xt7t4b2x413r https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7t4b2x413r/data/mets.xml Madden, Edward, of Lexington, Ky. 1911  books b98-39-41900079 English Press of the Judson Printing Co., : Cleveland : Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Horses Pedigrees. Harness racing United States. Hamburg Place (Lexington, Ky.) Trotters at Hamburg Place, Lexington, Ky., U.S.A.  / property of Edward and Joseph Madden. text Trotters at Hamburg Place, Lexington, Ky., U.S.A.  / property of Edward and Joseph Madden. 1911 2002 true xt7t4b2x413r section xt7t4b2x413r 












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EDWARD MADDEN, Jr.
JOSEPH McKEE MADDEN.

 

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Hamburg

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PROPERTY OF



EDWARD AND JOSEPH MADDEN






          PRESS Or
     THE JUDsON PEINTING COMPANY
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HAMBURG PLACE




          1897
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE ACRES



     TWO THOUSAND ACRES

 


       TABLE OF CONTENTS.


                                              Page
Foals of 1909-10 ................8..................... 8
Index to Illustrations.                                 4
Preface   ..........................................     5

                   STALLIONS.



                            Page
Peter Leyburn ................... 27
Siliko..............,   .... 13



                          BROOD
Ariel Leyburn...              75
Belle Leyburn...              64
Bertha Leyburn...             68
Countess Leyburn...           60
Elsie Leyburn...              71
Ethel Hanks...                80
Home Again...                 82
Lady Leyburn.6..              61
Lizzie Leyburn...             66
Margaret Parrish.       ..    63
Markala......................... 43
Minnie Leyburn.       ,       ,,,, I. 74



                              Page
 The Native    ............. 29
 Vice-Commodore ............. 21

MARES.
Nancy Hanks ............. 35
Nancy McKerron ............. 44
Nancy's Todd .   .................. 47
Queen Ieyburn.    ............76
Roma Leyburn ............. 77
Rose Leyburn       ..         58
Sarah Leyburn...........     . 79
Silicon   .     .    ......... 48
Sister Francis     .     .    53
Willet Leyburn  .   .......... 70
Wilto Leyburn.....            67



                  PEDIGREES FOR REFERENCE.
Abdallah...                   92   Harry Clay...................... I:3
Abdallah (Alexander's) .. ...... 102   Happy Medium................... 104
Adbell..              ......................Justi n M organ.115
Bellfounder (imp.) ............... 95  Mambrino (English horse) .        89
Bingara ....................... 112    Mambrino (American horse) .       91
Crittenden...................... 114Messenger (imp.).            . 90
Electioneer.....    ........ 110   Orloff Trotter............... 116
Hambletonian (Rysdyk's) ........ 100   Robert McGregor ...105.. 105
George Wilkes ..................107M    Wilton .......................   109

                          IN MEMORIAM.
              Hamburg Belle ......................... 119

                      METHODS AND MERIT.
August Belmond's Address ........ 135  The Auto and the Horse .......... 141
Modern Training Methods ........ 127   The Trotting Hall of Fame .      131
              Lord North to his Grandchildren .       142

 


