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FORT HUNTER AN IDEAL STALLION Montreal Quc February 1 Fort Hunter donated by A E Dymeiit to the National Bureau of Breed ¬ ing has arrived in Montreal He is the stoutest pureblooded horse iu Canada of home or foreign breed The average wellrounded thoroughbred weighs 12 K pounds This fellow weighs 137C pounds and he is as symmetrical as a Greek bronze He does not carry any abnormal height with his great weight lie is just a little over sixteen hands and in bone neck shoulders girth and disppsitiou he is just about perfect He is the bestlooking thoroughbred ever foaled at the famous Hurricana Stud of General Stephen Sauford and this is said with a knowledge of the merits of Chuctauunda Hocktou Caiighuawaga and other horses produced there thereHe He Is 4iy Potomac out of Rock Rose Potomac was a winner of lir 8S5 Fort Hunter as a threeyear old won over 25000 His sire was a race horse he was himself the greatest race horse ever owned by a Canadian and he is the sire of good race horses He has been the idol of the Dyment stud and it was only to prevent his get coming back to him that a change of stallions was deemed desirable His place has been taken by Red Fox the only son of Flying Fox in America In addition to his prowess on the track he has never been beaten in the show ring and has been awarded the blue ribbon not only among thoroughbreds but against all breeds breedsSamuel Samuel Nesbitt who has the bureau champion Itosemouut brought Fort Hunter to Montreal When I walked away from the Dyment stable with the horse said he all the stable boys were cry lug They worshipped this horse and I do not blame them themFort Fort Hunter is a thoroughbred which makes friends readily He is as kind as a kitten and full of sound sense Like all the other bureau stallions he will be placed on a Canadian farm so that any man with a good coldblooded mare may benefit by him himAs As has iKen pointed out befpre the National Bu ¬ reau insists first of all on soundness and conforma ¬ tion but considers Itself fortunate when besides these qualities it gets a horse that has shown his ability to carry weight over a considerable distance of ground The European bureaus are even more particular about this and will not pay a big price for a horse unless he has a racing record no matter how good he looks Ormonde St Blaise Ard Pat ¬ rick and Galtee More did not sell for half a million dollars on account of their looks They had demon ¬ strated on the race course that they were superior animals So the National Bureau points with pride to the fact that while a superb individual Fort Hunter has a long line of victories to his credit in ¬ cluding the Canadian Derby Buffalo Derby Inter ¬ national Handicap Huron Stakes Toronto Cup Woodstock IMate and Liverpool Cup CupHe He is the best horse we ever owned says Mr Dyment and I wish the bureau luck with him I would not think of selling him because I would not know to what use he might be put after he had outgrown his usefulness I prefer to donate him iu his prime to the bureau knowing that he will be used only for breeding purposes and be well taken care of It is also a pleasure to know that one Is doing something to pull Canada out of a hole in the horsebreeding business and at the same time to give the mother country the cavalry horses she so sorely weds
