. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ALTAMONT. King of Sires of 2:10 PerformersâOne of the Greatest Progenitors of Extreme Speed in America. "A Btallion cannot rise above his ; This is an axiom of the horse-breeding world, but it has been sig- nally refuted by the success of Altamont, that has risen to a prominent position among the greatest trotting sires under conditions that would probably have consigned any one of tbem to obscurity. His success, which, as one of our ex- changes put it, "borders on the marvelous," attracted so much attention through the performa
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ALTAMONT. King of Sires of 2:10 PerformersâOne of the Greatest Progenitors of Extreme Speed in America. "A Btallion cannot rise above his ; This is an axiom of the horse-breeding world, but it has been sig- nally refuted by the success of Altamont, that has risen to a prominent position among the greatest trotting sires under conditions that would probably have consigned any one of tbem to obscurity. His success, which, as one of our ex- changes put it, "borders on the marvelous," attracted so much attention through the performances of his progeny, that many sketches of Altamont, more or lees accurate, have been pub- lished. With a view of obtaining an authentic account of the salient points of Altamon's career, we have gathered from his owner, Mr. Jay Beach, the following facts of his history: Mr. Beach purchased him in the early spring of 1877 of the late Gen, Wm. T. Withers, then proprietor of the famous Fairlawn Stock Farm, Lexington, Ky. Altamont was shipped early in March in charge ot R, S. Withers, reaching the terminus of the Oregon DivUion of the Central Pacific at Redding, Cal., after a trip of twenty-one days. He had stood on his feet during the entire trip but his clean, hard limbs, which he still has, and for which his family are so noted, evinced no signs of the severe tests which they had undergone. A still further distance of 250 miles over rough mountain roads completed the journey to Fort Klamath, where Altamont was as completely exiled from the trotting horse world as if his location had resulted from an edict of proscriution. He was broken when three years old and nbowed probably a 2;35 gait that season. During that year Capt. C. W. Werk brought from Jacksonville, 100 miles away, the dam of Morookus, sire of Klamath, 2:07£, and bred her, and in the following year Morookus was foaled. Many who have seen the few colts which Morookus left, believe that had Morookus lived, he would
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