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BROOMSTICK AND HIS FAMOUS FAMILY When Proomslick defeated Irish Lad for the Hrighton Heach Handicap in 1901 he was an im ¬ mature threevcarold and if put on the scales would not weigh S75 pounds lie wasnt as large as any of the twoyearolds Hob Tucker was train ¬ ing that year for Captain S S Hrown He had the courage of a lion and the speed of a champion however and compelled the admiration of itll those that saw him race raceNobody Nobody familiar with Proomstick in those days would recognize him as he is today Ho is a txvelve hnndrcdponnd horse and has the distinction of standing at 2r00 the highest fee ever recorded for a thoroughbred horse in the Inited States StatesHrcomstick Hrcomstick possesses to an extraordinary degree the prepotent qualities of the lionnie Scotlands and no stallion of our time has sired so many big upstanding horses Whisk Prooin II is probably the finest example of a big thoroughbred in tin rutted States hut there are many others of Hroomsticks sons that are well over sixteen bands high and will weigh in stud condition thirteen hundred pounds or more moreFrom From present indications the Hrookdale Stud has a winning hand in the Hroomstick Peter Pan All Gold combination The blood of these horses seems to nick Damask one of the first choices for the Kentucky Derby is by All Gold dam the Itroomstick mare Crinoline II Painter a twoyear old maiden sold for JjJSOUO recently is by Peter Pan dam Paintbrush by Itroomstick Scurry and Dr Clark winners at Havre de Grace on Tuesday last are by Hroomstick dams mares by Peter Pan Practically all of these might b termed castoffs and it remains to be seen what stars of this blood will be uncovered by trainer Rowe when The Jockey Club season gets under way
