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Ethan Allen blood. The first was by Dan Lambert, the full brother 

 to his horse, and the best son of Ethan Allen by the records. Her 

 dam was Cigarette by Hambletonian 10, 2nd dam Imported Crino- 

 line by Kremlin. 



The second was also by Dan Lambert and her dam was by 

 Ethan Allen 43. 



The third was by C. M. Clay, Jr., 22, dam by Almont 33 ; 2d 

 dam Kate O'Brien by Ethan Allen 43. 



The first and third I promptly turned down and reserved the 

 second for further consideration. As her sire and dam were both 

 by Ethan Allen, she had as much of his blood as if she was his im- 

 mediate daughter. There was nothing said about her second dam, 

 but the fact that Ben. E. Bates had used her dam as a brood mare 

 at his well known place in Watertown, Mass., where she was foal- 

 ed, was a sufficient guarantee of her (the dam's) quality. She was 

 called Princess Dagmar, and I decided to accept her as the dam of 

 my future sire. After two or three more letters, arranging details, 

 had been exchanged, I sent Gen. Withers $250 and he agreed that 

 the nuptials of Ethan Allen, Jr., and Princes Dagmar should take 

 place in the spring of 1884. Princes Dagmar had been bred to 

 Happy Medium in 1883 and was believed to be with foal. 



In the summer of 1884 I returned to the states and visited 

 Fairlawn in the fall. I had a pretty good idea of what to expect 

 of Ethan Allen, Jr., and found him just about what I had antici- 

 pated. 



Princes Dagmar had just weaned her first foal, a filley by 

 Happy Medium, and was somewhat thin, but she showed all the 

 quality and style of the Lamberts, was well muscled, had speedy 

 lines, and I was pleased with her. I did not see her in harness be- 

 cause she never had a harness on. Gen. Withers had his brood 

 mares broken only to make them gentle and easy to handle, and 

 as Princes Dagmar was already that they never broke her. Her 

 filley by Happy Medium, called Wistaria, was a shapely little thing, 

 and R. S. Withers, the General's son and manager, told me that 

 she was the fastest weanling on the place. I think they had 22 in 

 the bunch that she was in. 



Princes Dagmar was barren in 1885 and the colt subsequently 

 named Charles Reade, was foaled on June 1, 1886." 



Charles Reade was brought by Lafon to Columbia when a colt, 

 and has remained here ever since. He is a beautiful chestnut, 

 fifteen and a half hands high, of pronounced Morgan type and 

 character. His most striking feature is his eyes, large, luminous 



