HAMBLETONIAN'S SONS AND GRANDSONS. 



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tion inherited from Alexander's Abdallah was reinforced by the 

 strong pacing inheritance of his dam, Miss Russell, the grand- 

 daughter of Old Pacing Pilot. 



As shown in the table of Alexander's Abdallah's sons, Almont 

 got thirty-seven standard performers, ninety-five of his sons sired 

 five hundred and three standard performers, and seventy-two of 

 his daughters produced one hundred and six standard performers. 

 His most successful sons are embraced in the following table: 



LEADING SONS OP ALMONT. 



* Died at 6 years old. 



This line is justly regarded with growing favor as one of our 

 very best and most productive sub-families, and one that is 

 breeding on excellently, generation after generation. 



BELMONT was a bay horse of very superior form and finish, 

 bred at Woodburn Farm, and foaled there in 1864. He was by 

 Alexander's Abdallah, out of Belle (that also produced McCurdy's 

 Hambletonian, 2:26^, andBicara, the dam of Pancoast, 2:21f.) by 

 Mambrino Chief; gran dam Belle Lupe, by Brown's Bellfounder. 

 Belmont and Almont were of the same age, and, perhaps because 

 of his finer appearance, Belmont seems to have been the preferred 

 one at Woodburn, and was retained while Almont was sold. 

 Though Belmont was a successful horse and established a great 



