. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Che gveeoev tm& *$povt&xnan [OCTOBIK 22, 1804 F3AND DOLLARS was paid last â¢: by William Simpson the millionaire horse few York, to Mr. H. B. Gentry of Bloom- Indiana,(or the great stallion McKinney 2:11}. -try came to California and r. C. A. Durfee of San Jose, $25,000 for this etalllon and took him to his farm at Bloomington where for two seasonB he has h id a large patronage at a fee of $200. The fact that there is Dot now any boom in trotting stock and has not been for ^ears is evidence that the price paid by Mr. Simpson for McKinney is not any more
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Che gveeoev tm& *$povt&xnan [OCTOBIK 22, 1804 F3AND DOLLARS was paid last â¢: by William Simpson the millionaire horse few York, to Mr. H. B. Gentry of Bloom- Indiana,(or the great stallion McKinney 2:11}. -try came to California and r. C. A. Durfee of San Jose, $25,000 for this etalllon and took him to his farm at Bloomington where for two seasonB he has h id a large patronage at a fee of $200. The fact that there is Dot now any boom in trotting stock and has not been for ^ears is evidence that the price paid by Mr. Simpson for McKinney is not any more than the stallion is worth as a business investment. He is but seventeen years old, is strong, healthy and vigorous and should be a valuable horse for ten years more. He is without doubt the greatest living speed sire and for his oppor- tunities no stallion has ever equalled him as a sire of fast trotter6 and pacers that race. His produce raced almost entirely in California and that he should make such a showing is nothing short of marvelouB. While his list of standard performers is not as large as some few stallions of his age whose get have been boomed and started by the score for tin cup records, he has sixty five in the list of which thirty-four or over half have records of 2:15 or better. There are twelve in the 2:10 list and seven are trotters. No other stallion living or dead ever made such a show- ing at any age. And the McKinneys all have race records. There is not, I believe, a tin cup performer among his entire list as shown in the Year Books. The marvelous performances of his daughter Sweet Marie 2:0JJ, the largest money winner on the Grand Circuit this year, had much to do with the purchase of McKinney by Mr. Simpson. It is a satisfaction to know that his new owner is the possessor of a large number of very high class broodmares and that at his stock farm at Cuba, New York, McKinney will be. given a greater opportunity than he has ever had. Chas. Durfee, his for
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