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State of New York. One of these gentlemen, Mr. Timothy T. Ki^sam, 

 describes Bellfounder as follows: 



Imported Bellfounder had a small head and ears ; full, prominent eyes, and 

 wide apart ; neck medium length, set well up from the withers ; shoulders 

 deep and oblique ; deep girth and full chested ; fore legs well apart (not wide) ; 

 short back, roimd ribbed, and very broad on the loin ; hips wide and well 

 gathered in ; long, full quarters to hocks, and short to fetlocks ; limbs strong 

 and well muscled ; broad and flat below the knees and hocks ; pasterns rather 

 short ; concave hoofs and open heels ; tail and mane full-haired ; had a large 

 star in forehead, with a diamond shape on end of nose or lip ; one hind pastern 

 white, and a little white on the opposite fore foot at the heel ; (aged) in his 

 teens. 



I can present no more satisfactory or authoritative outline than is 

 contained in the following, from one of the best knoAvn and prominent 

 breeders and handlers of horses in America, who lives within sight of 

 Washingtonville, Orange county, New York, where Bellfounder was 

 kept part of the time he was hired to Mr. Kissam : 



Imported Bellfounder was a blood-bay in color, with a bony, strong head, 

 good eyes and well set; his ears were thick and rather heavy; neck well 

 formed, but short; shoulders thick and very strong; body round, and back 

 very strong, with immensely strong quarters, well let down, and joined to a 

 crooked hind leg and a large bushy tail. In height, he stood about fifteen and 

 a quarter hands. When brought out to exhibit his speed, he seemed full of 

 game and mettle, but very controllable. His knee action was veiy attractive 

 and high, and when Obed (his groom) would get upon his bare back and give 

 him his head, I remember of but one horse that could approximate to him in 

 speed this way rigged, which was the famous George M. Patchen. Bellfounder 

 was remarkably honest ; having seen him exhibited a number of times at full 

 speed, I never saw him leave his feet. Hambletonian's dam was by this great 

 horse, and her speed, at four years old, was very great, seldom equaled, even in 

 these fast times. Her colt, by Abdallah, was the famous Hambletonian — in 

 color he is a dark bay ; height, fifteen and a half hands, with rather a coarse 

 head, and ears large and heavy; his eyes are large and very prominent, but 

 mild ; neck short, but thin and well formed ; shoulders thick and rather low, 

 but very powerful; body round and well formed, back strong and well 

 coupled, hips long but narrow, quarters immense, and the muscle well let 

 down to the hock ; hind legs crooked and very clean, broad and strong, for- 

 ward arm and legs strong, and joined to as good a foot as ever pressed the 

 earth. His tail is high set and heavy, and when led out he carries it low or 

 close to his body. In disposition he is mild, and when started up on a fast 

 gait his action is good, being open-gaited behind, with knee action very like 

 his grandsire, Bellfounder. His late owner, I think, was always proud of his 

 Bellfounder cross, and many good horsemen think him indebted to this cross 

 for his mild and docile qualities. Let this be as it may, the combination cer- 

 tainly produced the most successful stallion of modern times. 



Alden Goldsmith. 



