RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



of Belle Brandon, dam of Amy, 2.2oJ, and Gov- 

 ernor Sprague, 2.20^; Elfie by Enfield, out of Heel- 

 and-Toe Fanny, dam of Jewett, 2.20; Mary A. 

 Whitney by Volunteer, out of Peggy Slender, dam 

 of William H. Allen, 2.23^, and Odd Stocking by 

 Happy Medium, out of County House Mare (dam 

 of Nettie, 2.18) by Seely's American Star. He ad- 

 hered as closely as circumstances would permit to 

 producing and performing lines, and thus achieved 

 success. 



An offer of $25,000 tempted Colonel Stoner, 

 and, at this figure, Baron Wilkes passed to Ma- 

 plehurst Farm in Massachusetts, where he con- 

 tinued to sire a high rate of speed. His blood breeds 

 on through his sons and daughters. Colonel R. G. 

 Stoner died at his breeding farm, Oakland, in 1898, 

 and in February, 1899, n ^ s se l ect stu d was dispersed 

 under the hammer. The star of the collection was 

 Oakland Baron, a brown horse of 16 hands, foaled 

 in 1892, and by Baron Wilkes, out of Lady Mackay 

 by Silver Threads, the producing daughter of The 

 Moor; second dam Fleetwing (dam of Stamboul, 

 2.07^) by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. Oakland Baron 

 began trotting as a two-year-old, and in 1897, when 

 five years old, was a whirlwind of speed, retiring 

 with a record of 2.09^. He is now owned at Hud- 

 son River Stock Farm by Jacob Ruppert, and is a 

 sire of extreme speed. Colonel Stoner was a high- 

 spirited man, who chafed under restraint, but his 

 judgment as a breeder was excellent, and his achieve^ 



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