WOODBURN FARM ALEXANDER 



Russell, and Pistachio. The brood mares included 

 Miss Russell, Midnight, Bicara, Eventide, Vara, 

 Alice West, Rosebush, Bessie Forrest, Dame Winnie, 

 Dalphine, Fadette, Woodbine, Mother Hubbard, 

 Waterwitch, Indiana, Young Portia, Barcena, Mal- 

 maison, Vanity Fair, Sue Dudley, Dahlia, Primrose, 

 Mayenne, Madame Temple, Yolande, Silence, Cora 

 Belmont, Belle, Belle Dudley, Tulip, Noon- 

 day, Lady Russell, Abbess, Hermosa, Black Rose, 

 Juliet, Diana, Daireen, Ethelberta, Ulva, Gray 

 Goose, Bland Temple, and Noontide. These founda- 

 tions of form and action were scattered over the 

 entire country and contributed immeasurably to the 

 volume of light harness speed. When Maud S. and 

 Jay-eye-see were on the crest of the wave, and the 

 topic of every wide-awake breakfast table, the sim- 

 ple fact that their dams, Miss Russell and Midnight, 

 had grazed in Woodburn pastures, sent thousands of 

 enthusiasts and eager buyers to the farm. Later, 

 Kremlin, in his duel with Stamboul for the stallion 

 crown, and Alix, in her resolute fight for the throne, 

 emphasized the value of Woodburn blood for extreme 

 speed, and the buying fever was thus kept alive. I 

 still retain the report of sales, public and private, 

 sent me by Mr. Brodhead in the latter part of 1896, 

 and reproduce it : 



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