Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-07
DANIEL LAMBERT.
ALLEGED PEDIGREE OF DAM OF ABDALLAH

At the request of many subscribers
who desire portrait of this distinguish
ed stallion. with full pedigree and sketch
of his history, we republish the excel
lent cut by kittredge and suboin an arti-
Gle which appeared in The .Imcricon Cul-
Gcotor of last week, and which bears the
marks of the graceful pen of Mr.. :. W.
Parlin. editor of the Horse Notes in that
paper.
The pedigree of Daniel Lambert rs Civ
en- by Mr.. Parlin is taken from II0Vocc's
Register and is one that is not, as to the
Red Bird cross, in any way authenticat-
ed. This horse Red Bird is like the
mythical Mrs. Ilarris-we have never
heard of anybody that had actually seen
him; but, admitting that there was such
a horse, nobody but Mr. Wallace claims
to know his pedigree. Wallace gives
him in his Register as by Bishops Ham
bletonian, but in leading article in his
Mag0zine for June, 1885, the same horse
is given as by Eclipse by Duroc by Imp.
Diomed. 1t is hardly probable that he
was by both. But the breeding of Red
Bird. real or supposed. is of no conse-
quence to Daniel Lambert from the fact
that there is not the slightest evidence
that the grandam of Fanny Cook dam of
Daniel IamberD was got by any such
horse. Fanny Cook and her dam were
both bred by Montfort Van kleeck. late
a. [ n i
settled by his statement. and has never
been disputed, that Fanny Cook was by
old Abdallah and that her dam was by
Stockholm'S American star by Duroc by
Imp. Diomed. The mare that brought
the dam of Fanny Cook was pur-
chased by Montfort Van kleeck while
he was living in Duchess county.
\. V. and her breeding and breeder
are Is yet unknown. She has been
credited by Wallace to Red Bird by BiSh-
ops llambletonian," according to his
well-knoWn formula; having manufac-
turcd grandson of Imp. Messenger and
located him in Duchess county. he must
be called upon to otliciate in the Register
As sire to any unknown mare found in
that vicinity that became an ancestor of
any great trotting sire or performer. BY
this interesting fiction and another equal
ly ingenious, Lambert is made to trace
three times to Imported Messenger, when
in fact he so traces but once. In the ar
ticle in Ildilace'S -Hagdztne above referred
to Lambert is given four Messenger
crosses. for, although the Bishops Ham
bletonian cross is dropped, its place is
supplied by two others, both bogus. one
through the dam of Ethan Allen and the
other through the dam of Eclipse the
then newly elected sire of the suppositi-
tious Red Bird The other ingenious fic-
ton above mentioned is that Amazonia.
dam of Aballah, was by son of Import
ed Messenger. The story starts as usual
with Wallace, and is given in the second
volume of his Register as follows:
Amazonia, ch. IN. foalcd about $50. Moth
ing is certainly known of the blood OF this
famous mare. She was purchased when per
haps four years Old by Mr.. b. T. Nissan, II dry
good iobbcr in New York, and represented to
IL
Messenger. This is the statement of Mr. ks
SANS brother and there is no good reason to
doubt ii. She was II large-boned, coarse, ami.
NAL with great courage and speed at the trot.
She became the property OF John Trcdwell OF
salisbury Place, l., l., and, although beaten in
several contests before she was put to breed
ing, she was one of the fastest and best known
trottcrs of her day.
Note that the assumption that this mare
was by II son of Imp. Messenger rests
solely upon the alleged statement of MIR.
kiSsam's brother that the unknown party
who sold her to Mr.. Nissan so repre-
scented. Standing alone this is pretty
poor stuff to make a pedigree of but it
so happens that this brother of Mr.. kis-
sam is yet alive, very intelligent gen
tleman, whose name and address is p. +.
Nissan, Esq, Jamaica, Long Island. n.
y, with whom we have had some cores
pondence, which, although it contains
some matter not relevant to the PRESENT
discussion, we will give entire:
MIDDLEBURr, VT, March l, 1856.
=. =. NISSAN, Esq,
relation you are to b. T.Kissam, that formerly
bought the mare Amazonia, dam OF Abdallah,
out OF a team near Philadelphia? Can you in
form me what sort of team this was, wheth-
er two or four horses, and was it n team of
Conestoga horses?
Did you raise "A brown horse called Young
Abdallah, sired by Flying Cloud, son of Yer.
mont Black Hawk? If so, will give his pcdi.
gree and state what became of him; also
same about son of his called Success, and
oblige.
Yours truly.
JOSEPH BATTELL.
BROOKLYN, March $, 1886.
JOSEPH BATTELL, ESD.
Dear Sir:-In consequence of my absence
from home on the arrival OF your letter. / did
not receive il until yesterday.
B. I. Nissan referred TO by you was my
brother. do not think he ever owned the