258 LIFE Vv'ITH THE TKOTTEKS. 



I think, was the tirst one who brought any of the Sul- 

 tans east of the Rocky Mountains. They are, strictly speak- 

 ing, a family of Californians. Sultan himself belonged to 

 Mr. Rose of Los Angeles, a gentleman who has made him- 

 self a reputation as a very successful breeder, he having 

 bred and owned some grand horses. I think Hickok trained 

 Eva, a three-year-old, Avhen she won one of the grandest bat- 

 tles that I have ever seen trotted, and that gave me an idea of 

 what a task it was to train a horse and prox)er]y condition 

 him without starting him in races. This feat he accom- 

 plished with Eva, and hj winning the race referred to jDer- 

 liaps did more in the way of making a reputation for her 

 sire than anything that had ever been done for him up to 

 that time. In fact, it made such an impression on some of 

 the more intelligent l)reeders of this country that they made 

 overtures to Mr. Rose for some of his stock to bring East 

 with the view of crossing it on some of the well-known 

 strains of the Eastern country. Among the gentlemen who 

 were successful in acquiring good representatives from the 

 family was Mr Frank S. Waters of Chicago, who owns a 

 handsome farm near Genoa Junction, Wis., he having bought 

 the bay stallion California, foaled in 1882, who has the right 

 to be considered first class in every respect, he not only being 

 by Sultan, but having the further prestige of being an own 

 brother to three with records in 2:23 or better. His dam also 

 j)roduced Beautiful Bells with a record of 2:28|^, who was 

 the dam of Bell Boy that sold as a colt for $50,000 and also 

 of Hinda Rose, 2:19^, St. Bel, 2:24^, and Palo Alto Belle, 

 that beat 2:30 last season as a two-year-old. California 

 himself is a trotter of the very first water. Mr. Waters did 

 not stop here, but went further and acquired Nutmeg, who 

 showed himself a trotter from the beginning of his educa- 

 tion and with but very little training made a record of 2:25 

 in a x^ublic race. He is by Nutwood and in that way traces 

 back to the best in the world, Maud S. Erelong, another 

 one of the Waters stallions, is by Belmont, the sire of 

 Wedgewood, 2:19, who in turn got Favonia, 2:15, which is 



