The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-01
4 1RoTTER's SIZE AND SPEED.
Tho Smaller They Arc the Further They
GOA List OF New Interest.

From the SPort'rnnn.
BY far the greater number Of horses that
havo become noted during the rise and de-
yelopment OF the trotting horse industry have
been what we term small or medium In size.
periorners. and might add to, the dams 'i as
well. Imported Messenger was 2 large. coarse
sSts snd Ss SS h d the had
istics. and in Hamblst9nian we find
horse, nearly il; hands high. but Ham
bletonian showed n marked tendency to-
%"6 ns ST. Was BY aBs
@ sn5 TO Tas
oashbred; Hambietonia an stood i5iH hands
at the withers. so that he represented about
hackney. This is why Hamt Ietonian lines
so rsbes ee saas d
should never lose sight Of the influence that
the dam exsrts. which. In my opinion, In
that exerted by the sire, am inclined also to
believe that conformation and high finish is
r ffss the aes Of s KIM
f,fsn nIsSs$ sauine
It has been said by those who believe that
much 81 Hambl;stonan's :, greatness was
Wer. those par f more largely 81 'H 6sr
characteristics especially conformation. Lot
what facts We have thf
t trstteTs IN s 5e list st. mas no" On even ioo
often styled 'simmons',s pony" He has now
seventy five trottcrs and PAGERS in the list;
Harold, one OF the most noted sons Of Ham
bletonian and stronc!y inbred. f. Just hands.
Dictator. equally noted as sire of extreme
The great Volunteer was under 15H hands
by actual measurement. but he was very
sdSm Mas ~ bss
deem. his stable companion when l saw him.
WAS not as large
height; neither docs Sweepstakes
Messenger Duroc stands ~ hands. and Mas
rs HSash h1Ma4si h1H ds
ida. Jay Gould id. 2:2l 4 strathmore. and Victor
Won Bismarck are all OF medium size. none
This list seems to comprise the more prom
inent sons OF the Hero q. Of Chester. and taking
sized horses optnnmber the large ones in the
rntio pf more than six to one. :,
sz the next tSe IN a all at SHAPES
hands has by far the largest proportion Of
oThe get q Elsctloneer vsry greatly in sze.
IL While Snff stands hut u le
and Sphinx are each l5}a hands.
there, is a great variation Of size and conforma-
Sn SSah nS' 9sf ssPsgS %SS hs
brother Alcyonee was scarcely p hands, v,Aim Am.
s"ssioT Aani R;sf Wffs
Guy Wilkes is about ~, hands; yJ!Hy BIRD Is 9
scare s"arsely i5 hands hisIs King Wilkes Is IL
hands. but Lunns, presents the other sx,
Sns coarss orss. his damn Old Doy bens
plainly apparent in his conformation. Red
Wks Is arse, horse and his eenf2rmattpn
;Sf sianaH IT, hands. Wilkes S'hs BOY p also 2s
:Ss Amo wss nS"
tho average in size, but his best son. Almont
H.. 2:2o, + "a q small horse due largely to the
American Star was about Is hands high.
Belmont was ,aboye the average In size. be-
HIS best son. Nutwood; Is about the same size.
Blue Bpll was small horse; and al Of his
Clark Chief and lis, descendants partakc of
the Mambrino Chic! charac, eristcs. The head
OF the family was u large horse. and his dam
lilo refining influence .exerted by the more
finished dam Of Hamhnletonian i'm, kensncky
brine in conformation. although his dam was
very handsome Morgan mare. Kentucky
rFnee o herds Gut hs fs ssve ~ a sYs
over 0hands high; As rule however, the sons
aud daughters OF kentucky Prince are OF good
Daniel lambert WAS an elegant little, horse.
like lis sire. Ethan Allen. neither exceeding Is
hands IN height.
Gen, Knox always was a small horse,
George NJ. patchen. 2:23's; was a, very large.
are the same. Mumbrino Patchen was large
horse. but not coarse like his sister. Lady
Thorn. 2:1SS. His best SON. Mamhrino King.
high finish is derived from Edwin Forrest, tho
sire OF his dam. Edwin Forrest was the equal
OF Mambrino King In beauty. and he was more
potent in Transmitting this quality.
ltohcrt McGregor, 2:l7ss. is not large.
Wnoilori Mambrino was not large horse.
nor yet n handsome horse and tho family re-
semblance is strong in his best son. Princeps.
aud also Ianco.st. 2;21s. aud again in his
best son. Patron. 2:144.
Thus we see that while the fountain head OF
the two trotting families most prominent was