RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



great brood mare Sable), dam Ellen Mayhew, 2.22, 

 by Director, 2.17 (son of Dictator and Dolly) ; 

 second dam Lady Ernest by Speculation, by Rys- 

 dyk's Hambletonian, and he has demonstrated that 

 speed is transmitted by developed lines. At the close 

 of the season of 1904 he had ten representatives in 

 the 2.30 list. In the brood-mare band are Oro 

 Fino, 2.18, by Eros, out of Manette, dam of Arion, 

 2.07!; Susie T., 2.09!, by Ambassador, out of Nell, 

 dam of four in 2.10 and of nine in 2.30; and Bessie 

 Wilkeswood, 2.20. Sadie Mac, 2.o6i, born in 1900, 

 by Peter the Great, 2.07^, dam Fanella, 2.13, by 

 Arion, 2.07!; second dam Directress, 2.19, by Di- 

 rector, 2.17, was purchased at public auction by 

 Miss Wilks for $15,500, and was regarded as one 

 of the gems of the stud. As a three-year-old Sadie 

 Mac won the Kentucky Futurity (1903), and in 

 1904 she was kept for matinee purposes and trotted 

 in 2.08^. Her five-year-old career was sensational. 

 At Detroit, July 26, 1905, she won the 2.12 class 

 and lowered her record to 2.06^. At Buffalo, Au- 

 gust 8, she defeated a strong field, including Grace 

 Bond, in the Empire, $10,000 for 2.10 trotters, 

 and her time was 2.o8f, 2.o8i, 2.09^. At Boston, 

 August 23, she won the Massachusetts, $10,000, and 

 reduced her record to 2.o6J. At Providence, August 

 30, she won with ease The Roger Williams, $5000, 

 and her fastest heat was 2.07!. Her final effort was 

 in the Charter Oak, $10,000, at Hartford, Septem- 

 ber 6. The campaign had told upon her, and she 



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