The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-11
Monument Cost $4,000.

tire of blankets.
Monument Cost $4,000.
The news of the death OF Harlble-
tonlan soon spread throughout the
Eeighborhood. On the morning of the
18th the body was placed on a stone
boat 10 which was hitched six of his
own sons. A large and sorrowing ~ronn
of his admirers followed the rpo1arot,
of sireS to his last resting placa si,,
feet below the turf, over which frr,
fleet hoofS of his many descendants
VIII SKIM Tor ages to come 4 few
years after the death of Hambieton-
ian large monument of granite. cost
ing $4,000, was raised by oonuJor s,,h
scription over his grave with the a.,
scriotion: i
"Hambletonian, Monarch Of sires
1S49-1S76." Niee
lie was the pride of a. natio, ~
breeders. and his blood is valued as
drops of gold, and will be handeJ
down TO future breeders as more nre1
cious than that metal.
Inc standard performers, both trot-
ing ana pacing. now number nearly
SU,oov- "hen the pedigrees Of III.
Whole number are analyzed II will he
found that nearly two-thirds Of .bo
performers have the blood of HambIe-
lohlah IN their makeup. And nearly
one-naH have that blood in both sire
ana cam. The top trotting record. ha $
oeen broken by sixteen different horses
during the past sixty years.
Every horse that has taken the tro,-
ing records. excepting three. Lady
oulioIk' Z:291a. 1915; Pelham. 2:2O. 1S49
ana Flora Temple, 2:19A. 1859, were
sreu py Hambletonian or his sons or
grahdsons, and the dams of ten of the
number were sired by Hambletonian or
his sons and grandsons.
Lou Dillon, who holds the ton tro+
tins record, 1887, was sired by Sid
ney Dillon. grandson of HambIeton
ION, Lou DlllonS dam was Lou Milton
was by Milton Medium he by HaDnv
Medium. son OF Hambletonian. The
great PAGER. Dan Patch, 1:55k. was
sired by Tom Patchen. by Pa1chen
Wlikes, by Geo. Wilkes, a son of Ham
oietohlan. Dan Patchen's dam was
sired by Wilkesberry. a son of Geo
Wilkes, he by Hambetonfan.
The standard performers os 1905. IN
to Oct. 81, are: New performers. 1913:
performers that reduced their records
in 1905. 1.065: total. 2.70S. The whole
number t2,10S) were sired by 1.524 diff.
ferent stations.
-Four hundred and ninety were sired
by George Wilkes. a son of Harlble-
tonian, or by his sons; 165 by Election
eer, a son of Hambletonian, or his sons.
lilo by NutWoOd, grandson of Ham
bletonian; 395 by other sons or grand
sons of Hambletonian; IS by Mann
brlno Chief, a grandson of Messenger
and $50 by scattered horses
One thousand three hundred and fif-
ty-one of the whole number (2708) are
PAGERS. One hundred and ten OF the
performers of 1905 made records OF 2:1O
or better; A of the number were sired
by George Wilkes. son of Hambleton-
ian; II by Electioneer, a son of Ham,
bletonian; 20 by Nutwood, a grandson
of Hambletonian: 26 by other sons of
Hambletonian; 4 by Mambrino Chief
and by Brown Hal, a PAGER.
Sire Starved to Death.
How different the life and death of
Abdallah, sire of Hambletonian, and
that of his son. While during his life
Hambletonian was petted and received
every care and was buried with great
honors. his sire, Abdallah, was neglect
ed and actually starved to death. Alb
dallah, sire of Hambletonian, was
foaled in 1926. sired by Mambrino, he
| by Imported Messenger. He was bred
by James Seeley of Goshen, Orange
county. n. Y. He was a bay horse, six
teen hands high, of rather ragged form
dllOIl, Will Il IdL ldll. he W5S
to be vicious, so much so that he was
never driven in harness. He would
kick anything he was hitched TO into
kindling wood. For some years he was
used in the stud at Goshen. He was
! taken TO Kentucky in 1886, but met
with disfaVOr there, and was returned
/ to New York He sired Hambletonian
in 1S49. He was sold and taken to Long
| Island in 1851. His vicious proclivities
! increased so that he became almost
unmana geable. He was kicked about
from pillar to post. and finally sold to
| a fisherman at Oyster Bay for $50. The
fisherman hitched the horse to his fish
wagon one day to haul a load of
! clans Old Abdallah looked around at
! the old clam cart. and in horse par
lance said: I'm no fishmonger." He
| let fly his heels and kicked the cart
! into toothpicks. The old clam dealer
became warm under the collar. He just
! turned old Abdallah out on the beach
! to shift for himself. The old horse
couldn't live on salt seaweed and sand
A few days after old Abdallah was
found in brush hut standing dead
/ i'm hole in the sand ne had dug while
stamping and fighting the greenhead
/ flies. Thus persisted Abhallah, sire of
| Hambletonian, monarch of the sires.