Flora Temple (us)
Sex: F, Hoppe
Year: 1945
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Offspring in the gallery:
4,2:19¾ (third heat, October 15, 1859 in Michigan, USA)
First trotter in 2:25 and 2:20 . Flora Temple is listed as a daughter of Bogus Hunter, as according to Wallace who published The American Trotting Register. There have however been discussions about paternity to this mare, and wether her sire really is One Eyed Kentucky Hunter, which is by the same sire as Bogus Hunter (Kentucky Hunter). Parlin states the following in the book The American Trotter (1905). "There is direct evidence to prove that Mr Welch (breeder of Flora Temple) took the dam of Flora Temple to the home of Bogus Hunter and had her mated with that horse, but that she failed to conceive and was sent back by a boy. Bogus Hunter was so busy the day that she was returned that his stable mate, One Eyed Kentucky Hunter, was used instead. Both were by the same sire, but Bogus Hunter was considerably larger than One Eyed Kentucky Hunter. Flora Temple bore much stronger resemblance in size to the latter than the former, and the evidence seems conclusive that One Eyed Kentucky Hunter was her sire."