. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. @*t£ gveebev a*ti» Qvavtsmatx [January 10, 1903 What horseman is there in California that does not recall with a thrill of pleasure and excitement the year 1895, that memorable year of three year old racing in California, when Zombro won the crown for trotters of bis age and closed it with a record of 2:13.' That same year he went up against the aged horse Iago, and forced that fleet son of Tempest to trot to his record of 2:11 and was only beaten a head at that. Two years after Zombro trotted to a record of 2:11 as a five year old, meeting and defeating the be
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. @*t£ gveebev a*ti» Qvavtsmatx [January 10, 1903 What horseman is there in California that does not recall with a thrill of pleasure and excitement the year 1895, that memorable year of three year old racing in California, when Zombro won the crown for trotters of bis age and closed it with a record of 2:13.' That same year he went up against the aged horse Iago, and forced that fleet son of Tempest to trot to his record of 2:11 and was only beaten a head at that. Two years after Zombro trotted to a record of 2:11 as a five year old, meeting and defeating the best on the circuit. It was Zombro's wonderful speed, gamoness and race horse qualities that attracted the attention of breeders all over the country to Melvinney as a sire, and every year since then there has been proof sufficient and conclusive furnished by the race results as published in the Year Book that Zombro was no freak, but simply the best member of a family that now occupies the very front rank in the world of speed. Zombro is the most promising young sire on the coast to-day and is the largest money winning sire of 1902 that is now west of the Rocky Mountains. His four year old daughter Zephyr trotted to a record of 2:11 on the GraDd Circuit, beat such horses as Chase 2:07}, Dulce Cor 2:0SJ, Maxine 2:08}, Wentworth 2:09} and Directum Spier 2:11}, won the sum of $6250, and in that memorable first heat at Hartford in which unfortunately the timers were not in the stand and. consequently no time was taken, trotted the mile in 2:06} by a dozen outside watches and beat the great trotter Rythmic 2:08 to the wire by a length. At Buffalo in the $5000 stake for 2:24 class trotters, Zephyr won in three straight heats, and Dulce Cor 2:08J by Baron Wilkes, Chase 2:07} by Keeler, and Oxford Chimes, Hallie Hardin, and Alfred Star were behind her. The time was 2:11, 2:11', and 2:12}. At Brighton Beach Zephyr again won in straight heats, in the $5000 stake for four year olds. Maxi
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