. Breeder and sportsman. s a double Blackbird, the sire of A. W. Richmond, is so well knownthat a reference is all that is necessary. Thus for four generationsthe thoroughbreds in the pedigree have Bbown a capacity to get trottingspeed, and then comes a double infusion of Diomed which is now sohighlv regarded in trolting genealogy. With all this good showing Iconsider that Antevolo being a •■full brother of Anteeo is the crown-ing glory. The relationship adds value to both as when there are anumber of members of tbe family good the value to breeders isgreatly enhanced. With the
. Breeder and sportsman. s a double Blackbird, the sire of A. W. Richmond, is so well knownthat a reference is all that is necessary. Thus for four generationsthe thoroughbreds in the pedigree have Bbown a capacity to get trottingspeed, and then comes a double infusion of Diomed which is now sohighlv regarded in trolting genealogy. With all this good showing Iconsider that Antevolo being a •■full brother of Anteeo is the crown-ing glory. The relationship adds value to both as when there are anumber of members of tbe family good the value to breeders isgreatly enhanced. With the single exception of XX, Antevolo is tbe /best disposedstallion 1 ever owned. He is as reliable a trotter as any one coulddesire, ready to trot at all times and from the first as level-headedas an old campaigner. His action is capital, and his endurance ona par with his action and good behavior. He won the past season in stakes and purses, ._, JOS. CAIRN , or 508 Montgomery St., San MAMBKIM) WILKES. BLACK STALLION, SIXTEEN HANDS IN HEIGHT, BY GEORGEWilkes, son of Rysdyks Hambletonian, bred by B. J. Treacy ofFayette County, Kentucky. Dam Lady Christman, by TodhuntersMambrino, sonof Mambrino Chief. Second dam by Pilot, Jr. Tod-hunters Mambrino, son of Mambrino Chief, his dam RiptonB dam, byPotomac. This is the largest and oDe of tbe best colts of George Wilkes, (weigh-ing 1,260 pounds), combining the Hambletonian and Mambrino strains,and also several thoroughbred crosses. His colts demonstrate that hepossesses in an eminent degree the same faculty of transmitting thefamily qualities to his offspring which put George Wilkes in the frontranks as a sire of trotters. George Wilkes has 35 representatives in the 2:30 list, of which 21 haverecords of 2:25 or better, 7of 2:2U or better, and 4 of 2:18 or are all the get of Geo Wilkes, and do not Include Phil Thomp-son, William H. and other famuus grandsons and granddaughters ofthis prep
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