Breeder and sportsman . the Great, andher dam was Shadow, by Octoroon. W. E. D. Stokesgave me an inkling of a remarkable performanceby Octoroon, and said that Geers could tell me allabout it. I wrote and got the following reply. Asto Octoroon, about 1877 or 1878 I saw Dick Madisondrive a big black stallion called Octoroon in a trot-ting race at Nashville and won it in about 2:40. Hethen stearted him in a racking race under saddlea few minutes later, and wron that. Then the sameafternoon they had a hurdle race. Madison putthe saddle on him and started in that race. Theyran off in front of Octor
Breeder and sportsman . the Great, andher dam was Shadow, by Octoroon. W. E. D. Stokesgave me an inkling of a remarkable performanceby Octoroon, and said that Geers could tell me allabout it. I wrote and got the following reply. Asto Octoroon, about 1877 or 1878 I saw Dick Madisondrive a big black stallion called Octoroon in a trot-ting race at Nashville and won it in about 2:40. Hethen stearted him in a racking race under saddlea few minutes later, and wron that. Then the sameafternoon they had a hurdle race. Madison putthe saddle on him and started in that race. Theyran off in front of Octoroon and knocked most allthe hurdles down. Octoroon outlasted the otherhorses, and just beat them at the finish. I thinkMadison weighed 175 to ISO pounds at the is all I know about Octoroon. He may be thesame horse and he may not. Anyway, that is closeenough, continued Mr. Streeter, and I am going totake a chance, hoping that my handsome sorrel mayinherit the exceptional ambidexterous ability of MONICRAT 2:13:, Whose Three-Year-Old Son EasteWon at San Bernardino. Mr. C. J. Uhl of Vacaville, who owns the fastpacer Solano Boy 2:09% by Father McKinnon, isalso the owner of a fine two-year-old by Bon Voyage2:12% out of a full sister to Father McKinnon. Thiscolt is a natural trotter and Sam Hoy broke andhandled him for five or six weeks this spring at theend of which time the youngster trotted a quarter in40 seconds. He resembles his sire very much inappearance. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. T. A. Roche. Lakeview—Lady Turner, the dam ofBrigadier 2:21%, was by Frank Pierce Jr. 485. andLady Turners dam was given as by a grandson of SirHenry, thoroughbred. The American Trotting Reg-ister does not give any further information ofBrigadiers dam than to state that she was by FrankPierce Jr. 485, but in the advertisement of Briga-dier inserted in the Breeder and Sportsman of1884, the pedigree was given as above stated. James R. C. Burton, Los Angeles.—Time madein m
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