RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



Transylvania at Lexington, his face would have 

 flushed with pride. The once derided Alma Mater 

 outranks thousands of intensely trotting-bred mares, 

 and her rank as a transmitter of resolute speed stead- 

 ily grows. When Elizur Smith died there was no 

 one to carry on the breeding stud at Highlawn, and 

 a dispersal sale was held. At this sale Alcantara was 

 purchased by A. A. Bonner, and his court, by ar- 

 rangement with Mr. Backman, was transferred to 

 Stony Ford. Alcantara died in October, 1906. 



One of the early Berkshire breeders was Picker- 

 ing Clark of Pittsfield. A sample brood mare owned 

 by him was Cream by Messenger Duroc, son of Rys- 

 dyk's Hambletonian, dam Lady Barnum by Rysdyk's 

 Hambletonian, son of Abdallah; second dam Dolly 

 by Spaulding's Abdallah, son of Abdallah; third 

 dam by Rob Roy, son of Mambrino by Messenger, 

 and fourth dam by Messenger Duroc, son of Duroc. 

 Although this mare traced directly in every line to 

 imp. Messenger, she accomplished nothing. The 

 best of the brood mares owned by Mr. Clark was 

 Gretchen by Chosroes, son of Rysdyk's Hambleto- 

 nian, dam Lady Fallis by Seely's American Star. She 

 is the dam of three with trotting records, the best of 

 which is Clingstone, 2.14, who once was known as 

 the " demon " of the track. He had a great flight 

 of speed and he carried this speed with determina- 

 tion. Rysdyk, the sire of Clingstone, was by Rys- 

 dyk's Hambletonian, dam Lady Duke, thoroughbred 

 daughter of Lexington. The unprejudiced saw in 



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