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was abuse and drudgery. One of his off- 

 spring was Goldsmith Maid, for many years 

 the most famous trotter in the world. Within 

 ten years of the time when Goldsmith Maid 

 got her record of 2 : 14, the blood of Alex- 

 ander's Abdallah was to be found in nearly 

 fifteen hundred registered stallions. Some 

 years later the only prominent descendant 

 in the male line from Alexander's Abdallah 

 was sold to Russia. 



At the time of Hambletonian's death. 

 Lakeland Abdallah, Florida, and Knicker- 

 bocker were considered among the choicest 

 and most valuable sons of Hambletonian for 

 breeding purposes, and they were bred ex- 

 tensively to the best brood-mares. It would 

 require a very searching investigation to find 

 a drop of blood of any of these animals in any 

 prominent trotter that existed thirty years 

 later. 



Among the other sons of Hambletonian 

 was a horse named George Wilkes which was 

 early sent to the race track because no one 

 would patronize him as a sire. He remained 



