and 1-S Spanish Merino
—Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams-
Rams for sale at all times.
P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon. Cal. Address. Dixon, Cal.
GOOD FISHING
and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at
Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing TacKle io let and
Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas-
onable prices.
San Francisco Boat Mouse,
Capt. F. Wm. Eheke. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal.
Good ferry service from foot of Market St..
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake. Moffit & Towne. Los Anteies.
Blake. McFall & Co.. Portlana. ore.
CALIFORNIA
PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY,
High-Class Art in
HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING
Artistic Designing
141 Valencia St., San Francisco
RUBEROID ROOFING.
Weather Proof. Acid Proof. Fire Resisting.
BONESTELL & CO.
118 to 124 First St., San Francisco. Cal.
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Now at every snorting goods dealers, hardware
dealers, all stores.
Try this new size of the old reliable gun oil. The
onty gun oil that actually lubricates every action part,
cleans out barrel, polishes whole gun and positively
prevents rusting, leading or pitting. "3-in-One" is
a penetrating non-drying oil that enters the pores of
metal and forms a delicate, permanent, protective
coat that defies wind and weather in any climate.
Use "3-in-One" liberally and save your gun.
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W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass.
Por sale by Langley £ Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.:
Woodward. Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W Brans Co.,
Brunswig Drue Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Los An-
geles, Calif.; Kirk, Cleary £ Co.. Sacramento. Calif.; Pacific
Prog Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drag Co., Spokane, Wash.
Saturday, June 4, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners!
BON VOYAGE ®»»
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1910 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
At Seven Years of Age.
Sire of
BON VIVAXT (2) 2:1634
Fn-Htest Two- Year-Old Stallion of 1900.
SWEET BOW (2) 2:1794
Winner of Two-Yenr-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders* Futurity
Stake Xo. 7.
BOXADAY (2) 2:27%
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1009.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:2634
VIATICUM (2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St.. San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mc
trial
Delia Lou (3)
Armon Lou
Harold B.. p. Mat.
trial
Kinney G.. p
Debutante (3) trial
Kalitan 131 trial
Kinney de Lopez (3), trial
John Christensen (3) trial
LoloB. (3). trial -
Four Stockings (31. trial Vz 1:07
Princess Lou (2), trial 34 - :35
and 4 more now in training' at
San Jose that will trot in 2 :10
this year.
2:26%
2:16
2:27^
2:2734
2:1334
2:10
2:24%
2:1934
2:27
2-27
2:28
2:28
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
?pp to S75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Park where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of th« World.
Record 2i053j in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sirefl Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. Sir John S. 2:04%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%, etc.. etc.) :
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%, Jim Logan (3)
2:05%. Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12%, etc.); second dam Ripple by Prompter; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hanas 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- Pleasanton, Cal.
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:1134, dam Maud J. C. by Nearest
2:22*/.; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13^) by Menlo 2:21% (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16% (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:0534, "W. Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:08*4 and Gray Gem 2:0934):
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Terms: $50 the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
For tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
Phone Black 2841. T. W. BARSTOW, San Jose, Cal.
Ray o' Light
3-y.-o. record 2:08|
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:03',.
RAY O1 LIGHT 2:0SM Is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinwav, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
Service Fee: $50. Payable at time of
service. Usual return privilege.
E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds. Oregon.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE.
For further particulars address,
New Edition of John Splan's Book
"Life With the Trotter"
Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
" Life With the Trotcer gives ua 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 Bociety. as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish
»- ifl^fS*' ~ « i „™ Beeedee and Sportsman I.O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
Pacific Bid*.. Cor. Market and Fourth Ste.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO GOOD OWES.
Demonio Speed 2:03' ,
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 4 1 637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:1134, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:1334, sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2-2834
Vallejo Girl 2:1034. and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 35S3, son of Clark
Chief 89; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited. black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEJIOXIO 2:11% is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:1434, and grandsire of Solano
Bov 2:0, y4. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among the greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diablt 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletonian 10.
PEE FOR THE SEASON $40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at ?3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Sulsun, Cal.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2:09^,
Reg, No, 45026.
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:0934. Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13y2 and 8
others in 2:30) ; dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10y2,
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:2234 (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:0532. etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910. Feb . 15th to June 15th. at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
. For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
Ztra Nutu/nnH VJWVfic "Mn*- sire of Copa de Oro 2 :0l34, John A. McKerron 2:043-2. etc.. and
JlIC, nulWUUU VTlln.C& £.l"2i damsof San Francisco 2:0754, Mona Wilkes 2 :03J4. etc.
nam Dallta ( 1\ ?'In dam of 2 in list; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20.
1/dlll, rdllld \L ) 4.IU, damof 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
my
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%. and of the 3-year-old filly C
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%.
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotl
good gaited and determined-
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season $IE822?^2hSBE*b*" at
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTTING STALLION
ED MCKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Record 2:11%
Pacing Record 2:06J£
By McKinney 2:11%, dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:091,£, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned- by Professor E. P. Heald of San Frnnciseo.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
V. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :06j£,
Alceste 2:0734. Allerton 2:0934. Duke Jay 2:09?4. Early Bird
2:10, GitchieManito 2:0934, Invader 2:10, Justo 13) 2:10}£.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:0.534. Charley Hayt 2:Ot>34. etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron WilkeB 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30. including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:1134. by Marab. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella. dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse, 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 190n and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet ; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Charley D- 2:06
2:10.
Sire MeKINNEY 2:11W, sire of 22 In
Dam Flewy Flewy, by Memo 15907, son of Sidney, second dam McAuliffe mare by
son of Jack Nelson, he by John Nelson 1S7, third dam by the 30-mile champion
Gen. Taylor, son of Morse Horse 6. fourth dam by son of Argyle, thoroughbred.
Will make the season 1910 at
Service Fee: $50.
Pleasanton, Cal.
Mares failing to get in foal can be returned free next season. For further
particulars, address CHAS. DE RYDER, Agent, Pleasanton, Cal.
J. C. KIRKPATRICK, Owner.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 4, 1910.
CROSS-BREEDING SHEEP.
No incident in the growing and
cross-breeding of farm animals de-
mands an exercise of more discrimi-
nating judgment and skill than the
judicious cross-breeding of sheep.
An experienced breeder is often in-
clined to think that he can combine
the distinctive excellence of various
breeds in a perfect animal, but he is
greatly mistaken if he supposes that
early maturity, aptitude for fattening,
size, symmetry, great length of wool
and extreme fineness may be combined
in one animal.
Breeds may be greatly improved by
judicious crossing and temporary ad-
vantages may be gained by an admix-
ture of blood; but if it is desired to
make the characteristics permanent,
the fundamental rule of breeding must
be observed if you gain an affinity or
harmony of qualities.
The Southdowns and fine wool sheep
may be crossed without doing violence
to any established rule of breeding.
The firmness of the fleece may be de-
creased, but the quantity will be en-
hanced and improvement achieved in
size.
The long wool and the fine sheep
cannot be crossed for permanent stock
with a satisfactory degree of success.
One crossing is not sufficient to
change the character of a flock, but if
success is insured the system must be
pursued with the utmost perseverence
until the qualities have been fixed, or
made permanent.
Breeders generally agree that the
ram exerts the most influence in giving
nis character of wool to the progeny
and that the internal construction and
form is more dependent upon the dam.
This forms an important rule for the
guidance of the breeder.
When the crossing is between fami-
lies of the same breed, the families
should be as distinct as possible.
Sheep of the same breed, that origi-
nate in distant districts of the same
country, are endowed with different
qualities and these may often be favor-
ably combined. — Farm World.
NATURE OF GOATS.
It is only the ignorant who claim
or think that goats will not browse —
that is. eat leaves, buds and new
growth of sprouts of trees, briers and
weeds. It is their natures to do so,
and they cannot any more be kept
from it than ducks can be kept
from swimming when unrestrained in
the presence of water.
"Goats are browsers by nature, and
there is no vegetation which they will
eat in preference to the leaves and
twigs of bushes. They are omniverous
eaters of brushwood, briers and weeds,
but seem to be careful to avoid that
character of vegetation which other
kinds of live stock prefer. Every leaf
and twig within their reach is greedily
eaten, even to most of the bushes and
weeds that are considered poisonous
to other ruminants, while a remark-
ably few weeds are passed by. They
will desert the finest clover and blue-
grass for such an outlay.
Hon. James S. Hogg, ex-Governor of
Texas, who had a flock of 104 head
when he made this statement, said:
"Goats have a predilection for desserts
very much like the human race, but I
never discovered this until I made this
recent purchase. My goats go out in
the morning and feast on briers, young
saplings, cacti and other substantial
food products until about noon, when
they turn their attention to this year's
growth of limbs, including leaves,
where they cut six or seven wide
swaths; then along about eventide they
finish up on about 104 saucers of poi-
son oak leaves. They arrange the bill
of fare to suit themselves, and mani-
fest no desire for a change. They are
perfectly willing to work for their
board and give me their clothes. They
are doing good work, too."
Where milk or cream is being held
for creamery delivery, with no other
cooling arrangement, the milk or
cream can may be hung in the well.
With a tight cover, water dripping
from the top of the well will not in-
jure the contents of the can. The
deep, cool well is a cheap and e. .cient
refrigerator for dairy products.
17th Annual Celebration
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta M e 2 :08.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bav with black points,
standing Id. 3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
?r^5e"Tlnner m the sh°w ring. He was sired bv McKinney 2:11%, dam Alberta
2:26, the dam or Berta Mac 2:08, by Altoona 8S50, sire of 8, son of the great
A-lmont 33; second dam Gypsy by Erwin Davis 555S, sire of 2 in the list, bv Sken-
endoah. Only two ot G. Albert Mac's get have been trained, a vearling and a
two-year-old, and both have shown standard speed. All have size, style and
speed and good color. Good pasturage at reasonable rates. For further particu-
lars, address
W. PARSONS, 320 Capital St., Salinas, Cal.
PRINCE MCKINNEY -2- 2:291
Winner of 2-y-o Trotting Division Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes Xo. 3
PRINCE McKIXXEY is by McKinney 2:11*4. the great-
est of all speed sires, and is out of Zorilla. by Dexter Prince, one of the
most successful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Fnrm:n-rXt dam
Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; nest dam Lady Thorn Jr.. dam
ofthatsood racehorse Santa Claus 2:17%, that sired Sidney, grand-
sire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:5S*4.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standin g
16 hands and 'weighing 1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone,
a rugged constitution and fine trotting action.
;™#tnd SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Good opportunity for tan Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion. FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Applv to or address
F. GOMMET, Owner. CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stables, 36th Avenue, San Francisco.
Season of 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES,
The First National Bank
Corner Post and Montgomery Streets
Complete Banking
Service
I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business.
II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank,
pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal.
"II. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee
absolute protection for valuables.
Inspection Invited
OF THE
BUTCHERS
Of San Francisco and Alameda County
OAKLAND RAGE TRACK, Wednesday, June 8, '10
PROGRAM OF RACES.
The order in which the races are to be run off to be determined by the committee
* later.
BVTCHERS' CART RACE —
(For members of the Retail Butch-
ers of San Francisco); one mile
dash; four or more starters. Own-
ership required. Horses must be
owned sixty days prior to day of
race. Horses entered must be bona
fide cart or wagon horses used
dailv in the delivery of meats. Road
cart to be used. Entrance fee,
S5.00. First prize, $ 1 5.00; second
prize, $35.00; third prize, $20.00.
BVTCHERS* CART RACE —
One-mile dash, for members of
Oakland Exchange; four or more
starters. Ownership required.
Horses must be owned sixty days
prior to day of race. Horses en-
tered must be bona fide cart or
■wagon horses, used daily in the
delivery of meats. Road cart to be
used. Entrance fee, $5.00. First
prize. $75.00; second prize, $35.00;
third prize, $20.00.
BITCHERS" CART RACE —
One-mile dash, free-for-all; four
or more starters. Xo ownership
of horses required. Butchers to
drive. Entrance fee, $5.00. First
prize, $75.00; second prize, $35.00;
third prize, $20.00.
BUTCHERS' TROTTIXG AND
PACING RACE —
One-mile dash; four or more start-
ers. Ownership required. Entrance
fee, $5.00. First prize, $75.00; sec-
ond prize, $35.00; third prize,
$20.00.
PACING RACE —
One-mile dash, free-for-all; four
or more starters. Entrance fee,
$5.00. First prize. $75.00; second
prize. $35.00; third prize, $20.00.
TROTTING RACE —
One-mile dash; free-for-all; four
or more starters. Entrance fee,
$5.00. First prize, $.o,00; second
prize. $35.00; third prize, $20.00.
TROTTING RACE —
One mile dash, 2:30 class; must be
four or more starters. Entrance
fee, $5.00. First prize, $75.00; sec-
ond prize, $35.00; third prize,
$20.00.
PACING RACE —
One-mile dash, 2:20 class; must be
four or more starters. Entrance
fee, $5.00. First prize, $75.00; sec-
ond prize, $3o.00; third prize,
$20.00.
TROTTING AND PACING RACE—
Two-mile dash, free-for-all; four
or more starters. Entrance fee,
$5.00. First prize, $7o.00; second
prize. $35.00; third prize, $20.00.
VAQIERO RACE —
Race will start at winning post up
track, race to one-eighth pole.
Turn and race to winning post.
Entrance fee. $2.50. Vaqueros to
ride I for vaqueros only). Riders
must weigh not less than 135 lbs.
Spanish bit and Mexican saddle
must be used. For strictly va-
quero horses. The committee re-
serves the right to reject any or
all entries. First prize, $40.00;
second prize, $25.00; third prize,
$15.00.
STEER RUNNING RACE, % MILE
Must be three starters or more.
Entrance fee, $5.00. First prize,
$40.00: second prize, $25.00; third
prize, $20.00.
In conjunction with the above there will be Six Running Races by Horses
now Racing at Emeryville Track.
RULES.
RACING UN'DER X \TIOXAL RULES— The committee has the right to reject any entry and to
bar any horse that has not the right to enter the race, or will be detrimental to the success of any
raCe" First race will be called promptly at 12:30 p. m. Entries will close Saturday. June 4. 1910. at 5
p m Entries will be received by the Secretary. 4M Haight St.. San Francisco, and by A. W . Harper.
2512 Grove St Bertelev. Phone Berkeley 3554. on any day. up to June 4. 1910. from S to 10 a. m.. and
1 to 5 p. in., or by any member of the race track committee. Entrance fee payable at the time of
entry. __
COMMITTEE OX RACING.— W. J. Cox, Chairman. Oakland: Jno. Xowlan,
San Francisco; W. R. Harper, Berkeley; A. \Y. Anselmi, Oakland; Jno. Tassi,
San Francisco; R. X. Weiss, San Francisco; Jno. Lacoste. Oakland; J. Baumel,
Berkeley.
BEN DAVIS, Sec'y, 484 Haight St., San Francisco.
Phone Park 579; Home S. 3312.
A. H. POWER, President. W. H. CARLTON, Secretary
RACE PROGRAMME
C oos C ounty R acing A ssociation
MARSHFIELD, ORE., July 1, 2, 3, 4, '10-
First Day, Friday. July 1st.
No. 1 — Running. %-mile dash, purse - - - - *125
Xo 3 Trotting and pacing. V> mile heats. 2:0" class, two in three; purse.... 100
>o ,- Running, 3» mile dash, for horses owned and kept in Coos and Curry
counties since Jan. 1, 1910; catch weights; purse 75
>-0 (I Relav race, for saddle horses, of eight miles. The relay race is to cover
four davs two miles are to be run each day, riders to change horses
every half mile. The winner will be declared the 4th day; purse.. 100
Second Day. Saturday. July 3.
Xo. 7 — %-miIe dash; purse - !£■»
x-0. S Pace or trot; % -mile heats, for 2:15 class, best two in three; purse 150
S:o. 11 '/4-mile dash, catch weights, for horses not trained this season; purse. 20
So. 12 Running, 5s -mile; Owners handicapped for horses kept and owned in
Coos county since Jan. 1. '10; purse 125
No. 13 — Relay race (same as No. 6)
Third Day. Sunday, July 30.
Xo. 14 Running, ^--mile dash. For horses owned and kept in Coos and
Douglas counties since Jan 1, '10; catch weights; purse 10'.)
Xo. 15 — Free-for-all, trot or pace, % mile, 2 in 3; purse 17.»
Xo. 17 — Running, one mile dash; purse 175
Xo. IS — Relav race (same as No. 6 )
Fourth Day, Monday. July 4.
Xo. l!) — Ruuuing, ^-mile dash, for horses owned and kept in Coos county.
since Jan" 1. '10; catch weights: purse i«»
Xo. 20 — Trot or pace, 1 mile heats; 3 in 5; free-for-all; purse --0
($50 added to the winner if a trotter, or $25 if a pacer.)
Xo. 21 — Running, s-g-mile, catch weights, horses not trained this season ; purse 30
Xo. 22 — Running. 1-mile dash: purse -°"
Xo. 23 — Relay (same as Xo. ti) - ,
Note— (1) Jn all races entrance free. 10 per cent of the amount of purse de-
ducted from first and second monev winner, t - i Honey divided 60-30-10. (d)
Weights 10 lbs. below scale. (4) Races free-for-all unless otherwise stated, (oi
Horses ruled off will not be permitted to start.
For further information and entry blanks address
F. P. XORTOX. Marshneld, Oregon.
Saturday, June 4, 1910.]
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[Saturday, June 11, 1910.
21st Annual Race Meeting
-OF THE-
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Entries close Friday, July 1, 1910.
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G. ALBERT MAC 2:30
Reg. No. 51366.
Full brother to Berta M c 2:08.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
SALINAS, CAL.
Service Fee: $25 the Season.
This grandly bred son of McKinney is a handsome dark bay with black points,
standing 15.3 and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a fast natural trotter and frequent
prize-winner in the show ring. He was sired by McKinney 2:11*4, dam Alberta
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Saturday, June 11, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BREEDER
THE WEEKLY
AND SPORTSMAN
(Established 1882.)
I\ W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALCONDA JAY 46831 H. Helman, Pleasanton
ATHASHAM 2:0914 D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
DEMONIO 2:11% Rush & Haile, Suisun
ED. McKINNEY 47S70 A. J. Gillett, Modesto
G. ALBERT MAC 2:30 W. Parsons, Salinas
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
JIM LOGAN (3) 2:05',£ J. B. Montgomery, Pleasanton
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
NEAREST McKINNEY 40698.. T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
PRINCE McKINNEY (2) 2:29%
Chas. James, San Francisco
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19% J- H. Donaldson, Topaz
RAY O'LIGHT 2:08% E. S. Train, Salem, Ore.
HARNESS RACING DATES.
SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
P. C. T. H. B. A., San Jose Aug. 10-11-12-13
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair. Hanford Oct. 10-15
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland, Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
Centralla Sept. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane, Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit,
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5-9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus Sept. 19-30
Great "Western Circuit.
Fort Wayne July 4- 8
Terre Haute July 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3-8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
SAN JOSE IS THE PLACE and August 10th to
13th inclusive are the dates for the Pacific Coast
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association's 21st annua]
race meeting. The entire program of purses offered
will be found in our advertising pages. The decis-
ion to hold the meeting at San Jose has met with
general approval. A large amount of money has
been invested there in a new track and several hun-
dred splendid stalls, and the citizens of the garden
city have subscribed $1500 toward the meeting. This
is very generous on their part and as San Jose is
easy of access from all points there should be a very
large list of entries and some of the best racing
seen on the coast in years. The new track is a
regulation mile, sixty feet in width for its entire
length and on the day the race meeting opens will
be about the fastest track on the Pacific Coast.
There are seats for over 3000 people and a large
section of these will be roofed, so that they will be
shaded from the sum. Arrangements will be made
with the transportation companies to get the crowds
to and from the track safely and expeditiously and
nothing will be left undone to make the meeting as
successful as any ever held by this association. En-
tries to the purses will close July 1st.
IF MEETINGS ARE TO BE GIVEN by Woodland,
Chico and other places this year, it is time the
purses were being advertised. As the State Fair will
open September 3d, and the North Pacific Circuit two
weeks before that time, California associations that
desire to hold meetings in July or August should
get out their announcements without further delay.
What the Horses aid Trainers are Doing at This New
Mile Track.
The track here is getting in first class shape and
by the time the Breeders' meeting takes place will
be in record-breaking condition. That handsome and
fast trotting stallion Prof. Heald holds the distinc-
tion of having stepped the fastest mile yet made by
either trotter or pacer on this track. Joe Cuicello let
him march a mile the other day in 2:13.
Mr. A. L. Scott drove his mare Weatewater, the
fast daughter of Sidney Dillon, a mile one day last
week, in 2:18, accompanied by his 14-year-old son be-
hind the great little three-year-old trotter Mamie
Alwin, and although Mr. Scott's mare has been a mile
in 2:08 he was unable to put it on the daughter of
Lord Alwin at the finish. This trotter and his driver
are a high class pair of youngsters. Master Scott
handles the reins with the judgment and skill of an
older and more experienced knight of the sulky, and
Scott Sr. is to be congratulated on having such a
promising pair of young prospects.
The four-year-old gelding in Jack Phippens' stable
that less than two months ago was being ridden by a
Portuguese over his owner's (Mr. Jas. Dunn) ranch,
in Gilroy after cows, stepped the fourth heat in 2:25%
the other day. If this fellow does not make a sensa-
tional trotter, I for one, will be disappointed. He
only wears a pair of quarier boots, has the right
way of going and a well balanced head.
Ted Hayes has been a mile in 2:22% with Bon
McKinney, his two-year-old son of Bon Voyage and
Jean Val Jean (3) 2:18 by same sire, paced through
the stretch the other day in a shade better than 30
seconds with the last eighth in 14%. The three-year-
old pacer that can beat this black fellow will have to
ramble some.
T. W. Barstow worked One Better (2) a mile in
2:21 and a two-minute gait at the finish, and his son
Frank drove the beautiful white-faced chestnut mare
Sally by Nearest 2:22% a mile in 2:22. This mare
is double-gaited and mighty good gaited at either
way of going hut is a little the best at the trot.
Before she could step quite as fast as she can now
I saw her pace a mile in 2:29 and turn around and
trot one in 2:28. On account of her double gait Mr.
Barstow had some trouble in the spring in balancing
her so that she would stick to one gait and in dis-
gust turned her over to Frank after threatening to
make a prompter of her. Nature supplied the son
with a little more patience than it did the old man
and the result is a very bright prospect for a fast
trotter, the best I have ever seen by her sire.
Sophia Dillon 2:11% may yet be raced this year;
the injured leg is doing so well that Jack Groom
thinks she will be all right for the northern circuit.
Jack's two-year-old filly by Ed McKinney, dam by
Eros has been a mile in 2:32 and is likely to be a
pretty good two-year-old trotter before the season is
over. What looks to be the making of a very classy
pacer is Jerry D. (matinee record 2:18). This four-
year-old gelding is by Sidney Howard, dam by Mc-
Kinney, and is a pure pacer that wears nothing, has
all kinds of speed and a good racing head to go
with it.
Ray Mead's three-year-old filly Lovelock by Zolock
2:05%, dam Carrie B. 2:18 has been an easy mile in
2:17 and Carrie B.'s "fatherless" son Ishmael has
been a mile in 2:25 also on a pace. The daughter
of Alexander Button and Carrie Malone will have
three in the list before the season of 1910 is over.
Princess Lou, four-year-old filly by Kinney Lou
2:07%, won an impromptu matinee race last Sunday,
best time 2:16, Elsidelo, by Owyhee 2:11 driven by
his owner Joe Spalding was second and Lady San
Jose driven by Wm. Cecil third, closely bunched. To
some of the spectators it looked like the driver of
Elsidelo was pulling his head off to keep from win-
ning, but of course that was not the case as they
don't do that kind of thing in fun races. This was
a pacing race and the winner was trained and driven
by Jack Villar. Mr. Villar has a Nutwood Wilkes
gelding in his stable that he has developed from a
2:40 pacer to a mile in 2:17 in a little over a month
and another unsexed son of the same sire that joined
his stable on May 20th with a mile in 2:29 to his
credit has since been in 2:19% trotting and a quarter
in 32% seconds.
I have a few that I am trying to train but like num-
berless others here and on other training tracks they
have not done anything worth talking about, but
there is one in the hunch that may do something
some day; if he don't he will be the first one out of
his great dam that has not speed to burn. I refer
to the three-year-old black colt. Carlo Dillon, by Guy
Dillon (3) 2:23%, the best son of the great Sidney
Dillon, dam the wonderful brood mare Carlotta Wilkes,
dam of six in 2:30 and three in 2:10 and another with
a trotting trial of 2:11. He's a pony. So was the im-
mortal Geo. Wilkes 2:22, the champion trotting stal-
lion of his day. After this great horse was retired
from the track at the age of 17 and went to Ken-
tucky to begin his wonderful stud career, he was
derisively spoken of as "Bill" Simmons' pony but he
founded the greatest of all harness race horse fami-
lies. Carlo Dillon traces to Geo. Wilkes through
three of his greatest sons, Guy Wilkes, Red Wilkes
and Alcantara. C. C. C.
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Nearly all the horses in training in California that
are fit to go to the races will be taken north for
the North Pacific circuit. Owing to the dearth of
meetings in California this season there are not
more than half as many horses in training as there
were last year.
Kid Dillon, a Son of Sidney Dillon, Paces a Fast Half
at Arcadia.
Los Angeles, June 7 1910.
All last week the track at Arcadia was very bad,
owing to lack of sufficient water and work; so bad,
indeed, that one or two of the trainers had about de-
cided to go to Santa Ana, but Sunday an extra team
and man were put to work and already the improve-
ment is noticeable, as will readily be seen from the
halves some of Will Durfee's horses reeled off.
I understand that another survey has been made
by the city surveyor of the new track at Agricultural
Park and though it takes off a little of the width be-
tween the home stretch and the fence enclosing the
grounds originally granted the trotting association,
there will still be space enough for the stables and
driveway. I am told that Mr. Allen, the builder of
the track at Santa Anita, has been communicated
with and things generally are shaping toward a
speedy commencement of the work.
I received a letter from W. A. Clark Jr. a day or
two ago telling me that before sailing from New York
he ran up to Boston to take a look at his colt Bon
Vivant by Bon Voyage that Bob Proctor is training
for his stake engagements at Readville and was de-
lighted with his looks. He has grown and filled out
tremendously, and Proctor is very much pleased with
the way he is working. Bon Vivant it will be re-
membered was the champion two-year-old stallion of
1909, taking a record of 2:16%.
A letter from Ted Hayes tells me that he worked
his two-year-old Bon McKinney, also by Bon Voyage,
a mile over the San Jose track last week in 2:19%.
A letter from the owner to W. G. Durfee calls that
trainer's attention to the fact that the promising stud
in his string is registered as McPatchen not McPatch;
owing to his breeding and the way he is working, he
thinks he is entitled to his whole name. McPatchen
is by McKinney, dam by Mambrino Patchen and
worked a mile last week in 2:17%, last half in 1:07%
last quarter in 32% seconds.
Crescendo, the full brother to Copa de Oro, stepped
a quarter in 31% seconds and an eighth in 15% sec-
onds. He has not been asked for a mile since his at-
tack of distemper. Del Oeste, a two-year-old pacer
in Durfee's string, worked a half in 1:07; he is by
Del Coronado.
The present sensation at the track is the pacer
Kid Dillon by Sidney Dillon. He is little more than
a pony and has not had more than ninety days' work,
yet Durfee drove him a half mile in 1:03% and then
a mile in 2:15%, last half in 1:02%.
Orange Girl, a two-year-old by Del Coronado and
owned by R. L. Draper of Santa Ana was converted
to the pace three weeks ago today, celebrated the
event by tramping a mile in 2:26%, the last eighth in
16% seconds.
That Tom Moko by Moko always has his brush
was demonstrated today when he trotted an eighth in
15 seconds, though he has only had road work and a
few slow miles for a long time. He is out of a Nut-
wood mare and acquired his first name from Tommy
Murphy who raised him.
Sam Elmore, the owner of Jean Jacques, was at
Santa Anita today and worked the green mare Leo-
nora McKinney alongside of Zomwolsey, Durfee up,
a half in 1:02%.
Clarence Berry's stake colt Hastings by Del Coro-
nado worked a mile in 2:40, but was not asked to
brush in any part of it. Berry is a frequent visitor
at the track and is getting nearly as much training
as his horses, for he no sooner strikes Durfee's barn
than he is put to work either jogging his own things
or some of Durfee's or else put up behind something
Durfee wants worked in company and before he
knows it he is doing all the work of a "second" but
without the little formality demanded by the pro-
fessional second at the end of the month. But all this
is his own fault in giving his ability as a teamster
away the day he worked his filly an eighth in 15%
seconds. JAMES.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Frank Pereira Sausalito. — Illustrious is a standard
and registered trotting stallion. He is by Happy
Medium, dam by Cassius M Clay Jr., second dam
by Almont 33. He has a trotting record of 2:29%
and has sired one trotter and two pacers with rec-
ords. We do not find a mare named Lady Diano in
the Year Book or registered. If she is a pacer a foal
from her by Illustrious would be expected to pace,
but it might be a trotter.
L. W- Redwine, Ukiah. — Money Mack and Merry
Mack, the two stallions sold by Mr. A. B. Kodman at
Chase's pavilion in this city, were both foaled in 1901.
James Foley, City. — Aunt Polly, the mare that won
at Salt Lake Wednesday, is 12 years old.
The late King Edward had very extensive horse
breeding affairs. The Shires, Hackneys and Thor-
oughbreds from his stables were factors to be reck-
oned with in public contests. His Shires Dunsmore
Gloaming and Solace were noted champions. At his
sale in 1898, 54 head sold for an average of $1,125
and Seabreeze brought .$5,750. About 40 years ago
the king began his turf career which for the last half
of that period has been distinguished by large win-
nings. Three times he won the Derby, and last year
after that event he delighted his subjects by person-
ally leading his winner Minoru from the track accord-
ing to the custom of other sportsmen. Altogether he
won 119 races which reached a total value of $66S,S00.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 11, 1910.
MATINEE DRAWS LARGE CROWD.
Nearly 2000 People See Excellent Racing on State's
Track at Sacramento.
Close finishes and good time, considering the heavy
wind that blew against the horses on the home
stretch, and the looseness of the track, made the race
meet held at the Agricultural Park last Sunday under
the auspices of the Sacramento Driving Club a great
success, says the Sacramento Bee. Close to 2000
people witnessed the races, which developed into
some ot the best seen at the track for years.
The best race of the day proved to be the Class A
pace, with Frank Casey's Delilah, Charlie Silva's
Teddy Bear and Chiquito, a Chico horse, as entries.
The first heat of the race was negotiated in the fast
time of 2:10%, Teddy Bear winning. Delilah led up
to the last turn, but broke. She showed a fine burst
of speed on the stretch, however, passed Chiquito
and pressed Teddy Bear hard for first honors. In
the second heat of the race conc.itions were reversed,
Teddy Bear breaking after passing the first quarter
pole and losing his position to Delilah, yet pressing
close at the finish. Chiquito was withdrawn in the
third heat and Delilah led all the way round. The
time in the second heat was 2:11%, and in the sec-
ond 2:13.
The Class A trot was expected to produce a more
spirited race than it did. Frank Ruhstaller's Wild
Bell made a runaway race out of it, taking two
straight heats with Katalina, owned by Wendell Mil-
ler of Chico, second, and Frank Wright's Lijero third.
The best time was 2:14%.
The first race on the program, a Class D mixed, was
a hard-fought one. George Vice's Bert Arondale took
the first heat, with Joe Dick and Princess Flora B.
but a short distance behind. Bert Arondale was
-leading in the second heat, when he broke and lost
first place to Joe Dick after a game recovery. The
last heat was a thriller. Dr. Weldon's Bxpedio was
a contender for first position, being neck and neck
with Arondale. Expedio broke within the last 200
feet and Vice took the heat and blue ribbon.
After finishing third in the first heat of the second
race G. C. Powell's Mae B. took the next two heats
from Katie B., owned by George Shane.
Jeff Hall's little Rockaway from Oroville gave the
Santa Cruz horse, Kermit, a worty argument in the
fifth race, pressing him hard. Harold B. and Tom
Murphy divided third place and on the flip of a coin
it was awarded to Harold B.
All Style, owned by Dana Perkins of Rocklin, took
the sixth race after finishing fourth in the first heat.
De Oro, owned by Tim Horigan of Dixon, after win-
ning the first heat, did not finish the second heat and
was withdrawn. Romona B. made a gallant try in
the third, only to break when near the wire.
A Rocklin entry also won the final race, A. Levi-
son's The Jewess taking two straight heats, Sey-
mow M., from Chico, and Briarwood dividing the
other honors. Results:
First race, Class D, mixed:
Bert Arondale (George Vice) Sacramento. .. .1 2 1
Joe Dick (J. F. Heenan), Sacramento 2 1 4
Princess Flora B. (E. O. Burge) Sacramento. 3 3 3
Expedio (E. J. Weldon); Sacramento 4 4 2
Lady Bird (H. Pierce), Sacramento 5 5 5
Time— 2:22%, 2:24%, 2:31%.
Second race, Class E, mixed:
Mae B. (G. C. Powell), Sacramento 3 1 1
Katie B. (George Shane), Sacramento 1 2 2
Sandy (Sam Gault), Sacramento 2 3 3
Time— 2:31%. 2:33, 2:33%.
Third race. Class A, trot:
Wild Bell (F. J. Ruhstaller), Sacramento 1 1
Lijero (F. E. Wright, Sacramento 3 3
Katalina (Wendell Miller). Chico 2 2
Time— 2:14%, 2:15%.
Fourth race. Class A, pace:
Delilah (Frank Casey), Sacramento 2 1 1
Teddy Bear (C. F. Silva), Sacramento 1 2 2
Chiquito (Wendell Miller) Chico 3 3 *
Time— 2:10%, 2:11%, 2:13.
Fifth race. Class B. pace:
Kermit (S. N. Cowell), Santa Cruz 1 1
Rockaway (Jeff Hall), Oroville 2 2
Harold B. (H. C. Pike), Sacramento 3 4
Tom Murphy (Frank Casev), Sacramento 4 3
Time— 2:16%, 2:15%.
Sixth race. Class B, trot:
AM Style (Dana Perkins), Rocklin 4 1 1
Lady Alice (W. J. O'Connor) Chico 3 3 3
Ramona B. (M. H. Tuttle) Rocklin 2 3 2
De Oro (Tim Horigan) Dixon 1 dr
Time— 2:22, 2:23, 2:27%.
Seventh race, Class C, pace:
The Jewess (A. Levison) . Rocklin 1 1
Seymow M. (T. Stiles). Chico 2 3
Briarwood (I. Christie), Sacramento 3 2
Time— 2:24%, 2:30.
Officials — Judges, M. H. Diepenbrock, F. Park,
Chico; J. M. Jones, Stockton. Timers, M. C. Delano,
"Farmer" Bunch of San Jose, and H. Kempt of Stock-
ton. Starter. Frank E. Wright. Marshals, Tevis
Paine and John Silva. Announcer, George Vice.
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DEATH OF WELL KNOWN DRIVERS.
Strange coincidences are continually happening.
During the past month four of the best known of
the old guard of trotting horse enthusiasts have
died. Charles B. Harvey, New Philadelphia, Ohio;
A. J. Feek. Syracuse; Dick Arthur, Brookville, Pa.,
and William Barnsdale Jr., of Bradford, Pa., were
stanch lovers of the horse and very prominent fig-
ures O] the Grand Circuit as well as the half mile
tracks in their vicinity. And all passed away within
three weeks of each other.
COWBOYS AT STATE FAIR.
The citizens of Sacramento are making a mighty
effort to draw a big crowd to the capital city during
the week of the State Fair in September. Already
$18,000 has been guaranteed by a half-dozen leading
business men of the city to pay for the appearance
of Wyoming cowboys who will give a production
of the famous Cheyenne Frontier Days. There will
be cowboys, cowgirls, untrained horses, wild steers,
cow ponies, cow horses, champion rough riders,
champion cowboy riders, champion ropers, ex-
champions, the champion steer-roper of the world,
men famous the world over for feats of daring on
horseback, wild horses from Nevada, the famous old
bucking horse Steamboat, and probably a band of
blood-thirsty Sioux Indians trained for circus work,
but getting wilder instead of tamer.
There will be fifty people, 160 head of stock, and
among the celebrities who will do fancy stunts on
horseback and on the ground will be "Buffalo" Ver-
non, known as the "Cheyenne Bulldog," because he
rides full tilt at a steer, jumps from his pony's hack,
lands between the horns of the steer, catches the
steer's nose in his teeth and throws the animal like a
bulldog would do it. Miss St. Clair, the champion
woman rough rider of the world, will also be along;
"Steer Shoot" Oliver, another famous performer, will
he on the list, as will Sam Scoval, a daredevil bare-
back rider, and Florence La Due and Bill Weadick,
skilled rope throwers and riders.
The Sacramento merchants will make an effort to
raise $30,000 additional to the $18,000 required to
secure the "Frontier" show, and will expend this in
securing aviators and other attractions. The Sacra-
mento citizens' committee is contemplating offering
an additional $5000 for prizes for competitions be-
tween California ropers, riders and cowboys and
those from Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and Texas.
Not alone will the show be attractive, but the cham-
pionship competitions which go with it will in them-
selves be great features. It may be that there will
be prizes offered by the show people for any rider in
California, who will stick on Steamboat, riding up-
right and using a quirt. Only one man has ever suc-
ceeded in riding the vicious horse. Although he is
now 14 years old, he still has a few bucks left.
Sam Scoval, the great bareback rider, will guaran-
tee to ride without bit, line, rope or saddle, any
horse in the State of California. And Irwin said that
he will bring along a horse which he is willing to
put up a nice purse will throw any rider in California.
There will be "something doing every minute"
during the week of the fair.
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AMATEUR RACING THIS AFTERNOON.
AT STOCKTON TRACK.
Six races have been arranged for this afternoon
at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park by the
Park Amateur Driving Club. The free-for-all trot,
which was won by Modicum at the last matinee will
have five or six starters if all the entries are in
shape and a new factor will be introduced, as Geo.
Erlin has named his fast mare Princess Christina
in the race. Reina Directum, who was not up to a
hard race the last time she started, will be in the
race and she looks like a winner at present writing.
The races are all at mile heats, best two in three,
and the first event will be called promptly at 1:30
p. m. The program is as follows:
Green pace — H. Boyle's Zoe Dell, D. E. Hoffman's
Balboa I. B. Dalziel's King Sable.
Free-for-all trot — H. Boyle's Modicum, D. E. Hoff-
man's Dr. O'Brien, S. Christenson's Reina Directum,
G. E. Erlin's Princess Christina, A. Ottinger's Charley
T. and Mike Kelley.
Free-for-all trot — H. Boyle's Dioden, D. E. Hoff-
man's Dictatum, I. B. Dalziel's John T., J. Perry's
Little Medium, H. M. Ladd's Ringrose, I. L. Borden's
Roberta, F. E. Booth's Searchlight Colt.
Class A trot— F. L. Mathes' Raymond M., F. W.
Thompson's Lady Washington. F. Von Issendorf's
Ceta Dillon, J. W. Smedley's Red Velvet, A. Ottin-
ger's Lady Irene.
' Class B trot— F. L. Matthes' Walter G., H. C.
Ahlers' Sunset Belle I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato.
Class C trot — R. Consani's Dividend, Capt. Matson's
Bird Eye, R. Nolan's Billie Burke, A. P. Clayburgh's
Charles II.
The officers of the day will be T. F. Bannon,
starter; J. A. McKerron, H. A. Rosenbaum and A. J.
Molera, judges; Geo. R. Gay and A. Joseph, timers;
H. M. Ladd, mrahsal.
WILL RACE SUNDAY.
The Yuba and Sutter Driving Club has arranged
the following program for tomorrow at the Marys-
ville track:
Two-year-old pace — W. L. Vance's Bonny Yuba. G.
H. Maguder's Peggy, J. Renatti's Sir John R„ Sewell
Harris' bay colt, Robert Gray's brown colt.
Trotting — W. L. Vance's Tonopah, Frank Atkins'
R. W. P.
Mixed race — G. H. Magruder's Emeline, William
Leech's Anona, O. Powell's Rex, Fred Cooper's
Easter.
Free-for-all pace — J. Renatti's Monteo, Jeff Hall's
Rockaway, M. L. Vance's Easter Bells, Frank Mer-
rill's Geo. Woodard.
Match race, three-year-olds — J. E. Strain's pacer
Morris S., G. H. Magrudger's trotter Mabel.
Unfortunately for the San Joaquin Driving Club,
the old race track is still in litigation, and as it
was sown to hay last fall, not until two weeks ago
was the club able to put it into condition for its
summer matinees. The inner half of the track is
now in fairly good condition for speed, and the mem-
bers are driving a dozen or fifteen horses over the
course.
One of the most promising colts of the year is the
four-year-old Bert Kelley by McAdrian, both owned
by E. J. Diggs. At Tulare last fall Bert Kelley
trotted in 2:19 and a few days since in a workout
he went to the half in 1:07%. McAdrian, by Guy
McKinney, dam Maple Leaf, with a 2:24 record, is
also being driven, both horses now being handled by
the old reinsman, "Farmer" Bunch.
T. D. W., the pacer, formerly owned in San Fran-
cisco, is now owned by F. Kemp of this city, and he
also is being jogged. Last fall, driven by Liegen-
ger, at Tulare, he made the pacer David St. Clair
travel in 2:17% and 2:14%, and this year under his
new trainer he is liable to hit the 2:10 mark.
Guy Vernon, another worthy son of Guy McKinney,
dam a Mt. Vernon mare, is being worked out by W.
H. Parker, the driver of the famous mare Lottie M.
Guy Vernon is now four years old, and in his three-
year-form last September he took two heats from
the Sacramento horse Zamrose in 2:23% and 2:20%.
Having then been worked only a short time he was
unsteady. This year he will lower his record.
Lady Irene 2:15% by the great Diablo, has by her
side a "dandy" by Charley D. Her owner, J. H.
Jones, is exceedingly proud of the aspirant for turf
honors and expects to see him beat his daddy's
record. Jones has another good one in Little Branch,
she beating out Blanche T. at Sacramento in 2:16 and
2:18%.
Jerry Acker with the mare Lillie Ash by Derby
Ash and her daughter, Blanche A. by Royal McKin-
ney, lawyer Jacobs' stallion, is now at Fresno in
training. Handled and driven by his owner, who is
a good attorney, he made a record of 2:21% and in
goods hands he will beat 2:15.
The promising son of Stam B., McDougald 2:19%,
owned by genial Jack Grigsby, was also in training!
but unfortunately his owner is dangerously ill,
stricken by paralysis, and McDougall will probably
be retired.
GEORGE H. TINKHAM.
THE GREATEST FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
The greatest four-year-old that ever lived, writes
Hawley, was probably Directum, not necessarily be-
cause his record has never been lowered, for that
could have been done last year by The Harvester,
who trotted a trial in 2:03%, but because the son
of Director met and defeated aged horses, and per-
formed his brilliant achievements under most try-
ing conditions. He was controlled by a man who
was absolutely merciless, so hard a task master was
he, and every driver the colt had when he was in
the stable of Monroe Salisbury was forced to do just
as the old man said, both in preparing the horse and
in racing him. Directum was never a sound horse,
and had he not been possessed of a constitution of
iron, courage of the highest order, and class the
equal of which has never seen in a trotter of his
age, he could never have accomplished what he did.
Such treatment as was given him would in all proba-
bility have proved disastrous in the case of The
Harvester, who even in the hands of a man who
regarded the colt as the apple of his eye, and whose
superior as a conditioner and driver has never lived,
met defeat in a race in which he found no greater
difficulties than beset the path of Directum on more
than one occasion. Other four-year-olds will appear
capable of faster miles than were recorded by Di-
rectum, some will win brilliant races against any
and all comers, and eventually there will be seen
one unquestionably his superior, but in the judg-
ment of many practical horsemen, his equal has
never been seen thus far.
PACERS NOT SO NUMEROUS.
Over 1200 horses were in line in the work horse
parade at Boston on May 30th. The gold medal win-
ner this year was Chub, a 28-year-old horse that has
been in service 22 years.
Gurney Gue, secretary of the New York Trotting
Horse Breeders' Club, commenting on the recent
entries, said:
"The comparatively small number of entries in the
races for pacers is a curious and puzzling feature of
the returns, and this is so this season at many other
meetings. At Buffalo there were twenty-seven en-
tries in the race for 2:15 trotters and only sixteen
in the same class for pacers. At Cleveland the 2:14
race for trotters received fifty-one entries, while the
2:14 race for pacers had thirty-one entries. At
Kalamazoo the number of entries in the 2:15 trotting
race was twenty-eight, as compared with eighteen
in the corresponding race for pacers. Similar ex-
perience is reported from the half-mile tracks, the
trotting races at Goshen, N. Y., for example, having
attracted in some instances more than double the
number of entries received for the pacing races.
When it is remembered that the pacers have been
steadily and rapidly increasing in numbers in the
last few years and that pacing races have usually
filled better than trotting races the sudden change
of conditions must be regarded as a strange phe-
nomenon in the history of the light harness horse.
How to account for it is a puzzle to the shrewdest
of horsemen. All agree that it seems to indicate the
decadence of the sidewheeler."
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, June 11, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY NO. 10.
Second Payment of $5 P/iade on 187 Foals of 1910
on May 2d This Year.
The following is a list of the foals of 1910 entered
in Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 10, on which second
payment of $5 was made on the 2d day of May, this
year:
A. Allen's foal by Tom Smith, dam Wahtoke by
Atherdene.
R. E. Allen's foal by Zonibro, dam Baroness Bonnie
by Baron Wilkes.
Frank E. Alley's six mares.
H. E. Armstrong's foal by Alconda Jay, dam Alma
Mac by McKinney.
D. L. Bachant's f. by Athasham, dam Corinne Neil-
son by Clarence Wilkes; f. by Athasham, dam
Maud Sears by Wayland W.
E. M. Barber's foal by Vassar, dam Dawn by Atha-
neer.
Mrs. S. V. Barstow's foal by Nearest McKinney, dam
Aunt Joe by Iran Alto; foal by Nearest McKin-
ney, dam Mrs. Weller by McKinney.
Geo. T. Beckers' foal by Zombro, dam Lady Secre-
tary by Secretary; gr. c. by Zombro, dam Trott
McGrath.
C. B. Bigelow's foal by Prince Ansel, dam Lucy B.
by Alex. Button.
J. N. Blair's foal by Demonio, dam Louisa by Wel-
come.
Mrs. L. G. Bonfilio's foal by Del Coronado, ham Ath-
erine by Patron.
Clarence Berry's b. c. by Carlokin, dam Beatrice
Zombro by Zombro.
I. L. Borden's foal by Barney Barnato, dam Allie
Cresco by Cresco.
Thos. H. Brents' foal by Cotosca, dam Safirona by
Antelope; foal by Bon Voyage, dam Magladi by
Del Norte.
Alex. Brown's fcal by Prince Ansel, dam Arista by
Nushagak; foal by Palite, dam Princess Mamie
by Prince Ansel; foal by Prince Ansel dam Lottie
by San Diego; foal by Prince Ansel, dam Lauress
by Mendocino; foal by Alconda Jay, dam Bouquet
by Nushagak.
Frank H. Burke's foal by Bon Voyage, dam Vallejo
Girl by McKinney; foal by Bon Voyage, dam
Wanda by Eros.
C. A. Canfield's foal by Walter Barker, dam Mamie
Elizabeth by Red Regent; foal by Walter Bar-
ker, dam Sue by Athadon; foal by Walter Bar-
ker, dam Dixie W. by Zolock; foal by Walter
Barker, dam Chloe by Conifer.
Fount Clark's foal by Diorose, dam Lena by Fal-
rose.
J M. Clark's foal by Palo King, dam Diorine by
Diablo; foal by R. Ambush, dam Diabitine by
Diablo; foal by Diorose, dam Bird by Falrose;
foal by Diablo, dam Alveta by Arthur W.
F. D. Cobb's foal by Bon Voyage, dam A. Novel by
Altivo.
S. H. Cowell's foal by Kinney Lou, dam Dione by
Eros; foal by Henry Nutwood, dam Charmion by
Nutwood Wilkes.
H. E. Coil's foal by Iran Alto, dam Golden Rose by
Falrose.
A. G. Dahl's foal by Vassar, dam Judith by Wm. Har-
old; foal by Vassar, dam Rosie Caution by Cau-
tion.
L. B. Daniels' foal by On Voyage, dam Nocha by
Nushagak; foal by Sir John S., dam Dorothy Ten-
nant by Clay.
T. J. Drais, Jr.'s foal by Alconda Jay, dam Blanche-
ward by Onward.
R. L. Draper's foal by Copa de Oro, dam Lady Hack-
ett by Gerome.
E. D. Dudley's foal by Palite, dam Bee Sterling by
Sterling; foal by Palite, dam Paprika by Oro
Belmont; foal by Carlokin, dam Truth by Search-
light.
W. G. Durfee's bl. f. by Carlokin, dam Lady H. by
Del Coronado; bl. c. by Carlokin, dam My Irene
S. by Petigru; b. f. by Del Coronado, dam Subito
by Steinway; b. c. by Del Coronado, dam Roberta
Madison by Jas. Madison; b. f. by Carlokin, dam
Mowitza by Soudan; foal by Copa de Oro, dam
Lillie Mc by McKinney; b. c. by Copa de Oro,
dam Ola by McKinney.
H. H. Elliott's br. c. by Wayland W., dam Pittiless
by Searchlight.
F. E. Emlay's foal by Washington McKinney^. Jr.,
dam Hermia by Soudan; foal by Washington
McKinney Jr., dam Bird W. by Eugeneer.
W. B. Evans' foal by Vassar, dam Flor Alta by Alti-
tude Jr.; foal by Enola, dam Mabey by Del Cor-
onado.
J. L. Foley's foal by Bon Voyage, dam Laura Mc-
Kinney by McKinney.
L. W. Folsom's c. by Baronteer Todd, dam Grace T.
by Zombro; foal by Baronteer Todd, dam Kittie
D. by Direcho.
A. Borris Fosdick's foal by Alconda Jay, dam Athene
by Dexter Prince.
R. A. Fuller's foal by Raymon, dam Maybreaker
by Nutbreaker.
J. A. Garver's foal bv Best Policy, dam Brownie
Direct by Robert Direct; foal by Best Policy dam
Visalia Girl by Robert Direct.
Gilbert & Connell's foal by Kenneth C, dam Belle C.
by Atto Rex.
T. S. Glide's foal by Aerolite, dam Fannie G. by Nut-
wood Wilkes; foal by Palite, dam Josephine by
Nutwood Wilkes.
F. Gommet's f. by McKena, dam Zorilla by Dexter
Prince; foal by Prince McKinney. dam Arawanna
B. by Sidney Dillon.
F. S. Gurnette's foal by Demonio, dam Kitty Bellairs
by Monbells.
J. W. Haile & Co.'s foal by Demonio, dam Laura
H. by Nutwood Wilkes; foal by Demonio, dam
Minerva by Guy Wilkes; foal by Demonio, dam
May Norris by Norris.
E. P. Heald's foal by Tom Smith, dam Alice McKin-
ney by McKinney; foal by Tom Smith, dam Lady
Rowena by Pilot Prince; foal by Tom Sinitli,
dam Venus Smith by Mambrino Chief, Jr.; foal
by Tom Smith, dam Nona Washington by Geo.
Washington; foal by Tom Smith, dam Lady
Owyhee; foal by Tom Smith, dam Lady Marvin
by Don Marvin.
A. E. Heller's foal by Baronteer Todd, dam Athalene
by Coeur d'Alene.
H. H. Helman's foal by Alconda Jay, dam Electress
Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes; foal by Alconda
Jey, dam Lady Mowry by McKinney.
Hemet Stock Farm's foal by Geo. W. McKinney,
dam Lady Zombro by Zombro; foal by Geo. W.
McKinney, dam Mamie Redmond by Nutwood
Wilkes; foal by Geo. W. McKinney, dam Louise
R. by Sterling McKinney; foal by Geo. W. Mc-
Kinney, dam Muriel C. by Nutwood Wilkes; foal
by Geo. W. McKinney, dam Stambia by Stam
B.; foal by. Geo. W. McKinney, dam Fiesta by
Bob Mason; foal by Bon Voyage, dam Mora Mac
by McKinney; foal by Armond Lou, dam Nealy
W. by Geo. W. McKinney.
John Hogan's foal by San Felipe, dam Sally M. by
Rinaldo; foal by Kinney De Lopez, dam Babe by
Count Lionel.
H. S. Hogoboom's foal by Alto Express, dam Miss
Raschen by Diablo.
Lewis Homphrey's foal by Vassar, dam Lady by
Billy Haywood.
John F. Heenan's bl. f. by De Oro, dam Miss Valen-
tine by Bayswater Wilkes.
W. J. Irvine's foal by McKena, dam Ever Green by
McKinney.
E. P. Iverson's foal by Kinney Lou, dam Queen Karen
by Nutwood Wilkes.
J. B. Iverson's foal by Kinney Lou, dam Ivoneer by
Eugeneer; foal by Kinney Lou, dam Princess I.
by Eugeneer; foal by Delphi, dam The Freak by
Nutwood Wilkes.
A. T. Jackson's foal by Constructor, dam California
by Surreo.
E. V. Jacobs' foal by Meridian Mack, dam Queene
by Summer Set Prince.
Chas. Johnson's c. Charley Star by Star Pointer,
dam Skute by Silver Bow.
C. L. Jones' foal by Carlokin, dam Lady Rea by
Iran Alto; foal by Carlrea, dam Walda by Wald-
stein.
Louis Joseph's foal by Alconda Jay, dam Miss
Joseph by Derby Ash.
M. C. Keefer's foal by Prince Ansel, dam Nellie K.
by Nutwood Wilkes.
A. S. Kellogg's foal by Athasham, dam Lillith by
Secretary.
S. C. Kimball's f. by Expressive Mac, dam Miss
Idaho by Nutwood Wilkes.
J. A. Kirkman's foal by Athasham, dam Iolaway by
Stoneway.
J. C. Kirkpatrick's b. c. by Charley D., dam Melba
by Nutwood Wilkes.
Wm. Leech's b. c. Hi Pointer by Star Pointer, dam
Hiawatha by Baron Bretto.
D. Lynn's foal by G. Albert Mac, dam Bell by Diablo.
Geo. McComas' foal by Red McK., dam Gipsy
Maid by Neucleus.
C. H. McFeeley's b. f. by Bon Voyage, dam Diana by
Dialect.
H. C. McKay's foal by Tom Smith, dam Angelica by
Daybreak.
J. H. McKowen's foal by King Kasel, dam Maud
Helen by Clatawa.
Al. McNeil's foal by Tom Smith, dam Baby C.
Ray Mead's foal by Kinney Lou, dam Carrie B. by
Alex. Button.
W. F. Mespelt's foal by Copa de Oro, dam Majala by
Zolock.
W. J. Miller's foal by Dan Logan, dam Lula Mc by
Arthur Wilkes; foal by Dan Logan, dam Mc-
Feeley Mare by Arthur Wilkes.
Carey Montgomery's foal by Dan Logan, dam Lady
Caretta by Nutwood Wilkes.
J. E. Montgomery's foal by Zolock, dam Effie Logan
by Durfee.
Murphy & Judd's foal by Red McK., dam Celedine by
Ignis Fatuus.
J. W. Marshall's foal by Zolock, dam Trix by Nut-
wood Wilkes; b. f. by Palite, dam Ramona by
Demonio.
A. L. Nichols' foal by Bon Voyage, dam Silver Benton
by Senator Boggs.
Harry Osman's foal by Oregon Patch, dam Altalena
by Altamont.
H. T. Owen's foal by Lynwood W., dam Irene Ayers
by Iris.
J. L. Palmer's foal by Hal McKinney, dam Expecta-
. tion by Neernut.