                       ILLUSTRATIONS.
                                                              Opposite Page
AdbelI, a Champion Yearling Trotter and sire of Futurity Winners. .. . 111
A View on Hamburg Place.... .  .. .   . ...... .   . . . . ..   .  85
Baron Wilkes 2:18... . . . . . . .... 25
Bellfounder (Imported).. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .  11
Bingara 34707...           ..... . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . 112
Bingen2:06  . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .  31
Champion Mares, Hamburg Belle, Imp and Nancy Hanks .. . .. . .. 119
Dams of Champions, Silicon, Fanella, Nancy Hanks and Elsie Leyburn .  73
Edward Madden jumping in 1909.. . . . . . .   . . . . . . .. . .   99
Edward Madden jumping in 1910.. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Edward Madden jumping over Director Rean 2:13  .. . . .. .. . . . 103
Electioneer 125.............          .............. . 21
Entrance to Hamburg Place.. .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .     5
E. T. Bedford driving York Boy and Bemay to World's Record .. ....  91
Exercising Track and Paddocks at Hamburg Place.. . . ... ... . . 131
Futurity of 1908 in Caricature...... . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . 107
George Wilkes 2:22..  .. . . . . . .. . . ..  . .. . . . ..  .. .  17
Group of Hamburg Place Weanlings showing Hamburg . . .. . . . ..   95
Gymnasium and Garage at Hamburg Place ..   . .. . .. . . . . ..   135
Hambletonian 10............. ............... .                     13
House in which Henry Clay was Married .. . .   .... ........ 121
Jack Leyburn Winning the Walnut Hall Cup in Colors of Hamburg Place . 71
Jack Leyburn with Geers up.... ..    ........... .....              75
John Edward Madden, Jr., and Joseph McKee Madden ... . . ... . .     1
John E. Madden instructing Jockey before Saratoga Special in 1906 .. . . 129
Joseph McKee Madden breaking a Shetland ........... .... 123
Joseph McKee Madden on his favorite Hurdler .. ..  . ... . . . .  139
Kentucky Todd 2:08 ...... . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . ..   .  47
Madden Boys in the Saddle. . . .. .. .                             81
May King 2:214 .. .                                               27
Messenger (Imported)..... .  . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. .   .  7
Moko 24457............................. .                          29
Nancy Hanks and Narion, dam of Vice-Commodore... . .. . .   . ..   63
Nancy Hanks, Silicon, Fanella and Imp, knee deep in the Blue Grass. . .  67
Nancy Hanks when she trotted in 2:04.... . . . . .   . . . . . .. 43
Paddock Scene at Hamburg Place... ...... . .. ..       . ..... 125
Race Course and Paddocks at Hamburg Place.. . . .. . . . . .. . .  89
Returning from the Hunt .... .      . ................. 115
Robert Bonner.. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .  117
Robert McGregor 2:17. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .                105
Siliko 2:08436 in 1911...... . .. . . . .  . . .... .  . . .. .   .  33
Siliko-Icon 2:10 filly, his first foal..... . . ... . . . . .. . ..     66
Siliko, in 1906, Warming up for Kentucky Futurity .. . .. . . . . ..  48
Siliko Winning Kentucky Futurity in 1906 in Colors of Hamburg Place .  51
Siliko, Winner of Lexington Stakes. ..   . . . . .. . . . . . .. . 53
Stallion Paddocks at Hamburg Place... . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .  79
The Native 2:170 . ........... .............. . 41
Training Quarters at Hamburg Place...... .... .    . ..... . . 97
Vice-Commodore . .  . .. . . . . .. . . . ....................... 37
Warlock.     .      ........ . . ....... . . . 87
Wilton 2:19 .............. ... .. ..               ....      ..... 109
Willy 2:074.............. ... .. ....... .                 . . .  58

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Entrance to Hamburg Place.

 

                       PREFACE.

