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me that he had driven Gossip fractions of a mile, several times, better than 

 a 2 :oo gait". Mr. Halfpenny further says: "Gossip sired only five foals. 

 As near as can be learned none of them were ever handled for speed with 

 the exception of Gossip Jr. 2 113^, and Detractor ". 



Sire : Detractor, 3 p. 



DETRACTOR 



Black, 15^/2 hands, 1065 pounds; foaled 1877 ; bred by William Burnes, 

 Haw River, N. C. ; got by Gossip, son of Tattler, by Pilot Jr. : dam Evening 

 Rose, said to be by Black Dutchman, son of Doble's Black Bashaw, by Young 

 Bashaw ; 2d dam Rebecca Becket, by Ben Patchen, son of Burlington, by 

 George M. Patchen ; 3d dam May Day, by Abdallah, son of Mambrino ; and 

 4th dam May Day, by Henry, son of Sir Archy, by imported Diomed. 

 Bought, spring of 1888, by Martin Halfpenny and W. G. Hinman, Pontiac, 

 Mich. Said to have paced a half mile in i :oo. 



Total 7 ; 3 p. in 2 :3O ; 6 race-winners. 



Races won, 12. Races lost, 29. Total races, 41. 



RUMOR 



Black, 15^ hands; foaled 1879 ; bred by H. N. Smith, Trenton, N. J. ; 

 got by Tattler, son of Pilot Jr. : dam Martense Maid, bred by E. Martense, 

 Long Island, got by Jackson's Flying Cloud ; 2d dam Jenny Lind, said to be 

 by Abdallah ; and 3d dam, owned by Samuel Laird, New Jersey, by imported 

 Trustee. Owned by H. N. Smith, Trenton, N. J. 



Total, 7 ; 7 in 2 :3o : 7 race-winners : I ten-race winner. 

 Races won, 33. Races lost, 35. Total races, 68. 