W. Parsons' foal by Kinney Lou, dam Alberta by
Altoona.
H. G. Patterson's foal by Tom Smith, dam Donna P.
by Athadon.
J. W. Pendleton's foal by Madison McKinney, dam
Abbie McNutward by Guy McKinney.
Dana Perkins' foal by Stam B., dam Zaya by Bay
Bird.
W. L. Pullen's foal by Hal B., dam Duchess Queen by
Memo.
Geo. W. Putnam's foal by Star Pointer, dam Jessie
Tilden by Roy Wilkes.
Marion Putnam's foal by Tidal Wave, dam Mae Mc-
Kinney by McKinney.
Jas. W. Rea's foal by Nearest McKinney, dam Much
Better by Chas. Derby; foal by Lijero, dam Iran
"Belle by Iran Alto; foal by Nearest McKinney,
dam Eva B. by McKinney.
C. G. Rice's foal by Best Policy, dam Jessie Edwards
by George Hope.
M. N. Riebhoff's foal by Hal B., dam Lady Parkhurst
by Nearest.
Chas. A. Riggs' b. f. by Carlokin, dam The Blonde by
Strathway.
Mrs. J. W. Sampsell's foal by Vassar, dam Bess by
Bob Mason.
J. J. Sangster's foal by Prince Ansel, dam Jennie S.
by Directum.
C J. Schenck's foal Bird bv General Sherwood, dam
Nellie.
A. L. Scott's foal by Bon Voyage, dam Cora by Ira.
Thos. Smith's foal by Demonio, dam Maud Washing-
ton by Geo. Washington.
C. J. Snyder's ch. c. by Best Policy, dam Vera by
Stoneway.
C. A. Spencer's foal by Monicrat, dam The Bloom by
Nushagak; foal by Prince Ansel, dam Noraine by
Nushagak.
Jos. S tad tt eld's foal by Palite, dam Helen S. by Cor-
bett Rose.
Jas. Stewart's foal by Zolock, dam Easter D. by
Diablo.
John Suglian's foal by Tom Smith, dam Hazel Mc by
Director.
Wm. A. Sutherland's b. c. by Stanford McKinney,
dam Logamont by Gen. Logan.
M. B. Sweeney's foal by Dan C, dam Lady R. by
Col. K. R.
W. N. Tiffany's foal by Carlokin, dam Lady Vasto by
Vasto.
L. H. Todhunter's foal by Nobage, dam Zombell by
Zombro; foal by Nobage, dam Zombowyette by
Zombro.
J. H. Torrey's foal by Baronteer Todd, dam Manilla
by Shadeland Hero.
Valencia Stock Farm's foal by Pegasus, dam Puck-
achee by Dexter Royal; foal by Amado, dam Bet
Madison by Jas. Madison.
F. W. Wadham's foal by Carlokin, dam Johanna Treat
by Thos. Rysdyk.
Dr. J. H. Wagner's foal by Don Gentry, dam Belle
Ayers by Iris; foal by Don Gentry, dam Jaspine
Ayers by Bay Rose.
Geo. L. Warlow's toal by Athadon, dam Cora Wicker-
sham by Junio; foal by Stanford McKinney, dam
Narcola by Athadon; foal by Stamboulette, dam
Soisette by Guy McKinney; foal by Athablo,
dam Donnagene by Athadon.
Paul Wessinger's foal by Hal B., dam Alta Cora by
Altamont; foal by Hal B., dam Cora Patchen by
Joe Patchen; foal by Oregon Patch, dam
Opopanax by Alcone.
M. I. Wheeler's foal by Don Reginaldo, dam Maud
Wilkes by Stanton Wilkes.
Frank Whitman's foal by Gentrod, dam Alice W.
Geo. W. Whitman's foal by Star Pointer, dam Violet
by Abbotsford, Jr.
Mrs. Minnie Whitmore's foal by Carlokin, dam Hallie
Hinges by Pricemont.
M. L. Woy's foal by Tom Smith, dam Cora Dell by
Junio.
J. W. Zibbell's foal by Tom Smith, dam Kate Lumry
by Shadeland Onward; foal by Tom Smith, dam
Evangie by Shadeland Onward.
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MATINEE RACING AT PORTLAND.
The Riverside Driving Club of Portland, Oregon,
held an afternoon of racing on May 30th with the
following results:
Classes A and B, trotting and pacing —
Tobasco (T. W. Murphy) 1 1
Hunky Dory (G. K. Howitt) 2 3
Dotty Dimple (T. R. Howitt) 3 2
Miss Altalent (O. J. Brown) 4 4
Time— 2:30, 2:27V&.
Class C, pacing —
Georgia Rose (O. J. Brown) 2 1 1
Deputy (C. W. Todd) 1 4 3
Alex Queen (Dr. Treve Jones) 3 3 2
Prince Lovelace (Dr. Hubbard) 5 5 dr
Class D, trotting —
Bessie Lovelace (J. J. Kadderly 1 1
Alice Jones (A. O. Hall) 2 2
Sargo (Ed Ailsworth) 3 4
Cantatrice (C. W. Flanders) 4 3
Time — 2:39, 2:31.
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RECORD HOLDERS AT BOTH GAITS.
Quite a number of fast trotters and pacers will be
seen at the races in 1910 at the opposite gait from
which they were last seen ■ performing. Of these
horses none will attract greater interest than High-
ball, trotting record 2:03%, who is this season being
tried at the pace. He is the making of a very fast
pacer if he can stand training enough to get to the
races, but his chances of doing so are not thought to
be very good, as he is a very difficult horse to re-
strain when at speed, and with his great speed this
makes it very hard and a poorer chance for his
"dinky" leg to stand the preparation. He has paced
in 2:18 this year, and should he stand training he
will be a very close contender for the honor of being
the fastest double-gaited horse that distinction now
belonging to Anaconda, pacing record 2:01%, trotting
record 2:09%, an average of 2:05%.
The highest price of the Down East sale was
$2000 paid for Nico the Second 2:21; a brown stal-
lion by Bingen out of Loma by Arion.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 11, 1910.
I NOTES AND NEWS
Breeders' meeting goes to San Jose.
The full program of races will be found in another
column.
Entries will close July 1st and the meeting will
open August 10th.
The day that Baroness Virginia won the Kentucky
Futurity for three-year-olds she wieghed but 670
pounds.
Princess Lou, the three-year-old filly by Kinney
Lou 2:07%, paced a mile at San Jose last Sunday
in 2:15.
The California State Fair announces its race pro-
gram for 1910 in this issue of the "Breeder and
Sportsman,"
Geo. Perry won two races on Butchers' Day at Em-
eryville, the first a dash of one mile, the second one
of two miles.
H. H. Dunlap worked his trotter Boreno D. by Bon-
nie Direct, dam Petrina by Piedmont, a mile in 2:16
last week at Pleasanton.
C. A. Durfee gave his mare Helen Stiles by Sidney
Dillon a mile in 2:14% last week and she did it with-
out a skip and with speed to spare.
Patsy Davey drove Prof. Heald 2:24% a mile in
2:17% at San Jose last Sunday. This is one of the
best gaited trotters in training in this State.
The Payette, Idaho, Driving Club will hold its an-
nual race meeting on June 25th and 26th and hopes
tod have the best racing ever seen on that track.
The mile in 2:10% by Teddy Bear at Sacramento
last Sunday is pretty fast for a four-year-old at this
time of the year. Teddy Bear is by Del Coronado
2:09%.
The New Mexico Fair will be held at Albuquerque
this year from October 3d to 8th, inclusive. A good
program of harness races is to be arranged. J. B.
McManus is secretary.
New York's State Fair Commission consists of five
members. Four of them get $3000 per year each, and
the fifth, who also acts as superintendent, is paid
a salary of $5000 per annum.
The fact that nearly two thousand people turned
out to see the matinee races at Sacramento last Sun-
day is pretty good proof that the sport of harness
racing is popular in that section.
Farmer Bunch is now located at Stockton and is
training quite a string of trotters and pacers. The
Stockton track is just being put into condition after
a crop of hay having been cut from it.
Mr. M. Tackit, of Eureka, Humboldt county, re-
cently received from Fresno a young trotter by
Athablo that gives every promise of being a fast
trotter. He has named the colt Meal Ticket.
Roulette 2:25, a pacing mare by Nicolette 7449,
owned by Ralph Fuller, of Orange. California, died
recently from blood poisoning. Mr. Fuller brought
this mare to California from Iowa several years ago.
The mile in 2:15% made by Major Cook at Emery-
ville track on Wednesday was a very creditable per-
formance. This track is considered three or four
seconds slow at least. Major Cook is by Charles
Derby.
Among the California bred horses that went
through the Down East Auction at Boston week
before last were Mary McKinney 2:29%, a six-year-
old mare by Washington McKinney. and Judge Green
2:09. The former brought $2S5, and the latter $235.
Bert Arondale 2:19% won a race at the Sacra-
mento Driving Club's matinee last Sunday and
trotted in 2:21% the last heat. The track was
heavy. This son of Sidney Dillon, sold for a song
at the spring sale at Pleasanton, looks good enough
to reduce his record.
The program of the Coos County. Oregon, Racing
Association appears in our advertising columns. This
meeting is held at Marshfield. and will open July 1st.
Entrance is free in all races, and ten per cent of the
purse is deducted from first and second money win-
ners. The association should secure a big entry' list.
Mr. William G. Layng, accompanied by the New
Zealaud trainer, Mr. F. Holmes, is visiting the prin-
cipal training tracks in this section of the State and
inspecting the numerous horses in training. They
have already visited Santa Rosa, Pleasanton. Dixon,
Woodland and San Jose. Mr. Holmes has been given
mounts 1 ehind horses at nearly all these training
tracks and says he has not found any that show more
speed thun the best of the New Zealand trotters and
pacers.
William Detels' three-year-old trotter Bon Guy
worked a mile in 2:18% at Pleasanton last week.
Bon Guy is eligible to the Breeders' Futurity, the Oc-
cident and two or three other stakes to be trotted
this year. He is by Bon Voyage, dam La Moscovita,
dam of Yolanda 2:14% by Guy Wilkes.
There are thriving driving Ciubs at Chico, Marys-
ville, Woodland. Sacramento, Fresno, Stockton, San
Jose, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, and many
other places, but a circuit of harness racing seems to
be about the hardest thing in the world to arrange
in California.
The movement to re-establish the district fairs in
California has no opposition, at least none has devel-
oped so far, but it will take work to secure the pass-
age of an acceptable bill and every farmer and stock
breeder should see that the member of the legislature
from bis district favors the measure.
H. E. Armstrong and his trainer Henry Helman are
getting ready for an eastern trip. They will take the
trotters Thomas M. 2:12% by McKinney and Easter
2:15% by Monicrat, and the pacer Demonio Wilkes
2:09% by Demonio with them and expect to race
through the Mississippi valley where they find the
programs best suited to their horses.
The race between Wild Bell 2:08%. Katalina
2:11% and Lijero, the green trotting stallion by
James Madison, which took place at the Sacramento
track last Sunday was fast for this time of year as
the heats were in 2:14% and 2:15%. Wild Bell won
rather handily. Lijero has made quite a heavy sea-
son in the stud and was not in shape for a fast race,
but he showed that he is a high class trotter.
The spread of prices on the Chicago market be-
tween horses of high quality and common industrial
is constantly growing wider, states the Breeders' Ga-
zette. Buyers are becoming increasingly exacting
as to soundness. Good heavy feeders, big draft
horses and wagon horses of fine quality meet the
quickest sale. It is not a good time to ship plain
thin horses.
The chief features of the French system of state
aid to horse breeding have existed since 1665, largely
for the purpose of insuring a supply for the army.
In France at the present time there are 22 state studs
which are required by law to keep about 34M stal-
lions of various breeds. In addition to these there
are 1709 approved stallions in the hands of private
owners and 191 authorized stallions. The annual cost
to the state is about $5,570,000.
The dispersal sale of fifty head of Belgian and
Percheron horses to take place at the State Farm at
Davis June 20th, is attracting a great deal of atten-
tion. These horses are imported and registered ani-
mals, and are the property of Mr. A. A. Sandahl, a
Montana breeder, who is retiring from business. This
sale will afford farmers and horse breeders the oppor-
tunity to secure choice animals for breeding purposes
at their own prices. The catalogues have been
printed and can be had from Fred H. Chase & Co. of
this city, who will manage the sale.
Mr. C. A. Arvedson, of College City, writes us that
his stallion Sutter 2:18% died on the 18th of April
from enlargement of the liver. Sutter was standard
and registered, a good gaited trotter and since re-
tiring from the track had been a good money earner
for Mr. Arvedson, as his colts were very promising
and he was a sure foal getter. Sutter was sired by
Noonday 10,000, his dam was Eva B. by Prompter and
his grandam the producing mare Madam Buckner. He
made his record at Los Angeles in 1903, when he was
twelve years old. Several of his get were very
promising.
Fred Stoppelfeld, of San Bernardino, writes that
he has received about two dozen replies to his ad-
vertisement of a horse for sale in the "Breeder and
Sportsman" and has about closed the deal with one
of the respondents. He adds that he worked Deitrich
by Direct Heir a mile in 2:16, last quarter in 32% sec-
onds, Larry, three-year-old by Larry McKinnev in
2:29, last half in 1:12 with 60 days' work, Mabel
Van, three-year-old filly by On Stanley a mile in 2:22
with the last quarter in 34 seconds, also with only
60 days' work, and Lady Patrick a mile in 2:14
with the last half in 1:06. All these horses are in
fine condition and going good gaited. Mr. S. has just
received from E. F. Binder a two-year-old filly by
Worth WThile that looks like an excellent prospect.
The "rear elevation" of the four draft mares pic-
tured on our front page this week, is not a fair rep-
resentation of the mares. The picture was taken
several weesk ago while they were at pasture and be-
fore they had shed their winter coats. These mares
are to be sold at Davis on Monday. June 20th, and
those who attend the sale will find they are very
choice animals. There are fifty head of registered
Belgians and Percherons in the consignment and a
finer lot of drafters never reached California. This
sale will afford breeders an opportunity to get some
of the best imported horses ever brought to this
coast.
The State Fair program of harness races will be
found amongst our advertising pages this week. It
provides for six days of harness racing beginning
Monday, September 5th, and continuing during the
week. There are two purses of $1000, one for 2:20
class trotters, the other for 2:12 class trotters. The
2:20 pacers and 2:08 pacers are offered purses of
$800 each. The 2:15 trot and 2:10 pace are $600
each, the 2:10 trot $700, the 2:15 pace $500, and
there are several smaller purses for other classes.
Entries to nearly all these purses will close July 1st.
Several special events and two or three amateur
races are provided to close September 3rd.
Frank Turner, manager of the Santa Rosa Stock
Farm, has at the farm a swell filly by Alconda Jay,
dam Centreguy by McKinney, second dam By
Guy by Guy Wilkes, third dam By By by Nutwood.
Turner is working six head. He has been a mile
in 2:19%, and a quarter in 32% seconds with Cali-
fornia Dillon, a mile in 2:21% and a quarter in :32
with Major Dillon, a mile in 2:28 and a quarter in 34
seconds with Guy Dillon, and a mile in 2:34 with Dr.
William S. Jennings. When Sterling R. Holt pur-
chased so many of the youngsters at Santa Rosa
Stock Farm a few years ago he only left three sons
of Sidney Dillon on the farm, and they have all since
shown quarters in 32 seconds or better.
BUTCHERS' DAY RACES.
Thirty or forty thousand people were in attendance
at the Butchers' Picnic on Wednesday of this week,
the athletic games and dancing at Shellmound getting
nearly as many of them as did the races just across
the street at Emeryville track. Both places were
crowded all day, the crowd surging back and forth
as suited its fancy.
Thousands of dollars were bet on every race
from the trots to the steer race. The results of the
races were as follows:
San Francisco butchers' cart race; one mile:
D. Belloumni's Lady B l
J. W. Danz' Belle 2
Charles Turner's Butchertown Bill 3
Time — 2:31.
R. Consani's Dividend, N. Cereghino's Babe, J.
Tassi's Steve D. and John Deschler's King D. also
started.
Butchers' cart race; free-for-all; one mile:
R. Consani's Little Dick l
James Hall's Sister Bess 2
G. Algeo's Lady Shamrock 3
Time— 2:17.
John Nowlan's Derroll and J. Tassi's Marin also
started.
Butchers' cart race; one mile:
W. R. Harper's Lady Wilkes l
J. Fraga's Babe 2
R. Asher's Clipper Jr 3
Time— 2:36 2-5.
R. Pringle's Steve D. also started.
Trotting race; 2:30 class; one mile:
J. Buckley's Walter G 1
J. MeTigue's Darby Mack 2
J. V. Gallindo's Harold K 3
Time — 2:22.
Charles James' Debutante, Palmer & Ford's Lassie
M., Thomas Murphy's Babe Benton and A. Clay-
burgh's Charles II also started.
Butchers' trotting and pacing pace; one mile:
R. Asher's Clipper Jr 1
G. Algeo's Chestnut Tom 2
Thomas Keough's Toppy 3
Time — 2 : 20.
J. W. Danz' Belle, A. Clayburg's Charles II and J.
Fraga's Babe also started.
Trotting race; free-for-all; one mile:
George Erlin's Major Cook 1
F. Burton's Walter Wilkes 2
Thomas Murphy's Babe Benton 3
Time— 2:15 2-5.
G. Algeo's Chestnut Tom and J. V. Galindo's Harold
K. also started.
Pacing race; free-for-all; one mile:
George Giannini's George Perry 1
J. Kitto's Deroll 2
D. Campbell's Ginger 3
Time— 2:16 4-5.
V. Verilhac's Little Dick, J. V. Galindo's Pilot and
J. A. Harlan's Nellie Gaines also started.
Special pacing race; one mile:
R. Bennett's Sidney B 1
R. J. Lathrop's Marin 2
Shorty Roberts' Charley J 3
Time — 2:20.
Thomas Keogh's Toppy, P. Donnelly's Sister Bess,
S. Benson's Jim Rankin, R. Asher's Clipper Jr., J.
Fraga's Babe. J. V. Galindo's Patery, Al Schwartz'
Jerry D. and J. A. Harlan's Nellie Gaines also started.
Trotting and pacing race, free-for-all, two miles:
George Giannini's George Perry 1
V. Verillac's Little Dick 2
D. Campbell's Ginger 3
Time — 4:45 1-5.
G. Algeo's Chestnut Tom, George Erlin's Major
Cook and G. Algeo's Lady Shamrock also started.
Special race for members of San Francisco Driving
Club, one mile:
R. Bennett's Sidney B 1
R. J. Lathrop's Marin 2
P. Donnelly's Sister Bess 3
Time— 2:19 2-5.
Shorty Roberts' Charley J., Al Schwartz' Jerry D.
and Thomas Keogh's Toppy also started.
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Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, June 11, 1910.]
•THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE COMING SEASON.
Now that the clouds have all rolled by and the
horizon so far as trotting sport for the coming sea-
son is absolutely clear, it is well to take a compre-
hensive glance over the field which looks bright with
anticipation of a glorious harvest, says The Horse-
man. There never has been any fear of the West.
Its boundless and growing prosperity has carried the
sport along so rapidly that it has been hard to keep
up with the record.
The serious problem was in the East, where
through a varied complication of circumstances it
looked at one time as though the sport would be
almost wiped out. In New York state a few weeks
ago the prospects looked particularly black. Not
only was there a drastic anti-betting law which ab-
solutely prohibited pool selling and book betting, but
there was a tax of five per cent on the gross receipts
of a meeting, and that included gate and entries to
the purses. The meeting might lose $10,000, that
made no difference to the tax. It was assessed upon
all the moneys taken in by the association, entries
included. To make matters worse, a strong anti-
betting bill was introduced into the Canadian legis-
lature and for some time it looked as though it would
pass; so much so, that the Buffalo association threw
up its dates in the grand circuit after announcing
that it would hold its meeting on the Canadian side
of the river at Fort Erie. When Buffalo withdrew,
New York City, Hartford and Boston followed suit,
and it looked as if so far as the East was concerned
that trotting sport was dead. New York and New
England, which for so many years had been the
birthplace and cradle of the sport, appeared for a
short time as if it was to be its burial ground.
There was, however, soon a rift in the cloud. The
Canadian solons refused to follow the lead of the
Albany legislature and a bill was passed which, while
limiting racing to a certain number of days on any
one track, permitted speculation. The owners of
the Fort Erie association took up the vacant grand
circuit dates which Buffalo had thrown up, New York,
Hartford and Boston wheeled back into line and the
success of the eastern season was assured.
Another ray of sunshine was the repeal of the
odious five per cent tax by the legislature at Albany,
principally through the efforts of H. H. Bain, the
well known breeder and secretary of the Hudson
River Driving Park, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Then came
grand old Goshen to the front with its ten $1,000
purses, guaranteed by a strong association which
attracted two hundred and fifty entries, and it was
at once realized that the panic was over, the stam-
pede was stopped and that it was now in order to
look the new order of things calmly in the face.
What Goshen has done other associations in the East
can do, if they will adopt the same liberal methods,
and if they do New England and New York will have
a good series of meetings at all the leading half-mile
tracks.
So far what is in sight shows a great season in the
East, in fact the greatest in years.
Though the grand circuit begins at Kalamazoo,
goes to Detroit and then on to Cleveland, the eastern
end of the sport may be said to really start with the
Buffalo meeting, which is really a Canadian meeting,
for it is held on the Fort Erie track and will be run
by the Canadian owners. We hope to see next year
not only a grand circuit meeting at Fort Erie, but
one in Toronto, which has a good mile track, and a
sporting population of half a million which would
give it a generous support.
From Fort Erie the grand circuit cohorts will go
direct to New York, where once more after several
years' absence the trotters and pacers will be seen
at the famous Empire City track. A strong associa-
tion has been formed and it looks as if New York
was again permanently on the trotting map. A pop-
ular and successful meeting in New York will mean a
great deal for the sport. The wealthy men of Now
York for generations have been fond of the trotter.
If the management see to it that the public know
how to come the Empire track will have a big meet-
ing. Hartford, Readville and Syracuse will take care
of themselves. The $10,000 Charter Oak stake is an
attraction that draws all New England and delega-
tions from all sections and we know several veterans
who boast that they have never missed seeing this
celebrated race. At Readville there will be three
big attractions, the $10,000 trotting handicap, the
$5000 pacing handicap, and the $10,000 Massachusetts
purse. Boston is absolutely sound on the trotter and
there need be no fear of the success of that meeting..
The great New York State Fair, with its liberal ap-
propriation from the State, carries the grand circuit
meeting along with it, and the $10,000 Empire stake
is a main attraction. The hundred tracks in Penn-
sylvania are all alive and all the other minor eastern
points show signs of vigorous life. In fact the situa-
tion in the East looks healthy.
As for the West, it is literally bubbling over with
prosperous life. Taking the big meetings first, we
begin with Fort Wayne, Ind., July 4 to 7, with a $20,-
000 program, and then go on to grand old Terre
Haute, with its historic track that has made so
many champions and which is soon to go out of ex-
istence. Secretary Fleming announces a card of
$23,000, with purses from $1,000 to $3,000 each. Grand
Rapids is next in line, July 19 to 23, with a purse
total of $31,000, and then comes Kalamazoo, July 25
to 29, with $40,000. Detroit holds its meeting Au-
gust 1 to 5 and hangs up $55,000 and Cleveland fol-
lows with $30,000.
Peoria, in spite of the disaster of last year, is again
to the front and on August 16 to 19 will give a meet-
ing with purses of $15,000. Galesburg, 111., marched
gayly into the line the following week with a $20,000
card with purses from $1500 down, while Joliet a
week later follows suit with $15,000. Minnesota's big
fair at Hamline is always to the fore. This year the
dates are September 5 to 10 and the speed program
foots up to $31,000. The next jump is to Milwaukee,
Sept. 12 to 16, where $25,000 is hung up for the agile
trotters and pacers. Then comes the giant of them
all, Columbus, with its two weeks' meeting and $100,-
000 in stakes, purses and futurities.
The State Fair at Springfield, 111., Oct. 3 to 7, will
hang up $25,000, and so will Dallas, Tex., Oct. 15 to 30.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 1 to 5, for $15,000, and Phoenix,
Ariz., Nov. 7 to 12, will give the wind up meeting of
the year with a program of $30,000. So much for the
big fellows. While the grand and great western cir-
suits are called the back bones of the sport, it is
the thousand and one half-mile tracks which really
keep the sport going. They are at once the great
feeders and educators to both horses and men. They
are the schools from which the big tracks draw their
graduates.
There never was a season before in the history of
the trotting track when the minor associations
seemed so alive. In this case it is only possible to
show some samples. The American Trotting Asso-
ciation has a membership of over seven hundred, the
National has about five hundred, but taking a glance
over the associations which are now before the
public shows a most marvelous amount of vitality.
One circuit in Illinois with six meetings, all half-mile
tracks, offer $56,000 in early purses and by an early
entry horsemen can get in at two per cent. A good
feature of this circuit is that every meeting gives
a $1,000 purse for three-year-olds eligible to the 2:25
elasc. Another circuit in the State of Illinois with
eight meetings offers $27,000 in early closing purses.
In this case the purses go from $300 to $400.
The North Missouri fair circuit has five meetings
with purses running from $800 down. Nebraska and
Iowa are well-known stamping grounds for the trot-
ter and there are several circuits now open where
the nimble half-miler can win out. One of the big
new features of the progress of the sport is its
steady growth in the South. There was a time when
the runner was supposed to be the lord of the soil
there, but the trotter and pacer has successfully in-
vaded the land of Dixie. Here are a few specimen
bricks. The Southern Fair circuit includes such im-
portant cities as Louisville, Ky., Nashville and Mem-
phis, Tenn., and Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala.
The Tennessee Fair circuit alone has ten associations
in its line. Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia have
a long series of meetings. The successful invasion of
the South and its permanent occupation by the trot-
ters and pacers puts up a new milestone of progress
in the history of the sport.
Coming back to the West, it is literally alive with
meetings. There is the Nebraska Speed Association
with six meetings. The Grand Western with seven
meetings in Missouri and Kansas, each meeting giv-
ing a series of $1,000 purses. Then there is the
Northwest Iowa circuit with three, while even the
little Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin cir-
cuit of three meetings offers $16,600 in stakes and
purses. It is only a few years ago that Oklahoma
was simply a territory and the principal sport was a
few pony races by the Indians; now it is a great and
prosperous state and the Kansas and Oklahoma Horse
Breeders' Association announces twenty meetings, the
racing beginning on June 20 to 25 and closing on Oc-
tober 10 to 15. In this circuit alone $200,000 in
purses and stakes will be competed for. Here is a
great circuit that a good stable could start in at the
opening of the season and when it left at the close of
the last meeting should with average luck be able to
go into winter quarters with a fair supply of hay and
oats.
Coming back to Illinois there is the old reliable
Illinois Valley Circuit with six meetings and the
Illinois Corn Belt Circuit with five. Then there is
the Wisconsin Circuit with nine meetings. These
are only a few samples. There is the great Cana-
dian northwest with its meetings to say nothing of
the meetings in California and in the northern Pacific
slope. The grand finale is, of course, at famous Lex-
ington on Oct. 4 to 15, when all the great trotters and
pacers of the year meet for the last great trial of
speed and the final victories of the year.
East, west, north and south, the great sport looks
to be in a most prosperous condition and all the indi-
cations point to the conclusion that the season of
1910 will be the greatest in its history.
SEX AND SPEED PRODUCERS.
There is no doubt that there is a close and in-
fluential confection of sex with speed producers,
in virtue of which the attribute adheres to one
or the other sex, in different families, or individuals.
This has been observed since the very beginning of
the trotiing tribe by all who have given heed at all
to breeding problems. It is only in harmony with the
operations of nature in all other domains. The whole
universe is based upon sex. and it is the potent and
determinated force in everything from building a
rock or diamond, a flower, plant of tree, a mollusk, an
insect, or an animal, up to man.
There is a relation of sex to every energy, activity
or produce ever solved. A struggle for dominancy,
a system cf balancing and preserving an equili-
brium, a_moiding and determining effect in selection
and combining work w th the regularity and persist-
ency of the revolut'on of the spheres, and with a
resistless agency that compels obedience and ob-
servance as rigorously as the law of gravitation. As
the highest, most subtle and recondite of phenomena,
it is one of the least comprehended and understood
of all, and so far has baffled investigation as nothing
else so vital and so universally present and prevalent
evtr has.
On a matter as primary as the principle by which
sex is determined in reproduction, the minds of men
for ages have hovered around the question as a
swarm of bees about their queen, with the result
that no more is known to-day than when Eve plucked
the forbidden fruit from the tree of "the knowledge
of good and evil," and was driven, with her consent-
ing spouse, from the garden to propagate a race that
had to dig for itself after the knowledge which was
denied by the Gods to others, than it picked out piece-
meal through countless ages and cycles only fairly
started to unroll.
It is known through all who have advanced suffi-
ciently to begin gathering simple facts as data lead-
ing inductively to some positive conclusions that sex
is to be considered in the selection from various fami-
lies and clans for determining the best mating to pro-
duce great sires, or great brood mares as desired.
The terms in use indicate such comprehension as
"sire blood," "brood mare blood," or "sire families"
and "brood mare families."
There are none posing as students of intelligent
breeding methods and trotting horse history that
do not know, in general, that the tribes of American
Star, Henry Clay, Mambrino Chief and Pilot Jr.,
among standard-bred animals, have, as their chief
distinction their productiveness through daughters
or in the female line, and it is as well understood
and commonly conceded that Hambletonian 10 was
the great foundation progenitor of a line of sires, or
progenitors of potent males in speed siring capabili-
ties. But these are scarcely more than generaliza-
tions and have never been used with any harmonized
and definite aim among breeders looking after the
highest welfare of the breeding industry.
The vast bulk of the breeding done has been simply
helter-skelter, each to his own hand, and irrespective
of any system whatever. Happy "hits," occasional
"nicks," and wild ventures have, surprisingly, and ap-
parently providentially in many cases, accomplished
results startling and really marvelous to note under
the circumstances. The work has gone forward under
such wise and otherwise method, until a very great
tribe or family is the result with material to go for-
ward with of inestimable capability and worth.
Some great losses of strains that would have proven
of the gratest account had they been preserved, no
doubt occurred, and many bitter "and expensive dis-
appointments ensued from making contradictory and
destructive combinations, though neither to any ex-
tent, that, considering the recklessness with which
pursued, would be expected from a "looking back-
wards" view point. But inexcusable would it be not
to profit henceforth immensely by past experience,
and lamentable if saner, more scientific methods are
not adopted. Classification and selection for "sire"
blood, and for "producing mare blood," should en-
able intelligent breeders to make advance with mani-
fold more certainty and rapidity in the days at hand
and to come, than ever hitherto.
Happily statistical matter has been preserved and
is at ready command to enable any and every one
appealing to it to choose what will subserve the
purpose he has in view with most unerring cer-
tainty. Not only the general line of sires that have
been prolific in producing male descendants possessed
of the same ability, but the sire producing lines and
combinations in dams has not been less decided;
so that when a stallion is wanted, his virility and
virtue in this direction can be antecedently deter-
mined, in large measure, before the waiting and
waste of use and years are appealed to, and likewise,
the sources and animals to look to for greatness in
females to be used in harems and brought into clear
vision and view.
Let the wise investigator seeking guidance in such
matter, with his tabulation before him, and the rec-
ords and credits of everything in the preceding ances-
try well known, apply the test thoroughly to what he
has and note whether it is a combination for sire and
sire producers, or whether it is the reverse, and he
will not be as one at sea without rudder or compass
or chart to direct him into the port where he would
land. Space forbids multiplying with examples in
illustration, and it would seem almost needless to do
so, with practically numberless instances at hand to
be appealed to.
The sires of sires, and dams and grandams and
great grandams of sires, tell for themselves whether
the strength and virtue is great through sons and
along male lines, or not. And so applying the same
method, the generating ability of great dams and
producing mares in the pedigree of an animal is a
safe index as to what may be reckoned upon in
female productiveness in any given instance. Pro-
ducers of performers are not invariably and neces-
sarily producers of either producing sons or pro-
ducing dams, and instances will suggest themselves
readily of producers of the latter with marked super-
iority not notable at all for first generation per-
formers, while performing ability seems in no such
proportion confined to sex, as in reproductive ca-
pacity.
It is an ancestral inheritance that is the vital con-
trolling force or agency, and attempt to go against
what an ancestry has predetermined means simply
to butt the brains out against a stone wall. There
is only one way on earth to get great sires, or great
dams, and that is to breed them from great sire
blood, or great producing mare blood, according as
heredity has shown the potency to lie in the male
or female line in the class of animals in use. — "Spirit
of the West."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 11, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. D»WITT.
PRIVATE GAME PRESERVES AND THEIR
FUTURE IN THE UNITED STATES.
The following Circular No. 72 issued by the Bu-
reau of Biological Survey of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture will no doubt be of interest to sports-
men at large. The circular is by T. S. Palmer, who
is in charge of the game preservation department
of the Bureau, and refers to private game preserves,
historical data, types of preserves, legislation, etc.,
and is approved by Hon. James Wilson, Secretary
of Agriculture:
Introduction. — In game protection, as in other
matters, the experience of one State is likely to be
duplicated in another, and the laws and precedents
of one section of the country are apt to be followed
in others in which conditions are similar. The
record of the past, therefore, becomes in some meas-
ure a guide to the future, and by careful study of
past mistakes it may be possible to avoid similar
errors in future.
The history of game preserves in the United
States has been a record of a series of experiments,
some successful and some otherwise. Notwith-
standing the fact that the private preserve has ex-
isted for many years, it is still in an experimental
stage, and in some States in a condition far from
satisfactory. As the country develops and in-
creases in population, the private game preserve is
destined to play a more and more important part,
not only as a factor in game preservation, but also
as a means of recreation and diversion.
Conditions Important for Private Game Preserves.
— Three conditions are important for the successful
establishment of a private game preserve: A loca-
tion wThere game is or may become naturally abun-
dant, suitable land of moderate value, and ability to
prevent trespass. Absence of any one of these, while
not necessarily prohibitory, renders success doubt-
ful. Preserves may be successfully established in
places where game is not locally abundant, as, for
example, in southern California, where certain duck-
ing clubs, by sinking wells, digging ponds, building
dikes, and supplying suitable food, have made arti-
ficial marshes and created conditions which attract
ducks in large numbers. But these California pre-
serves are well within the birds' natural range, and
the expedient of improving local conditions simply
attracts the game to the spot. On the other hand,
attempts to maintain antelope, mule deer, or moose
in private parks outside their natural range have
met with little or no success. . Frequentlj* land suit-
able for game preserves is of little value for other
purposes. It is, of course, possible to establish a
deer park or a small preserve almost anywhere, irre-
spective of the cost of the land, but as a rule land
valuable for agriculture commands a price prohibi-
tive of its utilization as a game preserve.
The existence of adequate trespass laws or of
statutes regulating hunting on uninclosed lands is
likewise an important factor affecting the location
of private preserves. If a preserve must be fenced
to protect it against trespass, the cost usually places
it beyond the reach of a man of ordinary means.
Consequently, large tracts can be utilized for this
purpose at moderate cost only in States which re-
strict hunting on uninclosed lands, as in Colorado,
Indiana, Illinois. New York, Wisconsin, and some
of the Southern States. In some of these States, as
in Colorado and Wisconsin, it is unlawful to hunt on
inclosed or cultivated lands if signs are posted at
certain specified distances. In New York a person,
in order to maintain the exclusive right to hunt or
fish on inclosed or cultivated lands, is required to
post trespass notices on at least every 50 acres. In
Illinois and Indiana it is unlawful to hunt with dog
or gun on any lands without the consent of the
owner. North Carolina and several other Southern
States have the so-called "written permission law,"
which prohibits hunting except under a written per-
mit signed by the owner or agent of the property.
Where laws like these are in force, preserves have
rapidly increased in number, but in other States the
preserve idea has never made great progress. About
one-third of the States have incorporated some pro-
vision in their game laws favoring the establish-
ment of preserves, by granting exemptions for the
capture or possession of game, or allowing its sale
or shipment under certain regulations. In some
cases, however, these provisions are still too limited
to encourage the establishment of private preserves.
Histcrical. — The game preserve in the form of a
deer park ae an adjunct to a private estate dates
back to the earliest colonial days. One of the first.
if not the first, in America, was located in Mary-
land, on the eastern side of Chesapeake Bay, near its
head. Augustine Hermann, a cartographer, born at
Praeue, Bohemia, in 160S. came to Maryland in 1659
and surveyed and mapped the province, a service for
which he received a grant of land in Cecil countv.
Here he founded in 1661 the manor of Bohemia, and
among other attractions added "a large deer park,
the walls of which are still standing." In the de-
scriptions of colonial estates, particularly those in
Maryland and Virginia, frequent references may be
found to deer parks.
In 1753 Benjamin Tasker, the governor of Mary-
land, r | retiring from office laid out his country seat
Belair, near Collington, Prince George county, in
true manorial style, and included in the improve-
ments a park for deer.
Another celebrated estate in Maryland was that
of Harewood, on Gunpowder river, near Baltimore,
which about the year 1S30 included a deer park of
some 300 acres, where "200 deer may often be seen
at a single view." Here experiments wrere made in
introducing pheasants, European quail, and red-
legged partridges, but proved unsuccessful, owing
chiefly to depredations of poachers and natural ene-
mies. Thirty years later, about 1S5S-59, was estab-
lished the deer park of Judge J. D. Caton, near Otta-
wa, 111. This park, which originally comprised but
40 acres and was afterwards increased to 200, was the
mies. Thirty years later, about 1858-59, was estab-
lished solely for the purpose of observing and study-
ing the various kinds of big game in a state of cap-
tivity. Here the observations were made which
formed the basis of the owner's well-known work on
the Antelope and Deer of America.
The first game preserve belonging to an incorpor-
ated association was that established by the Bloom-
ing Grove Park Association in 1871, for the purpose
"of preserving, importing, breeding, and propagating
game animals, birds, and fish, and of furnishing facil-
ities to the members for hunting, shooting, and fish-
ing on its grounds." One of the important features
was a deer park. This venture was followed a few
years later by numerous other parks of various kinds,
until they now number several hundred.
Types of Private Preserves. — The private game
preserves thus far established in the United States
may be roughly divided into three main groups:
(1) Deer parks or inclosed preserves for big game
of any kind; (2) uninclosed upland preserves for
either big game or game birds; and (3) duck pre-
serves and marshes. These preserves are owned in
fee simple or are rented. They are the property of
individuals, clubs, or corporations, and are main-
tained for pleasure or profit, as parks or shooting
preserves, or as propagating plants. While space
does not permit a detailed discussion of the number,
extent, location, or management of these various
holdings, mention of a few typical preserves in this
country will be of service in comparing conditions in
the United States with those in other countries.
Deer Parks — Complete statistics regarding pri-
vate deer parks in the United States are not
at present available, but a few examples will
show that the parks in this country com-
pare favorably in size with those abroad. Ac-
cording to statistics collected a few years ago, cov-
ering nearly 400 private deer parks in England, only
10 contained more than 2,000 acres each. Their
total area was about 148,000 acres, or an average
of 37 acres in each park. The deer forests of Scot-
land are larger than those of England, some of them
exceeding 40,000 acres in extent, and the total area
of 130 is 2,552,3S3 acres. In Russia the celebrated
private deer park of Count Patocki, in the Province
of Volhymnia, has an area of 7,000 acres.
In comparison with these parks may be mentioned
the Blue Mountain Forest Park, near Newport, Sul-
livan county, N. H., established by the late Austin
Corbin about 18S5. This park, the largest inclosed
game preserve in the United States, comprises about
25,000 acres of mountain and valley. Croydon
Mountain extends through its full length, nearly 11
miles. The park has been stocked with big
game, of which buffalo, elk, deer, and wild boars
have proved most successful. Between 1890 and
1892 about 25 buffalo were secured and by 1908 they
had increased to 136. The elk were at one time
estimated at 1,000, but many perished during the
severe winter of 1S97, and in 1903 the estimated
number was only 300. The deer, in 1903. were placed
at 2.000 and the wild boars at about 500. Special
provision for the protection of the game in the park
was made by the State legislature in 1895 in an act
incorporating the Blue Mountain Forest Association.
Following is a list of ten of the largest deer parks
in England and the United States, arranged accord-
ing to area. Only parks which are inclosed and con-
tain big game are included:
England. — Savernake, Wiltshire, 4000 acres; Wind-
sor, Berkshire, 3000 acres; Knowsley, Lancashire,
2600 acres; Eridge. Sussex, 2500 acres; Duncombe.
Yorkshire, 2345 acres; Blenheim, Oxfordshire, 2254
acres; Buckhurst, Sussex, 2,100 acres; Ickworth,
Suffolk. 2000 acres; Tatton. Cheshire, 2000 acres;
Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, 2000 acres.
United States — Blue Mountain Forest, New Hamp-
shire, 25.000 acres; Grand Island Preserve. Michigan,
13,800 acres; Litchfield Game Preserve, New York,
10,000 acres; Buckland Park. New Jersey, 4000 acres;
Otzinachson Club, Pennsylvania, 4000 acres; Diet-
rich Preserve, New York, 3000 acres; Glen Beulah
Park. Colorado, 2000 acres; Mount Pocono, Penn-
sylvania. 1200 acres; Ha-Ha-Tonka, Missouri. 1000
acres; Blooming Grove Park, Pennsylvania, 1000
acres.
Upland Preserves — In the upland preserve un-
der private ownership may be found " one of
the most important factors in the mainte-
nance of the future supply of game and game
birds. Nearly all such preserves are maintained
for the propagation of deer, quail, grouse or
pheasants. They vary widely in area, character, and
purpose, and embrace some of the largest game
refuges in the country. Some of the preserves in
North Carolina cover from 15,000 to 30,000 acres,
several in South Carolina exceed 60,000 acres in ex-
tent, while the Megantic Club's preserve, on the
boundary between Quebec and Maine, comprises
nearly 200 square miles, or upward of 125,000 acres.
Comparatively few of the larger preserves are in-
closed. In some instances part of the tract is fenced,
while large areas are uninclosed, but are protected
by being posted. The character of their tenure va-
ries also. Some are owned in fee simple: others,
particularly the larger ones, are leased, or comprise
merely the shooting rights on the land. In both size
and tenure the upland preserves of the United States
are comparable with the grouse moors and large
preserves of Scotland. Several of those in Ross-shire
vary from 40,000 to 45,000 acres in extent, and one
in Aberdeenshire has an area of 110,000 acres.
Not all upland preserves are on wild land. Many
of the quail-shooting preserves of the South include
farming land, the owners having leased the shoot-
ing rights, in return being relieved of their
taxes and to a certain extent of the trouble
of protecting their property against indiscrimi-
nate hunting. In central North Carolina may
be found a very interesting group of leased pre-
serves, some of which contain several thousand
acres, while nearly all are made up by combining
farms of moderate size. Here the preserve idea does
not seem to interfere with agriculture, and has been
welcomed by the small landowner as a means of se-
curing, through lease of the shooting rights, an in-
come from his holdings at least equal to his taxes,
and in many cases exceeding them. In this group
belong many preserves controlled by clubs com-
posed of men of moderate means unable to enjoy the
luxury of inclosed parks for big game or of member-
ship in the expensive clubs which maintain ducking
preserves. Those who have not investigated the
subject will doubtless be surprised to learn the com-
paratively small cost of a club of this kind, which
leases a few hundred acres and has none of the ex-
penses connected with an elaborately appointed club-
house, keepers, and other appurtenances usually
associated with a private game park.
Wherever private preserves are located, native
game is protected and is almost certain to increase.
Frequently pheasants, deer and waterfowl are im-
ported and liberated. In such cases the benefit is
not confined to the owner, for the game sooner or
later spreads to adjoining lands and the preserve
thus furnishes a supply of game for the surround-
ing country. In this way certain sections near Oak
Park, 111., and some of the counties of northern
New Jersey have been stocked with birds from pri-
vate pheasantries. Deer from the parks in New
Jersey, southern Vermont and certain parts of Penn-
sylvania have escaped or been liberated and have
restocked the country for miles around. Occasion-
ally more extensive experiments are made in im-
porting the rarer pheasants, capercailzie. European
grouse, and wild boars, or regular propagating
plants are established and birds are reared in large
numbers, as on some of the preserves on Long
Island. Many other illustrations might be cited
showing that the successful private preserve is not
merely advantageous to the owner, who bears the
expense, but also benefits the public by stocking the
immediate neighborhood with game.
Ducking Preserves. — During the last fifteen years
duck shooting has rapidly increased in popularity,
and many preserves have been established by clubs
and individuals for the purpose of furnishing good
shooting under the most favorable conditions. Cali-
fornia, Illinois, North Carolina and Virginia have
the largest number of such preserves. Next in order
stand New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Ohio, Maryland, Arkansas, Oregon and Washington.
Preserves for duck shooting usually comprise
tracts of marsh along the coast or larger rivers, and
vary in size from a few acres to several square
miles. Among the more important coastal preserves
are those on the south shore of Long Island; upper
Chesapeake Bay, in Maryland; tidewater Virginia;
Currituck Sound. North Carolina; and the Suisun
marshes, California. The principal inland preserves
are along the Illinois river, on the Mississippi below
the mouth of the Ohio, and on the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers in California. In the lake region
the more important are in Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin; on the St. Clair Flats. Michigan; and at the
west end of Lake Erie, in Ohio.
The largest ducking preserves are probably those
on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, Cali-
fornia, one or two of which include upward of 40
square miles, or more than 25,000 acres each. They
are held under lease, and being too large to fence
or to patrol by wardens are effectively protected by
injunction. Comparatively few ducking preserves
are fenced; nevertheless many have improvements of
considerable value, consisting of clubhouses, often
with elaborate appointments, boathouses, boats, and
all the paraphernalia essential.
A preserve of special interest is that of the Bolsa
Chica Club, near Newport bay, in southern Califor-
nia. This club, organized by Count Jaro von
Schmidt in 1898, purchased a tract of land in Orange
county comprising about 3000 acres, with a frontage
of nearly three miles along the ocean. A commodi-
ous clubhouse with accommodations for the 40
members was erected, and other improvements
were made. An inlet with some 60 miles of
channels formerly admitted the tide to much of the
property. At high tide nearly two-thirds of the land
was submerged, and at low tide this became a more
Saturday, June 11, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
or less barren salt marsh. The erection of a dam
and four cement spillways with automatic gates
effectually shut out the salt water and gave control
of the depth of water within the inclosure. Thirty
artesian wells were sunk, which, with the overflow
from several hundred more in the drainage district
above, furnished an ample supply of fresh water.
As a result of excluding the tide and sinking the
wells, the tide flat gradually changed from a salt
to a fresh water marsh. Scrghuni saccharatum,
chickweed, and other food plants were introduced to
attract the birds, and manure was distributed along
the edges of the channels, both as a fertilizer and
as a means of introducing earthworms and insect
larvae for food for snipe and other birds. The plan
proved successful, and the club now enjoys good
shooting of jacksnipe, teal, mallards, widgeons, and
other birds formerly scarce or absent, in addition to
many of the salt-water ducks normally found in that
vicinity.
[Concluded next week.]
AT THE TRAPS.
Western Handicap. — J. E. Dickey, of Davenport,
la., shooting from the 16 yd. mark, broke 96 targets
and won the Western Handicap over a field of 118
competitors in the tournament at Des Moines, la.,
May 25 to 26. Mr. Dickey is a comparatively new
man in the trapshooting game, and this tournament
was the second registered event and the first Inter-
state one which he has attended. Walter Huff, of
Macon, Ga., was the only professional shooter who
secured a score equal to that of the winner of the
Handicap. Huff shot from the 20-yd. mark.
M. Thompson, of Cainesville, Mo., won the Pre-
liminary Handicap in the shoot-off with C. C. Tap-
pan, of Gandy, Neb. Both broke 94 targets in the
main event, and in the extra 20-target match Tappan
missed his 18th target, a straightaway, while Thomp-
son broke straight. The Preliminary Handicap was
held on Wednesday, with 128 entries, and the West-
ern on Thursday. Among the professional shooters,
P. G. Bills, of Chicago, and Walter Huff shot a tie
for first place in the Preliminary, each breaking 93.
Thompson was the winner of the Preliminary
Handicap in the Western Tournament in 1908, when
the shoot was held in Des Moines. On that occasion
he shot off a tie and secured the trophy.
Thirteen States were represented by participants
in the tournament in Des Moines, and it was one of
the most successful events ever held in the Mississ-
ippi valley. Shooters were present from Georgia,
Maryland, Colorado, Ohio, and States surrounding
Iowa.
The weather conditions for the two Handicap days
was almost perfect. The temperature was very pleas-
ant. On Tuesday, when all the events were sweep-
stakes, a strong wind blew across the line of traps
from left to right and made shooting very difficult,
and on Monday, practice day, there was some wind,
but it was not so violent as on the following day.
In view of the weather conditions, some excep-
tional scores were made. W. R. Crosby broke 100
straight in the Tuesday morning events, giving one
of the best exhibitions of shooting ever seen on the
grounds. F. G. Bills, on the following day, had a
score of 80 straight in the singles in the morning
program and broke 19 targets in an event at 10
doubles, finishing the morning with a total of 99,
which is claimed as a world's record for 80 singles
and 10 doubles.
Mr. Bills led the professionals during the first
three days of the tournament. On Monday, practice
day, he tied with W. H. Heer at 98 in five 20-target
events, the two being second to Guy V. Dering, of
Columbus, Wis., who broke 99 targets and led the
amateur shooters. On Tuesday, Mr. Bills fell behind
a little in the morning, when Crosby had his straight
run of 100; but for the day the Chicagoan led with a
total of 174 out of 180 singles, and a score of 18 in
the double event. Crosby and Heer tied for second
honors, each having 172 in the singles.
On Wednesday, Bills and Huff tied at 93 in the
Preliminary Handicap, but the former's morning
score gave him the lead for the day. On Thursday
Huff took the lead with a score of 191 for the whole
day's shooting. In the handicap events Huff shot
from the 20-yard mark and Bills was at 21 yards.
R. A. King, of Delta, Colo., a student in the Univer-
sity of Chicago, figured as the star among amateurs,
though he won neither of the trophy events. On
Monday his 96 was not up to Dering's score of 99,
but on Tuesday he forged ahead of the Ohioan and
tied with Jay Graham, of Long Lake, 111., for the
high amatenr mark. Both broke 167 targets out of
ISO in the singles. On Wednesday King dropped but
one target in the four 20-target events in the morn-
ing, and on Thursday he had a score of 97 out of
100 in the same kind of shooting. He was on the
20-yard mark in the handicaps, but broke 93 in the
Western at that distance.
The tournament was held on the grounds of the
Des Moines Gun Club, and was under the manage-
ment of Secretary E. E. Shaner, of the Interstate
Association. Charles North had supervision of the
traps and Fred C. Whitney, of Des Moines, officiated
as cashier. The shooting was rapid and the tourna-
ment ran as smoothly as oiled machinery. On the
big day, Thursday, the morning events were com-
pleted in two hours and thirty-four minutes, and the
Western Handicap was pulled off in exactly two and
a half hours. There was not a hitch, not a dissatis-
fied shooter, not a kick.
The Des Moines grounds are situated on the banks
of the Des Moines river, and within a few hundred
feet of the street car line. Easy of access from the
city and beautiful in themselves, they rank among
the best shooting grounds in the Middle West. The
traps were arranged closely, so that there were no
long waits. In every way the tournament was a
pronounced success. On Tuesday there were 120
entries; on Wednesday 12S, and on Thursday 119.
J. T. Skelly, representing the Interstate Associa-
tion, made the speech of presentation and gave the
trophies for the two Handicaps to the winners. Mr.
Shaner spoke briefly at the same time, commenting
upon the success of the tournament and the cour-
tesies received from the city officials in Des Moines,
who control the shooting grounds as part of the
public park system.
The attendance of local people was large through-
out the tournament. The newspapers of Des Moines
evinced an interest in the tournament, and their
readers became interested as a result. Many ladies
were present at the grounds throughout the tourna-
ment, and although the list of local entries was not
as large as had been hoped,, the city as a whole wel-
comed the trapshooters cordially.
The scores, handicaps and entries in the two fea-
ture events follow.
Preliminary Handicap, Des Moines, la., May 25,
1910, 100 targets per man, in five sections of 20 each,
distance handicap, 16 to 22 yards —
Yds.
Br.
Yds.
Br.
W. R. Crosby.
.22
82
G.
K. Mackie . . .
.18
81
F. Gilbert
?.?,
87
R.
Medland . . .
.IS
83
L. S. German.
.22
89
N.
Muncie
IS
85
W. H. Herr...
.22
90
J.
E. Maland . . .
.18
91
C. G. Spencer.
.22
91
A.
M. McCrea. .
.18
78
J. S. Young...
.22
77
Ira
Nowels . . .
.18
89
F. G. Bills
?-l
93
G.
Nicolai ....
18
86
H. Dixon
21
60
A.
Olson
IS
44
G. V. Dering . . .
.21
86
C.
E. Orr
18
84
D. Freeman . . .
.21
82
G.
A. Rober . . .
.18
85
J. W. Garrett . .
.21
82
H.
J. Rebhausenl8
81
J. Graham . . .
.21
83
A.
Southard . . .
.18
88
J. M. Hawkins.
.21
86
M.
Thompson .
.18
94
W. Henderson .
.21
77
C.
C. Tappan. .
.18
94
G. L. Lyon . . .
.21
90
H.
Vietmeyer .
.18
88
G. W. Maxwell.
.21
80
B.
B. Ward....
IS
89
J. R. Taylor. . .
.21
89
J.
F. Wulff
IS
86
Wm. Westleaf .
.21
84
E.
Beckwith .
.17
91
H. J. Borden . . .
.20
85
J.
C. Crouthcup
.17
89
E. A. W. Everitt20
73
Dr
. C. E. Cook.
.17
73
F. Ellett
20
87
H.
C. Darton .
.17
85
B. F. Elbert . . .
.20
87
C.
N. Emry . . .
.17
82
Ira Galbraith . .
.20
86
J.
S. Frink
17
92
M. E. Hensler .
.20
75
Joe Gray
17
88
W. Huff
?,0
93
E.
C. Henshawr
.17
77
A. Killain
20
79
F.
Kenning . . .
.17
82
R. A. King. . . .
20
85
N.
Hyman
17
82
Wm. Ridley . . .
.20
83
W
Magnusson
.17
76
G. J. Roll
?,0
82
J.
E. Matheys.
.17
64
W. D. Stannarc
.20
88
H.
E. Peck . . .
.17
82
R. Thompson..
.20
85
C.
F. Rankin . . .
.17
88
H. G. Tavlor. . .
.20
83
Robt. Risher...
.17
SO
Wm. Veach. . . .
?,0
89
J.
C. Ramsey..
.17
79
Wm. Baggerman.19
87
J.
P. Sousa...
.17
79
J. B. Barton. . .
.19
87
A.
L. Yearous.
.17
84
R. R. Barber. ..
.19
87
O.
H. Archer. . .
.16
79
R. W. Clancy . .
.19
79
A.
Abramson .
.16
85
C. H. Ditto.. .
.19
88
O.
Beckwith . . .
.16
92
C. Floyd
19
84
A.
Baumgardnerl6
87
F. Fisher
19
86
C.
Bothell ....
16
89
H. C. Hirschy.
.19
81
F.
A. Campbell.
.16
75
19
87
J.
R. Crayen. . .
.16
73
R.Meisenheimer.19
65
J.
E. Dickey...
.16
88
Wm. Mitchell..
.19
82
C.
Freel
16
80
T. A. Marshall.
.19
79
J.
C. Famechon
.16
SI
J. Peterson . . .
.19
90
A.
H. Goering.
.16
87
M. Shoop
19
84
F.
M. Hamblin.
.16
84
J. T. Skelly
19
82
F.
Hanson ....
16
88
H. E. Snyder. .
.19
87
Joe Kunce . . . .