W    HEN following the axiom in breeding that "like produces
       like, or the likeness of some ancestors," let it be remem-
       bered that a great future demands a great past. The
       habits of ancestors beget instincts in their descendants.
The trotting habit, therefore, must exist on both sides of the
family for a few generations before it can be reproduced with
any degree of uniformity, and even then class will appear only
at intervals, while there will be skips and blanks when least
expected.
    It is on that account that men who breed horses should
have, so far as possible, a thorough knowledge of each individual
in the pedigrees of their stock. They can confine their operations
to lines which will reduce the chances of casting back to unknown
and undesirable individuals to a very narrow margin; but even
then chance plays a part; as nature has many moods and mys-
teries which are as yet unsolved by man, and possibly never
will be.
    Then on the other hand, there are instances where a golden
cross is to be found when least expected, through a stallion
having been raised in, or brought into, a section of the country
where there were a number of mares which nicked well with him.
    Hambletonian is a striking example of this. He was foaled
and raised in Orange County, New York, where there were a
large number of mares by Seely's American Star. The Trotting
Register and the Year Book show what their foals did for
him. Virgil, the thoroughbred, who saved the Glencoe line,
and George Wilkes also, illustrate this fact in Kentucky. Virgil,
after racing well as a two and three-year-old, finally became
a jumper and then a buggy horse in New Orleans. And a
buggy horse he would no doubt have remained for the balance
of his days if M. H. Sanford had not been attracted by his blood
lines and brought him to Elmendorf to cross on his Lexington
mares. This was in 1872. Mr. Sanford had him in the stud
for two years and then gave him away. An opportunity, how-
ever, was all that Virgil required, and when Vagrant and
Virginius literally galloped away from all the two year olds of
their year, Mr. Sanford admitted his mistake, repurchased the
black son of Vandal and Hymenia, and placed him at the head
of his stud.

 

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    In due time Virgil gave the turf such noted race horses
as Vigil, Vera Cruz, Harry Hill, Memento, Himalaya, and
through Hindoo founded a line that is starred with such names
as Hanover, Hamburg, and scores of others whose speed and
endurance has made the American thoroughbred respected on
every race track in the world.
    As for George Wilkes it does not require a very great
stretch of imagination to picture the cool reception the little
horse received when he arrived in the Blue Grass country. For-
tunately, the daughters of Mambrino Patchen were bred to
him, with results beneficial to the reputation of both.
    V/hen the blood lines of the trotter were woven, the Mor-
gans, Pilots, Champions, Hiatogas, Clays, Blue Bulls, Bashaws,
Royal Georges, Mambrinos, Abdallahs, and Hambletonians, all,
more or less, formed the warp and woof. Each family had its
admirers, but when the test of reproducing speed was applied
from generation to generation, and the value of each repre-
sentative was fixed by actual performance, one of these families
so far outstripped its rivals that comparisons ceased, and success
silenced the voice of opposition.
    Hlambletonian, the fortunate product of the mating of Abdal-
lah with a daughter of imported Bellfounder, has made his
family, in the male line especially, the superior of every other in
a very marked degree.
    The Morgans were confined to New England and especially
Vermont and New Hampshire; the Pilots and Mambrinos were
located in Kentucky; the Hiatogas in Ohio, the Blue Bulls in
Indiana; the Bashaws in Iowa; the Royal Georges in Canada;
while the Abdallahs, Champions and Clays dominated all others
in N-ew York. Each had its admirers on the turf and in
the stud, and arguments in defense of each filled the columns
of the turf press. When the rate of speed was in the twenties,
or a few seconds under that mark, all of them had representa-
tives. As the rate dropped into the teens, however, and finally
to 2:10 or faster, the superiority of the Hambletonian line
became more apparent. After crossing with mares of all other
families, and repeated inbreeding, the Hambletonian line im-
proved in quality, and increased in speed capacity with each
remove from the parent stem, until its firing line blazed with
the names of Dexter, Goldsmith Maid, St. Julian, Jay Eye See,
Ilaud S., Nliancy Hanks, Alix, The Abbot, Cresceus, Lou Dillon,



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   Imp. MESSENGER,
The Grandsire of Abdallah 1.

 

