. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ROBERT DIRECT 0883. BEST POLICY 42378. half mile east of Visalia. Direct 2:05% was a remarkable sire; he was the only horse that sired two winners of the M. and M., and two winners of the C. of C. Stakes. He sired twelve in the 2:10 list, including Directly 2:03%, Direct Hal 2:04%, Bonnie Di- rect 2:05%, King Direct 2:04%. He sired twenty-eight in 2:15, fifty-three in 2:20 and seventy-nine in 2:30. His sire, Director 2:17, was one of the greatest trotters and best sires that ever lived, for in him was blended the blood of Dictator (brother to Dex- ter 2:17%) Ha
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ROBERT DIRECT 0883. BEST POLICY 42378. half mile east of Visalia. Direct 2:05% was a remarkable sire; he was the only horse that sired two winners of the M. and M., and two winners of the C. of C. Stakes. He sired twelve in the 2:10 list, including Directly 2:03%, Direct Hal 2:04%, Bonnie Di- rect 2:05%, King Direct 2:04%. He sired twenty-eight in 2:15, fifty-three in 2:20 and seventy-nine in 2:30. His sire, Director 2:17, was one of the greatest trotters and best sires that ever lived, for in him was blended the blood of Dictator (brother to Dex- ter 2:17%) Hambletonian 10, Ameri- can Star 14, Mambrino Chief and those great broodmares, Clara, Dolly and Fanny. Direct's dam, Echora 2:23%, was the dam of two and one s'ire. She was by Echo, another son of Hambletonian 10, and her dam was by Jack Hawkins, son of Boston, the unbeaten race horse of his day. Daisy Basler's sire, Robert Basler 2:20, was by Antevolo 2:19%, son of Electioneer, out of Elizabeth Basler, a splendid mare I brought from the East. She was by Bill Arp, out of Mary by War- field, another son of Boston. Daisy Basler's dam was Richmoor by Pasha was not of the very highest. Stand- ard and registered trotting and pac- ing mares in this section are few and far between, and Robert Direct's opportunities as a sire were there- fore restricted. Had he been making the season in a section where there were scores of royally bred mares there is no doubt that the majority of these would be sent to him just as soon as their owners inspected this horse. He is one that has at- tracted attention and compelled praise wherever exhibited. Aside from his bloodlines he is all that the most ex- acting horseman could wish for. I know the family from whence his sire. Direct, comes, and as for Daisy Basler and her ancestors, I have known them for years, and I believe that with a proper environment this mare would have been one of the greatest producers of early and ex- treme speed in America. H
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