BREEDING THE TROTTER 



Village Farm not less than sixteen thousand 

 people have called to see and admire him.* I 

 believe in breeding a class of horses which possess 

 beauty and style as well as speed, and am satis- 

 fied that I will accomplish my purpose by using 

 Mambrino King in the stud. I reproduce in this 

 connection a description of the horse, written by 

 the well-known S. T. H., of Cincinnati : 



" ' His rich, satin-like coat glistening in the 

 sunlight, more handsome in his exquisite pro- 

 portions and lofty in his splendid carriage than 

 the proudest Nedjed Arabian of the desert. In- 

 deed, as he stood before us, his eyes flashing and 

 his gazelle ears pointing forward, and his arching 

 neck revealing the delicate network of swelling 

 veins, and his symmetrical barrel revealing every 

 contour of equine beauty, and his full, flowing 

 tail, gracefully floating like a gossamer banner, 

 we thought that if he could be instantly trans- 

 formed into marble he would remain forever the 

 sculptor's model of an ideal horse.' 



" I also call attention to the following extract 

 from the official report of Baron Favorot de Ker- 

 beck, French Colonel of Dragoons, who was de- 

 puted by his government to make an extensive 

 tour of inspection of the horses of America : 



" ' Mambrino King is the most splendid speci- 

 men we have had an opportunity of admiring. 

 Imagine an Alfred de Dreux, a burnt chestnut, 

 whole colored, standing 15.3 hands, with an ex- 



*I recall one day when Mambrino King was taken out of his stall to be 

 shown to visitors one hundred and seventy times. John Bradburn. 



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