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eighteen hundred and sixty-five the price was raised to three 

 hundred dollars to insure, one hundred dollars to be paid at 

 time of service. During this season one hundred and ninety- 

 three mares were served, and one hundred and twenty-eight 

 colts got. The following season, eighteen hundred and sixty- 

 six, at five hundred dollars, one hundred of which was re- 

 quired to be paid down, he served one hundred and five 

 mares and got seventy-five colts. In eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-seven, he served seventy-seven mares and got forty-one 

 colts. 



As might reasonably have been expected, from the polyg- 

 amous course of life to which the old horse had for years 

 been subjected, his physical powers became weakened, and 

 during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight he was re- 

 tired from the stud, and covered no mares. Notwithstand- 

 ing, however, the prognostications of many that he was 

 "played out," a season's rest had a highly beneficial effect 

 upon him, and during the following season he served twenty- 

 one mares and got fourteen colts. In eighteen hundred and 

 seventy he served twenty-two mares and got thirteen colts. 

 In eighteen hundred and seventy-one he was limited to thirty 

 mares, which he served, and from which he got twenty 

 colts, having left some seventy applicants unserved in 

 consequence of this limitation.. We have been informed by 

 Mr. Geo. Andrews, under whose management and direction 

 Hambletonian now is, that for the coming season of eighteen 

 hundred and seventy-two over one hundred applications 

 have been received, from which number, however, but thirty 

 will be accepted. Upon a recent visit to Chester, the old 

 horse was shown to us by his very gentlemanly manager. 

 Although exhibiting many of the indications of old age, as a 

 matter of course, yet his eye appeared bright and undimmed 

 by years, while his coat was glossy; and those peculiar 

 points which long since have led him to be pronounced the 

 " King of Horses," still stand out in bold relief. While 

 standing in his majestic presence, and remembering the fact 

 that he was the sire of twelve hundred and fifty standing 