1H
'i 9
B. F. Veach . . .
.19
84
C.
E. Kolb
1H
SI
R. A. Austin . .
.18
80
W
J. Kunkel . . .
.16
71
J. Aylesworth .
.18
87
N.
Memaw
16
59
W. E. Auer
IX
91
J.
Medlund . . .
.16
69
W. Beckwith .
.IS
49
W
C. Marsh...
.16
63
J. H. Bauer . . .
.18
85
A.
Muldoon . . .
.16
65
C. W. Budd . . .
.18
85
H.
Martens . . .
.16
87
C.G.Doekendori
.IS
81
C.
McBride . . .
.16
89
F. K. Eastman.
.18
85
C.
McQuaid . . .
.16
8b
L. Fitzsimruons
.18
87
S.
16
77
W. T. Garrett.
.18
85
A.
Richardson
.16
70
Chris Gottlieb .
.18
77
E.
M. Russell . .
.16
88
H. Hopkins . .
.18
79
H.
F. Turner. . .
.16
79
W. B. Linell . .
.18
91
J.
Victor
IV
84
Western Handicap, Des Moines, la.,
100 targets per man, in five sections
tance handicap, 16 to 22 yards —
Yds.
W. R. Crosby 22
F. Gilbert 22
L. S. German 22
W. H. Heer 22
C. G. Spencer 22
J. S. Young 22
F. G. Bills 21
H. Dixon 21
G. V. Dering 21
H. D. Freeman 21
J. W. Garrett 21
J. Graham 21
J. M. Hawkins 21
W. Henderson 21
G. L. Lyon 21
G. M. Maxwell 21
J. R. Taylor 21
Wm. Wettleat 21
H. J. Borden 20
E. A. W. Everett 20
May 26th. 1910,
of 20 each, dis-
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19
20
16
15
16
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17118 19
20
19
19
181
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18120
16114113
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1611819
17116118
1618'19
16 12 11
14 16
18|18
17J14
17119
18|19
17119
19J15
18117
14116
1818
1916
1414
19|l3
1816
1416
100
89
93
87
84
84
78
91
74
87
Fred Ellett 20
B. F. Elbert 20
Ira Gailbraith 20
M. E. Hensler 20
W. Huff 20
A. Killain 20
R. A. Krug 20
Wm. Ridley 20
G. J. Roll 20
Wm. Stannard 20
R. Thompson 20
H. G. Taylor 20
Wm. Veach 20
W. Baggerman 19
J. B. Barto 19
R. R. Barber 19
R. W. Clancy 19
C. H. Ditto 19
C. Floyd 19
F. Fisher 19
H. C. Hirschy 19
J. Kantz 19
W. L. Mulford 19
R. R. Meisenheimer 19
J. T. Skelly 19
T. A. Marshall 19
J. M. Peterson 19
M. Shoop 19
"h. E. Snyder 19
B. F. Veach 19
J. Aylesworth 18
E. A. Auer 18
W. Beckwith 18
J. H. Baer IS
C. G. Doekendorf IS
F. K. Eastman 18
L. H. Fitzsimmons 18
W. T. Garrett IS
Chris Gottlieb 18
H. Hopkins 18
W. B. Linell ' IS
G. K. Mackie 18
J. E. Maland 18
A. M. McCrea 18
Ira Nowells 18
Geo. Nichols IS
C. E. Orr IS
G. A. Rober 18
H. J. Rebhausen IS
A. Southard IS
M. Thompson 18
C. C. Tappan IS
W. H. Vietmeyer IS
B. B. Ward 18
J. F. Wulff 18
E. Beckwith 17
J. C. Crouthcup 17
Dr. C. E. Cook 17
C. N. Emry 17
J. S. Frink 17
Joe Gray 17
E. C. Henshaw 17
J. Victor 17
N. Layman 17
G. E. Mathews : 17
H. E. Peck 17
C. F. Rankin .17
J. C. Ramsey 17
J. P. Sousa 17
A. Abramson 17
O. Beckwith 16
Baumgardner 16
F. A. Campbell 16
J. E. Dickey 16
J. C. Famechon 16
A. H. Goering 16
F. Hanson 16
C. E. Kolb 16
W. J. Kunkel 16
H. Martens 16
C. McQuaid 16
C. O'Brien 16
H. F. Turner 16
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California Wing Club. — Favorable weather condi-
tions and a fast lot of birds Sunday June 5th, at the
Stege trap grounds of the California Wing Club made
the gathering of members and guests an enjoyable
shoot. A number of the members were not in town
and will have to shcot up back scores for this month's
program.
Fred Willet and Clarence Nauman each scored
straight in the forenoon medal race. Frank Turner,
W. W. Terrill and Pete Walsh divided the short end
of the purse, each scored 11 birds.
Fred Munday was alone in the straight class dur-
ing the afternoon purse shoot. Terrill, Willet and
Nauman each grassed eleven birds, and cut up the
balance of the club purse.
Nauman killed 24 birds out of 36 with one barrel,
a run of 21 straight with but one barrel is probably
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 11, 1910.
the Coast record, in that respect, for live birds. Both
Prior and Walsh did not shoot up their usual form,
neither shooter was feeling well.
W. G. Keene, an Australian sportsman, and a
clever shooter, with M. R. Sherwood, W. T. Wood and
W. Kennedy shot as guests of the club.
Club medal race, 12 pigeons, §50 added, 3 moneys,
high guns, distance handicap —
C. C. Nauman 32 12222211122 2—12
F. Willet 31 22221122122 2—12
FraDk Turner 26 11212112120 2—11
P. J. Walsh 27 12101211112 1—11
W. W. Terrill 27 11211210211 1—11
W. G. Keenet 30 11221100212 1—10
Louis Rink 24 2 0 2 2 110 10 12 1—9
G. W. Thomas 28 11222021002 1—9
Tony Prior 29 011*2210112 1—9
E. L. Schultz 29 21220222220 0—9
E. C. Prather 24 002221002212—8
F. W. Munday 27 212012010210—8
M. R. Sherwoodt. . . . 30 120122w — 5
W. T. Woodt 30 021022W — 4
W. E. Murdock 26 * 2 1 0 w — 2
t Guest * Dead out.
Club purse race, 12 pigeons, §50 added, 3 moneys,
high guns, distance handicap —
Munday 27 12112111212 2—12
Willet 30 21210112221 2—11
Terrill 27 10111111112 2—11
Schultz 29 22122222011 2—11
Nauman 31 2 2 12 10 11111 1—11
Keenet 30 2 12 1112*111 1—11
Prather 24 012212211*1 1—10
Thomas 28 12111021021 2—10
Rink 24 0 110 11112 10 1—9
Turner 26 21200202212 1—9
Tony Prior 29 00020221212 2—8
Sherwoodt 30 201202222020 — 8
Kennedyt 30 200*12202202—7
Walsh 31 102200010122—7
Woodt 30 02020001112 0—6
Murdock 29 1020w —2
Pool shoot, 12 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, 3 moneys,
high guns, 30 yards rise —
Nauman 11111111111 1—12
Willet 2 1122212111 2—12
Sherwoodt 22102212121 2—11
Prior 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1—11
Munday 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 2—11
Walsh 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1—11
Keenet 11020122221 2—10
Prather 2 1020112211 1—10
Rink 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9
Turner 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2— 9
Woodt 200112221010—8
Huttont 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1— 6
Pool shoot. 6 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, 2 moneys,
high guns. 30 yards rise —
Nauman 1 1 1 1 1 1— 6
Willet 2 2 1 2 1 1— 6
Keene 1 1 1 2 1 1— 6
Prather 1 2 1 1 1 0— 5
Prior 1 1 0 2 0 2 — 4
Rink ' 2 0 1 0 0 1— 3
Munday *w — ..
Bay View Gun Club. — A heavy wind on the 5th inst.
at the High street grounds, Alameda, just simply
blew holes through about every score shot. E. Hoelle
and M. Ulrichs each broke 21 out of 25 in the regular
club event. Otto Feudner, H. P. Jacobsen, Harry
Ricklefson anw W. Welch could only connect with 20
rocks. A number of members shot up back scores.
Rickelfson lost but 3 targets in the double shoot
at 6 pair. The scores show the effect of the wind
on the flight of targets during this event.
Swales and Hoelle were high guns, 41 out of 50 in
the Selby trophy race.
Captain Hoelle's team of 10 men won over Cap-
tain Ulrich's shooters — 96 against 89 out of 150, 15
targets per man.
Club shoot, 25 targets —
Ulrichs 10111 11111 11111 11100 01111—21
E. Hoelle 11001 11111 01111 10111 11111—21
Swales 01111 10101 11111 10111 01111—20
W. Price 11111 01001 11111 11101 11011—20
Feudner* 11111 01111 11111 01010 11011—20
Ricklefson 11110 11100 11110 11101 11111—20
Feudner 11111 01111 00111 11111 10110—20
Jacobsen 01111 01011 11111 11111 11001—20
Searles* 01111 10100 11111 01111 11111—20
Anderson 11111 11110 11110 OHIO 10101—19
Connelly 11110 10111 11101 11101 10110—19
Fox 00111 11101 11001 11011 11111—19
L. Vosburgh* 10111 10101 00011 11111 11011—18
Detjen 01111 11101 11100 10010 11011—17
S. Parker 10100 11001 OHIO 11101 01111—16
F. Parker 00101 01101 01111 11110 10101—16
Holling 01011 00111 00101 10111 01011—15
Painter 11011 11110 11100 11000 01100—15
Adams 11101 00101 11010 10010 11011—15
Feudner* 00111 11101 00100 11011 01001—14
Searles 01101 OHIO 01100 10100 01111—14
Jones 11010 01111 11011 00010 00110—14
L. Vosburgh 11011 OHIO 10000 11101 11000—14
Speetzen 10101 00100 10110 11111 11000—14
Holling 10001 00101 00101 11110 10101—13
Painter 11000 01000 11011 00111 00111—13
Christman* 01011 11000 10010 01001 11011 — 13
Moon 10001 01010 11000 11100 11010—12
Potter 00100 11101 11001 10001 00001—11
Detjen* 00000 11110 10000 11111 00001—11
Dr. Clark 01010 10100 01000 11110 01000—10
Dut'on 00100 00101 00010 01010 01001— 8
Dorsey 10010 01001 OuOOO 00010 01010— 7
Christman 10001 10011 00000 00000 11000 — 7
Peet* 00000 01010 00000 11010 10000— 6
Peet 00000 00000 0011 10100 10000— 5
Welch 10100 00000 00000 00000 00000— 2
*Back scores.
Double rises, 12 targets —
Ricklefson 10 11 11 01 10 11— 9
Hoelle 10 00 11 01 11 10— 7
F. Parker 11 10 01 00 10 11— 7
S. Parker 11 10 10 01 00 10— 6
L. Vorburgh 10 01 00 10 11 01— 6
Speetzen 00 01 10 10 10 11— 6
Dutton 10 10 01 10 10 10— 6
Adams H 10 01 10 10 00— 6
Detjen 10 10 01 01 10 01— 6
Swales 10 10 11 00 10 10— 6
Searles 10 00 11 11 00 00— 5
Price 10 10 10 10 01 00— 5
Dorsey 00 01 11 10 10 00— 5
Fox 10 10 00 10 00 11— 5
Jacobsen 00 10 10 00 10 10— 4
Christman 10 10 00 10 10 00— 4
Ulrichs 00 10 00 10 10 10— 4
Christman* 11 00 00 00 00 00— 2
Connelly 00 00 10 00 00 01— 2
Moon 10 10 00 00 00 00— 2
Clark 00 00 01 00 00 00— 1
Selby Trophy Event, 50 targets — Ricklefson 38,
Adams 30, L. Vosburgh 25, Searles 28, Detjen 27,
Swales 41, Ulrichs 36, Price 35. Jacobsen 35, Hoelle
41, F. Parker 30, Moon 22, Speetzen 27, Connelly 38,
Christman 20, Peet 16, S. Parker 29.
Miss and Out — Hoelle 1-4-0, Ricklefson 3-2-5, Fox
4-2, Connelly 1-0, Swales 3-2-6, Vosburgh 0-0-1, S. Par-
ker 1, F. Parker 1-8, Jacobsen 0-2-0-5, Price 5-5, Speet-
zen 4, Dorsey 0, Ulrich 0-0.
Salinas Gun Club. — A big merchandise shoot is
being arranged by Salinas sportsmen on July 2d
and 3d. The valley shooters will arrange to enter-
tain a large attendance of visitors. A. E. Pearson
is secretary of the Salinas Trapshooters' Associa-
tion.
Live Bird Shoot. — A live pigeon shoot for a ?100
trophy will take place at Stege on the 19th. The
shoot will be a 20-bird match, distance handicap, $5
entrance. The trophy will become the permanent
property of the shooter winning it three times. Indi-
cations point to a large entry for the initial shoot
Stricken Shooter. — The many friends of Dick
Reed, a popular sportsman and well-known trap
shooter, will be sorry to hear of his recent severe
illness. He was stricken with appendicitis, but dur-
ing the week a turn for the better ensued and Dick
is reported, we are extremely glad to note, on the
road to recovery of health.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
Reports from various resorts on the Upper Sacra-
mento are alluring for the trout angler.
At Castle Crag on the Upper Sacramento, the
trout fishing during the past ten days has never been
better in years past. The river is low and clear and
the big trout are credited with a voracious liking
for the fly seldom coming to the notice of anglers
thus early in the season. Near there the river is low
enough to wade across, a condition not often existing.
The best catches have been made from 4 to S o'clock
p. m. There is a stretch of water from Crag View
to Castle Rock that offers fly-fishing unsurpassed.
Some anglers have used No. 10 flies, rather a mis-
take, No. 12 flies have given more satisfaction, but a
No. 14 fly is just about the right size. The dark
caddis and red ant flies have beer killing lures for
many anglers on the river recently. The caddis
flies have made an appearance in clouds. Many lim-
its have been caught at Castella, Sims, Lemoine,
Delta and the other resorts of that region.
Truckee river trout fishing is now in full swing.
The season has also opened auspiciously at the
Lake Tahoe resorts. Many boxes of large sized lake
trout have been received by anglers' friends in this
city since the 1st inst.
Salmon fishing at Monterey has been confined prin-
cipally to the channel waters, five miles out, on the
Monterey side of the bay. Here the sport is of the
strenuous brand, for there is usually a heavy sea
running and "mal de mere" is a possibility. The
best fishing is on the Santa Cruz side, when, how-
ever, the salmon are running on that side.
W. C. Murdock caught three nice salmon one day.
The fishing, however, seems to have gradually slacked
up after the big catch of Thursday a week ago. Last
Sunday over 400 boats were out in the channel. The
market fishermen were fishing at least sixty feet
deep and using eight-pound sinkers. But very few
salmon were taken.
Walter Burlingame tried fishing at a depth of
twenty feet, using a four-ounce torpedo sinker. To
the astonishment of the boatmen he caught three
nice salmon. The channel fishing is too heavy for
light tackle. The Capitola grounds, where the
ground swell is lighter, is a far better water.
Bay fishing has been most enjoyable recently, par-
ticularly so when the ebb tide runouts were light.
Last Sunday and Monday Tiburon, California City
and Sausalito rockcod fishers caught big strings of
fish. Red snappers are now in and rather plentiful.
Hundreds of salt water anglers visited the rocky
beaches off San Pedro Terrace, Pillar City and other
San Mateo resorts during the brief holiday period.
Many varieties of salt water fish were plentiful, as
also were bags of fat mussels. Pillar Point is re-
ported to have been the best fishing ground.
Striped bass seem to have selected the San Pablo
flats as a rendezvous for several weeks past. The
fish are also running in larger size. Saturday and
Monday last many boats were out and a number of
good catches made. Most every angler had from five
to fifteen bass. The general run in size was from
five to eight pounds. The largest fish reported, scaled
fifteen pounds. The clam and live baits, small shin-
ers, were the best lures. A number of ten and four-
teen-pound fish were taken. On Sunday there was an
ebb tide from 7 a. m. until noon. A few undersized
fish were taken in the morning. The run of larger
fish came in later. The best fishing was after slack
water in the afternoons. Over 100 anglers were out
in the boats during the days mentioned above.
A number of striped bass have been caught with
live baits in the Tiburon lagoon. Dr. Wood caught
four fair-sized fish in the lagoon on Monday.
Striped bass fishing in Prospect and Cache sloughs,
above Rio Vista, continues to be of the desired pro-
ductive variety, wherein the angler finds sport and
recreation. Frank Marcus, Ed Conlon and E. Taft
made a big catch of striped bass in Prospect slough
a week ago.
A few bass are reported to have been taken at
Point San Quentin and Greenbrae. The Pescadero
lagoon is said to afford good striped bass angling
at present. Several eight-pound fish were taken early
last week.
The open season for black bass began on the first
of June. This fine game fish has thriven phenome-
nally in the waters of this State. Up the Sacramento
river, in Prospect and Cache sloughs, in the Cortland
overflows and throughout the Yolo basin waters the
black bass is to be found in countless numbers.
In the vicinity of Stockton, the San Joaquin river
and creeks are teeming with black bass. The river
and its tributaries offer hundreds of fine bass fishing
grounds. Anglers in every valley city, down as far
as Bakersfield, have opportunities to indulge in black
bass fishing, so plentiful are they.
Market fishermen have established numerous
camps at various points on the Sacramento river in
Colusa county for the catching of salmon and bass
this season. It is believed the fish crop this year will
be exceedingly prolific.
Black bass planted in Eagle lake, Lassen county,
have thriven remarkably well in the clear cold waters
of the picturesque lake and are now in evidence in
great numbers. These fish will be used to supply
other lakes and the streams of Lassen county.
Honey lake will be stocked if the bass thrive as
readily as in Eagle lake. The people of the eastern
portion of Honey Lake valley will in a few years
enjoy splendid black bass fishing.
The black bass and also the fine trout in Eagle
lage have a reputation for ignoring the angler's lures
in an exasperating degree. A plenty of natural food
in the lake is believed to account for the fishes' in-
difference to artificial lures.
Yuba and Sutter county anglers have been catching
limit strings of gamey black bass daily, since the
season opened, in the Feather river and its tribu-
taries. Marysville sportsmen have for the time being
sidetracked trout fishing for the enjoyment of black
bass angling.
A dispatch from Avalon, Catalina Island, states that
one day recently twenty-two launches returned at
night and reported the greatest day's fishing exper-
ienced since last summer, was enjoyed by the many
anglers trying their skill in Catalina waters today.
Every launch which took a fishing party out from
Avalon returned with good catches, some with three
or four large white sea bass or yellowtail, the white
sea bass prevailing in number and size.
The women showed their skill as anglers and most
of the best catches were recorded by the gentler sex.
Mrs. M. H. Chamberlain of Detroit made the best
catch of the day by bringing in a white sea bass
which weighed 51 pounds and 4 ounces. This is a
record for a woman angler for white sea bass.
Miss Susie Conn of Avalon came next in line for
honors by landing two white sea bass, one weighing
48% pounds, and the other weighing 34% pounds,
besides capturing the season's record bonita, which
weighed 14% pounds.
Mrs. F. Babcock of Watertown, N. Y., is next with
her 49 % pound white sea bass and a 22 pound yellow-
tail.
Other lucky anglers who recorded their fish in the
Catalina Tuna Club books were George Loser
of Denver, Colo., with a 41 pound white sea bass;
W. F. Bartholomew of Boston, 27 pound white sea
bass; J. J. Parker of Cleveland, Ohio, 32 pound white
sea bass; C. D. Willits of Berkeley, yellowtail, 24%
pounds, and Richard Vivian of Los Angeles, bonita
weighing 11% pounds.
M. H. Chamberlain of Detroit was the only angler
to land a fish on three-six tackle and his was a 21%
yellowtail. All of the other fish were landed on nine-
nine tackle. The anglers capturing yellowtail or
white sea bass will receive buttons from the Catalina
Tuna Club.
o =—
Hunting Licenses. — Hunting licenses are now being
issued by the State Fish and Game Commission for
1910-1911, due July 1st This new license issue is in
the shape of a card four by two and a half inches
bearing the picture of a quail and containing blanks
for the description of the hunter. On the reverse
side is printed section eight of the hunting law and
a line for the signature of the bearer. The $1 licenses
are printed in blue, those for $10 in brown, and those
for $25 in green.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, June 11, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Offers the Following Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses
To be Given at the
California State Fair, 1910, Sept. 3rd to Sept. 10, 1910.
Entries Close July 1st and Sept. 3, '10.
PROGRAMME
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.
1. OCCIDENT STAKES. (CLOSED.)
2. 2:20 TROT, $1,000. CLOSE JULY 1, 1910.
3. AMATEUR DRIVERS' CONTEST. CLOSE SEPTEMBER 3, 1910.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
4. SPECIAL TROT, $300, TO CLOSE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1910.
5. 2:20 PACE, $800, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
6. 2:12 TROT, $1,000, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.
7. THREE-YEAR-OLD PACE, $300, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
8. 2:10 PACE, $600, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
9. SPECIAL PACE, TO CLOSE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3D.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
10. TROT FOR HORSES WITHOUT RECORD, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
11. 2:15 TROT, $£00, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
12. AMATEUR DRIVING CONTEST.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.
13. 2:15 PACE, $500, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
14. PACERS WITHOUT RECORD, $400, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
15. 2:10 TROT, $700, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH.
16. STANFORD STAKES. (CLOSED.)
17. 2:08 PACE, $800, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
18. AMATEUR DRIVING CONTEST.
Entrance on all races (except Amateur) close July 1, 1910, and five per cent to accompany the entry; five per cent of the total amount of the purse to be deducted from
money winners.
Horses to be named with entries.
Nominators have the right of entering two horses from the same stable in any race, by the payment of one per cent on each additional entry for that privilege, due when
entry is made. Only one of the horses so entered to be started in the race and the starter to be named by -5 o'clock P. M. the day before the first day of the meeting.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
Declarations (to declare out) must be mailed to the Secretary, and "will not be accepted unless accompanied by the amount due at time declaration is made.
All races mile heats, three in five, except two-year-olds, two in three.
Moneys to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent, unless otherwise specified in conditions.
All races to fill satisfactorily to the Board of Directors, or they may be declared off.
Distances in all heats, SO yards: but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards. A horse not winning, making a dead heat or twice second in the first three heats
to be ruled out but will retain his position in the summary.
Stakes are for the amount guaranteed — no more, no less.
"When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided 66 2-3 per cent to the first and 33 1-3 per cent to the second.
A horse distancing the field will only be entitled to first and fourth moneys.
Hopples barred in trots, but allowed in pacing races, except where otherwise stated.
The Society reserves the right to stact any heat, regardless of the position of the horses.
The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race : to declare off or postpone any or all races on account ri weather or other
sufficient cause.
Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 P. M. on the day preceding the race, and must be worn on the track in all races. Colors will
be registered in the order in which they are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected by the Secretary.
Drivers must weigh in by 12 o'clock noon day of race they are to drive.
The Board reserves the right to inflict penalties for non-compliance with the above conditions.
Otherwise than as herein specified, National Trotting Association (of which this Society is a member) rules will govern.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
H. A. JASTRO, President.
J. A. FILCHER, Sec'y, Sacramento, Cal.
3
A Record Breaking Shipment.
On April 13, 1910, The Peters Cartridge Company shipped from its factories at King's Mills,
Ohio, to one customer, a SOLID TRAIN of Cartridges and Shells, breaking all
records, and approximating three-quarters of a million pounds in weight.
21 CARLOADS
THE LARGEST SINGLE SHIPMENT OF SMALL-ARMS AMMUNITION EVER MADE IN THE UNITED STATES
EVERY CARTRIDGE and
EVERY SHELL bore the
PETERS
Brand, a name that
stands for SUPERIORITY
No make of ammunition — or any other commodity— would ever be ordered In such quantities for immediate requirements, unless it was of
UNQUESTIONED QUALITY; if final proof is desired by dealer or shooter, of the excellence of PETERS AMMUNITION, this is IT!
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0.
New York: &S Chambers St., T. H. Keller, Mgr.
San. Francisco: (S0S-C12 Howard. St., J. S. French, Met.
.New Orleans: 321 Magazine St., P. R. Litzke, Mgr.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 11, 1910.
PRODUCTION AND
PRICES OF HORSES.
Every horse owner indulges in some
speculation as to the course of prices
during the next few years. Xo one can
definitely predict the flight of markets.
Something unexpected may happen. It
is a fact, however, that statistics, prices,
demand and supply all indicate that the
horse market cannot soon be overstocked.
The demand for horses has expanded at
a tremendous rate during the last few
years and the gratifying and steady in-
crease in prices has been made in spite
of the steady increase in the number of
horses produced.
When prices began to improve in the
late nineties there were many who pre-
dicted that horse-breeding would forth-
with be overdone and prices smashed
flat. They did not reckon on the
possibility of making sudden increases in
the horse supply. As compared with all
other kinds of stock, the high price of
mares, the smaller percentage of sure
and regular breeders, and the greater
length of time required to mature the off-
spring, all combine to check the produc-
tion of horses. Any general situation
offering discouragement to breeders, such
as the ruinous prices of the middle nine-
ties, can effectively reduce the number of
horses in the country. A breeder can
stop his operations at a moment's no-
tice, but it takes years to collect good
brood mares and raise foals from them
to salable age.
It is a significant fact, that there were
less horses reported on the farms of the
United States in 1900 than in any of the
ten years preceding, although prices had
then been on the increase for three
years. During the succeeding five years
the number of horses increased 3,520,000
and the average farm price rose fully $25.
During the five years from 1905 to 1910
the number increased 3,9S2,000 and the
value rose fully $27.50. Although we
now have more horses in the country
than ever before, prices are the highest
in history, and during the last few years
the demand for horses to go back from
markets onto farms has increasingly cur-
tailed the supply available for the cus-
tomary outlets. The past year there has
been an increase of about 2 per cent in
the number of horses and fully 10 per
cent increase in prices. There is noth-
ing in all this to indicate that overpro-
duction is imminent.
Ordinarily the farm demand for horses
has been moderate. No such a large
proportion of the market receipts of
horses formerly went back to the coun-
try as have been shipped to farmers dur-
ing the last few years; and this country-
ward movement is steadily increasing.
Although city populations and city busi-
ness have grown more rapidly than coun-
try population and all lines of farm pro-
duction, an increasingly larger propor-
tion of farmers have been buying instead
of producing horses. Repeated ship-
ments of farm horses have been made
this spring to various sections of those
States tributary to Chicago and other
markets which formerly had a surplus to
sell. In some cases there have been
shipments both ways, the better horses
from the country being sold and their
places filled later by less desirable and
cheaper stuff. In other cases there has
been no compensating movement and
shippers declare that not a horse can be
bought in some districts where a few
years ago they were plentiful.
Besides the demand from old horse-
breeding localities for work horses, there
has been a growing movement to unde-
veloped farms in the West and
South where pioneer farmers can
nc; quickly begin breeding to any ex-
tent. What little these new regions pro-
duce in the next few years will not begin
/ fill local demand and older sections
will be continually drained for work
stock. In Canada the shortage of horses
is fully as acute and the steady shipment
of horses from east to west is leaving no
possibility of a surplus of cheap horses
on that side of the line to compete with
us on any market.
The high prices and the insistent cull-
ing of the country for every available
horse have taken great numbers of
choice young mares from the hands of
farmers who failed to realize the gravity
of the situation and the probability of
even greater returns from them in the
long run if kept at home. A -55 bill is as
big as a $20 one unless one reads it.
Each extra $5 bill that has induced
farmers to sell good young mares has
hidden a $20 bill or more that might
have been secured if the small prize had
been refused. The places of many mares
of promise as breeders have been filled
by inferior stuff in the effort to recoup
early mistakes, but these cannot do as
much to maintain either numbers or
average quality. The partial substitu-
tion of counterfeits for good brood mares
will intensify the scarcity and elevate the
prices of high-class horses later.
Another shifting of the trade which
must check the accumulation of a surplus
of horses in the country is the present
marketing of three and four-year-olds to
an increasing extent. They do not
bring as high prices as they would at a
year or two elder because they can not
do as much work and do not ordinarily
last as long on city streets. The conse-
quence of picking these young horses be-
fore they are ripe is that they get less
work done both on the farm and in the
city than they should if allowed to ma-
ture fully before changing hands. Their
life-work is diminished ; they do not en-
tirely fill their rightful places in an in-
dustrial way ; more horses are required
to do the normal amount of work.
With the culling of salable horses from
the country at a younger average age
than formerly there has been an increas-
ing tendency to retain every old horse on
the farm as long as possible. These
must some day be replaced and it will
take horses to do it.
From whatever angle the problem is
viewed it appears that, while horse pro-
duction is steadily increasing on the
average throughout the country, the
growth of business both in city and
country is out-running it. Prices and
numbers have lately grown steadily
larger and at the same time calls from
new quarters have constantly developed
to increase the normal expansion of the
outlet for horses. The brood mare that
has been looked upon by the average
farmer as furnishing a sideline of doubt-
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valuable assets. Her colts are now a by-
product quite as valuable as her work.
There is nothing in sight to cause dis-
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The high price of horses is not the re-
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temporary reactions ; the top must some-
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those now obtained.
Many breeders and many localities are
making strenuous efforts to raise more
foals, but the scarcity of good brood
mares impedes their progress and the in-
sistent country demand from farmers
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ness counteracts the local increase in
REGISTERED MARE FOR SALE.
XELLBRA by Expedition 2:15% (sire
of Bi Flora 2:09H. Bon Voyage 2:123..
and 72 others in 2:30), dam Ava Dudlev
by St. Vincent 2:13% (sire of Lord
Vincent 2:08% and 40 others in 2:30);
second dam Fair Maiden 2:28^6 (dam
of Electric Maiden 2:28%) by Guy
"Wilkes; third dam May S. by Baron
Wilkes; fourth dam Steinette by Stein-
way: fifth dam Ned by Edwin Forrest.
Nelldra is five years old; never was
bred. "With very little training" showed
eighths in 17 seconds pacing. She is
double-gaited and can trot better than
three minutes. Is afraid of nothing;
has perfect manners; stands about 15
hands high and weighs about 1000
pounds. She is a handsome bay in
color, with small white star and black
points. Is in splendid condition; abso-
lutely sound, and is high-class in every
respect. Will be sold at a very rea-
sonable figure to anyone who will buy
her before July 1st. Address
E. F. BINDER, Hemet, Cal.
Phone Main 2244.1
Residence. 1101 I St.
Phone 1616Y
DR. M, G. DELANO, D. V. S.
VETERINARIAN
Gillis Stable, 917 Eighth St., Sacramento
Reward Offered.
$2.50 reward will be given for reliable in-
formation that will establish the breeding of the
horse Bell Murray, said to be by Diablo 2 :09M-
F. P. NORTON,
Marshfield, Oregon.
PASTURAGE.
At J. H. White Ranch. Lakeville, Sonoma Co. .Cal.
Good Feed, Water and Aceommodationa
for fine horses. Xo danger from wire. Ship per
Steamer Gold. Leaves Jackson St. wharf 4 p. m.
except Sundays. Ranch % mile wharf.
Phone 2Ssl Rural. Address
T. A. ROCHE.
Lakeville. Sonoma Co., Cal.
TEAM WANTED.
A High-Class Driving Team.
Must be sound, stylish, good lookers
and good size, well mated and well
mannered. Address giving lowest
price and ful] particulars.
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
San Francisco, Cal.
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. McKINNEY 35573
Race Ree. 2:1 4K— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2 :0&£ and 4 others
Service Fee: $30.
Stake Prospects— Ready made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at all
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY, Manager.
Hemet. Riverside Co . Cal.
young horses. From all reports the foal
crop of this year will not show material
expansion over a year ago. Even if the
nest few years show a more general ef-
fort to secure an increased number of
foals, the vacancies in work stables in
both city and country will absorb all
probable surplus without overcrowding
the market. The main call is for work-
ers, big, substantial and drafty. It will
be difficult to breed too many of that
kind.
Every proud possessor of a draft foal
deserves congratulations on his foresight
and outlook. The tottering footsteps of
the crooked -legged youngster lead very
directly to an influential pinnacle in
farm affairs. Three years from now Its
sturdy step will perform the labor of the
farm, until at such a time as its help can
be spared, the colt, grown big and strong
and fully trained at productive work,
may add to the farm's income by a trip
through the salering. The work of the
brood mare and the work of the matur-
ing colt are sources of income that make
the breeder's position seem secure, espe-
cially when an attractive market price
dangles within reach. — E. T. JR. in
Breeder's Gazette.
GLIDE BROTHERS
Successors to J. H. Glide A Sons.
Sole Proprietors of the
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P. 0. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph.
Dixon, Cal. Address. Dixon. Cal.
Blake, Moffit & Towne
Dealers in PAPER
1 400-1 4S0 4th St., San Francisco, Cal.
Blake. Moffit & Towne. Los Angelas.
Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland. Ore.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners!
BON VOYAGE iJi
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1910 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BOX VI V ANT (2) 2:16*4
FaHtext Two-Year-Old -Tallinn of 1909.
SWEET BOW <2) 2:17%
Winner of Two-Vear-Old Trotting
Division. Pacific Breeders* Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BOXADAY (2) 2:27^
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1909.
VOVAGEUR (2) 2:26%
VIATICUM <2) 2:29
Matinee record to wagon-
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose. Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Diamond Mc
Sire of
:26K
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money re-funded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed sir_ing_son of the great McKinney,
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou 13) - " 2:27?c.
ArmonLou - - 2:27%
Harold B„ p, Mat. - 2:13%
trial - 2:10
Kinney G.. P - - 2:24%
Debutante (3) trial - 2:19%
Kalitan 13) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3). trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (3). trial - „ 2:28
Four Stockings (3). trial % 1 :07
Princess Lou (2) . trial J-i - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75 00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
Park, where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
bting trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
dale, Cal. For further particulars, address RAY" MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
Phone State 511, or DR. J. P. NICHOLS. Salinas, Cal.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :06%\
Alceste 2:07%\ Allerton 2:09%, Duke Jay 2:0934, Early Bird
2:10. Gitchie Manito 2:09%. Invader 2:10.Josto 13)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:05%. Charley Hayt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%): by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10: 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%. by Mamb. Patchen 58: 4th dam Estella.dam of
8. by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse, 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet ; has perfect trotting gait, and with hut little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Ray o' Light
J-y.-o. record 2:08^
Registered No. 46270
Fastest of the get of the mighty
SEARCHLIGHT 2:034.
RAY O' LIGHT 2:08% Is a handsome brown horse, stands 15.3 hands and
weighs 1025 pounds. Is absolutely sound, perfect conformation, disposition and
great intelligence. He is a double futurity winner, a game race horse, is the
champion three-year-old of the Northwest and a grand individual. His dam is
Carrie B. by Alex Button, next dam Carrie Malone by Steinway, next dam Katy
G. by Electioneer, etc. All his dams on both sides up to the fourth generation are
among the greatest of broodmares, his dam, grandam and great grandam all
being producers of 2:10 performers.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SALEM, ORE. Sm~'"^K*s^7^l\SrJ.
For further particulars address, E. S. TRAIN, Owner, Fair Grounds, Oregon.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO GOOD OWES.
Demonio Speed 2:03%
Gen. J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13^,, sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22V-, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
Chief 89; second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. "Washington
2:16%. Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B. Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMONIO 2:11% is the sire of Mona "Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
"Wilkes 2:09%, Miss "Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
which has 8 in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among thp greatest pro-
ducers of speed in the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diabl* 2:09%, and 5
others in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletonian 10.
FEE FOR THE SEASON *40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
Usual return privilege. Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAII.E, Snlsun, Cal.
Atnasham
Race Rec, 2:09^
Reg. No, 45026,
A Game Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09%. Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13V- and 8
others in 2:30) ; dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17V-, (4) 2:10%.
winner of 3 -year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910. Feb. loth to June 15th. at Orchard Farm,
F resno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place,
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
i of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17j^. and of the 3-year-old filly Com
dent ?take winner El Volante in 2:13K. and timed separately in 2-Myi. Pa-
QirP MiiTU/nnrl WML-pc 7'I£i. sire of Copa de Oro 2:01%. John A. McKerron 2:04%, etc.. and
OUC, UULffUUU nilft.c:> i.lUg, damsof San Francisco 2:07%. Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc.
Ham Pallia t1\ l'\k dam of 2 in list: second dam Elsie. dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20.
Udlll, rdllld V.^ £.IU, dam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire c
plete. second to the Occide
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season $$£5^^™^?*™™ at mr
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
THE STANDARD BRED TROTT1XG STALLION
ED McKINNEY
Full brother to
ADAM G.
Trotting Eecord 2:11J£
Pacing Eecord 2:06J£
By McKinney 2:11%, dam Nona T. 2:25, dam of Nance O'Neil 2:09^-, Adam
G. 2:06%, Chas. David 2:15 and Lady Rowena 2:18%.
(Owned by Professor E. P. Heald of Sail Francisco.)
Will make the Season at MODESTO, CAL
TERMS: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege.
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Mares may be shipped directly to
Modesto and will be met at the train if due notification is given. Bills due at end
of season and must be paid before mares are removed, or by July 1st.
For further information, call at stable, or address
A. J. GILLETT, Modesto, California.
Jim Logan
Reg. No. 44997.
Champion 3-year-old Pacer of the World.
Record 2:05^ in third heat.
Sired by Chas. Derby 4907 {sire of 9 in 2:10 list; sons sirea Sir
Alberts. 2 :08K. Sir John S. 2:04K Mona Wilkes 2:03%. etc., etc.):
dam Effie Logan (dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%. Jim Logan (3)
2:05K. Dan Logan (Mat.) 2:12%) by Durfee 11256 (sire of Shecan
2:12>2- etc.): second dam Ripple by Prompter ; third dam Grace
by Buccaneer.
Jim Logan stands 16 hands 1 inch. He is sound and a splen-
did individual. Good disposition and unexcelled breeding.
Season of 1910 at
PLEASANTON, Cal.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
(Limited number of mares.)
FEE: $50 for the Season
$10 returned if mare fails to get in foal. Money due when mare is
served. Good pasturage at $5 per month. Best of care taken of
mares, but no responsibility assumed.
Ship mares via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific.
- . Pleasanton. Cal.
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by McKinney 2:11*4, dam Maud J. C. by Nearest
2:22%; second dam Fanny Menlo (dam of Claudius 2:13V.) by Menlo 2:"21K. (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo, by Anteeo 2:16% (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:0oVi. W. "Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:08H and Gray Gem 2:09J4):
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1,200 pounds and a fast trotter. As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 13 seconds lerms: $oO the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in toal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Cal.
For tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
Phone Black 2S41.
T. TV. BARSTOW, San Jone, Cal.
PRINCE McKINNEY -2- 2:291
Winner of 2-y-o Trotting Division Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 3
PRINCE McKINNEY is by McKinney 2:11&. the great,
est of all speed sires, and is out of Zorilla. by Dexter Prince, one of the
most successful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Farm: next dam
Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer: nest dam Lady Thorn Jr.. dam
of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:17%. that sired Sidney, grand-
sire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing
16 hands and weighing 1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone,
a rugged constitution and fine trotting action.
Season of 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES, "&B2s?a SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Good opportunity for San Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion. FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Apply to or address
F. GOM3IET, Owner. CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stables, 36th Avenue, San Francisco.
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:191
By Parnell 5119, Rec. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
2:12M and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12K^ by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino hief 11.
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, C* I,
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 11, 1910
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Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.:
Gentlemen: Enclosed money order
for bottle of "Save-the-Horse." I used
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RACE PROGRAMME
Coos County Racing' Association
MARSHFIELD, ORE., July 1, 2, 3, 4, '10.
First Day, Friday, July 1st.
\o. 1 — Running-, % -mile dash, purse $125
No. 2 — Trotting and pacing, % mile heats, 2:30 class, two in three; purse.... 100
No. 5 — Running, % mile dash, for horses owned and kept in Coos and Curry
counties since Jan. 1, 1910; catch weights; purse 75
No. 6 — Relay race, for saddle horses, of eight miles. The relay race is to cover
four days, two miles are to he run each day, riders to change horses
everv half mile. The winner will be declared the 4th day; purse.. 100
Second Day, Saturday, Jnly 3.
No. 7 — % -mile dash; purse 175
No. S — Pace or trotj y>-mile heats, for 2:15 class, best two in three; purse.... 150
No. 11 — %-miIe dash, catch weights, for horses not trained this season; purse. 20
Xo. 12 — Running:, % -mile; Owners handicapped for horses kept and owned in
Coos county since Jan. 1, '10; purse 125
Xo. 13 — Relay race (same as No. 6)
Third Day. Sunday, July 30.
No. 14 — Running, %-mile dash. For horses owned and kept in Coos and
Douglas counties since Jan 1, '10; catch weights; purse 100
Xo. 15 — Free-for-all, trot or pace, % mile, 2 in 3; purse 175
No. 17— Running, one mile dash; purse -' 175
Xo. IS — Relay raee (same as No. 6) ^
Fourth Day, Monday. July 4.
Xo. 10 — Running, % -mile dash, for horses owned and kept in Coos county,
since Jan. 1, '10; catch weights; purse 100
Xo. 20 — Trot or pace, 1 mile heats; 3 in 5 ; free-for-all; purse 250
(?50 added to the winner if a trotter, or $25 if a pacer.)
No. 21 — Running, %-mile. catch weights, horses not trained this season; purse 30
No. 22 — Running, 1-mile dash; purse 200
No. 23 — Relay (same as No. 6)
Note; — (1) In all races entrance free, 10 per cent of the amount of purse de-
ducted from first and second monev winner. (2) Money divided 60-30-10. (3)
"Weights 10 lbs. below scale. (4) Races free-for-all unless otherwise stated. (5)
Horses ruled off will not be permitted to start.
For further information and entry blanks address
F. P. NORTON, Marshfield, Oregon.
Saturday, June 11, 1910.]
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VOLUME LVI. No. 25.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1910.
Subscription— $3.00 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, June IS, 1910.
21st Annual Race Meeting
THE-
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
To be Held on the
SAN JOSE TRACK, AUG. 10 to 13, '10.
Entries close Friday, July 1, 1910.
PROGRAMME :
WEDNESDAY.
1—2:20 CLASS TROTTING, CALIFORNIA STAKES $1000
2—2:12 CLASS TROTTING 800
3—2:14 CLASS PACING 600
THURSDAY.
4 TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 8
(CLOSED DECEMBER 2. 1907) $1450
5—2:08 CLASS PACING 800
6— THREE-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 7
(CLOSED NOVEMBER 1. 1906) 1300
FRIDAY.
7— TWO-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 8
(CLOSED DECEMBER 2, 1907) $950
8— THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 7
(CLOSED NOVEMBER 1, 1906) 3300
9—2:15 CLASS TROTTING 6C0
SATURDAY.
10— DRIVING CLUB RACE TO CLOSE LATER
11—2:20 CLASS PACING, PACIFIC SLOPE STAKES 1000
12 — SPECIAL RACE TO CLOSE LATER
Entrance fee 5 per cent: horses to be named with entry. Usual 5 per cent additional from winners in all races except Futurity Stakes.
Money divided 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent. All races mile heats, best 3 in 5, except for two-year-olds.
Nominators hare the right of entering two horses from the same stable in any race by the payment of one per cent for that privilege, doe when entry is made.
Only one of the two horses so entered to be started in the race and the starter to be named by .% o'clock P. 51. the day before the first day of the meeting at which the
race is to take place.
Member National Trotting Association.
For entry blanks and further information address the Secretary. p. VV. KELLEY. Secretary,
E. P. HEALD, President. 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Offers the Following Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses
To be Given at the
California State Fair, 1910, Sept. 3rd to Sept. 10, 1910.
Entries Close July 1st and Sept. 3, '10.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.
1. OCCIDENT STAKES. (CLOSED.)
2. 2:20 TROT, S1,C00. CLOSE JULY 1, 1910.
3. AMATEUR DRIVERS' CONTEST. CLOSE SEPTEMBER 3, 1910.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
4. SPECIAL TROT, $300, TO CLOSE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1910
5. 2:20 PACE, $800, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
6. 2:12 TROT, $1,C00, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.
7. THREE-YEAR-OLD PACE, $300, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
8. 2:10 PACE, $600, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
9. SPECIAL PACE. TO CLOSE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3D.
PROGRAMME
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
10. TROT FOR HORSES WITHOUT RECORD, $500, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
11. 2:15 TROT, $E00, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
12. AMATEUR DRIVING CONTEST.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.
13. 2:15 PACE, $500, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
14. PACERS WITHOUT RECORD, $400, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
15. 2:10 TROT, $700, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1CTH.
16. STANFORD STAKES. (CLOSED.)
17. 2:08 PACE, $800, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
18. AMATEUR DRIVING CONTEST.
Entrance on all races (except Amateur) close July 1, 1910, and five per cent to accompany the entry: fire per cent of the total amount of the purse to be deducted from
money winners.
Horses to be named with entries.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses from the same stable in any race, by the payment of one per cent on each additional entry for that privilege,
due when entry is made. Only one of the horses so entered to be started in the race and the starter to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the first day of the meeting.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
Declarations (to declare out) must be mailed to the Secretary, and will not be accepted unless accompanied by the amount due at time declaration is made.
All races mile heats, three in five, except two-year-olds, two in three.
Moneys to be divided 50. 25. 15 and 10 per cent, unless otherwise specified in conditions.
All races to fill satisfactorily to the Board of Directors, or they may be declared off. —
Distances in all heats, SO yards: but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards. A horse not winning, making a dead heat or twice second in the first three heats
to be ruled out but will retain his position in the summary.
Stakes are for the amount guaranteed — no more, no less.
"When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided 66 2-3 per cent to the first and 33 1-3 per cent to the second.
A horse distancing the field will on!y be entitled to first and fourth moneys.
Hopples barred in trots, but allowed in pacing races, except where otherwise stated.
The Society reserves the right to start any heat, regardless of the position of the horses.
The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race ; to declare off or postpone any or all races on account rf weather or other
sufficient cause.
Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 P. M. on the day preceding the race, and must be worn on the track in all races. Colors will
be registered in the order in which they are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected bv the Secretary.
Drivers must weigh in by 12 o'clock noon day of race thev are to drive.
The Board reserves the right to inflict penalties for non-compliance with the abova conditions.
C therwlse than as herein specified. National Trotting Association (of which this Society is a m
-tddress all communications to the Secretary.
H. A. JASTRO, President. J. A. FILCHER. Sec'y, Sacramento, Cal.
Saturday, June IS, 1910.]
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BREEDER
THE WEEKLY
AND SPORTSMAN
(Established 1882.)
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING,
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P. O. DRAWER 447.
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Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name
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STALLIOXS ADVERTISED.
ALCONDA JAY 46S31 H. Helman, Pleasanton
ATHASHAM 2:09i4 D- !*■ Bachant, Fresno
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
DEMONIO 2:11*4 Rush & Haile, Suisun
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile. Suisun
KINNEY LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
NEAREST MeKINNEY 40698. . T. W. Barstow, San Jose
GEO. W. MeKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
PRINCE McKLNNEY (2) 2:29%
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HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
P. C. T. H. B. A.. San Jose Aug. 10-11-12-13
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair, Hanford Oct. 10-15
.North Pacific Circuit.
Everett, Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland. Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla "Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
Centralia Sept. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane. Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Buffalo Aug. 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readville Aug. 29-Sept 2
Hartford Sept. 5- 9
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . Sept. 19-30
Great Western Circuit.
Fort Wavne July 4- 8
Terre Haute July ll-lo
Grand Rapids July 18-22
♦Kalamazoo July 2d-29
•Detroit Aug. 1- 5
•Cleveland Aug. S-12
Peoria Aug. ls-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS of the relative
standing of the different States as to the number of
harness race meetings given in recent years, have
been compiled by Chas. H. Gelo and printed in the
June 1st issue of the Chicago Horse Review. From
the figures given it is shown that Ohio has led all
States in the number of meetings given during the
last four years, reaching the highest point in 190S
when 110 meetings were given in the Buckeye State,
there being but one less meeting in 1909. New
York, Pennsylvania,, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, In-
diana, Maine, Kansas and Michigan, follow in the
order named, the last named having from 36 to 42
meetings each year. In the number of meetings held
California is 2Sth in rank, with 15 meetings in 190S
and 13 in 1909, and Oregon is 3Sth with 5 in 190S
and 6 last year. But while California is far from the
lead in the number of meetings given, strange to say
it stands first in the average amount of money dis-
tributed at each meeting, and thirteenth in the
total amount paid. It will surprise some to know
that California associations are so generous with
purses, but the figures are compiled from the Year
Books and are very nearly if not quite correct. Ohio
led all States last year with a total of $385,990, an
average of §3,511 per meeting. New York distributed
a total of $203,615, with an average of §2,121 per
meeting. California associations paid out a total of
§69,010 in stakes and purses for harness races, and
the average per meeting was §492. which is nearly
§200 greater average than Kentucky, which ranks
next, is credited with. Pennsylvania and Indiana are
considered great harness racing States, and so they
are, as there were S3 meetings held in the former
last year and 58 in the latter, yet the average sum
paid per meeting in these two States was §2,234 in the
Keystone and §2,956 in the Hoosier State, which
compares rather unfavorably with California's $4,923.
For some reason or other Californians expect big
purses and look with contempt on the associations
that think $500 purses are large enough. It is
a wrong idea nevertheless, as harness racing would
be in a much better shape in this State were there
more meetings even though the purses were less.
If a circuit of twelve weeks could have been ar-
ranged this year with twelve races at each meet-
ing and the purses of a uniform value of §300, the
average would have been §3,600 per meeting, or
greater than the average amount given in Ohio, New
York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Kansas and many other of the leading harness
racing States of the Union. A four days meeting
with three races each day and the purses of a uni-
form value of $500 each, would mean a greater aver-
age by more than a thousand dollars, than is now
paid in any State in the Union. These figures are
worth thinking over, and if horse owners and the
managers of trotting associations would realize that
twenty meetings where the purses average §400 would
do more to increase the interest in harness racing
than ten meetings where the purses average $800,
they would probably be able to organize several cir-
cuits in California next year and have a week of
racing in nearly every county in the State. There
is a lesson to be learned from the statistical table
compiled by Mr. Gelo, and that is this: The circuit
that gives the highest average amount in purses is
not necessarily the greatest promoter of harness rac-
ing, as in California, where in 1909 the purses aver-
aged higher than in any other section in North Amer-
ica, is in 1910 with but three or four meetings in
sight, about the poorest place on earth for the
owner of a good string of trotters and pacers to
secure engagements for them. Had the towns of
Salinas, San Jose, Pleasanton, Vallejo, Santa Rosa,
Woodland, Marysville, Chico, Stockton, Fresno and
other places where are located good mile tracks
started in years ago and formed a circuit with purses
ranging from §300 to §500 they would have built up
harness racing in California as their expenses would
not have been greater than their receipts, which
unfortunately has been the rule at nearly every meet-
ing given in this State for several years past, and
which can be attributed principally to attempting
to pay out more money than the entries and the at-
tendance can possibly justify.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE is renewing
its fight against the State appropriation of money to
aid county fairs. Noticing that a movement, toward
the re-establishment of these fairs is being made by
the stock breeders, farmers and fruit growers of Cali-
fornia, the Chronicle assails it as a proposed raid on
the treasury and says there is not the slightest de-
mand for the fairs from "the people." The state-
ment of the Chronicle that the old district fairs were
scandals is not true. Some of them were doubtless
badly and perhaps even scandalously managed, but
the majority of them were properly conducted and
of great benefit to the farming and breeding interests
of the sections where held. The appropriations made
by the State for their aid were generally well ex-
pended, and the interest which they created in the
breeding of horses, cattle, sheep and other farm ani-
mals did much to improve those animals in the sec-
tions where the fairs were held. At the present time
the most progressive States in the Union look upon
the State and county fairs as the greatest aids in
the development of the country and aid them liber-
ally. The assertion of the Chronicle that the back-
ing of the movement to re-establish fairs comes from
the racing interests is also untrue. It was the influ-
ence of the "racing interests"' that did more than any-
thing else to prevent State aid being given the
county fairs, and those interests now are opposed
to their renewal. That the men who breed and race
harness horses favor the restoration of the fairs is
true, but these men are generally farmers and busi-
ness men and have no alliance with the "racing in-
terests" so-called. All through the Mississippi val-
ley and the States east of that section the county
fairs are a great feature of the after-harvest season,
and at all of them horse racing is the principal
amusement. In a majority of the States and espe-
cially those that have made the greatest success of
these fairs, gambling and the gamblers have been
driven from the fair grounds. At the great annual
fair at Hamline, Minn., several hundred thousand
persons are in attendance during the week, horses
race for purses worth from §1000 to $5000, and there
is no betting and no liquors sold on the grounds. The
California State Fair is being run along the same
lines and will soon grow to be an institution of vast
benefit to the State. The county fairs will bear the
same relation to the counties as the larger fair now
bears to the State and the effort being made to have
them restored is backed by the best citizens of the
commonwealth. The insinuations of the Chronicle, if
made in good faith, are the result of a woeful lack
of knowledge of the facts.
ARTHUR CATON THOMAS is the author and
The Equine Publishing Company of Omaha the pub-
lisher of a neatly printed little periodical called
"Little Trips to the Homes of Great Horses." The
first number is devoted to Allerton 2:09% and con-
tains a most interesting account of that great stal-
lion's life and accomplishments. The next number
will contain a history of the stallion John A. Mc-
Kerron 2:04^. This little hook is issued quarterly,
at 10 cents per copy, 25 cents per year, or five years
for $1.
STANFORD STAKES.
June 1st was the day for making payments on the
colts and fillies in the Stanford Stakes. On that date,
16 were kept eligible to this year's, stake, 27 to next
years stake, while 45 original entries were made to
the stake of 1912. The lists are as follows:
Entries Making Fourth Payment of S10 Each in the
Stanford Stake for 1910.
W. A. Clark Jr.. Voyageur by Bon Voyage.
Wm. E. Detels, Bon Guy by Bon Voyage.
John Hogan, Alvah Lou by Kinney Lou.
E. D. Dudley, Pal by Palite-
W. W. Goodwin. Princess Lou by Kinney Lou.
W. S. Maben, Eilleen by Walter Barker and Carbon by
Walter Barker.
A. L. Scott, Le Voyage by Bon Voyage.
Henry Peters, Babe Verne by Jules Verne.
M. S. Severance. Pegasus by Zombro.
L. H. Todhunter, Sweet Bow by Bon Voyage and
Olmutz by Zombro.
Geo. L. Warlow, Strathboule by Stamboulette.
D. L. Bachant, Ateka b3' Athasham.
E. J. Weldon, Expedio by Lijero.
C. A. Canfield, Donasham by Athasham.
Eniries Making Third Payments of $10 Each In the
Stanford Stake of 1911.
Frank E. Alley, Count Boni and Sitka Boy.
L, E. Barber, Valentine Girl.
C. B. Bigelow, Dorothy Ansel.
W. H. Beasore. Sulky Lady.
Alex Brown, Georgia K. and br. c. by WaHstein-
Daisy B.
S. Christenson, br. c. by Bon Voyage-Margarite K.
J. F. Davies, Adje.
E. D. Dudley, Pimento.
W. G. Durfee, Hastings and Zorene.
Ted Hayes, Bon Volante and Bon Homme.
W. S. Maben, Dick W.
Dana Perkins, Amorist.
Dr. F. A. Ramsey, California Chief.
Valencia, Stock Farm, Scout.
Thos. Smith, b. f. bv Gen. J. B. Frisbie-Venus Derbv.
H. R. Thomson, Abbie W.
L. H. Todhunter. blk. f. by Bon Voyage-Loma B., and
b. c. by Zombro-Janet B.
Geo. L. Warlow. Matawan.
C. W. Whitehead, Main Guy.
Harold Williams, Allolium.
Chas. Winter, Prince Red.
J. W. Zibbell. b. f. by Tom Smith-Kate Lumry.
Entries Making First Payment of ?.» Each in the
Stanford Stake for 191^.
