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I I THEODORE WINTERS AND HIS GRAND BROODMARE. MARION 4. , + Theodore Winters, -.f Beav, Nee., «,is ■ Mg man bodily, write iuij» -inj; in appearaace, iu fact. Be was bum exceedlnglj lucky as a breeder in :• small way. iiieii hi the saaae Hum m-. ;i large sit la re-till.-. Joseph Cairn Simpson, furmerl v ill kjnwwn persoaallj aad is .i writer of turf stories .-mil breeding tlieories here in Chicago, bad emigrated t" t a ■ it ••vni.i some time in the seventies. He tix k some horses "ii iili him, both Irotten and tboronghhreds. Among Iketn was ■ thoroaghbred auure hy the Bonnie Scotland bone. Mull .ini. ii. i name was Miirioii and in iiun- she became the property of Theodore Winters. Mr. IVinten was a man of notion and one "t m- i ct notions was that be Trnckee Valley in Nevada was aa well adapt «| in the raising .-i the thorougbbreti horse as any oi tim favored ami more fashionable sections of California, of course tin Native Sons laughed Ihla idea of his to scorn, bat Marion was a peerlesi 1,1 Imare and enabled him to am the laagb Hi" other way. in thi- he P ok great Jof as alio ilid Joaepfa Cairn Simpson and the latters bHlmnti Chicago friend, "Bl!ly" Boyle. It Is oal] fall " aj however, that before making bis home In Nevada Mr Winters had carried on breeding at his RI trroya nni m the s -■• ramentn alle California, and Marlon fa*al produce made Its appearance thw When lie crvVsed the Mierrai Inti Nevada aad established Id- new farm it w.i- iiniiin d ii" j.ii.-i,. del Sierra snni. from irtbei man than Marion in bred horses that wrou and some "f them I imi g I n horse Uni Marlon n t-qns and daqghteri; wen id smch Bsrpassing excellence that l ■ ; dm i" ii.Mi :h,i...t i ,. iii.-!-. •!,. thai Mi Wrnters wen famt Ir the ea t a . breeder it will "i ii ■ i" in:.|.v in it vinii.i, w .i nativi • Cook count Clinois t1 n. b i tL" a I si,- Wat foaled at Mr. Simpsons ktwuod Plac Chicago hi 1871 !!i wa probaMj In the present St« k k "•! di ftiii Her dam was Maggie Mitchell by the Imparted horse, Yorkshire. Marion wj- ■ grand daugbtei "ii bet ire Ids ••!" iliat othei ii,, i,,, -. t j t broodmare, Queen Mary, and. lik*-- the latter was ei treinelj prolifli Sb bad thirteen Bring f ••■ I lipped in 1S80 ind 1800, and haa no Stnd Book report for ISS2 probably having been barren that yem Marlon raced twice at Dexter Park. Chicago, when ■ twos year-old ruuaing third i" t arrle P imi Three Cheers In the Brown Btakei at a half mile. July 4, 1873 ami winning two daj latei from Man fiowetl at the -am. distance Bo far i the record-, -how she never raced afterward Jn.-i when Mr. Winters bought bei -v not appear bat it w a probaWj in 187S At enj rati he ww bred to Norfolk in 1876 and produced hei frst foal la ln. This was a bay tilly of vvlileh we havi no n d in after rears, the Stml Book Baviag "Sold to Oregon." In order her subsequent produce « .- IS7 Hake of Norfolk; 18TO, Duchi t ortolk: 1881, Prince of Norfolk: 18S5. King of Norfok: lst: Vera iQacrn ol Norfolk t; 1889 Emperor of Norfolk; 1886. Cxar of Norfolk: 1S8T. CI t "i Kc.t 188S, i; j d.i Re? All ..f these were Uj N"H"k. hat this great race horse and sire baviag dud. ber foal "I 1889 « a He ..i.i.i ited Ka ram Wen bj Joe Hooker, and all ol her subsequent produce wa bj tii.H Ire I" linn i,e .iii.,,., m ISW mil dropped V id B In 1891 and Rev del Sierras in 1802 She lied "I IV. : ., ■:.. e .! n, |,|-|I ,.