Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-26

was the Charles Kent, mare, who was by
imported Bellsoupder, and his second dam,
One-Eye. bv Bishops Bambletonian.
third dam Silvertail, by imported Messen-
ger.
Now, the breeding OF Hambletonian was
after all +" q kind of happen So" Jonas
Scely. VINO bred Hambletonian, went over
to New Jersey from Chester. N. Y, in 1s4s,
md secured Abdallah for one season.
Abdallah had been knocked about from
pillar 10 post" and his history would
read like romance and would DO inter-
esting TO many, but space is too short for
us to give IL here IN full.
LONG EVENINGS DRIVE.
Jonas seely and his brother drove old
Abdallah from New York to Chester (fiity-
FIVE miles) IN ono afternoon, and the old
horse was so poor that while approaching
home they actually covered him with a
blanket so that the neighbors would not
laugh at them. Jonas Seely liked the
horse in spite of his Door condition and
concluded to breed the so.called Charles
Kent mare TO him. The result Of the
union gave TO the world the famous Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian.
When sucking colt Jonas Seely sold
the mare and colt 10 William 81 Rysdyk
for the paltry sum of $I25. Now Mr..
u
paid MIR. Seely SIS cash and gave his note
for the balance. And as great trees from
little acorns grow" so did William M.
Rysdyks fortune commence 70 grow from
coming into possession of the little or
spring or foal of the Charles Kent mare.
and whose sire was the poor and cast of
and at that time despised Abdanah. lat
tie did Jonas Seely or any one else imagine
when he sold the mare and colt for
SIPS that the little fellow, then running
by his mothers side, was destined to be
king Of the trotting- horse world. II that
horse Hambletonian was alive to-day he
would be worth S500,000 and with plenty
Of takers at that pricc. He was the sire OF
Electioneer, who, in his turn. was the sire
OF Sunol, 2:0Sh, who sold for S5O,OOO;
Palo Alto, 2:0ss< Arion, who made his re-
cord Of 2104 at 2 years old and sold TOR
Sl25, 600. and ElectIoneer's get brought
INTO the Golfers of Governor Sanford. or
California, over $500 900 10 date. To emu
merate one-half Of Eiectioueer's get would
take too much space.
HRAD OF THE WILKES FAMILY.
Hambletonian was also the sire OF
George Wilkes. the fountain-head OF the
Wilkes family. Happy Medium, who IA
the dam of the great Nancy Hanks with
tho worlds record of 2:0f; Harold. who ls
the sire of Maud &. Egbert. whose son
IL Wv.
the Whitby stock-farm. near Richmond {;
jay Gould, 21714, and about one hundred
other celebrated equine statesmen" to
saw nothing of tho string OF the dams
OF over seventy-fve 2:30 performers.
HGmbletonian was also the sire OF
the great Dexter, 2:17f, and the sire
of Alexanders Abdallah. who in turn
sired the peerless Goldsmith Maid, PA
made in 1874. Indeed, as time flies by
| like shadows on the wall. the greater the
name of Hambletonian (No. 10) appears.
| There has been only one Shakespeare,
only one Hambletonian. The grave of
HambletOnian il at Chester. on the Erie
railroad. A splendid monument is now
beng erected over the SPOT at cost of
$40. 900, winch has been subscribed by the
lovers of the trotter.
Old Abdallah, the sire Of Hambletonian,
! at Is sad 20 say" was re turned to New
York at the close of that season and died
from neglect on Long Island in 1854 aged
| 81 wears.
From an investment of S125 for the colt
and his dam William NJ. Rysoyk realized
| @30s 100 cash. Mr.. Rysdvk died first, 81,
months afterwards Hambletonlan died
| and in about ninety days after that the
colored groom who had attended to the
horse for eighteen years passed away.
In conclusion. let me say that the dan
Of Hambletonian, THE Charles Kent
mare by imported Bellfou8der," deserves
/ TO quite an extent credit for the success OF
/ her son, HamOletonian. This cannot be
| disputed, although, generally speaking
| all credit is gwen TO the son and very
! little to the dam. We think that to her
! belongs more honor than IS generally
| credited. GEORGE /. FLOYD.