BREEDING THE TROTTER 



stud colt. He hated to sell his best, in fact, 

 advised strongly against it. 



Mr. Hamlin's first stallion was Hamlin Patchen, 

 which he bred, as previously mentioned. 



ALMONT JR. 



He bought Almont Jr. (2.26) as a four-year-old 

 in 1876, paying Mr. William Payne of Scott 

 County, Ky., twenty-five hundred dollars for 

 him. He kept Almont Jr. until 1891, when he 

 was leased two seasons to Mr. William C. Dickin- 

 son of the Connecticut River Stock Farm, Hat- 

 field, Mass. Mr. Dickinson had bred a number 

 of mares at Village Farm, and purchased Elect- 

 mont, that has since sired Lady Sealskin (2.06^) 

 and others, for twenty-five hundred dollars. 



In 1893 Almont Jr. was back at Village Farm. 

 In 1900 he was leased to Stillman M. Thomas of 

 Franklinville, N. Y., for four seasons. In 1904 

 he was returned to Village Farm. He was then 

 thirty-two years old but vigorous and was allowed 

 to cover a coach mare, which he got with foal. 

 As his teeth were decaying rapidly the horse was 

 chloroformed. 



MAMBRINO KING. 



The purchase of Mambrino King was spoken of 

 in connection with the brood-mare purchases. 



Mr. Hamlin thought so much of Mambrino 

 King that he always " spread " on him in his 

 catalogues. The following is what he said of the 

 horse in his first catalogue, that of 1884 : 



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