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tional type, and the same element from which he 

 derives his coaching appearance is found in a large 

 proportion of our trotting stock. Pamlico's grandsire 

 and our most famous trotting stallion was Rysdyck's 

 Hambietonian, who died about fourteen years ago. 

 As I have mentioned in an earlier chapter, he was de- 

 scended in the paternal line from Alanibrino, one of 

 the best and stoutest thoroughbreds that ever ran iu 

 England ; but his dam was by Bellfounder, and Bell- 

 founder was a Xorfolk trotter of the purest stamp. 

 Here, then, we have the same element upon which the 

 English hacknev is based. 



The Hambietonian family possesses a wonderful 

 aptitude for retaining its own and assimilating other 

 good qualities ; and when united with strains possess- 

 ing the nervous energy and the '-quality" in which 

 it is deficient, it rises to a high degree of excellence, 

 as in the Volunteers, the Almonts, and many others. 

 The Hambietonian carriage horse is an easy poten- 

 tiality. 1 Other trotting families, notably the Mam- 

 brino Patchens and some of the Clavs, contain similar 

 material. 



Carriage horses thus bred would have unusual speed. 

 They would be a race of trotting coachers, and those 

 that lacked the fineness of a carriage horse would 

 nevertheless be strong, serviceable animals, easily sold 

 at a fair price ; whereas the strictly trotting-bred 

 horse, like the strictly running-bred horse, is apt to 

 prove good for nothing if not good for racing. 



In speaking of Pamlico, I mentioned his bold, high 

 action. This he does not inherit from his Hamble- 



1 It has been realized to a considerable extent at the Payne 

 Stock Farm in Hinsdale, Massachusetts. 



