MARSH LAN DiTOCK FARM. 



DUDLEY r , 2:20^, by Woodford fflhuiihriiio, dam Sue 

 Dudley, by Edwin Forrest. See picture facing page 65. 



KENTUCKY W1LKES, 3:31#, by George Wilkes, dam, Minna, 



by Red Jacket. 



No other Breeding Farm in the world has Two Stallions, 

 each having a Record better than 2: 



Woodford Mambriiio, the bet son of Mambriiio Chief, and Mambriiio 

 Dudley, the best son of Woodford Hambrino. 



George Wilkes, the best son of Hambletoniaii, and Kentucky Wilkes, 

 the best son of George Wilkes. 



The following appreciative remarks in regard to Mambrino Dudley are from the pen of a close and intelligent 

 observer, and express an unbiased opinion : 



u Without meaning to disparage any other of the celebrated sires of the mighty Mambrino tribe, I must con- 

 fess that Mambrino Dudley pleases me better than any other member of that family that I ever saw. Docile, 

 intelligent, kind, obedient, of fine size, good finish and imposing presence, speedy, game and pure gaited, elegantly 

 coated and colored, fashionably bred, close up and remotely, his personal qualities seem near to perfection. His 

 greatest claim to public confidence, however, is found in the remarkable quality of his offspring. I was recently 

 at Marshland Farm, where I saw numerous foals by him, ranging from weanlings up to two-year-olds. With the 

 single fault that there was an occasional chestnut, I never saw an equally good lot of Mambrinoes. They were 

 strikingly uniform, enough to show their paternity, notwithstanding the wide difference among the dams in lines 

 of blood and physical types, and the babies were nearly all little mature horses, so well formed and forward were 

 they ; and they were uniformly fine looking, too. Trot, and nothing but trot, was written over all alike. They 

 were each and all a success, and proved their sire to be truly great. Superficially judged that is to say, judged by 

 the eye alone they were simply above and beyond criticism, except, as before said, in regard to an occasional 

 chestnut or sorrel. It is very hard for me to believe that a better Mambrino stock horse lives, and to all who like 

 that strain, or want it (and it is undeniably great within certain limits), I can say that I cordially advise breeding 

 to Mambrino Dudley, without hesitation or doubt. I am firmly convinced that history will write him down a phe- 

 nomenal sire, regardless of the breeding of the mares mated to him. In this respect he stands absolutely inde- 

 pendent and with few equals. '' 



MAMBRINO DUDLEY has never had the benefit of an entire season upon the turf, all his campaigning 

 having been done after a season in the stud. He made his present record after being for four years continuously 

 in the stud, having heavy seasons every year. With but five weeks 1 training after the close season of 1885 he 

 trotted the first heat of his race in 2:27, his second in 2:21, and his third in 2:20%, trotting the last quarter of the 

 last mile in 34^ seconds, or a 2:1? gait. 



KENTUCKY WILKES has as much speed as any entire son of George Wilkes, having trotted repeatedly 

 in his work ,n 2:18. He is larger than his sire and has more style and a higher finish than any other son of Wilkes, 

 and the veterian observer Alden Goldsmith says he is the gamest Wilkes he ever saw. The oldest of his get are 

 now only about six months of age, but all agree that they are a superb lot of youngsters. They are owned in the 

 vicinity of Boston, and the American Cultivator., the leading agricultural paper of New England, says that $500 

 have been offered for his colts not three months old. Mr. J. It. Graham, of Boston, a most competent judge, 

 writes that from what he had seen he is satisfied that Kentucky Wilkes will make a great sire and that he is worth 

 $10,000. _ _ 



f with the usual privilege of return next year] 

 L in case the mare does not prove in foal 



Kentucky Wilkes (with uke privilege) - $75- 



Money to be due at time of service, and in all cases to be paid before the removal of the mare. Mares kept at 

 risk of owner for $6 per month at pasture or $10 to hay and grain, or for $100 per annum. Season commences 

 February 1st and ends August 1st. Address 



B. F^. TRACY & SOTT, 



, Apalachin, Tioga County, N. Y. 

 GEO. L. CATLIN, Sup't. 



Telegraph Station at 



^-MARSHLAND is situated on the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroads between Owego 

 and Binghamton, and is therefore easily accessible from New England and the \Vest. MARSHLAND is connected 

 bv telephone with Owego, Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, and Cortland, N. Y., and with Montrose and Towanda, 

 Pa. The Catalogue for 1886 is in print, and a copy of it will be sent to those making application for it. 



