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NEW SPEEDPORT 



By assembling the largest group of brood mares 

 ever seen on a farm devoted to the production of 

 light harness horses, W. M. Wright in 1929, placed 

 Calumet Farm in the front rank. In 1924 when he 

 purchased Fairland Farm and paid $50,000 for 

 Belwin few thought that this successful Chicago 

 business man would increase the product of his estab- 

 lishment to a point that had not been reached in 

 Kentucky since J. B. Haggen was breeding thorough- 

 breds. Still that is just what the breeder of Peter 

 Manning did at this new speedport. 



With Dick McMahon as manager, Calumet Farm 

 with its white fences, red gates and red roofed build- 

 ings became one of the show places in Kentucky 

 while for brood mares the country was combed until 

 there were one hundred and seventy-nine on the 

 farm where Belwin 2:06%, Justice Brooke 2:08V2> 

 Peter the Brewer 2:021/9, Truax 2:031/2, and Guy 

 Abbey 2:06% were in the stud. 



In recognition of the fact that the daughters of 

 Peter the Great led all other families in the matter 

 of speed production just as the founder of the tribe 

 topped all other sires in getting speed, thirty-five 

 mares by him were purchased. Of these twenty- 

 four had records. The leaders in this group were 

 Sienna 2:06% and her daughters Sumatra 2:02i4, 

 Hindustan 2:031/2, Station Belle 2:04%, and Corsica 

 2:09, all of which are by Belwin; Sweet Thoughts 

 2:1114 and Great Thoughts 2:19%, both of which 



