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Mambrlno Chief Horses.

ofecu Al" hOticc OF tue uoei feWafA4oi
performers add PsCgepilOrs, might be &C
eepiable to horsemen in this State.
MaRbriBO Caief was black horse. OF
as some called him. dark brown. With
star in his forehssd. 10 / hands high. an'
powerfully made. lie was iOaled il
lSiS and was sired by MambrinO Pay
!. master. he by MambrinO, aud he import
. ted Messenger; dam said to be Of Messsu
ger blood.
MamLrino Chief was purchased by
ElEin Thorn Of Thorndale. for Hon jas
B. Clay, sou Of the great statesman. Her
Clay, AMI taken to Kentcky IN 1854. III
remained the property of Mr.. Clay unit
1859, when be was sold TO Messrs. Gray
& Jones of WoodIord Co. Kentucky fol
S5020.02, and remained in their posse,
son Until he died in March. 1862. lie wa.
bred in Ddtchess Co., n. Y, by Richard
Eldridge of Mabbc,tsville.
lie became tao most noted sire of trot.
ter, and roadsters ever owned in the great
South West. He sired Lady Thorn, Erics-
son, Bay Chief Brignoli, Kentucky
Chief Mambrino Pilot, Ashland, Wood.
ford Mambrno. Clark Chief, Mambiuo
Patchen, Alhamhra, Idol, Mambrino Star.
Andrew johnson, North Star Mamb-ino
Mam5rino Eclipse, Macbeth, und hosts of
others like them.
LAZY ThMu, ''qne,n of the irotting turf I"
has a world wide fame, with rec
ord Of 2lS, which, but for her accidental
injury two years ago she was likely, in
the judgment of most horsemen. to carry
GLOW in the teens" Ericsson, when four
years old, in contest with Kentucky
Chicf, Of the same age, made the best time
yet on record for that age,--23 BOZ In PR
vate trial, few days before, he trotted,
10 ,ea2oa. full mile in 226, fully equal
to 2.23, 10 harness. He had been trained
only six weeks. Considering his age ard
size lover i2O0) these performances are
truly wonderful.
Mambrino Pilot, when six years old,
with little preparation and in the midst Of
the stallion season, trotted against time,
in 2.27!.
Bay Chief, bred BY the late X. A. Alex.
ander. trotted half mile when four years
old in Los. He was killed by Guerril.
las. when five years old, but before his
death, he trotted, in Two mile heat,
mile in 228. Mr. Alexander considered
him the most valuable trotting horse he
ever owned, aud thought that the public
suffered heavier loss than he did, by his
destruction. Kentucky Chief aud Brig
noli, both out of the same dam. were
among the best trottcs ever raised in
Kentucky.
Ashland, himself, never broke to har.
ness, has been the sire of many extraord-
mary colts, among them Highland Ash,
the winner Of the Spirit Of the Times
stake for 1868. easily, distancing field
of Il entries, s of them sired by Rysdyk's
Hsmbletonian, and three of them by sons
of his.
Woodford Mambrino trottcd for his
owner, A. j. Alexander, Kentucky. last
year. in 2.22.
The dam Of the famous Blackwood, -
recently sold for more money than was
ever before paid for trotting horse was
sired by Mambrino Chief. He has pub.
lie record Of 2.3l at three gears old. I'll
Is claimed that at the same age, in pri.
vate trial, he trotted a mile in 2.2S. At
four years old lie trotted a mile in
2.2O, and half mile in l.0S.-
Mambrlno Patchen, himself splendid
trotter, was the sire Of the wonderful colt
Mambrino Berthe, now owned by Robert
Bonner. On the Buckeye course, Nov.
10th 1879, then bu: t,oo gears old, under
very unfavorablc circumstances, after
hrst trotting two single mile heats, in .. .
42t and 2.44l, in heat of two miles, he |
trotted without skip or break, full !
mile In 2.4l. Perfectly astounding as is
this performance, it is said to be claimed
by the breeder of this colt, DR.. l.. Herr, s
Of Lexington, KY, that before tho per. t
formance above named, at home, and nm.
der more favorable circumstances. but
with only six weeks previous training, he {
Irotted full mile several seconds better. t
una Ann johnson, two year old FLY I
by Andrew johnson, trotted full mile 6
asst fall in 2.454.
Baron Rothschild by Mambrino Pat.
chen, at two years old, trotted full mile
n 25S4.
Kate Patchen, by Mambrino Patchcn,
When yearling. trotted full mile in
$3.50, and one fourth of a mile in AZ sec.