334 OTHER HAMBLETONIANS. 



This stallion is owned by Gen. Jas. W. Singleton, of Quincy, 111., 

 one of the most thorough gentlemen in America, and occupying a 

 very prominent position, both in political circles and in every branch 

 of business life. 



He has the highest appreciation of good horses, and has been the 

 owner of many noted animals, and as early as 1856 took the first 

 premium in Illinois, on his stallion Silverheels by Vermont Black- 

 hawk. 



In his son of Hambletonian he has an excellent stallion, a horse 

 of fine form and handsome leverage, and one that stamps his own 

 quality on his produce. His conformation is such as insures an even 

 and steady gait, being rather long behind, and with front legs fash- 

 ioned after the most exact proportion. On inspecting him, I could 

 say at once what his gait was, and soon had an opportunity of verify- 

 ing my opinion, not in his own motion, but in that of two of his colts, 

 a three-year-old and a two-year-old, and I will say to the "Western 

 breeders, that they have no great occasion to go to the East for a 

 good son of Hambletonian. 



He is kept like many others, by gentlemen situated as Gen. Sin- 

 gleton is, mainly as a private stallion, and such horses never earn the 

 reputation they Avould achieve if in hands that would secure a pro- 

 miscuous patronage. The best collection of mares in the country will 

 not secure as high a reputation to a stallion as the average business 

 of one good locality maintained for a term of several years. 



Edward Everett, Almont, Duke of Brunswick, Cuyler, WiUie 

 Schepper, and many other stallions similarly owned, will not achieve 

 the reputation that would follow them in the hands of owners who 

 depended on promiscuous patronage for support and reputation. 



