E. H. HARRIMAN AND OTHER BREEDERS 



ing stallion is Austral, a handsome brown of 15.3, 

 by Bow Bells (son of Electioneer and Beautiful 

 Bells), dam Rosy Morn, the great producing daugh- 

 ter of Alcantara, second dam Noontide, the produc- 

 ing daughter of Harold; third dam Midnight, the 

 producing daughter of Pilot Jr.; fourth dam Twi- 

 light by Lexington, and fifth dam Daylight by imp. 

 Glencoe. It is a remarkable pedigree, and Austral 

 is a fine individual and a sire of speed. The brood 

 mares, selected for quality and speed-producing 

 lines, graze with their foals in the pasture in front 

 of the mansion, and the beautiful picture revives 

 memories of the long ago. 



Mr. Wm. Rockefeller started a small breeding 

 farm at Greenwich, Conn., and his stallion was In- 

 dependence, by General Knox, who, in 1883, trotted 

 in double harness with Cleora to a record of 2.16^. 

 Only a few mares were bred to Independence, and 

 their foals were used on the road. Mr. Rockefeller 

 changed his country residence to the banks of the 

 Hudson, and his breeding enterprise came to an 

 abrupt end. His brother, Mr. Frank Rockefeller, 

 established a breeding farm at Cleveland, Ohio, and 

 for a time was quite a factor in the business. His 

 principal stallion was Haroldmont, a chestnut of 

 1 6 hands, by Harold out of Wilna by Belmont, she 

 out of Woodford Belle by Gay's Mambrino. As a 

 three-year-old Haroldmont was fast, but met with an 

 accident which retired him from the training school, 

 and then he was relegated to the stud. The best of 



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