The Huron News-Record, 1886-05-05, Page 3�
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lady horse, foaled April 13th, 1878 ; present weight over -130011m.; r
bred. by A, J, Ai nxaln1nu, Woodburn Farm, entucky, brooder
of the fastest horses in the world,. "Maud S." and "Foxall, also.'
the dam .Qf "J,. L C:"
Tor,rixn will stand fora limited number at the following, places : .
MONDAY, : at Varna at 10 o'clock a.m.; Brucefeld, Turner's hotel,
noon; Exeter, Chas' hotel, Monday night,
TI7ESDAY noon to. Clandeboy.0 ; then to-Lttcan for night..
WEDNESDAY, to Birr for: noon ; then to London, to City, H?t,e1,
and remain: all day Thursday.
p'RIDAY pnorniug, byway of Hyde Park, to. Ildertou for noon and.'
rem. tilt Saturday morning
SATURDAY morning, by train to Clinton, to Commercial Hotel,
for noon; theu to his own stable, where he wilt remain until Monday
morning.
route will be continued ed flaring the season, hopltit and weather permitting.
,ToNTINn is registered in the Breeder'sTrotting Register of Chi
cago,pago 394, 'Tontine was able to trot quarters at a 2.40 gait,last fall,.
after; a heavy season in. the stud. He tools ten first prizes in 1885,
itnlong thele the first prize. at the Provincial Exhibition, London,
also. medal for: hest horse of any age in his class, He has also been
victorious wherever shown this spring.
• ThI ]'amity tree of Toxmlwn,wi11 be seen to fairly bristle with
speed lines;• both in its direct -and collateral branches. His breeding
may appropriately be termed "perfect in its balance," tracing back
on Loth, sides, land exactly•the samenumber of removes to the two
great fountain heads, Rysdyk's Hanrblotonian 'and Matnbrino Chief,
both sire and dam contributing to TONTINE" the Sams proportioets of
.this potent blood. ThH
e am. letonian and 11;[an>:thriuo Chief strains
meet in Belmont; the sire of TONTINE at the distance of one genera-
tion, on the one side through Alexander's Abclallah, undQathtedly
the Greatest" of Earnbletonian's sons, aid on the other side through
Belle, worthy member ,of 'the DZainbrino' Chief phalanx of speed
prod -taping daughters, the dam of D'tcdiurdly's'Hamblcrtouian, record
2:26*; Who sired' Lulu Hambletonitin, record.2.28 and the dam of.
1:ioara the dam of Pancoast, record. 2.24, sire of - the- wonderful
three year-old cult Patron, 2.19* in the third heat. The same
Diambrino .Chief and Hambletonian strains meet in Genva, the dant
of TONTINE at the same remove of one generation, on the sire's side . • "
touting through Woodford Mambrino, • 2.21 •, the fastest son of
nlninbrbio .Chief, and considering his opportunities. the most sue-
cossful in the stud,' having= siredbut eighty six foals and thirteen
of thein""trotted in• 2.30, the, highest percentage On record, and' who
brings with him the rare (qualities of Woodlaine, hisdam,"who. to
'the cover of Belmont produced' NVedgewood; . 2.19, and• sire 'of
Nugget, 2.26* and of'threo others in the 2.30 class.
'TONTINE'S,second darn, Grey Goose, Alfas a.wonderfn ,predttcer
of trotting stack as .previously mentioned, .
TONTINE certainly ,presents a Powerful concentration of: the.
bestof 'the leading blood lines. He •is a leorse that is bred for a .
sire and the .world may confidently expect • that he will prove hien- -
self such. 'Look at the':2.30 performers represented. in his peck
g:oe —Four by .tlb.slallab,• sire of Rysdyk's Hanrbletoniau, thirty,
nine by•Hambletonian, six by Alexander's Abclallah, nine by Bel,
• tient, six by Membiino Chief, twelve •by Woodford •.Mambrino,
And the groat beauty of; these Jiang speed lines is that •thele is no
break in them..
ToNxiNi•is a.pitrely and strongly gaited natural to;otter. Willi.• y
a.•froe, ~veil extanded front action; he.„exhibits a stride that is as
near perfection as. we are. yet.,able to .find—rt stroke of,piston-like
sinoothness and .preoisioti;'of good length, of gliding sweep "anal
rapid.deliverance, showing enough but not too inuoh space betwyeeu..
11i h1.iiy :feet. -He clears perfectly at all points 'and requires ;no
artificiel aids of any sort:: He sbolvs:a. ;rand turn of speed without
any inclination to'go in any other gait than a, trot: : ”"
TONTINE'S :Sire Belmont, has sir•.ed -five _sons tit ho- have sired •
2.30 performers, and, the breeding of these .silos .on their dam'erside
•. is, in part•made up of rhe.eaino blood elements as -that of TONTINE'S':*
dam. The sire. of•TortTINE's' dam has also ,fixed. three sons that have
aired 2,30 perforlmers, viz: • Princeps, Pancoast and Mambriuo
Dudley, We knoW of no better concentration: of trotting blood, •
iter one more • fitted to bring fame to a sire,• than will bo found .,
nil
.TONTINE. • Tigaaet this is already assiu•ed from the appetir•-
rince and gait
of s'colts,,two of which-took.first.
sizes at the Pro
iincialnLondon.'in8endono othem owned byIr• Jos*. .
Copp, Clinton, in his tw.o-year-old form' alieiidyfshown a"• 3;00 ,..
gait in =harness, 'and •another owned by T'honias• Thirwell, "Lobo, has =