Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-16
TROTTlNG STATIONS.
From Spirit of the Times, Feb. %, 1870

OF Lexington, two of the finest trOtting
stations that we know of. One of them,
Abdallah, is well known as the sire of
some of the best trotting stock in this
section of the country. He is bred by
John Treadwell, Esq, of Jamaica, Long
Island, the Napoleon of the trotting
turf and was foaled in 1926. He was
got by the celebrated Mambrino (the son
of imp. Messenger) out of Mr.. It's equal
ly celebrated mare Amazonia, who for
ten years or more had no superior on the
road. Abdallah is beautiful bay, with
out white, fifteen hands three inches
high. He was slightly trained at four
years old, and was considered the fastest
horse on Long Island; no purses being
offered at that time for trotting, Mr.. Il.
put him into the breeding stud, where he
has proved himself as sure foal getter,
and won the highest reputation as a sire
of hard bottomed horses of uncommon
speed and courage. With the exception
of Andrew Jackson, for whom five thou
sand has been refused, Abdallah is the
finest limbed and most blood like trotting
stallion we ever saw. For one of his get
Lady Blanche-$2, 900 have been re-
sey or on Long Island since his four-year-
old year, and the price his colts COM
mand, for road and carriage horses, over
those of any other stallion, show, con-
he hi al, ;r
stock is held in this city. He is entirely
free from blemish of every description,
and unusually kind and good tempered,
as are his colts. He is gallant spirited
horse, and his action is uncommonly fine.
The other horse. Commodore, was bred
by Col. Benz Albertson of North Hamp-
stead, Queens county, Long Island, and
foaled in 1928. He was also got by Mann
brlno his dam by the True American Ca
son of Volunteer, who was got by imp.
Messenger). grand-dam by Tom. Bogus.
imported by Gen. Burgoyne of the Brit
ish army. Commodore is believed to
have more strains of the blood of old
Messenger in his veins than any horse
remaining on Long Island. He is a rich
blood bay with no other white than a
pretty star, and oyer 1G hands high, of
immense substance and power. Is a horse
of noble presence, aud unusually fine
action. He has never been trained, but
is broken to harness and perfectly gentle,
though of great spirit. His natural gait
in walking or trotting is rarely equalled,
and it is believed that no son of Mann
brine living can compare with him in
size, color, shape, strength, blood, and
action combined. He has been standing
for several years near this city, and is
known to be a sure horse, while his get
are almost invariably horse colts and bays
at that. His stock is held in high esti-
nation by the breeders of Long Island,
where everything in relation to himself
and his get is well known.
The horses left this city for Kentucky
on Monday last, under the charge of Mr..
Charles Hood and an assistant, both of
whom are accustomed to making long
Postboy out to Tennessee and Reindeer
and Niceroy to Georgia for us, and we
make no doubt will reach Lexington with
his charge in fine plight, as they left
here in robust health. Mr.. Hunt deserves
well Of his fellow-citizens for his spirit
in this matter. He has done much to
improve the cattle and hogs, etc., in
Kentucky. by the importation of several
varieties of each, and we are glad he has
been induced to extend his operations, as
a judicious and practical breeder and ag-
riculturist. by the introduction of two
capital stations, from which to breed an
improved stock of horses for the ordina-
ry purposes of life. The great objection
to the common stock of horses in that
State, which furnishes a large majority
of those in use for saddle and carriage
throughout the Mississippi valley and
the Carolinas is, that they lack bone and
stamina. They are what would be
termed here ''dandy horses; they have
generally fine heads, and forehanded are
well put up, but have no more thighs,
STILES and gaskins than a sheep. They
have no strength of bone and muscle in
their hind quarters, and their lOins, in
stead of being arched and well supported
by strong fillets, are generally the re-
verse. They go off ten miles pretty
well, at the rate of six or seven miles the
hour, and then cave in; they are dead
beat by sharp drive of fifteen or twenty
miles. Thus, while there are exceptions,
doubtless, to majority of the horses in
ordinary use, their general characters
tics are those of wishy-washy brutes
that are too slow for anything but to tire
themselves, too weak to travel, and too
lazy even to run away.
By the by, entire sons of Mambrino
are becoming very rare; we do not think
there are more than two or three of much
promise remaining, if so many, either in