. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, Mar:h 1, NEAREST McKINNEY 2:13J4. Trotter, Pacer and Sire of Extreme Speed. A son of McKinney 2:11%, whose breeding on the maternal side is of a nature to satisfy the most ex- acting "pedigree shark," and having the speed, in- dividuality, and potency that such an inheritance of trotting blood would naturally indicate is Nearest McKinney 2:13%, owned by T. W. Barstow, 1042 Alameda avenue, San Jose. Save for an accident to one of his feet, received while playing in his paddock, there seems no doubt but tha
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, Mar:h 1, NEAREST McKINNEY 2:13J4. Trotter, Pacer and Sire of Extreme Speed. A son of McKinney 2:11%, whose breeding on the maternal side is of a nature to satisfy the most ex- acting "pedigree shark," and having the speed, in- dividuality, and potency that such an inheritance of trotting blood would naturally indicate is Nearest McKinney 2:13%, owned by T. W. Barstow, 1042 Alameda avenue, San Jose. Save for an accident to one of his feet, received while playing in his paddock, there seems no doubt but that Nearest McKinney would have taken rank among the lowest record performers of the match- less son of Alcyone, as his speed was natural and extreme. As a three-year-old he was a beautifully gaited, fast trotter, having gone the route on a two- lap track in 2:15, with the last half in 1:04, before ill-luck befell him. In 1910 he was put to pacing and came to his speed at that gait very rapidly, so rap- idly that with but a trifle over six weeks' work, with a badly crippled foot, he paced to his initial record of 2:14%, on the same day that four of his get, two two-year-olds and two three-year-olds, trotted or paced to records of from 2:24% to 2:29%. In 1911, shod just as during the previous year and while doing stud duty, he was taken to the track again and marked in 2:13% at bis original and natural way of going—on the trot. The fame that might have been his with but ordinarily good "racing luck" can hardly be estimated. As a sire bis opportunities have been extremely limited, but at an early age, not yet having rounded out a decade of life, he has a representation of colt performers that demonstrates him very positively as a genuine McKinney. At present these have taken accredited records: One Better (2) 2:24y2, trial 2:14. The Demon (2) 2:29%. Nearheart (3) 2:24%. Just Mc. (3) 2:24%, and Belle Amman (3) 2:30, trial 2:21. while almost as many more have public trial
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