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CALIFORNIANS AGREE AS TO NORFOLK Support Opinion of Mr. Vosburgh That He Was Greatest of Sons of Lexington. SAN 1T1A.NCISCO. CaL. February «.— California 1 otseinen heartily support the opinion , f handi-rapper Vosbargh, ex pre said in his masterly article in Daily Baring Form of recent date, that Norfolk, •our own" Norfolk, was ihe greatest of tin- s,,ii-of Lexington. The thoroughbred breeding Indian try of California virtually began with the purchase of Norfolk by Ihe late Theodore Winters. Prior to the coming of Norfolk, thoroughbreds had been brought lo the Golden State, but all nark •im-nertattoas" full into insignificance when compared with the purchase for 3,001 of the son of lj Ington and Novice, one of the American daughters of Uloncoe. Norfolk is the fonn nation of one of flu meal noted racing strains in the world, as all experts agree. Mr. Winters was generally accounted to he -adiy I i king in no ntal acumen when he parted with what was considered in his d;1y to be a gigantic smu f.r a hoi--. The owner of Lexington had paid ,aaj for Bostons great son and when ridiculed f..r paying such a large amount replied that be would sell one of the soan of Lexington for more than the price paid for Lexington. So. to get Norfolk to head Ihe stud establishment he was li lining in California. Mr. Winters bad to pay •" .-inn plus , Aboul the time Mr. Winter- purchased Norfolk the lal. • Joseph Cairn Simpson, another of tke honored pioneers of California, brought the mare Marion to Ihis state. Mr. Simpson was a thorough hors.-nian and knew he had a mare worth while in Marion, Which was by Malcolm — Maggie Mitchell, by Yorkshire Chaiinei. by Glencoe. The blood lines were just what he was- looking for and Marions in-divtdasality satisfied. He had always been especially fortunate in selecting brood mares. Marion was sold here by Mr. Simpson to Mr. Winters and mated with his stallions Norfolk aad I.. Hooker made a reputation that fully entitles her to be called Ihe "Pocahontas" of California. With the pa sible exception of Mannie liray and one or two others, no American mare ever pro-dared as many giHid horses ;i- Marion. To Norfolk her produce Included Duke of Norfolk. Darke ss of Norfolk. Vera. Bmperar of Norfolk. Czar. Fl Itio Key. Bel el Hey and Vo el Bty. When mated with Joe Hooker, by M lay Mayflower, by Eclipse Heniiie FillTOW. by Sham, lock, the produce were the wonderful race mare Yo Tanibioii ami Key del Sierras. MR. WINTERS METHOD SUCCESSFUL. The abundance of Glencoe blood in both Norfolk and Marion seemed to be just what was needed fo, tke production of the highest class of tkor-oiighbreds. Mr. Winters was a firm believer in s« nding a mare right back to the -ame stallion and reaped a rich harvest by adhering strictly to hi- l elief. Kl Kin Key and Czar were unbeaten, lut from tiie wider considerations of both racing and stud success the palm must be given to Km -peror of Norfolk as the beat of the teas of Norfolk. Lexingtons son was well along in years when tl.- Kniperor was foaled, the ,, cord- showing him lo have been twenty. four. Kniperor of Norfolk is well remembered, especially at Chicago, as one of the "stars" of Ihe lacing string of the later li. .1. •Lucky j Baldwin, winning the American Derby and otker noted races. Americas an I I tket sons of Kniperor of Norfolk. ii; race coui-e and stud prowess, have helped to k. p greea tke memory of the Kniperor among racegoers. His daughters are among the best brood mares in the country. Tnmiga. dam of the p cnomenally fleet three -year-old Fort Churchill, hied by George W. Wingfieht, at hi- Nevada Stock Farm, is one of ihe offspring of Emperor of Norfolk. Hardly a day pa-scs that the name of ihe Kniperor docs not f.guie in the pedigree of winners .:: New Orleans. Havana or Tijuana. The liest were le too good in the way of brood stares for Theodore Winiers. k. J. Baldwin. Senator I.eland Stanford. J. I!. Haggin. W. OBrien Mile-donoogh and the other thoroughbred breeders that made California ramous as the nursery of good horses. Hennie Farrow, by Shamrock -Ida. by Bel-shaaaar. sras one of the noted matrons in the ..id • day-, she was the dam of MolUe Mofailhy. Flood. I Shannon and others of high class. K. Porter Ashes mare Ciienn was a daughter of Flood. Gaeaa followed ii ; her well"-known turf Barren over a long distance of ground by producing Emma ".. dam of Commando. A fiie Queen, bred at Bancko del Pasa, was the dam of Africander, one of Americans greatest hoi es and winner of men than 06,000. Africander, along With Briar Sweet, Crescendo. Water-boy ami Bmperar of Norfolk, make a galaxy of race horses of which California as are proud.
