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conclusions that the records show of the sire and dam of Alcyone. 

 On the paternal side, then, it will be seen that Quartermaster's in- 

 heritance is unexcelled. His dam, Qui Vive, is herself a speed pro 

 ducer; a mare of great speed and fine parts, and is a daughter of 

 Sentinel, record 2.29f. Sentinel was full brother to Volunteer, and 

 was evidently just as great a horse. He died when ten years old : but 

 he leaves a goodly 2.30 list, and his blood is breeding on. The Senti- 

 nels are race-horses, and the blood carries stamina and finish with it. 

 Coming to the second dam of Quartermaster we have Missie, the great 

 daughter of Brignoli, 2.291. Missie has proved her fitness by produc- 

 ing Cascarilla, 2.25^, and King Wilkes, 2.22}, sire of the sensational 

 Oliver K., 2.16t, and her place in the " list of great brood-mares " is 

 secure. Brignolia, like Mambrino Patcheu, American Clay, Harry 

 Clay, and many other sires of merit, is known chiefly through the 

 stud-triumphs of his daughters, and they are producing well. In 

 Quartermaster is combined the blood of George Wilkes and Alma 

 Mater, through the superb Alcyone — and of Sentinel and Mambrino 

 Chief, through Missie, and her daughter, Qui Vive, both producers of 

 speed. Quartermaster's sire and both grandsires were performers and 

 great sires of performers ; his dam and both grandams are great pro- 

 ducers. Thus, in Quartermaster, there is all producing and perform- 

 ing blood close up, and he himself a performer. In him there is the 

 breeding and individual capabilities of a horse that is destined for 

 sure success. 



As a sire. Quartermaster is giving ample evidence that he will 

 prove as great a speed getter as his individual excellence and rare 

 breeding would warrant. His oldest foals are now three-year-olds, and 

 they are but four in number. One of these, Blue Bells, won the New 

 England Breeders' Stake for foals of 1887, obtaining a record of 2.35 t, 

 while the remaining three can all beat three minutes, and none of them 

 are out of standard mares. Quarterstretch, a two-year old by him, 

 has shown a trial in 2.38 J, and another of the same age in 2.51. His 

 son Stanley made a half-mile record of 1.28* at fifteen mouths old, 

 winning the New England Breeders' Stake for foals of 1889. This 

 clearly proves that as a sire Quartermaster is bound to take rank 

 among the leading sires when time and opportunity have been given 

 to develop his progeny. 



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