. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. IV. No. 8. NO. 50S MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEB. 23, PROMPTER It is not surprising that those immediately interested in the stock shonld be enthusiastic over the merits of the Blue Bulls. In some respects this family occupies the foremost position in the trotting calendar, and, in the proportion of fast trotters for the number trained, is unquestionably in the lead of all others. Without taking time for exact research it is probable that Purity was the first of his get to enter the 2:30 list, and when she trotted that fast it was s
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. IV. No. 8. NO. 50S MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEB. 23, PROMPTER It is not surprising that those immediately interested in the stock shonld be enthusiastic over the merits of the Blue Bulls. In some respects this family occupies the foremost position in the trotting calendar, and, in the proportion of fast trotters for the number trained, is unquestionably in the lead of all others. Without taking time for exact research it is probable that Purity was the first of his get to enter the 2:30 list, and when she trotted that fast it was so short a time ago as June, 1S71. Mila C. was the next celebrity of the family, and she trotted in 2:2CU, in 1871!. Thus only fourteen years have elapsed since what may be termed the debut of the Blue Bulls, and now they stand the foremost in the list of 2:30 horses, according to some compilers, and in the annual table, published by the New York Spirit of the Timet, Bine Bull is credited with thirty-four, Eysdyks' Ham- bletonian with thirty-six. To take this as the basis for esti- mate, and the showing is closely akin to the marvelous, as without the four which others say surely belong, and taking the table in the same journal for 1882, there is an increase of seven in one year. With the other as the gnide there are nine Blue Bulls for 1883, so that after taking into considera- tion all probable causes to reduce the numbers of newcom- ers in succeeding years, this horse will lead the great regiment of trotting sires for some time to come. Blue Bull died in 1880, July 11th, so there are colts not yet three years old, and it is not beyond the bounds of probability t" pre- diet that for several seasons iu the future there will be fresh accessions to the list. We shall not be surprised to see the names of fifty Blue Bulls that have trotted in 2:30 or better, and this is partly based on other evidence than comparison of annual tables. The gift of fast trotting is so much » nat
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