. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. »(^^%^^3s^ Vol. IV. No. 5. NO. 508 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEB. 2, SINGLETON Singleton, brown colt, foaled 1878; bred by Dr. M. W. Hicks. By Willie Schepper, his dam Lightfoot (dam of Pride), by Flaxtail, second dam Fannie Fern, by Irwin's Tuckahoe, third dam by Leffler's Consul. Willie Schepper, by Ttysdyk's Hambletonian, his dam Nel- lie, by a son of Vermont Black Hawk, gTandam by Bnsiris, a thoroughbred son of American Eclipse. As has been stated before, Flaxtail was by Pruden's Blue Bull, her dam by Ir- win's Tuckahoe, grandsire of
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. »(^^%^^3s^ Vol. IV. No. 5. NO. 508 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEB. 2, SINGLETON Singleton, brown colt, foaled 1878; bred by Dr. M. W. Hicks. By Willie Schepper, his dam Lightfoot (dam of Pride), by Flaxtail, second dam Fannie Fern, by Irwin's Tuckahoe, third dam by Leffler's Consul. Willie Schepper, by Ttysdyk's Hambletonian, his dam Nel- lie, by a son of Vermont Black Hawk, gTandam by Bnsiris, a thoroughbred son of American Eclipse. As has been stated before, Flaxtail was by Pruden's Blue Bull, her dam by Ir- win's Tuckahoe, grandsire of Smuggler and a descendant of imported Diomed. Singleton is connected with the Blue Bulls through his dam Lightfoot, who was by Flaxtail, by Pruden's Blue Bull, the Bire of the hero of Indiana. He brings in the royal trot- ting blood through his sire Willie Schepper, a son of the "he- ro of ; So much has appeared in the Breeder ani> Sportsman in relation to the Hambletonians that it is un- necessary to go over the ground again, especially when every fair-minded man must concede the place which they occupy in the trotting records is the highest there is. Being a grandson, Singleton has a good share of this victorious blood, and the other portion is such as to warrant high expectations of his success as a breeder. There can be no stationary point in the breeding of horses. There must be progress or else there is danger of retrogres- sion, and as all breeders are aware thore must be a judicious mingling of elements to insure success. In-breeding is with- out question in our mind the best way of intensifying family characteristics, and so long as the animals are free from de- fects the practice can be continuod with safety. But there is a limit to in-breeding, and then an important question is, what is a good out-cross? Singlctou is an ex urn pie of out- crossing on several different lines of bl I, although a union of two pacing families. There are so many ill
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