250 STAK-IIAMBLETONIANS. 



full length antl - idth of his face, and four white legs; 15 hands 1 inch 

 I'.igh; his head as finely cut in its outline as that of Australian or 

 Bonnie Scotland; an eye that does not stand out with the prominence 

 of the Abdallah eye in Hambletonian, but one that sparkles with a 

 glance of fire that speaks of that which is back of the orb; his mane 

 and tail are medium in fullness, and in form and blood-like appearance 

 he is hardly sur])assed by that of any thoroughbred of full age in the 

 country. His record of 2: 17:r is familiar to all. 



starti:b. 



Startle is a bright bay horse, 15 hands high, with a white face, and 

 white, or mostly white, legs, light mane and tail. His feet and legs- 

 are not so good as those of Dexter, and have been always regarded as 

 quite faulty; but from the knee and hock upward he is a horse in 

 perfection, and no other term will express it. He has not so much of 

 the high, blood-like appearance about the head as is shown by Dexter^ 

 but his barrel, shoulder, forearm, quarters and thigh are, beyond ques- 

 tion, the nonpareil of all stallions. He is a little horse, but in reality 

 a little giant. His quarters are great; and the muscle that extends 

 do^vn the thigh and gaskin is the fiinest and firmest to the touch that 

 ever came under my observation. He is the only horse I have seen 

 that can show, in this respect, alongside of Joe Elliott, the son of Ever- 

 ett, and these two are very much alike. He is also owned by Robert 

 Bonner, and is a horse well worthy such a munificent ownership. I 

 have seen young colts (weanlings) by him, and must confess that they 

 show not only the same muscular and wiry form, but also a very ready 

 inclination to trot. They also show the white faces and legs. His 

 speed is claimed to have been displayed in a trial in which he showed 

 a mile in 2:19. His owner never allowing any of his horses to con- 

 tend in races — the only contests that are calculated to call out the 

 greatest efforts of such organisms — we must content ourselves with 

 the belief that, under proper stimulus, and after the usual training to 

 which horses are in our day subjected, he would attain to a very high 

 rate of speed, if his feet and legs did not fail him before he reached 

 the maximum of speed to which his otherwise powerful organization 

 would carry him. 



JAT GOUXD. 



Jay Gould is a bright bay horse, of fine mould and finish, 15 hands 

 2 inches in height, rather light-appearing in form, but of greaX and 



