212 TALES OF THE TURF. 



I have recently returned from a trip through North- 

 ern New York, where I had a talk with R. White, of 

 Adams, who bred Captain Emmons, Wizz, Buzz, Rufus, 

 etc. After making all due allowance for enthusiasm on 

 his part, his old mare Lady Fulton was a remarkable one. 

 Her excellence has never been half-demonstrated by the 

 records, if Mr. White is correct in his judgment. Dur- 

 ing our interview he volunteered the information that 

 Lady Fulton was a veritable "bad 'un." She would both 

 kick and balk when she chose, or would if she liked go 

 all day without getting tired. She had a will of her own 

 but had no speed. Her temperament is another link in 

 the chain of evidence as to the value of a high-strung 

 disposition in the dams for successful breeding purposes. 

 She both could and did produce speed from any horse. 



Venus got a record of 2 130^, I think, and I saw her, 

 after she was so crippled and sore that she could not 

 stand without continually shifting her feet, go a mile in 

 2 \2^y 2 on a half-mile track. She was by Bacon's Ethan 

 Allen ; Wizz was by Roscoe ; Buzz was by Toronto Chief, 

 and Rufus by Bacon's Ethan Allen. I think these were 

 the only colts out of her that obtained records, but she 

 was the dam of Brick Pomeroy, that could also beat 

 2 130, and according to Mr. White, every one of her colts 

 could have beaten that mark if they had been trained. 

 Be that as it may, here is a high-strung, vicious mare, 

 that produced speed to every horse that went to her, no 

 matter of what breeding. 



Here at Cleveland every mare that has produced 

 speed has been of high-strung disposition. The dam of 

 Oliver K. was a lugger, speedy but very unsteady, and 

 game for all day. The dam of Lettie Watterson was 

 even worse, and so was the dam of Clingstone a very 



