. Breeder and sportsman. r dam was a double Blackbird, thejsire of A. W. Richmond, is so well knownthat a reference is all that is necessary. Thus for four generationsthe thoroughbreds in the pedigree have Bhown a capacity to get trottingspeed, and then comes a double infusion of Diomed which is now sohighlv regarded in trotting genealogy. With all this good showing Iconsider that Antevolo being a full brother of Anteeo is the crown-ing glory. The relationship adds value to both as when there are anumber of members of tbe family good the value to breeders isgreatly enhanced. ,„
. Breeder and sportsman. r dam was a double Blackbird, thejsire of A. W. Richmond, is so well knownthat a reference is all that is necessary. Thus for four generationsthe thoroughbreds in the pedigree have Bhown a capacity to get trottingspeed, and then comes a double infusion of Diomed which is now sohighlv regarded in trotting genealogy. With all this good showing Iconsider that Antevolo being a full brother of Anteeo is the crown-ing glory. The relationship adds value to both as when there are anumber of members of tbe family good the value to breeders isgreatly enhanced. ,„ With the single exception of XX, Antevolo is the best disposedstallion I ever owned. He is as reliable a trotter as any one coulddesire, ready to trot at all rimes and from the first as level-headedas an old campaigner. His action is capital, and his endurance ona par with his action and good behavior. He won the pastseason in stakes and purses. j<)s ^^ SMpsoN Oakland, or 508 Montgomery St., San 1885. RANCH0DEL RIO. 1885. The Thoroughbred Stallion MAMBRINO WILKES. BLACK STALLION, SIXTEEN HANDS IN HEIGHT, BY GEOBGEWilkes, son of Rysdyks Hambletonian, bred by B. J. Treacy ofFayette County, Kentucky. Pain Lady Cbristman, by TodhuntersMambrino, Bon of Mambrino Chief. Second dam by Pilot, Jr. Tod-hunters Mambrino, eon of Mambrino Chief, his dam Biptons dam, byPotomac. TbiB is the largest and one of the best colts of George WilkeB, (weigh-ing 1,260 pounds), combining tbe Hambletonian and Manibrino strains,and alBO several thoroughbred crosses. His colts demonstrate that hepossesses in an eminent degree the same faculty of transmitting thefamily qualities to his offspring which put George Wilkes in the frontranks as a sire of trotters. George Wilkes has 35 representatives in the 2:30 list, of which 21 haverecords of 2:25 or better, 7 of 2:20 or better, and i of 2:18 or are all the get of Geo. Wilkes, and do not include Phil Thomp-son, William H.
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