| Hie lime lii in i mate Norfolk w , u iniclitj imr hone and. for ill that aayone know . inn have iieen the he i on "i icnivi,.,, in ii-,- Jerscj herbj at Patbrsoa. N. J., in ism. be e.,-ii defeated eleven of the I"- i three-year-old in tmerlca, • ul them i"iny the famous btwse, Kentucky, it. A. Uexaader, So folks Inei del- and • ■« n -i bad been proaouueed extravagant when he gave 915,000 for Lexington ami. nettled d.v -neii rritirlsm, i rcdieicd that in li In would sell one of Lexiagtoas sons for a greater sum. So when in imii Theodore HTialers caine • a-t In search of a race home and made overt area for the purchase Ni rfolk. Mi Alexander made good a- a prophet by selling Ihe eait l him for 3,001. There was then in California au exlreaaely fast horse named Lodt a -on of Ihe Imported horse, Yorkshire Topaz ami hied li John M Clay si Ashland, near l xlnglon. K.v. Mr. Winters was after the scalps of the l.odi people and, taiiiu Norfolk uni in California, he look them in lso" In three bitterly contested races. The lir-i Id. place at San Tram-is, o. May 23. over Ihe U. mm Ileus,, track. It wss for .1;2.." M ami a side bet ..| S2,ta0 each iii two-mile Israts. The i.r-i beat was a dead heat, but Norfolk took the next two and the i ni Their second meetlnc was at Sacramento, September IV also at two-mile Inais. and Norfolk won ,i straight heals. September L-i the two came together at three-mile beats over the Sacramento track, li ua- a iicinei.d m- eua|c-t and lo win luli forced Norfntk I" run Ihe two beats in "liJT1 and .".:.i.. v. iiii-h remains the record for a ra. l Ibree-mHe In-it- It ihi- day. In the i«u Sacranienio race- NorfolK 1 ■ :■- ridden bj Hick" llavi-.. who mil a few years Lack was starttag the horses over the San Francisco 11" "ks Thai -ii.ii a horse as Norfolk male, I uilh -n.li a In .hiiIiiiii n- a- Marion should beget sacll aa iln .ivial li..i-e a- Kmpernr of Norfolk Was simply a matter lo Ih- expected. Every iwnc ol Marion- s,,n- and daughters that were raced were good racer- and three at least were lii-i .-lass, tbet Mine i:m|,eror ..I .Norfolk. EI Ki" Rej and ll Tamlii.-n. Emperor of Norfolk was -dd to T l Baldwin when a yearHag ami far him wim twenty -one race- mil of tweaty nine start*, our own American Derl»j iinlmled. He wet Ihe hesl lmr-i - of his time east and west and was winner of his la-l i-ighl races as ■ three-year-old, iln-. Isdng the Brooklyn Derby at Cravesend. a handicap, the Bronx stakes aad the 8puytea.-Tn.wa I Stakes at Jerome Park: the Swill Slakes at Skeepsbead l.a. : American Derby. I»r»xel Stake- and Sheridan Stake- at Washington Park. In money he wen £72.-100 and was hat foar limes unplaced. El Rio Rey and Vo Tamblen wen inindneeil In racing by Mr. Winters himself and he had a i.eTiiiic com icii. ,n thai El Rio Key was als.ut ihe i«--i race horse ever foaled. In thi- be ma have been entirely right, although KI Rio Rey only raced when a two-year-old. lie wa- ■ atatrwtic oil. ■ perfect ■ iii i I oi symmetry and immense nins.-ulai power. Mr Winters brought him easl in lssn .-md. starting him ill "even races il St. Louis, Chicago and New Vork. won them all. lie won the St. l.ouis Rn-wers" StaHion Slakes at St. I."iiis. a |inr-e. the Kinw I Slake- md III" Hyde Iarl. Slake- a i WashiagliMI Park and I lie i.ial Eclipse Slake-. White Plain- I la ,nlie:i|i and DunmoW Slakes at Morris Park. These race- art ted hi-iwner xli.s:.",. In lii- purse race ai Washington Park he stumbled aad came s.. ,],is,. to falliug that hi-nhiip face actually struck Ihe track and was well diwoloreil with ,lu-t. when be Bnally strode home vie i-ioii- The hiu i"!i was in the American Derby •■ ls:iu and ih- race was dearly at hi- mercy. He was brought here and was Inily a magniOceni yoimg horse. P.ni be had an ailing fonMeg and. alter hesltatiue ;•:• some time, Mr. Winters finally concluded not t.. start him. rearing a breakdown and not In the least fearing -mil opposition ns :..