             Property of Edward and Joseph Madden        7

and Uhlan, all champions and all male line descendants of the
old "Hero of Chester."
    The most successful sons of Hambletonian and their de-
scendants were improved by crossing on certain mares of the
same family, whose qualities were made conspicuous by a cham-
pion on the turf or in the stud, or in some instances by both.
Electioneer and George Wilkes were the greatest. Electioneer
was fortunate in getting another line to Bellfounder through
Green Mountain Maid, while the maternal line of George Wilkes
begins and ends in her only foal that started out in life as Robert
Fillingham, but whose name was changed to George Wilkes
before he was taken to Kentucky, where, in the space of nine
years, he founded a family which has made that State the source
of the bluest blood of the light harness horse.
    George Wilkes and Electioneer, however, were not by any
means the only sons of Hambletonian that became world famous,
for the blood of many of his sons, like that of their sire, blended
successfully with other lines and at the same time absorbed such
desirable qualities as were conspicuous in the family of Happy
Medium, to which Nancy Hanks and Pilot Medium trace; in
the line to Harold which gave the world Maud S., Alix and
Kremlin; the line to Dictator, which contributed Jay Eye See,
Phallas and Director; the Strathmore line made famous by Santa
Claus, Sidney, Sidney Dillon and Lou Dillon, and many others.
For some reason, however, which cannot as yet be explained, all
the other lines to Hambletonian, except those of George Wilkes
and Electioneer, grow weaker and weaker at each remove; its
representatives being reduced to two or three stallions, while
they have scores.
    It is a significant fact that in inbreeding to Hambletonian a
horse carrying the largest quantity of thoroughbred blood of any
of those which have made reputations as sires, has given us the
fastest trotters of today, not only as two and three-year-olds,
but also at maturity. Why did not inbreeding to the Clays,
Alorgans, and other old time trotting families succeed The
trotting line in many of them was longer and stronger than in
Hambletonian. Was it because they were not inbred to a
thoroughbred horse like imported Messenger, whose name ap-
pears eighty-seven times in the tabulated pedigree of Colorado E.
while Miss Stokes has forty-nine, Native Belle forty-four and
Czarevna and Grace each thirty-three crosses to the same horse.

 

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    And now the time has come to select the best of the
descendants of George Wilkes and Electioneer. By the turf
test they are Bingen and Baron Wilkes. Bingen was sired
by May King, a son of Electioneer of very limited capacity,
out of a daughter of the George Wilkes stallion Young Jim;
while Baron Wilkes was by George Wilkes out of an inbred
Mambrino mare that was conspicuous on account of her early
speed. Neither of them were high-class race horses, as while
Bingen had two minute speed, he frequently showed a disposi-
tion to jump up when least expected, and Baron Wilkes required
all the help that could be given him to win the few races placed
to his credit. They were both moderate race horses of good
families. They out bred themselves in the stud, and proved
conclusively, so far as they are concerned, that the family is
stronger than the individual. The male lines tracing to them
are now leading all others, and will be blended with the best
obtainable, until another selection is to be made among their
descendants.
    At present Moko and Todd appear to be the choice and at
one time Todd justified the belief that he would prove the
greatest son of Bingen. His early death, however, has deprived
him of the success to which he was entitled by his excellent
breeding and good showing in the stud. But the speed shown
by the yearlings of Kentucky Todd, who has an additional
Bellfounder cross through Parkville, the sire of his dam, would
warrant the prediction that this handicap may yet be overcome.
As is well known, Todd was out of an Arion mare, which
appears to be the proper cross for Bingen, as has been shown
by the get of Bingara and the Vice-Commodore foals, the oldest
of the latter being a winner in Europe. The Bingen line is
represented at Hamburg Place by Vice-Commodore 2:11, whose
darn, Narion, has produced three with standard records, and is
a daughter of Arion and the unbeaten champion Nancy Hanks
2:04, whose name appears in the great brood mare list as
the dam of Admiral Dewey 2:043/4, Lord Roberts 2 071 4, Nancy
MIcKerron 2 :10X2 and Nancy's Todd, trial 2:264. The Baron
Wilkes line at Hamburg Place is represented by Silicon, a futurity
winner and a champion, and The Native, a developed brother
of the greatest two-year-old trotter that ever took the word.
    The sire plants the seed. If it comes from a failure, expect
a failure. Look about and see where breeders have used one



