Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-18

last two years of his life. He died in Is
so, leaving not more than 300 foals, all
told. He served only nine mares that
were by standard horses. Blue Bulls 300
foals were then. nearly all of them, out
of common farm mares, and yet he was
the first to lead the great Hambletonian
10, at that time leading the world as a
sire of trottIng speed. Only two, George
Wilkes and Electloneer, both with pacing
ancestry on side Of dam, lead him now
as producers of speed at both the trot
and pace Blue Bull, up to the close of
last season. had to his credit fifty-five
trotters from ala to 80, and eight pa
GERS from 2:16i to , :2S-siXty-three per-
formers. OF his sons eighteen have pro-
duced nineteen trotters and fourteen pa
cers-thirty-three performers. Twenty
one daughters have produced twenty-five
trotters, and twelve daughters have pro-
duced u PAGERS. In all, thirty-three
daughters have produced thirty-siX per-
ormerS.
lIAMBlElNlNlAN y T.
PARED.
As Hambetonian stands unquestioned
as the greatest trotting progenitor of
trottng speed, so Blue Bull stands at
the head as pacing progenitor of trot
ting and pacing speed. While nothing
can detract from the glory of the hero of
Chester as prepotent sire, comparison
by the records of him with Blue Bull
will not, we believe, be to the discredit
of the latter as prepotent sire.
Hambletonian 10 was foaled in 1919
and died in 1876.
Blue Bull has foaled five years later,
1851, and died in 1850.
Hambletonian's active stud career be-
gan in 1852, but had four foals from SER
vices of 1851, one being his great son,
Abdallah.
Blue Bulls stud career really began in
1872, twenty years later than Hamble-
tonian's, as he served not over fifteen
mares before.
Hambletonian's heavy stud service
closed in 1867, served no mares in 1861,
and only eight or ten each year after
fifteen years of heavy service.
Blue Bulls heavy stud services closed
in 1873, eleven years later than Hamble-
tonian's as he served only few mares
after-siX years of heavy service.
Hambletonian had 1921 foals.
II IL s)n
Hambletonian had the best mares in a
section of country rich in trotting blood.
Blue Bull had only nine mares by
standard horses. the rest farm mares.
Hambetonian had only forty-one trot-
tiers and no PAGERS up to 1887, none since
This part of his record is no doubt closed
Blue Bull had fifty-tive trotters and
eight pacers-siXty-three performers
Three trotters and three PAGERS came il
1890, and many more may be expected.
HambletOnian's trotters to total mum
Der of foals, little over three per cent.
Blue Bulls trotters to total number o.
foals, little over eighteen per cent-si,
times as many as Hambletonan. O
performers, twenty-one per cent-sevel
times as many. With the same humble
of foals this percentage would give BLU
Bull 2S7 performers, and not done yet.
Hambletonian is estimated to have 40
entire sons. Registered as standard il
Vol. 4, HI sons; in Vol. ), fifteen sons
lj9 in the two volumes, about forty pc
cent.
Blue Bull has probably less than ninet,
t entire sons. Registered as standard il
Vol. 1, four sons; in Vol. ), seven-eleve
in the two volumes, about twelve pc
cent.
2 Hambletonian has 1l9 sons producing
speed. Ninety-eight of these began stu
service as early as Blue Bull himself did
This is thirty per cent of the whole mum
Der of sons.
2 Blue Bull has eighteen sons producing
7 speed, all comparatively young horse
and with limited opportunities-twe
per cent of the whole number if he ha
: ninety sons.
IldlnDlClOllldll : SOlls nave =
trotters and over fifty pacers-an averag
of about seven apiece for the 1l9.
Blue Bulls sons haye produced nine
teen trotters and fourteen PAGERS, o
about two apiece for the eighteen.
Hambletonian' sons began to produc
as early as 1865.
= Blue Bulls sons began to produce i
= 1888, or fifteen years later than Hambl,
tonian's
Hambletonian' average age of produ(
, ing sons, were all living now, twenty
= six years-the youngest sixteen year.
Q the oldest thirty-nine years.
!, Blue Bulls average age of producin
= sons, sixteen years-the youngest tie
years, the oldest twenty-one years.
Hambletonian had six new sons TO pr,
duce in 1890. Not many more new one
likely to produce speed.
Blue Bull had seven new sons to pr,
duce IN 1890. New ones likely to CON