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record of 2:30, and was killed at Paris, Ky., by colliding with John 

 Bright, his full brother, while both were driven in harness, in opposite 

 "directions, through some mishap or inadvertence. Abdallah was much 

 admired by all who knew him. 



Youno: Volunteer, another son of Volunteer, is the sire of Jersey 

 Boy, a gelding that in 1877 attained a record of 2:27, having trotted 

 six heats in 2:30 or better. 



Sterling, another son of Volunteer, has left some produce highly 

 •esteemed in the vicinity of Chicago and Racine. He is now in Ken- 

 tucky, and owned by W. H. Wilson. He has a record of 2:34. His 

 dam was by Bay Richmond. 



John Bi-ight, a full brother to Goldsmith's Abdallah, is in Kentucky, 

 l)ut has not been in the stud long enough to show any results that are 

 •distinctive. 



Louis Napoleon was foaled in 1866, and is owned by Dewey and 

 Stewart, Owosso, Michigan. His dam was Hattie Wood, by Sayer's 

 Harry Clay, the dam of Idol and Gazelle, the latter the second in speed 

 ■of the daughters of Hambletonian. He is beyond doubt a very superior 

 :stallion, and will take rank as one of the best of the Hambletonian family. 

 As a breeder he already stands the first in his State, and in 1876 at 

 the State Horse Breeders' Exhibition, in the State of Michigan, he 

 and his produce were awarded first premiums over so great a stallion 

 as Mambrino Gift. The published accounts of his stock and their 

 appearance at that exhibition strongly indicated that he had risen to 

 •distinction as a sire at an early age- 

 When the success of Volunteer with daughters of Harry Clay is 

 •considered, as displayed in Bodine and St. Julien, and the well known 

 superiority of Hattie Wood is also taken into account, this horse carries 

 with Tiini the promise of great success as a sire. His career will be 

 looked to by the breeders of this country with much interest, and 1 

 -venture the prediction that he takes high rank as a trotting stallion, 

 ;althougli I have never seen him. 



GRANDSONS OF VOLUXTKER. 



Alexaiuler is a bay stallion, with wliite heels; foaled 1868 by Gold- 

 •smith's Abdallah, dam by the son of Hungerford's Blucher, misnamed 

 Richard's Bellfounder; second dam. Lady May, by Singleton's Cah- 

 iornia Rattler. This horse is an elegant roadster and good producer; 

 hred by Richard Richards, of Ricuie, Wis., and is owned by Messrs. 

 DeGrail" in Miiuiesota. 