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horse on all their mares and produced nothing, but nmade a
success with the same mares by using another horse. Peter
the Great succeeded where Patchen Wilkes failed. Lamplighter
could not cast a shadow on Hanover's glory. Race horses fol-
lowed in the wake of Bonnie Scotland in Tennessee. Electioneer
was in the stud with General Benton and Piedmont at Palo Alto.
He got more racing speed in one year than they did in the
whole of their days.
    If the germ of speed is not in the seed of the sire, the
product of the greatest mares will frequently fail.
    Learn what families furnish the greatest number of winners.
Follow them in their male lines, and use mares from families
producing speed and you cannot fail.
    As to the so called intricate science of breeding in so
blending the blood of sire and dam that winners may be produced
in numbers, though of absorbing interest to the student and
theorist, the practical man need only confine himself to the
formula of breeding a good mare to a great horse, taking in due
consideration the varying qualities of each, and putting his
trust in like producing like, or the likeness of some good ancestor.
He will have his share of winners, his good years and his bad
years, and the experts will tack figures on to the pedigrees of
his winners, and tell how it all happened.

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              Imp. BELLFOUNDER.
Sire of fte Clhrres Kent Alart. dam of lartnbletoniarl 10.

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STALLIONS

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      IJAM;BLETONIAN 10.
Siui of Electioneer and George Witkes.

 



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                        SILIKO 40903.
                    European record 2:08 3/10.
Kentucky Futurity Winner and Champion Trotter of Europe 1908 to 1910.
Two-year-old race record 2:17Y2, three-year-old race record 2:11x4, four-
year-old public trial 2:06'/2, and timed in a race at that age in 2:0534,
   five-year-old champion trotter of Europe, record 2:08 3/10.
     Winner of two-year-old Lexington Stake in 1905. Winner of
       the three-year-old Kentucky Futurity in 1906, the
         Sommer Prize, in which he reduced the European
           record for trotters to 2:08 3/10 at Vienna,
             Austria, and many other important Euro-
                       pean events in 1908.
Brother to Brighton 2:274, four-year-old trial 2:1134, last quarter in
29 /4 seconds, driven by W. J. Andrews. As a five-year-old E. T.
   Bedford drove Brighton a mile in 2:174, last quarter in 303/4
     seconds over a half-mile track. An accident placed this
                     horse on the retired list.
  Half-brother to Sister Francis, two-year-old trial in 1908, 2:15Y2,
                three-year-old record in 1909, 2:1114.
                  Member of the Silverlock Family.
                      Bay horse; foaled 1903.
Bred by Clem Beachey, Jr., Lexington, Ky., passed to Brooke Curry,
  Lexington, Ky., passed to John E. Madden, Lexington, Ky., passed
  to Louis W. Winans, Hove, Brighton, England, Europe, and
     then to Edward and Joseph Madden, Hamburg Place.
     Registered in the American Trotting Register, Vol. XVII.
                       By MOKO 24457.
                              Sire of
Fereno..       ............ 2:05Y2.Siliko...              2:08 3/10
First winner of both divisions    Kentucky Futurity winner and
     of Kentucky Futurity.            Champion trotter of Europe
Native Belle (2) ........... 2:07Y4  1908-1910.
    World's record and winner of  Brenda Yorke ............. 2:0432
  two-year-old division of Horse    2:08X4  as a  three-year-old.
  Review and Kentucky Futurity      World's record for a three-
  Stakes.                             year-old pacing filly 1906-09.
  Three - year - old record and  Susie N. (Futurity winner). .2:094
  winner of Horse Review Futu-    Gomoko ................... 2:10
  rity..        ........... 2:06Y2Mochester ...              2:1034
Silver Silk (4) ........... 2:083/2  Mobel (Futurity winner) ... 2:104
                  and 52 others in 2:30 or better.
    Moko is also the sire of the dam of The Harvester 2:08Y4 as a
three-year-old and winner of the Kentucky, Horse Review, and Stock
Farm Futurities, etc., 2:0634 as a four-year-old and winner of the
Charter Oak Stake, and 2:01 as a five-year-old, World's Champion
Stallion and Grand Circuit Champion of 1909 and 1910.
    Brother to Bumps 2:03/, Baron D. 2:10, Baronine 2:24Y/2, etc., son
of Baron Wilkes 4758, record 2:18; 1st dam Queen Ethel, by Strathmore

