BREEDING THE TROTTER 



pressive head ; large, intelligent and spirited eyes ; 

 well-opened lower jaws, well-set ears ; the neck 

 and shoulders splendidly shaped, long and grace- 

 fully rounded off ; the shoulders strong and thrown 

 back well ; the withers well in place and top mus- 

 cular, the ribs round and loin superb, the crupper 

 long and broad ; limbs exceedingly fine, the joints 

 powerful ; the tail carried majestically and all the 

 movements high and spirited imagine all this 

 and you have an idea of this stallion. He is as 

 open, if we look at him in front, as he is in his 

 hind quarters the whole animal being an em- 

 bodiment of purity of lines, elegance and elas- 

 ticity. He is, in fact, perfection/ ' 



Later, Mr. Hamlin added this paragraph to his 

 description of the horse : 



" It should be borne in mind that until he was 

 ten years of age Mambrino King was owned by 

 Dr. Herr, and being so overshadowed in reputa- 

 tion as a stock horse by his famous sire, Mam- 

 brino Patchen, he had few or no opportunities of 

 serving mares of the best breeding. The natural 

 speed and great beauty of the fillies which I have 

 seen that were sired by him when he was in Ken- 

 tucky, and the same qualities in those which he 

 has sired since he came to Village Farm, together 

 with the fact that Mambrino King is far more 

 beautiful and more richly bred than Mambrino 

 Patchen, warrant me in making the prediction 

 that his daughters will be superior as brood-mares 

 to those of his sire, which have proven them- 

 selves the most valuable of any in the country. 



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