RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



heats were the joy of his descendants. As time went 

 by Mr. Veech made use of other stallions at Indian 

 Hill, such as Arthurton by Rysdyk's Hambletonlan 

 out of Imogene by Seely's American Star; Director, 

 2.17, by Dictator out of Dolly by Mambrino Chief; 

 Phallas, 2. 1 31, by Dictator out of Betsy Trotwood, 

 by Clark Chief, and Axtell, 2.12, by William L., out 

 of Lou by Mambrino Boy. Dictator was leased for 

 a season and so was Phallas. The latter by virtue 

 of his record was the champion trotting stallion, and 

 I quote from a letter written to me by Mr. Veech 

 February 14, 1888: 



■ " I have just closed a contract for the exclusive 

 public service of Phallas during his season in Ken- 

 tucky, from February i to May i, no one else but 

 the Glenview Company being permitted to breed to 

 him during that period. I trust that the cross will 

 prove successful, and a benefit to the trotting-horse 

 interests of the country." 



Many of the daughters of Princeps were bred to 

 Phallas. After Axtell had trotted to a three-year- 

 old record of 2.12, and had changed owners for the 

 great sum of $105,000, Mr. Veech bred fifteen 

 mares to him at $1000 each. In the brood-mare 

 band at Indian Hill in 1886 were five by Rysdyk's 

 Hambletonian, eight by George Wilkes, twelve by 

 Volunteer, five by Messenger Duroc, and others 

 by Nutwood, Alexander's Abdallah, Mambrino 

 Patchen, Woodford Mambrino, Sentinel, Hamlet, 

 and Pilot Mambrino. One of the brood mares 



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