. The American trotter; a treatise on his origin, history and development. at Table, and he is the sire of but onestandard performer. The dam of Goodings Championwas a fast trotter called Cynthia, whose sire was Bart-letts Turk, by Weddles Turk, a son of ImportedTurk. His second dam was Fanny, by Scobeys BlackPrince; and his third dam by Rock Planter, a son ofDuroc, by imported Diomed. Charley B. (). The most successful sire in theChampion family was Charley B. (), a full brotherof the trotting mare Myrtle (). He was byScobeys Champion and from the great brood mareOld Jane. The
. The American trotter; a treatise on his origin, history and development. at Table, and he is the sire of but onestandard performer. The dam of Goodings Championwas a fast trotter called Cynthia, whose sire was Bart-letts Turk, by Weddles Turk, a son of ImportedTurk. His second dam was Fanny, by Scobeys BlackPrince; and his third dam by Rock Planter, a son ofDuroc, by imported Diomed. Charley B. (). The most successful sire in theChampion family was Charley B. (), a full brotherof the trotting mare Myrtle (). He was byScobeys Champion and from the great brood mareOld Jane. The breeding of Old Jane seems to besomewhat in doubt. It has been claimed that she wasby Nimrod, a grandson of American Eclipse, and hersecond dam by Deys Messenger. The AmericanTrotting Register gives Old Janes sire as MagnumBonum, but does not give Magnum Bonums sire. Itis not improbable that Magnum Bonum was anothername, real or imaginary, for Nimrod. Charley B. wasnot only a fast game trotter, but he was a winner ofthe blue ribbon in the show ring against some very 200. EXTINCT TROTTING FAMILIES. handsome horses. His owner once offered to back himwith money to raise a heavier weight from a stonequarry than could be raised by any imported Percheronor Clydesdale in America. Charley B. does not seemto have been very successful, however, as a speedperpetuator, yet it may have been from lack of oppor-tunity. He was foaled June 16, 1869, and diedNovember 24, 1896. He is credited with three sonsthat have sired four trotters with records of orbetter and with ten daughters that have produced sixtrotters and four pacers that have made standardrecords. Some of the Champions could show wonderful burstsof speed at the trot. The old-time trainer HiramWoodruff speaks of the Auburn Horse in the TrottingHorse of America as even faster for a brush thanPeerless, which he drove a quarter in 30 seconds towagon. The Auburn Horses sire was Champion, Jr.,a son of Grinnells Champion. Many of the
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