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S0UVERAINE MATED WITH TROTTER. New York. March 25. tnguwl Beimanta thorough bred nine. Bonveraiae, has foaled a bay roll by W. F. l». Btokes trotting stallion. Peter the Great. Edward Kane, simi manager for Mr. Belmont at the Nursery Farm in Kentucky, reported that the foal stoinl .; .» inches high, with a girth of .".I , in, In- . and that he was a good, strong foal. Houvera-lae H a daughter ,■! Ita.xon dllr. Ihe English stallion, .mil Sultana, a daughter of Lexington, thereby com bining much that is best iu both English and American Mood lines, peter Ihe Great is one of the 1110-t notable stallions known to trotting breeding, and tin- result of Ihi- mating will he an inter.- it ing study to iioi-eiiien ami breeders everywhere. Souveraiiie is the dam of Half Sovereign. I., her mating with Hastings, and that mare was probably the Im— t ot her produce. Sou. a sister i. Half Sovereign, was also a remarkably fast tillv and useful race mare. Bonveraiae is now eighteen years old and has been a prolitie breeder. In addition to Half Sovereign, she is the dam of Sun King, hy Fair Play : Sandring. Kunstone and Surcingle, all by Bock Sand: Soui igny and Sumach, hy Hastings; Sagapanak, hy St. Blaise: Gallant, by Galeaano, and three colts hy p.uuiptious. born iu England,
