122 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



In the spring of 1862 the brown mare, Wood- 

 bine by Woodford, thoroughbred son of Kosciusko 

 by Sir Archy, was bred to Mambrino Chief just 

 previous to the death of the stallion, and the 

 fruit was the bay horse, Woodford Mambrino, 

 who was used in the stud at Woodburn until 

 1877, when he was placed in training and trotted 

 a mile in 2.21. In October of that year he was 

 sold to L. B. Dubois of Colorado, who sold him 

 to R. C. Pate of Missouri, who made a remarkable 

 campaign with him the season of 1878. The 

 horse was 15 years old and suffered from fistula, 

 but he fought his races with the greatest deter- 

 mination and was the sensation of the grand 

 circuit. He acquired a record of 2.2i|-, and was 

 so worn when I saw him at Minneapolis late in 

 the autumn that I was not surprised to hear of 

 his death in March, 1879. 



His spirit was not conquered until the flesh 

 wasted under disease and a cruel taskmaster. 

 He left but 86 foals, and yet his rank as a pro- 

 genitor of speed is high. Among his producing 

 sons are Princeps, Mambrino Dudley, and Pan- 

 coast. The latter is the grandsire of Alix, 2.03!. 

 The greatest of his producing daughters is Even- 

 tide, the dam of Kremlin, 2.07^, the champion 



