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immensity of his bone, give him the resemblance of an animal of that class. 

 He shows, however, a vast deal of blood. His color is bay ; he has lost both 

 eyes, but is in other respects totally free from blemish, very quiet, of excel- 

 lent constitution, and remarkably safe goer, notwithstanding his almost incred- 

 ible speed. 



Mr. Lawrence, the author quoted in the previous part of this chap- 

 ter, says that " to Shields and Useful Cub the Isle of Ely, Cambridge- 

 shire and Norfolk are in a great measure indebted for their fame in 

 the production of capital hackneys." This would tend to show that 

 this region had some " fame " in regard to its trotting or road horses 

 before Mr. Boott went there for Bellfounder. I have in the previous 

 part of this chapter shown that the dam of Useful Cub was by a son 

 of Sampson, which would show that the stock or blood of Sampson 

 was recognized in this district as of value in the coach or trotting 

 horse. It is further stated that this Useful Cub was produced by a 

 Suffolk cart-horse from a daughter of Golden Farmer, a son of Samp- 

 son, from which the inference would be very strong that the blood 

 and trotting quality came from the dam or granddaughter of Sampson. 



Mr. Lawrence says that Shields — also called Shales and Scott — was 

 a son of Blank ; hence, he regards Blank as the father of the trotting 

 famiUes of England. Blank was a thoroughbred son of Godolphin 

 Arabian, and had perhaps as much to do in implanting the trotting 

 instincts in this family as Blaze had in imparting them to Sampson, 

 the dam of Shields having doubtless been- a road mare that possessed 

 such qualities and the ability to transmit the same. 



Lawrence says the dam of Useful Cub was a chapman's mare — by 

 which we understand a mare driven by a marketman or peddler — and 

 as she was a granddaughter of Sampson, the inquiry is suggested, 

 whether she was the equal of her kindred in blood and occupation, 

 the dam of Hambletonian and that of Goliah and Mambrino Chief. 

 History repeats itself. 



The same author says the trotting stock of Cub have run too much 

 upon the round shoulder and buttock, and have been more remarka- 

 ble for their speed than stoutness. He also speaks of the then fastest 

 trotter ever tried in England as having been bred in Norfolk. He 

 was called Archer, and was supposed to have been by old Shields. 

 He trotted a mile under three minutes. 



Mr. Lawrence further says: 



As Archer was the speediest, the well known brown mare which died the 

 property of Bishop proved herself the stoutest, that is to say, the most lasting 

 trotter in the world. This mare was full fifteen and a half hands high, with 



