BREEDING THE TROTTER 



lion to cross on the Mambrino King fillies when 

 they came on. 



Many of the " knockers " had called Mambrino 

 King a " dude stallion " with nothing in the 2.30 

 list. As a matter of fact, on account of standing 

 on the same farm with his sire, he had never had 

 a good opportunity. I was instructed while on 

 my Kentucky trip to look out also for some Mam- 

 brino King colts, which we could develop for the 

 benefit of their sire. 



After looking around Lexington I went to the 

 farm of W. H. Wilson, Cynthiana, Ky., where I 

 found Simmons, then four years old. I tele- 

 graphed Mr. Hamlin that I had found a stallion I 

 believed would suit him and that I was on the 

 track of some Mambrino King colts and fillies. 

 We met at Lexington. Mr. Hamlin's first pur- 

 chase was Queenie King, by Mambrino King, which 

 he purchased of Mike Bowerman for seven hundred 

 dollars. This was one of Bowerman's first high- 

 priced sales. Queenie King afterwards produced 

 The Queen (2.10 34) and King Chimes (2.10%). 

 The next horse bought was King Philip (2.26), 

 by Mambrino King, which Mr. Hamlin and I pur- 

 chased in partnership from Major P. P. John- 

 ston, for twenty-five hundred dollars. At Dr. 

 Herr's we had the choice of Silver King (2.26^), 

 aged two years, and Elyria, a yearling, for twenty- 

 five hundred dollars. We chose the former be- 

 cause Elyria was smaller and a little double-gaited. 

 We then went to Cynthiana and offered seventy- 

 five hundred for Simmons, but as Mr. Wilson 



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