Breeder and sportsman . at yearbeing aged horses. He is a well bred horse. His sire, Athadon, wasthe first yearling to trot as fast as 2:27. Athadon isalso the sire of that fast pacer The Donna 2:07% andhas a long and rapidly growing list of standard per-formers. Cora Wickersham. dam of Athasham, is bvElectioneers son Junio, and is the dam also of thatfast colt Nogi 2:10%, that took a three-year-old recordof 2:17%. His second dam is a producing mare byWhippleton, and his third dam by Gladiator, a sonof Geo. M. Patchen Jr., and his fourth dam the famousold mare Buttermilk Sal, whose breeding is
Breeder and sportsman . at yearbeing aged horses. He is a well bred horse. His sire, Athadon, wasthe first yearling to trot as fast as 2:27. Athadon isalso the sire of that fast pacer The Donna 2:07% andhas a long and rapidly growing list of standard per-formers. Cora Wickersham. dam of Athasham, is bvElectioneers son Junio, and is the dam also of thatfast colt Nogi 2:10%, that took a three-year-old recordof 2:17%. His second dam is a producing mare byWhippleton, and his third dam by Gladiator, a sonof Geo. M. Patchen Jr., and his fourth dam the famousold mare Buttermilk Sal, whose breeding is unknownbut whose trotting abilities were such that she is stillremembered as one of the fastest roadsters and racemares of the early days of this State. Athasham ismaking the season at Fresno at the very low fee of$25 for the season. His service fees are worth agreat deal more money, but his owner, Mr. D. , desires to give him an opportunity to be-come the«*»e that his qualities—give assurance heshould ATHASHAM 2:09/i. DONT JERK THE BIT. One of the most wearing and unnecessary crueltiespracticed upon unfortunate horses all over America,and one which can easily be stopped, is the brutalpractice of jerking the bits while driving, a prac-tice carried to a hideous extent upon nearly everycab, truck and wagon that plies the streets of NewYork, and is common among private coachmen aswell. Lips are slit mouths excoriated, bars bruised,tongues half severed, cheeks and lip angles made andkept raw by this jerk, jerk, jerk, while the look ofagony in the dumb things eyes is enough to makeone think that blinkers were really first placed uponbridles to hide from the driver the looks of re-proach and of suffering which his unfortunate ani-mal casts upon him. When societies receive largesubscriptions to stop such practices why do theynot take action to stop them?—New York Herald. THE SIRE OF JASPER AYERS 2 D. L. Bachant of Orchard Farm, Fresno, hasrecently purchased
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