THE TROTTING HORSE IN TENNESSEE 



son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian and Julia Machree 

 by Seely's American Star; Bostick's Almont Jr. by 

 Almont, dam by Edwin Forrest; Blackwood Jr. 

 by Blackwood, dam Lizzie Anderson by Clark 

 Chief; McCurdy's Hambletonian by Harold, dam 

 Lulu by Dorsey's Golddust, and Tennessee Wilkes 

 by George Wilkes. Enfield was the brother in blood 

 of Aberdeen, and he was taken to Tennessee by W. 

 and V. L. Polk of Columbia, where he spent nearly 

 all of his life. His potency was asserted more 

 through his daughters than his sons, twenty-nine of 

 these being recognized as producers. Belle Archer, 

 2.i2f ; Preston, 2.13!, and Reference, 2.18, were 

 out of daughters of Enfield. McCurdy's Hamble- 

 tonian trotted to a five-year-old record of 2.264, an( ^ 

 is a sire of trotters and pacers, as well as of the 

 sires and dams of speed. His best producing sons 

 are McEwen, 2.i8J, and Red Fern, 2.27!. The 

 fastest of the trotters by McEwen are Merman, 

 2.1 2j; Penelope, 2.i2f, and Musqueton, 2.14. The 

 fastest of his pacers are Rudy Kip, 2.04^; Miss Jen- 

 nings, 2.o8i; Cadet, 2.09!, and Hal McEwen, 

 2.ioJ. Mazette, 2.04!, and Hal Chaffin, 2.054, at 

 the pace, are out of daughters of McEwen. May 

 Fern, 2.1 ij, and Summer Fern, 2.13!, are the fast- 

 est of the trotters by Red Fern. Laura, the dam of 

 Summer Fern, is by the sire of Red Fern, thus mak* 

 ing her strongly inbred. 



Tennessee Wilkes trotted to a record of 2.27, and 

 he sired more pacers than trotters. That probably 



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