BREEDING THE TROTTER 



MR. HAMLIN'S FIRST MARE. 



The first mare Mr. Hamlin ever owned was 

 Little Belle, by Sherman Black Hawk, from the 

 famous old-time race mare Belle of Saratoga 

 (2.29), by Vermont Black Hawk. Little Belle 

 was used as a road mare by her owner, then a 

 country store-keeper in East Aurora, N. Y. Mr. 

 Hamlin bred her to Addison, a son of Vermont 

 Black Hawk, standing at Corning, N. Y., and 

 the produce was Mag Addison. The latter was 

 also used as a road mare and in 1862 was bred to 

 George M. Patchen, then the champion trotting 

 stallion and standing at one hundred dollars. 

 The produce was Hamlin Patchen. 



It was previous to breeding Hamlin Patchen, 

 1857, to be exact, that Mr. Hamlin purchased 

 the original sixty-six acres of Village Farm proper. 

 This he added to from time to time. 



Mr. Hamlin thought a great deal of Hamlin 

 Patchen, his first stock horse, as will be seen from 

 a portion of the announcement in the 1884 Village 

 Farm catalogue. 



HAMLIN PATCHEN. 



" As I have so many of the descendants of 

 Hamlin Patchen at Village Farm a few words 

 about him may prove of interest to those who 

 turn the pages of this catalogue. He was foaled 

 in 1862, and was sired by George M. Patchen, one 

 of the finest-looking horses that ever struck the 

 turf, and one of the fastest of his day. He made 

 a record of 2.23^, and 2.30 performers came from 



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