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Title: Breeder and sportsman
Identifier: breedersportsma171890sanf (find matches)
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: Horses
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : (s. n. )
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
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1890 ^Ite ^xzt&zx atul j^pottsroau. 287 NAPA WILKES. For several years Mr. A F. Baker has been recognized as one of the studious and intelligent breeders of the Southern San Joaquin Valley. Realizng the importance of gilt edge blood, he has from time to time picked up trotting horses with good psdigrees, having in view the establishment of a first class breeding farm id that section of the State. Being engaged in mercantile parsuits he has not been able to give the requisite amount of attention that was required to the breeding business, bnt finally he resolved to dispose of his commercial pursuits and attend entirely to tbe breeling in- terest. Some time ago he purchased the well known stallion Napa Wilkes, having made up his mind that the premier stallion of the San Mateo Stock Farm was one of the leading trot- ting representatives on the Pacific (_'. ast, and from the looks of the youngsters which he at present own.;, it can safely be said that his judgment was good, for no better 1 joking lot oi young horse* can be seen anywhere. Mr. Baker haB lately disposed of his breeiina farm and is at present looking for another, where be niiy launch out in the manner which he considers necessary for one who is going to give bis entire attention to tbe trotting horse business. Maud is a sorrel 611y by Abbo'tsford 707 (sire of Condee 2 20, Waterford 2:27, etc.), dam Blonde by Irvington; second dam Huntress by Sbenendoah; 3rd dam by Easton's David Hill. Minnie is a black mare by Electioneer, dam Lnoy by Nor- folk, and was bred by Mrs. W. W. Traylor, of Oakland This mare has a beautiful filly at foot by Napa Wilkes, and by many is considered the choioe of Mr. Baker's many good young ones. There is also a young filly, who as yet is uDnamed, by Napa Wilkes, dam Mosie by Don Juan (a son of Speculation); second dam by St- Lawrence. A very handsome brown filly, one year old, was also seen, she being by Mambiino Wilkes 6083 (sire of Gas Wilkes 2:22, Clara P. 2:29$, Balkan, who as a three-year-old made a record of 2:294 and Alphens 2:27), dam Brunette, whose pedi- gree is given above. Another yearling filly which was shown is brown in color, with star and one white ankle by Napa Wilkes, dam Blonde by Irvington, and she has any quantity of speed and gives every promise of being very fast. Mr. Baker also has a steel gray filly, a yearling by Free Trade, dam Dolly, the celebrated road mare. Free Trade is an exceptionally well bred horse, being by Princeps 536, who is the.Bire of twenty-two in the 2:30 list, while the dam of Free Trade ia Dawn by Belmont 64; second dim Midnight (dam of Jav-Eve-See 2:10 and Noontide 2:20i) by Pilot Jr.; third dam Twilight by Lexington The last and the bsst of them all is Patty B . who was im "Corbin Bashaw measures 16 handBand 1 inch high, weighs 1.200 pounds, and is clothed in a dark chestnut coat, through whose rich, wavy sheen may be counted manv a pulsing plexus of plnmp. tortuous blood vessels. In general portrait, in justness and elegance of proportions, he is tbe sculptor's model, the poet's ideal, tbe horseman's delight. He is, indeed, a picture the like of which is very rarely seen in the course of a lifetime; and it is little if aoy, over the mark to say that he is the perfection of equine symmetry, and ia faultless in every visible point. His action, Bpirit and power of endurance are in good keeping with his beautv and strength of conformation. He is a thoroughly natural trot- ter, and so admirably are all tbe parts of his anatomical machinery adapted to bis gait that he never requires a boot or a strap of any kind, and on a good track does not even require to be shod. His long, eloping shoulders, his sweep- ing arms and thighs, his glibly-folding knee action, and his great muscular power give him a masterly yet easy way of go'ng, and carry him along tbe course with the speed of an arrow and the grace of a fawn. In bis trotting there is no labored exertion, no waste of force, no discord of motion. Every part of the machine works in perfect harmony with every other part in the production of a movement whose exquisite nicety of balance, and whose grandly rolling cadeDce make him on the homestretch, one of the most entrancing sights that ever tilled the human eye. He is long, rapid, but not v«=ry open strider. His hocks are brought up in verti- cal lines, but his bio < feet, beiDg pointed irom his l~ody, never touch his fore feet. ThiB gives Mm that strong, pre-
