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All of his get, with the exception of the stallion Hamlet, who can beat 2:30 

 -considerably, that have any public reputation, gained it this season, and are, 

 I think, all of, the same age — six, years. They are: the stallion W. H. Allen, 

 •one of the very best young horses that ever apjieared, said to be out of an 

 Abdallah mare ; Huntress, out of a very fine Star mare ; and Bodine, out of a 

 very coarse mare by Harry Clay. The two former seem bound to become 

 great horses, but though Bodine has plenty of speed, it is probable that the 

 day blood in him will prevent his ever being very usefitl to his owner. 



So much for that unfortunate Clay blood, though it might have 

 been a relief to the mind of the writer to have assured him that this 

 Clay blood had a cross of Bellfounder just back of it that would make 

 this same Bodine worth nearly $15,000 to his owner in a single year, 

 and have plenty in him for many another. Such was the announce- 

 ment made in 1870. In 18T1, W. H. Allen trotted nine consecutive 

 heats, all of which were in 2:34 and under, and the fastest was won 

 hy himself in 2:27. He trotted, during the same season, twenty-four 

 heats, and reached a record of 2:25^. During the same year Bodine 

 marked 2:305^, and Huntress marked 2:26^. During the year 

 1872, Abdallah, a son of Volunteer, trotted in 2:3G:|^, during the sea- 

 son of stallion service ; the trotting wonder Gloster came to the front, 

 trotting twenty-four heats, and marking a record of 2:27^, and Hun- 

 tress covered the family with a fame that has not and vnll not soon be 

 eclipsed by her celebrated three-mile performance against the time of 

 the famous Duchman, which had often been attempted by many of 

 the great trotters of the period, but without success for thirty-three 

 3'ears. Duchman's time for three miles was 7:324^, and Huntress 

 made it in 7:21^, beating the hitherto unapproached record eleven and 

 a quarter seconds, and placing the mark where it will not be likely to 

 be again disturbed for another quarter of a century. During the 

 same year, the mare Mary A. Whitney reached a record of 2:32^, and 

 Wm. H. Allen reached 2:2.3+. The roll thus beffinnina: to unfold 

 soon grew in fame and brilliancy, until the following, taken from the 

 /Spirit of the Times for September, 1875, announced the position of 

 Volunteer: 



It is as a sire of trotters that Volunteer stands pre-eminent. If we take the 

 records of horses that have beaten 2 :35 as a test of the highest order of excel- 

 lence among trotters, there is no stallion in the world that has excelled him, 

 and only one — his own sire — has equaled him. Each of these illustrious sires 

 can boast of eight of his get that have beaten 2:25 in a public race; and as 

 Volunteer is five years the younger of the two, if we judge solely by the rec- 

 ords of first-class performers, he is entitled to rank much above the Old Horse 

 as a sire of trotters. The great excellence of the get of Volunteer has not 



