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ordinary qualities of the other members of the same family, without 

 a a:lance.at the results of his brief service in the stud. He made his 

 first season in 1869, at five years old, and of that year's produce, 

 twelve have been handled, and all trotted, at three years old, in 2:50 

 and better. Of these, one that I have admired is the splendid young 

 stallion, Almont Chief, owned by Geo. M. Jewett, Esq., of Zanesville, 

 Ohio. His dam was Monogram by Mambrino Chief, one of the best 

 mares left by that great stallion, and one of the best I ever saw 

 anywhere. For high breeding and rare trotting qualities, I have 

 looked upon this young stallion as one of the finest I ever saw, and 

 regard him as a young sire of very great promise. 



Of this same list was AUie West — truly one of the renowned 

 trotters of our day — a large and beautiful horse, highly formed in 

 every respect. He trotted, as a four-year-old, in 1874, at Lexington, 

 in 2:29. J, distancing the whole field the first heat. In the fall of 1875, 

 after making a full season in the stud, he made a record of 2:25, and 

 showed that he could have done still better, as he was pulled up to a 

 jog before coming to the wire. He went to the half mile in 1:10. 

 Soon after he showed, in private, a half mile in 1:08, and was pur- 

 chased by J. B. Wilgus, for $15,000. He made the season of 1876, 

 having excited the most sanguine expectations of a brilliant career, 

 both as a trotter and as a trotting sire. I saw him about the 1st of 

 July, and fully acceded to the high estimate that prevailed concerning 

 him. From some caxise, not yet explained, he died very suddenly 

 before the month had closed — certainly a great loss, and one which 

 will be regretted by all breeders of trotting stock. 



Of the same list, Albrino, in 1873, won the \Yoodford three-year- 

 old stakes, at Lexington, and has since shown a mile in 2:30 — private. 

 In 1873, Alethea won the Woodford two-year-old stakes, and, in 1874, 

 she won the 1500 gold stakes, at Lexington, and, in 1875, made a 

 record of 2:31, after trotting a five-heat race the day previous. She 

 is from a strictly thoroughbred mare by Melbourne, the sire of Jim 

 Irving. Katie Jackson, four years old, third heat 2:25f, which was 

 best four-year-old record to that date. Alice West, four years old, 

 third heat 2:29f. 



Consul, by Almont, in October, 1874, won the regular two-year- 

 old stakes, at Lexington, and, in November, same year, showed 2:39^, 

 in private, over Mr. Alexander's track, and a quarter in 36 seconds. 

 In the spring of 1875 he won the regular three-year-old stakes at 

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