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Pink's colts, as a rule, were very uniform, early 

 maturing and exceptionally good sellers. Mr. Dun- 

 ham states that none of his stallion colts had to 

 be kept past 2 years of age and that very few of 

 them sold for less than $1,000. They matured into 

 large, massive horses. Many of the mares sired 

 by Pink weighed more than 2,000 pounds in breed- 

 ing condition. One of his sons, Pink Borodino 

 57905, out of the champion Britomart, a daughter 

 of Picador, went to head the H. I. Messinger stud, 

 where he rendered excellent account of himself. A 

 daughter of Pink, the mare Pink Mirabella 57902, 

 out of the champion mare Mouvette 30012 (43850), 

 was second in the open classes and champion Ameri- 

 can-bred mare at the 1913 International. Another 

 daughter, Pink Brillante 57897, foaled 1908, raised 

 foals from 1911 to 1915 inclusive. Her 1916 foal, 

 past 2 months old, was accidentally killed. The 

 mare, though thin, won the championship at the 

 Iowa State Fair and was later champion Percheron 

 female at the 1916 International. Many of the sons 

 of Pink have been used on purebred mares with 

 excellent results, and the value of his blood is now 

 adequately recognized. 



It is difficult to particularize as to the females in 

 any breeding stud, but some of the brood mares 

 owned at Oaklawn during this period are worthy of 

 special mention: Jeanne D'Arc 17894 (37422) was 

 champion at the International in 1900. Linda 12986 

 was champion in 1901. Mouvette was champion in 

 1903. Britomart, the daughter of Picador, bred at 



