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1808. He begot a son called Mambrino, which 

 in turn begot a son called Abdallah. A Norfolk 

 trotter named Bellfounder was imported in 

 1823. This horse is numbered 55 in Vol. I of 

 the English Hackney Stud Book. He could trot 

 some and he begot a mare which will forever 

 remain famous without a name. Back of her 

 were two generations tracing to imp. Messen- 

 ger, and she is known as the Chas. Kent mare, 

 her owner being of that name a butcher in 

 New York City. She had some small degree of 

 speed. In due course of time the Kent mare 

 was bred to Abdallah, and Bysdyk's Hamble- 

 tonian (or Hambletonian 10, as he is otherwise 

 called) was the result of that union, being 

 dropped May 5, 1849. This colt developed phe- 

 nomenal speed siring ability and from his loins 

 sprang the entire family which now dominates 

 the trotting and pacing sections of the breed. 



One family, however, did not entirely make 

 the trotter and pacer, though it completely 

 overshadows all others in it. Mambrino Pay- 

 master, a son of the same Mambrino by imp. 

 Messenger, which begot the sire of Hamble- 

 tonian, sired Mambrino Chief, the founder of 

 the so-called Mambrino family. The Canadian 

 Pilots and Eoyal Georges, the Morgans, the 

 Champions and various other strains were in- 

 corporated and have been gradually absorbed. 

 From time to time infusions of the Thorough- 

 bred have been injected into the trotter, directly 



