BREEDING FARMS IN THE BERKSHIRES 



Jupiter, and Mr. Kerner was exceedingly fond of 

 her. Although small, she was able to carry her 

 speed through contests of divided heats. Her first 

 foal, a black colt born 1904, is by King Edward, son 

 of Leonatus and Grey Dawn, a mare that aroused 

 Mr. Kerner to enthusiastic speech. Grey Dawn was 

 bred by Robert Bonner, and her sire was Startle 

 (son of Hambletonian and Lizzie Walker by Seely's 

 American Star), and her dam was Daybreak by 

 Harold (sire of Maud S.), and her second dam was 

 Midnight, the dam of Jay-eye-see. As Alcyone, sire 

 of Bush, and Alcantara, sire of Leonatus, were 

 brothers, the blood lines of the black colt are among 

 the richest in the Trotting Register. I draw atten- 

 tion to him merely for the purpose of illustrating 

 the Kerner idea of breeding. The name of the farm 

 was Forkhurst, and the view from the crown oc- 

 cupied by the residence is one of the finest in the 

 Berkshires. Mr. Kerner was in poor health for sev- 

 eral years preceding his death, and his face ceased 

 to be seen in public places. The curtain was rung 

 down for him in June, 1904. 



It is but a short drive from Great Barrington to 

 Lee, and it was at the latter place that Elizur Smith 

 established Highlawn Stock Farm, long before Mr. 

 Kerner began to erect buildings at Forkhurst. Mr. 

 Smith was partial to the blood of George Wilkes, 

 and he went to Kentucky and purchased two sons of 

 this stallion, Alcantara, foaled in 1876, and his full 

 brother Alcyone, foaled in 1877. The dam was 



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