. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Two-Year-Old Brother to Sweet Marie Owned by J. C. Adams, Phcenlx, Arizona It is now reported that Lon McDonald's new employer is R. L. Williams, a wealthy Boston sports- man, and that Lon has signed for three years at a salary of $7000 per year. Charles Marvin, instead of wintering as usual at Lexington, Ky., will this winter try Selma, Ala. He has two or three Futurity candidates in his stable and will band all his energies toward getting them in first class shape. W. D. Grand is quoted as saying that the reckless emasculation of full-made trotting stallions
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Two-Year-Old Brother to Sweet Marie Owned by J. C. Adams, Phcenlx, Arizona It is now reported that Lon McDonald's new employer is R. L. Williams, a wealthy Boston sports- man, and that Lon has signed for three years at a salary of $7000 per year. Charles Marvin, instead of wintering as usual at Lexington, Ky., will this winter try Selma, Ala. He has two or three Futurity candidates in his stable and will band all his energies toward getting them in first class shape. W. D. Grand is quoted as saying that the reckless emasculation of full-made trotting stallions to make heavy harness horses has exhausted the supply and that the breed is now so nearly wiped out he doubts if it can be revived. Fifty-seven stallions were advertised in the stallion directory printed in our Christmas number. Out of these any breeder should be able to pick some that will do to mate his mares with. Fifteen of the fifty- seven were sired by McKinney. The stallion Stoneway was omitted from the list of standard sires printed in our Christmas number. He is by Strathway and is the sire of My Way (3) 2:22, and Stonelita 2:20. Stoneway is owned by Geo. W. Kirkham of Exeter, Cal. W. L. McDonald, of Concord, Cal., has purchased from John Ott of Pacheco, the chestnut colt Count Valensin by Sidmoor, dam Belle by Alcona 730, she the dam of Gaff Topsail 2:16 and Enoch 2:121. The colt is a fine, large promising trotter, and is entered in Breeders Futurity No. 3. Mr. S. C. Walton, the well-known trainer of Fresno, Cal., writes to the Breeder and Sportsman to the effect that the credit of training the two-year-old Athasham 2:20 is due him instead of Mr. Zibbellas stated in the Breeder and Sportsman. This paper simply stated that Mr. Zibbell trained and drove Athasham la9t year, which is correct, [t is true that Mr. Walton trained the colt and drove him in his first race, but afterwards Athasham was turned over to Mr. Zibbell, who gave him all his training thereafter and gave
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