Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-18
GREAT BROOD MARE SIREs.

The following table and accompany
ing comment is from the Horse Breeder,
that is edited by our able and enterprising
friend, S. w. Parlin of Boston. The
table is probably as accurate as present
published information reasonably accessi-
BILE will admit of, though we hope soon to
see a revision of this, and similar tables, so
that the pedigrees of such noted perform
ers as Huntress may be stated correctly
When the stereotyped mistakes that en-
ter into these tables shall have been
rigidly eliminated the value of the tables
will be greatly enhanced and their sig
nificance changed very materially:
SIT is known to all well-informed horse
men that Rysdyk's Hambletonian got a
greater number of dams of , 80 perform
ers than any other horse; also that his
nearest rival is American Star, and that
he is closely followed by Mambrino
Patchen, much younger horse than
either of the others, and that next in
order comes Pilot, Jr., and Alexander's
Abdallah. 10 those who have not
looked it up the fact that the PAGER
Blue Bull divides honors as the sixth
sire in the list with Almont. beating
Mambrino Chief by two in the race, will
probably cause surprise, and be source
OF great satisfaction to those who build
much on the pacing cross. For the
in, hn GctD Dol
Wilkes. Harry Clay and American CLAW
are tied, and the thirteenth place is oc-
cupied by grand old Volunteer. For the
fourteenth place, two Morgans and a
descendant of Long Island Black Hawk
have equal claims. being Daniel Lam
bert, Magma Charta and Green's Bas-
haw.
''Of the sixteen leading sres of the
dams of trotters, the first place belongs
to the Hambletonian family, and is
represented by its founder. 1t also
holds fifth and seventh positions, and
divides honors with the Clays in the
ninth, and the thirteenth horse is also
Hambletonian. Mambrino Patchen holds
third place, while the founder of the
family to which he belongs ranks as
number eight. 1t is not until the four
tenth place is reached that a represen-
tive of the Morgan family is found.
"ln this connection we furnish a new
table showing how these sires of brood
mares compare as the progenitors of the
second dams of trotters, and the list can
hardly fail to be instructive and of great
interest.
sit has seemed best to take as a basis
for this table those sires which have got
the dams of nine or more dams of , 40
performers, though in one or two ill.,
stances sires credited with a less num-
Der. whose success has been marked IN
the second generation, are included. as.
for instance, Abdallah and Vermont
Black Hawk. which got respectively
the dams of seven and eight. and the
second dams of sixteen and thirteen.
sin this list the first position is held by
American Star, with thirty-nne to his
credit; Mambrino Chief rises from eighth
place as a sire of dams to a good second
as a sire of second dams, with thirty
seven, two less than the leader: Pilot
Jr., is third in both tables the number
OF performers whose second dams were
got by the horse whose sire Mr.. Battell
says was by the Hawkins Horse. a son
OF old Justin Morgan, is twenty-eight.
"Hambletonian, first as sire of dams.
is fourth as sire of second dams, with
twenty-three. Edwin Forrest. which
occupies fifth place in this table. with
the second dams of eighteen trotters. is
credited with the dams of only eleven.
Abdallah, foaled in 1923, and Alexan-
der's Abdallah, foaled in 1862. are each
credited with the second dams of six
teen. Next comes Vermont Black Hawk
with thirteen, two of which are the star
performers, Rarus (2:l34) and Nelson
(2:l4D. This brings us to Strader's son
of Cassius NJ. Clay, which is credited
with eleven, after which comes Volun-
teer, with ten, American Clay and George
NJ. Patchen, each of which have nine.
"Mambrino Patchen, considering his
age, makes good showing with eight.
Ethan Allen, Richards Bellfounder.
Magma Charta and Alexander's Bell
founder have six each, after which the
Others have but small numbers. The
sires, as will be seen, are arranged in
alphabetical order. The table has been