RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



of Belle Brandon, dam of Amy, 2.2oi, and Gov- 

 ernor Sprague, 2.2oi; Elfie by Enfield, out of Heel- 

 and-Toe Fanny, dam of Jewett, 2.20; Mary A. 

 Whitney by Volunteer, out of Peggy Slender, dam 

 of William H. Allen, 2.23I, and Odd Stocking by 

 Happy Medium, out of County House Mare (dam 

 of Nettie, 2.18) by Seely's American Star. He ad- 

 hered as closely as circumstances would permit to 

 producing and performing lines, and thus achieved 

 success. 



An offer of $25,000 tempted Colonel Stoner, 

 and, at this figure, Baron Wilkes passed to Ma- 

 plehurst Farm in Massachusetts, where he con- 

 tinued to sire a high rate of speed. His blood breeds 

 on through his sons and daughters. Colonel R. G. 

 Stoner died at his breeding farm, Oakland, in 1898, 

 and in February, 1899, his select stud was dispersed 

 under the hammer. The star of the collection was 

 Oakland Baron, a brown horse of 16 hands, foaled 

 in 1892, and by Baron Wilkes, out of Lady Mackay 

 by Silver Threads, the producing daughter of The 

 Moor; second dam Fleetwing (dam of Stamboul, 

 2.07I) by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. Oakland Baron 

 began trotting as a two-year-old, and in 1897, when 

 five years old, was a whirlwind of speed, retiring 

 with a record of 2.09^. He is now owned at Hud- 

 son River Stock Farm by Jacob Ruppert, and is a 

 sire of extreme speed. Colonel Stoner was a high- 

 spirited man, who chafed under restraint, but his 

 judgment as a breeder was excellent, and his achieve- 



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