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undoubtedly due to the extreme variability 

 in the manner in which trotters are treated 

 before being bred, as compared to the uni- 

 formity of the treatment employed in the 

 breeding of other animals. It is much more 

 reasonable to look for cause and effect in 

 these two things than it is to expect that 

 nature is capricious in the production of 

 trotters, but not in the production of cows or 

 hens. 



Hambletonian 10 was the great founder of 

 the American trotting stock. His sire was 

 Abdallah 1. Soon after Hambletonian was 

 born, Abdallah was turned out in the wintry 

 blasts on a sandy beach and permitted to 

 starve to death. A few years later the 

 country was scoured for Abdallah blood, 

 most of it being found doing common 

 drudgery. 



Hambletonian had one hundred and fifty 

 sons which became sires of standard per- 

 formers. One of these, known as Alexander's 

 Abdallah, died at the age of twelve, leaving 

 comparatively few offspring. His early life 