 


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408; 2nd dam Princess Ethel (dam of Lady Ethel 2:244 and Phantom
2.29X4), by Volunteer 55; 3rd dam Black Bess (dam of Gloster 2:17),
by Stockbridge Chief, son of Vermont Black Hawk 5; 4th dam, by
Maambrino Paymaster, sire of Mkambrino Chief 11.

1st dam SILICON .................. by WILTON 5982



World's race record as a
2-year-old when made ... 2:154
Four-year-old record ...... 2:13V2
She won races during her turf
career of a valuation of 48,500.
          Dam of
Siliko (European rec.) 2:08 3/10
Sister Francis (3-yr.-old) ..2:11
Brighton (Mokides) .....2:27
          Sister of
Silurian ..  ... o..f......... 2:25
          Dam of
  Don Pronto (3) ........ 2:2434
  Miss Quealy (2) ........ 2:263,4



      Record 2:19.
          Sire of
Eudora ................... 2:054
Willie Benton.           2:054
Will Leyburn.            2:06
Vera Capel .              :072
Bessie Wilton.            :09
Dorothy Wilton .          :09
and 133 others in 2:30 or better.
     Sire of the dams of
The Plunger .2:07X2
Gayton .                 2:084
Dorothy Redmond     .    209
and 73 others in .2:30



His sons have sired 141 in 2:30 or- better, included Laura Bellini
   2:044, Roamer 2:05, Clinton B. 2:08, Princess Moquette 2:082,
   Bessie Drake 2:08Y4 and Fred Wilton 2:09. Wiltwood 2:292,
   a son of Wilton, is the sire of the dam of Susie N., three-year-old
   record 2:09.
Son of George Wilkes 519, record 2:22; 1st dam Alley (dam of Albert
    France 2:20', Alley Russell 2:224 and Harkaway 2875, sire of 6
    in 2:30), by Hambletonian 10 (Rysdyk's); 2nd dam Lady Griswold
    (dam of Kent 5560, sire of 11 in 2:30), by Flying Morgan, son of
    the Hackett Horse.

2d dam  SILHOUETTE ............ by HAMBRINO 520.



          Dam of
Edward Audubon ........ 2:10
Silicon (4-yr-old record) ..2:13
Silhouette A. (trial) ...... 2:15
Silurian (3-yr-old record) 2:25
          Dam of
  Don Pronto (3) ......... 2:244
  MLiss Quealy (2)........2:264
  Snicker ................ 2:262
Chauncey Audubon ...... 2:15
      (3-year-old trial).
Silesia, dam of
'Mysotis ................ 2:12Y4



        Record 2:21 .
            Sire of
Elbrino...               2:074
Delmarch ...             2:112
Hamward ........         2:12
and 47 others in 2:30 or better.
     Sire of the dams of
Hawthorne .2:06
Argetta.                 2:084
Byron Kay.               2:08
Francona .2:09
Orin B.                  2:09
  and 2 others in 2:10 or better.



Hambrino's sois have sired 207 performers in 2:30 or better, including
   Ace 2:05, Major Brino 2:05, Captain Brino 2:07, Tommy H.
   2:072, Dick Allen 2:08, Rollins 2:08, Davy K. 2:08 and Deloree
   2:09.
Son of Edward Everett 81, record 2:48, son of Hambletonian 10; 1st
   dam Mambrina, by Mambrino Chief 11; 2nd dam Susie, by imp.
   Margrave, thoroughbred, etc.

