CHAPTER XXL 



HAMBLETONIAtf AXD HIS FAMILY. 



The greatest progenitor iii Horse History Mr. Kellogg's description, and com- 

 ments thereon An analysis of Haiubletonian, structurally considered 

 His carriage and action As a three-year-old trotter Details of his stud 

 service Statistics of the Hainbletonian family History and ancestry of 

 his dam, the Charles Kent Mare Her grandson, Green's Bashaw and his 

 dam. 



HAMBLETONIAK, 10. It has been a matter of constant regret 

 that in the compilation of the first volume of the Register I at- 

 tached the name "RysdykV to this horse, and this misstep has 

 served as a kind of apparent justification for very many men to 

 seize upon the name "Hambletonian," with their own name as a 

 prefix. This has led to great confusion and annoyance to all 

 that body of men who have anything to do with records and cor- 

 rect pedigrees. Fortunately, however, the evil has become so 

 apparent that many writers are beginning to use the numbers, 

 and we now very frequently hear men speak of "Hambletonian, 

 10," as the true designation of this horse. 



As no horse of any blood or period in this or any other country 

 has excited an interest so universal, or represented such a vast 

 sum of money in his offspring and descendants, I must try to 

 give an account of him and his family ancestors and descend- 

 ants as full and accurate as the materials at hand will enable 

 me. He was a beautiful bay color, bred by Jonas Seely, of Sugar 

 Loaf, Orange County, New York, foaled 1849, got by Abdallah; 

 dam the Kent Mare, by imported Bellfo under; grandam One 

 Eye, by Hambletonian, son of Messenger; great-grandam Silver- 

 tail, by imported Messenger; great-great-grandam Black Jin, 

 breeding unknown. He was sold with his dam, when a suckling, 

 to Mr. William M. Rysdyk, of Chester, in the same county, and 

 he remained his till he died in March, 1876. He has been de- 

 scribed by a great many writers, but the most minute and accu- 

 rate description I have ever seen is from the pen of "Hark Com- 

 .stock" (Peter C. Kellogg), which I will here present, and after it 



