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Wilkes, 31 in the list. Primrose, dam of six 

 trotters, of ten sires of speed, including Princeps 

 and Abdalbrino, and of two producing dams, was 

 one of the greatest daughters of Alexander's 

 Abdallah. The trotting descendants of Primrose 

 are as numerous as the wild flowers of a valley 

 sheltered from cold winds and bathed in sunshine. 

 Lady Abdallah was another celebrated daughter 

 of Alexander's Abdallah. 



Belmont and Almont 



Belmont, bay horse of 15.1, foaled May 18, 

 1864, by Alexander's Abdallah out of Belle by 

 Mambrino Chief, showed a 2.20 gait at a trot over 

 the Woodburn track, but was reserved for the 

 stud and died November 13, 1889, without a 

 record. Fifty-nine of his sons and daughters have 

 standard records ; 74 of his sons are sires of speed, 

 and 68 of his daughters are dams of speed. 



Almont, bay horse of 15.2^, foaled in the spring 

 of 1864; by Alexander's Abdallah, dam Sally 

 Anderson by Mambrino Chief, was also without 

 a 2.30 record, he having been reserved for the 

 stud. As a four-year-old, he distanced his only 

 competitor in 2.39^. He died July 4, 1884, and 

 left behind him a powerful family. He has 37 