Frank E. Alley, br. f. by Sonoma Bov-Angelina Bos-
well.
Frank E. Alley, br. f. by Sonoma Boy-Gussie J. W.
Frank E. Alley, ch. c. by Sonoma Boy-Ruby D.
Frank E. Alley, b. f. by Diawood-Minnie H.
Mrs. S. V. Barstow, br. f. by Nearest McKinney-Aunt
Joe.
Alex Brown, rn. f. by Prince Ansel-Serpolo.
Alex Brown br. c. bv Xushagak-Nosegay.
E. D. Dudley, ch. c. by Palite-Paprika.
E. D. Dudley, br. f. by Carlokin-Truth.
W. G. Durfee, b. c. by Del Coronado-Beatrice Zombro.
W. G. Durfee, b. c. by Del Coronado-Lady H.
W. G. Durfee, b. c. by Del Coronado-Rose of Peru.
A. Morris Fosdick, b. f. bv Kinnev Lou-Athena.
T. S. Glide, b. f. by Greco B.-Fanny G.
T. S. Glide, b. f. by Greco B. -Josephine.
F. H. Halloway. ch. c. by Kinney Lou-Louise Carte:
F. H. Halloway, b. f. by Lord Alwin-Mora Mac.
John Hogan, br. f. by Kinney Lou-Sally M.
H. S. Hogoboom. b. c. by Iran Alto-Ollie Mack.
Henry Imhoff. ch1 c. by Kinney Lou-Princess Bessum.
J. B. Iverson, ch. c. by Nutwood Wilkes-Ivoneer.
J. B. Iverson, b. f. Eugeneer-Dictatus Belle.
E. P. Iverson, ch. f. by Highland C-Queen Karen.
W. S. Maben, ch. c. by El Volante-Chloe.
W. S. Maben, b. f. bv El Volante-Sue.
W. S. Maben, b. c. by Walter Barker-Dixie W.
C. W. Main. b. c. by Del Coronado-Kate Hamilton.
Frank Malcolm, rn. f. by Bodaker-by Athablo.
Mastin & Kerr. ch. f. by Prince Ansel-Nuvola.
Ray Mead, b. f. by Bon Voyage-Carrie B.
J. L, Millar, blk. c. by Amado-Dixie S.
Dana Perkins, ch. c. by Stam B.-Zaya.
Dana Perkins, b. c. by Stam B.-Princess Eulalie.
A. L. Scott, b. f. by Nutwood Wilkes-Cora.
Thos. Smith, br. f. by Lynwood W.-Maud Washington.
L. H. Todhunter. br. f. by Almaden-The Silver Bell.
L. H. Todhunter. b. c. by Almaden-Loma B.
L. H. Todhunter. b. c. by Almaden-Zomitella.
J. H. Torrey. br. c. by Baronteer Todd-Bessie T.
Valencia Stock Farm, b. c. by Copper King-La Belle H.
"\ endome Stock Farm. b. f. by Iran Alto-Mrs. Weller.
Geo. L. Warlow, br. c. by Stanford McKinney-Cora Wick-
ersham.
Geo. L. Warlow, b. c. by Athasham-Soisette.
S. B. Wright, b. c. by Larry Kinney-Ziska.
J. W. Zibbell, b. f. by Tom Smith-Kate Lumry.
The California State Fair will have a band of
Sioux Indians for an attraction this year. Many
native sons of California have never seen any real
'"Injuns" and this will give them an opportunity to
see what they look like.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 18, 1910.
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
How the Pacing Colt Alaca Came Near Being a
Foundling.
Los Angeles, June 14, 1910.
The Arcadia track is getting into much better shape
since the extra team and man have been at work,
but the first turn will never be in good condition for
a trotter, still the last half is so fast and especially
the last quarter which is a regular toboggan slide
that the miles average very fast.
The recent survey of Agricultural Park for the new
track gives the trotting associations a little less
ground than was first granted them, but about 100
feet more than they expected before the last and
official measurements, so that after all they will have
plenty of room for stabling and driveways between
the stretch and the outside fence. Work, I am told,
will now commence at once, but even at that it will
be impossible to give a race meeting this season,
for it was conclusively proved here last year that a
trotting meeting except in connection with an agri-
cultural fair cannot be made to pay expenses, and
the State buildings and ground will not be ready till
1911 at the earliest to give accommodation for ex-
hibits; so even should the track be done in time this
fall, still a meeting would be out of the question.
It is a singular thing that the thousands who at-
tend a country fair, rush to the track and grand stand
the minute the bell rings for the first heat and desert
the rest of the grounds, yet not one per cent would
go to the grounds if the races were given without
the cattle and other exhibits.. Whether on the other
hand a fair without horse racing would draw I don't
know, as I have never heard of that experiment being
tried, but I should very much doubt it. It would be
a good deal like an oyster stew with oysters left out.
Messrs. Christie & Lawler, from Phoenix, Ariz.,
came to Los Angeles last week and called on Presi-
dent Canfield of the Los Ange'.es Harness Horse Asso-
ciation with a view to having Los Angeles join the
Dallas, El Paso and Phoenix circuit, but the fore-
going facts were laid before them and they immedi-
ately saw the project was hopeless this season, but
they were assured that next year their proposition
would be received and everything done to make
the circuit wind up in a blaze of glory and offer every
accommodation to the visitors from the east to make
this their winter quarters.
Messrs. Christopher and Saddler have put their
black pacing colt Alaca by Symbolier, in Jas. S. Stew-
art's hands and he is improving rapidly under the
skillful guidance of that careful trainer. He has
given up pulling and drives straight and is coming
to his speed fast. He worked an easy mile last week
in 2:33 with the last quarter in 32% seconds. Alaca
has a peculiar history, his dam was owned by a doc-
tor in Santa Ana whose son used her as a road mare.
One night when she was heavy with foal he drove her
to a party in the neighborhood and tied her to a tree
in a little grove near the house and thought no more
of her till after the party broke up, at perhaps one
or two in the morning. Then he unhitched her in
the dark, got in and drove home. He noticed she did
not want to start and seemed nervous on the road,
hesitating every little while, but he did not pay much
attention to her, and when he got home, unharnessed
her and put her in her box stall and went to bed.
In the morning his father called him to the barn and
told him the mare had had a colt, but he could not
find the youngster anywhere, and asked where he
had driven the mare the night before. The boy told
him and they drove over to the neighbor's and found
the colt where the mare had been tied, apparently
none the worse for his desertion. A peculiarity of
the colt at that time was that though he was coal
black he had a snow white mane and tail. Every-
body has heard of a man's hair turning white in a
night from pain, grief or fright. Could have this
happened to Alaca? In any case it was not perma-
nent, for they are both black now.
Dell Murray, W. A. Glascock's stake candidate,
worked a couple of easy miles in 2:35 and 2:36 and
will be set down for a fast one on Friday. Atlantic
Fleet by Murray M. a two-year-old pacer owned by Glas-
cock and Stewart and entered in the stakes, worked
a quarter nicely in :40%. He also will be asked for a
mile on Friday.
Wm. Morgan's string, in charge of Frank Williams,
are all coming along well. Coney paced a mile in
2:17 last half in 1:07. Crisis, the full brother to Era,
an easy mile in 2:19, last half in 1:06%; Era 2:10
a slow mile in 2:24, last half in 1:08, last eighth in
15 seconds hooked to a cart.
Corina stepped a mile in 2:30% last quarter in 33%
seconds, and the two yearling fillies by Direcho and
Redlac, the fromer a mile in 2:42, last half in 1:18
and the latter a quarter in 40% seconds.
Walter Maben worked A. B. Miller's green pacer
Chiquita a mile in 2:10, the last half in a minute.
Athol by Athablo that Maben sold a couple of weeks
ago. was shipped east to his new owner last Friday.
There is a big bay filly in Maben's barn by Redlac
dam Dixie W. by Zolock that is as handsome and racy
looking as can be; she is owned by C. A. Canfield and
her education is just beginning, so it is too early to
judge her, but if she turns out half as good as she
looks, she will do.
Jos. H. Torrey of Long Beach has converted his
stud Baronteer to the pace and the first time he
turned him round stepped a half in 1:10, last quar-
ter in 33% seconds. Torrey worked Bessie T. a
half on a trot in 1:05 and the Baronteer Bessie T.
colt, that is not a year old yet. an eighth in 21 sec-
onds.
Jos. H. Williams' three-year-old filly from Santa
Ana is improving rapidly and looks as if she would
have speed and head enough to make a useful cam-
paigner when her trainer gets through with her.
John W. Nickerson indulged in a burglar chase
in his neighborhood the other evening but did not
have quite speed enough to overtake his man. Had
Jne had time to mount Ethel G. he could have lassoed
him with ease, as it was it took the combined efforts
of the police and fire department, assisted by several
civilians, to make the capture.
W. A. Glascock, a wholesale coffee merchant and a
prominent member of the Los Angeles Driving Club,
and one of the few men in this community at present,
who are interested in the harness horse, purely for
the love of the sport, has bought a ranch twelve or
fifteen miles from the city, where he says he is going
to raise horses for his delivery wagons and inciden-
tally a few stake winners. The ranch will be for-
mally opened next Friday with a barbecue. The
Tuesday Luncheon Club, composed exclusively of
horsemen, will attend the festivities in a body, the
trip to be made in automobiles, starting from Seventh
and Maple streets. What records cf all kinds will
he made round that roasting ox no one can say at
present, but that marks will be lowered is certain.
JAMES.
RACE MEETING AT SAN JOSE.
WOODLAND DRIVING CLUB.
An afternoon of matinee racing was given by the
Woodland Driving Club last Thursday to which a
general invitation was extended and no admission
charged. Quite a crowd occupied seats in the grand
stand and some good contests were seen.
The fastest race of the day was won by M. C. Reef-
er's mare Nada, driven by Charles Spencer, who won
her heats in 2:18 and 2:16, trotting the last half of
the last heat in l:06y2, and the last quarter in 32%
seconds. Mr. Keefer says he believes she could have
trotted the second heat in 2:14 or better had it been
necessary. Nada is by Wushagak, dam Addie W.,
dam of three, by Whips, second dam the dam of Wood-
nut 2:16% and Manon 2:21 and grandam of Arion
2:07%. At the Pleasanton sale last spring $600 was
bid on Nada. but Mr. Keefer withdrew her from the
sale considering her worth more. She is certainly
a very promising mare for the slow classes this year,
as she has no record.
The officials were Smith Scott, starter; Jas. Mar-
shall of Dixon and J. A. Murray, judges; L. Mativia
and J. H. Dreyer, timers; H. P. Aronson, clerk. Re-
sults:
First race:
Abe (Wurth) 1 1
Major (Eieres) 2 2
Time— 2:36%, 2:34.
Second race:
Nada (Spencer) 1 1
Queen Alta (Hogoboom) 2 2
Lady Sutter (Bigelow) 3 3
Billy M. (Montgomery) 3 3
Time— 2:18, 2:16.
Third race:
Frances C. (Bigelow) 3 1 1
Anjela ( Spencer) 1 2 2
Nusta (Marley) 2 3 3
Time— 2:21%, 2:19, 2:21.
Fourth race:
Sir Poleon ( Marley) 1 1
Switch Tail (Montgomery) 2 2
Unimak Filly (Hogoboom) 3 3
Banker G. (Whitehouse) 4 4
Time— 2:26, 2:23.
WILL RACE SUNDAY AT TANFORAN.
The County Leitrum Club, an organization com-
posed of natives of the Emerald Isle, will hold a pic-
nic at Tanforan Park tomorrow, (Sunday, June 19th),
and has offered four good purses for horses owned
by members of the San Francisco Driving Club. The
races have all filled and the horses are very evenly
matched. The races will be best three heats in five
and W. J. Kenney will do the starting. The entries
are as follows, and the first race will be called at
1:30 p. m. sharp:
First race, free-for-all:
Horse. Owner.
Alfred D P. Kohn
Sydney B B. Bennett
Hickman Girl W. C. Rice
Ginger D. Campbell
King V James O'Kane
Deroll George Kitto
Second race — 2:30 pace:
Sister Vesta F. D. Sexton
W. J. K W. J. Kenney
J. Arthur A. Benson
Don C H. D. Chase
Mulcahy W. Malough
Third race— 2:25 trot:
Clara W W. P. Hammer
Darby Mac J. W. McTigue
Dalta A E. T. Ayers
Monk Fred Clotere
Steve D J. Tassi
M. & M J. C. F. Mitchell
Fourth race — 2:20 pace:
Marin R. J. Lathrope
Charles J Shorty Roberts
Jerry D Al Schwartz
■Tack H. Frellson
Golden Buck H. P. Giovannoni
Sister Bess P. Donnelly
Two-Y.ear-Olds Win Heats and Take Standard
Records.
An interesting afternoon's racing was given here
last Saturday, the best that has yet been witnessed
over this track. The races were conducted accord-
ing to rules and the records made are technical rec-
ords. The judges and timers were John H. Mecham,
C. E. Dowling and Chas. McCarthy, and Ray Mead
in his first attempt at starting covered himself with
g'ory. The track was in -first class condition and fast,
but a very strong wind was blowing which surely
made the time a little shower than it would have
been had the day been perfect.
Ted Hayes' two-year-old Bon McKinney won the
2:30 trot and got a record of 2:28 after Lynwood
Patchen had won the first heat in 2:29%. Triva, a
full sister to Yolanda 2:14% and Daphne McKinney,
dam of Bon McKinney, won the 2:25 trot and a
record of 2:20%. Cornelia, half sister to Lou Dillon
1:58% won the first heat of this race in 2:19% and
was then drawn on account of lameness. Nearest Mc-
Kinney won the 2:40 pace from Ishmael, his only
competitor, Jerry D. and Lord Isle having been
scratched. In the second heat this son of McKinney
that was only recently converted to the pace, stepped
the last quarter in :31% and sailed under the wire
at a 2:00 gait. Jack Groom, who drove him said if.
he had known the horse had so much speed he could
have driven him in 2:15 and that he believed he
would pace a mile in 2:10 in 60 days. In addition
to giving Neerest McKinney a record of 2:20%, Mr.
Groom drove two of that horse's colts into the list
for Mr. Barstow, their trainer, who was not feeling
well enough to drive.
The great brood mare. Wanda, dam of The Roman
2:09% etc., added another to her list of performers
in the pacing colt Roman Boy that won a heat in
2:19%. The fastest contested mile to the credit of
the track so far was made by the fast four-year-old
filly Princess Lou in the matinee pace when she won
the first heat in 2:13% pulled to a jog in the last
100 yards. She was closely pressed to the quarter
in :32, to the half in 1:04 by Lady San Jose, driven
by Wm. Cecil. Just before the three-quarters was
reached in 1:37% Lady San Jose got tired trying
to beat the fleet-footed daughter of Kinney Lou and
stopped. It was not long ago that Lady San Jose
could not pace a mile in 2:30. She can now go three
times around 2:17, but to go all the way round the
track at a 2:10 gait is another proposition. And yet
there were those who thought Lady San Jose could
beat Princess Lou. In the second heat Flashlight, a
handsome black daughter of Searchlight, and Flash-
by Director, set sail after Princess Lou and was on
her wheel at the quarter in :32% and to the half
in 1:06, but before the head of the stretch was
reached she went to a wild break and Princess Lou
jogged home again in 2:17%. Savidan that had also
made a bad break in going away, came with a rush
in the stretch and was a close second at the finish.
Flashlight is the making of a fast pacer and when
she has had more work will be able to give the win-
ner a race all the way around the track. Below are
the summaries:
To beat 2:25%, pacing:
Just Mo., b. g., by Nearest McKinney-Just It 2:19%
(Groom) won
Time— 2:24%.
To beat 2:30%, trotting:
Princess Bessum, b. m., by Egyptian Prince-Car-
rie Malone ( Imhof) won
Time— 2:29%.
2:40 class, pace, 2 in 3:
Nearest McKinney, br. h., by McKinney-Maud
J. C. (Grooml 1 1
Ishmael, b. g., unknown 2 2
Time— 2:24%, 2:20%.
2:30 class, trot, 2 in 3:
Bon McKinney, b. c. (2) by Bon Voyage-
Daphne McKinney (Hayes) 2 1 1
Lynwood Patchen, b. h., by Lynwood W. (Cui-
cello) ! 2. 2
The Demon, br. c. (2) by Nearest McKinney
(Groom) 3 3 3
Time— 2:29%, 2:28, 2:31.
2:20 class, pace, 3 heats:
One Better, b. c. (2) by Nearest McKinney-
Much Better (Groom) 3 1 1
Lady W., b. m., by Iran Alto 2 2 2
Roman Boy, br. c. ,3) by Zolock 1 dr
Time— 2:19%, 2:25%, 2:25.
2:25 class, trot, 2 in 3:
Triva, b. m., by McKinney-La Muscovita (Da-
vey) 2 1 1
W. B., eh. g., by Nutwood Wilkes (Villar) 3 2 2
Cornelia, br. m., by Beau B. (Groom) 1 dr
Time— 2:19%, 2:20%, 2:21.
Matinee pace:
Princess Lou, br. m., Kinney Lou-Chas Derby
(Montevaldia) 1 1
Lady San Jose, b. m., by son of Royal Sid (Cecil) 2 3
Savidan, b. g., by Nutwood Wilkes (Villar) 3 2
Flashlight, blk m., by Searchlight (Cuicello) . . . .4 4
Time— 2:13%, 2:17%.
o
Miss Russell, whose sire was Pilot Jr., and whose
dam was a thoroughbred mare by Boston, produced
seven standard performers, among them being Maud
S. 2:08%; six speed siring sons, including Nutwood
2:1S%, while from one of her daughters came the
good stallion Expedition 2:15% that sired Bon Voy-
age 2:12%.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, June 18, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
FAST TIME AT STADIUM.
Reina Directum Lowers Track Race Record, but
Fails to Win Race.
The race record of the Stadium track in Golden
Gate Park was lowered to 2:12% by Mr. S. Chris-
tenson's beautiful mare Renia Directum last Satur-
day, but Mr. A. Ottinger's black gelding Charley T.
2:10% by Zombro took the blue ribbon by defeating
Rey Direct's daughter in two of the three heats of
the race.
There was a good crowd out to see the sport
which was excellent throughout the afternoon. There
were but two starters in the first race which was
for green pacers. Dan Hoffman's chestnut gelding
Balboa by Kinney Lou won the race in straight
heats, defeating I. B. Dalziel's King Sable quite
handily.
The second race was the free-for-all trot, and as
the entries in this event during the summer are
really the competitors for the Clark-Hoffman cup,
and are the fastest trotters in the club, more interest
naturally centers around this race than any other
on the program. The first heat of this event on
Saturday was won by Charley T. in the fast time of
2:13, equalling the race record of Princess Christina
on this track. In the second heat Christenson
landed Reina Directum first at the wire in 2:12%
lowering the race record of the track for trotters a
quarter of a second. Charley T. won the third heat
of the race easily in 2:18%, Reina Directum drop-
ping back to third place after getting a very bad
start although she was the best behaved trotter in
the race during a quarter of an hour tedious scoring
in this heat.
H. Boyle's Dioden took the free-for-all pace in
straight heats, the second in the good time of 2:14%,
with Mr. Borden's Roberta second.
The fourth race for Class A trotters was hotly
contested. Mr. Matthes' Raymond M. taking the
first heat and Secretary Thompson's Lady Washing-
ton the next two, with Raymond M. second each
time.
In the Class B trot there were but two starters,
Sunset Belle and Barney Barnato, the former win-
ning.
Capt. Matson's roan horse Bird Eye trotted a good
race in the sixth event trotting the second and final
heat in 2:25% defeating Billie Burke and Charles II.
Results:
First race, green pacers, one mile:
D. E. Hoffman's Balboa 1 1
I. B. Dalziel's King Sable 2 2
Time— 2:31, 2:29%.
Second race, free-for-all, trotters, one mile:
A. Ottinger's Charley T 1 2 1
S.. Christenson's Reina Directum 2 1 3
H. Boyle's Modicum 3 3 2
D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien 4 4 4
Time— 2:13, 2:12%, 2:18%.
Third race, free-for-all pace, one mile:
H. Boyle's Dioden 1 1
I. L. Borden's Roberta 3 2
D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum 2 4
H. M. Ladd's Ringrose 4 3
I. B. Dalziel's John T 5 5
Time— 2:18%, 2:14%.
Fourth race, Class A trotters, one mile:
F. W. Thompson's Lady Washington 2 1 1
F. L. Matthes' Raymond M 1 2 2
F. von Issendorf's Cita Dillon 3 3 3
A. Ottinger's Lady Irene 4 4 4
Time— 2:18, 2:21, 2:21.
Fifth race, Class B trotters, one mile:
H. C. Ahler's Sunset Belle 1 1
I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato 2 2
Time — 2:27, 2:24.
Sixth race, Class C trotters, one mile:
Captain W. Matson's Bird Eye 1 1
R. Nolan's Billie Burke 3 2
A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II 2 3
Time— 2:30%, 2:25%.
SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB.
A smaller crowd than usual was at the Stadium
track last Sunday to see the racing provided by the
members of the San Francisco Driving Club. Owing
to the fact that the majority of the club horses will
race at Tanforan next Sunday, and are being prepared
for the events which will be for purses, the fields
were not large on Sunday, hut the racing was good
just the same. Results:
First race, 2:25 pace, one mile:
Don C. (H. D. Chase) 1 1
Lucero (J. Compodonico) 2 4
W. J. K. ( W. J. Kenney) 5 2
Lulu S. ( H. Schettler) 3 3
Sister Vesta (T. D. Sexton) 4 5
Time— 2:25, 2:24%.
Second race. Special, one mile:
Search Me (Henry Hagenson) 1 1
Mabel Dillon (Lieutenant Price) 2 2
Time— 2:24V2, 2:30.
Third race, free-for-all trot, one mile:
Walter Wilkes (F. E. Burton) 1 1
Charley B. (C. L. Becker) 3 2
Mike Kelly (A. Ottinger) 2 3
Time— 2:16%, 2:17%.
Fourth race, 2:20 pace, one mile:
Jack (H. Frellson) 1 1
Der Teufel (W. Higginbotham) 4 2
Eden Vale (H. Cohn) 2 5
Schley B. (George Rehn) 3 4
Baldy Mitchell (B. Edwards) 5 3
Time— 2:19%, 2:lSy2.
GOOD SPORT AT MARYSVILLE.
Marysville, Cal., June 13. — Nearly 1000 persons
were the guests of the Yuba and Sutter Driving Club
last Sunday afternoon at Knight's Recreation Park
in this city, and they were well entertained by a
race program in which the track record of 2:11V2
made years ago by the trotting stallion Zombro was
beaten for the first time since, although it took a
pacer to do it.
Track and weather conditions were perfect. There
was no betting and no disorderly conduct of any
kind. The racing consisted of genuine contests, on
account of the intense rivalry among the various
trainers and owners.
The first race on the program was a two-year-old
pacing contest, best two in three. The entries were:
Trilby, by Sir John S., owned by George H. Ma-
grader; Sir John R., owned by John Renatti, and
Peggy, by King S„ owned by J. E. Strain. This event
was particularly interesting between the first two
named because the first heat resulted in a "head
finish," with Trilby winning, Peggy, because of a bad
break, trailing several lengths behind.
In the second heat Peggy did much better, but Sir
John R. and Trilby again fought out every inch of the
distance and finished so close together that many
of the spectators though it a dead heat, but the
judges gave the verdict to Sir John R.
Again in the last heat the result was in doubt until
the wire was reached. Sir John again however
scored the victory. The time for the three heats was
2:3Sy2, 2:39% and 2:45. The actual age of Peggy
is only 21 months, and this considered, her showing
was voted very good in every heat except the first.
The second race was also a fine contest, the entries
being: Tonopah, by Billups, owned and driven by
W. L. Vance, and R. W. P., by Lynwood W., owned
by Frank Atkins. R. W. P. won in two straight heats,
2:18 and 2:15.
The third race was a mixed race, and was won by
Fred Cooper's gray gelding pacer Easter, by Fear-
nought, with Rex, bay gelding, trotter, owned by O.
C. Powell, second in the first heat and third in the
last heat. Magruder's Enialine third in this heat
and second in the last. There were "head finishes" in
this race also, the crowd becoming very enthusiastic
and cheering the driver and trainer of Easter most
heartily. The time of these two heats was 2:31 and
2:38, respectively.
The fourth race, between Jeff Hall's Rockaway,
John Renatti's Monteo and W. L. Vance's Easter
Bells, was the prettiest race ever seen on the Marys-
ville track. In the first heat Easter Bells made a bad
break and lost all chance, but Monteo and Rockaway
went like a double team, struggling desperately for
the advantage, with their drivers using all the arts
and their whips all the way down the home stretch.
Rockaway winning, and by possibly not more than
six inches. The time of this heat was 2:10. Owing
to an unfortunate break by Monteo in the second
heat, after he and Rockaway had paced the first
eighth in fifteen seconds, and a swerve by him in
front of Easter Bells, causing her also to break,
Rockaway had a comparatively easy victory in win-
ning the heat and race.
Nevertheless great interest was aroused and thrill-
ing suspense felt by the crowd because of the
marvelous speed displayed by Easter Bells in a des-
perate attempt to win the heat despite the loss of
ground occasioned by her break. In coming the last
half of the mile she closed the gap to within a length
and trotted it in 1:05. Rockaway's time was 2:15.
The fifth and last race was also an interesting
contest between Maurice S., pacer, driven by his
owner, J. E. Strain, and Mabel, trotter, owned by
George H. Magruder and driven by William Duncan.
It was necessary to go three heats to settle this race.
Maurice S. won the first heat in 2:19%, Mabel the
second heat in 2:25, and Maurice S. in the third in
2:22.
The winner in each event was awarded a blue rib-
bon, the horse coming second a red one and the third
a white one.
The officials that acted during the day were:
Judges, J. L. Sullivan, John Giblin, J. H. Seward;
timers, Chas. Abrams, B. L. Gregory, M. T. Gomez;
gateiceepers, T. F. Giblin, William Welch, Herman
Berg, marshal, W. Middleton.
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A LETTER FROM MR. STOKES.
DEATH OF JUNEMONT.
The stallion Junemont 2:14, that was one of the
handsomest and fastest trotters of the period some
18 years ago, died at Clark Lake, Mich., May 14. He
was 27 years of age, but well preserved and vigorous.
He died the property of Wilen Myers, who had owned
him for a number of years past, and in whose bands
he had received the best possible care during his
declining days. Junemont was bred by John Carey of
Jackson, Mich., and foaled in 1883, his sire being
Tremont 2:28%, the son of Belmont 64 and Virginia,
by Alexander's Abdallah 15. His dam was Fanny
Carey, by the Morgan horse Jack Rosey (sire of
Rosie Pease, 2:27), son of Holcomb's Vermont's
North Hawk, he by Sherman Black Hawk, the son
of Vermont Black Hawk 5. Owing to his unfashion-
able pedigree on his dam's side, Junemont never had
any mentionahle opportunity as a sire — his career,
with the exception of a few seasons, being spent in
country districts. Hence his 2:30 list is small, con-
sisting only of the pacers Edward O. 2:19%, Purity
2:16%, and Benjamin 2:19%, and the trotters June
Bird 2:29% and June Wilk, 2:29%.
New York City, June 9, 1910.
Breeder and Sportsman. Gentlemen: Here is
something for your paper. I have copied it from a
letter of James Butler's, the owner of the Empire
Track where we give this year our Grand Circuit
meeting. He was once the owner of Direct and was
in the trotting horse business; then he went into the
running horse business and now is back in the trot-
ting horse business again.
"I have shipped the mare Formosa to Kentucky to
be bred to Peter The Great, accepting your kind
offer to breed her to him. Formosa is by Mansfield
out of a mare Kentucky Prince; and dam Tuberose by
Hambletonian 10; third dam Jenny by Seely's Amer-
ican Star. She was a very fast mare and I won
some stakes with her as a two-year-old; a nice indi-
vidual and good in every way. She is also the dam of
Direct View 2:08% a very good young horse and she
had three or four others that showed a world of
speed, but they went to Europe, having been pur-
chased by some Russians. She is a producer, and
as I say one of the fastest two-year-olds I ever had."
Mr. Butler is breeding his mare in order to he a
contestant in the D. D. Streeter Memorial-Peter The
Great prize, which is to be either a $2,000 cup or
$2,000 in cash, as referred to in your parer some time
ago.
The races that are to be given under the aus-
pices of the Trotting Horse Breeders' Club at the
Empire track promises to be very successful. Many
of the people who years ago were in the trotting
horse business and left to go into the running horse
business have returned to the trotting horse ranks.
There will be very few rrunning meetings this year,
and the people who formerly went to the running
races will go to the trotting meetings. Anyhow, it
is going to be a great social feature.
The Grand Stand arrangements at the Empire track
are the best in the United States. Mr. James Butler,
who owns the Empire track is doing his level best
to make a great success of it.
The wonderful showing of Peter Guy's colts in
Russia has induced some of the Russians to send
ever some Orloff brood mares to be bred to Peter
The Great. The first consignment of them has just
arrived and are to be sent by Miller's Express car to
Lexington to be bred to Peter The Great and when
in foal returned to Russia.
From the accounts I get from abroad, there is
going to be a great purchase of American Trotters by
Italians, Austrians, Russians and English next fall
and next spring, and the outlook seems good.
Yours truly,
W. E. D. STOKES.
THE DRAFT BREEDS.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
[Chicago Breeders Gazette.]
From an annual event the European tours of horse
importers have come to be perennial affairs. All the
year around buyers are searching, selecting, buying
and shipping. Their activities have heavily drained
the resources of the little mother countries. Still the
good horses come. One man reports from France
this spring that he has selected the finest collection
of two-year-old Percherons that he ever bought.
Another writes that he cannot find a good four-year-
old stallion in France. This shows how closely they
have been bought in the last few years for the Ameri-
can and Argentine trade. The many superb two-year-
olds brought over last year reflect the great re-
sources and excellent breeding stock yet owned in
France. All fears that the quality of her horses
would be reduced by the incessant shipments to this
country have not yet been realized. American
breeders will some day supply the home demand
from their own stables, but the scarcity of pure-bred
horses here now and the preponderance of inferior
grade stallions as well as mares leave plenty of room
for all the good imported horses that may be found.
Some large purchases have already been made in
France, but the prospect is that the number brought
over will not be sufficient to fill the demand. Farm-
ers who plan to make their selections early will have
the best opportunity to secure high-class young stal-
lions and fillies.
Some notable accessions are expected among the
ranks of Clydesdale breeders in America. Several
men of large capital have been inquiring into the
merits of the breed and the possibilities of found-
ing studs on a firm basis. One man who a few
months ago purchased a few exceedingly choice
mares and one of the most noted stallions of the
year, now signifies his intention of securing more of
the same class of mares and undertaking to pro-
duce a lot of youngsters that shall equal anything
in the world. Another man has laid plans to buy
a show stable of sufficient merit to win honor in Scot-
land. There is encouragement for these men to ex-
pect great acheivements from such foundation stock.
Dreams of American-bred champions would not seem
idle. Seventeen years ago R. B. Ogilvie exhibited
youngsters of his own breeding that were freely
acknowledged by Scotch breeders to excel anything
•the old country had produced. Robert Holloway bred
some good enough for export to Sctotland. Last De-
cember W. L. Houser won the championship at the
International with an American-bred filly in competi-
tion with imported mares. There is some talk al-
ready among our Clydesdale breeders of producing
a show table of sufficient merit to win honor in Scot-
land and demonstrate anew the adaptability of this
country to breeding horses equal to any produced
on earth. Who can doubt that this ambition will
some day be realized?
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June IS, 1910.
NOTES AND NEWS
Entries for the Breeders' meeting will close one
week from next Friday.
The State Fair program is printed in our advertis-
ing columns. Entries close on July 1st.
Queen Derby 2:06% has been bred to Zolock 2:05%
this year and is considered to be safely in foal.
Charlie Dean and The Broncho 2:00% will be the
attraction at the Winnipeg, Man., July meeting.
C. The Limit worked a mile in 2:11 with the last
half in 59% seconds just before being shipped east
from Denver.
Don't fail to enter your horses at San Jose this
year. There is "easy money" for a good horse this
year in several events.
Maggie Winder (3) 2:06%, the world's champion
pacing filly and undefeated race mare, has been well
staked down the Grand Circuit.
Italia 2:04% by Zombro, foaled a colt by Moko last
week and will be bred to Walnut Hall 2:08%. She
is owned by W. P. Murray of Cleveland.
County Jumper, bay gelding by Cascade, entered
in the M. & M. this year, won his first start of the
year at Baltimore May 30th, getting a record of
2:20y2.
R. W. P. 2:13% by Lynwood W., won a heat in
2:15 at Marysville last week and looks to be a bet-
ter trotter than ever before and he is better be-
haved.
The American Derby at Readville received 58 en-
tries, evenly divided between trotters and pacers.
Sonoma Girl 2:05% is among the trotting entries
to this stake.
Walter Direct 2:05%, winner of the Chamber of
Commerce classic in 1905, has been returned by
Geers, as he was not considered able to stand a cam-
paign this season.
Henry Helman left Pleasanton with his string last
Monday and will race in the Mississippi valley. He
took Thomas M. 2:12%, Demonio Wilkes 2:09% and
Easter (3) 2:15%.
There will be several harness races for cups and
other trophies at the Stadium track in Golden Gate
Park, July 4th, the celebration committee having
appropriated several hundred dollars for that pur-
pose.
The trotting stallion King Entertainer 2:10% that
Charles DeRyder wintered in California one season
a few years ago, will be campaigned again this year
in the hopes of getting him into the 2:10 list. He
is owned in Iowa.
Hi. Hogoboom's Palo King 2:28% has been doing a
fair season in Yolo County and if his progeny
from the mares he has been bred to get an oppor-
tunity as two and three-year-olds Palo King will be
more in demand than ever.
Dick Wilson should be a factor in the racing
on the North Pacific circuit this summer. Although
a new comer to Oregon last winter, he now has
thirty-five horses in training, among them some of
the best prospects in the Northwest.
The chestnut stallion Balboa owned by D. Hoff-
man of this city paced a quarter in 31% seconds in the
second heat of the race he won at the Stadium last
Saturday. He is a three-year-old by Kinney Lou
2:07% out of a mare by Dictatus 2:17.
Matinee racing will be given to-morrow afternoon
at the San Jose track by the driving club of that
city. Several good races have been placed on the
program and fast time is expected. There will be
no charge for admission and seats will be free.
The Woodland race track is kept in splendid con-
dition and as it has always been known as one of
the "safest" in California there is a reason why
such trainers as Messrs. Spencer, Bigelow, Hogo-
boom, Marley and Mativia loathe to leave it to race
on the other tracks ">f California and Oregon.
The sale of Fercheron and Belgian horses at the
State Farm next Monday is attracting wide atten-
tion. This is the best opportunity to get high class
registered slock that has been offered the farmers
of California for a long time. Buy your tickets
to Davis.
The following trotters were named May 31st at
$50 each for the free-for-all at Hartford this year:
Allen Winter 2:06%, Baron May 2:07%, Margin
2:05%, Paderewski 2:05%, Sonoma Girl 2:05%,
Sterling I ieKinney 2:16%, The Harvester 2:06%.
Additional entries may be made June 30th for 575,
July 30th for $100, and August 3rd for $125.
The 2:20 trot for which $1000 is the prize at the
Breeders' meeting will not be won in as fast time
as usual this year, from all appearances. Last year
in this race Kid Wilkes trotted the fifth heat in 2:10
which is the coast record for a fifth heat. The race
should be won in slower time this year.
Phyllis C. a black mare by Zombro, which C. A.
Holeomb recently took from Los Angeles to Mary-
land, won second money in the 2 : 23 trot at Baltimore
May 30th. The fastest heat of the race was 2:21%
and the purse $300. Holeomb also started the brown
mare Welda Schnell in a $300 purse and got fourth
money.
We are very sorry to hear that the pacer Joe Mc-
Gregor, purchased last winter in Los Angeles by Gil
Curry for Mr. R. J. McKenzie of Winnipeg, has
broke down and will probably not start this year.
The mare Pandora B. by McKinney, purchased at
the same time is also suffering from a bad tendon
and will not race for some time.
It is rumored that W. A. Bacon, Paris, Ky., owner
of the good pacing stallion Locanda, 2:02, will race
him this year through some of the Western circuits
in the free-for-all classes. He will also take with
him some of the get of Locanda that are showing
up particularly well, with a view of giving them an
educational campaign.
The yearling sister of Sonoma Girl 2:05%, owned
by S. B. Wright, of Santa Rosa is a perfect "ringer"
for the latter when she was her age, with this ex-
ception, she is much larger. As a lot trotter this one
can outstep any ever seen in that part of the coun-
try. If no accident happens she will become one of
the "sensations" on the grand circuit, as a two and
three-year-old.
A mistake was made in the report that the mare
Ollie Mack, full sister to Lady Mowry 2:09%, had
been sold to Mr. W. E. D. Stokes of Patehen Wilkes
Farm. Negotiations were in progress for her pur-
chase for this farm and the report came that she
was sold, but it seems that she was purchased by
William Rehmke of Woodland and has been bred to
Iran Alto.
The well bred Sidney Dillon stallion Guy Dillon
2:23% will be prepared to lower his record this year.
He should have a mark of 2:10 or better. Several
of his progeny will also be given an opportunity to
show that they not only inherit speed but can dis-
play it whenever called upon. All the mares on the
Santa Rosa Stock Farm, with the exception of Cari-
tone by Antone, are in foal to Guy Dillon.
The chestnut stallion Palite (sire of the two-year-
old stake winner Pal 2:17%, and the fast three-year-
old filly Complete), has been bred to fifty-one of the
best mares in the country this season, and all who
purchased sons and daughters of this horse at the
Pleasanton sale last March are positive they have
the "greatest trotters on earth." It pays stallion
owners to have the progeny of their stallions devel-
oped.
Atlantic King 2:09% received a kick from a mare
last month which fractured his left fore leg so badly
that the stallion had to be destroyed. Atlantic King
was a very handsome horse and took his record at
the pacing gait. He is the sire of Frank Bogash
2:03%, Harry O. 2:06, Red King 2:07% and Wayne
King 2:09% besides many others with standard
records. He was owned by Harry Stokes of Urhana,
Ohio.
Charles F. Silva, the popular Sacramento horse-
man, has had the misfortune to lose his fast four-
year-old pacer, Natoma, by Zolock. Natoma was
one of the most promising young horses in Califor-
nia and it was Mr. Silva's intention to race him
through the North Pacific circuit this year. Natoma
had a matinee record of 2:13% and was thought to
be capable of a mile below 2:10. The horse died
last Sunday morning.
There is every reason to expect that the blue
ribbon meeting, August 2 to 5, will be the great-
est in the history of the Detroit Driving Club.
The original entry was an improvement on that of
other years, and the second payment is passed with
but three declarations. Two are withdrawn from
the M. and M., leaving 27 in that event, and one is
out of the 2:22, 17 remaining. Not one of the 26 in
the Chamber of Commerce has been declared out, 60
the three average better than 23 apiece today.
Lexington horsemen are interested in the three-
year-old Colorado E., in the stable of Gus Macey
and owned by that sterling sportsman George H.
Estabrook of Denver. The son of The Bondsman
was as a two-year-old one of the best of his division;
in fact it is not at all certain that Native Belle had a
greater flight of speed than he at Lexington last
autumn. In one of his races he stepped a quarter in
30% seconds and had he not suffered from curbs
earlier in the year would doubtless have been a for-
midable factor in the two year old stakes. Colorado
E. is a colt of fine size and his action is almost fault-
less. Should he continue to do well much surprise
will be felt if he does not make himself prominent
in any race in which he may start. He was up to a
mile in 2:10 last year and if he learns to carry his
wonderful speed may trot this season very close to
the world's record for three year olds.
The Woodland Driving Club will announce in next
week's Breeder and Sportsman the program of purses
for its annual circuit meeting to be held August 24th
to 27th. All horsemen who race their horses in
California this year will want to visit Woodland
and the program will be awaited with much interest.
One of the latest 1910 model McMurray sulkies
will be driven in the races in New Zealand, in
which Mr. F. Holmes, the well-known horseman
of that country, will start his horses next season.
Mr. Holmes purchased one of these sulkies from W.
J. Kenney, 531 Valencia street, this city, during the
week, and ordered it shipped to his home in New
Zealand.
All visiting horsemen to Santa Rosa have seen the
foal by Carlo Dillon, son of Guy Dillon 2:23% and
Carlotta Wilkes that is romping by the side of her
twenty-three-year-old mother By By (dam of Marengo
King 2:29%, etc.) pronounce her the best formed
and handsomest this famous broodmare has had
and when its pedigree is tabulated there can be no
denying the fact " she is bred in the purple."
Mr. Frank Nugent of Brentwood recently sold a
beautiful yearling colt by Alconda Jay out of Daphne
McKinney by McKinney 2:11%, second dam La Mus-
covita (dam of Yolande 2:14%) by Guy Wilkes 2:15%'
etc.) to Henry Hellman. As Teddy Hayes has one
of the best Bon Voyage colts from this mare he ever
handled it looks as though Mr. Hellman believes he
will make no mistake when he gets this son of his
grandly bred Wilkes stallion ready to score for the
word. Which will be the faster? The Bon Voyage
colt or the Alconda Jay? Time and development will
answer this question.
The recent mating of Dorothy Axworthy (2) 2:21%
with Colorado E. is an item of more than passing
interest, as it is doubtful if two such fast youngsters
were ever before mated. The filly was second in the
Kentucky Futurity in the record breaking time of
2:12% and was lame at the time. Colorado E. was
worked in 2:11% and was timed close to 2:10 in the
Futurity. It looks as though the racing career of the
handsome little daughter of Axworthy was over
and it seems a pity that a mare of her speed and
class should not be able to acquire a record such as
she is capable of taking.
The smoothest-going, as well as one of the most
promising trotters at the Woodland track is a chest-
nut two-year-old called Addansel owned by Mr. M.
C. Keefer of Woodland. This colt is by the Dexter
Prince stalliion Prince Ansel 2:20% out of Advosta
2:25% by Advertiser 2:20%, second dam Valdosta
by Nutwood 2:28%, third dam Emma Arteburn (dam
of St. Arnaud 2:29%, and the dams of six in 2:30
-including Fred Kohl 2:07%) by Mambrino Patehen
58; third dam Jennie Johnson (thoroughbred) by
Sweet Owen. Addansel is as handsome as his royal
breeding should indicate.
Very many high class mares are being shipped to
Columbus, Ohio, to be bred to Zombro 2:11. Re-
cent shipments include the Spanish Maiden, by Happy
Medium; Mattox., by Bale Axworthy 39188; Ontrain,
by Onward; Maid of Arnes, by Alfred G.; Miss Jessie
Flower, by Jay Bird; Maggie Baron, by Baron Wilkes,
and Lenetta, by Almonarch, were shipped by express
by W. S. Todd of New York City. W. B. Taylor,
Sedalia, Mo., shipped two mares by Early Reaper
2:09%, one of which was the good race mare, Eearly
Alice, 2:06%, and L. E. Smith of Niles, Mich., has
sent three Wilkes Boy mares.
Read that page advertisement of the North Pacific
Circuit in this week's Breeder and Sportsman.
Nothing so attractive was ever offered harness
horse owners on this coast. A horse that can win
three or four of the principal events on that circuit
will earn enough for his owner to buy a farm. The
entries to the main events will close July 1st, but
there are many other purses to close later. The
managers of the North Pacific Circuit have certainly
looked out for the best interests of the horsemen
in arranging their programs, and we hope they will
be well patronized by California horsemen.
Several protests have been filed with the Butchers'
Board of Trade against the award of money by the
judges in the race won by Sidney B. at Emeryville .
on Butchers' Day last week. The race was adver-
tised as for 2:20 class pacers and four entries were
made, but on the race being called there were no
less than eleven horses came out for the word. Pro-
tests were made against the horses Toppy 2:10, Nel-
lie Gaines 2:17%, Jim Rankin 2:16%, Jerry D. 2:17%,
Charley J. 2:17 and others being permitted to start
in a 2:20 class race, but the judges said the race had
been changed to a "special" and all could start ex-
cept King V. 2:17, who it is said was barred on ac-
count of his known speed. Not getting any satisfac-
tion from the judges the protestants Have carried
their case to the directors of the organization giv-
ing the meeting. According to all rules no horse
having a record faster than 2:19% was eligible to
this race which was advertised for 2:20 class pacers
and which was not declared off as the money paid
for entrance on the four or five eligible horses was
not returned nor was the change publicly announced.
It would be better for the sport of harness racing in
this vicinity and everywhere else if organizations
giving meetings would become members of either the
American or National Association and hold their
races strictly in accordance with the rules.
Saturday, June IS, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
It is generally conceded by horse breeders that
fillies which are destined for a stud career should
always, if possible, commence their maternal duties
at a youthful age, say at three or four years. There
certainly exist strong reasons why this course should
be advocated, for not only is a young mare more
certain to breed than an older one, but an early call-
ing into play of the reproductive functions has the
effect of enhancing the filly's reliability and regu-
larity as a breeder in future years. This last, in par-
ticular, is a most important consideration, for failure
to breed and irregularity in breeding notoriously oc-
cur with much greater frequency in the case of mares
than among the females of any other kind of farm
stock.
"IN-BREEDING AND LINE-BREEDING.'
Western Horseman says that two prominent In-
dianapolis, Ind., gentlemen interested in light har-
ness horses offered $30,000 the past week for Native
Belle, (2) 2:07%, the world's champion two-year-old
filly. The offer was refused by her owner, whom it
is understood places a value on her outside of her
earning capacity. She is eligible to all the three-
year-old events of this year and stands to win more
than this amount. Tommy Murphy, who trained and
raced the filly to the highest honors for one of her
age, has her in fine condition and, barring sickness
and accidents, she certainly looks like she ought
again to carry away a goodly portion of the money
and honors to which she is eligible as a three-year-
old.
Charley D. 2:00%, whose picture occupies a posi-
tion on the front page of the Breeder and Sportsman
this week will make an eastern campaign this year
in the string of Chas. DeRyder who shipped his stable
of campaigners from Pleasanton two weeks ago. This
will be Charley D.'s first introduction to the variable
climate and weather conditions east of the Sierra
Nevada mountains, as he was foaled in California
and has never raced anywhere but on this coast.
Charley D. was bred by and is still owned by Col. J.
C. Kirkpatrick of this city and this is his fourth year
of racing. He made his debut at Pleasanton in 1907,
starting four times that year but not winning a heat,
meeting Copa de Oro and Inferlotta, the two pacing
cracks of that year in all his starts and getting
second and third moneys. In 1908 he made quite
an extensive campaign, starting in eight races, of
which he won seven and paced seventeen winning
heats below 2:10, getting his record of 2:06% at
Chico August 22nd. In 1909 he made but two starts
and won both races, placing six more heats below
2:10 to his credit. He was broke, trained and driven
in all his races prior to 1909 by James Thompson,
but was in Chas. DeRyder's string last year. He is
the best headed and the best gaited pacer seen on
the coast circuit in many years, goes without hop-
ples and can be placed anywhere in a race. His
eastern campaign will be particularly interesting to
California horsemen.
BID FOR MATRON STAKES.
It is gratifying to local lovers of harness racing to
note that the Trotting Horse Breeders' Club, which
is promoting the Grand Circuit meeting at Empire
City Park, is losing no chance to provide the very
best features which can be secured, and is deter-
mined to set out a week of attractions that will do
much to restore trotting to its old time popularity in
New York. The latest move which has been made
by the club is a bid for the great Matron Stake of the
American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders,
which is to he decided this year. This event is for
three-year-olds, foals of 1907, and it is liable to be
worth anywhere from $15,000 to $20,000, making it
one of the richest colt stakes which has ever been
contested. Its companion, the Champion Stallion
Stake, also for three-year-olds and to be decided this
year, has been secured for the Lexington, Ky., meet-
ing. About every three-year-old of any importance in
the whole country is eligible to the Matron Stake,
and the contest is likely to be one of the most sen-
sational ever seen on an American race track. Three-
fourths of the stake is for trotters and the balance
for pacers.
One of the eligibles is Lou Billings, a chestnut filly
bred and owned by C. K. G. Billings. Her dam, Lou
Dillon 1:58%, holds the world's record for trotters,
wrhile her sire, John A. McKerron 2:04%, was the
champion wagon trotter of his day.
W. C. Brown, president of the New York Central
Railroad, has a promising candidate in the bay colt
Bergen 2:26%, by Bingara out of Russela by Krem-
lin 2:07%. Robert Proctor, who brought out Uhlan
2:02%, is training him.
A, H. Cosden, president of the William B. Riker
Drug Company and one of the directors of the Trot-
ting Horse Breeders' Club, has another likely entry
in the bay colt Colonel Dewey, by Admiral Dewey
2:04%, out of Marveline 2:18%, by Marvelous 2:23.
He is in the stable of Ed Benyon and is eligible to
futurity races worth upward of $75,000.
William Simpson, proprietor of the Empire City
Stud, has twenty-five or thirty royally bred young
sters by Axworthy 2:15%. and McKinney 2:11%, in
the big stake race, and W. E. D. Stokes of the Patchen
Wilkes Stock Farm, has almost as many. Other New
York breeders having colts eligible to start are John
H. Shults, Jacob Ruppert, W. B. Dickerman, J. K.
Newman, W. F. Redmond, William Pollock, Fred T.
Steinway, L. V. Harkness, A. W. Smith and E. T.
Bedford. — Trotter ->nd Pacer.
Under the following caption a very interesting dis-
cussion of the much agitated questions embraced was
presented in a paper prepared and read by Professor
J. R. Blackburn, of Ames Agricultural College, Iowa,
at a recent State gathering; loan of the manuscript
was generously accorded us. The distinction drawn
between what is called in-breeding and line-breeding
is worthy some consideration. Professor Blackburn
says on this: "In-breeding and line-breeding are sim-
ilar practices. The differences is one of degree rather
than kind. Both are included under the general term,
'close breeding,' which means the mating af animals
more or less closely related. In-breeding as gener-
ally accepted is the mating together of relationships
closer than cousins, viz.: 'sire to daughter, dam to
son, or brother to sister.' Line-breeding, on the other
hand, is the mating of relationships more distant, viz.:
cousins, uncle to niece and other close relationships."
This may be an accepted distinction by common con-
sent. However, the term line-bred has appeared
rather to designate a system of breeding where trac-
ing the tail male line at whatever removes on both
sires and dams sides leads to a common ancestor.
For instance, line-bred Hambletonian would be a
horse that leads to the founder Hambletonian through
the top-cross of both sire and dam, and so a line-bred
Wilkes would be one tracing tail male on both sides
to George Wilkes, and to Electioneer, etc. In-breed-
ing would be close breeding-in-and-in, with multiplied
crosses, even in the case of an animal not line-bred,
as defined above. But nothing vital to the subject is
involved in the understanding of the terminology em-
ployed. The article of Professor Blackburn is an
able presentation of the objects attained, and the
value of the practice, as well as of the dangers in-
curred and the loss that may result from running
to excess in the line. He says, "The advantage of
close breeding is readily apparent, from the applica-
tion of Galton's Law, which in substance is, that an
individual inherits its characteristics, fifty per cent
from its parents; twenty-five per cent from its
grandparents; twelve and a half per cent from its
great grandparents, and so on to infinity. It is evi-
dent that close breeding tends to perpetuate- in the
offspring the characteristics of the individuals used
in close mating." In an illustration he shows how it
is possible to increase the percentage of any given
animal in descendants, until if the life of the indi-
vidual last long enough, a descendant would be pro-
duced that would be practically the originally pure,
with only an irreducible fraction lacking. Thus the
valuable characteristics found may be perpetuated,
and a breed be established in which it is present and
becomes a type. "At this stage," Professor Black-
burn remarks, "the breeder has come to a point
where close breeding is a necessity or much of the
good will be lost. Mating with inferior animals with-
out this character developed, would be deteriorating."
Professor Eugene Davenport, of the University of Illi-
nois, says, "As soon as the improver has succeeded in
establishing a breed of higher excellence than any
other he is forced to practice closer and closer in-
breeding, and ultimately may be forced to practice in-
breeding." There is cited also by the author of the
article what he observes is "a matter of common
knowledge among breeders, that close bred indivi-
uals are much more potent than individ-
uals of mixed breeding. Galton's Law will account
for it, in part, but in some instances there would
seem to be a stronger factor than Galton's Law at
work. What that factor is, no one can for a certainty
say. The fact remains that when close bred individuals
are mated with those of out-breeding, the offspring
tends to inherit more of its character from the close
bred parent." The conclusion of the discussion is
that "close breeding is a necessity in the formation
of new breeds," and this is illustrated in numerous
examples from the various classes of domestic ani-
mals where what is termed improved stock exists.
Both the famous breeds of beef cattle, the Herefords
and Shorthorns, are adduced, showing almost the ex-
treme of in-breeding. Two noted bulls are tabulated
showing in the case of one, in the third line of the
eight ancestors appearing four are sons and daugh-
ters of the one founding sire, known as Champion of
England. Another presents the mating of a sire to
his own dam and then to his own daughter, which
is said not to have been exceptionally close, and re-
garded as altogether wise. The founder of the great
Bates breed, Thomas Bates, is quoted as saying con-
cerning the Duchess foundation animal, "I have never
used any bulls that had not Duchess blood, except
Belvedere (1706) without perceiving immediately the
error."
Summing up the matter in a general and compre-
hensive statement Professor Blackburn says, "Close
breeding has been practiced in the development of
nearly every pure breed at some time in its history.
It has been practiced not only on cattle, but on horses,
poultry, and even on swine. Swine are supposed to
be adversely affected by close breeding quicker than
any other stock. Wherever judiciusly practiced the
result has been to fix type to a remarkable degree."
However, touching perils in the practice, if not fol-
lowed judiciously with close discrimination, the arti-
cle gives timely warning, and strict admonition. "The
evidence seems conclusive," the writer says, "that
good may result from in-breeding, and on the other
hand practically all men are agreed that great dan-
ger attends the practice unless very carefully fol-
lowed. As for good, so for ill, in-breeding is a more
potent force than line-breeding. The effect is always
greater the closer the relationship. Weakened con-
stitution, lessened vigor and fertility, decreased size,
are named as the chief bad effects when any result
from overmuch or persistent in-breeding. But these
results may be obviated wholly or in main part by
close observance in making selections and duplicating
lines. Professor Davenport insists that individual
selection rather than too much pedigree will not fall
into the mistake, and Professor Blackburn adds, "If
close breeding is followed it should be by men with
the courage and ability to select closely down to the
smallest detail." And this appears to be the case in
a nutshell, when brought down to the last analysis.
And it is likewise with every phase of scientific
breeding. There can be no rote method laid down
and practiced with any large measure of success. An-
imals or families with positive defects of any sort
should never be bred in and in to intensify the faults
and only the most vigorous and perfect specimens
should be employed for close breeding in any form.
So in making outcrosses individual traits and char-
acteristics, as well as inherited ones, are to be
minutely regarded. It is both a science and an art
to breed wisely and requires the balanced person an
apt pupil and student in each to succeed. — Spirit of
the West.
W. L. SNOW'S MASCOT.
California horsemen who remember the white dove
that Millard Sanders owned and taught all sorts of
stunts will be interested in the following from the
Horse World of Buffalo:
"Mascots are quite a fad down the racing line, as
well as with baseball clubs, bowling teams, yachts-
men and followers of sports and pastimes. A white
bulldog predominates, while a cat comes next, and
so on down the line of pets. Elt. Chamberlain, a
favorite baseball pitcher of Baltimore, carries a
game rooster around with him. Jack Rombough,
well known Canadian driver, has a white bulldog,
and you might as well sign a death warrant as to
step on his tail or abuse the canine in his posses-
sion. Alonzo McDonald has a fox terrier, the pride
of the stable, which sits on some of the horses' backs
when being walked or cooled out, and looks wise.
