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coast and Princeps did yeoman service for the 

 Mambrino's. When they passed there were few to 

 take their places and the Hambletonians dominated 

 the field with Dexter, Nettie, George Wilkes, Orange 

 Girl, Jay Gould, and Goldsmith Maid. 



Goldsmith Maid was the first noted performer by 

 a son of Hambletonian. When others followed, the 

 breeders saw that this family would absorb the 

 others. In time all the popular lines became sub- 

 divisions of the Hambletonian strain. The lines run 

 to the tap root through George Wilkes, Happy 

 Medium, Electioneer, and a faint streak through 

 Dictator, Alexander's Abdallah and Strathmore. 



There were others which for a time had a fol- 

 lowing but when the acid test of reproduction in 

 subsequent generations was tried they faded. This 

 group included Egbert, Aberdeen, Edward Everett, 

 Knickerbocker, Masterlode, Victor Bismarck, and 

 Volunteer. 



Volunteer was for several years a rival of his sire 

 in Orange County. His get did not race young but 

 when they did appear they made reputations as 

 sterling performers. His leaders were St. Julien, 

 Alley, Bodine, Gloster, Powers, Driver, Unolala, and 

 Sweetness, which after being taken to California 

 produced Sidney, the grandsire of Lou Dillon. Of 

 Volunteer's sons Louis Napoleon was the only one 

 that made a reputation in the stud. He got Charles 

 Hilton, Grace Napoleon, and Jerome Eddy. The line 

 stopped with the latter after he sired Fanny Wilcox 

 and Ella Eddy. 



