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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
4
The passage praises the Directs and Hal mares as the fastest pacing lineage found, noting a cross producing extreme speed across four generations. It asserts there is no other horse family transmitting such speed to yield a champion.
Walter Direct is the son of Direct Hal 2 04 4 and Ella Brown 2 11 Direct Hal earned 25560 in one season and, as a three year old, Chaffin Bros who bred him sold him for 10000 Ella Brown dam of Walter Direct had five foals in the 2 17 list with three recording 2 10 or better This is a record seldom equaled by any mare living or dead.
The Get of Walter Direct is praised as a premier sire of speed with seven foals in 2:10 and several others at 2:10 or faster. He is credited with record-setting offspring at age thirteen and twelve, claiming unique feats among thirteen-year-old sires. His progeny reportedly earned over 52,000 in winnings.
The advertisement states Walter Direct will insure a living foal for 50 dollars with Country Boy a dark day colt by Walter Direct insured at 15 dollars. Both offered at the same barn with insurance terms implied and season dates listed as 2:05 and 3-4 for record numbers.
A clipped ledger style item lists Walter Direct and numerous individuals with fractional numbers and initials. The fragment mentions Walter Hal Jessie Direct Hallie D. Josh B. Geers Direct Ella Direct Morgan Hal and Eva Love with various 2:07 to 2:12 percentish markers, plus references to May Direct and other scattered names as part of an odd roster or honor roll. The partial text is unreadable in places, but preserves a group of individuals tied to the name Walter Direct and related entries.
Prominent horse world figures hail Walter Direct as a premier pacing sire. E F Geers calls him among the greatest pacing sires, Bailey of Texas calls him one of the most remarkable sires, Kirk of Enid cites him as the greatest thirteen year old sire, W Alexander of Lynnville praises his registration and Tennessee value, with others noting speed and potential record impact.
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