228 ALHAMBRA AND MESSENGER DUROO. 



substance and power, with g, head large and long, a Roman profile and 

 countenance mild and pleasant ; neck slightly ewed, of medium 

 length; shoulders deep, broad and strong; girth deep and with plenty 

 of heart room ; somewhat flat on the rib; loin arched and strong, and 

 coupled well back; his hips rather prominent, and the propelling point 

 beneath so conspicuously developed that his powerful quarters and 

 stifles, and large bony hocks, hung near the ground, attract immediate 

 attention. Altogether he is a plain horse, but with a look of use- 

 fulness about him that compensates for some lack in finish. 



To the above description I may subjoin my own, as originally 

 published. He has a full mane, and a long and heavy tail hanging on 

 the ground; he has a large and coarse head, a neck large enough, and 

 yet, for so large a horse, it has some of the form known as ewe neckj 

 his withers stand a little higher than the average Hambletonian pat- 

 tern; he is somewhat flat-ribbed, and his hips are strong and prom- 

 inent. Those who have written about him have generally called him 

 coarse in his outline, and this has been generally attributed to the 

 double share of the Abdallah blood which he possesses. This is not 

 wholly correct. The Abdallah blood is strong in him, and the Bell- 

 founder is not wholly obliterated, although it has been greatly over- 

 matched in his outward form. The vital force of the blood is still 

 there, and has yet a good share in the general combination. There 

 are other blood elements, however, of a very powerful nature, and 

 qviite positive in their character, which assert a large share of 

 control in his composition. He has many of the elements of a 

 great trotting stallion, and he has other elements which will greatly 

 mar his success in that field. He has an element of Duroc blood, 

 which has always been noted for trotting excellence, and, when in 

 proper limit and combination, is entitled to the highest consideration 

 as a trottiiie: constituent. His Abdallah blood carries with it the full 

 force, and much of the high trotting quality of that unsurpassed element, 

 while his Bellfounder strains, though struggling against superior odds, 

 show at times their superb trotting excellence, and retain a large 

 influence over the general trotting impulses of this horse and his 

 off"spriiig, and give to him and his produce much of the peculiar and 

 unmistakable trotting quality for which the Bellfounder cross is 

 noted. While in color and markings the Bellfounder element of 

 Hambletonian has triumphed in this horse, in the matter of form and 

 outward conformation its power is overmatched and compelled to yield 

 in great part to the other two blood forces which always run well 



