400 THE HORSE OF AMERICA. 



tourett's Bellfounder, a grandson of the imported horse, and out 

 of Lady McClain by imported Bellfounder, and she out of Lady 

 Webber by Mambrino, and she out of a mare brought from 

 Dutchess County and represented to be a daughter of imported 

 Messenger. This gelding had been pounded about in slow races 

 for years and had the reputation of being a stayer. In 1853 a 

 match was made with him to trot a hundred miles in nine hours. 

 The race was started and the horse won in 8h. 55m. and 53s., 

 and he died three or four days afterward. This is the only in- 

 stance that I know of in which the advocates of Hackney blood 

 can point to a trotting record made in this or indeed in any 

 other country. 



In closing the account of this family for out of courtesy we 

 have called it a "family" we find we have nothing left but a 

 name with nothing in it. The name that was more widely known 

 than that of any other horse of his generation has now practi- 

 cally ceased from the earth, with nobody so poor as to do it 

 reverence. 



The type of horse now known as the "Hackney" is found 

 chiefly in the shires bordering the northeastern coast of England 

 Norfolk, Lincoln and Yorkshire. The name now given is not 

 only new but it is appropriate and applies to any one part of 

 England as well as another, and applies to any one horse, suited 

 to the general use of a Hack, as well as another, no difference 

 what his blood or what his country. The name "Norfolk Trot- 

 ter" fifty or a hundred years ago was often applied to horses of 

 this type coming from that part of the country, but. it did not 

 follow that they were "trotters." In the discussions of the asso- 

 ciation preceding the adoption of a name it was urged that the 

 qualifying word "trotter" would imply the ability to trot fast, 

 and as the material to be registered could not do this, it would 

 subject the whole movement to ridicule and contempt. It was 

 also urged that the name "Norfolk" would give that particular 

 region an advantage over all other parts of England in the pros- 

 pective sales of registered stock, and thus the old title was fully 

 disposed of. When the name "cob" was suggested, it was con- 

 ceded that it represented just what they had, but it was too com- 

 mon, as everybody in all England, rich and poor, had "cobs." 

 Then came the term "Hackney," which meant the same kind of 

 a horse as the cob, but as it was not in such universal use it was 



