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Driving Park Association for all five-year-olds owned or bred in any county 

 bordering on the Hucison river, without making a better record than 2:41^. 

 Undine, another five-year-old, not broken to single harness until August last, 

 won the Duchess county five-year-old purse, making a record of 2 :453^ ; and 

 a few days after made a record, at Poughkcepsie, in 2 :42i^. She soon after 

 made a public trial on the same track in 2 :37i^. Aldine, her mate and full 

 sister, was also unbroken single until the past season, and was not driven to 

 harness vmtil August. She has never been in a race, but was driven with 

 Undine to pole, in 2 :43i|, with the greatest ease. Owosso, a handsome and blood- 

 like brown stallion, also by Administrator, with his first training, the past sea- 

 son, of about two months, could show better than a 2 :28 gait. He has never 

 been in but one race, which he won without making a better record than 2 :47. 

 This horse is veiy fast for his handling, and gives promise of great speed. 

 William, with three weeks' training, showed a mile in 2:38 on a half-mile 

 track. He has not been in training the past season, but was driven by his owner 

 over the Poughkeepsie track, to top buggy, in 2:41. Ulster is a bay stallion 

 of great natural speed. He has been in training but a few weeks since closing 

 a season in the stud, which enables him to show about 2:40. "Windsor, 

 Enchanter, Administrator Jr., Midnight, Ulster Maid, and many others, 

 without training other than road use, show great natural speed, and help to 

 strengthen the very general prediction of those who are best acquainted with 

 xUlmiuistrator, his history and his produce, that he is destined soon to occupy 

 a very high position among the most prominent of American trotting sires. 



In addition to the above, I may say that, having some information 

 in regard to the quality and blood of the mares from which the above 

 were mainly produced, I am able to place the heavy credit to the side 

 of the sire. Some of the mares had crosses of Mambrino Chief, and 

 some had the blood of Mambrino Paymaster, and in some instances 

 they had additional Duroc crosses, but the quality of the sire's blood 

 was evinced in his complete triumph over all special Duroc tenden- 

 cies, as exhibited in every one of the above list. Many of the same 

 have been subjected to hard usage and abuse from reckless drivers, 

 and have sustained injuries, but in spite of such hindrances they are 

 said to be a credit to any sire. 



From what I have seen of his produce, and from the speed that his 

 colts have attained already, under most adverse circumstances, I have 

 great confidence in the success of this horse with Kentucky-bred 

 mares, and particularly those that are highly bred and at the same 

 time strono" in tlie Mambrino Chief blood. 



I should, in this connection, deem it proper to say more in regard 

 to that blood, and its special excellences in a trotting family, but for 

 tlie fact that I shall not overlook that branch of this most interesting-^ 

 field when I reach it in proper order, as I shall very soon. Then will 