 

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3rd dam SILVERLOCK ............ by MAMBRINO TIME 1686.
             Dam  of                              Sire of
  Silverone.2:193/4                 Four Corners .2:2034
             Dam  of                Mambrino Dick .2:24
    Abdul Ameer ..      ... 2:19V2  Emmet.                    2:29X2
  Silcyone..... 2:28y2                        and dams of
    Sire of 4 better than... 2:30   Clayone .                2:12Y4
  Silvertone...           2:30      Mike .                   2:15
  Silver Chimes 6818, sire of       C. C .2:164
    Promise .             2:10      Egbertime ............... 2:1634
  Silvern 21819, sire of            Temple Bar .             2:17Y4
    Silver Socks ...      2:193   Shadeland Onward ....... 2:18
    Dr. Etheridge ...     2:23   and 34 others in 2:30 or better.
Maambrino Time 1686, son of Mambrino Patchen 58; 1st dam Puss
    Prall, by Mark Time, son of Berthune, thoroughbred; 2nd dam mare,
    by Daniel Webster, son of Lance, son of American Eclipse, etc.
Mambrino Time 1686 was a full brother to Lady Stout 2:29 (champion
    three-year-old trotter 1874-1876), Lottie Prall 2:28Y4, Black Cloud
    783 (sire of Jingo Jim 2:26 and Charmer 2:27), etc.
Puss Prall also produced Black Diamond 2:29Y4, and to her traces
    Rachel 2:08X, Crystallion 2:0834, Cut Glass 2:103/4 (two-year-old
    record 2:20), Great Spirit 2:1134, Timorah 2:12X, Great Heart
    2:12/2 (sire of Auto 2:0434, Wilkes Heart 2:063, Octoo 2:07Y2, etc.),
    King Crystal 2:143, Cartridge 2:1434, Bowery Boy 2:15, Spanish
    Boy 2:1634, Chatterton 2:18, Bowery Belle 2:1834, Deluge 2:193,
    Crystalline (two-year-old) 2:19, Gen. Taylor 2:19/2, Horace W.
    Wilson 2:1932, Onward George 2:22Y2, The Spinner 2:23V4, Billy
    Dey 2:24, Aspirator 2:2432, Spun Glass 2:2432, etc.
4th dam LADY MARGRAVE ...... by OLE BULL, JR.
          Grandam of                              Sire of
  Three in.....           2:30      Steve Maxwell ........... 2:21312
Ole Bull, Jr., son of Ole Bull, son of Old Pacing Pilot: 1st dam mare,
    by Lewis' Sterling, etc.
    As a two-year-old Siliko was considered one of the handsomest
colts in Kentucky and after he took the word it was not long before
he was rated as one of the best trotters ever bred in the blue grass
country. He was trained by Charles Marvin, who drove him in all
of his engagements in 1905, his first appearance being in a purse race
at the Kentucky State Fair, which he won after a contest of four heats,
as shown by the following summary:
    Lexington, Ky., Sept. 19, 1905. Purse 300, for two-year-old trotters.
Siliko, b c, by Moko-Silicon 2:13Y2, by Wilton.... Marvin  3 3  1 1
Lightsome, b f, by Constantine-Bourbonlight 2:1834, by
   Bourbon Wilkes ............  .................. Dodge  1 2 3 2
Bud Bonner, b g, by Prodigal-Miss Edgar 2:29, by Bour-
   bon Wilkes .................................... Childs 2  1 2 3
                 Time 2:193, 2:173, 2:1934, 2:22.
   Siliko's next victory was in the Lexington Stake. In the opening
round the favorite, Ed Custer, broke before getting into the first turn
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lengths in 2:17'2. Bud Bonner was second until a few yards from the
wire, where Foote brought Gov. Francis up with a rush and beat him for
the place by a neck. Custer was fourth, four lengths back. The start
was a straggling one the next time, but the five colts were all trotting.
Siliko and Governor Francis raced a length apart to the half, with Bud
Bonner and Custer close up. Rounding the far turn, Chandler stepped
the latter around Bonner and the Governor, but could never get to
Siliko, who won by two lengths in 2:18Y4.
    Lexington, Ky., Oct. 12, 1905. The Lexington Stake, for two-year-
       old trotters; purse 2,000.
Siliko, b c, by Moko-Silicon 2:13 2, by Wilton .......... C. Marvin  1 1
Goy. Francis, br c, by Arion-Gracie V. 2:30, by Crittenden..Foote  2 3
Ed Custer, ch c, by Baronmore-Marble 2:14, by King Clay.
    J. B. Chandler ........       ........................    4 2
Bud Bonner, b g, by Prodigal-Miss Edgar 2:29, by Bourbon
    Wilkes .............................................. Childs  3 4
La Boudie, b f, by Wilask-Resemble 2:29, by Earl .... Saunders  5 5
       Time-            V2           4           Mile.
              :34       1:08       1:42         2:17Y2
              :34       1:09       1:4312      2:18f4

