APPENDIX 



FROM the dynamic standpoint the pedigree 

 of Hambletonian is one of the most re- 

 markable in existence. A mere reference to the 

 figures representing ages of sires and dams will 

 show that the factor time is abnormally large 

 for each animal in each generation as far as 

 those animals are known. It is doubtful if any 

 other horse ever produced was the product of 

 such extreme ages as those in this case. The 

 amount of work per unit of time done by these 

 animals is also great. 



Messenger was the sire of Mambrino, Bishop's 

 Hambletonian, and Silvertail. He was a thor- 

 oughbred which had been raced when young and 

 subsequently had traveled about the country a 

 great deal. He was fairly popular in middle life, 

 but at the time he got the animals in this pedi- 

 gree his stud fees had been reduced from $35.00 

 to $15.00, and he had been sent to the country 

 to be bred to farm mares. 



Mambrino was raced as a four-year-old and 

 subsequently changed hands many times at a 

 value of about $200.00 to $300.00. At the same 

 time other stallions were valued at from $3000.00 



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