The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-26

milf of n fashion that has 0emanueu tIo |
-ss,cst and stoutest trotting horses IN
he world for driving on the road; ind
IN Ills end we have selected aud bred
mill our horses surpass all others in
his particular. Among these horses
va have several recognized families OF
csnecial prominence, all more or less
related. Int each possessing features
that are to some extent peculiarly its
own. but none of them entitled to be
called a breed. .,.
or these we may mention the Ham
b1efon;aas,, descended on the paternal
side from imported Messenger "a Thor
ouabbred) through his son Mambrino
(ajso Thoroughbred), and Mambrino's
son Abdallab, out of q mare of un-
known blood, who in turn got Rysdyk's
Uambletonian, out of mare by Bell
founder land imported Norfolk trot-
ter). and her dam probably having two
direct crosses TO imp. Messenger.
Through Rysdyk's Hambletonian on the
paternal side, we have the Volunteers,
The Edward Everetts, the Alexander
lAbdallahs, the Almonts, the Messcnger
Durocs, the Sentinels, the Happy MeSdi-
ums, and all the various so called Ham
Ibletonians of the present day. This
celebrated horse was bred III Orange
County, New York, foaled, 1S49, and
was kept in that county until his death,
which occurred March 26, 1876.
Then we have the Mdnb1inos, that
take their name from Mambrino Chief,
grandson of the Mambrino above re-
ferrcd to, as the grandsire of Rysdyk's
Hambletonian. The dam OF Mambrino
Chief, like the dam of Abdallah, was O
mare ofunknown Llood. lie was bred
lin Orange Comfy, New York, foaled
1914, and when ten years old, was taken
to Kentucky, where he died, in 1861
Upon the highly-bred and Thorough.
bred mares of that region, he was very
successful as sire of fast trotters, anC
the mares go. by him have been espec
tally noted as producers of great trot
tiers when coupled with other trottins
strains.
The Claus constitute another trottins
family Of note. The original Henry
lClav was fanons trolling stallion
ltoaled 1887, got bv Andrew jackson
(also famous trotler), who was +;
grandson of Bashaw Gan imported
Barb, and related to imp. Messenger
| lurOuBu blc ncCOBuiuuili vi HIS slTt, W III
was by that horse The dam of Herr,
Clay was famous trotling mare, whos'
blood is unknown. From this hors'
we have the various families of Clay
of the present day, and also the Patch
ems [Dr.. IIerr's Mambrino Patchcn
improperly so called, should not b.
confounded with the other Patchcns, 4
he is a son OF Mambrino Chief, and La
none Oh Tue latcieh OF Cayl olood-
Inc MoIyonS are perhaps our olues
Iro'ilng iainiiy' ana IL tney hafc, no
produce" our very fastest iroi'crs' ne,
nro""ce ""ao"ofo",y aeSeTfeS 10 "a"
me te'V h'gntM '""h as go0n-fe"Rerco
ho'"y, an" PIe"s4nt f0d"StciS. Inc
are descended; ~ the pa,ernal lin'
rom morse ra'ieu justin morgan VIII
was bred III Vermont, ioaicd l'93, an
uieo io-l' Ills pIoou mas never pee
positNeiv SHOWN, although IL Is prcl'
E predoininatcd. From him we have Il,
Morrills, the 'Fenrnaughts, the Ella
Ahens' tnc b'ack laws Ciiot lhc'muii'
INC descendants OF Long lsiaiu l'iac
, Law VINO was by Ahurcw jackson
grandson pi Basllaw, above alluded l.
anu ha" 'on1 vi VIC nv, S"', pi"""
ms veIns)' thc Daniel Lalnbcr's, III
hhoxes' ana the Goiddusis. Inc poi
ulari'y oil ihls iaihily al one ihne''w ;
I uiiooilnueu ana no blood, exceillh
, that Oh iiie thoroughbred, has BEEN
: geheraily disseminated ana SO hghi
esteemed throughout the United States
! AT present 1t Is not so highly priced b
z those VINO place speed above all othe
l quaiities o"f 90 scfe'e you 7cM anon
{ Hcery @dOfc Keepers or hoTSe-IuttTod
managers, ana ask fhem arhdt type 9
+ horse they hace .Joand most prcfta6'
TO Hse dna Scedr ont on me saOad, on
Mey aciU almost fnrdrtd6ly dnSwei
"Ihe old.tdShioned Morgan"
, The BaS|laics, another popular famil
OF trotters, are very closely related t
the Clays and Patchens, having com
mon ancestry i'll Young Bashaw, VIII
, | was the sire of the Andrew jackson