. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XXXVI. No. 5. No. 22}£ GEARY STREET SUBSCRIPTION" TIIREE DOLLARS A YEAR SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1900,. DUKE AND HOLLYâA Pair that Sold for $5000. OUR ILLUSTRATION this week is of a noted pair of blue ribbon winners, Duke anil Holly driven by their owner Mr. A. J Nutting, of Brooklyn, New York, who sold them last fall to Mr. Theodore R. Hostetter, of , for $5000. The half tone en- graving has been kindly loaned to us by the New York Spirit of the Times. This pair of high steppers are familiar to New York horse show p
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XXXVI. No. 5. No. 22}£ GEARY STREET SUBSCRIPTION" TIIREE DOLLARS A YEAR SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1900,. DUKE AND HOLLYâA Pair that Sold for $5000. OUR ILLUSTRATION this week is of a noted pair of blue ribbon winners, Duke anil Holly driven by their owner Mr. A. J Nutting, of Brooklyn, New York, who sold them last fall to Mr. Theodore R. Hostetter, of , for $5000. The half tone en- graving has been kindly loaned to us by the New York Spirit of the Times. This pair of high steppers are familiar to New York horse show patrons, having figured prominently at equine exhibitions there for several sea. sons. They have won many prizes and are among the best animals of their kind in the country. Both are well bred trotters; they are bay in color, stand each and are as well mannered as they are well matched, One is by Masterlode, sire of Edward 2:19, and the other by Garnet Wilkes, a son of Onward. Mr. Nutting purchased them about four years ago, for something like $2000. He entered them frequently and drove them himself. He is an expert whip and their fine points were always shown to advantage. This picture will show to our readers the style of horse that is in de- mand in the Eastern cities and the kind that will sell for a high price even though they do not have speed. While the two horses shown have splendid conforma- tion, are high headed, large boned and good lookers all over it is not so very difficult to produce horses that are as good individuals if breeders will only try to breed them. Mr. John Parrott, proprietor of the Baywood Stud at San Mateo, has been and is producing some by using his Hackney stallion, Green's Rufus, on trotting bred mares of the proper conformation. While as well formed horses as those shown in the engravir g can be produced by the intelligent mating of suitable stallions and mares, they will not fell for $5000 per pair unless matched and educated, and this i
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