Ed. Geers' mascot is a fresh cigar about 20 times a
day, with 10 dishes of ice cream after supper. W.
L. Snow's mascot is a dove, brought from Santa Rosa,
Cal., six or seven years ago by Millard Sanders,
when he shipped the champion trotter, Lou Dillon
1:58% east. Mr. Sanders presented the dove to Mr.
Snow, and it has traveled down the Grand Circuit six
consecutive seasons. It is a wise old bird and will
come and sit on your outstretched hand at the Detroit
track, at present, and pick a fight in genuine Jim
Jeffries-Jack Johnson fashion. This dove has had
its leg broken, two toes cut off and been through
several disastrous smash-ups among trunks and rac-
ing paraphernalia during shipping times, but is still
in the ring and can make more noise cooing than a
dozen ordinary pigeons. The railbirds say that the
master reinsman always consults his dove mascot
before a great race, to find out whether he has a
chance of winning or not. If the dove struts up and
down, with an important air, flaps its wings and
roars Coo! coo! coo! that means — Why of course,
Bill! And then there is a wild rush among the
listeners to catch the eye of Silver Bill Riley, Wil-
liam Fitch, Welby Almas, or some other auction-pool
orator in the stand. When Darkey Hal 2:02%, won
her great race in Lexington last fall, this dove cooed
all the afternoon and long into the little hours of
another day. Then, for a grand finale, it sent coo!
coo! telegrams to the owner, J. E. Swarts of Wing-
ham, Ont., and to A. H. Miller, the Sir Thomas Lip-
ton sportsman of Buffalo. Did they win a million?
No. hardly, but both gentlemen have been wearing a
winning smile over since. Watch that dove this sea-
son the day that Darkey Hal starts against the gray
ghost and greatest rival, The Eel 2:02%.
FAST COLTS IN KENTUCKY.
Mike Bowerman has given the colt trainers at Lex-
ington, Ky., something to think about. One week
ago last Friday morning Moody drove the three-year-
olds. George Todd 2:25%, and Hillbrooks Queen
2:17%, a mile each in 2:17%, respectively. George
Todd stepped his last quarter in 30 seconds and the
last eighth in 15 seconds. Bowerman teamed the
three-year-old black trotter, Woodford Todd 2:24%,
a mile in 2:14%. The dockers agreed that the quar-
ters were :33%, 1:06%, making the last quarter in
:33. Mike then came out with the three-year-old
pacer Granbury, by Gambetta Wilkes 2:19%, dam by
Alliewood 2:09%, and drove him a mile in 2:13%, last
quarter in 32 second. Uncle Mike is mighty chipper,
and he usually contrives to make his horses feel the
same way.
GREATEST LINE 2:06'^ BADLY HURT.
A distressing accident that may mean permanent
retirement from the turf of the fast pacing mare.
Greatest Line 2:06%, occurred near Morenci, Mich.,
recently, where the daughter of Great Heart was
being "prepped" for her campaign by A. H. Clark,
Qf that town. While jogging on the road near that
place she broke through with one forward foot a rot-
ten spot in a bridge which carelessly had been over-
looked by the highway authorities. Luckily the limb
was not broken as would be imagined, but was so
badly lacerated that the mare's future is uncertain.
Greatest Line took her record in a winning race
at the September meeting at Ft. Wayne, Ind., and
reliable critics at that time credited the mare with
ability to clip three or four more seconds off her
mark.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[.Saturday, June IS, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X DsVUTT.
ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST.
PRIVATE GAME PRESERVES AND THEIR
FUTURE IN THE UNITED STATES.
[Continued from last week.]
Objections to Game Preserves. — The private game
preserve is unpopular in many parts of the United
States. That it is increasing in favor in certain
sections, that the total number probably exceeds 500
and is constantly growing, and that it is destined to
great development in the near future, does not
change the fact that its unpopularity in certain lo-
calities is so great as to hinder its progress. To
many the idea of a tract of land maintained solely
for protection of game seems un-American and sug-
gests memories of feudal conditions in Europe which
rendered game laws so unpopular. Others believe
that the acquisition of large tracts of land for pre-
serves is opposed to development, tends toward
class distinction, and places in the hands of a few
privileges which belong to the public. There can
be no doubt that under certain conditions the pri-
vate preserve may be so managed as to deprive some
citizens of their rights and to create a monopoly of
hunting privileges. One of the regions in which op-
position is most pronounced is in the Arirondacks in
Xew York. Here, in 1902, the private preserves for
hunting, fishing, and camping numbered 60, with a
total area of 791,208 acres, as compared with 1,163,-
414 acres in the State park. Most of these preserves
have been established since 1SS5, and although their
area has decreased somewhat in recent years through
purchases by the State, they still comprise a large
proportion of the Adirondack region. Commenting
on conditions then existing, the Forest, Fish and
Game Commission, in its report for 1902, declared:
"The comparatively sudden exclusion of the pub-
lic from its old camping grounds has provoked a bit-
ter hostility on the part of the hunters, fishermen,
and guides who formerly ranged over this territory.
The sportsman who returns to some favorite haunt
only to find himself confronted with the words "no
thoroughfare" turns back with a resentful feeling,
while the guides who were wont to conduct their
patrons wherever game was plentiful view with
threatening looks the hired gamekeepers that guard
the forbidden lands. (Eighth Ann. Rept., p. 34, 1903.)
How far such objections are justified can best be
shown by reference to some of the legislation which
has resulted from this opposition. The problem of
the future is to so adjust matters that, as far as
possible, objections may be overcome, the rights of
all classes respected, and practical monopoly of priv-
ileges by a few prevented.
Adverse Legislation. — Opposition to private game
preserves has frequently been manifested in the form
of hostile legislation. Attempts have been made to
prevent non-residents from hunting on preserves
which they had acquired within a State, to open
private preserves to the public for fishing, on the
ground that the waters had been stocked by the
State, and to allow hunting without permission on
overflowed marshes on the plea that on overflowed
lands the public has the rights of navigation and
hunting. Such attempts have not been sustained 'by
the courts, as shown by the decisions of the supreme
ccurts of Michigan in 1SSS and 1897 [Sterling v.
Jackson (37 X. W., S45] Hall v. Alford (72 X. W.
137)], of Xew York in 1903 [Rockefeller v. Lamora
(83 X. Y., Supp.. 289], cf Arkansas in 1904 [State v.
Mallory (83 S. W., 955)]. of Colorado and Illinois in
1905 [Hartman v. Tresise (84 Pac, 685); Schulte v.
Warren 1 75 X. E. 783)], and of the VJnited States
circuit court of appeals, eighth circuit, in 1906 [Har-
rison v. Fite (106 Fed., 781], But notwithstanding
the fact that the higher courts have almost uni-
formly upheld the right of the landowner to his
property, even when the land has been converted into
a game preserve, legislation by indirection has in
several instances seriously impaired the value of
such property, if it has not actually deprived the
owner of the enjoyment The numerous methods of
accomplishing the purpose are ingeniously framed
to avoid attack on grounds of unconstitutionality,
class legislation, or interference with vested rights.
Property in game preserves is peculiarly sensitive to
surrounding conditions, and its value may be jeop-
ardized in many ways. The shifting of an open sea-
son, the omission of a few words from a bill, or
the insertion of a clause prohibiting shipment or
sale are the apparently innocent means by which a
preserve owner's interests may be placed at the
mercy of his opponents. A few examples will illus-
trate this point more clearly. The ducking clubs
on Lake Erie have at times encountered much local
opposition, and in the Ohio legislature of 1900 this
opposition took the form of an amendment to the
game law whereby the season for hunting ducks
was changed so as to open on Xovember 10 (a date
h most of the marshes are frozen and the
birds have left for the South), but was left open in
the spring. The change was made advisedly on the
theory that the members of the ducking clubs, pre-
vented by law from hunting in the autumn, would
thus be deprived of all opportunity for sport, since,
as sports nen, they would refrain from shooting in
spring, while others, not bound by a sportsmanlike
principle could enjoy the shooting during the spring
migration. In 1897 the legislature of Xorth Caro-
lina enacted a special law for Currituck County,
prohibiting non-residents from shooting afloat.
(Laws 1S97, ch. 291.) The numerous ducking clubs
located along Currituck Sound are composed almost
entirely of non-residents, and this measure, which
reserved to residents the privilege of shooting from
boats, was aimed directly at the clubs.
Pheasant preserves in Xew Jersey, owned partly
by residents of Xew York, have been remarkably
successful in rearing large numbers of birds, but
the owners have been handicapped by 'inability to
dispose of surplus male stock. The law of Xew Jer-
sey does not permit the sale of pheasants or other
game birds in close season, nor does that of New
York, except in the case of birds reared on Long
Island. With a view to opening the market in New
York City for these birds on the same basis as for
those from Long Island, efforts have been made at
several sessions of the Xew York legislature to se-
cure the passage of a bill making an exemption in
favor of breeders of foreign pheasants, but thus far
without success.
In California efforts were made in 1909 to induce
the Board of Supervisors of Marin county to close the
season on quail for several years on the plea that
the birds had become so reduced in numbers that a
close season was necessary for their increase. This
movement was actually directed against the owners
of certin private preserves, who had bought or leased
considerable tracts of land as game preserves where
quail shooting was the main diversion. A close sea-
son for several years in the county would thus prac-
tically deprive the owners of the use of their prop-
erty so long as the ordinance remained in force.
Similarly, the object of the proviso incorporated in
the State game preserve act of March 20, 1909,
"That no provision in this act contained shall he
construed as prohibiting or preventing any person
or persons from hunting or taking fish and wild game
from or on navigable water," was intended to pre-
vent the use of certain areas near Newport Bay, in
southern California, as a game preserve.
One of the broadest general provisions thus far
enacted to limit the operation of game preserves
is the New Hampshire law entitled "An act to pro-
tect public rights." requiring all associations hold-
ing preserves in the State to be incorporated in the
State, prohibiting private ownership of bodies of
water of more than 20 acres, and restricting owner-
ship in ponds of 10 to 20 acres. (Laws 1901, eh. 9.)
Outlook for the Future. — Whatever may be the
feeling in regard to private preserves, they evidently
constitute a very important factor in modern game
protection, and, as the country becomes more thickly
settled, may become one of the chief means of pre-
serving game for future generations. It is true that
abuses have crept in ;that occasionally the object
of preserves has been perverted; that preserves have
been established without due regard to the interests
of the public; and that they have sometimes been
used rather as a means of destroying than pre-
serving game; but such abuses are exceptional and
in no way militate against the general idea of estab-
lishing refuges where game may be propagated nat-
urally or artificially and maintained safe from at-
tack. Where such abuses exist they should be cor-
rected by regulation and should not be allowed to
lead a general condemnation of the preserve system.
In a country like the United States, where so much
of the land commands high prices for agricultural
purposes, the area devoted to game preserves will
probably never be large enough to form an appre-
ciable proportion of the total area, as is the case in
Scotland, and to some extent in the Province of
Quebec. If, however, in any State too much land
is likely to be occupied by private preserves or if
too much of the game is controlled by a few persons,
the remedy lies in licensing the preserve, limiting its
size, or increasing the taxes to a point where holding
large areas becomes unprofitable. It may even be
necessary to subject such property to State super-
vision, by requiring reports of the amount of game
liberated or killed; by regulating methods of hunt-
ing or limiting the amount of game that may be
killed; by requiring certain definite work in the way
of game propagation; and by providing that access
be given to duly authorized officers at all reasonable
times. Certainly the owner will prefer some such
regulations to the present unreasonable attacks on
the preserve, or the expanse of maintaining his
rights by a guerrilla warfare with poachers or by con-
stant litigation in the courts. On the other hand,
that element of the general public which is simply
opposed to the use of land for preserves, and which
holds that landowners in attracting to their own
lands game belonging to the State are appropriating
public property, will accept such regulation as evi-
dence that the preserve is maintained for public as
well as private benefit.
[By August Wolf]
Floyd Wilson, a telegraph operator in the employ
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
Company, two miles east of Kyle, Idaho, came to
Spokane a few days ago to buy a hunting knife, a
revolver and a supply of ammunition, and when asked
the reason for laying in these stores he told of a
thrilling experience with a grizzly bear near his sta-
tion, which almost resulted in a victory for Bruin.
"I noticed the big lumbering thing snooping around
the station," he said, "and as soon as I was off shift
I got a rifle and started along the trail. I was not
long in overtaking Mr. Bear and firing offhand at
first sight, scored with the ball, which broke the
bones in the bear's jaw. The big fellow turned and I
made for the high ones. In shinning up a tree I lost
the rifle and was obliged to climb nearly seventy feet
before I found a branch, where I put in three weary
hours.
"I would be there yet if it had not been for the sig-
nal operator at Kyle, who was sent out by the dis-
patcher, when he found that the block signal would
not work. The operator killed the animal and I
came down from my airy perch. I determined then
and there never to be caught that way again, hence
this shooting iron and sheath-knife.
However, I am going to be more careful than was
Henry Anderson, who shot himself while camping on
the Mineral Farm near Mullan. Idaho, several weeks
ago. Anderson thought he heard a bear prowling
around the tent and picked up a small calibre rifle.
The hammer caught on the canvas of the tent and the
cartridge exploded, the bullet passing into his right
wrist, and on up through his arm to the shoulder.
Anderson was taken to Mullan and then to the hos-
pital at Wallace."
Parts of the Palouse country in eastern Washing-
ton and northern Idaho are facing a serious menace
in rabid coyotes. The examination of the head of
an animal recently killed near Forest. Idaho, and
sent to J. S. Nicholson, bacteriologist at the Uni-
versity of Idaho, and S. W. Chamberlain, state vet-
erinarian, shows unmistakable evidence of the ani-
mal having been afflicted with rabies. The animal
from which the head was taken was killed at the
ranch of John Piatt on Deer creek, in the Craig
mountains, after it had come boldly into the house
and attacked several dogs near the door. Reports
have come into Lewiston during the last six weeks
of rabid animals having been killed in various locali-
ties, and one death from hydrophobia, that of the
seven-year-old son of John Trautman, living near
Juliaetta, who was attacked and badly bitten by a
coyote, has already occurred.
Hunters returning to Spokane from the mountains
at the head of Slate creek in the Coeur d'Alene min-
ing district in northern Idaho, report encountering
three flocks of Angora goats that have answered
the call of the wild. The animals are wily and gen-
erally break away before the huntsmen can get guns
to shoulders. The goats wandered from a land clear-
ing camp several years ago. when there were 25 ani-
mals in the flock. They were used to clear the land
and after they had cleared a large tract of land of
underbrush and other debris the leader and others
found a hole in the fence and escaped to the moun-
tains. The flock split into groups of twos and threes,
one of which was captured some time ago. The
others increased in numbers. They have been seen
by prospectors on numerous occasions the last seven
months.
Wild animals are making themselves too much at
home to suit the homesteaders who recently settled
in the vicinity of the forks of the lake and the
west branches of Hood river, in Oregon. Mrs.
Clarence Forsberg. wife of a homesteader, had an
encounter a few days ago when a bear sought to
enter the Forsberg cabin. She was alone with her
children, and thinking somebody was knocking she
opened the door to be confronted bj* a cub bear,
almost grown. She slammed the door just in time
to keep out the animal. Then Bruin nosed around the
house for several hours, climbed up and looked in the
windows and visited the cellar, where he feasted on
apples. The animal finally gave up the seige just .
before the return of the settler.
Robert E. Lee, a mining man of Kendrick, Idaho,
passed through Spokane a few days ago on the way
to Chicago, New Y'ork and other eastern cities, after
which he will visit his old home in South Carolina.
He brought *to Spokane the largest lynx ever cap-
tured in Idaho and expressed the animal alive to
his father at Asheville, N. C. The eat weighs 98
pounds and is a perfect specimen. The animal was
caught in a trap on the north fork of the Clearwater.
Yellowtail fishing in the Catalina waters is now in
full swing. F. L. Bell of Council Grove. Kan., re-
cently landed a 47-pound fish after a fight lasting one
hour and ten minutes. G. P. Heinz caught a 33-
pounder, fishing from the pier at Avalon.
Elbert Butler and Dick Robertson have returned to
Ontario, Ore., from a twelve days' hunting trip in the
vicinity of Moore's hollow and Henry and Jacobson's
gulches, where they bagged 165 coyotes. They killed
90 in three days, which they claim is the best record
ever made by nimrods in the coyote line. The bounty
from the scalp of the animals averaged then each
over $10 a day, which they claim is another record
breaker. With two exceptions, the animals killed
were young ones and were dug out of their dens in
badger holes by Butler and Robertson.
Fred A. Hackler of Wapanita, Ore., recently killed
sixty coyotes with dynamite. He placed dynamite
Saturday, June IS, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
caps in the bait to which an insulated wire was at-
tached, and this was connected to a battery a short
distance from the trap. When the animals grabbed
the bait the caps exploded, killing each one instantly.
J. D. McGary and John Jay brought to Spokane as
trophies of a cruise on the Coeur d'Alene Indian res-
ervation in northern Idaho the skulls and horns of
three buffaloes found recently at the head of Hell
Gulch. They "packed" the skulls over twelve miles
of trail. Mr. McGary believes there were six ani-
mals in the band, which probably came across the
Lolo trail and across the mountain to the reserve,
40 or 50 years ago, to find a new range, and perished
from starvation in the deep snow. The largest head
measures two feet across from the center of horns
and the wrinkles indicate it was 30 years old. Mr.
McGary says that by checking the ground and section
lines he has traveled on the Coeur d'Alene reserva-
tion, it makes a total of a little more than 2000 miles,
and he believes he has walked more miles on the
reserve than any living white man.
R. W. Butler, auditor of Spokane county, Wash.,
is banking on the next legislature to appropriate
more money for bounties on hides of wild animals,
and as a result is continuing to pay out bounties in
spite of the fact that the appropriations made by
the last legislature has been exhausted. Since the
new law went into effect eleven months ago, Butler
has paid $479 in bounties at the rate of $1 for coyotes,
$5 for lynx and $20 for cougars. Three hundred and
nine coyotes, seventeen lynx and two cougars were
brought to him. The entire pelt must be brought to
the office, and the bone on the right foreleg must
be left with the hide, this to be removed when the
bounty is claimed.
Reports recently received by the Spokane Cham-
ber of Commerce from a half hundred points along
the Columbia river in Washington and Oregon and
the Willamette and Clackamas rivers in the last
named state are that not in 20 years has there
been such a run of salmon in these streams as this
season, which opened on May 1, when between 7500
and 10,000 fishermen resumed their work in the in-
dustry, following a closed season of 60 days. The
gear used in his work represents an investment of
from $4,000,000 to $5,00,000.
Hundreds of anglers are also scattered along the
banks of the streams and big catches are reported
daily. The opening of the season was welcomed not
only by the fishing companies, but also by Master
Fish Warden McAllister of Oregon and his deputies,
as it marked the close of a bitter war which had
been raging between the two ever since the fish board
ordered the season closed on the Clackamas and
Willamette rivers from March 1 until May 1.
The Columbia river was closed during that period
by a law passed by the legislature of Oregon, but
through inadvertence the Clackamas and the Wil-
lamette were omitted from its provisions. It became
apparent to the board that to permit fishing in these
streams would not alone have the effect of render-
ing nugatory the law with relation to the subject
on the Columbia river, but that it would be break-
ing faith with the fish authorities of the State of
Washington.
It had been agreed that the laws of the two States
should be uniform on the subject and relying on its
own prerogatives the board ordered the stream
closed. This was the signal of a bitter war between
the fishermen and the warden, and in one way and
another the matter has been in the courts ever since.
The fish authorities won their fight. It is thought
that a law will be passed by the next legislature
closing these streams for the same period of time
that the Columbia river is closed.
Though hostilities are at an end, there still re-
mains much work for the warden and his deputies,
and minor clashes between them and the fishermen
are likely to occur from time to time. The law pro-
vides that fishing must cease at 6 o'clock every Sat-
urday evening and that it must not be assumed until
6 o'clock on the Sunday evening following. The mas-
ter fish warden will enforce the law and with that
end in view he has two boats constantly patrolling
the rivers and others will be used in checking up the
license on gear.
DOINGS IN DOGDOM.
An important meeting of the Pacific Coast Advis-
ory Committee was held at the Palace Hotel, June
4th, for the consideration of measures that would
ameliorate present unsatisfactory conditions and pla-
cate the "insurgents." The Committee is the Coast
representative of the American Kennel Club. The
head officials of American dogdom at New York
turned down the request of a dozen Coast kennel
clubs and associations for a change in the personnel
and administration of affairs by the Pacific com-
mittee.
Certain changes were made, however, in a bung-
ling attempt to fool but not placate Coast fanciers.
Secretary Jacques P. Norman is shorn of his stand-
ing as a member of the committee with a vote. Nor-
man J. Stewart of Monterey was chosen as a member
of the committee vice Norman. The latter is now'
the paid secretary of the board, with a reported sal-
ary of $200 per annum — not quite $4 a week — rather a
pittance for arduous duties that the future may im-
pose, and apparently an indifferent recognition of
yeoman service for over a decade past.
There was present at the meeting: Members H. H.
Carlton, Nat Messer, W. W. Stettheimer, Dr. W. P.
Burnham and J. P. Norman. An invitation to be
present had been extended to the president, secretary
and chairman of the bench show committee of the
various kennel clubs and doggy associations in the
jurisdiction of the committee.
This invitation ( ?) to the Coast fancy to be present
and naturally to take an interest in the circumlocu-
tion tactics of the fifth wheel on the A. K. C. coach
was a bluff pure and simple. It was only given out
for the purpose of reference in the future when it
could be of use — the Coast fancy were invited to our
meeting, if they did not come it was not our fault, we
were ready to help them. Bosh!
Or possibly the cover tactics of the committee may
have been taken to exclude the "riff raff," as Mr.
Hunnewell has termed the majority of the show
supporting fancy in this city.
In response to this invitation Mrs. J. J. Matheson,
president I ?) of the Ladies' Kennel Association of Cali-
fornia ; Robert Wallace, secretary of the Golden Gate
Kennel Club; Harry Hastings of the San Mateo Ken-
nel Club and Norman J. Stewart of the Santa Cruz
Kennel Club, were present. Ordinary members of
the thirteen claimed affiliated A. K. C. organizations,
proxies and written communications were barred,
which possibly accounted for the meager attendance.
Among other business transacted, it is reported, is
the peculiar action that the corps of local judges
selected for distributing awards at the one day show
of the San Mateo Kennel Club, September 9th, were
barred from exercising their judicial functions at any
Coast show previous to the Crossways meeting.
This action excludes local talent from the ring at
the Santa Cruz show July 15th and 16th. The Surf
City exhibition promoters have consequently been
compelled to look abroad for the ermine wearer.
Richard H. Thomas of Montana, whose services are
inventoried at probably $250, has been requisitioned
to fill the gap.
What success the Santa Cruz show promised as a
bench show attraction has been jeopardized by the
announcement of the Marin County Kennel Club,
which proposes to hold an exhibition of blue blooded
canines on the same dates, and also by the fact that
over 75% of the previous supporters of this show
will not enter their dogs. Santa Cruz will receive
the same overlook that the Cuckoo Kennel Club re-
ceived in San Francisco at the usurped May show.
The National Dog Breeders' Association held a
meeting of representative local fanciers Thursday
evening. This organization will set itself up in
opposition to the American Kennel Club on the Coast
as the parent body of kennel clubs and kennel asso-
ciations, maintain a stud book and supervise Coast
kennel affairs on the basis of home rule.
To accomplish this purpose the association was
reorganized and will be incorporated under the laws
of this State. A constitution and by-laws in accord-
ance with the changes necessary for incorporation
has been drafted and will be adopted. Twenty-one
directors were elected as follows: J. Hervey Jones, J.
Leo Park, D. P. Creswell, Victor A. Kuehne, Dr. L.
W. Spriggs, George W. Ellery, Fred P. Butler, H. B.
Lister, W. G. McMahon, William Ellery, Sidney St. L.
Cavill, William Blackwell, George B. M. Gray, W.
E. Chute, Valentine J. Ruh, Henry Berrar, W. V. N.
Bay. Dr. J. Auborn Wiborn and C. W. Riffee.
The Marin County Kennel Association — H. B. Lis-
ter, president: J. W. Threshie, secretary — applied
for July dates for a show to be held in San Rafael.
This proceeding will be the opening skirmish in the
campaign against the American Kennel Club's rule
on the Coast.
The National Dog Breeders' Association is open
for membership to every kennel club or kennel or-
ganization in the country. The movement has the
support of many Coast and Middle West organiza-
tions and the active sympathy of numerous Eastern
fanciers.
About 100 applications are already on file for entry
in the stud book.
The Ladies Kennel Association of California has
apparently outlived its usefulness. The plot to take
the executive control of the Association out of the
hands of known adherents to the movement for fair
play and justice has been temporarily successful.
The scheme is now, so it is reported, to dissolve the
Association and divide pro rata the money in the
treasury, something like $800. This amount is tied
up by legal proceedings for the present. The whole
unpleasant episode is a reflection upon the projectors
of the contemptible kennel politics that have been
foisted upon the Coast fancy for a decade past and
which will be continued unless the fanciers at large
act in unison and throw off the incubus.
Ostensibly the L. K. A. is an A. K. C. adherent
and for the time being, pendant in the air.
The recent attempt to create a new Oakland Ken-
nel Club, an infectious across-the-bay cuckoo brand
of usurpation and unwholesome kennel politics will
probably go by default. The yardmaster is now so-
journing in a private sanitarium, so it is reported.
The route for a budding fancier, was for the time
being, a strenuous one.
The A. K. C. has the sword of disqualification pend-
ant. The restraining hair, will be several at the first
sign of insurgent tactics. And what then?
The Coast fancy, at large, cares no more for the
A. K. C. "Halley's comet" than they do for last
year's bird's nest, when it comes to a proposition of
handling their own affairs.
Thomas S. Griffith, president and treasurer of the
Spokane Kennel Club, annonuces that many hand-
some silver trophy cups will be awarded as special
prizes at the bench show in connection with the
Spokane Interstate Fair and the International Dry
Farming Exposition in Spokane, October 3 to S.
Special cups are offered by the Exchange National
Bank, the Old National Mank, the McGolldrick Lum-
ber Company, the McClintock-Trunkey Company giv-
ing the "June" cup; the Inland Empire Biscuit Com-
pany and the Glen Tana Kennels cup by Mr. Griffith.
Merchants and dog fanciers in Spokane have al-
ways been generous in giving special trophies to
encourage dog culture, and the list this year promises
to be unusually attractive. Unusual interest is being
displayed in connection with the coming bench show,
and more local dogs than ever before will be in at-
tendance.
The Spokane Kennel Club is in correspondence
with James Mortimer of New York, and he may
be induced to officiate as judge at the Spokane show.
Mr. Griffith, owner of the Glen Tana Kennels, an-
nounces that the pick of his dogs will be seen this
year. He has refrained from showing at Seattle,
Portland and Vancouver this year to leave the field
open to the owners of collies bought from his ken-
nels. Many owners have protested against showing
Glen Tana puppies against Glen Tana dogs, and to
give the younger generation a chance. Mr. Griffith
has kept his dogs home this season. The chief win-
nings for collies at three shows have gone to Glen
Tana puppies.
SAN FRANCISCO FLY-CASTING CLUB.
The fly-casting club members were busy at Stow
Lake a week ago finishing the final contests in the
classification series and qualifying for position in the
class series of five contests. During the interlude,
prior to the class contests there w-ill be two re-entry
meetings for casting back scores.
Sunday, under fair weather conditions, Austin
Sperry was high rod in long distance, 10S feet.
Tom C. Kierulff and Charles H. Kewell both scored
99 per cent in accuracy, with Kierulff a fraction in
the lead. Kierulff and C. G. Y'oung were high scores
in delicacy casting, both' over 99 per cent. H. B.
Sperry, over 98 per cent in lure casting, was in the
lead.
Kierulff's 106 feet in long distance led for Satur-
sday' scores in that event. Kierulff, Edwards and
Y'oung were high in accuracy casting. In delicacy the
work was close, from 97 to 9S- and a fraction per cent
was the remarkable showing of each contestant.
Long-distance lure casting is a growing favorite.
T. C. Kierulff with 131 per cent and James Watt w-ith
130 per cent were the leading efforts for the two
days' casting, a showing which proves the local men
far in the lead apparently over any club in the coun-
try in this style of casting.
Saturday's judges were: C. G. Young, James
Watt, L. G. Burpee, E. A. Mocker, referee; E. O. Rit-
ter, clerk.
Sunday judges were: E. A. Mocker, T. C. Kierulff,
H. B. Sperry; C. G. Young, referee; E. O. Ritter,
clerk.
Harry Golcher scored over 9S per cent in four
events. A noticeable feature of the contests is the
general line of improvement of the members who
have started in this season.
An interesting episode was the cast-off on Satur-
day of a tie between Watt and Burpee for a medal in
the novice accuracy casting of last year. This was
the first time both gentlemen came together at the
lakeside. Watt won by a fraction, both scores being
close.
Saturday Contest So. 5. Classification series. Stow
Lake, June 4, 1910. Wind, southwest. Weather, fair.
Judges, C. G. Young, James Watt, L. G. Burpee.
Referee, E. A. Mocker. Clerk, E. O. Ritter.
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Geo. C. Edwards
C. G. Young . . .
E. A. Mocker . . .
L. G. Burpee . . .
F. A. Webster . . .
L. G. Burpee . . .
James Watt ....
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Re-entry —
E. A. Mocker I100!96.11|96.4S[9S.30|97." .
T. C. Kierulff 105I9S.S [ | 198.8
L. G. Burpee 881 i I
F. A. Webster | 84| I I I 9 6
Cast-off, 190,1), Novice Accuracy —
L. G. Burpee !96.1 '
L. G. Burpee 96.3
James Watt 196-7
James Watt 196.6
Sunday Contest Xo. .%. Classification series. Stow
Lake. June 5, 1910. Wind, southwest. Weather, fair.
Judges. E. A. Mocker. T. C. Kierulff, H. B. Sperry.
Referee, C. G. Young. Clerk. E. O. Ritter.
12 3 4 3
93
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E. A. Mocker [102196.13!
T. C. Kierulff 105199.4
H. B. Sperry 95I9S.S
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H. C. Golcher I... 198.13!
C. G. Young 98.14 ! .
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Re-entry —
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98.8 (99 98.34 9S.4 122
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E. A. Mocker 100 97.11!
A. Sperrv 1102 ' I
C. H. Kewell '...' 87.8
T. C. Kierulff '97.? .
XOTE: Event 1 — Distance casting, feet. Event 2 —
Accuracy casting, percentage. Event 3 — Delicacy
casting: a, accuracy percentage: b, delicacy percent-
age: e, net percentage. Event 4 — Lure casting. Event
H — Long distance lure casting, average.
Fractions in Event 2. fifteenths; in Event 3, six-
tieths: in lure casting, tenths.
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Arizona sportsmen are having sport with "white
wings." as a variety of the dove found in the terri-
tory is named. The birds are very plentiful in the
grain fields.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday. June IS, 1910.
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
Reports from the Truckee river are such as to
quicken the pulse of the angler. Splendid fishing has
been the almost unbroken rule for several weeks past.
The electric car service between Reno and Boca,
a distance of 27 miles, is of most appreciable advan-
tage to the angler. From Boca, for instance, one
can start away and drop off ten miles down the river,
fishing ground that heretofore was reached by very
few anglers. After fishing to one's satisfaction a re-
turning car can be stopped by signal and the tired
angler whisked back to his hotel by rapid transit.
The car service gives four trains each way daily.
The upper Sacramento and the McCloud are now
ripe for fly-fishing. The Sacramento river at Cas-
tella is lower than for years past.
Hundreds of boxes of trout have been shipped from
the Lake Tahoe resorts, by many anglers, since the
season opened.
Xow that stream conditions are becoming favor-
able, many anglers are taking trips to favorite resorts
out of the beaten track. Herman Remensperger and
Louis Gotthelf caught limits daily for four days in
the Dry creek country, about fifteen miles by con-
veyance from Cloverdale.
The available fishing waters are: Dry creek, fif-
teen miles; Galloway creek, six miles and McChris-
tian creek, nearly two miles. A brass and silver
spinner or a chub was the best lure for large fish. A
number of trout from eight to fifteen pounds in
weight were caught. These steelhead, although spent
fish, fought gamely, hut were liberated after capture.
Two weeks ago 75,000 quinnat salmon fry were
planted in Olema creek, Marin county. The salmon
fry were each over three inches in length, the larg-
est, so it is claimed, ever liberated in any waters
of this State. The young salmon were hatched and
reared at the Marin county fish hatchery near In-
verness.
Several years ago salmon fry were placed in Olema
creek, subsequent results proving that the experiment
was successful. Usually, however, both trout and
salmon fry have been, it is believed, placed in streams
at an immature age and before the young fish could
properly take care of themselves.
There are now at the hatchery about 300,000 steel-
head trout fry that will be used to restock the coun-
ty streams, when sufficiently grown to warrant plac-
ing in the creeks.
Reports from the Williamson river, at Klamath
lake, have prompted a number of local anglers to ar-
range for a trip to that famous trouting resort.
Fair catches have recently been made in Olema
creek and the Paper Mill streams in Marin county.
The Purissima, San Gregorio and Pescadero creeks
in San Mateo county are full of small fish. Many
anglers have recently taken six-inch trout limits. Fred
Sarcander's hostelry at Purissima has been well pat-
ronized by hundreds of anglers since the season
opened. This resort is one of the best for sports-
men in the county.
Santa Cruz streams are steadily visited with profit
by scores of Waltonians. W. W. Richards and Judge
Hall fished the gorge of the San Lorenzo and the
damned-up waters of Laguna creek last week. The
confined waters of the creek were tenanted by big
trout, many of which found a resting place in the
creels of the jurist and his brother angler.
Striped bass anglers have been catching numerous
bass at various resorts about the bay. San Pablo,
San Quentin point, Greenbrae and also in the Tiburon
lagoon. A ten-pounder was the largest bass caught
last Sunday in the lagoon. Live baits seem to be an
acceptable lure recently.
Striped bass have recently made their appearance
in the bay about Bay Farm island. Alameda. Be-
tween the bridge and Mecartney's point quite a few
bass have been caught. Here, as elsewhere in the
bay, small fish predominate. Red-finned perch are
also plentiful at this fishing point. One needs very
strong tackle, however, for these waters are popu-
lated by huge stingrays and ground sharks. These
undesirables cause a lot of bother when they hang
up a fisherman's tackle.
Black bass fishing has developed, since the opening
of the season into a pastime well patronized. From
all the black bass resorts reports are that the sport
is excellent and bass plentiful.
For local anglers the sloughs above Rio Vista are
the objective points. Many launch parties have re-
cently enjoyed splendid outing trips and caught
numerous limits.
Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn. Dr. Laeoste, Dr. Simon and
Chas. J. Breidenstein, Geo. W. Ellery, Jno. Ellery and
two friends composed two recently successful black
bass launch parties.
Trout fishing in Southern California is thus de-
scribed by a Los Angeles scribe:
There is still good fishing in the Sespe. in spite
of the extremely low water. But it is good fishing
only for the anglers who are willing to work hard
for their sport.
Last week a party of six Los Angeles fishermen
tramped into the roughest portions of the canyon and
pulled out nice strings. D. W. Flannigan. Frank
Hudson, F. O. Engstrum, Paul Engstrum, John
Vaughn and S. D. Weil were in the party and each
succeeded in hooking the limit.
In order to get their fish the sextette had to do
some rough climbing and go farther into the wilds
than most of the anglers who have brought back
only hard luck stories from the Sespe. One day
Flaraigan started out at 1 o'clock in the morning,
tramped until dawn and fished until noon, and again,
in the late afternoon, before getting his full creel.
He went where he beleives only one other angler has
penetrated this season.
When farthest from civilization he hooked some
pretty twelve-inch fish. Near the usual fishing
grounds the catch ran smaller and the fish were
harder to hook. Big fellows could be seen in many
of the pools, but showed no disposition to rise at
the tackle used.
The number of anglers who have been driven to
the Sespe this season by the lack of fish in other
streams probably accounts for the extreme difficulty
that is experienced in getting a rise out of the wary
old fellows of the deep pools.
One result of the low water this spring may be a
big trout season next year. This is because of the
restriction of the spawning grounds. A far greater
proportion of the fish have spawned in the protected
waters near the head of the main stream than last
season, so that the young fry should have a better
chance than usual of getting safely through the first
year. In the heavj* rains of the wet season a big
proportion of the fry is usually washed from the
streams.
Flannigan saw plenty of deer signs on the Sespe
trip, and is inclined to think that the deer season
next fall will furnish some unusually good sport.
Some confusion in dates last year respecting the
beginning of the open season in this State for bucks
was settled by an opinion of Attorney- General U. S.
Webb. The bill signed by Governor Glllett provided
for an open season from July 15th to November 1st.
The other measures, passed by both Houses, were
referred to the Governor, but not signed within ten
days after the Legislature adjourned, hence the At-
torney General held that the original bill prevailed
and the season for deer hunting began July 15th.
instead of August 1st.
It is now but a short time before the sport will be
open to hunters. Already preparation is being made
by many sportsmen for a sojourn in the mountains in
quest of juicy venison.
From many of the Coast and Sierra hunting sec-
tions reports come that bucks are plentiful. In some
of the northern Coast territory forest fires have
driven the deer into the interior ranges for food and
shelter.
With many of our sportsmen the evident increase
of deer is attributed to a better observance of the
close season and also to the efforts being made for
deer propagation and protection in the destruction of
California lions, which has now been carried on to
an appreciable degree.
A report from Redding states that L. B.
Boyce, living in the Big Bend of the Pitt river coun-
try in Shasta county, killed five California lions re-
cently. Boyce devotes some little attention to the
big cats for the bountj', $20 apiece, which the State
Fish and Game Commission pays for the destruction
of these marauding animals. Cougars not only take
large toll annually of the ranchers' stock, but also
make big inroads on the States' supply of bucks, does
and fawns. These big cats are not averse to a diet
at times of rabbits, squirrels, led foxes and other
small fry.
Boyce devoted four days to securing the five scalps
and was materially aided by a trained dog. which
treed the animals so that they could be shot.
For the month of May warrants were drawn on the
State Treasury for $360 for bounties on eighteen
lion scalps. Aside from the Shasta killing there were
two lions killed in Trinity and Lake counties and one
each in Santa Barbara, Kern, Mariposa, San Diego,
Siskiyou, Mendocino, Humboldt, Tulare and Monterey
counties.
The Fish and Game Commission has paid out over
$20,000 in bounties for more than 1000 California lion
scalps. The skins are shipped to the office of the
Commission in this city with documentary evidence
that the killing is proper for a bounty recognition.
The scalps are so cut, with three parallel slits, as
to make a "repeat" impossible.
Comment has been made in press notices at times
questioning the practical economy of the bounties
paid and also intimating that the supply of lions in
this State was overestimated. That California lions
are plentiful in many mountain sections is a proved
fact. That they destroy every year large numbers
of stock and deer is well known. In the destruction
of 1000 cougars the saving alone to the sportsmen
of this State in the deer supply is an enormous gain,
to say nothing of the monetary value of stock saved.
The records of the Commission in the payment of lion
bounties cover the State from Oregon to the Mexican
boundary line, showing that this pest has a wide-
spread distribution.
Statements of experienced mountaineers who are
in a position to be close observers should have some
logical weight as against hasty conclusion or care-
less assertion, even if the same names appear more
or less frequently on the roll of bounty warrants. If
certain men have the hardihood and skill to make
a business of killing mountain lions, that should
hardly be held against them. Such a vocation is an
exceedingly arduous one, and requires, among other
things, the expenditure of both time and money.
In this respect the statement of M. C. Lathrop of
Weitchpec. Humboldt county, may be of interest:
"Xow this criticism is unjust in every way. Sup-
pose thirty-nine lions were killed (the bounty list for
last February), that means $7S0 bounty and 3900
deer saved. We claim that a lion is good for at least
100 deer in this life-time: also he will destroy much
other stock. I speak from experience. They have
killed fully 200 gcats for us last winter, or rather
up to January 1st. I was unable to get a dog to
hunt with, for without a trained dog you cannot get
them.
On January 1st I killed one, then tramped through
the mountains every day till the 11th. and then shot
another. I had a close fight with the second one.
A cartridge jammed in my rifle and I had to beat
the panther with the gun, which I ruined. I finally
got him with my hunting knife.
I worked steady until the 27th. when, after a long
day's chase, I got my third lion. I averaged twenty
miles a day during January. I hunted nearly all
through February and shot my last panther on the
12th. I had to give half of the $20 bounty for the
use of the dog I borrowed.
Starting out early in the morning in the rain,
going all day, for day after day, rain or snow, up
and down through wet and heavy brush, wading
creeks and over ridges, getting home late at night,
lame and tired, is hardly the work that should gain
the hunter a reputation for undeserved reward.
It costs a lot to keep a pack of trained dogs here,
where freight is 3 cents a pound. One trained dog
is worth as much as a mule. Dogs often get killed or
crippled, and that is a decided loss.
F. H. Bair keeps a big pack of dogs at Redwood
and on Three Cabin creek. He recently paid $400 for
two dogs. A. L. Ferrian works for Bair and is a fine
dog trainer. Ferrian has killed a number of moun-
tain lions in this country. Bair furnishes everything
and Ferrian, I think divides the bounty with him."
W. R. MeArthur of Beegum, Tehama county, who
recently shipped the scalps of three kittens and two
grown lions to the Commission, is quoted as follows:
"These five lions represent a month's hunting and
a scope of perhaps thirty-five to forty miles over the
roughest country in Northern California- I have
some fine dogs, and we got every lion that we found
the sign of, with the exception of the dam of the
kittens, and I hope to get her yet. We hunted the
largest one, the male, for fifteen days. His track was
always too old for the dogs. We finally struck his
fresh trail one morning and got him in an hour.
In our hunt after this lion we found the carcasses
of twelve deer that he had killed. Some of these he
had only taken one small feed out of and never re-
turned to them. I know this to be a fact, as we
hunted him morning after morning hoping to strike
his tracks at one or other of the dead deer. A male
lion will act this way if he can get a fresh deer
when he is hungry.
He never then goes back to a kill. Where they
have all they want they take one feed in twenty-four
hours. These are facts. I have been in the moun-
tains most of my life and have made something of a
study of animal life of all kinds.
On the other hand, a female lion with kittens kills
a deer and takes a feed from the carcass and the
"kits" stay and finish it up, while she is off hunting
for another. A female with two or three kittens will
devour a large deer in twenty-four hours. It is an
easy matter to get the 'kits' if we can locate where
they have a killed deer. The dam will hunt for her
kittens until they are over a year old and strong
enough to forage for themselves. They have from
two to four at a litter. There have been instances
of five kits being whelped. Generally, however, the
litter is only two or three.
Before this last hunt, through wrong information
that the bounty had been rescinded, my dogs had
been on the chains for two months, and it took some
time to get them into shape again."
BANQUET OF POWDER MEN.
A most enjoyable evening, Friday. May 27th, was
spent by the representatives and employees of the
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Powder Company, West-
ern Division, the occasion being the first annual
dinner of the powder men. The guest of honor was
Vice-President H. M. Barksdale of Wilmington, Del.
Frank Turner presided as toastmaster. Among the
speakers during the evening were: Messrs. Barks-
dale, Turner, Scott, Patterson, Simonton, Webster,
Penniman, Beers. Wallace and McBride. Clarence
A. Haight and several other popular representatives
of the company were out of town and were not pres-
ent for that reason.
Among those present were: J. C. Scott, C. A.
Patterson, W. A. Simonton, W. J. Webster, H. M.
Barksdale, Frank Turner, R. S. Penniman. F. T.
Beers, F. W. Wallace, W. H. McBride. H. H. Eastman,
G. H. Masters. J. W. McCoy. M. McCullough. Chas.
Lehmkuhl, A. J. Wilson, F. Mayer, Geo. Pfeiffer, W.
H. Baker, E. E. Ingalls, J. F. Brandt, W. L. Hanson,
Milton Phillips, S. B. Moore, A. H. Crane, W. B.
Cotrel, James A. Madden, G. B. Street, F. A. Flagler,
J. T. Collins, Wni. Oliver. J. B. Manley. A. B. Jackson,
F. Johnson. E. F. Conroy. A. M. Ashenfelter, H. D.
Gaskill, X. L. Nielsen, F. A. Wheeless, B. T. Elmore,
J. R. Henderson, Howard Poinsett, W. J. McLane,
Harry Kolb, L. E. Schulz, A. M. Williams, Sam Beas-
ley, Jack Varni, J. T. Brown, J. C. Rice, Dr. M. L.
Fernandez. Geo. J. Ritter, E. G. Emery. Z. Cushing.
T. A. McMahon. S. S. McKinley, J. A. Thomas, J. S.
Marks, H. E. Tharsing, Ralph Robinson.
COMFORT AND I'TILITY.
The American Thermos Bottle has been proven to be
a wonderfully efficient comfort wherever used. An
instance of its great utility is shown where on a
six-day journey in the Arctic, with the temperature
62 degrees below zero, the contents of the bottle inside
were 150 degrees above and at this life-saving tem-
perature for hours. Archdeacon Stuck of Alaska said
of this bottle: "It is a Godsend in the winter, reduces
the dangers of the trail and makes possible a journey
that would be impossible without it."
The opposite holds good in a hot climate. The con-
tents of this bottle are kept refreshingly cool.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
Saturday, June IS, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
$50,000 FOR HARNESS EVENTS
SHORT SHIPS — CLOSE DATES.
North Pacific Fair Association, 1910.
AUGUST 30 TO OCTOBER 15.
Stake Events, Closing July 1, Set in Black Face Type.
Send for Stake Book and Schedule to any Secretary.
Everett, Wash.
All communications to Louis H. Mc-
Rae, Secretary, Everett, "Washington.
Tuesday, August 30th.
2:25 Pace, Everett Stake $500 00
2:40 Trot, Breeders Stake.. 500 00
Wednesday, August 31st.
2:17 Trot, Merchants' Stake. 500 00
2:14 Pace, Enterprise Stake. 400 00
Thursday, September 1st.
2:20 Pace, Purse 500 00
2:25 Trot, .Manufacturers*
Stake 500 00
Friday, September 2d.
2:10 Trot, Purse 500 00
2:35 Pace, Purse 400 00
Saturday, September 3d.
2:0S Pace, Lumberma n's
Stake 1000 00
2:30 Trot, Purse 500 00
Portland, Ore.
All communications to F. A. "Welch,
Secretary, Portland, Oregon.
OPE\ TO THE WORLD.
Monday, September 5th.
2 - Year - Old. Futurity
Trotting (Closed) $ 900 00
2:10 Pace 1,000 00
2:30 Trot (Riverside Driv-
ing Club) 1,000 00
Tuesday, September 6th.
3 -Year -Old Pace (2:20
Class) 500 00
2:20 Trot 1,000 00
Special
Wednesday, September 7th.
3 -Year -Old Trot (2:25
Class) SOO 00
2:14 Paee (Hotel Purse).. 5,000 00
2:24 Trot 800 00
Thursday, September Sth.
2-Year-Old Pace. Futurity
(Closed) 600 00
2:12 Trot (Purse) 10,000 00
Special
Friday, September 9th.
2:16 Trot SOO 00
2:14 Pace (Consolation)... 1,000 00
2:25 Pace 800 00
Saturday, September 10th.
2:00 Paee 1,000 00
2:12 Trot (Consolation)... 2.000 00
Special
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
In the 2:12 class trotting for $10,000.00
purse, entrance will be charged only on
5S.000.00, and in the 2:14 class pacing
for $5,000.00 purse, entrance will be
charged only on $4,000.00. The remaining
$2,000.00 trotting and $1,000.00 pacing
will be consolation purses for non-
winning starters, for which oc/0 entrance
and the usual 5% additional will be
deducted from winners only.
Other than specified in general con-
ditions in this book, rules of the Na-
tional Trotting Association, of which
this Association is a member, to govern.
Oregon State Fair, Salem
All communications to Frank Mere-
dith, Secretary, Salem, Oregon.
Monday, September 12th.
2 -Year -Old Trot, Oregon
Futurity No. 1 (Closed). $ 900 00
2:12 Pace, Capital City
Purse SOO 00
2:25 Trot S00 00
Tuesday, September 13th.
*2:25 Pace *500 00
*2;15 Trot, Farmers' Purse.*l,000 00
2:25 Class, 3 - Year - Old
Trot, Inland Empire
Purse 500 00
Wednesday, September 14th.
2:20 Class, 3 - Year - Old
Pace, Valley Purse 500 00
2:0S Pace, Greater Oregon
Purse 5,000 00
•2:30 Trot *500 00
Thursday, September 15th.
2- Year-Old Pace, Oregon
Futurity No. 1 (Closed). 600 00
2:20 Pace SOO 00
2:12 Trot, Lewis and Clark
Purse 5,000 00
Friday, September 16th.
2:20 Trot SOO 00
2:05 Pace, Rapid Transit
Purse 1,000 CO
2:0S Pace, Consolation ... 1.000 00
Saturday, September 17th.
2:15 Pace, State Fair Purse* 1,000 CO
Free-for-AIl Trot, Rural
Spirit Pnrse 1,000 00
2:12 Trot, Consolation 1,000 00
*For horses owned in Oregon, Wash-
ington, Idaho, Montana. British Colum-
bia and Alberta, January 1, 1910.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
The main race of the $5,000 purse for
2:12 trotters will be for $4,000, with a
handicap entrance fee of this amount as
follows: Horses with records of 2:11%
to 2:15, $200; 2:15 to 2:18, $160; no
record or slower than 2:1S, $120.
The main race of the $5,000 purse for
2:08 pacers will be for $4,000, with a
handicap entrance fee on this amount
as follows: Horses with records of
2:07*4 to 2:12, $200: 2:12Vi to 2:17, $160;
no record or slower than 2:17, $120.
A consolation purse of $1,000, free
entrance, will be given in each of the
$5,000 stakes for non-winning starters,
provided there are eight or more start-
ers in each of the main events.
Other than specified in general con-
ditions in this book, rules of the Na-
tional Trotting Association, of which
this Association is a member, to govern.
Walla Walla, Wash.
All communications to P.. H. Johnson,
Secretary, Walla Walla, Wash.
All Early Closing.
Monday, September 19th.
2:18 Trot ¥ 500 00
2:25 Pace 500 00
Tuesday, September 20th.
2:25 Trot 500 00
3-Year-Old Pace 400 00
Wednesday, September 21st.
2:30 Pace 500 00
3- Year-Old Trot 400 00
Thursday, September 22d.
2:14 Trot 1,500 00
2:20 Pace 700 00
Fridav. September 23d.
2:10 Trot 1,000 00
2:15 Pace 500 00
Saturday, September 24th.
2:10 Pace 1,000 CO
2:30 Trot . 500 00
Southwest
Washington Fair
All communications to E. C. Truesdell,
Speed Secretary, Centralia, Washington.
T.itsday, September 20th.
2:25 Pace $ 400 00
•2:25 Trot (For District
Horses) 300 00
Wednesday, September 21st.
2:40 Trot, Wiilapa Harbor
Purse 400 00
*2:20 Pace (For District
Horses) 300 00
Thursday, September 22d.
2:15 Pace, Centralia Stake. 500 00
2:24 Trot, Manufacturers*
Stake 400 00
Friday. September 23d.
2:0S Pace, Chehalis Stake. 500 CO
2:16 Trot, Merchants" Purse 400 00
Saturday, September 24th.
2:12 Trot, Lumber man's
Stake 500 00
2:35 Pace, Gray's Harbor
Purse 300 00
♦District Races include Southwest
Washington Counties.
Washington
State Fair
North Yakima, Sept. 2S to Oct. 1.
All communications to Jno. W. Pace,
Secretary, North Yakima, Washington.
Monday, September 26th.
Yakima Valley Purse for
3-Year-OId Trotters $ 400 00
Special Pace
Tuesday, September 27th.
State Fair Stake, 2:13 Trot-
ters 1,000 00
Kittitas Purse. 2:25 Pacers 500 00
Wednesday, September 2Sth.
Tacoma Purse, 2:19 Trot-
ters 500 00
Commercial Club Stake,
2:11 Pacers 1,000 00
Thursday, September 29th.
Fruitgrowers' Purse, 2:30
Trotters 500 00
Pasco-Kennewick Purse,
2:21 Pacers 500 00
Friday, September 30th.
Benton Purse, 2:10 Trot-
ters 500 00
Seattle Stake, 2:18 Pacers. 1,000 00
Saturday, October 1st.
Manufacturers* Stake, 2:24
Trotters 1,000 00
Klickitat Purse. 2:0S
Pacers 500 00
Spokane
Interstate Fair
All communications to R. H. Cos-
grove. Secretary, Spokane, Washington.
Monday, October 3d.
The Inland Herald Stake
for 2:25 Pacers $2,000 00
TuesJay, October 4th.
The Spokane Bankers'
Stake for 2:24 Trotters. 1,000 00
The Free-for-Ali Pace.... 1,000 Ou
Wednesday, October Sth.
Railway Contractors' Stake
for 2:14 Trotters 1,500 00
The Miners' Purse for 2:1S
Pacers 500 00
Thursday, October 6th.
Tiie Power City Stake for
3- Year-Old Paters 500 00
The Inland Empire Stake
for 3-Y ear-Old Trotters. 500 00
Friday, October 7th.
The Chamber of Commerce
Stake for 2:10 Pacers... 1,500 00
The Ranchers' Purse for
2:18 Trotters 500 00
Saturday, October Sth.
The Motor Club Purse for
2:11 Trotters 1,001) 00
Idaho-Inter-
mountain Fair
Boise, Idaho.
All communications to Will H. Gib-
son, Secretary, Boise, Idaho.
All Early Closing.
Monday, October 10th.
2:25 Pace $1,000 00
2:30 Trot 1.000 00
Tuesday, October 11th.
2:12 Pace 2,500 Oi)
2:15 Trot 1,000 00
Wednesday, October 12th.
2:20 Trot 2,500 00
2:0S Pace 1,000 00
Thursday, October 13th.
2:12 Pace. Consolation ... n hi mi
2:10 Trot 2,500 00
Friday, October 14th.
2:16 Pace 1,000 00
2:20 Trot. Consolation .... 500 00
Saturday, October 15th.
J:l» Trot, Consolation .... 500 00
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
Races set in black face type are early closing events, in which entries close July 1st. Those set in light face type close as follows: Everett and Portland,
August 10th; Salem, North Yakima, Spokane. Walla Walla. Boise. Southwest "Washington Fair and Lewiston, September 1st.
Entrance fee 5 per cent of purse and 5 per cent additional from money winners (except where otherwise specified) payable 2 per cent July 1st, when horse must
be named, and balance September 1st. NO ENTRY WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT THE ENTRY FEE OF 2 PER CENT.
All races mile heats, 3 in 5 (except the two and three-year-old races, which shall be mile heats 2 in 3), but no race* longer than five heats and money will be paid
according to summary at end of fifth heat.
Right reserved to declare off any race that does not fill satisfactorily or to change order of program, to call two starters a walk over, who may contest for the
entrance money paid in, payable 70 per cent to first horse, 30 to second horse.
Two-year-old races and those marked with a star are for colts and horses owned in Oregon, Washington. Idaho, Montana. British Columbia and Alberta, January
1T 1910.
Owners may enter two horses from one stable in same race by the payment of one per cent additional for that privilege due when entry is made, but only one
horse of the two can be started except when proper transfer is made according to rule and full entry fee paid on each entry.
Rules of the National or American Trotting Association to govern except where otherwise specified.
ALL ENTRIES TO BE MADE WITH INDIVIDUAL SECRETARIES.
J. W. PACE, Circuit Secy, North Yakima, Wash.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June IS, 1910.
TO CURE EGG EATING HENS.
This is not easy, and it is much better
to use means to prevent the habit, be-
cause when once formed it is better to
kill the hen than to attempt to break
her of it.
