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is evidenced by his conformation generally, while he is energetic and courageous, yet gentle 

 and kind in disposition. He was foaled in 1871. His sire, Rhode Island, belonged to the 

 Messenger family, and had a record of 2:23^, while his dam also possessed thoroughbred 

 blood. During the summer that he was two years old he was broken to the harness, and 

 showed such remarkable promise of speed that he was sold in the autumn to Messrs. Higbie 

 Brothers and Mr. A. C. Babcock of Canton, 111., for $1,500. For the next year he was 

 driven but little on the road, and this only with a view to accustom him to the harness; but 

 he was not put to training. In the spring of 1875 he was put to moderate training, but not 

 driven to his full speed. In the spring of 1876 he was again put in training. In the follow 

 ing June he was sold to his present owner, Hon. J. I. Case of Racine, &quot;Wis., for $27,000. 

 Two weeks afterward he won his second race at Rochester, N. Y., and made a record of 

 2: J1^. Shortly afterward he reduced his record to 2:20^, being then five years of age. 



As a sire of trotters, he has already become noted. Kate Sprague, of his get, a six-year- 

 old mare, made 2:18 in the second heat, at Rochester, N. Y., in 1881, trotting the last 

 quarter of the heat in 33$ seconds; a 2:15 gait. 



Trinket. This horse was bred by R. S. Veach, Esq., of &quot;Indian Hill Farm,&quot; near 

 Louisville, Ky. She was sired by Princess in 1875, who was sired by the famous and fast- 

 trotting stallion Woodford Mambrino, he by Mambrino Chief. The dam of Princess was by 

 Alexander s Abdallah, a son of Rysdyk s Hambletonian. The dam of Trinket was also by 

 Rysdyk s Hambletonian. Thus it will be seen that she possesses a trotting pedigree, built 

 largely upon a thoroughbred foundation. Her owner sold her when a yearling. When two 

 years old, she showed great speed for her age. Her first appearance upon the turf was in 

 1879. She is described by one of the leading journals as follows: 



&quot; A handsome, high-bred-looking mare, with a fine, intelligent head, a light, well-shaped 

 neck, and splendid shoulders, with great heart-room, a strong back, well-coupled, wide hips, 

 and sloping quarters and big stifles a union of great substance along with quality. Her 

 appearance is suggestive of the whalebony, spring-steel style of horse. Her legs are hard, 

 like ivory, and she has not a soft spot about her. A dangerous, resolute-looking mare is 

 Trinket, and when she moves, her action is smooth, frictionless, and stealthy. She covers a 

 vast amount of ground at a stride, but she does it seemingly with a cat-like effort; and when 

 she gets the word Go! she darts as a cat darts from under the bed with a dog to persuade 

 her. She is about 15 hands high, and wears an eight-ounce toe-weight when trotting.&quot; 

 Her best record, up to this time, is 2:14f. 



Thorndale is a bay stallion 15 hands high, and foaled in 1865. He was bred by Dr. 

 J. R. Adams of Scott county, Ky., and is owned by Edwin Thorne of &quot; Thorndale Stud 

 Farm,&quot; Millbrook, N. Y. He was sired by Alexander s Abdallah, the sire of Goldsmith 

 Maid, fora long time queen of the trotting turf; her record, as previously stated, being 2:14. 

 His first dam was Dolly, by Mambrino Chief, the sire of Lady Thorne, whose record was 

 2:18J. His second dam was by a son of Potomac. 



. Thorndale won the three-year-old trotting stakes at Lexington, Ky., July, 1868, in three 

 straight heats, the record being 2:49, 2:50, 2:55. Immediately after this race, he was pur 

 chased by Mr. Thorne, and placed at the head of his stud. He was awarded the first premium 

 in the stallion class, three years old and under five, with ten competitors, at the Narragansett 

 Park Fair, 1868. He also won the first premium in the stallion class for getting roadsters, 

 at the New York State Fairs at Albany in 1871, 1873, and 1880. 



In May, 1876, he was placed in the hands of his trainer, and after eighty days training 

 he trotted in Buffalo with eleven competitors in the 2:32 class, and won the second, third, 

 and fifth heats, and the race in 2:22^, 2:23|, and 2:25. Since that period he has won in 

 several races, in one of which at Fleetwood Park, N. Y., he won not only the race, but a 

 prize of $2.000 and a silver cup. 



