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character that seem to stand out clearly and above all others, to mv 

 mind, are: First, his strong traits of the Bellfounder blood, both as 

 seen in his form and in his gait, manner of acting and going, his tem- 

 perament and entire nerve organization. Secondly, for the genuine 

 trotting quality, inclination or capacity, whatever it may be styled, he 

 stands out, in his own family and in all other of our x\merican trotting 

 families, with a distinction rarely reached and hardly excelled any- 

 where. Thirdly, his intense jDOsitiveness and impressive concentration 

 of quality, and consequent ability to impart it to his produce. His 

 in-breeding would tend to make him an imj^ressive sire — and of 

 really impressive sires, of strong and 230sitive individuality, we have 

 had very few. 



It must be conceded that Hambletonian was not a really impressive 

 sire in all his matings. Volunteer and many of his sons surpass him. 

 The reason of this is found in the fact that the Bellfounder blood in 

 him was in a form too crude; it did not readily assimilate with the 

 other combinations into which it entered. The Duroc-Messenger 

 blood was one that fused with everything. Volunteer was a remote 

 Duroc-Messenger, and his composition presented the blood of Bell- 

 founder in a form more completely assimilated than was to be found 

 in many of his older sons. The daughter of Volunteer carried the 

 process of assimilation still further, and in Florida we have a stallion 

 that presents the elements of Messenger and Bellfounder in better 

 combination than they were presented in Hambletonian, the original 

 sire, including also a strain of Duroc, very slight, while the Bell- 

 founder is'very strong and positive. He will be more impressive as a 

 sire than Hambletonian; whether he will attain to the real greatness 

 of Hambletonian must depend on many circumstances, and is yet to 

 be ascertained. He is certainly one of great promise. 



HIS soxs. 



Montgomery, now five years old, is a horse of considerable merit. 

 His dam was by Hambletonian; 3d dam by Liberty. He shows his 

 in-breeding in his strong Hambletonian caste. He is owned by A. 

 D. Peeler, of Binghamton, New York. 



George H. Low is five years old. His dam was Mary Hunter, by 

 Guy Miller, son of Hambletonian; 2d dam by Friday. He is owned 

 in Michigan, and is said to greatly resemble his sire. 



New York Sun is five years old, and supposed to be a rising sun in 

 the breeding and trotting fii-mament. His dam is by Billy Denton, 