TZgg eating is an abnormal appetite for
egg forming materials, and if the birds
have access to the right kind of food they
seldom form the habit.
Very often the poultry raiser will be
surprised because his hens do not lay,
while a little observation would quickly
convince him that they are laying all
right but most of the eggs are being eat-
en.
Hens should have plenty of oyster
shells, grit and green cut bone, room for
exercise at all times, and provided with
dark nests. We have never yet known
hens that were given range, or that were
confined in large pens with plenty of sun-
shine, to acquire the habit.
Many ways are suggested for curing
the egg eating habit, such as filling egg
shells with cayenne pepper and cutting
off the end of the bird's beak, but these
are all futile.
If your hens have formed the habit
and you do not want to send them to
market, get mechanical nests which per-
mit only one hen to enter at a time.
After laying she is obliged to pass out
through another compartment, and as
the nests are dark the eggs are not seen,
and therefore there is no temptation to
eat them.
But after all prevention is the only
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impossible to do that out of any but
good cream. Cream that has an off
flavor will not make good butter. The
off flavor may be acquired by the eat-
ing of bad feed or flavor conveying
growths in the pasture; or by keeping
the cream too long and in places
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Good Feed, Water and Accommodations
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San Francisco, Cal.
HEMET STOCK FARM
Home of
GEO. W. IMINNEY 35573
Race Rec. 2:14K— 3rd heat.
Sire of Silver Dick 2 :09K and 4 others
Service Fee: $30.
Stake Prospects— Ready. made race horses and
roadsters out of high-bred dams for sale at al!
times.
For further information apply to
F. H. HOLLOWAY, Manager.
Hemet, Riverside Co , Cal.
WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S.
Veterinary Surgeon.
1155 Golden Gate Av«
Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana Chestnu
Streets.
San Francisco, Cal.
REGISTERED MARE FOR SALE.
NELLDRA by Expedition 2:15% (sire
of Bi Flora 2:09^4, Bon Voyage 2:12%
and 72 others in 2:30), dam Ava Dudley
by St. Vincent 2:13% (sire of Lord
Vincent 2:0S% and 40 others in 2:30);
second dam Fair Maiden 2:2S^ (dam
of Electric Maiden 2:2SM>) by Guy
Wilkes; third dam May S. by Baron
Wilkes; fourth dam Steinette by Stein-
way: fifth dam Ned by Edwin Forrest.
Nelldra is five years old; never was
bred. With very little training showed
eighths in 17 seconds pacing. She is
double-gaited and can trot better than
three minutes. Is afraid of nothing;
has perfect manners; stands about 15
hands high and weighs about 1000
pounds. She is a handsome bay in
color, with small white star and black
points. Is in splendid condition; abso-
lutely sound, and is high-class in every
respect. Will be sold at a very rea-
sonable figure to anyone who will buy
her before July 1st. Address
E. F. BINDER. Hemet, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Pedigreed tri-eolor Scotch Collie bitch, one
year old, perfect markings and color; also one
dog pup, 3 months old, tri-color,
MRS. J. H. MEHRING,
Ukiah, Cal.
GLIDE BROTHERS
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Saturday, June IS, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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2 Dispersal Sale »
The Grandest Collection
of impoited and registered Belgian and Percheron stallions and mares ever
offered at public auction by one owner. Certificated with every annual.
(Property of A. A. Sandahl, Montana.)
14 head BELGIANS,
36 head PERCHERONS.
Among them being a number of Gold Medal winners in Belgium and France.
Sale takes place MONDAY, JUNE 20, '10
at 1 p. m. at
UNIVERSITY FARM, DAVIS, Yolo Co., Cal.
Horses can be seen at Mr. 0. A. Lowe's Lowlands Farm, 2 miles north-
west of Woodland, up to June 18th. Visitors are invited. June 10th and
20th they can be seen at Davis. Horses loaded f. o. b. cars Davis.
Send for catalogue to
FRED H. CHASE & CO.,
Livestock Auctioneers,
478 Valencia St., San Francisco
A. H. POWER, President. W. H. CARLTON, Secretary
RACE PROGRAMME
Coos County Racing' Association
MARSHFIELD, ORE., July 1, 2, 3, 4, '10.
First Day, Friday, July 1st.
No. 1 — Running. % -mile dash, purse $125
No. 2 — Trotting and pacing, V2 mile heats, 2:30 class, two in three; purse.... 100
No. 5 — Running, % mile dash, for horses owned and kept in Coos and Curry
counties since Jan. 1, 1910; catch weights; purse 75
No. 6 — Relay race, for saddle horses, of eight miles. The relay race is to cover
four days, two miles are to he run each day, riders to change horses
every half mile. The winner will be declared the 4th day; purse.. 100
Second Day, Saturday, July 3.
No. 7 — %-mile dash; purse 175
No. g— Pace or trot; %-mile heats, for 2:15 class, best two in three; purse.... 150
No. 11 — V»-mile daslr, catch weights, for horses not trained this season; purse. 20
No. 12 — Running, %-mile; Owners handicapped for horses kept and owned in
Coos county since Jan. 1, '10; purse 125
No. 13 — Relay race ( same as No. 6 )
Third Day, Sunday, July 30.
No. 14 — Running, ^-mile dash. For horses owned and kept in Coos and
Douglas counties since Jan 1, '10; catch weights; purse 100
No. 15 — Free-for-all, trot or pace, xfa. mile, 2 in 3; purse 175
No. 17— Running, one mile dash; purse 175
No. 18 — Relay race (same as No. 6)
Fourth Day, Monday, July 4.
No. 10 — Running, %-mile dash, for horses owned and kept in Coos county,
since Jan. 1, "10: catch weights; purse 100
No. 20 — Trot or pace, 1 mile heats; 3 in 5; free-for-all; purse 250
(?50 added to the winner if a trotter, or $25 if a pacer.)
No. 21 — Running, %-mile, catch weights, horses not trained this season; purse 30
No. 22 — Running, l-mile dash; purse 200
No. i'.\ — Relay fsame as No. 6)
Note — (1) In all races entrance free, 10 per cent of the amount of purse de-
ducted from first and second money winner. (2) Money -divided 60-30-10. (3)
Weights 10 lbs. below scale. (4) Races free-for-all unless otherwise stated, (5)
Horses ruled off will not be permitted to start.
For further information and entry blanks address
F. P. NORTON, Mnrshfield, Oregon.
McKinney Speed 2:02.
TWO COOP OWES.
Demonio Speed 2:03! ,
Gen- J. B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
2:02 to 2:10); dam the great broodmare Daisy S. (dam of Tom Smith 2:13%, sire
of Katalina 2:11%, General Vallejo 2:22%, Little Mac (3) 2:27, Sweet Rosie 2:28%,
Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
chief 89: second dam Fanny Rose, great broodmare (dam of Geo. "Washington
2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17), by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993. General J. B Frisbie is hand-
some, good-gaited, black, nine years old. He is a full brother to Tom Smith 2:13%.
FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:11
_,.„DESJ0„V° 2<lly* iS tne sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09V4, Demonio
ykSs„„2:09%' M,ss Wlnn 2:12%. Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2-20
which has S in the 2:10 list and whose sons rank high among th* greatest pro-
ducers of speed m the world. Demonio's dam is the great broodmare Bertha
(dam of Don Derby 2:04%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Diabh 2:09%, and 5
others m 2:30 list) by Alcantara 729, next dam Barcina by Bayard 53, next dam
Blandina by Hambletoman 10.
PEE FOR THE SEASON *40. For a limited number of approved outside mares.
►,i,„YSS?1„returntp.rivileEe- Excellent pasturage at $3 per month. Good care
taken ot mares, but no responsibility assumed. For further information address
RUSH & HAILE, Sulsnn, Cal.
PRINCE McKINNEY -2- 2:291
Winner of 2-y-o Trotting Division Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 3
PRINCE McKINNEY is by McKinney 2:11^4, the great-
est of all speed sires, and is out of Zorilla. by Dexter Prince, one of the
most successful sires ever owned by the Palo Alto Farm: next dam
Lilly Thorn by the great Electioneer; next dam Lady Thorn Jr., dam
of that good racehorse Santa Claus 2:17%, that sired Sidney, grand-
sire of the world's champion trotter, Lou Dillon 1:58%.
Prince McKinney is a handsome dark bay horse, standing
16 hands and weighing 1150 or more pounds. He has grand bone,
a rugged constitution and fine trotting action.
Season of 1910 at the McKINNEY STABLES, 36*,A™ srd SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
Good opportunity for Kan Francisco owners of good mares to breed them to
a high-class stallion. FEE $40 (cash), with return privilege.
Apply to or address
F. GOMMET, Owner. CHAS. JAMES,
McKinney Stables, 36th Avenue, San Francisco.
Atnasham
Race Rec. 2:09^.
Reg. No. 45026.
A Game Race
Horse In the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:09%, Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13% and 8
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10*4,
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%, etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He Is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910. Feb. 15th to June 15th. at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of S25. Approved maree.
For further particulars address this place. .
D. L. BACHANT, R. R- 1, Fresno, Oal.
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
?iro NntunnH WiIL-pc I'lfLi sire of Copa de Oro 2:01%. John A. McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
.MIC, milWUUU UlirVCS £.Iu2j damsof San Francisco 2:07%, Mona Wilkes 2 :03%. etc.
Ham Pallia /'?^ ?'ln dam of 2 in list; second dam Elsie. dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20,
I/dill, rdllld \L J £.1U, riam of 4; fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%, and of the 3-year-old filly Com
plete, second to the Occident Stake winner El Volante in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wi Ikes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaited and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL, Terms: $40 for the Season %$£%Zg^2Zffi&'?aaM atmy
Good pasturage at $2.50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mc - - 2:261a
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27>£
ArmonLou - - 2:27%
Harold B..p, Mat. - 2:13%
trial - 2:10
Kinney G.. P - - 2:24%
Debutante (3) trial - 2:19%
Kalitan (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez <3). trial 2:27
John Christensen (3) trial 2:28
LoloB. (3). trial - 2:28
Four Stockings 13). trial % 1:07
Princess Lou (2). trial % - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced his service
fee to $75.00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P*rk, where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
dale, Cal. For further particulars, address
Phone State 511,
or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2:06%,
Alceste2:07%, Allerton 2:09%. Duke Jay 2:09%, Early Bird
2:10, GitchieManito2:09H. Invader 2:10, Justo (3)2:10%.
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Locanda 2:02, Allerson
2:05%. Charley Hayt 2:06%, etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, aire of 12 in 2:10: 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%. by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella.dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay. dark brown horse, 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 1905 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
peed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
He represents a different strain of blood
training has shown better than 2:10 _.
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horBe.
H. H. HELMAN, Pteasanton, Cal
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners !
BON VOYAGE gjfi
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
At Seven Tears of Age.
Sire of
BON VIVANT (2) 2:16^4
Fastest Two-Yenr-OId Stallion of 1909.
SWEET BOW (2) 2j17%
Winner of Two- Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Slake ^io. 7.
BONADAY <2) 2:27%
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of 1909.
VOYAGEUR (2) 2:20%
VIATICUM <2) *2:29
Matinee record to wagon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines In
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES, 961 So. First St., San Jose, Cal.
J. B. PUMPHREY 2:19^
By Parnell 5119. Rec. 2:23 (sire of Parnell Jr.
2:12% and 3 others in the standard list).
Dam Nelly (dam of Parnell Jr. 2:12%) by Little Wonder: second dam Molly by Mambrino hief 11.
Handsome sorrell stallion, symmetrical, stylish and good gaited.
Will make the Season of 1910 at
TOPAZ, Cal. Fee: $25, with return privilege.
Apply to or address J. H. DONALDSON, Topaz, Cal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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MARION, OHIO
Nearest McKinney 40698
Six-year-old brown stallion by Mclvioney 2:11V1
2:22M*; second dam Fanny Menlo Idam of Claudius
dam Mnud J. C. by Nearest
!:13%) by Menlo 2:21V. (son
of Nutwood 600); third dam Nellie Anteeo. by Anteeo 2:16^ (sire of the dams of
Sonoma Girl 2:05V,, W. Wood 2:07, Directum Kelly 2:0SV4 and Gray Gem 20914)-
fourth dam Fanny Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27. Nearest McKinney is a
grand individual, 16 hands, weighs 1.200 pounds and a fast trotter As a four-
year-old worked a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:04, on a half-mile track, and eighths
in 15 seconds. Termsi $50 the season, with return privilege in case mare does not
prove in foal. Pasture $5 per month, no barb wire, no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes.
Season of 1910 at
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for tabulated pedigree and further particulars, address
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STALLIONS ADVERTISED.
ALCONDA JAY 46S31 H. Helman, Pleasanton
ATHASHAM 2:0914 D. L. Bachant, Fresno
BON VOYAGE (3) 2:12% Ted Hayes, San Jose
DEMONIO 2:1114 Rush & Haile, Suisun
GEN. J. B. FRISBIE 41637 Rush & Haile, Suisun
KINNEY" LOU 2:07% Ray Mead, San Jose
GEO. W. McKINNEY 2:14% Hemet Stock Farm
PALITE 45062 E. D. Dudley, Dixon
HARNESS RACING DATES.
California Circuit.
Monterey Ag. Society, Salinas Aug. 3-6
P. C. T. H. B. A., San Jose Aug. 10-11-12-13
Woodland Driving Club Aug. 24-27
California State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 3-10.
Kings County Fair, Hanford Oct. 10-15
North Pacific Circuit.
Everett. Wash Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Portland. Ore Sept. 5-10
Salem, Oregon State Fair Sept. 12-17
Walla Walla, Wash Sept. 19-24
Centralia Sepc. 20-24
North Yakima, Wash Sept. 26-Oct. 1
Spokane. Wash Oct. 3- 8
Lewiston and Boise, Idaho Oct. 10-15
Grand Circuit.
Kalamazoo July 25-29
Detroit Aug. 1- 5
Cleveland Aug. 8-M
Buffalo Aug- 15-19
New York Aug. 22-26
Readvllle Aug 29-Sept 2
Hartford IfSf- if"ii
Syracuse Sept. 12-16
Columbus . SePt- 19-30
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Terre Haute Ju y 11-15
Grand Rapids July 18-22
•Kalamazoo July 25-29
•Detroit Aug- 1- j>
•Cleveland Aug. 8-12
Peoria Aug. 15-19
Galesburg Aug. 23-27
Joliet Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Hamline Sept. 5-10
Milwaukee Sept. 12-17
•Columbus Sept. 19-30
Springfield Oct. 3- 8
Oklahoma City Oct. 10-15
Dallas Oct. 17-22
El Paso Nov. 1- 5
Phoenix Nov. 5-12
•Member of Grand Circuit.
CRESCEUS 2:0214 was selected by Henry T.
White recently as the greatest trotter that ever
lived. Mr. J. B. Miller of Oneida, New York, has
written a letter to the Horse World, of Buffalo, in
which he disputes Mr. White's claim and names
Goldsmith Maid 2:14 as the greatest of all trotters.
Mr. Miller argues as follows: "I can't see how Mr.
White can make out that Cresceus was greater than
Goldsmith Maid. Where did he mix up in all the
free-for-alls for thirteen years like the Maid; he did
all his trotting exhibitions with a light bike sulky,
while the Maid did all her trotting with a high-
wheel sulky; and in his two-mile race against time,
when he went lame, Cresceus had the pole all the
time and nothing to bother him, while the Maid had
other horses to contend with in all her races and
never took a lame step. She broke one record in
1871 and one in 1872 and four in 1874. In 1865 she
first won money in one race; in 1866. two first; in
1867, five firsts; in 1868, eight firsts; in 1869, eight
firsts; in 1870, 11 firsts; 1871, 14 firsts; in 1S72, eight
firsts; in 1873, 10 firsts; in 1874, 21 firsts; in 1875,
eight firsts; in 1876, eight firsts, and in 1877, two
firsts. In a good many races she did not get first;
in many races where there were a good many entries,
and all working against her, ii she did not draw the
pole it was impossible for her to win first money.
Budd Doble drove her in all her races but one. His
father, William Doble, drove her in one race at Bos-
ton. Think of it! Budd drove her from Boston to
California and up and down the circuit for 13 years
and turned her over to her owner. H. N. Smith, when
she was 20 years old. sound as a dollar, not a pimple
on her, with all the speed and vim she ever had.
THF THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS should do
some great racing in California this year in the
Breed 3rs" Futurity, the Occident and the Stanford
stakes. The list of those on which payments were
made June 1st in the Stanford Stakes, which was
printed last week, shows that there are sixteen three-
year-old trotters in training for this stake, and as
nearly all are also in the Occident and the Breeders'
Futurity, a glance over the list will interest any horse-
man. Among those that started last year as two-
year-olds are Sweet Bow 2:17%, winner of the two-
year-old Futurity at the Breeders' meeting. Pal 2:17%
winner of the two-year-old stake at Woodland, Babe
Verne 2:25%, winner of one heat and second money
in the Futurity, Donasham 2:29, winner of a stake
at Los Angeles, the fast colts Bon Guy, Voyageur and
Le Voyage by Bon Voyage, Alva Lou and Princess
Lou by Kinney Lou, Eileen and Carbon by Walter
Barker, Pegasus and Olmutz by Zombro, Strathboule
by Stamboulette, Expedio by Lijero and Ateka by
Athasham. These three-year-olds should put up a
great race and as they will meet first at San Jose
in August the race should prove a big drawing card
for the Breeders' meeting.
AMATEURS WILL RACE TO-DAY.
ACCORDING to a recent ruling of the American
Trotting Register Association rule 4 of the trotting
standard does not mean exactly what it says. It
reads: "A mare sired by a registered standard trot-
ting horse, provided she is the dam of two trotters
with records of 2:30." The papers for the registra-
tion of the mare Petrina by Piedmont 904 were sent
on together with the proof of her breeding apd the
proof that she is the dam of the trotters Belle N.
2:141/4 and Lady Petrina 2:27. The applicant was
notified that Petrina would not be registered until
the money was sent to pay for the registration of
Belle N. and Lady Petrina also. This is a queer in-
terpretation of the rule which only requires that
proof be furnished that a mare is by a standard
horse and has produced two trotters with records
cf 2:30 to entitle her to registration. It will now be
necessary for the applicant for Petrina's registra-
tion to get the owners of Belle N. and Lady Petrina
to pay $4 each to have those mares registered or to
put up the money himself. We do not think the rule
has been properly interpreted by the officials of the
Register association.
THE WOODLAND DRIVING CLUB has decided to
hold a county fair and race meeting this year and ad-
vertises its purses for harness races in this issue of
the "Breeder and Sportsman." The date of closing
the entries is July 15th, two weeks later than the
entries for the other meetings on the Pacific Coast
circuit close, thus giving the horsemen an oppoi'-
tunity of seeing what horses will be out this year,
and governing themselves accordingly. The Wood-
land track is one of the best in the State, the purses
always promptly paid, and horsemen are assured of
good treatment. The Woodland Driving Club invites
all the horsemen on the coast to race at Woodland
this year.
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THE FIRST DAY OF JULY will fall on Friday this
year and every horse owner who expects to race on
this coast during the summer should see that he gets
his entries made out and mailed on that day. En-
tries will close for the principal events at the Breed-
ers' San Jose meeting, the State Fair at Sacramento,
and the entire North Pacific circuit. There is about
$100,000 to race for, consequently it would he well
to keep the date in mind and not let it go by with-
out filling out the entry blanks and seeing that they
are properly mailed. Next Friday is the day.
HORSES NOT ALL SOLD.
Davis, (Yolo Co.), June 21. — The sale of regis-
tered draft horses owned by A. A. Sandahl, held in
the stock pavilion of the University Farm yesterday,
was declared off before half the animals had been
sold. The highest price was paid for a 3-year-old
stallion, $901. Brood mares with colts were selling
at $450 to $600 when the sale was stopped. Several
of the imported Belgian mares were withdrawn even
when $600 had been offered. While the prices ob-
tained were not as high as Mr. Sandahl expected,
they were considered fair by the majority of the
horsemen present. The bidders were mostly farmers
and there was a good attendance. Mr. Sandahl ex-
pects to dispose of the remainder of his horses at
private sale.
Seven races are on the program of the Park Ama-
teur Driving Club for this afternoon at the Stadium
track. The horses are now classified very closely
and there is a chance for a good contest in every
event. In the free-for-all trot Charley T., Modicum,
Reina Directum, Dr. O'Brien and Princess Christina
are all entered and should the five start a most inter-
esting lace is assured. The time will be fast if the
weather is gocd and the track record which was
lowered to 2:12% at the last meeting of this Club,
may again be shattered. The program is as follows:
First race, free-for-all pace. — L. Marisch's Little
Dick and H. Boyle's Dioden.
Second race, free-for-all trot. — A. Ottinger's Char-
ley T., H. Boyle's Modicum. D. E. Hoffman's Dr.
O'Brien, S. Christenson's Reina Directum, G. E.
Erlin's Princess Christina.
Third race, class A pace. — H. M. Ladd's Ringrose,
I. L. Borden's Roberta, D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum,
J. Perry's Little Medium.
Fourth race, class A trot. — M. W. Herzog's Lady
Nell, F. W. Thompson's Lady Washington, E. Cer-
ciat's California Belle, F. L. Matthes' Raymond M.,
H. C. Ahier's Sunset Belle.
Fifth race, class B pace. — F. E. Booth's Searchlight
colt, H. Boyle's Zoe Dell, D. E. Hoffman's Balboa,
I. B. Dalziel's John T. and King Sable.
Sixth race, class B trot. — A. Ottinger's Lady Irene,
F. Von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon, T. F. Bannan's Velvet
Rose, F. L. Matthe's Walter G.
Seventh race, class C trot. — A. Ottinger's Lilly Dil-
lon, I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato, Capt. Matson's
Bird Eye, R. Consani's Dividend, R. Nolan's Billy
Burke, A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II.
Mr. Geo. R. Gay will officiate as starter of these
races, Messrs. A. J. Molera, J. A. McKerron, and A.
Melletz will act as judges, and the timers will be
Mr. H. A. Rosenbaum and Capt. Matson. H. M. Ladd
will be marshal and F. W. Thompson, Secretary.
At the regular annual meeting of the club held
last week the following officers and directors were
elected for the ensuing year:
President, J. C. Kirkpatriek; first vice-president,
J. A. McKerron; second vice-president, I. L. Borden;
third vice-president, F. L. Matthes; treasurer, T. F.
Bannan: secretary, F. W. Thompson; historian, H.
M. Ladd; directors. D. E. Hoffman, Geo. R. Gay, F.
H. Burke, S. Christianson.
o
WILL RACE AT HEMET.
Hemet, June 15. — The Valley Driving Club is mak-
ing preparations to hold a race meet on the Hemet
Stock Farm's track en the Fourth of July that will
eclipse all events of its kind ever held on the county's
famous race course.
Horses are being entered from Riverside, San
Bernardino and Redlands. The Hemet band will fur-
nish music between the different events.
The Rocklin Driving Club will hold its next mati-
nee on Sunday July 3d. It was originally intended
to have it on July 4th, but changed to the Sunday
before in order to allow a large number of the mem-
bers to race at Auburn on the national holiday. The
Sacramento Driving Club will send up a number of
horses to Rocklin to contest for the prizes.
Bon Guy, the three-year-old by Bon Voyage, owned
by W. E. Detels,, trotted a mile in 2:16% last Tuesday
at Pleasanton, driven by Jos. Twohig. The colt fin-
ished strong and could have gone faster. A half
dozen trainers held watches on him and there was no
dispute about the time. Bon Guy looks like a sure
money getter this year.
Bert Shank, of North Randall, Ohio, certainly does
not intend to make use of the excuse book. Despite
the fact that his leg was broken he has missed but
few workout days and his horses show the value of
his attention. He has worked Thistle Doune, the
Chisholm M. and M. entry, around 2:17, and Black-
lock 2:04%, and Evelyn W. 2:15%, his record pacers,
around 2:20. Shank's leg was not broken in one
place but in five, two of the fractures being in the
ankle.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, one of the most promi-
nent racing towns in the great southwest, claims Oc-
tober 3 to 8 as dates for 1910. This meeting is in
connection with the thirtieth annual New Mexico
Fair and will be fully up to the high standard estab-
lished. John B. McManus is secretary of the associa-
tion.
Once again we would like to ask some of our read-
ers to furnish the breeding of the horse Bill Mur-
ray by Diablo. There is a reward of $2.50 to anyone
who can furnish the information that will enable the
owner to establish the horse's breeding. The owners
of Diablo 2:09% should know something about it.
The first of the trotters named in the M. & M. and
other big early closing events to make a start in
public is the bay gelding County Jumper, that started
in and won the class for 2:30 trotters at Baltimore
last week. The M. & M. candidate..had 12 competi-
tors in his maiden race and defeated them cleverly
in three straight heats in 2:23%, 2:23% and 2:20%,
a really creditable performance for the month of
May and over a half-mile track. County Jumper is a
well-bred fellow, his sire being Cascade 2:14%, son
of Guy Wilkes 2:15%. and his dam is Kate C, by
Abdaliah Wilkes, son of George Wilkes. Cascade,
the sire of County Jumper, was bred at the late Wil-
liam Corbitt's San Mateo Stock Farm and is a full
brother to the horse Prince Airlie 2S045, sire of Mil-
brae 2:16%. Prince Airlie was sold at the dispersal
sale of the San Mateo farm and his purchaser took
him to South Africa.
Saturday, June 25, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
| NOTES AND NEWS |
The Woodland program is advertised.
Entries to it will close Wednesday, July 15.
H. K. Devereux of Cleveland owns a yearling colt
by John A. McKerron 2:04%, dam Lea, the sister to
Sidney Dillon.
The Woodland Driving Club is offering some good
purses for its August meeting. See the advertise-
ment in this issue.
Entries close next Friday for the Breeders and the
State Fair meetings, also for the principal events
on the North Pacific circuit.
Friday next will be the first day in July. Entries
for all the big purses to be trotted and paced on the
coast this year will close then.
F. Holmes, the New Zealand trainer, purchased a
Houghton sulky from W. J. Kenney, instead of a
McMurray, as stated last week.
Bodaker, the roan trotting stallion owned by Thos.
Ronan made a half in 1:04 at Pleasanton last Tues-
day, and Elmo Montgomery repeated him in 1:05.
Don't let next Friday go by with making your en-
tries for the Breeders meeting at San Jose, the State
Fair at Sacramento and the North Pacific circuit.
August 3d will be the day on which starting pay-
ments will have to be made on colts and fillies that
are to start in the Pacific Breeders Futurity this year.
C. A. Durfee moved his string of horses to San Jose
last Monday and on Tuesday he let Helen Stiles step
a half to see how she liked the footing. She covered
the distance in 1:03.
At a sale of registered Hackneys held in England
recently, 55 head were disposed of at an average of
$295. The highest price of the sale was $750 paid
for a five-year-old gelding.
Two of the get of the great sire McKinney took
records at San Jose on the ll*h inst. of 2:20%.
Tina out of La Moscovita by Guy Wilkes trotting,
and Nearest McKinney, dam Maud J. C. pacing.
C. The Limit was given five heats at Detroit last Sat-
urday in 2:39, 2:30, 2:20, 2:07 and 2:0S. It looks as if
the sen of Searchlight and Bertha is ready to race to a
low record this year.
Joe Spaulding drove his chestnut gelding Elsidelo
a mile at San Jose last Saturday in 2:12%. This
pacer is by Owyhee 2:11, dam Proserpina by Diablo
2:09%, arid, is capable of a mile in about 2:08 now.
The name of the sister to Yolanda 2:14% that won
a race at San Jose on the 11th and got a record of
2:20% is Tina instead of Triva as printed in the
summaries in last week's Breeder and Sportsman.
Charles De Ryder raced his horses at Beatrice,
Nebraska, last week and intended starting some of
them at Columbus, Nebraska, this week. The result
of the Beatrice races will be found on another page.
The gelding Longitude by Meridian is advertised
for sale. This is a trotter with speed enough to race
on the circuit. He can be seen at the McKinney
stables on Thirty-sixth avenue, near Fulton street.
See advertisement.
Dr. A. Hullinger, of Fresno, writes us that he has
received an offer of $1500 from a San Francisco
party, for his stallion Sable McKinney, and that
he is thinking seriously of accepting the same. Sable
McKinney is by Guy McKinney.
Elmo Montgomery drove the Chas. Derby pacer
Oakwood owned by Mr. Abrott of Danville, a half in
1:02% last Tuesday morning at the Pleasanton track,
and repeated in 1:02. This pacer has come to his
speed sooner than most horses.
The prize list for the Vancouver Exhibition has
been printed and is rt;ady for distribution. If you
want to exhibit at Vancouver's great fair in August,
write to James Roy, manager and secretary, Van-
couver, B. C, for a copy of this pr'ze list.
It is expected that the half-mile track at Belmont
Park, Philadelphia, will be completed by June 25.
when the second of the series of races between Bal-
timore. Wilmongton and 'the Philadelphia Road
Drivers will be held over the new course.
P. J. Williams has a fine black stallion by Monterey
2:09% at Pleasanton, and a couple of colts. The lat-
ter belong to Dr. Vowinkle of this city. The Mon-
terey stallion is a large fine looking horse with con-
siderable speed. Mr. Williams is very much taken
with W. Detel's three-year-old Bon Guy and thinks
he will be a very prominent factor in the stakes this
summer.
Juck Phippen's two-year-old colt by Bon Voyage,
dam Athene 2:22 by Dexter Prince stepped a quarter
in 35% seconds the other day. The Bon Voyages
all have speed. Ted Hayes has three two-year-olds
by him that can beat 2:30.
Normona 2:14%, winner of the pacing divis-
ion of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity last year, was
not taken east by Chas. De Ryder, but turned over
to John Quinn at Sacramento, who will get her
ready for her three-year-old engagements this sum-
mer.
E. H. Train who is now at Fair Grounds, Oregon,
with his fast stallion Ray o' Light (3) 2:08% writes
us that this son of Searchlight is making a good
season, and will be raced again this year on the
North Pacific circuit. Mr. Train has the green mare
Angie Malone in his stable and has been a mile with
her in 2:30% with the last quarter in 32% seconds.
One of the best proportioned as well as most prom-
ising trotting two-year-old stallions at Agricultural
Park, Sacramento, is owned by Jas. Marshall of Dixon.
This youngster is by Zombro 2:11 out of a mare by
Demonio 2:11%. His trainer, John Quinn, says he
suits him and judging by what this capable reinsman
has accomplished in developing stake winning two
and three-year-olds this black colt must also be of
stake winning caliber.
A recent canvass of the situation in New York
City revealed the fact that not 5 per cent of the
delivery business of the department stores is done
by automobiles, although autos are in very general
use in that city for every purpose for which they are
profitable. In Chicago there are a few auto-trucks
for long straight rapid hauls to distributing stations
but the delivery work of the stores is done almost
entirely with horses.
The only trotter that looks to be able to trot in
two minutes this year is the black gelding LThlan
2:02% by Bingen. Uhlan's races with Hamburg Belle
last year are well remembered and the speed he
showed in them led many to predict that he will be
able to reach two minutes some day when every-
thing is favorable. Uhlan is owned by Mr. C. K.
G. Billings and is being prepared for the matinee
season of 1910 at the North Randall track.
Helen Stiles, trotter, and Happy Dentist 2:11% and
Oakwood, pacers, worked out a nice mile together at
Pleasanton last Saturday in 2 : 17, with the last
quarter in 31% seconds. They finished so close
together that it looked like a dead heat between Ihe
three, although those who were watching olo-iMy say
Durfee gave Helen Stiles her head when ibout ten
feet from the wire and she shot ahead and won the
heat by six or seven inches.
Space has been over-applied for in the new machin-
ery hall for Vancouver Exhibition, which is now being
rushed to completion. The large new grand stand to
seat 4,000 people is well under way. and two large
stables have just been completed. Every arrange-
ment is being made for the comfort of visitors who
will be able to go from the city to the grounds either
by tram line or by water. Vancouver. B. C, will
be at its best in August, and the Exhibition will pro-
vide a splendid opportunity for seeing Canada's Pa-
cific metropolis.
The Fourth of July celebration at Sonoma this
year will be worth attending. There will be races
in the afternoon at the pretty half mile track. Sat-
mour, the fast Seymour Wilkes pacer owned by
Sheriff Dunlap of Napa, will be one of the starters,
while Mike C. by Sidney Dillon, Grace McKinney by
McKinney and Rooney Dillon by Guy Dillon will
also be among the starters. All the horses are in
good shape and the track will be put in order for
fast time.
William Duncan, the Marysville trainer, reports
that he will race Mr. Geo. H. Magruder's three-year-
old filly Mabel by Sir John S. 2:04% on the North
Pacific circuit this summer. Mabel is a trotter and
stepped a mile in 2:19% in a matinee race recently,
the last half in 1:07 and the last quarter in 32 sec-
onds. Mr. Duncan reports that W. R. Merrill's green
pacer, George Woodard, has been a mile in 2:14
with the last eighth in 14 seconds, and that Filliam
Harley's yearling filly by Aerolite is showing won-
derful speed.
The popularity of the coach and carriage horses
in the Eastern States is fully illustrated by the
great increase in breeding these animals, which have
developed during the past few years, says a corre-
spondent of the Breeders Gazette. One of the latest
converts to these classes of horses is Gen. Brayton
Ives. Mr. Ives has been for many years a devotee
of the trotting horse, and has owned some of the
best specimens of this variety seen around New
York. Last year he purchased of F. C. Stevens the
well-known Hackney stallion Fandango 2d. He is
following in the footsteps of some other prominent
breeders in crossing the Hackney with the trotter.
This year he bred the great race mare Extasy to
his Hackney stallion, and among others that are
booked are Felicity by Prodigal and Anagelis, Eda
R., and Ixia. All of these mares are of the very high
class, and great expectations are entertained by
Gen. Ives for their products.
Mona Wilkes 2:03% is working very well for
McMahan this season. A mile in 2:12 is the best
he has asked her for as yet, but she has shown him
quarters in 30 seconds more than once.
In the report of the races held at San Jose on the
11th inst. given in last week's issue of this paper
there were a couple of mistakes made in the sum-
maries of the 2:25 pace. Instead of the time of the
second heat, won by One Better (2) being 2:25% as
published it was 2:24%. and Lady W. won the third
and final heat in 2:25 instead of being second as
placed in the summaries. Through a mistake this
mare was entered under the name of Lady W.. while
her name is Lady Rea. She is by Iran Alto 2:12%,
dam Bonnie Alice, full sister to John Caldwell 2:08%,
by Strathway 2:19, and is Iran Alto's only pacer and a
hoppled one at that.
C. A. Durfee the veteran horseman and trainer ar-
rived at the San Jose track with his horses last Mon-
day where he will prepare them for the races. The
stable consists of four head and all can do 2:10 or
better when ready. They are Helen Stiles, by Sidney
Dillon, dam by Silver Bow 2:16, a five-year-old trot-
ting mare that possesses a'l the Sidney Dillon speed
and a perfect racing head to go with it; Dr. Lecco,
a black five-year-old stallion by the fast and game
race horse trotter Lecco 2:09%, dam by McKinney,
second dam the great broodmare Stemwinder, dam
of the ex-champion trotting stallion Directum 2:05%;
Alrnaden (2) 2:22%, trotting, son of Direct 2:05%,
dam Rose McKinney 2:28, by McKinney; and the fast
pacing gelding Happy Dentist 2:11% by Nutwood
Wilkes, dam Azrcse, dam of 3 in 2:20 by Azmoor
2:20%, son of Electioneer 125. Mr. Durfee says the
San Jose track looks good to him.
A. T. Hatch, at one time a leading breeder and or-
chardist of California, was found dead near the
Masonic Home at Decoto, California, one day last
week. Mr. Hatch had been an inmate of this home
for several years, and while on a walk in the hills
back of the home, fell from a trail and was killed.
Among the horses bred by Mr. Hatch was Guide
2:16% by Director, a handsome seal brown horse
that was driven to his record by the late Orrin
Hickok. Mr. Hatch was at one time reckoned a
very wealthy man, but he lost his fortune and his
beautiful fruit farms near Suisun, by attempting to
plant too many acres to fruit. He went to Alaska
with the first rush of gold seekers, but failed to
retrieve his lost fortune. Mr. Hatch made a won-
derful success of orchard farming until he tried to
get too many acres of fruit trees under his man-
agement, and found that interest was a more certain
crop each year than were peaches and apricots. He
was a man of intelligence and high ideals, and his
death will be sincerely regretted.
The demand for choice trotting stock for New Zea-
land continues. Wm. G. Layng, of this city, recently
purchased for a prominent horse breeder there one
of the finest looking and best bred mares in Pleas-
anton as well as her filly by Star Pointer 1:59%.
This mare is Bonnie Jennie foaled 1903, sired by
Bonnie Direct 2:05% out of Jennie Mc 2:09 (dam of
Silver Coin 2:10) by McKinney 2:11%; second dam
Leonor 2:24, the greatest speed-producing daughter
of Dashwood 14692, being the dam of Jennie Mc 2:09
Dr. Book 2:lu, Miss Jessie 2:13%, Judd 2:24%. Zeal-
ous 2:24% and Wallace McKinney 2:24%, sire of
two in 2:30. Leonor's daughters are the dams of
Cuate 2:13%, Hope So 2:27% and Silver Coin 2:10.
Bonnie Jennie's third dam is Durferine, dam of
Leonor 2:24. Aimee 2:24% and the grandam of 8 in
2:30 list), by Echo 462, out of a very bloodlike mare
owned by Gen. Workman, of Los Angeles, and claimed
to be by Rifleman, sen of imported Glencoe. Bonnie
Jennie will be bred to Jim Logan 2:05% in Septem-
ber, so that the foal will come in August, as that
is the month from whence all horses take their ages
each year in the Antipodes. The aim of these New
Zealanders seems to be, "We want only the very
choicest to breed from," and it appears they will
accomplish what they are after.
Probably no trainer of trotters has such a large
class of two-year-olds, all owned by one man, as John
Dickerson has in his stable at Indianapolis. Dicker-
son has just a dozen of the Hillandale Farm two-
year-olds, and all but one were sired by Bellini
2:13%. The single exception is a colt called The
Gleaner, sired by Baron McKinney 2:10%, out of
La Notte 2:18, by Bellini. He is one of the best in
the bunch, having shown a quarter in 35% seconds
and an eighth in seventeen seconds. Among the
others, Atlantic Express, by Bellini out of Express-
ive 2:12% (dam of Esther Bells 2:0S%l, by Elec-
tioneer, has been a quarter in 34% and an eighth
in seventeen seconds. Necia, a filly by Bellini out of
Nettie King 2:20% (dam of The Abbot 2:03%, etc.)
by Mambrino King, has been a quarter in 35% and an
eighth in seventeen seconds. Gustavo, a colt by
Bellini, out of Grace Onward 2:12%, by Onward, has
been a quarter in 37 and an eighth in eighteen sec-
onds. Another, a filly by Bellini, out of Prelatress
2:15%, by Prodigal, has been a quarter in 35% sec-
onds andan eighth iu seventeen seconds. Dickerson
was one of the two trainers who had a two-year-old
that could beat 2:10 last year, his filly Eva Bellini
being able to do that, and his chances look good to
have another trotter of that age capable of doing
the trick next fall.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 25, 1910.
PLEASANTON TRAINING PARK.
The failure to organize a California circuit of har-
ness racing this year has been a severe blow to
Pleasanton. There are more empty stalls at the
famous track there than at any time in years, and
the wonder is that with so few meetings in sight
anybody can be found who will spend money for
horse training. But in spite of the falling off in the
number of horses, the track is quite busy on work-
out days and about seventy-five trotters and pacers
are being handled by the trainers who make Pleas-
anton their home during the summer months.
The fastest record horse at the track is that sen-
sational three-year-old of last season Jim Logan
2:05%, record made in the third heat of a race
against aged horses. Elmo Montgomery of Davis-
ville, Yolo County, California, who owns this speed
"phenom," has made a fair season with him in the
stud this year, and is just now beginning to jog him
preparatory to faster work later in the year. Jim
Logan will not be raced this year as a four-year-old,
but next season Montgomery expects to take him
east to meet all comers in the 2:06 and faster classes.
The son of Charles Derby is in extra fine shape at
the present time and looks equal to a two minute
mile this year if Montgomery should point him for it,
but will get no real fast miles until next year.
Montgomery is getting together quite a string of
promising horses, the latest to be added to his stable
being the brown pacer Oakwood, owned by Mr. Ab-
rott of Danville. Oakwood was trained for the first
time in his life this spring by Henry Helman who
stepped him a mile in 2:11% three months after he
got him. When Helman left for the Eastern cir-
cuits Mr. Abrott turned Oakwood over to Montgom-
ery and is very pleased at the way he is handling
him. It is not Mr. Abrott's present intention to race
Oakwood this year, but the horse certainly looks fit
to start for the money in any races where first money
does not depend upon miles below 2:10. Elmo is
getting together a stable of good prospects. He has
Mr. Ronan's roan stallion Bodaker that beat 2:10 over
this track for Charles DeRyder in the spring of 1909
and then went wrong. Bodaker is going sound now
and is one of the best gaited trotters in the country.
Solano Boy 2:07% is another good horse that Mont-
gomery is handling. He drove him a nice mile in
2:10% last Saturday without the straps.
Sutherland & Chadbourne are working twenty
head. The senior member of tbis firm was taking
it. easy Saturday last, spending a good part of his
time in the stand timing the other fellows. When
asked how many horses they would race through the
circuit this year he said: "We have about nine
horses and a bull dog mascot that are ready to go
to the races and will probably be shipped to the
first meeting, but the bull dog is the only one that I
am certain will last through the entire ciriuit. He
is strong and fit for a campaign in any country."
They say around Pleasanton that Sutherland gave
five twenties for this dog last year and still thinks
he got the best of the trade. Among the horses this
firm expects to race this year is the three-year-old
colt Pal (2) 2:17% by Palite and the two-year-old
colt Xat Higgins by the same horse, both owned by
E. D. Dudley of Dixon. Pal has been several miles
around 2:20 and Xat Higgins one in 2:27. Both are
good gaited, game trotters, and their way of going
has led more than one breeder to send a mare to
Palite.
James Marshall of Dixon has three head in their
charge, Sirius Pointer (2) 2:10, Zoblack and a year-
ling Star Pointer filly cut of old Trix, this one a full
sister to Sirius Pointer. All are doing well. A sorrel
pacer by Demonio out of old Mamie Comet by Nut-
wood is the property of Geo. Reed of San Jose and
has been a quarter in 30 seconds at the end of a s^ow
mile. This firm is also training two horses for Mr.
E. R. Dunn of Seattle. Rose Lecco a big fine mare
by Lecco 2:09% out of the dam of Almaden (2)
2:22% looks like Berta Mac 2: OS in action and seems
to find no road too long for her. The other is a
Searchlight gelding that is quite promising. But the
handsomest thing in the S. & C. barn was a yearling
filly by C. The Limit out of Belle by Bonner N. B..
belonging to Mr. Dunn. She had just arrived from
Palo Alto and was on her way to the Santa Rita
Farm to be turned out for the summer. Sutherland
claimed she is the best developed yearling he ever
saw. and she is certainly a beauty. Of good size,
solid bay. fine coat and the best flat bone one would
see in a hundred horses, this filly should be worth
training or breeding. The pacer Oakwaad Derby
owned in Humboldt County is one that is expected
to race this year, and the Frank Nugent horse by
William Harold 2:13% is another. F. N. Frary's trot-
rte Herbert Dillon by Sidney Dillon is also to be one
of the racing string. All these horses look to be in
fine shape, but "Dad" is very conservative about
them and the only one he will make a book on now
is the bull dog.
Charley Durfee was packing up his traps last Sat-
urday to move to San Jose on Monday, as he wants
his trotters and pacer to get used to the track there
before they start at the Breeders meeting. He has
the sweetest trotting mare in California in Helen
Stiles. She had been a mile in 2:12% over the
Pleasanton track during June and several last eighths
at a two minute clip. She comes as near being a
perfect trotter as anything we have seen for a long
time. Her head is right and she makes no mistakes.
She is just the right size, wears nothing but one little
light pair of boots, no check, and is always on a trot
and going -asy. She is the roundest, best tempered,
nicest thiog in or out of the stable, and when she
trots pins her ears back and tends to business all
the time. It is very easy to see that Durfee is in
love with her, but he will turn the conversation to
Dr. Lecco any time, and while admitting that the
mare is very fast, says the Doctor trotted a mile
for him faster than she has ever done. Had it not
been for the bad luck of getting kicked and one or
two minor ailments he thinks on Lecco would have
beaten 2:10 this year before this. Durfee is training
the hoppled pacer Happy Dentist 2:11% for Dr. Xash
of San Jose. He says the papers have slandered him
by saying this is the first hoppled horse he ever drove
as he marked Jenny Mac 2:09, Harvey Mac 2:14%
and other wearers of the straps. Durfee says any-
body can drive a horse like Happy, there being
nothing to do but sit still and hold the lines.
Bert Webster is working several horses since De
Ryder went East. He states that De Ryder took ten
head with him, viz: Charley D. 2:06%, Adam G.
2:06%, Cleo Dillon 2:13%, Grace R., Diamond Mac,
San Juan, Redlight, Roan Hal and the gray three-
year-old filly by Star Pointer out of a mare by Chas.
Derby. In the car with DeRyder Henry Smith ship-
ped Denirvo and Baron Bowles, the latter having
been changed to the pacing gait. They shipped to
Beatrice, Nebraska, and made their first starts last
week. Webster has a little five-year-old horse by
Searchlight that he has been working miles below
2:20 this year. He has been one mile in 2:15 and
looks like a good prospect for races where 2:12 is not
beaten. He wears no hopples, has perfect manners
and would make some one a fine matinee horse as
any person can drive him.
There are two Star Pointer colts in Webster's care
that he don't tire talking about and "there's a rea-
son" in each case. The two-year-old Star Tilden
whose dam is Jessie Tilden by Roy Wilkes 2:06%,
and is owned by Geo. W. Putnam, of Salt Lake is a
very classy fellow and is learning to pace very fast.
He is being . carefully handled and will be in the
limelight when he starts. The other is a colt out of
Gertie A. by Diablo. Victor Verilhac owns this one.
He is also a very fast pacer and has shown a half
in 1:07%.
J. M. Alviso is chasing a filly around the oval on
workout days that he calls Chipmunk. This filly is
by Lecco 2:09%, dam by Diablo 2:09%, second dam
by Guide 2:16, son of Director 2:17, third dam
by Gen. McClellan and fourth dam thoroughbred.
She isn't very large, but is some pacer and he
worked her two heats inside of 2:20 last Saturday.
2:17 is the fastest he has driven her but she could
make 2:15 on a hard track very handily. Chipmunk
would make a good one for the matinees or for road
driving as she has good manners.
Joe Twohig was working William Detels three-year-
old colt Bon Guy last Saturday and drove him a nice
mile in 2:22 with the last quarter in 32 seconds, and
by several watches some faster than that. The
horse that beats Bon Guy in the stakes this year will
have to race all the way and the handsome little
fellow begins racing as soon as there is another horse
alongside and never stops until he is pulled up by
his driver. He seems to have race in his head to a
marked degree and seldom makes a mistake of any
kind. He is in all the important stakes on this coast
and will bring home some of the money to a moral
certainty if he starts.
H. Busing has a good pacer in Madison McKin-
ney. son of his good stallion Bonney McKinney.
Miles around 2:20 is the usual thing for him in his
workouts and as he is one of the constantly improv-
ing kind he should be able to pace down pretty low
before the summer is over. Busing has a good stal-
lion in Bonny McKinney and it is a pleasure to know
that those who own colts by him nearly always bring
their mares back to him again.
Mr. Hunt, the Humboldt county trainer, who has
been at Pleasanton this spring has been a mile in
2:16 with the roan mare Telltale, owned by Dr. Rae
Felt. While this peculiarly marked mare can doubt-
less trot a mile four or five seconds faster she has
not been asked to do anything that she could not do
easily. This is a pretty good way to train.
FIVE GOOD RACES AT STOCKTON.
VANCE NUCKOLS HAS A SPEED MARVEL.
Vance Nuckols, the well known Cleveland trainer,
who brought out Brenda Torke, Betty Brent, Ripy
and other good colt trotters and pacers, has what
he thinks is a world beater. It is a two-year-old
filly called Mazda and is by Moniaster a son of
Moko, out of Bliss Belle by Sphinx. Mazda is owned
in the southern part of Ohio and was sent to
Nuckols to train less than four weeks ago. She had
never had shoes on up to that time and was very
green.
When Nuckols commenced to work her, Mazda
developed speed amazingly fact. In about three
weeks she worked a half in 1:10 and an eighth in
15% seconds. That performance sent the railbirds
into wonderland, but last Friday Nuckols drove the
young trotter a half in the phenomenal time of
1:06%, the last eighth being stepped in 15% seconds.
and al this at the end of a mile in 2:25. This fill}*
does not wear boots, toe weights or check and is
considered one of the best trotters ever seen in this
section.
Xone of the Southern trained colts have shown
anything like this so far this spring, and to think
that this filly has been trained in the North and
then had hardly a month's handling is wonderful.
She is entered in three stakes.
The matinee of the Stockton Driving Club las:
Sunday, the first of the season, w-as attended by a
large crowd, and all were well pleased with the
program arranged.
The track was in poor condition from lack of water,
at least two seconds slow, and good time was made
considering the fact the horses have had less than
three weeks' work.
The Judges were A. W. Cowell, T. F. Donathan,
and A. B. Sherwood; timers, W. F. Miller and Frank
Leiginger, and starter, C. F. Bunch.
The two prettiest races of the day were the free-
for-all pace, and the trot between Chalmers' black
ge'ding Auget Baron by Baron Wilkes and Mead's
bay gelding. Allan Pollok by Nutwood Wilkes. Both
heats were contested from start to finish and Baron
lowered his record of 190S four seconds.
The principal race was the pace between Charles
Helm's Noble by Diablo dam by Wilkesdale, and E.
Kemp's T. D. W. by Nutwood Wilkes dam by Alex-
ander Button. Both geldings are now six years
old and T. D. W. is well known in San Francisco,
having been driven over the stadium. Under his
present owner, a young and enthusiastic horseman,
the gelding is making a great showing, and he was
on'y beaten by a length in 2:13%. Noble, in the first
heat went to the half in 1:05, Helm pulling back, as
T. D. W. had made a bad break. Results:
First race, mixed:
Blair (trotter) (Dan Lieginger) 1 1
McRey (trotter) (F.A.Murray) 2 2
Dan J. (pacer) (F.H.Johnson) 3 3
Rex (trotter) (Jerry Aker) 5 4
Sorrel Mare (trotter) (M. Carroll) 4 5
Time— 2:54%, 2:43.
Second race, free-for-all:
Noble (C. Helm) l l
T. D. W. (E. Kemp) 2 2
Time— 2:16. 2:13%.
Third race, Class A pace:
Guy Vernon ( W. H. Parker) 1 1
Blanche A. (Jerry Aker) 3 2
Newport (Dan Morris) 2 d
Time — 2:24%, 2:27.
Fourth race, free-for-all:
Auget Baron ( P. J. Chalmers) 1 1
Allan Pollock I C. F. Nance) 2 2
Time— 2:21%, 2:22.
Fifth race, match:
Bob Ingersoll ( P. Marengo) 1 1
Black Beauty I M. Friedberger ) 2 2
11016—2:34, 2:36.
It is expected that a fine program will be given
July 4th and among others the following starters:
Guy Vernon 2:18, Noble 2:13%, T. D. W. 2:10%, Joe
Corbett 2:10%, Bert Kelley 2:19, Little Branch 2:16,
Chappo 2:19%, McDowell 2:19%. Newport 2:15,
Bob Ingersoll 2.14%, Auget Baron 2:21%, Allan
Pollack 2:22, Prince A. 2:20%, together with other
lesser lights. Farmer Bunch who is now handling
the stallion McAdrian, by Guy McKinney, says that
he will drive him July 4th three heats in 2:20, 2:17
and 2:15, and later sport three suits of new clothes.
G. H. T.
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SONOMA RACE PROGRAM.
The Sonoma Driving Club will hold a race meeting
July 4th on the half mile track at the historic old
town of Sonoma.
Three harness races, a free-for-all, a 2:20 class
and a 2:30 class for purses of $100, $75 and 550 re-
spectively will be on the program, besides several
running races. The harness races are open to both
trotters and pacers. The program is as follows:
First race, free-for-all; trot or pace, mile heats,
two in three; purse $100; first prize, $75; second
price, $25; entrance fee, $5.
Second race, 2:20 class; trot or pace, mile heats,
best two in three; purse, $75; first prize, $50; sec-
ond prize, $25; entrance feer$4.
Third race, 2:30 class; trot or pace, mile heats,
best two in three; purse $50; first prize, $40; second
prize. $10; entrance fee, $2.50.
Fourth race, free-for-all; running, one-half mile
dash; purse, $50; first prize, $40; second prize, $10;
entrance fee, $2.50.
Fifth race, free-for-all; running, one-fourth mile;
purse, $25; first prize, $20; second prize, $5; en-
trance fee, $1.
Sixth race, vaquero running race and turn, one-
eighth mile; purse, $10; entrance fee, $1.
Seventh race, road race; mile heats, best two in
three; purse, $10; entrance fee, $1.
Rules. — The committee reserves the right to re-
ject any entry or to bar any horse that has not
the right to enter the race, or will be detrimental
to the success of any race.
First race to be called promptly at 1:30.
Entries will be received by the Secretary in So-
noma on any day up to July 4.
Address all communications to Jos. F. Ryan, Sec-
retary, Sonoma, California.
Drink Jackson's Napa Soda.
The gray stallion Rex Gifford that took a trotting
record of 2:14 at San Jose in 1895, is the sire of a
standard trotter in the gray horse Paderewski 2:29%,
that raced in Oklahoma last season. Rex Gifford is
by Alto Rex 6821 and his dam Nelly, dam of Thayer-
mont 2:27% is by A. W. Richmond. Paderewski is
the first of the get of Rex Gifford to take a standard
record
Saturday, June 25, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER.
No one is finding fault with the Arcadia track now
en account of being slow or bad footing and Oh!
that last quarter. Whether some one greases it
every night when no one is looking or not I don't
know, but the way all the horses slide down it makes
one think so. J. S. Stewart got, the speed bug in his
bonnet yesterday, and knowing he had a fast colt
in the three-year-old pacer Alaca, whpse history I
gave you last wreek, he warmed him up, then stepped
him over to the % pole and set him down for the
trip home. When he went under the wire not only
Stewart's watch but several others registered 2S%
seconds. Messrs. Christopher and Saddler are now
satisfied they have the makings of a pace horse.
Alaca is by Symbolier and is a big handsome black
colt. A little headstrong at present but is getting
over it and as far as looks, gait and breeding go,
should make a very fast horse.
Samuel Elmore of Astoria, Oregon, the owner of
the promising stallion Jean Jacques, in Will Durfee's
barn, was killed in an automobile accident last night
on the outskirts of this city. From the newspaper
accounts he seemed to have thought he had time to
cross the track ahead of an approaching Santa Ana
trolley car but was struck before he could clear the
rails. His skull was fractured and he was dead
when picked up. Mr. Elmore was a very rich and
prominent Oregonian and a brother-in-law of Charles
Holbrook of the San Francisco hardware firm of Hoi-
Brook, Merrill & Stetson. Besides Jean Jacques he
owned a mare by Del Norte and Caracca, both in
the hands of Will Durfee at Arcadia. He will be a
decided loss to the trotting game, as he was an
enthusiastic horseman and with the means to indulge
his fancy.
Jas. S. Stewart worked W. G. Glascock's two-year-
old Murray M. filly, entered in the Canfield-Clark
Stake No. 1, a mile today in 2:33, last quarter in 35
seconds and she looked well within herself all the
way. The same trainer worked his own two-year-old
pacer Buster a mile in 2:19.
