. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Son of BON VOYAGE 2:08 and DAPHNE McKINNEY (dam of Frank K. 2:07*4, etc.), by McKinney 2:11*4; second dam La Moscovita (dam of Bon Guy (3) 2:11% and 2 oth- ers) by Guy Wilkes 2:15*4; third, fourth and fifth dams also in great brood mare list. Bay horse, in every respect a great individual, with substance, finish, and natural, frictionless trotting action. Very sure foal getter and a steadily rising young sire, his few foals possessing his most excellent qualities to a marked degree. Bon Courage was the only California bred three-year-old to win a heat from Espe
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Son of BON VOYAGE 2:08 and DAPHNE McKINNEY (dam of Frank K. 2:07*4, etc.), by McKinney 2:11*4; second dam La Moscovita (dam of Bon Guy (3) 2:11% and 2 oth- ers) by Guy Wilkes 2:15*4; third, fourth and fifth dams also in great brood mare list. Bay horse, in every respect a great individual, with substance, finish, and natural, frictionless trotting action. Very sure foal getter and a steadily rising young sire, his few foals possessing his most excellent qualities to a marked degree. Bon Courage was the only California bred three-year-old to win a heat from Esperanza in 1914. In the stud, season of 1915, at the Rush & Haile Ranch, Suisun, Cal., season closing August 1st. Fee, $25 with return privilege, payable cash at time of removal of mare. Good pasturage at $ per month. For further particulars address BEN F. RUSH, Suisun, Derbertha Bells Licensed Pure Bred. Cert. No. 1172. NO. 60907 A. T. R. RULE 1. DERBERTHA BELLS, foaled 1911, stands , weighs 1200 pounds, and is of magnificent conforma- tion, style, trotting action and color; being a solid dark bay or brown with splendid mane and tail, mas- sive well-formed limbs and feet, beautiful neck and head, fine, well set ear and eye as kindly as a faw-n's and as courageous as a lion's. His breeding can only be hinted at here as he traces 20 times to Hamble- tonian 10—5 through Electioneer, 5 through George Wilkes, 4 through Strathmore and J 4 through Abdallah 15 (the big four of the sons of Hambletonian), and twice through i his daughters. This breeding is perfectly balanced by 18 crosses to Mamb. Chief 11—5 of I these through his greatest son Mamb. Patchen 58 (leading progenitor of the dams of I trotting sires), backed up by 2 crosses to Pilot Jr. 12, 4 to Black Hawk 5, 4 to Imp. Trustee and crosses to such other famous broodmare sires as American Star, The ] Moor, A. W. Richmond, Williamson's Belmont, etc. I challenge any man to name a stallion with a broodmare inh
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