BREEDING THE TROTTER 



In this opinion I am fully sustained by the 

 judgment of Dr. Herr." 



Without special preparation Horace Brown 

 once drove Mambrino King a public exhibition 

 half-mile, at Buffalo, in 1.12, with the horse in 

 stud condition. 



Mambrino King was still vigorous at twenty- 

 seven years but his teeth were decaying and he 

 had a painful injury on the knee, due to the kick 

 of a mare, and he was chloroformed. 



CHIMES. 



When the Mambrino King fillies came on it 

 was necessary to select a stallion to cross on them. 

 Usually Mr. Hamlin would buy for Village Farm 

 anything I advised. Effecting the purchase of 

 Chimes was the hardest proposition I ever ran up 

 against. I had first seen Chimes at Rochester, 

 N. Y., as a yearling in the fall of 1885. I was 

 working out a mare that could step around 2.32. 

 Charlie Marvin was out behind Chimes and asked 

 me how fast I was going. I replied, " Around 

 2.40, with the last half in twelve." " I'll work 

 with you," he said. Horace Brown was out 

 behind a mare and the three of us worked to- 

 gether, giving the colt the pole. Chimes kept the 

 mares busy to the half, while Marvin was buggy 

 riding. At the head of the stretch the two mares 

 were on their toes, while Marvin commenced 

 moving away. Chimes was soon so far in the lead 

 that I was ashamed to finish the mile and, pulling 



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