WOODBURN FARM ALEXANDER 



It was in 1880 that Maud S. trotted to a record of 

 2. i of, and the very next year the average rose to 

 $820, which advanced to $1172 in 1882. It was in 

 1884 that Jay-eye-see trotted to a record of 2.10 and 

 Maud S. to a record of 2.09^, and it was in 1885 

 that Maud S. reduced the high-wheel record to 2.o8|. 

 The tide began to rise at Woodburn, 17 head in 

 1886, aggregating $36,300, and 13 head in 1887, 

 averaging $2406. In 1888 the average for 44 head 

 was $2563, and high tide was reached in 1890, when 

 34 head sold privately for $128,136, an average of 

 $3768. In 1896, when the business situation was de- 

 pressed, and the talk was of Nancy Hanks and Alix, 

 who, having the advantage of the bicycle sulky, had 

 carried the record down to 2.04 and to 2.03!, the 

 Woodburn average dropped to $118. This was the 

 beginning of the end of the historic breeding farm. 

 It was then that much talk was heard about the 

 cheapening influence of the 28-inch pneumatic tire 

 sulky. 



J. H. Wallace, who bitterly opposed Woodburn, 

 because the management would not bow to his will, 

 sneered at the establishment as hunting for tin cup 

 records, and January n, 1888, Mr. Brodhead wrote 

 me: "I send you a full list of the horses to which 

 we have given cup records : 



1885 Viking (4 yrs. old) 2.24^1886 race record 

 1886 Zuba (4 yrs. old) 2.28f 1887, 2.24J when in foal. 



1886 Muskova (3 yrs. old) 2.28J Sold 



1886 Altamura (3 yrs. old) 2.30 Sold 



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