154 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



days of Alexander's Abdallah had been prolonged 

 as were those of his sire, the chances are that his 

 reputation would have been equal to that of any 

 trotting stallion that ever lived. His daughter, 

 Goldsmith Maid, foaled in 1857, was a great cam- 

 paign mare. She became queen when she beat 

 the 2.17^ of Dexter, and for 12 consecutive 

 years she was the admired of the public. Two 

 other famous trotters from the loins of Alexan- 

 der's Abdallah were Rosalind, 2.2 if, and Thorn- 

 dale, 2.22J. Fourteen of the sons of Alexander's 

 Abdallah are recognized sires of speed. Con- 

 spicuous among these are Almont, . Belmont, 

 Wood's Hambletonian, Thorndale, and Major 

 Edsall. The latter sired Robert McGregor, 2.17^, 

 the sire of the champion trotting stallion, Cres- 

 ceus. Minnequa Maid, dam of four trotters, 

 including Nightingale, 2.08, was a daughter of 

 Wood's Hambletonian. Twenty-nine of the 

 daughters of Alexander's Abdallah are speed- 

 producing dams. One of these, Maud, is the 

 dam of Attorney, sire of Atlanta, dam of Alix, 

 who by virtue of her 2.03^ supplanted Nancy 

 Hanks as queen of the trotting turf. Favorite, 

 another daughter, is the dam of the two producing 

 sires, Bourbon Wilkes, 96 in the list, and Favorite 



