264 Alexander's abdallah and descendants. 



and in no condition for severe usage; nevertheless, in this plight, he 

 was ridden by the soldier over the roughest of stony and hilly roads, 

 nearly fifty miles on that day, and, becoming exhausted, was turned 

 loose on the highway, and found, on the next day, in a most deplor- 

 able state. He was taken to Lawrenceburgh, but could go no further, 

 and was seized with pneumonia, from which he died in a few days. 

 Who can estimate the value of the life that was thus thrown away 

 through ignorance and perversity? If Hambletonian had left no 

 descendants other than the produce of this son, his renown as a trotting 

 sire would have claimed a bright page in American turf history. The 

 record of the prowess of one daughter on the trotting turf, and the 

 fame of one son as a trotting sire, are sufficient to make a turf history 

 for a nation. The splendid achievements of the one, and the rich and 

 varied successes of the other, show what marvelous qualities were 

 carried by the sire that was cut off in the beginnuig of a career that 

 would have shed a lustre on the breeding annals of this country, and 

 probably not have been surpassed by that of any stallion we have 

 ever produced. 



The following list of his own produce deserves particular notice : 



Goldsmith Maid. 



Major Edsaxl. 



Wood's Hambletonian". 



Pacing Abdallah. 



Saint Elmo. 



Abdallah Pilot. 



Ewalt's Abdallah. 



Belmont. 



Thorndale. 



Almont. 



goldsmith maid, 



The Queen of the Trotting Turf, was foaled in 1857, and is now 

 nineteen years old. She was bred by John B. Decker, of Sussex 

 county, N. J. Her dam was one of those yellow-bay mares so common 

 in the produce of old Abdallah. She was undersized, fretful, and of 

 a nervous temperament, and up to the age of six years had performed 

 no M'ork of any kind, except to run occasional races about and on the 

 farm, for the amusement of the boys. In 1863 she was sold by Mr. 

 Decker for$2G0; the purchaser selling her again, on the same day, to Mr. 

 Tompkins, for 1360; and she was soon afterward bought by Mr. Alden 

 Goldsmith, for $600. The eye of the practical horseman discovered 



