. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. September 1,1900] mjt #x&bev tmb &p&ci*xnaxu May Be Taken to Kentucky. Mr. Martin Carter, proprietor of the Nutwood Stock Farm and owner of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16£, sire of John A. Mc- Kerron 2:09|, Who Is It 2:101, Georgie B. 2:12J, Claudius 2:13J, Bob Iogersol 2:15 and othei fast onsa, is Berioasly con- templating taking his great and handsome young horse to Kentucky in the spring cf 1901 that he may give him the opportunity to be mated with the best bred mares to be found on the other Bide of the mountains. At the present time Nutwood Wilkes leads a
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. September 1,1900] mjt #x&bev tmb &p&ci*xnaxu May Be Taken to Kentucky. Mr. Martin Carter, proprietor of the Nutwood Stock Farm and owner of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16£, sire of John A. Mc- Kerron 2:09|, Who Is It 2:101, Georgie B. 2:12J, Claudius 2:13J, Bob Iogersol 2:15 and othei fast onsa, is Berioasly con- templating taking his great and handsome young horse to Kentucky in the spring cf 1901 that he may give him the opportunity to be mated with the best bred mares to be found on the other Bide of the mountains. At the present time Nutwood Wilkes leads all sires in America in the num- ber of new standard performers for 1900, he having no less han six to his credit already, This list comprises nearly. Nutwood Wllfees 3:16 1-3. •very one of his get that is in training this year and which began the season without a record and is a wonderful show- ing for a young horse that has had limited opportunities in the stud. Nutwood Wilkes made,heavy seasons in 1S99 and 1900 and a very large proportion of the mares mated with him during these years were high class individuals, many of them producers and many with fast records. As he is a very rare foal getter a grand lot of colts and fillies are expected from these matinge. Mr. Garter, however, knowing that he has in Nutwood Wilkes a horse of the greatest pioepect in the stud, one that gets early and extreme speed from all classes of mares, and being a gentleman of independent fortune, wishes to give the horse every opportunity to stand in the very front rank of speed producing stallions. In a conversation with the writer this week he stated that he was very seriously thinking of taking Nutwood Wilkes to Lexington, Kentucky, and placing him at public service there next spring. It would not be his in- tention to permanently locate the horse there or to offer him for Bale. He regards him too highly for that. One or two seasons at the most would be all the time he would want the horse to r
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