Walter Maben worked Victor Mc. by Red McK.,
owned by E. A. Montgomery and also in the C. & C.
No. 1, a mile in 2:32%, last half in 1:15 and the last
quarter in 36 seconds. He and the Glascock filly
ought to make quite a race.
A. B. Miller has a big strong three-year-old by
Zombro in Maben's string that is coming to her
speed like a pacer. She can already show- a 2:20
gait and is still wearing her first pair of shoes.
The Los Angeles horses campaigning in the East
had a poor week, C. A. Holcomb getting one second
money, two flags and finishing fifth in the other
race, and Hewitt getting second money with Mess-
mori's pacer and the flag with Miss Wyman. Still
there is plenty of time to make good the old adage
about "a bad beginning and a good ending."
Walter Maben lost by distemper his Del Coronado
yearling Del Corona that was heavily staked and
gave every promise of being an exceptional colt trot-
ter.
Rapidan Dillon and Zommel are both being shaped
up for the $10,000 purse for 2:12 trotters up north
and they are both taking their work well and looking
tip-top. Maben will have two strings to his bow
in that stake and whichever one he elects to start
will make a horse race with anybody's entry.
C. A. Canfield's El Volante colt El Volador, is im-
proving in looks every day and he was very hand-
some to start with, but now he is a beauty. Maben
tells me he is a mixed gaited fellow at present but
will soon square away and he looks for him to trot
fast as soon as he does. Canfield's other yearling by
Walter Barker, dam Dixie W. by Zoloek is as fine
as silk and is a .trotter already. The filly by El
Volante is as big as a two-year-old and looks very
like her sire and has his high strung nervous dispo-
sition inherited from Mamie Elizabeth, but is good
gaited and only requires careful handling to give
her confidence in her driver.
Will Durfee got busy last week and teamed Leo-
nora McKinney, his green pacer a half in :59% and
Zomwoolsey, a green six-year-old pacer, a mile in
2:07%.
Aviator, Clarence Berry's three-year-old pacer, con-
verted from the trot three months ago, came through
the stretch in 28% seconds hooked to a 44-pound
Houghton cart.
Crescendo, the four:year-old full brother to Copa
de Oro, worked a mile In 2:20, last half in 1:04%
and finished the. last eighth at a two-minute clip.
This is the fastest mile he has made since his attack
of distemper last spring.
Del Oueste, Durfee's two-year-old pacer, was down
for a fast half last week, but owing to the indisposi-
tion of his valet, P. Donahue, the workout was
postponed. As Donohue is now on his stride again
and going good gaited, a half round in 1:06 is hoped
for.
Durfee worked Watercress a mile in 2:13%, with
the last quarter in :29%. Watercress is by Del Cor-
onado; and Kid Dillon a mile in 2:15%, with the
last eighth in 14% seconds.
The barbecue given by Wm. A. Glascock to chris-
ten his new ranch, was a great success in every way,
and as I predicted two records were broken, one was
that for a good time and the other for barbecued
potatoes. The latter is a very delicate and uncertain
operation. The potatoes baked in the pit with the
ox are very likely to be a failure from any one of
many causes, but those the other day had all other
potatoes, "skinned"- a mile.
The guests, about twenty in all, left town in auto-
mobi'es about noon, among them being Messrs. L.
J. Christopher, C. C. Colyear, "Goo Goo" Councilman
Gregory, Frank A. Jay, John W. Nickerson, Mr.
Campbell of the Wells Fargo Express Co., John W.
Snowden, Wm. Mead, Perry Whiting, Chas. Willis,
Joseph Walker, Mr. Fox, whose magnificent bary-
tone voice was called into requisition many times
after the lunch, and Mr. McElvaine.
The ranch is one of 92 acres and the old ranch
house of the vintage of 1870, is in a grove of mag-
nolia, pepper and palm trees and contains a room
28 feet by 12 feet, where the table was laid for
tw-enty and where the barbecue was served, after
being cooked by the venerable expert, Pedro Revera,
who officiated in the same capacity for the sailors
when the fleet was here. After dinner songs and
stories were in order and here is where Mr. Fox
came to the front with his superb voice. Sunday
school stories and some that were not of the long-
haired variety, but decidedly of the low-neck and
short sleeves variety, follow-ed and all topics were
discussed from the Johnson-Jeffries fight to the
future plans of Teddy Roosevelt.
The ranch was christened "Marretta Acres" and
Glascock announced that it had joined the "open
shop" movement and any and all were heartily wel-
coem to drop in and make themselves at home at any
hour, day or night, regardless of w-hether any one
was at home or not. The side-board would always
be found unlocked and what was not thare would
be found in the ice box. Mrs. Glascock attoned for
her absence from the festivities by sending a magnum
of bromo seltzer, with a promise to always have it
in the house the "next morning."
Marretta Acres is only nine miles from the city
and on both a car and railroad line and so easily
accessible. Situated as the house is with plenty
of shade and an old wind mill near it and the rolling
acres of the farm, it is most attractive and may yet
be the birth place of a number of stake horses.
JAMES.
CALIFONIA HORSES RACE IN NEBRASKA.
CLOSE FINISHES AT TANFORAN.
The County Leitrini club of San Francisco held
a picnic at Tanforan Park last Sunday, and hung up
four purses for horses owned by members of the
San Francisco Driving Club to race for. There were
good fields in every event, and while three of the
races were won in straight heats the finishes were
close in a majority of them.
The feature of the day's racing was the winning
of the 2:30 pace after the hottest kind of a contest
by W. J. K., the pacer owned by W. J. Kenney, the
popular agent for the McMurray Sulky on this
coast. Mr. Kenney is President of the San Francisco
Driving Club and acts as starter of all its races, and
is about the only man in America who starts races
in which he owns a contestant not only without ob-
jection from the other owners, but on their unani-
mous request.
The free-for-all pace was an easy race, Deroll win-
ning as he pleased in straight heats. The sumaries:
First race, free-for-all pace:
George Kitto's Deroll 1 1 1
J. O'Kane's King V 2 2 2
R. Bennett's Sydney B 3 3 4
D. Campbell's Ginger 5 4 3
W. C. Rice's Hickman Girl 4 5 5
Phil Kohn's Alfred D 6 6 6
Time— 2:18%, 2:18, 2:18%.
Second race, 2:30 pace:
W. J. Kenneys W. J. K 1 4 11
H. D. Chase's Don C 2 1 3 2
J. D. Sexton's Sister Vesta 3 2 4 3
A. Benson's J. Arthur 4 3 3 w
"W. Malough's Mulcahy 5 5 5 w
TimeJ2:25, 2:31%, 2:27, 2:31.
Third race, 2:25 trot:
J. W. McTigue's Darby Mack 1 1 1
Fred Clotere's Monk 3 2 3
J. Tassi's Steve D 4 3 2
E. J. Ayers' Dalta A 2 4 6
J. C. F. Mitchell's M. & M 5 5 4
W. P. Hamner's Clara W 6 6 5
Time— 2:26, 2:27, 2:26%.
Fourth race — 2:20 pace:
P. Donnelly's Sister Bess 1 1 1
R. J. Lathrope's Marin 2 2 5
R. P. Giovannoni's Golden Buck 5 5 2
Shorty Roberts' Charley J 3 3 4
Al Schwartz' Jerry D 4 4 3
Time — 2:17%, 2:19, 2:24.
Officers of the day — Starter, W. J. Kenney: Judges,
James Finch, Bert Edwards and Gus Lindauer; Tim-
ers, H. Schoettler, J. Lombard and F. L. Matthes;
Marshal, F. W. Lauterwasser, Jr.; Secretary, J. Mc-
Grath.
INFORMATION WANTED ABOUT McKERRON.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman: The second issue
of "Little Trips to the Homes of Great Horses" will
deal with John A. McKerron.
May I appeal to your readers for heretofore un-
published information and anecdotes about his colt-
hood, training, racing, etc.
All information must be in my hands by July 1st.
Yours very truly,
ARTHUR C. THOMAS,
Omaha, Neb.
The Nebraska circuit opened at Beatrice on Tues-
day of last week with three days racing over a good
half mile track, fine weather prevailing and the
attendance large each day. During the meeting
Chas. DeRyder won a race with Cleo Dillon 2:13%,
third money with San Juan, son of Nutwood Wilkes,
fourth money with Roan Hal and third money w-ith
Diamond Mac, his winnings amounting to $360 in all.
Henry Smith started Baron Bowles in the 2:40
pace, but drew him after the second heat. Rancho
Del Paso and Diabull, two Southern California horses
also started at this meeting. The summaries of each
day's racing follows:
Tuesday, June 14.
Pacing, 2:40 class, $400 — Askey Wilkes won in
straight heats, Zolita second, Lucky One third, Peter
Hall fourth money. Bessie Gentry, Easter Lily, Mo-
retta, Baldy, Ethel Storm, Baron Bowles, Freckels
and Colonel Davis also started. Time, 2:19%, 2:16%,
2:14%.
Trotting, 2:18 class. $400 — Homer F. won second,
third and fourth heats: Tom Smith by Conrad won
first heat; Mentholatum, Frank S. and Nathalie also
started. Time, 2:17%, 2:20%, 2:17%, 2:17%.
Wednesday, July 15.
Trotting, 2:30 class, $400 — Wat won fourth and
fifth heats and first money; Judge Fullinger won sec-
ond and third heats and second money; San Juan
won first heat and third money; Mcldler fourth
money. Conutess, Tom Horn, Dandy Wood, Lady
Sevmour and Miss Wyman distanced. Time, 2:22%,
2:24%, 2:22%, 2:22%, 2:23%.
Pacing, 2:14 class, $400 — Harry Gray won in
straight heats, Ameriko second, Harriska third, Dia-
bull fourth, Shadeland Benton, Capt. Dawson and
Nellie Oh So, also started. Time, 2:16%, 2:14%,
2:14%.
Trotting, 2:14 class, $400 — Cleo Dillon w-on in
straight heats, Allie Dall second, Check Book third.
Fearless fouth; Bedelia B. and Dewey also started.
Time. 2:16%, 2:19, 2:19.
Thursday, June 16.
Pacing, 2: IS class, $400 — Young Adelia won third,
fourth and fifth heats and first money; Neosha Maid
won first and second heats and second money; Ray
Wilkes third, Betsey Hal fourth, Lon H. fifth, Fox
sixth. Gracie, Storm King and Miss Edgar distanced.
Time, 2:16%, 2:16%, 2:14%, 2:18%, 2:20.
Trotting, 2:22 class, $400 — The Judge won second,
third and fourth heats and first money; Aunties Rus-
sell won first heat and second money; Diamond Mac
third money, King Highwood fourth money; Rancho
Del Paso, Passall and Nathalie also started. Time,
2:23%, 2:20%. 2:18%, 2:19.
Pacing, 2:17 class, $400 — May Highwood won first
and third heats and first money; Sarah Harn won
second heat and second money; Bessie Gentry third
money, Roan Hal fourth money. Time, 2:30, 2:24%.
2:19%.
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HORSE NEWS FROM HANFORD. -
Drirk Jackson's Napa Soda.
J. H. Nelson of Hanford writes us that w-hile the>
have no two-minute horses at the track there, they
have some that can show that rate of speed for a
short distance. In the Nelson stable is Vera Hal
that has been an eighth at the pace this season in
14% seconds; Bertha Mac by the same sire that is
a very promising three-year-old and can step an
eighth in 15% seconds; a Stoneway pacer that has
shown an eighth in 15 seconds and a half in 1:06;
also a pacer by Milton Gear that has been a half in
1:06 on our half-mile track.
Wralter Gallup has a filly by Milton Gear that
stepped an eighth in 18% seconds five weeks from
the first time she was in harness and she is only
two years old. But the colt that has done the best
is a three-year-old owned by Stanley Eddy. This
colt was broken as a two-year-old and then turned
out all winter. This spring, after just three weeks'
handling he trotted a quarter in 36 seconds with the
last eighth in 17 seconds. He is a beautifully gaited
youngster and this showing is a good one over a half-
mile track.
I have Expressive Mac at Fresno in charge of C.
E. Clark. He could show two-minute speed on a
brush here at Hanford, but I thought it best to
get him on a mile track. Last season he worked a
mile in 2:19 over the Hanford track.
There are a good man}' horses working here, but
the majority are colts. C. D. King has Robert
Direct at work but owing to the fact that the horse
has been in the stud is not very far along with
him.
W. W. Gallup's mare Ida May, the dam of Albert
Direda 2:14% and Homeward 2:13%, the sire of
George G. 2:05%, has a nice colt at foot by Best
Po'icy, son of the great Allerton 2:09%.
" M. G. Liggett left for Bakersfield this morning to
give Richard B. a workout. I understand that
Jonesa Basler and Richard B. are matched to race
next Sunday in that town.
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The stallion Caduceus by Peter the Great, dam
Rubber 2:10 by Wilton, won the first prize and blue
ribbon at the Springfield. Ohio, horse show last week,
defeating such stallions as the $50,000 Dare Devil
2:09, King Muscovite, the champion of Ohio, and six
other prize winning stallions.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 25, 1910.
C. A. HARRISON WRITES FROM SEATTLE.
FIGURES AND STATISTICS.
I visited Mr. Gifford, owner of Aerolite (3) 2:11%
at Lewiston, Idaho, a few days ago. and this great
young stallion is looking fine. He has served over
10 mares this season. His legs are clean and sound
as can be, and the leg that was kicked by Bertha
is as sound as it ever was, the only thing to show
being a scar the size of a silver dollar. Mr. Gifford,
is roading Aerolite about twelve miles each day —
never a bandage or a rub rag or a boot goes on him.
He will finish the stud season and then be sent to
some first class trainer to be prepared for a low
mark. It sounded good to hear Mr. Gifford speak
cf Messrs. Sutherland and Chadhourne, who for-
merly trained Aerolite, and of Mr. Marshall, who bred
him, in the most appreciative language. He said it
was a pleasure to deal with such men. I look for
Aerolite to race to a very low mark as he is sound
and is getting plenty of road and hilt work, and is not
being pampered or fussed with a bit. I saw Ruby-
light, his two-year-old daughter pacing for Dick Wil-
son at Portland the other day. She is a fast, good
gaited, good mannered, beautiful filly.
I have been over in Ohio and everywhere I went
I found the harness horse business in a healthy con-
dition. I hope California, with her good tracks and
best of horses, fine climate and horse loving people,
will not let 1910 be a closed year, when every town
and hamlet in all the Eastern states is giving good
purses and good meetings, and making the meetings
pay. Surely California should he the banner harness
racing State in 1910.
Miss Cresceus. the young mare by Cresceus 2:02%
that I sold to R. E. Ashley of Spokane, has a beau-
tiful and perfectly formed filly by Tidal Wave 2:06%,
and has been bred to Sherlock Holmes 2:06. Sher-
lock has gone to Joe McGuire at Winnipeg; he was
prepared at Spokane by the Child's boys and was
working nicely, but his owner wanted the fine Ital-
ian hand of Joe McGuire to guide the son of Zolock
2:05% in his races.
Every stall at the Seattle half-mile track has a
harness horse in it and the track is in good shape.
Al McDonald worked his Cresceus mare a com-
fortable mile in 2:19% at Portland last week; she is
a good trotter and will do to race (with apologies to
all those who don't like the Cresceus family).
Once more I hope your State will do itself proud
as a harness racing centre this year.
Yours truly,
C. A. HARRISON.
E. F. BINDER LOSES VALUABLE STALLION.
Worth While 4044S, the handsome son of Aller-
ton, owned by .Mr. E. F. Binder, a prominent horse-
man of Riverside, California, is dead. He died at
Trinidad, Colorado, while on the way to the Missis-
sippi valley in charge of G. H. Judd, who intended
racing him there during the season. While on the
train the stallion contracted a cold which developed
into pneumonia and while everything possible was
done for the horse he died in two days. Mr. Binder
valued Worth While at $8000 and was confident he
would take a low mark this year, as he was a very
fast trotter. Worth While was six years aid and one
of the best bred young stallions ever brought to
this State. His first dam Eoka 2:16% is by Sphinx
2:20% (sire of Capt. Sphinx 2:06y2 and three others
in 2:10 and 126 in 2:30). son of Electioneer (sire of
3 in 2:10 and 160 in 2:30). Second dam Theresa,
a great broodmare by Nutwood 2:18% (sire of 2 in
2:10 and 174 in 2:30). Third dam, Lizzie Wilkes,
a great brood mare by Geo. Wilkes (sire of S4 in 2:30
and the dams of 15 in 2:10). Fourth dam Ladoga
by Mambrino Patchen 58 (sire of the dams of 9 in
2:10), and ful sister to Mambrino King (sire of 9
in 2:10, and the dams of 12 in 2:10). Fifth dam by
Edwin Forrest 49. Sixth dam by Fisk's Mambrino
Chief. Seventh dam by Bertrand (thoroughbred).
Eighth dam by Sumpter (thoroughbred). Ninth
dam by Imported Buzzard, etc.
There is not another trotting stallion in California
whose sires represented in the first three genera-
tions have sired as many 2:30 performers as those
found in the pedigree of Worth While.
The seven sires here represented have sired S75
2:30 performers; 22 in 2:10 and the dams of 42
in 2:10.
Worth While has been used in the stud and leaves
a number of fine colts and fillies that will doubtless
make a name for him as a sire.
KALAMAZOO PROGRAM.
The management at Kalamazoo announces the
following program for the meeting that is to open
the Grand Circuit chain:
Monday. July 25—2:16 trot, 3 in five, $1000: 2:06
pace, 2 in 3 heats, closed, $2000: 2:07 trot, 3 in 4,
$1000; 2:16 pace. 3 in 5, closed, .?_
Tuesday. July 26— 2:0S pace. 3 in 5. $1000: 2:15
Irot, 3 in 5. closed. $3000; 2:18 trot, 3 in 5, $1000;
2:17 pare, 3 in 5, $1000.
Wednesday, July 27— 2:2] trot, ::: in 5, $1000; 2:14
pace, 3 in 5, $1000; 2:11 trot, 3 in 5, closed, $10,000'
2:22 pace. 3 in 5. $1000.
Thursday. July 28—2:12 trot. 3 in 5, $1000: 2:14
pace, 3 in 5, closed. $5000: 2:05 pace, 2 in 3, $1000;
2:30 trot, 3 'n 5. SI
Friday. July 29—2:00 pace, 2 in 3, $1500; 2:05
trot, 2 in 3, $1500; 2:09 trot. 3 in 5. closed. $2000;
2:11 pace, 3 in 5, $1000.
Figures and statistics gathered from the official
trotting Year Book of the American Trotting Regis-
ter Association and other sources show that harness
racing sport is as popular today as it has been dur-
ing the past half a century, in spite of the so-called
• crusade against horse racing in several States, par-
ticularly New England and New York, which ones
were the most important centers of harness sport;
also in some States of the West.
The number of cities and towns where trotting
meetings were held during the racing season of 1909
under the direct supervision of the National and
American Trotting Associations and the result, re-
ported to the officials of the Register Association,
was 903, the majority of them holding one meeting
in the entire season.
In a number of places extra meetings were given,
which brings the total of regular meetings officially
reported and published in the Year Book to 1054,
the number of extra meetings being fifteen.
In this estimate are not included the matinee
races held in at last half of the 900 cities where
regular and professional races were held for cash
purses, stakes and futurities, and admission charged
at the gate.
Scores of harness meetings of one day or longer
duration are annually held all over the country, the
result of which is never reported to trotting officials
and not published. They add greatly to the total
number of such meetings, where the general public
of the entire country enjoys the sport.
The Year Book shows that the total amount given
by these nine hundred-odd racing associations or in-
dividual tracks to trotters and pacers last year was
a very small fraction less than $3,000,000, the prizes
in cash varying from $100 up to the $500 and $10,000
classic stakes and the big futurities up to the $35,-
000 handicap at Readville.
This total amount brings the general average of
cash premiums for each meeting, large and small,
close to $3000 as the amount given by track man-
agers for the entertainment of their patrons.
A small percentake of trotting meetings recorded
are of only one afternoon, while the great majority
of them last four days. The next largest are of
three days, while those in connection with the two
big circuits, the Grand and Great Western, and State
Fairs of five days and ten days at Columbus and
Lexington.
Estimates of the past have proven that three
and a half days' racing is a fair and general average
for the total meetings held, so that nearly four thous-
and days of racing were patronized by the American
public throughout the United States, mostly during
the months of August, September and October.
Trotting meetings are held in different parts of
the country as early as May and as late as Novem-
ber, but these are few in number, compared with
former years, the general rule being not to start
real sport until the latter part of June or early in
July.
Taking June as a racing month, we have the
sport for five months in the year, and an average of
800 days in each month. It is hard to estimate even
approximately the number of attendances in these
trotting meetings, yet an idea can be formed when
it is stated that as high as 30,000 paid admissions to
the racing inclosure of the New York State Fair at
Syracuse has been recorded for one afternoon, and
the same stands true for nearly all big fairs where
harness racing of a high order is a feature East and
West.
No feature of harness racing can better demon-
strate the extent of the horse-breeding industry
and the popularity of the sport than the estimated
number of trotters and pacers that are campaigned
each season, as this is one point in which we show
no falling off, even if the number of meetings,
amount of purses and paid admissions at the gates
or racing inclosures have partly lallen off during the
past few years.
The trotting Year Book for 1909 devotes eighty-
four pages as index for trotters and pacers that were
started in races last season once or twenty times,
as the case might be. Each page averages a frac-
tion over 120 names, but at tnat figure it is a fair
estimate that a total of 11,000 horses were raced
last year.
While racing associations offered the sum of
$3,000,000, yet compared with the money spent by
owners for training, feeding, shoeing, wages, trans-
portation, harness, sulkies and numerous other
paraphernalia which go with a racing stable, this
sum seems almost like a small cupful in the bucket
of immense expense.
No trotter or pacer of even third grade can be
trained, fed, cared for, shod, harnessed, hitched and
engaged for its initial start for less than $1000 and
added to this is yet the cost of transportation and
the numberless incidental expenses, so that some
idea can be formed of the cost and expense of racing
a single horse or a big stable.
It is an established fact that can not be refuted
that the number of horsemen who own and race two
or more horses each season on the harness turf is
infinitely small compared with those who own and
race but one, a fact which proves beyond all doubt
that the American's love for its favorite light har-
ness horse is general all over the country, and the
ambition of breeding or owning a fast trotter or
pacer is inborn and universal, in spite of the uncer-
tainty which always goes with racing horses, and
the great cost of gratifying this one desire and
ambition.
When the amateur end of harness sport is taken
into consideration the facts and figures will show
that in number of horses, outlay of expense, popu-
larity of the sport and attendance, it more than
equals the professional end of racing trotters and
pacers. — N. Y. Telegraph.
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MORE RESULTS OF COLOR STUDY.
Breeders of Shetlands who have made a study of
the color question as related to breeding may be in-
terested to know that Professor James Wilson, M. A.,
R. S.. a noted British scientist, who has devoted
considerable time and attention to the study of
Mendelism,, in so far as it concerns live stock
(chiefly cattle) has been extending his inquiries in
this matter among horses. At a scientific meeting
of the Royal Dublin Society recently he gave some
particulars in his investigations in this direction.
Commencing his remarks by explaining that in 1905
it was announced by Mr. C. C. Hurst that of two
colors commonly met wth in horses, chestnut and
bay, the bay is dominant to the chestnut. In other
words, while the mating of two pure bays will always
produce a bay foal, and that of two pure chestnuts
a chestnut foal, the progeny of a pure bay and a
chestnut is always a bay.
An examination of the stud record of the bay sire
Merry Hampton shows, for instance, that all his foals
out of chestnut mares resembled him in color. There
are, of course, other colors beside bay and chestnut,
and it was in order to throw light on these that Pro-
fessor Wilson examined the colors (as requested) of
10,000 foals and their parents, making 30,000 animals
altogether.
In doing this accurately great difficulty was experi-
enced owing to the recognition of the fact that horse-
breeders are not always clear as to the color of
their horses, and bays and browns are frequently set
down one for the other.
Chestnuts, for example, are sometimes confused
with bays and browns, and blacks with dark browns.
One of the greatest causes of irregularity was found
to be the confusion of black and brown, brown horses
being registered as black.
THREATEN TO BECOME A CURSE.
Chancellor James R. Day of the Syracuse Univer-
sity seems to be of the opinion that the automobile
may become a curse to the country if it continues
to absorb the attention and capital of so many per-
sons whose circumstances do not justify the purchase
of these expensive machines, or of the time given
over to them in the pursuit of pleasure. In address-
ing the graduating class of the noted educational in-
stitution over which he presides, on self-sacrifice and
self-denial, Chancellor Day recently chose the auto-
mobile as a "broad and apparent illustration" of a
luxury that too often is not sacrificed. He said:
"Young mechanics and clerks and business men who
need all of their capital, are mortgaging their homes
by the thousand and losing their positions often by
their infatuation for this form of pleasure. It is said
that about $500,000,000 are invested in the automobile
trade, and this enormous capital is non-productive.
That is, it adds comparatively nothing to the wealth
of the people, but, on the other hand, absorbs it It
means 90 per cent of wasted money and wasted time.
A certain per cent returns in business uses and
wholesome rest and recreation." Not everyone will
agree with the distinguished educator's views en-
tirely, but almost everyone knows that there is a lot
of truth in what he says.
Under date of March 23. 1909. Clara A. Cotter of
Somerset, Wis., reported as follows: "Last Summer
I purchased a bottle of ABSORBIKE from you for a
case of Shoe Boil, and it has removed it as you said."
ABSORBINE is one of the best preparations on the
market for treating Shoe Boils, Collar Bruises, Capped
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
CHAMPION FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.
Strange though it may seem while the age of
four years has been considered unlucky for trot-
ters, and many famous performers who have shown
brilliant three-year-old form, have never been given
a chance as four- year-olds, the five-year-olds have
shown up with exceptional brilliancy and have
achieved several world's championships. Technical-
ly a horse is not mature till he is six years old, but
the records show that a large number of our greatest
trotters attained their zenith when five.
In these days when, owing to the large expense of
maintaining a stable of trotters is considered, the im-
mediate earning capacity is of paramount import-
ance, it is highly necessary that the two and three-
year-olds should be utilized in the futurities, that the
four-year-olds should have special purses and as for
the five-year-olds, history shows that though nomi-
nally not of age they are quite able to take care of
themselves and hold their own against all comers.
The indomitable figures prove the fact, for there are
four world's champions in the five-year-old list. It
is also worthy of note that from 186S when Tattler
trotted to the five-year-old record of 2:26, the first
recorded champion to 1S93, when the five-year-old
mare, Lou Dillon, trotted in 1:58%, is only a period
of thirty-five years and therefore the five-year-olds
made speed far faster than the aged horses, for in
1S6T the aged record was 2:17%.
Tattler was a gray horse foaled in 1863 by Pilot, Jr..
dam Telltale by Telamon, and was the best son of his
sire. He was bred at the famous Woodburn Farm,
Spring Station, Ky., and made his record at Louis-
ville, Ky., October 26, 1S6S. He was not a great
horse yet his blood will be found in many good trot-
ters. The five-year-old record stood still for four
years, when the black mare, Lady Maud, put it down
to 2:22%. Lady Maud was foaled in 1867 by Gen-
eral Knox, dam by Sabek, and she made her record
at Prospect Park. Brooklyn, October 10, 1872. Lady
Maud was quite a race horse in her time. August 5,
1S72, she won a good race in Buffalo for a purse of
$1,500, defeating Zilcaidie Goldust, Mary H. Rowe's
Tommy, and Vanity Fair in 2:29%, 2:22% and 2:24%.
The race at Prospect Park where she took the five-
year-old record, was for $5,000, and she only met
Zilcaidie Goldust. At Rochester on August 11, 1875,
for a purse of $4,500, she defeated Judge Fullerton
and Nettie in 2:18%, 2:19y2 and 2:18%. August 19
found her at Utica, where for a purse of $5,000 she
defeated Nettie. September 21 at Baltimore for a
purse of $2,000 she defeated those two great trotters,
Rams and Adelaide. Six days later at Philadelphia
she met them again with the same result. October
27, 1876, was her last winning race. It was at Wash-
ington, D. C, and she defeated Adelaide and Nettie
in slow time. Lady Maud did good work in her time
and was quite a campaigner.
Four years passed away before the record again
fell and then it went to that brilliant young stal-
lion. Governor Sprague, who was bought by the late
J. I. Case of Racine, Wis., for $25,000. Governor
Sprague was sired by Rhode Island, dam Belle Bran-
don by Hambletonian 10 and was one of the most
popular stallions of his time. He died when twelve
years old, so that his career in the stud was com-
paratively short. As a three-year-old he had a
walk-over at Earlville, 111., for a small sum of $150,
and the time was 3:43. He did not then reappear as
a winner until he was a five-year-old, which closed
his racing career. At Chicago July 20, 1876. he won
a $1,500 purse from Mambrino Kate, Edward, George
Judd, Susie Ross, Quarry Boy, General McArthur and
Frank Myers. All these have passed away and left
little trace on the pages of trotting history, but Gov-
ernor Sprague through his descendants still survives.
At Rochester, N. Y., August 8, for a purse of $2,500
he defeated Mambrino Kate, Hattie and Rose and
took his record as he won in 2:24, 2:21% and 2:23.
He also won two purses of $2,500 each at Pough-
keepsie and Philadelphia, having such good ones
behind him as Mambrino Kate. Irene, Carrie N.. Big
Fellow, Blackwood, Jr., Elsie Good and Lady Mills.
Governor Sprague's time in the stud was short, yet
he produced thirty-six trotters and two pacers to
his credit, and he has twenty-five sons with twenty-
three trotters and thirty-one pacers and fortj-one
daughters with forty-eight trotters and fifteen pacers
10 their credit. Had Governor Sprague lived to the
average stallion age he would have made a great
record.
Strange to say another stallion succeeded Governor
Sprague as the holder of the five-year-old record. At
Sacramento, Cal., Santa Claus trotted in 2:18 Sep-
tember 11, 1S79. He was by Strathmore, dam Lady
Thorne, Jr., by William's Mambrino. He opened his
winning campaign September 2, 1S79, at Oakland,
Cal., for a purse of $700 defeating a field of six. Sep-
tember 6, in a stallion race he met and defeated
Poscora Hayward, Volunteer, and Reliance, and won
in slow time. At Sacramento he was again victori-
ous and he won four other races that year. In 1S80
he opened the game by beating that great horse
Nutwood. September 18, 1880, at Oakland, and re-
peated at Sacramento a week k *.r. He won ag.xin
at San Francisco, November 13, from that well-
known mare Elaine. In 1881 he came East and
joined in the great series of stallion races of that
year. September 15, 1881, for a purse of $10,000 he
defeated Piedmont and Wedgewood. At New York
September 21 for $5,000 he showed his heels to
Wedgewood, Voltaire and Hannis. At Rochester,
August 17, 1882, he defeated Black Cloud and Jerome
Eddy, and in 1SS3 he won several good races. He
sired Sidney and other good ones and will be a
permanent name on the trotting map.
It was four years before there was another drop
in the record and then it came close down to the
world's record. The black gelding Jay-Eye-See by
Dictator, dam Midnight by Pilot Jr., was the hero,
and he cut it down to 2:10%; at that time the
world's record was 2:10%, held by Maud S. Jay-
Eye-See was a great trotter; one of the horses which
will live in trotting history if only from the fact
that he was the first trotter to make a mark of 2:10.
He began his victorious career as a four-year-old
September 23 at Chicago, and for a purse of $1,500
defeated Bronze, taking the last two heats in 2:19
each. His five-year-o'd campaign began early, May
11, 1S83, at Louisville, Ky., when he defeated the
celebrated Charley Ford in slow time. He won a
$3,000 purse very easily at Fleetwood Park, New
York, June 22, distancing his field in the second
heat in 2:19%. June 20 at Albany he went against
time and won in 2:16%. July 4 at Washington in a
race for five-year-olds, he showed his heels to Bronze
and Phil Thompson in 2:19, 2:19% and 2:23. July 20
he was back again in Chicago and defeated Adelaide
and Bronze in slow time. Six days later he was at
Pittsburg, where he met and defeated that clever
campaigner Majolica in 2:22%, 2:17% and 2:17%.
This was for a purse oi $4,000. August 3 at Cleve-
land he met Majolica again and won in the fast time
of 2:20%, 2:16 and 2:15%. At Buffalo there was a
purse for six-year-olds and under and those cele-
brated campaigners. Director and Clemmie G., were
the other starters. The purse was $3,000. Director
won the first heat, but after that Jay-Eye-See had
his own way, his best time being 2:1S%. Septem-
ber 29 at Fleetwood Park, New York, in a $5,000
match he defeated the ex-champion St. Julien in the
slow time of 2:20%, 2:18% and 2:19. The balance
of his efforts for that year were against time and
on September 13 at Providence, R. I., for a purse
of $2,000 he trotted against 2:14 and won in 2:10%.
It was a singular coincidence that over the same
track on August 1 the following year for a purse
■ of $2,500 he should have cut this mark to 2:10. This
made him the world's champion trotter and though
on the following day Maud S. at Cleveland recov-
ered her crown with a record af 2:09%, Jay-Eye-See
will have the everlasting honor of being the first
horse that ever trotted in 2:10.
The 2:10% of Jay-Eye-See stood for eight years
till that prince of stallions Allerton 2:09%, appeared
upon the scene. By Jay Bird, dam Gussie Wilkes, by
Mambrino Boy he was from all standpoints a phe-
nomenal campaigning success. Allerton started his
racing career when a two-year-old and gave little
signs of future greatness, though he won three races
in slow time and finished with a record of 2:40%.
As a three-year-old he was entered against aged
horses in class races and proved to be a thoroughly
game campaigner. He closed with a record of 2:1S%.
As a four-year-old his big victory was at Detroit
where he won the Horseman's Great Expectation
Stake for four-year-olds, worth $9,450. His best time
was 2:16%, October 10, at Terre Haute he won a
$1,000 purse in straight heats and his best time was
2:15. Just at the close of the season he reduced his
record to 2:13%.
His five-year-old career was his climax and he be-
gan it July 4 at Independence by reducing his record
to 2:10 and September 19, at Independence, la., to
2:09%. this gave him the five-year-old and the stal-
lion championship. For a purse of $10,000 he met
the King of the North, Nelson, at Grand Rapids,
en October S. Nelson won the first heat in 2:13 and
Allerton the next three in slower time. A week later
he met Delmarch in an $8,000 match, and won in
straight heats. As a five-year-old to high wheeled
sulky he trotted five heats in 2:10 or better. His
successful career in the stud has shown that his se-
vere campaigns from two to five years old did not
impair his vitality and he is still in the enjoyment
of a vigorous old age.
Nancy Hanks, foaled in 1886, by Happy Medium,
dam Nancy Lee by Dictator, September 30, 1891, cut
the mark down to 2:09. so that Allerton did not long
retain his championship and October 20 Sunol trot-
ted in 2:0S% at Stockton, Cal., and thus became not
only the five-year-old champion but the trotting queen
the first five-year-old to win the two crowns. A
year later another champion appeared in the bay
horse Kremlin by Lord Russell, dam Eventide by
Woodford Mambrino. who at Nashville, Tenn., No-
vember 12 cut the record to 2:07% and became at
the same time the champion stallion. Kremlin was a
high class and game campaigner and won the great
Transylvania purse from the best campaigners of
the year. He is a success in the stud and is cer-
tainly a great brood mare sire,
September, 1S93, the beautiful mare Alix by Pat-
ronage, dam Atlanta by Attorney, equaled the record
in one of the most sensational races ever trotted took
the first heat in 2:07% and divided honors with
Kremlin. A year later she won the world's cham-
pionship in 2:03%.
That brilliant but unfortunate horse Ralph Wilkes
by Red Wilkes, dam Mary Mays by Mambrino Pat-
chen captured the championship on October 19, 1894.
He was a game race horse and a great campaigner
and his early death was a great loss to the breeding
interests. Four years later the bay horse Bingen
by May King, dam Young Miss by Young Jim
equaled the record at Louisville, Ky., September 26,
jS98. Bingen"s marvelous success as a sire not only
justifies his championship, but is a most brilliant
prcof cf the laws of heredity. Strange as it may
seem it is equally true that it took four years to
reduce the record and then it was done by only a
quarter of a second by the roan mare Susie J., by
Jayhawker, at Brooklyn, N. Y., August 18, 1902. Oc-
tober 23, the same year Major Delmar at Nashville,
Tenn., cut it down to 2:05%.
Then came the cyclone. Lou Dillon, a chestnut
mare by Sidney Dillon, dam Lou Milton by Milton
Medium, could certainly not be called fashionably
bred, nor would she have attracted much attention
in a sales ring. The wise men of the trotting turf,
would certainly have passed all previous records and
though her fastest performances were made with a
runner in front the crowning fact is that Lou Dil-
lon is the only trotter that ever cut the mark to
1:58% and that she did it when five years old and
then won the world's championship as well as being
queen of the five-year-olds. This record is liable to
stand the test of time. It will be a bright and shin-
ing mark for many years to come and in all prob-
ability the famous mare will be many years below
the sod before another five-year-old trotter either
equals or passes her famous record. — Chicago Horse-
man.
TO HELP STATE FAIR.
Sacramento is out to make the State Fair this
year the greatest event of its kind ever held in this
or any other Western State, states the Sacramento
Bee. Attractions will be brought here which are
known throughout the United States, and the ex-
pense of providing these costly features will be met
by the people of Sacramento. A fund of almost $100,-
000 will be raised by the commercial and financial
interests of the city to make the attractions possible.
The additions to the State Fair will be held at State
Agricultural Park and be a part of the Fair.
Publicity of the kind that will result in the Fair
being discussed throughout the State will result from
the negotiations already under way for a motion
picture firm to reproduce features of the Frontier
Days Show in every city in California. The motion
pictures were taken at the last Frontier Days Show
given at Cheyenne, Wyo., and announcements will
be made that the original show, with many added
features, will he given at the State Fair in Sacra-
mento.
The Frontier Days Show consists of bronco bust-
ing, rope throwing, steer tying, fancy riding, and
contests for championships in several events which
have made Cheyenne famous. Added to this will be
the band of Cheyenne River Sioux Indians. The In-
dians are a big show in themselves and will give
exhibitions, the like of which have never been seen
on this Coast.
The State Agricultural Society has arranged to
enlarge the seating capacity of the grandstand and
the b.eaehers and build three hundred boxes, so as
to accommodate the large crowds the big features
will undoubtedly attract. The boxes, which will te
built to accommodate six persons, will be auctioned
off before the opening of the Fair. They will be for
the entire week of the Fair, and the purchasers will
have them reserved.
BREED HORSES TO TYPE.
J. E. Payne, plains field agent of the Colorado Ag-
ricultural College at Fort Collins, writes:
During my fourteen years' residence in eastern
Colorado I have seen many horse ranches, and have
usually found several types of stallions running on
the same range or in the same pasture.
One ranchman of my acquaintance has Black Per-
cheron, Coach and Clydesdale stallions. These stal-
lions were all good of their kind, but they were used
indiscriminately. The result was that after eight
years of such breeding it was impossible to find a
team of perfectly matched horses among a herd of
250 horses. Had matched stallions of either of the
breeds been used, many matched teams could have
been found, and the profits could have been ma-
terially increased.
Breeders of range cattle have found they can sell
their young steers with greater ease and profit if
they have been bred to a type. Thus the XII cattle
were once so uniform that one could cut fifty out of
a trail herd and they would be practically like any
other fifty in the herd. Those cattle were bred to
a type so long that buyers could know what they
were getting.
It should be the same with horses bred at old
established horse ranches. If bred to a type for a
few generations the horses would be so much alike
that carloads would average about the same and
matched teams would be common.
DOPING WILD HORSES.
Goldfield <Nev.), June 21.— A number of Goldfield
residents and prospectors on the desert are looking
for a certain individual who in an attempt to cap-
tme wild horses for the California horse market is
endangering the lives of not only all animals in the
southern country, but also of prospectors on the des-
ert. He placed a large tub or trough of water near
a corral and into this poured a narcotic. Wild horses
drank the water and became dazed, so that he was
able to catch them. In this way he was successful
for a few nights and caught quite a number. Next
time he put in too much of the narcotic and killed
a number of horses and some domestic stock was
killed. The inhabitants warned him not to continue
the practice. He refused to obey them and went to
another place to carry out his scheme for catching
horses.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 25, 1910.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY J. X. D»WITT.
A NORTHERN ARIZONA GAME COUNTRY.
Blacktail deer, bear, turkey, antelope, mountain
lion, bob lynx, timber wolves, coyotes, beaver, fox,
duck, quail, doves, trout, rabbits, edible frogs and
a variety of wild plants, some of which are very
toothsome, are all to be found in a district less than
thirty hours from Los Angeles. This is the little-
known district of North Central Arizona.
Formerly this strip of country was well known to
the few trappers, miners, and adventurous travelers
of the old Apache stage road, and some of these men
stayed and established small farms and ranches,
undismayed by the inroads of their neighbors, the
Apaches. Now it is again almost forgotten. Even
the maps are inaccurate, and the country lies in
practically the same unknown and primeval, con-
dition as before the coming of the white man.
While it is true that every bungling amateur can-
not kill all the game he wants, he will at least see
plenty of it. This is one hunting ground where deer
can still be seen in bunches of twenty and thirty,
and also antelope; where turkey can be seen every
few days and the tracks of lion and wolf stand out
on almost every trail. There still remain several
colony of beaver on the Carrizo, Upper Chevalon and
along the headwaters of Clear creek. The wild tur-
keys are numerous and feed on acorns, juniper
berries and pine nuts. The deer and bear congre-
gate where there is a big mast as the acorn is
with them also a favorite article of food.
Most of the best hunting lies within the bound-
aries of the Sitgreaves National Forest and Coconino
forest, but the Apache reservation abounds in bear
and there are many fine trout streams. However,
game in the White mountains is not so plentiful as
the tales told would lead one to believe, and the
Mogollon are far better for the hunter. The Apaches
are superstitious only concerning bear and fish, into
whose bodies some of them believe their ancestors
have entered, hut other game is scarce in the White
mountains.
The old Apache stage road, now almost obliterated
by time and the elements, but formerly the scene of
many stirring adventures, runs directly through the
game country. The traveler occasionally finds old
weather-beaten United States ammunition cases, and
sometimes scattered cartridges, which testify to
some forgotten skirmish .between the Apaches and
soldiers.
The rim of the Black mesa affords a sight almost
equal to the Grand canyon, which lies about ninety
miles north. The Black mesa rim drops 3000 feet
abruptly and gives an uninterrupted view for hun-
dreds of miles. The rugged grandeur and immensity
of the view is inspiring.
The maps are strangely inaccurate in showing the
district of North Central Arizona, entirely missing
important streams, canyons of considerable depth,
and mountains of an altitude of 10,000 and 11,000
feet. The nfbst interesting portion of this country
lies south of the San Francisco peaks, about forty
miles, and is a belt of some thirty miles wide by
one hundred miles, extending eastward, and takes in
portions of the Mogollon mountains, the Black mesa
and the White mountains.
The mountains, covered with great pines, spruce
and oak, the carpets of pine needles, grammar and
bunch grass, the absence of dense undergrowth, the
canyons seemingly of vast depths, the long distances
and clear, bracing air are only a few charming fea-
tures of the locality. In this portion of the country
rise innumerable streams, which combine and flow
into the Salt river, and on the other side of a ridge
into the Verde river, while to the north flow streams
which form the Little Colorado. The waters finally
combine to form the Colorado, which empties into
the Gulf of Lower California.
As a game country the Mogollon mountains offer
a plenty and variety not excelled by Southern Ore-
gon, and as the hunting is done mostly on horseback,
there is keener satisfaction and less hardship than
is usually incident to good hunting in most localities.
The hunter does not have to spend his time fighting
dense underbrush.
There are a few scattered ranches and stock men
in the district, and a few forest rangers do yeoman
work in preventing fires and protecting game. It is
rich in ancient Aztec ruins. There are also tales of
lost mines and lodes of wondrous richness. The
people are hospitable and interesting, and the In-
dians keep to the reservation, and are very friendly.
There are two authentic and comparatively recent
tales of lost mines which are interesting. Some
thirty or forty years ago certain wandering Apaches
came across the cabin of a settler in the Tonto
basin, and, after a fight of some hours, the Indians
were driven off. A few days later the settler was
digging out a bullet fired by the Indians into a log,
when he noticed it was harder than lead. Subse-
quently he found the bullet to be silver. Several
years after the outbreak of Geronimo was quelled,
an Indian was injured and was taken care of by this
same settlor, and upon being shown the bullet, said
it was from a mine where the Indians went for their
bullets. He offered to take the settler to the place
when he ecovered. The country in that vicinity is
very rough, and a multitude of canyons and chasms
are confusing, but the settler found the Indian had
told the truth. He found a large vein of pure silver,
from which pieces had been hacked to mold into
bullets. After returning, he again started out with
some friends, while the Indian left for the reserva-
tion, but he was never able to find the vein again.
Another story relates to the prospector who
brought in $30,000 worth of rich, gold ore. Organiz-
ing a party and returning to work the mine properly,
the party was set upon by Apaches when within
eight miles of their destination. The prospector and
the entire party, except one man, was killed, but
before the attack the prospector had told this man
that the mine was in a deep canyon, eight miles
east. At the time the party was camped near a
butte, and about eight miles west of Leonard canyon.
During the last year there has been an organized
search for this mine, as the facts are well known,
but so far without success.
The best way to reach this interesting country is
from the towns of Flagstaff or Winslow, and the
best time of year July to November, as then the
climate is ideal. As no railroad approaches within
forty miles of the good hunting, pack horses or a
buckboard must be secured for the last stage of the
journey.
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MEADOW LARKS AND ENGLISH SPARROWS.
The meadow lark from an economic point, as an in-
sectivorous bird, has apparently a precarious stand-
ing in the State. Quasi protection is offered by the
statute, Section 637a of the Penal Code, which for-
bids the killing, catching or having in one's posses-
sion, etc., of any wild bird" — provided further that
"nothing in this section shall prohibit the
killing of a meadow lark, robin, or other wild bird
by the owner or tenant of any premises where such
bird is found destroying berries, fruit or crops grow-
ing on such premises, but the birds so killed shall
not be shipped or sold; and nothing in this act
shall prevent a citizen of California [mark the
distinction, — Ed.] from taking or keeping any wild
non-game bird as a domestic pet, if such bird shall
not be sold or offered for sale, or transported out
of the State, a permit to keep the same having first
been obtained from the State Board of Fish Commis-
sioners."
Researches of the U. S. Biological Survey were
strongly in favor of the meadow lark as the farmer's
friend. On top of this comes a statement in the Sac-
ramento Bee which places, to a certain extent, the
yellow-breasted songster, in rather an uneviable
light.
The English sparrow, however, has no sponsor
and for good cause. John Leisk Tait in a recent
article covers the subject in a manner that is worthy
of attention. Both articles are given below:
"Had J. W. Stuckenbruck of Acampo, champion of.
the famous meadow lark bill before the last session
of the Legislature, been present at the Board of
Trade lectures on 'Insert Control.' at the Stockton
Chamber of Commerce, he would have heard some-
thing that would have given him extreme satisfac-
tion.
That the meadow lark is of absolutely no value to
the horticulturist from the standpoint of insect con-
trol, and that an immense injury has been done
to the agriculturist of California by the vast increase
in number of meadow larks, is the declaration of Pro-
fessor Warren T. Clarke, Superintendent of Univer-
sity Extension in California.
The stand taken by the professor was more than
pleasing to the many farmers who were present,
among them being George W. Asher, who fought
hard along with Assemblyman Stuckenbruck to have
the recent bill permitting the slaughter of the lark
passed. It is probable that Stuckenbruck will, if
re-elected, again propose this bill. Mr. Ashley an-
nounces that the testimony of Professor Clarke will
be used for campaign purposes before the Legislature.
Professor Clarke referred to the meadow lark prob-
lem as an incidental feature of his lecture, but it was
one of main interest to those present. The Uni-
versity man prefaced his remarks on the meadow lark
by stating that he loved birds and that to him a land-
scape without its songbirds had something very lack-
ing. He admitted that this was purely an esthetic
view, however, and said that from an economic stand-
point the slaughter of meadow larks should be per-
mitted.
Professor Clarke recently conducted a series of
scientific investigations, in which he had the help
for eight months of Mr. Bee of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. Meadow larks were killed
at all seasons of the year and the contents of then-
crops and stomachs were closely examined in the
University laboratory. Sixty-five per cent of the
food of the meadow lark throughout the year, said
Professor Clarke, consists of insects and seeds. Of
the insects, ninety per cent are desirable insects,
the kind that the horticulturist wants in his orchard
and that he imports to kill off lice, scale and other
damaging pests. Of the seed eaten by the meadow
lark, 19 per cent consists of seed planted by the
farmer. Sixteen per cent of the meadow lark's food
consists of fruit. The lark never touches the morning
glory or mustard, and the seed of the Johnson grass
formed no part of the contents of the crops and
stomachs examined. In the Spring of the year 50 per
cent of the lark's food consists of seeds.
Professor Clarke stated that this year at the State
University Farm, at Davis, it had been necessary to
replant a field three times because of the seed devas-
tation wrought by the lark, nnally the authorities
resorted to the plan of keeping students patrolling
the field with shotguns, firing off volleys of blank
cartridges to keep the larks away.
By this declaration Professor Clarke takes issue
with Eastern scientists and Auuubon societies who
claim that the lark is the farmer's friend."
"There's always war among the English (Sparrows).
They fight among themselves until they find an
American small bird, then they unite to clean out
everything of Yankee origin. A few months ago I
was looking out the window and saw a little wood-
pecker come and light on the trunk of a tree, hunt-
ing for its breakfast. Instantly three English spar-
rows came and drove it away. The little American
came back again; five Englishmen then put it to
flight. Thus, with sparrows on the one hand and
shotguns on the other, the woodpeckers are b scorn-
ing extinct, and our remaining timber trees are being
destroyed by the larvae of various insects.
Professor Beach found in the stomach of one Urge
woodpecker 5000 ants — just one meal.
The tender leaves on the tops of young shoots of
trees in the latter part of May or the beginning of
June will be found to roll up and perish. Examina-
tion will reveal a filthy mass of green, gray or black
aphis. These suck the juices from the leaves and
kill them. The leaves make the building material
for the tree. Destruction of the leaves, by any
agency, means the death of the tree. The scientist
tells us that the aphidae — a pair of thejn — are ca-
pable of becoming the progenitors of 3,000,000 in one
season!
The aphis exudes a sweetish substance called
"honey dew." On this the ants feed; hence the
aphides are commonly called the "ants' cows." They
take care of their "cows," carry them into their bur-
rows in the Fall and bring them back in the Spring;
move them from twig to twig, and from tree to tree.
Hence, the destruction of the insectiverous birds,
means an increase of ants to an extent that no mind
can calculate, and the consequent increase of the
aphides would destroy all vegetation.
Nearly all American song birds feed ravenously on
the "Fall web-worm." But the destruction of birds
has resulted in their multiplication to such an alarm-
ing extent that, if not checked, this pest alone will
destroy every decidious tree in Northern Ohio, the
upper part of Pennsylvania, New York and easterlv,
and also westerly, to Wisconsin, inside of fifteen
years.
They have swept down the Atlantic Coast as far
as Florida, and are closing in upon the centers of
the whole country.
The one great destroyer of our native birds is the
English sparrow. He breaks their egs= »nd kills
their young, and what old King George III failed to
do they are accomplishing — conquering America, but
conquering it only to lay it waste by the destruction
of insect pests which they themselves will not touch.
I have photographs of a few of these vagabonds,
as I caught them at dusk, at Fountain Square, Cin-
cinnati, O., on the 22d day of December. What we
see is only a few; there were fully a hundred thou-
sand of them within a few squares, and the racket
they made drowned the noise of the street cars, and
their filth was such that people could not pass under
the trees. They buffet and drive away the martins
and barn swallows — birds worth their weight in gold
as destroyers of mosquitoes and flies, gathering
nearly all their food "on the wing," each bird con-
suming not less than 3000 flies daily. As a result of
the destruction of the swallows (by the English
sparrow) we are being eaten up with flies, and tens
of thousands of deaths annually occur as the result of
bacteria being carried into our food by the flies.
Of all the evils that have happened to America,
none is greater than that of the introduction of the
English sparrow. Destroy him or he will be the
cause of the destruction of America.
By a general concerted movement the English
sparrows can be so reduced in numbers that they will
do but little harm. This can be done only by organ-
ization. Therefore, every man, woman, boy and girl
should join in the work of the destruction of Ameri-
ca's greatest foe, the English sparrow, and help to
restore the native birds, without whose aid all our
trees will be destroyed.
Tacoma Marksmen Won. — The Tacoma rifle team
in the Pacific Coast Rifle League defeated the Spo-
kane squad on the 22nd inst. by the narrow margin
of one point, the final scores being 747 to 746. H. O.
Schofield was high man with a total of 150. This
was a regularly scheduled match in the""competition
series that began May 8 and runs until July 3, with
fortnightly match shoots between six teams in five
Coast cities.
Big Rainbow Trout. — The largest rainbow trout on
record taken from streams in the San Bernardino
mountains has been caught by J. L. Thompson of
Los Angeles. It measured twenty-two inches and
weighed six pounds. The large trout was caught in
Bear Creek, below the Big Bear valley dam. Several
days ago a youth named Sanborn caught a twenty-
two-inch trout, but Thompson's catch is said to beat
anything ever brought from those mountains.
Saturday, June 25, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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AT THE TRAPS.
The Montana State Sportsmen's Association sev-
enteenth annual blue rock tournament took place
at Missoula, Mont, this year, June 9, 10 and 11.
The attendance numbered 51, 52 and 49 shooters,
respectively tor the three days.
Tom Barclay of Walla Walla shot high amateur
average 4S8 out of 540 targets. Earl Farmin ot Sand
Point broke 4S6, George C. Mapes ot Missoula 4S5,
Neil McMillan of Idaho Falls 584, E. A. Sanborne of
Manhattan 583.
Pete Holohan won first high professional aver-
lage, H. E. Hirschey second, L. A. Cummings third
and H. G. Taylor fourth.
The first day of the tournament was marked by
the fact that a Missoula man captured the event of
the day. C. G. Mapes won the Brownlee medal,
which was the feature event of the day, by making
a straight score of 25 birds. W. Selvidge of Helena,
E. A. Sanborne of Manhattan, J. M. Frazier of Great
Falls, G. C. Mapes of Missoula and W. Steinbrenner
of Missoula tied for this prize with 24 each, but
Mapes won out in the shoot-off. This event was num-
ber 10.
The next event of interest was the team shoot.
The Lewistown team took first in this event, with
Great Falls second, Missoula and Helena tied for
third, and Manhattan fourth. This event consisted
of 25 singles.
The Klepetko challenge medal was tied for by five
men and was decided on the second day. This event
was 10 pair of doubles and 16 was the best score
made.
The high men in the first day's 12 events were:
Event No. 1. — 15 singles — W. Selvidge, Dr. R.
Houston, C. L. Crane, W. Steinbrenner, J. M. Fra-
zier and J. H. Montgomery.
Event No. 2. — 15 singles — E. J. Chingren, E. D.
Farmin, Sandy Irvine, J. M. Frazier and Thomas
Barclay.
Event No. 3. — 15 singles — Dr. R. Houston, E. J.
Chingren, C. L. Parsons, W. Steinbrenner and
Thomas Barclay.
Event No. 4. — 20 singles — E. P. Matthewson,
Thomas Barclay, P. H. O'Brien, E. J. Chingren, and
E. D. Farnim.
Event No. 5. — 15 singles — Frank Barter and E. I.
Wheeler.
Event No. 6. — 15 singles — Dr. R. Houston, E. J.
Chingren, Thomas Hickey, C. L. Crane, F. Woody,
Gus Frazier and R. Prosser.
Event No. 7. — 20 singles — E. A. Canborne, E. J.
