. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XXXVI. No. 10. No. 221^ GEARY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900, SUBSCRIPTION THREE DOLLARS A YEAB TROTTING BRED CARRIAGE HORSES. Eastern Buyers Prefer the High Steppers With Standard Blood, That high class carriage horses can be bred in America has been demonstrated at horse shows from New York to California ever since the horse dealers found there was money in fitting them for show ring and park purposes. By way of drawing attention to the fact that the hackneyized trotterand high stepper is not a myth, the Atlantic Transport Line, which do
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XXXVI. No. 10. No. 221^ GEARY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900, SUBSCRIPTION THREE DOLLARS A YEAB TROTTING BRED CARRIAGE HORSES. Eastern Buyers Prefer the High Steppers With Standard Blood, That high class carriage horses can be bred in America has been demonstrated at horse shows from New York to California ever since the horse dealers found there was money in fitting them for show ring and park purposes. By way of drawing attention to the fact that the hackneyized trotterand high stepper is not a myth, the Atlantic Transport Line, which does a very large business in shipping horses to Europe, has offered a Bilver cup of eighty-eight ounces weight to be awarded at the Royal Horse Show at Richmond, England, to the best American bred harness horse imported into England before June 8th, 1906. The cup is a very handsome trophy, and is ornamented with a bas relief portrait of W. L. Elkins' noted high stepper Red Cloud, winner of the championship at the last National Horse Show, a photo- engraving of whose handsome proportions appears on this page. Red Cloud is a bay stallion hands high, and is a grandson of Harrison Chief, he by Clark Chief 89. Harrison Chief, whose dam was by Joe Downing, was noted as i* sire of proportion and style and as the picture of Red Cloud shows, this grandson is clearly entitled, on his conformation alone, to consideration among any lot of carriage horses that can be brought together. But it was not on his conformation alone that he won the blue ribbon. He is a high actor among high actors, and not only lifts his knees but his hocks as well, and does it with all the grace and style imaginable. He is not only trotting bred on his sire's side, but on his dam's side also. It is a matter of con- gratulation that such a fine specimen of carriage horse has been produced here and that his image will adorn this cup. The other picture on this page is of the carriage pair, Sigsbee and Sampson, wh
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