312 HAMBLETONIANS — IN-BRED ABDALLAIIS. 



He gives the account clearly, and I adopt the following- in his ov/n 

 words: 



Recognizing, as early as 1860, the pre-eminent merits of Old Abdallah as- 

 a progenitor of fast, stout and endnring trotters, I set about to tind one of his 

 descendants combining the greatest possible amount of his blood, together 

 with the highest order of individual excellence, to use in the stud ; but failing^ 

 to find a stallion that, in every particular, conformed to my ideal, I abandoned 

 the search in that direction, and began to look for a daughter of Abdallah^ 

 from which to breed my ideal stallion. After a long search, I found a mare 

 that had formerly done duty in a livery stable in New York City, that seemed 

 to " fill the bill " exactly. She was a brown, with some white hairs around 

 the root of the tail, which she carried very high ; had a very fine head ; sharp,, 

 pointed ear ; an expressive, prominent, hazel eye ; was deep in the chest ; had 

 great length of body in proportion to her height, and was noted for her great 

 qualities as a fast, stout, game and speedy roadster. 



I was satisfied at the time, from my own investigations, that the breeding 

 of the mare was precisely in accordance with the certificate which I received 

 with the bill of sale, which was as follows : 



[bill omitted.] 



Pedigkee. — Enchantress, by Abdallah, he by Mambrino, he by imp. Mes- 

 senger. Dam of Enchantress by imp. Bellfounder. Enchantress^ 

 was bred by Mr. Blakesley, of Orange conntv, N. Y. 



J. W. Wilson. 



I then sent the mare Enchantress to Chester, Orange county, N. Y., to be 



bred to Rysdyk's Hambletonian ; and, in order to " make assurance doubly 



sure " as to her breeding, I especially urged Mr. Rysdyk to make a thorough 



Investigation as to her pedigree. This he assured me he would do ; and, when 



the mare was finally taken away from his place, having the colt Harold, now 



owned by A. J. Alexander, of Kentucky, by her side, and being again in foal 



by Hambletonian, the produce being Lakeland Abdallah, Mr. Rysdyk sent me 



the following certificate: 



Chester, Nov. 22, 18G4. 

 Pedigree of a bay colt, Avithout any white, foaled September 14, 18(34, bred 

 by Charles S. Dole, sired by Hambletonian, dam by Old Abdallah, grandam 

 by imported Bellfounder. * The above mare was served again, by Hamble- 

 tonian, September 23, 18U4. The above pedigree T believe to be correct. 



Wm. M. Rysdyk, 



Chester, Orange Co., N. Y. 



Some twelve years after this, and wIkmi JNIi'. Blakesley, the breeder 

 of Enchantress, was dead, an effort was made, at the instance of Mr. 

 Dole, to trace the pedigree, and nobody could be found to verify the 

 Bellfounder cross. I have examined the statements made in regard 

 to the matter, and do not feel warranted in overturning the stateuients 

 and belief of those who knew the facts at an earlier day. 



Lakeland Abdallah is a bright, clear or solid bay stallion, 15 hands 

 2 inches high, and weighs 1,075 to 1,100 lbs. He is evenly formed. 