Chingren and C. L. Parsons.
Event No. 8. — 15 singles — Thomas Barclay, P. H.
O'Brien, E. J. Chingren and W. Steinbrenner.
Event No. 9. — 15 singles— H. H. Neil and H.
O'Brien.
Event No. 10. — 25 singles— Won by G. C. Mapes.
Event No. 11. — 10 pair doubles — The following tied
with 16 birds: Mathewson, Confarr, Goddard, Wea-
ver and Parsons.
Event No. 12. — 25 singles — This was the team
shoot and they finished in the following order:
Lewistown team, Weaver, Parsons and Bisbee, first
with 71. Great Falls team, J. M. Frazier, Gus Fra-
zier and Irvine, second with 67. Helena team, Sel-
vidge, Prosser and Bartos, tied with the Missoula
team for third with 64. Missoula team, Steinbren-
ner, Mapes and Baker. Manhattan team, Storey, Al-
terbradt and Sanborne, fourth with 62.
Up to the time of Thursday's shooting, Missoula
had never held a medal won in a stae shoot. G. C.
Mapes spoiled this unenviable record Thursday by
winning the Brownlee medal. The second day he re-
peated by winning the Brownlee medal with a clean
score of 30 straight. Mapes' shooting was consistent
throughout and he took second place among the ama-
teurs with 194. Alspough of Livingston, won first
place, defeated Mapes by only one bird, his total
being 195 out of 215. Selvidge of Billings drew third
place with an average of 193.
The Butte Rod and Gun Club medal was won by
Frank Bartos of Helena with a score of 35. This
event consists of five pairs of doubles from the 14-
yard line, 15 singles from the 20-yard line, 15 singles
from the 22-yard line.
The Manhattan challenge cup shoot, which was
the last event of the afternoon, was won by the
Livingston team. Alspough and Confarr brought
home the money for Livingston in this event and
did some excellent work, Confarr picking his 25
birds straight, and Alspough losing only one. Cas-
cade and Missoula were tied for second place with
47 each. , ,
The most noticeable feature of Friday's shooting
was the way the amateurs held down the professional
shooters. Alspough, who had high average with
195, was one point ahead of Taylor and Holohan,
both professionals, who tied with 194 for first place,
Hirschey was second with 193 and Cummings third
with 188.
The high men in Friday's events were:
Event No. 13. — 15 sing'es — McMillan, Barclay,
O'Brien, Chingren, Parsons, Crane and Alspough.
Event No. 14. — 15 singles — McMillan, Sanborne,
Farmin, Steinbrenner and Alspough.
Event No. 15. — 20 singles — Confarr, Mapes and
England.
Event No. 16. — 15 singles — Drumgoole, Sanborne
and Chingren.
Event No. 17. — 20 singles — Drumgoole, O'Brien and
Frazier.
Event No. 18. — 15 singles — Matthewson, O'Brien,
Farmin, Mapes, Frazier, Alspough and England.
Event No. 19. — 20 singles— McMillan, Sanborne
and Houston.
Event No. 20. — 30 singles — Mapes.
Event No. 21. — 40 birds — Bartos.
Event No. 22. — 25 singles — Confarr.
Neil McMillan of Idaho Falls was there with the
gun Saturday and made a strong bid for both the
individual and the handicap trophies. In the indi-
vidual championship shoot McMillan tied with Rowe
of Butte, but in the shoot-off he dropped four out
of his 25.
Missoula showed strong in the handicap shoot
and with an even break of luck would have romped
home with the change. Orville England, who had
not showed very strong during the first days of the
shoot, climbed out of bed Saturday morning, donned
his shooting clothes and proceeded to break 91 birds
out of a possible 100. This tied him with McMillan
for first place. In shooting off this event England
started well and was breaking the rocks with start-
ling regularity, when, on the seventh bird, his gun
broke and he was forced to borrow a gun. Although
shooting with a strange gun he did well and was
only defeated by one bird. "The score was McMil-
lan 21, England 20. The 'ast bird shot at by Eng-
land was an easy chance and he would have whiffed
it easily with his own shotgun. McMillan deserves
a great deal of credit in this event, as he was shoot-
ing from the 20-yard line, while England toed the 14-
yard mark.
One of the most, exciting features of the day was
the Brownlee challenge medal. This medal was won
by Mapes on the first day of the shoot, but 19 aspi-
rants to the honor challenged and forced him to de-
fend it. Fifty birds were shot and when the smoke
had cleared it was found that Mapes had scored 49
and W. A. Selvidge of Billings was tied with him.
In the shoot-off Mapes retained all his honors by
scoring 23 against his opponent's 21. By this feat
Mapes netted himself a neat little sum, as every
man that challenged him and lost, had the pleasure
of presenting him with $3.00.
A special event that was not carded on the pro-
gram was a center of much interest and applause.
This was the ladies' special, which was won by Mrs.
Houston of Kalispell. She was hard pushed by Mrs.
Mapes, who, spurred on by the enviable record her
husband had made during the shoot, made the Kalis-
pell contendent shoot hard and straight to win the
match. Mrs. Houston handled a regulation weapon
in exceptionally clever style. Following is the score
of the event:
Mrs. Mapes 15
Mrs. Sitherwood 10
Mrs. Frazier 8
Mrs. Houston 17
The high men in the last day's events were:
Event No. 23 (15 singles) — Chingren and Drum-
goole.
Event No. 24 (50 singles) — Rowe.
Event No. 25 (100 singles) — McMillan.
Events Nos. 26, 27, and 28 comprised the conso-
lation shoot and were shot as follows:
Event No. 26 (25 single, open to all shooters with
a previous per cent of 85 or better) — Barclay, Pros-
ser, Parsons, Farmin and Sanborne.
Event No. 27 (25 singles, open to all shooters with
a per cent of over 78 and under 85) — Houston.
Event No. 28 (25 singles, open to all shooters with
a per cent of 75 or less) — W. Johnson and England.
President, Nelson Storey, Jr., of Bozeman; Vice-
President, W. A. Selvidge of Billings; Secretary-
Treasurer, C. H. Smith of Butte; Board of Directors —
J. F. Alspough of Livingston, Henry Oltenbrand of
Manhattan and Henry Witten of Big Timber.
The above officers were elected for the ensuing
year at the annual meeting of the Montana State
Sportsmen Association which was held Friday eve-
ning in the rooms of the Missoula club. The meeting
was enthusiastic and well attended. After Frank
Woody, the former president, had called the meeting
to order and the minutes had been read, E. P. Math-
ewson presented Secretary Smith with a antediluvian
blunderbuss, in view of the long service he had given
the Association. Mr. Smith has been secretary of
the club since a year after its organization, making
his term of service 15 years. After Mr. Mathewson
had presented the joke gun to Mr. Smith, a committee
from the Association handed him a Winchester pigeon
grade gun of the latest model and design. This Mr.
Smith accepted with a few appropriate remarks.
The rules governing the Butte Rod and Gun Club
medal shoot were changed at the meeting. The for-
mer rules governing this made good scores a very
hard thing to get and consequently the distances were
slightly changed. The event formerly consisted of
15 targets at 20 yards, 15 at 22 yards and five pairs
of doubles at 16 yards. This was changed to 10
singles at 16 yards, 10 at 18 yards and 10 at 20 yards,
with five pair of doubles at 16 yards.
Hunter's Hot Springs was selected as the place
where the next State shoot should be held, but it was
left with the officers to make a change to Butte, in
case the holding of the shoot at the springs would
prove too expensive.
A vote of thanks to the Missoula club and to the
citizens of Missoula for the great treatment that had
been accorded the visitors and for the smooth and
expeditious manner in which the local club had
handled the shoot, was passed and recorded on the
minutes.
Several of the outside members of the association
expressed themselves as more than satisfied with the
way the shoot had been handled and with the good
judging and scoring.
A resolution recommending that the Association do
all in its power to aid the newly organized Angler's
Club was passed by the meeting. This club is inter-
ested in the stocking of Montana's streams and in
the stoppage of violations to the game laws.
A resolution endorsing Henry Avare's administra-
tion as game warden was next introduced and met
with the hearty support of the meeting. The secre-
tary was authorized to send a copy of the resolution
to the Governor.
The treasurer's report was next read and showed
a balance of $126.70 on the credit side of the books.
The report was adopted.
H. C. Hirschey, representing the Peters Cartridge
Company, and L. A. Cummings of the Winchester
Arms Company, were called on by the president, and
both made good sensible talks to the association on
the way a shoot should be run and mistakes avoided.
Montana State Sportsmen's Association, Seven-
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Targets
L. E. Stephens . . .
E. P. Mathewson .
H. H. Nell .......
Neil McMillan . . .
James Drumgoole .
H. E. Hirschy . . .
Nelson Storey, Jr.
H. Alterbrandt . . .
W. Selvidge
H. G. Taylor
E. F. Confarr
Thomas Barclay .
J. Ward Husse- . . .
P. H. O'Brien
D. W. King
Dr. R.. Houston . . .
E. J. Chingren . . .
Frank Bartos
E. D. Farmin
C. L. Flannagan . . .
C. H. Smith
Thomas Rowe ....
C. C. Goddard ...
Thomas Hickey .
Sam Weaver
C. L. Parsons . . .
E. A. Wheeler . . .
Ed Bisbee
C. L. Crane
L. A. Cummings . .
G. C. Mapes
\V. Steinbrenner .
Frank Woody . . .
J. Baker
G. E. Golohan . . .
Sandy Irvine
J. M. Frazier
W. M. Johnson . . .
Gus Frazier
J. F. Alspaugh . . .
R. Prosser
W. R. Johnston .
J. H. Montgomery
O. G. England . . .
George Heimbach
Joseph Oettinger .
C. J. Sturm
F. Cuno
J. G. Richie
J. A. Logan
Event No. 10 — Brownlee medal
Event No. 11 — Ten double rises.
Event No. 12 — Team shot.
Friday, June 10, 1910.
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Alterbrandt 12 14 16 14 18 12
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 25, 1910.
Johnson
G. Frazier
Alspough . . :
Prosser
W. Johnston
Montgomery
England
Heimbach
Healea
Norbergh
Munn
Richie
Sitherwood
Hickey
Saturday, June 12,
Events
Targets
Contestants —
Holohan
O'Brien
Hirsehey
Barclay
Cummings
Taylor
Selvidge
Mapes
Parsons
Chingren
Farmin
McMillan
Woody
Bartos
Frazier, J. M
Dnimgoole
Baker
Prosser
Steinbrenner
King
Sanborne
Alspough
Flannigan
Mathewson
Nell
Alterbrandt
Confarr
Houston
Rowe
Weaver
Wheeler
Crane
Irvine
Frazier, Gus
Johnson
Story
Smith
Goddard
Johnston, W
Montgomery
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Heimbach
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A day's enjoyable outing and incidentally a little
trap-shooting took place the 19th inst. at the Pastime
Gun Club bungalow near Alvarado. The scores of a
squad in three 25-target events were:
Rink 11111 11110 11111 01111 01101 — 21
Thomas 11111 11111 01111 11011 11110—22
Cummings 11111 10111 10010 11101 00101—17
Carlson 11111 11111 HOlO 11101 10111—21
Hopps 01011 11111 11111 11111 11111—23
Rink 11110 11111 OHIO 11111 11010—20
Carlson 11101 11111 11110 11111 11111—23
Cummings 11111 11011 OHIO 01101 00111 — 18
Thomas 01111 11111 11111 11111 11111—24
Hopps 01010 11111 11111 11111 11111—23
Rink 00101 11110 11111 11111 01111—20
Carlson 00111 11110 11111 11111 01111—21
Cummings 00101 01111 11111 00111 01111"— 18
Thomas 11100 11111 01101 11111 11111—21
Hopps 11111 Hill mil HOOO 00111—20
J. W. Garrett of Colorado Springs established a
world's trap-shooting record in the preliminaries of
the Grand American Handicap tournament at the
Chicago Gun Club grounds, June 21st, so a press
report has it. The western professional broke 100
straight clay targets in the five sweep-stake events,
one of which was at ten double targets.
This is the first time in tournament history that
this has been accomplished. One straight score has
been made before, but not with one of the events a
double-target contest. The former record was held
by P. G. Bills of Chicago.
Recent reports from Catalina island state that
there is at present unusually good fishing for yellow-
tail, white bass and sea bass.
The San Mateo streams will be well stocked this
season. The Ocean Shore railroad has made ar-
rangements to secure for San Gregorio creek 100,000
steelhead trout fry, the same amount for Peseadero
creek pud 75,000 rainbow fry for Purissima creek, a
stream that the steelhead trout cannot get into.
Dri- < Jackson's Napa Soda.
[By Gaucho.]
Thinking that perhaps a few timely remarks might
not come amiss, the writer timidly lays at your feet,
the following, hoping some inexperienced person may
be benefited by reading these notes.
The great interest, and I might say, paternal solici-
tude exhibited by certain otherwise well-meaning
individuals toward beginners, and the divers kinds
of advice so lavishly and unstintingly bestowed on
them, has suggested a few ideas, the ventilating of
which I am sure must be received by both instructors
and pupils with feelings of gratitude.
By adopting a few suggestions herein laid down
it is to be hoped that much time may be saved
during large tournaments, fewer accidents happen,
and that those dears whose benevolent proclivities
cause them to torget themselves in the fervent en-
deavor of advancing others may find solace and
rewrard for a labor of love so cheerfully given and,
alasl too often so carefully followed that every year
we find more and more past masters in instruction
wrho signally fail to instruct, simply because their
theories are too fine spun to be of practical use.
Hony soit qui mal y pense.
Never get your ammunition until you are called to
the score. There is always plenty of time for that,
and it is obviously unwise to go about carrying extra
weight.
Make it a rule to always load your gun before
filling your pockets, lor then there can be no mistake
as to its being loaded. If it has a safety, at this
juncture carefully push it forward, then you may be
reasonably sure it is ready to go off. If perchance
it should explode in some unaccountable manner
before you reach the score that makes no difference,
as you will be allowed another shot, so nothing is
lost thereby; while on the contrary, spectators and
contestants alike have been treated to a slight diver-
sion calculated at all times to break the monotony 01
the occasion.
After having fired at position No. 5, always load
your piece while walking down to No. 1. If a thing
is worth doing at all do it well, so dexterously slip
in the cartridge, en passant, and slam the gun to-
gether, meanwhile walking briskly to your post,
keeping the muzzle of your gun well in line of every
shooter's stomach. Until one has thoroughly tried
this method nothing but the faintest idea can be
entertained of the various emotions and impulses
experienced by the brethren at the score. Should
any over-timid brother remonstrate, an assurance of
the fact that one has done a world of field shooting
and only on rare occasions sprinkled a dog or com-
panion will at once remove all symptoms of fear and
give one at Ihe same time the air of a finished sports-
man, the ear-marks of which are an absolute dis-
regard of human life and limb. It is only super-
nervous people who are careful with firearms; an
experienced shot is so sure of himself and his weapon
that he can make no mistake. If, however, by any
chance the gun should go off, a hearty "Ha! ha!"
accompanied by a jaunty swagger and attitude of
nonchalance will render all apologies unnecessary —
nay, superfluous.
The loquacious and experienced trap shot dislikes
above all things to start an event commencing from
position No. 1, because then he cannot commune
intelligently with anyone on his left, and, as the man
at his light has not had a shot, good, bad or indiffer-
ent, there is technically nothing left to applaud or
criticise.
Therefore No. l's only consolation should he miss
would be to instantly explain how it happened to
No. 2. If this is done in a loud, stentorian voice,
nothing will be more conducive to No. 2 following
suit. If No. 2 is a gentleman he will not say much
above his breath, but he will think a few things, and
then and there his opinion of No. 1 will be formed
for all time to come.
The most enviable position while at the score is
clearly when at No. 3, for then by slightly raising
the voice one can converse freely on both sides to
the full extent of the line and give vent to one's
feelings, as to the management, trappers, puller, etc.,
etc. A few remarks at this juncture well placed with
precision and aplomb at once establish one's status
writh the shooting world and render the speaker a
subject for much comment among the fraternity.
To err is human; it is therefore always in order to
question the decision of the referee. By doing this
at all opportune times one is naturally regarded as
being alert and on the qui vive, which is highly
gratifying to the referee and the squad, who are all
pleased to know they have so interested a contestant
at the score.
There are very few topics of conversation so keenly
appreciated and enjoyed by contestants and spec-
tators than to positively know beyond a peradven-
ture why you have missed such and such a shot.
It is naturally instructive and of benefit to all to
know why and how this was done. So to render your
information the more striking and command the
greatest attention, proclaim in a loud voice the exact
facts in the case, placing yourself near the referee,
so that he at least may reap the benefit of your
experience. It may interfere with his rendering
correct decisions, but the squad at the score can wait.
Hours were made for slaves. It is more laborious to
relate your mishaps in detail, and then one is apt to
strike some unresponsive, rude, vulgar person, whose
looks indicate that he does not care a , well, does
not care.
When not shooting strictly up to form, always make
it a rule to change gun or ammunition, or both. It is
reasonably certain that the man who cannot master
one gun could easily learn to shoot with several
others. Guns are fickle things; fortunately, too, they
are mute. It is only such prosy individuals as Gilbert
and Crosby, whose mediocre skill has placed them
where they are, who stick to one gun. They do this
purely from ignorance as to other guns and loads,
and because their limited experience has taught them
no better.
It is always en regie to bluntly criticise a competi-
tor's gun when of other make than your own. Knowl-
edge of its mechanism and construction is not im-
perative— in fact, the less some would-be coaches
know the more they proclaim. A few well-planted
remarks, driven in with pile-driver force, and clinched
with an assurance, generally carry the day.
At the time, while his gun is under discussion,
aforesaid competitor may not enjoy it, but wnen he
makes a bad score, it is balm to a bleeding wound to
know, that after all the gun was largely to blame.
Very few gun clubs are in so deplorable a con-
dition that they are barren of at least one or two
up-to-date, progressive experimenters, otherwise
known in the vernacular as gun cranks. To belong
to a club devoid of a few of these is to be sadly
misplaced. One genuine, well-matured, full-fledged
crank can, and does, keep many beginners on the
anxious seat, and between a sneeze and cough con-
dition the year round. A matriculated gun crank to
the novice is a beacon of such magnitude and splen-
dor that he can keep lesser satellites revolving on
their own axis, as it were, from pumps to double
guns, and from dense to bulk powder, scarcely know-
ing, or caring, whether they are shooting or hoeing
corn.
No rational being when in great bodily distress
consults a regular practitioner, but rather trusts to
the quack, who cures him while he waits or kills him
at his leisure.
Hence it is that the intelligent novice, when de-
siring reliable information, should never apply to
men like Crosby, Gilbert, German, Huff, Bill Heer,
S. A. Tucker, Harvey McMurchy, R. O. Heikes, etc.,
who have made a life-long study of guns and shoot-
ing, but instead seek the advice so freely given by
the versatile gun crank, the man who has run up and
down the gamut of guns and loads, and in turn con-
demned them all. The powers of speech of such a
mentor are so persuasive that no tyro can withstand
them. His knowledge of misfits and mishaps covers
encyclopedias. He can instantly correct any fault or
vice the beginner may exhibit, albeit he never could
correct his own. Strange as it might appear, the
adept and successful gun crank seldom shoots even
decently well, his time having been exclusively de-
voted to picking flaws in gans and loads, and edu-
cating others on correct (?) lines
GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN.
Trout anglers who have recently fished the Truekee
river report that the sport has been unequaled for
years past. During the pajt week good results have
followed the use of the red ant, red spinner and
hare's-ear flies. The beaverkill and blue dun are
also very reliable lures.
Upper Sacramento resorts, Lemoine, Sims, Cas-
tella, Castle Crag, etc., still hold their own as trout-
ing resorts. Most every angler on the upper river
has had fine fishing. Between Castle Crag and Cas-
tella the river is abnormally low and affords fine
fly-fishing — the royal governor and red spinner have
been the killing lures, the red spinner is most ef-
fective in the evening fishing.
The McCloud, according to late reports, is in good
shape for the fly-rod. Dolly Varden trout, as well as
rainbow's, are in this mountain water. G. E. Parsons,
William Ellery and Harry Blatchley and Ben Parker
have recently had a "look-in" on the McCloud angling
that was exceedingly satisfactory.
Trout fishing in Lake Tahoe must be of a whole-
sale variety, judging from the numerous boxes of
trout anglers have been forwarding to friends at
home.
The market fishermen have been almost swamping
the dealers with consignments of trout. The over-
flow has found buyers, in consequence, as fa'r south
as Los Angeles.
The fishing attractions of the Williamson river
that empties into Klamath lake in Oregon are strong
for anglers who take a two weeks' or ten days' trip.
A half mile stretch of the river near where Spring
creek comes in is a royal place for trout from two to
eight pounds in weight. There is also plenty of
smaller fish in the river. The best sport prevails
during the evening trick on the river. A No. 6 hook
professor fly has been found a strong killer, but the
Kewell beaverkill tied on a No. 1-0 hook is claimed
to be a nonpareil lure.
Stocking Placer county streams has borne appre-
ciable good results. The American.'Yuba and Bear
rivers, in the vicinity of Blue canyon, have yielded
many limit baskets this season. Eastern brook trout
are plentiful in the Yuba; one was caught a week
ago that weighed two pounds.
Dynamiting trout is reported to be practiced in
El Dorado county on the north fork of the Cosumnes
river. A Japanese was arrested last week in Placer
county for killing trout with explosives in Laomis
creek. He was bound over for trial before the
Superior Court.
The streams in the vicinity of Willows are reported
to contain a larger supply of speckled trout than has
been observed for many years past.
Saturday, June 25, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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THE FARM
FERTILIZING.
Detailed suggestions on the best meth-
ods of fertilizing and the most profitable
kinds of fertilizer constituents to apply
on soils of different character, to cotton,
corn, oats, wheat, and cowpeas, are con-
tained in Farmers' Bulletin No. 39S
( Farm Practice in the Use of Commer-
cial Fertilizers in the South Atlantic
States), recently issued by the I*. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, and obtainable
by application to the Secretary or any
other Senator, Representative, or Dele-
gate in Congress.
Commercial fertilizers are expensive,
and should be used only when needed,
and then the deficiencies and require-
ments of the soil and of the crop must be
a matter of accurate knowledge before
they can be used with economical bene-
fit.
The character of the soil has a marked
influence on the quantity and kind of
fertilizer it is necessary to use in a good
system of farming. And because a fer-
tilizer is strikingly effective on one crop,
upon a certain kind of soil, it is not
proof that the same combination will be
at all beneficial to that crop on another
kind of soil, and certainly not that its
use under a different crop, upon another
soil will be economical. Yet the study
of the author shows that this is too com-
mon a practice among a certain class of
farmers. The formula suited to cotton
on a red clay soil, may need serious
modifications for crops on sandy, sandy
loam, and gray loam soils, and for all
crops other than cotton on red clay soil.
With a good rotation, deep and thor-
ough tillage, and the use of green ma-
nures, legumes and winter cover crops,
the quantity of commercial fertilizers re-
quired for a given crop yield can be con-
siderably reduced, and a great saving ef-
fected. Some farmers get twice as large
yields as others, both located on similar
soils, due to the fact that the former
have a better understanding of the use of
fertilizers and employ better farm meth-
ods.
The importance of taking into consid-
eration all the factors which influence
the use of fertilizers can not be too
strongly emphasized. To properly ad-
just the required ingredients, the farmer
must study his own farm conditions.
No definite quantity or proportion of fer-
tilizer constituents can ever be given
that will meet the needs of a crop under
all circumstances, as the rotation of
crops, the growing of legumes, the use of
crops for green manuring, the applica-
tion of barnyard manure, the metlrods of
preparation and cultivation, and the
character of the soil will always be fac-
tors which must be taken into consider-
ation when using commercial fertilizers.
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GETTING CHICKS TO MATURITY.
Although good hatches are desirable
and encouraging, the big number of
chicks raised are the ones to compen-
sate the owner and place the margin
on the side of the book that pleases the
eye and makes one feel like enlarging
the plant and still doing better. Noth-
ing succeeds and encourages like suc-
cess.
All breeders agree that mature, vig-
orous parents unrelated are essential
to the production of eggs for the prop-
agation of chicks that are to live, grow,
thrive and furnish one proper breeding
stock for future generations. This is
the only kind of breeding desirable or
profitable. Aim to have better stock
every year. There is always room for
improvement.
Assuming our breeding stock were
good and the baby chicks are on our
hands or soon to be launched into this
world of tears, and no baby can send
forth a more distressing cry than an
unhappy chick, how are they to be
brought up?
When the little fellows are forty-
eight hours old, the time of the first
feed, the task of raising them is just
begun. If one succeeds in getting
them through the first four weeks with-
out loss and in good condition the job
is progressing finely. After that, if
prowling enemies and parasites can be
kept away, there is not much trouble.
It is a good idea to have it settled
in one's mind where the chickens are
to be stowed away before their advent
into this uncertain world of ours. If
it is a question of a hen bringing off a
clutch, room is somewhere easily
found for her and family until they
are able to hustle for themselves, but
if one is planning on raising a few
hundred or more chicks, then the
question arises, where to put the
brooder? If one has a brooder house
in good condition, the brooder should
be in place and properly heated before
the chicks are taken from the incu-
bator. Then they should get their
firs t feed. The writer gives rolled
oats for that feed, and contiues the
use of rolled oats with bread crumbs,
in fertile eggs boiled hard, bran and
green feed for the first ten days, when
cracked corn and wheat are substi-
tuted for the breakfast food.
Water with the chill off, or equal
parts of water and milk, should be pro-
vided from the first in dishes that the
little fellows can not get into and wet
themselves or tip over. A small can
filled with water and inverted in a
sauce dish with a headless match
pushed under the edge will serve the
purpose very well.
If a paper is placed on the floor of
the brooder and litter-covered, it is
much easier to clean the brooder, for
the papers can be burned and a clean
carpet of paper laid on the floor every
time cleaned.
As soon as chickens are large
enough they should be allowed free
range, as the exercise they get and the
insects they devour are necessary to
the development of large sized,
healthy, vigorous chicks, the kind we
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 25, 1910.
TO THE BEGINNER IN HOG RAIS-
ING.
There are always beginners who are
glad to profit by the experience of oth-
ers, and to their notice we commend
the following by G. F. McCracken,
read before the Texas Swine Breeders'
Association:
If I were to embark tomorrow in the
hog business I would tonight figure up
how much money I had to put in the
business, as my bank account has al-
ways been limited, also my capacity
for handling hogs, and if upon investi-
gation I found that I could buy only
one hog, sow, I would first build her
a nice little house of the V shape lOx
12 feet, and portable so I could move
it at will, paint it nicely, total cost of
such pen would be about $12. Next I
would fence about two lots of not
less than one acre each, for my sow, to
be sown in some kind of green foliage
most adapted to soil and conditions.
Now I would be ready for my sow.
I would buy the best sow for which
my means would permit, and of the
most popular and best blood lines,
breed her to a boar of equal merit,
and after being sure that she is with
pig I would have her shipped and
place her in her new home, then feed
her plenty of good wholesome food, so
as to keep her in nice thrifty condi-
tion, not ,however, feeding her but
little corn. I would then subscribe for
a good swine paper or farm papers
with hog departments, and I would
read them closely from cover to cover.
Well, by this time I would be on
the lookout for my youngsters, and
when the time came I would be on
hand to greet them and conduct them
to a nice comfortable place until the
last one has made his appearance,
then I would place them all with the
sow after extracting the little short
tusks with a pair of jewelers nippers
and see that all got down to business.
I would keep a close watch over them
for three or four days. The beginner
will have to learn such from experi-
ence as to know how to feed and care
for the sow and pigs until weaned.
Now as soon as the pigs are weaned
the beginner should buy a boar which
should be of the best blood and finest
type or the finest individual he can
get, and don't stand back on a few
dollars as the boar is a help to your
herd and of course you want a good
one. The best you can get is none too
good. Mr. Hart will tell you how to
handle to a queen's taste, as I haven't
time just now.
Now, I would say to the beginner,
look your pigs over and see if you
have a good one, give it the best pos-
sible attention, attend the county and
state fairs show hogs, as it is one of
the greatest schoolings connected with
the business of hog raising. If you fit
up but one pig, fit him to suit the eye
of the most critical observer, and you
are liable to worry the old veteran on
the front seat until the ribbon is tied.
If you can win a few ribbons it will
give you an insight as a judge of your
business. Get acquainted, treat your
rivals with courtesy and you are on
the road to success.
As your knowledge of handling
swine increases and you have some
nice pigs on hand, place an advertise-
■ment in some paper that has a large
circulation and sell your pigs. Give a
description of the pig you propose to
sell. Never overestimate it, better
leave something unsaid than to say
too much. Be prompt in shipping,
have the pigs registered for your cus-
tomers promptly and at your own ex-
pense. Join the record association of
your respective breed at your earliest
convenience, as this will also give you
a better rating and you will find it will
be a paying investment.
Be honest at all hazards and join the"
swine institutes, attend the meetings
as an educator and for the purpose of
getting acquainted. Never get the
idea into your head that you know it
all, for the older you get, if attentive,
the more anxious you will seek know-
ledge. Forge your way to the front
by perseverance and strategy, and
thereby increase your capacity for rais-
ing hogs. Be a man in the hog pen
as well as out of it, and your name
will soon stand in the front rank with
those now famous in the business.
No one knows what a certain cow
will d j until he tests her. Cows which
give a large quantity of yellow milk
are rot always the best cows.
ADVICE TO BEGINNERS.
I see so many writing about poultry.
How to get eggs when high. Raising
the young chickens. Feeding them, etc.
I have had ten years experience and
perhaps I could tell a few things that
would be of help to the beginners.
I started in with 300 hens. I bought
them as they came into the store. I
also, bought all the chickens that sev-
eral parties had that were going to
leave the country. I selected all the
best looking hens and pullets and a
few of the best roosters.
I had it figured out how many eggs
the hens would average and put them
on an average price, and feed at so
much. On paper I was ahead. But
stop, at the end of the year I had just
lost $15.30. The second year I cleared
above feed $15.68. At the end of the
second year I cut nry flock down to
150, just half, and at the end of the
third year I cleared $36.12.
I dropped the scrub hen and got a
few - Rose Comb Brown Leghorns.
Then I added Partridge Wyandotte so
I would have hens to set, and three
years ago I got the S. C. Bk Minorcas.
I find them good layers.
This is the way I got eggs in the
winter. I feed bran both dry and
mash, and if mash I add about a table-
spoonful of salt for each 100 hens. If
fed dry put in a self feeder or ham-
per. Don't get mash too wet. I feed
Kiffir corn in deep litter in morning,
mash at noon, plain corn at night, and
keep plenty of grit and oyster shells,
and a'l the water they will drink. I
heat the water. Also add ground
green bones. Also a little alfalfa hay
or good red clover hay. If you don't
get eggs from above feeding why sell
your hens. I have had good success
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FOR SALE— HIGH CLASS BROOD
MARE.
ANGIE DURYEA (p.) 2:17*4 (reg-
istered and foaled on Patch en Wilkes
Farm, Lexington, Ky„ 189$), by Patchen
Wilkes (sire of Joe Patchen and oth-
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he by Onward. Angie D. was the first
mare to pace in 2:07."
I desire to find a good home for her
in a brood mare farm, and the better
h me you can give her the cheaper I
will sell her. She is sound and hand-
some. Her record was made on half-
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mile track. She has had two colts, old-
est a yearling, and weighed 700 lbs.
at 12 months; the youngest a suckler by
Zombro, foaled February 7th. These
colts are perfect in conformation and
markings, so it stamps the mare as a
good performer.
I have got to sell her, and it's senti-
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she may have a good home. Make me
an offer: your price goes, either with
the Zombro filly or without. The mare
could be shipped cheaply with the train-
ers here when they go north to race.
ASrk any of the Los Angeles trainers K>
go and see her. Address
DR. A. C. HIMELBAUGH,
SOit1/^ So. Snrlus St., Lon Angeles, Cal.
REGISTERED MARE FOR SALE.
XELLDRA by Expedition 2:15% (sire
of Bi Flora 2:09J4, Bon Voyage 2:12%
and 72 others in 2:30), dam Ava Dudley
by St. Vincent 2:13V> (sire of Lord
Vincent 2:08% and 40 others in 2:30);
second dam Fair Maiden 2:28^ (dam
of Electric Maiden 2:28^) by Guy
Wilkes; third dam May S. by Baron
"Wilkes; fourth dam Steinette by Stein-
way: fifth dam Ned by E lwin Forrest.
Nelldra is five years old; never was
bred. With very little training showed
eighths in 17 seconds pacing. She is
double-gaited and can trot better than
thrte minutes. - Is afraid of nothing:
has perfect manners; stands about 15
han Is high and weighs about 1000
pounds. She is a handsome bay in
color, with small white star and black
points. Is in splendid condition; abso-
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respect. Will be sold at a very rea-
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her before July 1st. Address
E. F. BINDER, Hemet, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Pedigreed tri-color Scotch Collie bitch, one
year old, perfect mnrkings and color; also one
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MRS. J. H. MEHRINC,
Ukiah, Cal.
PASTURAGE.
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Good Feed, Water and Accommodations
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Demonio Speed 2:03'.,
Gen. J- B. Frisbie 41637
Handsome son of McKinney 2:11%, greatest sire of the age (22 with records from
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Vallejo Girl 2:10%, and Prof. Heald 2:23) by McDonald Chief 3583, son of Clark
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FEE: $25 for the Season. Usual return privilege or money refunded.
Demonio 28016
Race Record 2:111
DEMOXIO 2:11% Is the sire of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Memonio 2:09%, Demonio
Wilkes 2:09%, Miss Winn 2:12%, Normono (2) 2:14%, and grandsire of Solano
Boy 2:07%. He is one of the best sons of that great sire Charles Derby 2:20,
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 25, 1910.
BEES.
There is money in bee-keeping if it
is managed properly. Bee-keeping is
being carried on with both profit and
pleasure by many thousands of people
in all parts of the United States, and
while, as a rule, it is not the sole
occupation of those who pursue it,
there are many places where an ex-
perienced bee-keeper can make a good
living by devoting his entire time and
attention to this line of work.
The average annual honey yield per
colony for the entire country should
be from 25 to 30 pounds of comb
honey or 40 to 50 pounds of extracted
honey. The money return to be ob-
tained from this crop depends entirely
on the market and the methods of
selling the honey. If sold direct to
the consumer, extracted honey brings
from 10 to 20 cents per pound, and
comb honey from 15 to 25 cents per
section. If sold to dea'ers, the price
varies from 6 to 10 cents for extracted
honey and from 10 to 15 cents for
comb honey. All of these estimates
depend largely on the qualitj' and
neatness of the product. From the
gross return must be deducted from
50 cents to $1 per colony for the ex-
penses other than labor, including
foundation, sections, occasional new
frames and hives, and other inciden-
tals, not, however, providing for in-
crease.
These figures, however, are based
on a system of good management. Bee-
keeping to be profitable requires hard
work, knowledge and experience.
Much study is required to insure suc-
cess. It is unwise, therefore, for the
average individual to undertake exten-
sive bee-keeping without considerable
previous experience on a small scale,
since there are so many more details
which go to make up success In the
w-ork. Learn the ways of bees, how to
handle them, and what kind of equip-
ment is best. Then begin on a small
scale, make the bees pay for them-
selves and for all additional apparatus,
as well as some profit, and let the bus-
iness grow gradually.
Above all it should be emphasized
that the only way to make bee-keeping
a profitable business is to produce
only a first-class article. We can not
control what the bees bring to the
hive to any great extent, but by proper
manipulation we can get them to pro-
duce fancy comb honey, or if extracted
honey is produced it can be carefully
cared for and neatly packed to appeal
to the fancy trade. Too many bee-
keepers, in fact the majority, pay too
little attention to making their goods
attractive. They should recognize the
fact that cf two jars of honey, one in
an ordinary fruit jar or tin can with
a poorly printed label, and the other in
a neat glass jar of artistic design with
a pleasing, attractive label, the latter
will bring double or more the extra
cost of the better package. It is per-
haps unfortunate but nevertheless a
fact that honey sells largely on ap-
pearance, and a progressive bee-keeper
will appeal as strongly as possible to
the eye of his customer.
Much information along these and
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Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 6, 1910.
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inquiries that are frequently received
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also gives such general information as
how to obtain and introduce queens,
laws affecting bee-keeping, and jour-
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from Senators, Representatives and
Delegates in Congress; and the super-
intendent of documents will sell it at
5 cents per copy.
Whether the dairy calf to be kept
for breeding is a bull or heifer, keep
it growing vigorously all the time.
Stunted dairy animals are as unprofit-
able as stunted animals of other kinds.
FAST TROTTER
FOR SALE.
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kind and gentle and anyone can drive
him. He is now in good condition and
can be seen at the McKinney Stables.
3 6th avenue and Fulton street, where
he is in charge of Charles James. For
further particulars, apply to W. L.
MILLS, 2005 Market Street. Telephone
Market 104.
A SNAP
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J H Cash with order, for
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These sacks are worth more to dealers by the
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needed the money for a song and want to give
our horsemen friends the benefit of the bargain.
Cash must accompany all orders for
these sacks. None will be shipped C. O. D.
None will be shipped to harness dealers.
You can save many a dollar during the
season by buying your Harness. Horse Boots.
Coolers, etc.. direct from us. as we are now sell-
ing our entire output direct to horsemen at the
sarae wholesale prices we formerly charged Har-
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20 to 50 per cent.
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Woodland Race Meeting
-AND-
Stock Exhibit
AUGUST 24 TO AUGUST 27,1910
To Close July 15, 1910.
PROGRAMME.
WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY.
1.-2:20 Trot
$600
7. — 2-YearO!d Trot
$400
2.-2:15 Pace
300
8.-2:08 Pace
600
3. — Matinee.
9. — Matinee.
THURSDAY.
SATURDAY.
4. — 2-YearOld Pace
400
10.-2:20 Pace
500
5.-2:24 Trot
300
II.— 3-Year0ld Trot
400
6. — Matinee.
CONDI
12. — Matinee.
noxs.
FIVE TO EATER AND THREE TO START.
All races three in five, except 2 year old will be two in three, and any race
not completed at the end of the fifth heat will be declared ended and the money
divided according to the position of the horses in the summary.
Entries to close Friday, July 3 5th, when horses are to be named and eligible
to the classes to which they are entered.
Entrance fee five per cent and five per cent of the amount of the stake will
be deducted from each money won.
Purses will be divided into four moneys: 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race,
except when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nom-
inators will receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any
Dr all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race
shall be required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the
Dffice of the Secretary of the track.
Racing colors must be named by 5 o'clock p. m. on the day~preceding the race
and must be worn upon the track in all races. Colors will be registered in the
prder in which they are received and when not named or when said colors con-
flict, drivers will be required to wear colors designated by the Association.
Hobbles barred in trotting races, but will be permitted in pacing races.
Member ' of National Trotting Association.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
T. B. GIBSOX,
President.
H. P. AROXSOX. Sec,
Woodland, Cal.
Agents and Correspondents wanted everywhere for the
Breeder and Sportsman
Saturday, June 25, 1910.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
21st Annual Race Meeting
-OF THE—
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
To be Held on the
SAN JOSE TRACK, AUG. 10 to 13, '10.
Entries close Friday, July 1, 1910.
PROGRAMME :
WEDNESDAY.
1—2:20 CLASS TROTTING, CALIFORNIA STAKES $1000
2—2:12 CLASS TROTTING 800
3—2:14 CLASS PACING 600
THURSDAY.
4— TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 8
(CLOSED DECEMBER 2. 1907) $1450
5—2:08 CLASS PACING 800
6— THREE-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 7
(CLOSED NOVEMBER 1. 1906) 1300
FRIDAY.
7— TWO-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 8
(CLOSED DECEMBER 2, 1907) $950
8— THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKES NO. 7
(CLOSED NOVEMBER 1, 1906) 3300
9—2:15 CLASS TROTTING 600
SATURDAY.
10 — DRIVING CLUB RACE TO CLOSE LATER
11—2:20 CLASS PACING, PACIFIC SLOPE STAKES 1000
12— SPECIAL RACE TO CLOSE LATER
Entrance fee 5 per cent: horses to be named with entry. Usual 5 per cent additional from winners in all races except Futurity Stakes.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. All races mile heats, best 3 in 5, except for two-year-olds.
Nominators have the right of entering two horses from the same stable in any race by the payment of one per cent for that privilege, due when entry is made.
Only one of the two horses so entered to be started in the race and the starter to be named by 5 o'clock i*. M. the day before the first day of tie meeting at which the
race is to take place.
Member National Trotting Association.
For entry blanks and further information address the Secretary.
E. P. HEALD, President.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Offers the Following Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses
To be Given at the
California State Fair, 1910, Sept. 3rd to Sept. 10, 1910.
Entries Close July 1st and Sept. 3, '10.
PROGRAMME
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.
1. OCCIDENT STAKES. (CLOSED.)
2. 2:20 TROT, $1,000. CLOSE JULY 1, 1910.
3. AMATEUR DRIVERS' CONTEST. CLOSE SEPTEMBER 3, 1910.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
4. SPECIAL TROT, $300, TO CLOSE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1910.
5. 2:20 PACE, $800, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
6. 2:12 TROT, $1,000, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.
7. THREE-YEAR-OLD PACE, $300, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
8. 2:10 PACE, $600, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
9. SPECIAL PACE, TO CLOSE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3D.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
10. TROT FOR HORSES WITHOUT RECORD, $500, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
11. 2:15 TROT, $600, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
12. AMATEUR DRIVING CONTEST.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.
13. 2:15 PACE, $500, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
14. PACERS WITHOUT RECORD, $400, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
15. 2:10 TROT, $700, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH.
16. STANFORD STAKES. (CLOSED.)
17. 2:08 PACE, $800, TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.
18. AMATEUR DRIVING CONTEST.
Entrance on all races (except Amateur) close July 1, 1910, and live per cent to accompany the entry; five per cent of the total amount of the purse to be deducted from
money winners.
Horses to be named with entries.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses from the same stable in any race, by the payment of one per cent on each additional entry for that privilege,
due when entry is made. Only one of the horses so entered to be started in the race and the starter to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the first day of the meeting.
SPECIAL, CONDITIONS.
Declarations (to declare out) must be mailed to the Secretary, and will not be accepted unless accompanied by the amount due at time declaration is made.
All races mile heats, three in five, except two-year-olds, two in three.
Moneys to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent, unless otherwise specified in conditions.
All races to fill satisfactorily to the Board of Directors, or they may be declared off.
Distances in all heats, 80 yards; but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards. A horse not winning, making a dead heat or twice second in the first three heatf
to be ruled out but will retain his position in the summarv.
Stakes are for the amount guaranteed — no more, no less.
"When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided 66 2-3 per cent to the first and 33 1-3 per cent to the second.
A horse distancing the field will only be entitled to first and fourth moneys. •
Hopples barred in trots, but allowed in pacing races, except where otherwise stated.
The Society reserves the right to start any heat, regardless of the position of the horses.
The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race ; to declare off or postpone any or all races on account rf weather or other
sufficient cause.
Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 P. M. on the day preceding the race, and must be worn on the track in all races. Colors will
be registered in the order in which they are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected by the Secretary.
Drivers must weigh in by 12 o'clock noon day of race they are to drive.
The Board reserves the right to inflict penalties for non-compliance with the above conditions.
Otherwise than as herein specified. National Trotting Association (of which this Society is a member) rules will govern.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
H. A. JASTRO, President.
J. A. FILCHER, Sae'y, Sacramento, Cal.
18
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, June 25, 1910.
diseases, and much less their cause,
of course the remedies are on a par
with sixteenth century therapeutics,
as applied to the larger animals and to
man.
The Colorado Agricultural College,
through its experiment station, has
determined to look into this enormous
loss incident to diseases of poultry,
but if all the experiment stations were
to undertake the same task, it would
De some time before- we could expect
to know as much about diseases of
poultry as we do of the larger animals.
— Dr. Geo. H. Glover. Colorado Agri-
cultural College, Fort Collins.
TO HEAL SORES ON COWS' TEATS.
Paint the sores with glycerite of
tannin after soaking in a saturated
solution of boric acid, used warm.
A salve is made by mixing together
one part each of boric acid and Bal-
sam Peru with six parts of lanolin
or lard. A dram of salicylic acid to
one ounce of lard also is useful and
there are many other effective oint-
ments used accordin to condition
found present.
If you are not able to purchase a ma-
ture bull, why not purchase a pure bred
bull calf and raise him yourself? This
is a gocd and cheap way to begin grad-
ing up the herd.
DISEASES OF POULTRY.
Veterinarians know but very little
about diseases of poultry, and with
poultry raisers it is always a propo-
sition of roup, cholera or chicken
mites.
The revenues from poultry products,
in the aggregate, are so enormous that
statistics are looked upon with sus-
picion. Much money and time -have
been spent in the investigation of dis
eases of larger animals, and many
volumes written, yet in economic im
portance they are, in some instances,
comparatively significant. The chicken
individually represents small value,
and is therefore neglected; collectively
the animal would pay the public debt.
There are no other food producing
animals that suffer nearly so large a
loss from disease. The chickens be-
gin dying and are thrown over the
fence as long as they last, and perhaps
a little red pepper or onions are added
to the feed as medicine.
However, the poultryman has learn-
ed from dire experience that it pays to
keep the hen house and poultry yard
clean, and every poultry raiser has a
few receipts for keeping away cholera
and roup. The normal temperature
of the chicken is from 5 to 10 degrees
higher than other farm animals, and
consequently the diseases are char-
acteristic and incident only to chick-
ens and their kind.
Not knowing the nature of poultry
A. H. POWER, President. W. H. CARLTON, Secretary
RACE PROGRAMME
Coos County Racing' Association
MARSHFIELD, ORE., July 1, 2, 3, 4, '10.
First Day, Friday, July 1st.
No. 1 — Running', % -mile dash, purse $1-5
>-0 3 Trotting and pacing, V2 mile heats, 2:30 class, two in three; purse.... 100
No. 5 Running, % mile dash, for horses owned and kept in Coos and Curry
counties since Jan. 1, 1910; catch weights; purse 75
]Yo. « Relav race, for saddle horses, of eight miles. The relay race is to cover
four days, two miles are to be run each day, riders to change horses
every half mile. The winner will be declared the 4th day; purse.. 100
Second Day, Saturday, July 3.
No. 7 — %-mile dash; purse 175
No. 8 — Pace or trot; Mi-mile heats, for 2:15 class, best two in three; purse 150
No. 11 — ^4-mile dash, catch weights, for horses not trained this season; purse. 20
No. 12 — Running, %-mile; Owners handicapped for horses kept and owned in
Coos county since Jan. 1, '10; purse 125
No. 13 — Relay race (same as No. 6)
Third Day, Sunday, July 30.
No. 14 — Running, i/>-mile dash. For horses owned and kept in Coos and
Douglas counties since Jan 1, '10; catch weights; purse 100
No. 15 — Free-for-all, trot or pace, V2 mile, 2 in 3; purse 175
No. 17 — Running, one mile dash; purse 175
No. IS — Relay race (same as No. 6)
Fourth Day, Monday, July 4.
No. 10 — Running-, %-mile dash, for horses owned and kept in Coos county,
since Jan. 1, '10; catch weights; purse 100
No. 20 — Trot or pace, 1 mile heats; 3 in 5; free-for-all; purse 250
($50 added to the winner if a trotter, or $25 if a pacer.)
No. 21 — Running, %-mile, catch weights, horses not trained this season; purse 30
No. 22 — Running, 1-mile dash; purse. 200
No. 23 — Relay (same as No. 6)
Note — (1) In all races entrance free, 10 per cent of the amount of purse de-
ducted from first and second money winner. (2) Money divided 60-30-10. (3)
"Weights 10 lbs. below scale. (4) Races free-for-all unless otherwise stated. (5)
Horses ruled off will not be permitted to start.
For further information and entry blanks address
F. P. NORTON, Marshfield, Oregon.
KINNEY LOU 2:07
Reg. No.
37621
Sire of
Diamond Mc
trial - 2:16
Delia Lou (3) - - 2:27%
Armon Lou - - 2:277^
Harold B., p, Mat. - 2:13>5
trial - 2:10
Kinney G„ p - - 2:24>£
Debutante (3) trial - 2:19%
Knlihwi (3) trial - 2:27
Kinney de Lopez (3), trial 2:27
John Christensen 1,3) trial 2:28
Lolo K. (3). trial - 2:28
Four Stockings (3). trial Yi 1:07
Princess Lou 12), trial J4 - :35
and 4 more now in training at
San Jose that will trot in 2:10
this year.
2:26% Will make the Season of 1910 at the
San Jose Driving Park, San Jose, Gal.
TERMS: $75 for the Season.
Mares not proving with foal will be given a re-
turn privilege next season, or money refunded at
our option. Good pasturage for mares, with no
wire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
Believing Kinney Lou destined to become the
greatest speed siring son of the great McKinney,
we have leased him for a term of years from Mr. Doble and reduced nis service
fee to $75.00 to induce liberal patronage. Kinney Lou has not only proven himself
to be a uniform sire of trotting speed, but gets the best-looking, best-gaited,
best-headed and best-limbed colts of any sire on the Pacific Coast. To be con-
vinced of the truth of the above statement, make a visit to the San Jose Driving
P»rk, where some twelve or fifteen of his colts, from one to five years old, are now
being trained, look them over and see them step. Ship mares to Ray Mead, Hills-
For further particulars, address RAY MEAD, San Jose, Cal.,
or DR. J. P. NICHOLS, Salinas, Cal.
dale. Cal
Phone State 511,
PALITE 45062
A Sire of Early Speed.
SfrP NlltWfinfl WillCPS I'ln^ sireofCopa de Oro 2:01}£. John A.McKerron 2:04%. etc.. and
OIIC, PIUIWUUU ffllrVCi £.IU2l damsofSan Francisco 2 :07%, Mona Wilkes 2 :03M. etc.
Ham Pfllita (Y\ 2*Ih dftm of - In lfst; second dam Elsie, dam of 5;third dam Elaine 2:20.
Udlll, rdll Id \i, ) A.1U, dam of 4 : fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of 9.
PALITE is the sire of the 2-year-old stake winner Pal 2:17%, and of the 3-year-old filly Com
second to the Occident Stake winner El Volume in 2:13%, and timed separately in 2:14%. Pa-
lite is one of the best bred stallions of the Wilkes-Electioneer cross living. His colts are all trotters,
good gaitcd and determined.
He will make the season of 1910 at the ranch of the undersigned at
DIXON, CAL. Terms: $40 for the Season ^SSS^SS&SSSSS^ atmy
iood pasturage tit $2,50 per month and best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes.
For further particulars address
E. D. DUDLEY, (Owner). Dixon, Cal.
IT'S HIGH TIME
you were taking advantage of our special
offering of fine road carts if you expect to
share in the benefits. Delay means disap-
pointment, so the tooner you get a catalog
of the road carts, the better it will be for
your pocket. Such an offering as this is an
opportunity for theforesighted that does not
often occur. Prove yourself one of that
class. Address for printed matter and prices.
W. J. KENNEY,
Sales Agent
for California.
531 Valencia St.,
San Francisco, Cal.
No. 15 Perfected Long-Shaft Racer.
RACE SULKIES
should be purchased on their merits —
what they have done and will do for
your horses and colts. Don't buy just
because the price is cheap. Do you want
a postcard in four colors of the greatest
race ever won? If so mention this
paper and we will send you our complete
catalogue showing hundreds of fine pic-
tures of famous races and race horses
using our sulky. Ask for the picture of
Native Belle, (2) 2:07^, on the postcard.
Address
THE McMURRAY SULKY CO.,
MARION, OHIO
DEALERS may "KNOCK " our CARTS and SULKIES. If so, it is because
they can't make any money out of them.
We give the CONSUMER THE DISCOUNT and sell direct.
Miller Cart Co., Goshen, N. Y. (Established m%)
Two Greatest Stake Winning Families of the Wilkes Tribe
Alconda Jay 46831
Sired by the mighty Jay Bird, sire of Hawthorne 2 :0GJ4.
Alceste2:07K. Allerton 2 :09M. Duke Jay 2:09%. Early Bird
2:10, GitchieManito 2:09%. Invader 2:10, Justo (3) 2:10%-
124 others in 2:30. Sons sired Loeanda 2:02, Allerson
2:0SJi. Charley Hayt 2:06%. etc.
Dam Alma Wilkes (dam of Oakland Belle 2:20%); by
Baron Wilkes 2:18, sire of 12 in 2:10; 2nd dam Almeta 2:31
by Almont 33, sire of 37 in 2:30; 3rd dam Alma Mater,
dam of 8 in 2:30, including Alcyone, sire of McKinney
2:11%, by Mamb. Patchen 58; 4th dam Estella.dam of
8, by Imp. Australian.
Terms: $40 the Season, usual return privilege.
Good pasturage $5 per month.
Alconda Jay, dark brown horse. 15.3 hands high.
Foaled in 190-5 and bred by Elmhurst Stock Farm, Paris.
Kentucky. He is a smooth, stout-built horse, with good
legs and feet; has perfect trotting gait, and with but little
training has shown better than 2:10 speed. His oldest colts (4 in all) are now 2 years old. They
are large and handsome and show great trotting speed. He represents a different strain of blood
from any other in California and is a most suitable outcross for any horse.
H. H. HELMAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
A Futurity Winner That Sires Euturity Winners !
BON VOYAGE gjg
Champion 3 year-old stallion and champion 3-year-old money
winner of 1905.
Season of 1 91 0 at the
New Race Track, Monterey road, San Jose, Cal.
At Seven Years of Age.
Sire of
BOX VIVANT (2) 2:1«*4
Pastes* Two- Year- Old Stallfoii of 1000.
SWEET BOW <2) 2:17=?4
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trotting
Division, Pacific* Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 7.
BONADAY <2> 2:27^
Winner of Oregon Futurity Stake
of i»oo.
VOYAGEUH (2) 2:2ft*4
VIATICUM (2) 2:2ft
Matinee record to '\vngon.
TERMS: $75. Return privilege.
One of the best bred trotting stal-
lions in early speed producing lines in
the world. Sired by Expedition 2:15%.
best son of the great Electioneer 125,
dam Bon Mot, dam of two two-year-
olds in 2:15 and three two-year-olds
in 2:20, by Erin 2:24%.
Good pasturage for mares and best
of care taken, but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Send
for tabulated pedigree and folder giv-
ing further particulars. Address
TED HAYES* 961 So. First St.. San Jose. Cal.
Athasham
Race Rec. 2:091.
Reg. No. 45026.
A Came Race
Horse in the Stud
Bay stallion, stands 15.3 hands, weighs 1150. Sired
by Athadon (1) 2:27 (sire of The Donna 2:07%,
Athasham 2:0914. Sue 2:12. Listerine 2:13% and 8
others in 2:30); dam the great brood mare Cora
Wickersham (also dam of Nogi (3) 2:17%, (4) 2:10%,
winner of 3-year-old trotting division Breeders'
Futurity 1907 and Occident and-Stanford Stakes of
same year), by Junio 2:22% (sire of dams of Geo. G.
2:05%. etc.). Athasham has a great future before
him as a sire. He is bred right and made right, and
has every qualification one can expect in a sire. He
has been timed in 2:06% in a race, and his courage
is unquestioned.
Season 1910, Feb. 15th to June loth, at Orchard Farm,
Fresno, Cal., for a fee of $25. Approved mares.
For further particulars address this place.
D. L. BACHANT, R. R. 1, Fresno, Cal.
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AT THE NEW JERSEY STATE SHOOT
ATLANTIC CITY, JUNE 1-4, 1910.
PROFESSIONAL AVERAGES.
L. S. GERMAN — 583 out of 600
GEO. L. LYON— 581 out of 600
AMATEUR AVERAGES.
A. B. RICHARDSON— 578 out of 600
W. M. FOORD —577 out of 600
H. P. HERMAN —574 out of 600
TROPHY WINNERS.
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