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TRULY A GREAT BROODMARE. Remarkable Record of Hoodoo, Dam of Jinks, Mesmerist and Hatasoo. Lexington, Ky.. December Ti. "I hope you will have as good success with this mare as you have had with Hoodoo." said John B. Ewing to Dr. M. W. Williams, of Williams and Radford, owners of the Adelhert Stud, Hopkinsville. when Miss Crawford was knocked down to him at the Faslg-Tlptou sale last week. "I thank you." replied Dr. Williams, "hut to own another mare her equal as a producer is- beyond my expectations. If Miss Crawford brings me one-fourth the returns I have had from Hoodoo. I shall be highly gratified. "Hoodoo was bred by J. B. Haggin at Raucho del Paso in California. She was foaled in 1SS9 and was sold as a yearling to Pierre Lorillard. For some reason, possibly because of the fact that she is by Darebin, and comes from the family of Miss Woodford, Belle of Runnymede. Hoodoos second dam, being a full sister to the once queen of the turf, she was not trained and was put into the Rancocas Stud and mated with The Sailor Prince as a two-year-old in 1S91. Her first foal was a colt in 1S92. In 1893 she had no foal. In 1S04 she produced Try Agaln by The Sailor Prince and in IS!.". Rabbit Foot, by the same horse. These never amounted to anything. "In the winter of. 1S94-1S95 Mr. Lorillard had a weeding-out sale of the Rancocas Stud, and I bought Hoodoo for 75. In the spring of 1S95 I mated her with Allert. which good horse I had bought for ,500. virtually a song, a short while before. Hoodoos foal from tills union was .Tinks In 1S96. I sold her to Captain W. II. -May for 00. and Bub May trained her. In two seasons she started thirty-eight times, won eighteen races, and won .035. but not all of it for Captain !May. He sold Jinks to Pat Dunne for ,000. From him she passed to Barney Schreiber, then Sydney Paget and then to W. O. Whitney, who sent her to England in 1902 and bred her to Donovan. The fail in 1903 was a chestnut colt that died. In 1904 Jinks produced Killaloe. by Kilmarnock, and In the season of 190i and 1907 she won 2,4S5 for Harry Payne Whitney, and, I believe, is now in his Brookdale Stud in New Jersey along witli Jinks. "Hoodoos next foal was Mesmerist, In 1S97. I sold Jiim as a yearling to A. Feather-stone they were racing then as Bromley Sc Co. for ,230. He was the champion two-jear-old of 1SS9. winning the Foam, the Double Event second halfl. the Dash. Autumn, Great Eastern Handicap and Junior Champion. In all he won nine races, three seconds and one third and 9,152 for his thirteen starts that year. air. Featherstone. as I remember it. refused an offer of 0,000 for Mesmerist In the winter of 1S99. and I refused .Mr. Lorillards offer of 0,000 for Hoodoo about the same time. Mesmerist was a disappointment in, 1900 and 1901. made only nine starts during the two years and did not win. "Mr. Featherstone also bought the next four foals by Albert and Hoodoo, they being Mintage. 1908.sh,000: Hatasoo. ,000: Mesmer. ,800, and Ko-mombo. ,500. Mintage never won a race. Hatasoo, speedy and reliable, won nine races and 0,075 for her sixteen starts In two seasons. As a two-year-old she won the Vernal and as a three-year-old the New Rochelle. Claremont. Coney Island Handicap, Swift, Brighton Oaks and Flying Handicap. She has two foals. Raouel and Effendi. racing thia year and the former is a winner. Mesmer was a disappointment. He raced two seasons, but did not win. Komombo raced five seasons and won five races, yet she did not earn as much as she cost. The late W. C. Whitney paid me ,700 for Ranger. He raced four seasons and won only one race. P. J. Dwyer bought Albert F.. the next foal, for ,500. He paid his way. Adelbert Belle was the next. Julius Bauer got her for ,000. She Is a winner and is still racing. Carlton was the next. P. J. Dwyer Iwught him for ,500. He made his first start tills year as a three-year-old. but has yet to win. Spellbound, the last foal from the union of Albert and Hoodoo. Is now a two-year-old. J. L. McGinnis bought him for ,000 and he has won four races and ,710 out of eleven starts. "After Spellbound was foaled I retired old Albert he is now twenty-seven, but .healthy and full of life, and mated Hoodoo with Ornus. the sire of Oiseau. and I sold her yearling colt by him this year to J. S. Hawkins for ,200. I have a fine weanling colt by the same young horse out of her at home and she Is again in foal to Ornus." Dr. Williams record of the amounts for which the produce of this remarkable mare were sold shows the total to be 2,150. as follows: Year. Name. Sold for. 1S9G Jinks $ 100 1S97 Mesmerist 1.250 1S9S Mintage 0,000 1899 Hatasoo 5.G00 1900 Mesmer 5.S00 1901 Komombo 4.500 1902 Ranger 7.700 Continued on second page. w TRULY A GREAT BROODMARE. Continued from first pase. Year. Name. Sold for. 1903 Albert F 3.500 1904 Adelbert Belle 2.000 1005 Carlton 2.500 1906 Spellbound 2.000 1907 Ornus colt 1.200 Total for 12 foals 2,150 A perusal of the racing guides produces the following for the turf performances of tlite eleven tons and daughters of Albert and Hoodoo, showing that they have collectively won forty-eight races and " S4f2S2 Horse. Years. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. Jinks 2 38 18 1 6 13 S S.035 Mesmerist 3 22 9 5 4 4 50.222 Mintage 2 12 0 1 0 11 250 Hatasoo 2 16 0 1 1 3 16.675 Mesiner 2 S 0 2 0 6 400 Komombo 5 60 5 0 10 46 2,500 Ranger 4 28 1 1 3 23 740 Albert F 2 19 1 4 3 11 4.400 Adelbert Belie.. 3 13 1 0 1 11 350 Garlton 1 4 0 0 0 4 ..... Spellbound 1 11 4 0 1 1710 Totals -!23T . 48 20 29 140 4,282 In addition to this there .are the winnings of Hoodoos grand-daughters. Klllaloe. 2,485.- and Raquel. 15. It is one! of the very best producing records to be found in the American Stud Book and probably stands aloiie for successive: matins; with pae fire, i