• would have in meet d started. Tin colt was not broken down, in fact, be v -ii -ki li a mile with l-:i isninds up one forenoon at Washington Park in ■ fraction slower than 1:38. then unheard of time Bat be was a- the pupil of his eye lo his adoring owner ami. s0 to make sure "I an ua-i.c nen record, he was retired to the stud. There ale loda; here in chieaui. ihou-ands who remember V" Temlden wiili her pretty mincing ways ■ 1 1 • ! , i i 1 1 u and bowing in re-iMuise to ihe ripple of applause that always greeted her when cantering past . , grandstand. They i!-,, remember I -r tremendous speed and dauntless courage in racing, sie- was i : wo year-old in Ism ami Mi. Winters bnsnghl lier east ilonu with Holly Mct-one. Callie Perguwsi ami soaae . i ymingsters. which he raced over the Chicago tracks and after the Washingtmi Park meeting was miT look Iheiu io si. Paul then an Important raelag iidm .Hero |, j s htarses were not slice, — ful and part.y beranse business affairs called presslagly for his isresem-e in .Nevada, he court mled to sell them. HiT. White sent for Johnny Huffman, who was then training the Kendall Stable horses for finis Smith. Ml convinced blm that a great bargain was In sight. Chris Smiiii was then * highly successful plunger ami the two nad little trouble In persuading him t" Invest £20.000 In their pun*hase. Tims it was be became Ihe owner of ..lie oi the bent rae ne- of history and ii was for Mm that she won all Imt sis si I So.iiimi ,,f the •ss.i.-iso that fell to her in il ours,. ..f her career un the track. When ■ three-year »d she won fourteen mil of sixteen races, in which were Included the Tobacco Slake- at Kaionia tSaraVM Park Derby at Uarfield Park. Drexel Stakes. P.oulevanl Slakes and treat Western llandican at Washington fark and tiie Twin City H.-rli.v. ilamiine Slakes. Twin City Oaks and Twin City Exposition Slake- at St. Paul. In the Caiiield iarl; Derby she gave om- of Ihe most remarkable exhibitions of iudomnitahle game-m s- ever «vltnesse l anywhere. I: did little Imt rain thai spring and early summer and when the lay for the decision »f that t20.4MMt race arrived the flarOeNI track was In as had eonditinn as ii vas possible f..r a race track t" he. She carried I17 pounds and was opposed liv eleven of Ihe best cits iii tbe west, they being Wads worth. Vara. Cicero, Lew Weir. Huron. Wightman. Notus.. lioudoun. Blitaen. l-alem and H.iind" Weight and all. siie went oui in the lead and. resisting challenge after challenge, led every yard •i the way and won hy ■ half length from Wadsworth, wRk Asm, which aftej-wards won the Aaiericasi Iliiiy. third. Some idea oi the conditi f Ihe track may be derived from ihe fuel thai ii took ihis baud of In i. Haul three year old - 2:40*4 to run I lie mile and a i|iiarler of the race. Marions daughters were pursoed by tbe lingular fatality of all being kilhsd by accidents. Even sack i : . erl -s creature as Yo Tambien was not spared, she killing herself bv raaaing into I fence while at pasture and lieine. picned by a broken plank. II i- unite probable ihat .Marion was the leadlne broodmare of America in respect to the amoaal of money won by her produce, they winning collectively the great -.in ol I2B4.8I1. to which the contributors and their winnings were. Tamblen **! tso- Emperor of Norfolk. 2,400: El Rio Key. sic,.s:;.-,: Be, ,|,i Rey, is.::; ii.;: King f .Norfolk. 8S.827: Dndiess of Norfolk ;.7ih,: Prior N.nfolk. .*::. IT.".; Bake of Norfolk. ,515; Veia. STfHi. Hnd Vi. i:i Rev 50
