Morris tribune., 1891-05-13
Rxsdyk,s Hambletonian.

Rysdyk's Hambletonian.
We will produce here from time to
time the history of all the great sires,
also of the sires who are of particular
local interest. This is our inaugural
in this direction and most fttingly
dedicated to the King of Sires, Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian. 1t is surpris-
ing the number of "horsey" men there
are, ignorant of this great horses
history, familiar as the name of Ham
bletonian may be. Your Colonna
Ensign, Hambletonian Chief, Har-
poon's colts, came all from that
fountain head.
Hambletonian 10 (Rysdyk's Ham
bletonian), was foaled May 5, 1S49
Was sired by Abdallah, son of Mann
brino, by imported Messenger. Dam,
the Chas. Kent mare, by Imported
Bellfounder; grand dam by Bishops
Hambletonian, son of Imported Mes
senger.
He was bred by Jonas Seely, Sug,
ar Loaf, Orange Co., n. Y, and sold
with his dam, when few months old
to VIM. Rysdyk, for the trifiing sum
of $125, or one-fourth as much as his
service fee in the zenith of his fame.
It was not alone as the sire of 2:3O
trotters that Hambletonian 10 was
superior to all others, but as trans
mitter of his wonderful powers. The
performances of his sons and daught'
ers on the turf, and the success OF
their defendants, is an interesting
study in heredity.
He sired forty-one 2:30 trotters, and
sixty-three of his daughters are the
dams of seventy-two trotters i'll z 81
or better, while one hundred anC
nineteen of his sons have sired sever
hundred and cighty-three trotterE
with public records from 2OS4 to 2:3O
Of Maud S. 2:OS8, Sunol 2:lO9 a
three years, Nancy Hanks 2:14al, Bella
F. 2:15a, Hattie Woodward 2:159s, ano
Manzanita PIG, he is grandsire, anc
Jay Eye See 2:1O, st. Julien 2:1I4
| Palo Alto 2:124, Maxey Cobb 2:134
and Alabaster 2:15 are among hi:
grandsons.
Axtell IL at three years, that sole
for $1O5,OOO; Jack 2:124, Margaret S
2:12s, Allerton, four-year-old recorC
2:13a, Lady Bullion 2 16a, Houri 2:17
and Nutwood 2:19a, sire of fifty-on,
with records from 2:16a to 2:3O, an6
the greatest living sire-are all grea
grandsons of Hambletonian 10.
The leading sire of 189O-Alcantar;
is his grandson. And the first year
ling to beat the record of 2 80 is Free
dom, 2:298a; great grandson of Ham
bletonian 10.
| The eight fastest yearling trotter'
in the world and also 5 the fastest 2
year-olds, without exception, trace di
rectly to this great progenitor.
| Of the fourteen fastest three-year
old trotters twelve of them inherit th'
blood in direct line of this same
great sire. And of the twenty-sevel
fastest four-year-old trotters in th'
world no less than twenty-three o
them fall in line as among the descen
dants in a direct paternal line of thi
4der of the Hambletonian family
/ There are only three trotting stal
lions in the world that command
service fee of $1,000 They are 81
Bel, great grandson; Axtel grea
grandson, and Nutwood, a grea
grandson of this old Hero of Chester
His progeny trot fast and produc
trotters when inbred or when bre
with radical out-cross.
, AS three-year-old Hambletonia
trotted in 2:48a and could trot in "a
any time when matured.
His speed and power of transmit
ting speed with other good qualitie
came to him through the triple eros
of Imported Messenger, supplement
ed by the Bellfounder strain, whicl
; was a trotting element of no meal
order.
In color Hambletonian was brigh
bay, his legs black, extending abov
the knees and hooks, with white sock
, behind and small star in the fore
head. He stood Isl hands high.
So strong was his individuality tina
he stamped his likeness upon all hi
progeny in indellible figures, whicl
are unmistakable in the youngest Q
his defendants.
He was horse of wonderful prepc
tency, mighty in his power of trans
mission-a Samson among his kino
| His value to the breeding and com
mercial interests of the country ar
incalculable, and his greatness is pro
claimed each year upon the trottinl
turf.
| On the night of March rs, 1915
Hambletonian 10 died in the twenty
seventh year of his age.