The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-21
The Lambert Horses.

The Breeders Gazette of Chicago is
printing a series of articles on "Ameri-
can Trotting Sires." This is said of
the Lamberts:
With twenty-seven of his get in the
2:30 list Daniel Lambert is unquestion-
able entitled 10 position among the
very foremost of American trotting
sires, and it can be truthtully said that
he has attained it, like Blue Bull, by
sheer force of merit, as during the ear
lier years of his life he was not afforded
a fair change to display his bowers rs
sire, and even since passing into the
hands of his present owner, Mr.. David
Snow, there has been no effort to
"boom"him. That he should get large
percentage of speed from all classes of
mares is not strange, as his sire, Ethan
Allen, while not leaving any partic-
ularly fast defendants, was noted for
his power OF transmitting a respectable
amount of speed to all his get. And in
the maternal line Daniel Lambert is
equally well bred, his dam being Fan
ny Cook by Abdallah. With this stout
backing it woull seem that the Lam
berts should display some of the Alb
dallah characteristics, but it can not
truthtully be said that they do, the
likeness in nearly every case being that
of their sire, and the color in most in
stances the peculiar light bay which is
so common among the Ethan Aliens.
The fastest Lambert by the record is
Gomez, and he was certainly first
class trotter in every sense of the word,
having NOR speed even than his re-
cora of 2:l9 IA indicates, and being
very game and level-headed. Although
the family Is numerous one, the Lam
berts have done practically all of their
trotting in the east, and 1t is a remark
able fact that of the twenty. seven by
him in the 2:30 list the writer can now
call to mind but one, Boston, thai ever
trotted in the West, and his races here
were not numerous. And it is for Thu
reason that ii is not possible at this
time to give in detail the performances
of some of the best ones of the family.
One of them, Billy D., created sensa-
ton two years ago by lowering the
record with running mate made so
many years since by his grandsire,
Ethan Allen; but it was not long be-
fore another Lambert, and an inbred
one at that-H. b. Winship-wrested
the honor from him by doing a mile
with running-mate in 2:l0 3-4. Win
ship was by AristOs, a son of Daniel
Lambert, aud his dam was by Colonel
Moulton, another son of the old horse !;
but he was not to enjoy his honors long,
as Frank, by Abraham, another son of
Daniel Lambert, trOtted the Fleetwood
Park track, hitched with a runner, in
az y
record at particular way of going in
oIe family for so many years, and hav-
ing its honor enjoyed SUCCESSFULLY by
so many different horses, is a significant
fact, showing, as it does, the great in
telligence possessed by all the + han
Allens-an intelligence that makes it
almost impossible for them to act 9TH
erwise than level-headed, no matter in
what company they are placed and
that this quality is one greatly to be de-
sired, both in track horses and those
used on the road, can not be denied.
But il is when one looks over the list
of mares from which Lambert has pro.
duced his 2:3O trOtters that his great
prepotency is seen, as they are as mis-.
celaneous a lot in point Of breeding as
ever fell to any sire; and it is in thi.
way that the actual value of a stallion
as a sire can best be ascertained. And
it may also be said in this connection
that some OF our most noted trotling
sires have been a success only on mares
belonging to certain families, theiI
blood seeming potent 10 produce speed
only when crossed on some strain will
which it happened to "nick." Volun
teer is an illustration of this character