The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-05-23
A FamOus StoIIiou

| There are any number of horses in La
fayette county which trace back to Ham,
bletonian 10, and yet there are few horse
men, claiming to be cup" in trotting horse
matters, who know the history of the
founder OF this great iamily-the old
"Hero of Chester" j. II. Penrose, who
owns a large breeding farm at Grinnell,
Iowa, has prepared the following, which
was printed in 4 recent number OF Clark's
Horse Review at Chicago:
Hambletonian 10 (Rysdyk's Hamble-
tonian) was foaled May 8, 1910. He was
sired by Abdallah, son OF Mambrino, by
Imported Messenger. Dam, the Charles
Kent mare, by Imported Belfounder;
granddam by Bishops Hambletonian, sou
of Imported Messenger.
He was bred by Jonas Seey, Sugar Loaf,
Orange county, n. Y, and sold, with his
dam, when a few months old, to William
NJ. Rysdyk, for the trifiing sum of s125,
the zenith of his fame.
1t was not alone as the sire of $50 trot-
ters that Hambletonian 10 was superior to
all others, but as transmitter of his Won
derful powers. The performances of his
sons and daughters on the turf, and the
success of their descendants is an inter-
esting study in heredity.
He sired forty-one 2:30 trotters, and
siXty-three of his daughters are the dams
OF seventy-two trotters in 2:30 or better,
while one hundred and nineteen of his
sons have sired seven hundred and eighty
three trotters with public records from
2:OsA to 2:3O.
OF Maud s. 2:0sA, Sunol 2:10B at three
years, Nancy Hanks 2:14R, Bella F. 2:15b,
Hattie Woodward 2:15h, and Manzanita
2:16, he is grandsire, and Jay Eye See 2:l0,
st. Julian 2:11A, Palo Alto 2:12A, Maxey
Cobb 2:13A and Alabaster 2:15 are among
his grandsons.
Axtell 2:12 at three years, that sold for
S1O5,OOO; Jack 2:12A, Margaret s. 2:12h,
Allerton iour-year-old record 2:13lh Lady
Bullion 2:16A, Houri 2:17, and Nutwood
2:1SA, sire OF tifty-one with records of
from 2:16 to 2:s0, and the greatest living
sire-are all great -grandsons of Hamble-
tonian 10.
The leading sire of 1S90-Alcantara-is
his grandson. And the first yearling to
beat 2:30 is Freedom, 2:293I a great-g
grandson of Hambletonian 10.
The eight fastest yearling trotters in the
world and also the five fastest two-year-
olds, without exception, trace directly to
this great progenitor.
| OF the fourteen fastest three-year-old
trotters twelve of them inherit the blood
in direct line from this same great sire.
And of the twenty-seven fastest four
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twentythree OF them fall in line as among
the descendants in direct paternal line of
this founder of the Hambletonian family.
There are only three trotting stations
in the world that command service lee
OF 81 1000. They are st. Bel, great-grand-
son; AXtel n great grandson, and Nutwood,
"A great great grandson of this old Hero
of Chester.
His progeny trot fast and produce trot-
ters when inbred or when bred with
radical out cross.
AS Il three-ye year-old. Hambletonian trot-
ted in 2:1slh, and could trot in 2:4o any
time when matured.
His speed and power OF transmitting
speed with other good qualities came to
him through the triple cross OF Imported
Messenger, supplemented by the Bell
founder strain, which was trotting ele-
ment of no mean order.
IL color Hambletonian was bright bay,
his legs black, extending above the knees
and hooks, with white socks behind and
n small star in the forehead. He stood
15lS hands high.
SO strong was his individuality chat he
stamped his likeness upon all his progeny
in indelIible figures, which are unmis-
taxable in the youngest of his descend
ants.
He was horse of wonderful prepoten-
cy, mighty in his power of transmission
"a Samson among his kind. His value to
the breeding and commercial interests of
the country are incalculable, and his
greatness is proclaimed each year upon
the trotting turf.
On the night OF March 26, 1876, Ham
bletonian 10 died in the twenty seventh
year of his age.