. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. In the San Mateo Stock Farm catalogue, published by Wm. Corbitt in 1888, the following appears in the pedigree of a mare called Long Range, by Le Grande 2868, dam Black Maria (full sister to Dan Hibbard, trial 2:27, and Dolly Hibbard, dam of Lou Whipple 2:26%), by Flying Morrill, son of Young Morrill; second dam by Black Prince, son of Long Island Hambletonian. In a later catalogue the pedi- gree of Oro Wilkes 2:11, appears as follows: Dam Ellen Mayhew by Director 2:17: second dam Lady Ernest (out of a sister to Dan Hibbard, trial 2:27), by Speculation; third d
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. In the San Mateo Stock Farm catalogue, published by Wm. Corbitt in 1888, the following appears in the pedigree of a mare called Long Range, by Le Grande 2868, dam Black Maria (full sister to Dan Hibbard, trial 2:27, and Dolly Hibbard, dam of Lou Whipple 2:26%), by Flying Morrill, son of Young Morrill; second dam by Black Prince, son of Long Island Hambletonian. In a later catalogue the pedi- gree of Oro Wilkes 2:11, appears as follows: Dam Ellen Mayhew by Director 2:17: second dam Lady Ernest (out of a sister to Dan Hibbard, trial 2:27), by Speculation; third dam Lady Hibbard (dam of Lou Whipple 2:26%). by . Can it be possible that there is a typographical error in the pedigree? That Lady Hibbard should have been Dolly Hibbard? The late J. N. Killip raced Lou Whipple in 1874 on the California Circuit, and some of our old-time horsemen should remember whether her dam was Lady Hibbard or Dolly Hibbard. Flying Morrill, sire of the latter, was a black stallion, stood about hands and weighed 1,000 pounds; he was claimed to be by Cheney's Young Morriii 118, son of Morrill.; taken from Vermont to Keokuk, Iowa, sold by him the spring of 1858 to L. J. Rose. Keosauqua, Iowa, who took him to California. Mr. L. J. Rose wrote to Joseph Battell, publisher of the Morgan Register in reply to an inquiry about this horse. "I know noth- ing beyond the fact that I bought such a horse of W. Snow of Keokuk. Iowa, and that up to that time I considered him the finest horse I ever saw. He could trot in 2:50, and I paid $3,000, an extravagant price for that day. rie was killed in 1S59 by the Indians, and left no stock to ; Could it be pos- sible that this mare Dolly Hibbard was bred in Iowa and came across the plains? There never was a Black Prince by a son of Long Island Hambleton- ian in California. SIR JOHN S. 2:10!/2 BY DIABLO. PRINCE McKINNEY. FATTENING HORSES. DEMAND GOOD FOR BROOD MARES. A feature of the big sale in New York was the d
Size: 1801px × 1387px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1882
