290 alexais^der's abdallah and descendants. 



other great stallion now in Kentucky, even more closely than he does 

 his ovm sire, I can not forbear to express the opinion that has grown 

 on me since I saw him, that he was in reality the best trotting stallion 

 ever foaled in the State of Kentucky — an opinion that does not 

 detract from the value of his own sire, or the champion stallion 

 of 1877. 



SONS OF ALMONT. 



The space allotted to this list will not suffice to enumerate all the 

 sons of Almont now occupying places of distinction. 



PiEDMOisT, dam Mag Ferguson, by Mambrino Chief; 2d dam by 

 Grey Eagle; trotted in 2:30^ at four years old; owned by Palmer & 

 Morgan, of Connecticut. 



Almont Eagle, full brother to Piedmont; owned by C. W. Gage, 

 Nashua, New Hampshire. 



Trouble, dam by Brown Chief, son of Mambrino Chief; 2d dam 

 by imported Hooton; 3d dam by Bertrand (an extra good pedigree;) 

 has two winners to his credit; has shown a 2:20 gait, and trotted a 

 full mile in 2:25. 



CoxsTELLATiON, foaled 1874; owned by Gen. W. S. Tilton, Togus, 

 Maine; dam Lady Hunt, by Starlight, son of Blood's Blackhawk; 2d 

 dam by Mambrino Chief. 



Almont Eclipse, foaled 1873; owned by John B. Clarke, Man- 

 chester, New Hampshire; dam by Morgan Rattler, sou of Green 

 Mountain Morgan; 2d dam by a son of Pilot Jr.; 3d dam by Down- 

 ing's Bay Messenger; 4th by Lance. 



Almont Rattler, 1871; dam by Rattler, son of Stockbridge Chief ; 

 2d dam by Brignoli; — Pilot Jr.; — Grey Eagle; owned by Judge W. 

 I. Hayes, Clinton, Iowa; is one of the best sons of Almont. 



Alroy, owned by C. M. Smith, Earlville; dam by Conscript; 2d 

 dam by Mambrino Chief; was awarded first premium at Illinois State 

 Fair, 1876, by a committee of which I had the honor to be chairman. 



Alamo, dam by Alexander's Abdallah, won many races, and was 

 sold for 15,000 to C. B. Jones, of Des Moines, Iowa. 



Payne's Almont, and a full brother to same; dam by Blood's 

 Blackhawk; both highly promising stallions and very fast. 



Remington, chestnut stallion; dam Lady Templar, by Mambrino 

 Temjilar, etc., etc.; was bred by myself, and is now owned by D. W. 

 x\rnuld, of Waukegan, 111. 



