The daily gazette., 1876-04-01
HAMBLETONIAN.
The Sire of Thirteen Hundred
FOats ami Many Fast
TrOtteTS.

ONeo Nsett AAN"U 1aSC
IrOtteTS.
HamOlet0nian, a dark rich bay, with
two white heels and star ia forehead
was fOaled in 1849. He was bred by
James Seely, of Sugar Loaf, Orange
county, and sold in the fall of the same
year, with his dam, to w. M. Rysdyk
for $l25, He was never trained ,as a sire
OF trotters he stood far above all COM
peitors in this or any past generation.
At four years old he was exhibited at
the American Institute fair, thea held
on Third avenue, at Hamilton square
where he received third premium, DR.,
Rich's Jupiter taking first and the Way
stallion Norman taking the second
premium. Hambletonian was then at
the stud. having been put there before
he was two years old. The first colt
of any merit he produced was Filling
ham, afterward called George Wilkes,
which gave linn great notoriety; but
Dexter Che king of trotters) following
soon aitcrward, gave Hambletonian
such ren"wn that mares from all sec.
tions OF ne country were sent to him,
and the demands for his services, in
creased at such rate that his owner,
MIR. Rysdyk, raised his price service
from 500 to $500, which rate contin-
ued to the time of his death. During
his career at the stud Hambletonian
had ], ,S43 mares and produced about
1.3OO foals. The horse was said to
have been possessed of considerable
speed; but, like his sire, Abdallah, he
never showed it in public. There was
story current some years ago that
being on Long Island, in his four year
old form, he was taken on the Union
course,and there in private trial ,troi
ted mi lie very low in the fOrties. But
whether he could trot fast or not makes
very little difference. He produced al
least 1(0 sons and daughters that could
trot fast, fifty of his sons being now in
! the stud, getting trotters in every state
in the Union. Within 100 miles OF
this city he leaves behind him such
good ones as Edward Everett, Volun
teer, Messenger, Duroc, Happy Me
dium, Aberdeen, Socrates, Jay Gould
Bolton, Electioneer, Florida, Middle
town, and dozen others, that are i'm
proving the breed of the trotting horse
and increasing their usefulness ant
value.
The old horse died Monday morning
between midnight and daylight at the
Rysdyk estate at Chester, and as il
was the wish of his late owner, Mr
kysdyk, that the horse should b,
buried on the estate, grave was dug
for him behind the barn where h,
lived SO long. A large box was mad,
for his body, and he was buried. Al
offer of 81 eco was made for his hide
which was refused, the speculative
genius, no doubt, wishing to exhibi
it around the country.
The following was the extra mea.
surement Of Hambletonian: His kne,
was 131 inches In circumference, hocl
l73 incehs, Is inches around the small
est part of the limb and back tendor
above the hook. From the centre o.
the bip joint to the point of the hocl
Al inches; from the point of stifie tc
point of hook, the length of thigh, "a
inches; from point of hook to centre
of of ankle joint, 16 inches; from cen
tire of fore ankle to centre OF knee; III
inches; from centre of knee to top OF
forearm joint, 204 inches. His neck
! from the notch in the vertebra on his
wlthers to the extreme poll 80 inches
and on the underside OF his wiudpipe
was only 16 inches. giving him the ap
| pearance of a herse with fine crest
/ hut very short neck. His shoulders ex
tended forward at the point very fal
and very strong and prominent, giving
him square, massive appearance, ,and
one of great power, From hip to hir
he was "a inches and his back was OF
! medium length, with round barrel and
powerful hind quarters. The large
muscles of the quarters came down to
within nine inches of the hook, and
between the legs behind it was simply
immense. His neck was not thick OF
heavy, the withers fiat and low, he
being higher on the rump than on the
withers; but the most notable feature
OF the shoulders was the complete mass
, of bone, tendon and muscles so closes
ly knit together as to appear as one,
and undistinguishable the one from
the other. His sho llder blade seemed
to rise to the top of the withers, but SO
closely and firmly was the whole mass
united as to give him great compact
ness and strength. His tail was set on
! very high and the whirlbone and but
tock stood high and projected back
wards very prominently. In beight
he was about 16 hands high. The fol-
loving table shows the foals dropped
to Hambletenian since he was two
years old:
Year. Age. Mares. Charge, Fsals.
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