OHAPTEE XY. 



OTHER HAMBLETONIANS. 



CUTIiEE. 



Amots"G the oilier sons of Hambletonian entitled to consideration, 

 the stallion Cuyler, owned by Messrs. J. C. McFerran & Son, Louis- 

 ville, Ky., may be named as a horse occupying a prominent position. 



He was foaled 1868, and was bred by Charles Backman, Stony Ford» 

 Orange county, N. Y. He is a rich bay stallion, fifteen hands three 

 inches high; weighs, in fair condition, 1,120 lbs.; has a near hind ankle 

 white, a star in the forehead, and a few white hairs in the flank. He 

 is very kind and docile, and from head to foot is a finely formed 

 animal, very evenly and smoothly built. 



His form for beauty and symmetry is not surpassed by any son of 

 Hambletonian. He is a very lengthy appearing horse. In his front 

 leverage he is 11^ for the front cannon and- 21^ for the forearm; his 

 rear leverage is 39^ inches from hip to hock, and 23;^ in length of 

 thigh. 



His gait is a very fine one. He does not spread his hind feet wide 

 apart, but lifts his hocks close to his body and in true line. His front 

 leg action is also even, and with a rounding or rolling motion of the 

 front feet, lifting his knees moderately and bending them, but not 

 striking the ground hard. All the horses descending from the Harris 

 Hambletonian stock have a similar gait. 



The stallion Joe Brown displays a gait very much like that of 

 Cuyler. I observe the owners of Cuyler, like many others, seem to 

 think the excellence of their horse consists in large part in the num- 

 ber of strains of the blood of Messenger he possesses. The real ex- 

 cellence of this stallion lies in the excellence of the strains of 

 Messenger blood represented in him, rather than in their number. 



The dam of Cuyler was a mare named Grey Rose, and she lived to 



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