2JO The American 'Thoroughbred 



COLONEL WHEELER 



Winner of the Golden Gate Stakes and other races. Property of Burns & Watcrhouse. 



Chestnut horse, foaled 1894, bred at the Rancho del Paso, Sacramento, Cal. Now 

 owned by Burns & Waterhouse, San Francisco, Cal. 



This horse is by imported Midlothian, son of Strathconan, one of the best sons 

 of Newminster, out of Agnes by Onondaga (son of imported Leamington and brother 

 to Sensation, never beaten in ten races) from Skylight by Jack Malone, from Vesper- 

 light (dam of the great Vandalite, best three-year-old of 1868) by Childe Harold. 

 But few of Colonel Wheeler's get have yet made their appearance, his best being that 

 frequent winner, Cascine. He campaigned creditably for three seasons and was never 

 beaten but once at even weights. 



At two years old he was unplaced in his first race. Won at five furlongs in i :02, 

 beating Banquo and Fortunate, with four others unplaced, carrying the top weight. 

 Unplaced in his next race. Third to Searcher and Horse Shoe Tobacco, with five 

 others behind him, carrying top weight, five furlongs in i :o6 on a bad track. Won 

 at six furlongs (St. Louis), beating horses of all ages, Gladys II. second and Travis 

 third, with seven others unplaced. Time, 1:15^2. W r on at six furlongs in 1:16, by 

 three lengths, with top weight, Forsythe second and Oman Wood third, three others 

 unplaced. Won at five and a half furlongs, giving weight to everything else, in i :og, 

 Russella second, Forsythe third, and three others unplaced. Ran third to Gath and 

 Garland Barr, six furlongs in I :i4^4- Unplaced to White Frost, Indio and Nina 

 Louise, carrying top weight, five furlongs in i 103^4. This closed his two-year-old 

 racing. White Frost won over $26,000 in that season and sold for $8,000 when broken 

 down. 



At three years he won at a mile against older horses in I 146^2, Stentor second, 

 Ivy third and three others unplaced. Won at six furlongs, beating Mrs. Shade and 

 Roselle, with eight others unplaced. Time, i :2i, in deep mud. Second to Rey del 

 Tierra, giving him four pounds, four others unplaced, in 1 143 for a mile. Beaten a 

 nose by Good Times, Claudiana third and four others unplaced, one mile in i :42^2, 

 carrying 117 pounds, giving weight to five others. Won at six furlongs in i :i4, beat- 

 ing Peixotto and Zamar, five others unplaced. Third to Satsuma and Torsina, with 

 Buckwa and Argentina unplaced, one mile in i :42. Won at one mile and a sixteenth, 

 beating Yankee Doodle, Ransom, Logan and Miss Ruth, ini :48^. Won at seven 

 furlongs, 112 pounds, giving weight to seven others, Lena second and Adam Andrew 

 third, in i :2Qi/2. Ran second to Shasta Water, his stable companion, in the Naglee 

 Selling Stakes, seven furlongs, in i :2g^4, giving five pounds to the winner. Double 

 Quick third and Zamar and Bellicoso unplaced. 



At four years he won the Golden Gate Stakes, with 107, beating Satsuma, six 

 years, 117 pounds; Dr. Sharp, three years, 99 pounds, with Fleur de Lis, St. Callatine 

 and Shasta Water unplaced, at seven furlongs, in i :27^4>, on a moderately good track. 

 Ran second to Satsuma in the McLaughlin Selling Stakes, one and one-sixteenth miles, 

 with 104 pounds, in i '.48^4, on a fair track, conceding a year's weight to Garland Barr, 

 King William and Tom Cromwell and three years' weight to Buckwa. Ran third to 

 Koko and Scarborough at seven and a half furlongs, conceding weight to all but the 

 latter, and a year to the winner, in 1 137, with Manzanilla, St. Phillip, Tenrica and Tom 

 Anderson behind him. This closed his racing career. 



Agnes was full sister to Oregon, the fastest horse in America in 1890 at five fur- 

 longs. Mated with Kyrle Daly, she produced Agnes Flash, dam of Roehampton, win- 

 ner of 14 races and second to the great Waterboy in the Brighton Handicap of 1903. 

 Agnes won the Flash Stakes at Saratoga and was second for the Independence Stakes 

 at St. Louis, giving the winner seven pounds. She produced Maid of Honor, a winner 

 for three seasons, and Lake Placid, a good winner in England. This is the No. 18 

 family whence came the great stallion Waxy. 



