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among the trotters but also in the thoroughbred 

 world. 



In Abbie V., Madden had a trotter that was only 

 a few seconds shy of a champion and Wyandotte, 

 by Artimus, died on the verge of a triumph. He 

 owned an interest in Robert McGregor when he sired 

 Cresceus. He also selected the Kentucky Futurity 

 winner Siliko as a yearling and bred Periscope and 

 Guesswork. 



The trotter always had a warm place in John E. 

 Madden's heart. This was shown by the careful 

 development given Hamburg Belle, Soprano, and 

 Tenara. 



With the thoroughbreds Madden was very suc- 

 cessful. In that field he added production to develop- 

 ment, Star Shoot being one of his greatest stallions. 

 Year after year a group of winners were sent from 

 Hamburg Place to the metropolitan tracks. 



To name the list of race horses that John E. 

 Madden bred or owned would look like reproducing 

 a handful of pages from tlie racing guide. In his 

 estimation Hamburg was the best. He was followed 

 by Yankee, King James, Sir Martin, who came very 

 near winning the English Derby, Salvidere, The 

 Finn, Old Rosebud, Gray Lag, Sir Barton, and Zev. 

 John E. Madden bred six Kentucky Futurity winners. 

 They were Flying Ebony, 1925; Zev, 1923; Paul 

 Jones, 1920; Sir Barton, 1919; Old Rosebud, 1914, 

 and Plaudit, 1898. From 1917 to 192S Madden-bred 

 horses won 3,811 races. 



Madden's method of breeding, feeding, care and 



