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These horses are also valuable in the intelligent breeder s hands for modifying some 

 other cross; but in this matter of producing handsome, stylish carriage and coupe animals, 

 the breeder must have in his mind a standard which he desires to attain, and then govern 

 himself accordingly. 



&quot;We are certainly not lacking in the elements necessary to produce with certainty the 

 large, stylish carriage-horse in this country, and it only remains necessary for our breeders 

 to direct their attention to supplying this demand, which is growing rapidly both in America 

 and Great Britain. 



The Hambletonians. The Hambletonian family of horses are noted for their speed 

 and power of endurance, and make excellent carriage-horses. Some of the most noted 

 trotters belong to this race. In mentioning a list of the most noted trotting horses with their 

 record, in connection with this family, a recent authentic writer says: 



&quot; One noticeable feature of this list is that no other family is represented with two or 

 more performers the get of one horse; another is that the fastest record (Maud S., 2.10^,) 

 the second fastest (St. Julien, 2.11^,) and the third fastest (Goldsmith Maid, 2.14,) are made 

 by two granddaughters and one grandson of the famous horse Hambletonian, showing that 

 he had the power to transmit his excellences to his sons, and thus to perpetuate not only his 

 great fame, but his name and his family as well. Hence, we see not only the importance, 

 but the value of a sire who transmits his qualities in the male line of descent.&quot; 



This race descended, on the paternal side, from imported Messenger (a thoroughbred), 

 through his son Mambrino (also a thoroughbred), who was the sire of Rysdyk s Hambletonian, 

 the dam being by Bellfounder, an imported Norfolk trotter, and her dam probably having 

 two direct crosses to Messenger. Through Rysdyk s Hambletonian, on the paternal side, we 

 have a long line of celebrated horses, such as the Volunteers, the Edward Everetts, the 

 Alexander Abdallahs, the Almonts, the Messenger Durocs, the Sentinels, the Happy Mediums, 

 and all the various so-called Hambletonians of the present day. 



Hambletonian was a developed trotter, and possessed the power of transmitting his good 

 qualities to his descendants. At three years of age he trotted in 2.48^-, and could trot in 

 2.40 at any time when matured. In color, he was a bright bay with black extending 

 above the knees and hocks, and white hind feet, also a small star in the forehead. This 

 noted animal was foaled in 1849, bred in Orange County, New York, and sold with his dam 

 when only a few months old to &quot;William M. Rysdyk for $125. He died when twenty-seven 

 years of age, after establishing the most noted family of trotters in existence. 



The Messengers. This class of horses are celebrated as both roadsters and trotters. 

 The founder of this family was Messenger, the son of Mambrino, a thoroughbred, and one 

 of the most celebrated running horses of the English turf. He was imported to this country 

 after having achieved several successful races in England, having won the king s plate in 

 1785, being then five years of age. He was in color a beautiful dark gray, fifteen and three- 

 quarters hands high, and stoutly built, having a peculiar formation of limbs, large forehead, 

 and deep quarters. He died at the age of twenty-eight years. Some of the most renowned 

 of his immediate descendants are Hambletonian, Lady Suffolk, Abdallah, and Engineer. 



The Hambletonians are claimed by some to be a cross between the Morgans and Messen 

 gers, uniting the excellences of both. His stock was justly celebrated, and although it 

 may be doubted whether -animals of this family may now be found possessing sufficient 

 resemblance to each other or to their progenitor, from whom they derive their name, to be 

 classed as a distinct and permanent variety, yet the effect of this blood is still very percep 

 tible in many sections of the country. 



The Morgans. This is a noted family of horses, of which the famous horse called 

 Justin Morgan was the progenitor. They may perhaps be called our oldest trotting family, 



