The Horse of America in His Derivation, History, and DevelopmentWallace, John Hankins
History
The Horse of America in His Derivation, History, and Development
Wallace, John Hankins
Horse breeds -- History; Horses -- Breeding -- United States; Horses -- United States -- History
HAMBLETONIAN AND HIS FAMILY.
The greatest progenitor in Horse History—Mr. Kellogg’s
description, and comments thereupon—An analysis of
Hambletonian, structurally considered—His carriage and
action—As a three-year-old trotter—Details of his stud
service—Statistics of the Hambletonian family—History and
ancestry of his dam, the Charles Kent Mare—Her grandson,
Green’s Bashaw, and his dam 267-283
CHAPTER XXII.
HAMBLETONIAN’S SONS AND GRANDSONS.
Different opinions as to relative merits of
Hambletonian’s greater sons—George Wilkes, his history
and pedigree—His performing descendants—History and
description of Electioneer—His family—Alexander’s
Abdallah and his two greatest sons, Almont and
Belmont—Dictator—Harold—Happy Medium and his dam—Jay
Gould—Strathmore—Egbert—Aberdeen—Masterlode—Sweepstakes—Governor
Sprague, grandson of Hambletonian 284-314
CHAPTER XXIII.
MAMBRINO CHIEF AND HIS FAMILY.
Description and history of Mambrino Chief—The pioneer trotting
stallion of Kentucky—Matched against Pilot Jr.—His best
sons—Mambrino Patchen, his opportunities and family—Woodford
Mambrino, a notable trotter and sire—Princeps—Mambrino
Pilot—Clark Chief—Fisk’s Mambrino Chief Jr.—Ericsson 315-320
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE CLAYS AND BASHAWS.
The imported Barb, Grand Bashaw—Young Bashaw, an inferior
individual —His greatest son, Andrew Jackson—His dam a trotter
and pacer—His history—His noted son, Kemble Jackson—Long Island
Black Hawk—Henry Clay, founder of the Clay family—Cassius
M. Clay—The various horses named Cassius M. Clay—George M.
Patchen—His great turf career—George M. Patchen Jr.—Harry
Clay—The Moor, and his son Sultan’s family 321-337
CHAPTER XXV.
AMERICAN STAR, PILOT, CHAMPION, AND NORMAN FAMILIES.
Seely’s American Star—His fictitious pedigree—Breeding
really unknown—A trotter of some merit—His stud career—His
daughters noted brood mares—Conklin’s American Star—Old Pacing
Pilot—History and probable origin—Pilot Jr.—Pedigree—Training
and races—Prepotency—Family statistics summarized—Grinnell’s
Champion, son of Almack—His sons and performing
descendants—Alexander’s Norman and his sire, the Morse
Horse—Swigert and Blackwood 338-351
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE BLUE BULL AND OTHER MINOR FAMILIES.
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