    Siliko made but one start as a three-year-old, it being in the
colors of Hamburg Place in the fourteenth renewal of the Kentucky
Futuritv for three-year-olds. The race was trotted over a heavy track,
as it had rained for four days previous. Siliko won and in doing so
proved himself master of the field. To see him skimming the earth,
said the Horse Review in its report of the meeting, like a swallow,
reminded one of the day in 1904 when Grace Bond, another midget
trotter, stepped home the winner. Siliko is a veritable little Beau
Brummel in make-up and appearance, but there the simile ends, for
he is, first of all, a trotting machine, possessed of a highly-keyed
motor and gameness, of the sort which accomplishes great things. His
victory was a popular one-but there is a "rift in the lute," caused
by a deplorable accident in the third heat. Siliko had beaten The
Abbe conclusively in the first and second heats. In the third The Abbe
was sent away trailing Siliko and in going around the first turn Knap
McCarthy pulled Siliko out perhaps half a sulky width from the pole.
Ben White drove The Abbe into the gap and what happened afterwards,
rather the cause of what transpired, will be food for discussion for a
long time to come. The crowd saw Siliko fall and The Abbe stumble
over the prostrate horse and his driver. It was a desperate looking
accident and a groan went up when it occurred. Siliko got to his
feet and ran toward the outside fence. A track harrow was in his
path and over this he tumbled, falling on his head and turning com-
pletely over. The Abbe was caught before he could rise and to the
intense relief of the crowd both drivers were seen to be standing on
their feet. After a long deliberation the judges announced that The
Abbe was distanced because of a foul.
   But to revert to the race and its story. The Abbe's splendid race
at Columbus, where he set the world's race record for entire three-

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year-olds at 2:102, made him a natural favorite. Governor Francis
and Ed Custer had fought a head and head battle at Cincinnati last
week, so there was little to choose between them. Siliko had not
raced this season, but it was known that the veteran "Knapsack"
McCarthy had him in fine condition, as evidenced by several miles better
than 2:12 in his work. These four were figured as contenders, despite
the fact that several members of the field had on other occasions
showed good form.
    Siliko drew the pole, then came Daffodil, Alceste, The Abbe, Kid
McGregor, Quisetta, Lightsome, Ed Custer, Governor Francis and
Vera Prodigal. Starter Frank Walker got them away to a fine start
with little scoring and at once Siliko and Daffodil stepped out in front.
At the quarter Siliko was first by a length, followed by Daffodil, Alceste
and The Abbe. Governor Francis broke at the eighth and further
breaks put him back of the flag. Foote stated that the colt's check-
rein was thrown loose and he was unable to control him on that account.
Daffodil broke at the half, and then The Abbe moved past Alceste
and trailed Siliko around the turn. The Abbot's brother was at
Siliko's saddle at the long distance stand and here White made his
drive. The Abbe responded momentarily but "Knapsack" shook the
ribbons over Moko's little son, who instantly moved forward. White
c