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states that were trotting-horse centers at that early day, 

 and blended well with the other families that were form- 

 ing. The Morgans were well under way at this era. The 

 three sons that formed leading branches of the family were 

 Sherman, foaled in 1809, Bulrush, foaled in 1812, and 

 Woodbury, foaled in 1816. Then, too, the Bashaws and 

 the Clays were starting under way; for Grand Bashaw 

 was imported in 1820. He sired Andrew Jackson, foaled 

 in 1728, which, in turn, sired Henry Clay and Long Island 

 Black Hawk, both foaled in 1837. The latter sired Green's 

 Bashaw in 1855. Andrew Jackson ranked and was con- 

 temporaneous with Abdallah, the latter being foaled in 

 1823. A little later Mambrino Chief 11 was foaled in 

 1844, and five years later, in 1849, Hambletonian 10 was 

 born. 



It is seen that about the middle of the past century 

 the leading families of the Standardbred trotter had their 

 inception, and the breed began to assume formation on 

 this continent, for the chief families, the Canadian Pilots 

 and others of that nationality, the Morgans, the Clays, 

 the Mambrino Chiefs and the Hambletonians, were mak- 

 ing it evident that there were certain blood lines more 

 prolific than others in producing trotting speed. 



91. Early trotting records. The first trotting per- 

 formance in America of which we have record is that of 

 Yankee, at Harlem, New York, July 6, 1806, when a little 

 less than a mile was trotted in 2 : 50. In 1859, Ethan Allen, 

 of the Morgan line, trotted against Flora Temple, when 

 the latter trotted a mile in 2 : 25. In the same year, 

 George M. Patchen beat Ethan Allen in 2 : 24, and in 

 turn was beaten by Flora Temple in 2 : 21. Dexter, which 

 began his racing career in 1864, defeated George Wilkes 

 in 2 : 22|. According to official records, Lady Suffolk 



