80 ROAD, TRACK, AND STABLE. 



years at the head of Governor Stanford's famous farm 

 in California. He is the sire of Sunol, of Palo Alto, 

 whose dam was a thoroughbred, of Arion, and of many 

 other fast trotters. 



Neither the Wilkeses nor the Electioneers pure and 

 simple are possessed of much style or beauty, nor are 

 they suitable for roadster use ; but some of the younger 

 branches in each family where other blood has been 

 introduced excel in these respects, as well as in 

 trotting speed. 



There is another strain descended from Messenger 

 scarcely inferior to the Hambletonians in speed, equal 

 to them in soundness, and far superior in point of 

 elegance and spirit. This is the Kentucky family of 

 Mambrino Chief, 1 and more especially of his son, Mam- 

 brino Patchen. The dam of Mambrino Patchen was 

 the Eodes mare, by Gano, 2 a thoroughbred. Mambrino 

 Patchen himself was a very beautiful black horse, 

 about sixteen hands high, with sloping shoulders, 

 high withers, a fine arched neck, a tail well put on and 

 well carried. In fact, this whole family is noted for 

 the proud and graceful carriage of its tails, so much 

 so that some detractors have insinuated that artificial 

 means were used to produce this effect. An own 

 sister of Mambrino Patchen was Lady Thorne, perhaps 

 the best trotting mare, all things considered, ever bred. 

 She was a blood bay, 16^ hands high, with the marks 



1 Foaled in 1844; by Mambrino Paymaster, be by Mambrino, a 

 thoroughbred son of Messenger. The dam of Mambrino Chief 

 cannot be traced, but she was a fine, strong, courageous animal, 

 and a great roadster. 



2 Gano was a son of American Eclipse. The grandam and great- 

 grandam of Mambrino Patchen were also half-bred horses of much 

 quality, sound and long-lived. 



