2:22 ADMINISTRATOR, 



Memento, a yearling filly by Administrator, dam by Alexander's Abdallah. 

 She was one of the six entries in a trot of half-mile heats, for a purse of $450, 

 given by Col. Geo. F. Stevens, for yearlings, the get of his horse. Administra- 

 tor. The colts were all large and well developed, and exhibited fine bursts 

 of speed and powers of endurance. R. S. Strader's bay filly Memento, won 

 both heats ; time, 1 :38 — 1 :303^ ; with Cooper and Withers' bay colt Pertinax, 

 dam by Donerail, second, and W. H. Murphy's gray colt Gray Jim, dam by 

 Norman, third. After this race was finished. Col. Strader placed his famous 

 driver, Bowerman, weighing 153 lbs., in a regulation sulky behind Memento, 

 with Tip Brace's Red Crook to press her. The timers, Mr. David Bonner and 

 Dr. L. Herr, proclaimed the full mile trotted in 2 :56^^ ; the best performance 

 by far ever made by a yearling. 



In company with many others, we question the propriety of pushing colts 

 so young ; yet Memento came in fresh, and from her precocious maturity may 

 not be hurt by this trial. The performances of this and other colts of Admin- 

 istrator added greatly to the favor in which he is held in Central Kentucky. 

 Rysdyk's Hambletonian and Mambrino Chief, by mingling their blood in 

 Administrator, have given to him the best qualities of both ; and he, nicked 

 with a daughter of Alexander's Abdallah, has produced the best filly, in form 

 and speed, we have ever seen behind a sulky. If 2 :14 is to be eclipsed, I think 

 Administrator and George Wilkes are the stallions that now have the finest 

 prospects of wearing the laurels as the sire of the coming wonder. 



The same correspondent further says: 



At the close of the race, October 18th, Col. Geo.F. Stevens permitted Admin- 

 istrator to trot a mile, for a wager of $100. The wager was, that he could not 

 trot that distance in 2 :35 or better. Administrator made the trial and beat 

 the time by two seconds, trotting in 2 :33. This, I think, shows well for an 

 xm trained horse, just out of the stud. 



The above items are so authoritative, as a testimonial in favor of 

 the correctness of the views herein advanced, that I present them as 

 I find them. 



I may say that I now have advices from Kentucky to the effect that 

 this very remarkable filly is not to be allowed to rest on the laurels 

 she has thus so auspiciously won ; that another by the same sire and of 

 her own age will probably try conclusions with her at the coming 

 meeting of the same association. She is said to be a two-year-old of 

 great promise. 



The popularity of this stallion now seems to have reached its zenith. 

 No greater reputation could be desired for any animal than he now 

 enjoys among the Kentucky breeders, and the class of mares he is 

 receiving and the health and vigor he maintains, warrant the estimate 

 that he will not be far surpassed, if surpassed at all, by any stallion of 

 our day — a period that can show a greater degree of merit in trotting 

 stallions in large number than any that has preceded it. 