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Napa Wilkes ia a son of Gny Wilkes 2:I5£, who, as the world already knows, is the sire of Sable Wilkes 2:18; Lillian Wilkes 2;17$; Regal Wilkes, who has the two-year old stallion record of the world, 2:20$; Hazel Wilkes 2:20, etc., and many others that are about ready to enter tbe charmed circle. The dam of Napa Wilkes is Nipa Maid by Irvington 379 (a eon of Byekyk's Hambletonian); 2d dam Napa Queen by Eugene Casserly; 3rd dam by Bald Chief. Irvington is a full brother to Arthurton, who has done so much in the way of speed in popularizing California trotters. Napa Wilkes was foaled in 1884. is bay in oolor and typical of tbe celebrated family to which he belongs. There can be no reason to doubt but what Mr. Baker will, in a very short time, reap tbe reward of his excellent selection, as this son of Gay is bound to breed on. Mr. Baker also has a number of brood mares, the first be- ing Baauty by Arthurton, dam Blaok Bess by General Mc- Clellan,2nd dam Belle by Belmont. Running in the same field is a full Bister to Beauty called Brunette, and these two fine shapely matrons attract the at- tention of all who have seen them in the paddocks. Beauty and Brunette each has a brown 611y by Napa Wilkes, Beauty'6 foal being distinguished by three white ankles. These youngsters are natural trotters, and with ordinary lack should eaeh make a reputation fnr air*- nod daui. Jessie is a bav filly four years old by Berlin 351-4 (wire of Kate Ewing 2:211, Pansy 2:24) and Thapsin 2:2U), Pam Lucy, a mare brought to California by Col. McNasser, of Sacramento. ported from Bloomington, Illinois, by Mr. Baker in 1888. She is very fast and haB shown a quarter in 32 seoonds, a 2:08 gait, on tho Fresno track. Patty R was sired by Cor- bin'a Bashaw 1762, dam Carrie. R. by Champion 807; second dam Nellie by Nighthawk 514; third dam being thorough- bred. Tbis mare ie of such exquisite conformation and so very speedy that it would be aa well to reDnblieh an article on her sire which originally appeared in Wallace's Monthly in 1883. CORBIN BASHAW 1762. "It is often said in comparing sons with sires that 'the stream cannot rise higher than its fountain.' Never was comparison more unfortunate. The real fountain—the whole fountain—is not in the sire alone, but in both sire and dam, and even in the twain it is frequently so invisible tbat we have to go far op the ancestral carrent to find it. Of this truth we have a striking illustration in the case before as. "Fifteen years ago imboy met Black Maria, a daughter of Banner Chief, son of Mambrino Chief 11. The result of that meeting was Corbin BaBhaw, 1762. in whom we have an ani- mal that is in many respects decidedly superior to either of bis parent?. In color and in outline he is an Amboy. but in size and substance be is more of a Mambrino Chief than was Black Marn, while in Rtyle and finish b« leads all the Am boys, and leives tbe Main'irino Chief* far nut of night. In other worda he is a greatly enlarged, highly flattering like- ness of his sire and a substantial epitome of the typical qual- ities of the noblest of the ancestry of his dam. cise, uniform stroke which tells in the race without wearing out the horse. •'Corbin Bashaw is now fourteen years old, his rich trot- ting inheritance is well developed. He has been campaigned more or less every season since hs was four years old, and as a winner has achieved great renown in the West. On the 23rd of Jane, 1881, he won a hotly contested race at Mar- shalltown. Ia., making a record of 2;2G;. In the summer of the following year, immediately after a stud service in which he had been mated with mares sixty-five times, he went to Chicago, and in a great stallion contest lapped out Fred Douglass, 1153, in 2:20). By critical timing it was fonnd that he trotted the heat in which he did this in 2:2)). Such a performance can, under tfce circumstances, be considered little less than marvelous- and, to my mind, it clearly shows that Corbin Bashaw is one nf the very gamest and most speedy trotting stallions in the world. "It'is not to be overlooked that this splendid horse trains on, advances in rank, constantly improves in speed, and trots all bis races out, invariably making bis best showing in his last heats. It ib admitted by all who know him tb*t be is one of the mist e-iHuiine trnt>ers in America. I r;i'l Ppec- ial attention to thU fxct because these it- uo iboiougLhrt .

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