Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-21
TWO-SEvENTEEN PERFORMERS.
From the American Cultivator.J

From the American Cultivator.J
Special tables, ingeniously prepared,
for the purpose of showing the superior
ity of any given stallion, or proving
some pet theory, are often liable to mis-
lead the young breeder. 1t would be
very easy to show that Conklin's Abdal-
lab was the greatest of trotting sres, as
speed of his 80 performers is several
seconds faster than that of any other
trotting sire, and the average number of
heats won by his get in 2 80 or better is
any other horse yet brought to light {;
still he never got but one trotter so far
as is known that ever started in race,
Rarus (2:13D, winner of 1S5 heats in
2 80 or better.
General tables, however, which con-
tam all the animals, not less than a dor
en- in number, that have made fast rec
Ords in any given class, may prove of
great value to the young student, and to
all who are ambitious to breed first-class
trotters for the turf, if they will take the
trouble to analyze them carefully.
Every table of this kind will show
that, whether judged by the number or
quality of noted turf performers, Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian, which was strongly
inbred to the English race-horse import
ed Messenger, was far superior to the
founder of any other trotting family for
impartng to the offspring the power to
perpetuate the trotting instinct. The
number of trotters which have made
records of 2:17 or faster up to the pres
ent time is forty-nine. The following
table of these celebrated turf performers
is intended to show to what family each
belongs, and also what factors combined
with the leading trOtting strains have
contributed to the success of the several
individuals. No son or daughter of Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian is found in this list.
His sons, grandsons and great-grandsons
come in for liberal share of the hOnors
of contributing to this roll of honor,
however. This list does not include pa
GERS got by the several sires.
FAMILY OF RYsDYKs HAMBLETONIAN.
DictutOr, br. h. foaled 1868, by Rvs
dyk's Hambletonian dam, Clara dam
of Dexter, 2:l74, Alma, 2 :2S3 and Asto-
ria, :293), by Seely's American Star, he
by Stockholm's American Star, by Du-
roc, son of imported Diomed, out of Sal
ly SLOUGH; the latter was by Sir Henry,
son of imported Diomed; dam, a daugh-
ter of imported Diomed.
Iay-Eye-See, blk <, foaled 1878, record
2:l0; dam, Midnight, by Pilot, Jr.; sec
ond dam, Twilight, by Lexington, by
Boston, by Timoleon, son of Sir Archy,
by imported Diomed; third dam by i'm
ported Glencoe; fourth dam, Darkness,
by the celebrated four-mile-race horse
Wagner, by Sir Charles, by Sir Archy,
son of imported Diomed. Wagner's dam
was by Marion, son of Sir Archy.
Phallas, record 2 :l3a, b h. foaled 1877 !;
dam, Betsey .TrOtwood, by Clark Chief,
son of Mambrino Chief; second dam by
Ericsson q :30tl. by Mambrino Chief /;
third dam by Sir William, thorough bred
son of Sir Archy, by imported Diomed.
Director, record 2:l7, blk h, foaled
1877; dam, Dolly dam of Thorndale,
2:22t, and Onward, 2:25D, by Mambrino
Chief; second dam by Ben Franklin Che
by Hazrack, from daughter of John
sons Copperbottom, the dam of the lat
ter being by SAKE Weimar, by Sir Archy);
third dam, Nance, by SAKE Weimar, son
of Sir Archy.
George Wakes, record 2 %, br. h., foal-
ed 1855, by Rysdyk's Hambletoniaa.
dam, Dolly Spanker, by Henry Clay, son
OF Andrew Jackson, by Young Bashaw,
by.imported Grand Bashaw second dam