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YANKEES BREEDING. " The pronounced triumph of Yankee in the Futurity is the triumph of progressive breeding. The colt is from the loins of the great racehorse, Hanover; and out of a celebrated race mare, Correction, the sister of Domino. In 1897 and again in 1898 Hanover, who was the champion racehorse of his day, stood at the head of winning stallions. He was by Hindoo, a champion of his day son of Virgil and Florence by Lexington, out of Bourbon Belle, daughter of Bonnie Scotland and Ella D. by Vandal. Correction is by Himyar son of Alarm and Hira by Lexington, dam Mannie Gray, by Enquirer he by Leamington Lida, by Lexington ; second dam Lizzie G., by War Dance son of Lexington and Reel. Le Compte, who ran four-mile heats against Lexington at New Orleans in April, 1855, was the sire of the dam of Lizzie G. Domino was a phenomenal race horse and had he lived would have become one of our greatest sires of speed," says Turf, Field and Farm. "The thoroughly alive members of the lines whose superiority has been established by the fierce fires of conflict are welded in Yankee, and for this reason his success iB gratifying to the students and advocates of scientific breeding. He sold for 0,000 nnder the hammer as a yearling, but haB already demonstrated that he was worth the money. The best is the cheapest, regardless of price, in the heroic battles for the highest honors of the turf. Crit Davis, who was a successful trainer and driver of trotting horses when John E. Madden fought his way down the Grand Circuit line, watched the saddling of Yankee on Saturday and quietly remarked: I do not see how they can beat him. These old trotting horse trainers seem to have a keen eye for merit in the thoroughbred horse. They certainly know how to prepare him for a race."
