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FRANK BELLS LINEAGE Big Henry the sire of Frank Bell was sired by Melbourne Jr and is out of a great produc produce ¬ ing King dam Lida Linda Gaines the last of whose produce is Harry Gaines Big Henry was the second foal of his dam a mare that threw ten or eleven winners among them John Henry Andelia Mandela dam of Sunshine Whisky Anna and Burr Oak a noted steeplechaser Big Henry was the same age of Fonso Fonts and was foaled in 1877 He was brought to Chicago by the late Bert Scully Sully brother of the popular Bill and at the old West Side track won a race in 1880 afteiwards afterwards losing at heats to Kinkead Kinked a noted horse Broken down Big Henry was sold to par ¬ ties living in the country and after being patched up won some races before going to the stud Hi Henry brought Big Henry into promi prom ¬ nence nonce Although short bred on the damfc dam side Hi Henry a very fast horse witness his de ¬ feat of Eugene Leighs Sleighs crack twoyearold toehold filly La Belle at Washington Park onehalf Neal mile in 48 seconds finally was strung out and was jnst just beaten in a mile dash run in l42i on one of the Indiana tracks tracksIt tracksuit It is thought that Frank Bell will be a much better three and fouryearold foretold than was Hi Henry as his dam Flora Leach has enough crossss to be classified as a thoroughbred The colts flight of speed is little short of phenome phenomena ¬ nal nail as shown when he ran right away from Imp With such a jockey up as Tod Todd Sloan he would most likely have beaten this mare at their last meeting although the youngster was conceding five pounds If Frank Bell had been restrained until the homestretch then shot away into a lead of the four lengths he had earlier in the race Imp could never have made up the ground groundLida ground Lida Linda Gaines was sired by War Dance and the blood of the latter is still potent in horses noted for great staying qualities Flora Leach Frank Bells dam is now twentyfour twenty years old She is by Marion out ofa sofa Bonnie Scotland mare
